1978 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics and Roster

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1978 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
90-72, Finished 1st in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 708 runs, Allowed 586 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67
Managed by Danny Ozark

Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,583,389 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost NL Championship Series (3-1) to Los Angeles Dodgers

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bob Boone           30  132  435   48  123  18  4  12   62  46   37  .283  .347  .425   2   5  13   1   5   8  10  115
1B *Richie Hebner       30  137  435   61  123  22  3  17   71  53   58  .283  .369  .464   4   7   8   9   4   4  16  131
2B  Ted Sizemore        33  108  351   38   77  12  0   0   25  25   29  .219  .270  .254   8   1  14   1   4   5   8   47
3B  Mike Schmidt        28  145  513   93  129  27  2  21   78  91  103  .251  .364  .435  19   6   4   4   0   8  12  122
SS #Larry Bowa          32  156  654   78  192  31  5   3   43  24   40  .294  .319  .370  27   5   6   1  11   2   1   92
LF  Greg Luzinski       27  155  540   85  143  32  2  35  101 100  135  .265  .388  .526   8   7  10  11   0   4  15  153
CF  Garry Maddox        28  155  598   62  172  34  3  11   68  39   89  .288  .332  .410  33   7   9   2   3   3  11  106
RF *Bake McBride        29  122  472   68  127  20  4  10   49  28   68  .269  .315  .392  28   3   4   5   2   3   3   96
    Jerry Martin        29  128  266   40   72  13  4   9   36  28   65  .271  .339  .451   9   5   3   1   0   3   3  119
    Jose Cardenal       34   87  201   27   50  12  0   4   33  23   16  .249  .323  .368   2   3   5   0   0   2   2   93
   *Tim McCarver        36   90  146   18   36   9  1   1   14  28   24  .247  .367  .342   2   2   3   2   0   4   6   99
    Jim Morrison        25   53  108   12   17   1  1   3   10  10   21  .157  .235  .269   1   1   2   1   4   0   1   40
   #Bud Harrelson       34   71  103   16   22   1  0   0    9  18   21  .214  .331  .223   5   2   0   0   6   0   0   58
    Davey Johnson       35   44   89   14   17   2  0   2   14  10   19  .191  .284  .281   0   0   2   2   0   1   0   58
    Barry Foote         26   39   57    4    9   0  0   1    4   1   11  .158  .172  .211   0   0   2   0   0   0   0    6
   *Jay Johnstone       32   35   56    3   10   2  0   0    4   6    9  .179  .258  .214   0   2   2   0   0   0   0   33
   *Orlando Gonzalez    26   26   26    1    5   0  0   0    0   1    1  .192  .222  .192   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
   *Kerry Dineen        25    5    8    0    2   1  0   0    0   1    0  .250  .333  .375   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   98
    Pete Mackanin       26    5    8    0    2   0  0   0    1   0    4  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   40
    Todd Cruz           22    3    4    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  180
    Lonnie Smith        22   17    4    6    0   0  0   0    0   4    3  .000  .500  .000   4   0   0   0   0   0   0   51
    Keith Moreland      24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Steve Carlton       33   34   86    7   25   3  1   0   13   3   14  .291  .311  .349   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   84
    Larry Christenson   24   33   67    3    5   1  0   1    4   4   35  .075  .127  .134   0   0   1   0   7   0   0  -27
   *Randy Lerch         23   36   60   11   15   3  0   3    9   5   11  .250  .303  .450   0   0   1   0   2   1   0  108
    Dick Ruthven        27   21   53    7   15   0  2   0    4   1   14  .283  .296  .358   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   82
   *Jim Kaat            39   26   48    4    7   1  0   0    4   0   15  .146  .163  .167   0   0   1   1   1   0   0   -8
    Jim Lonborg         36   22   34    2    6   2  0   0    3   2   14  .176  .243  .235   0   1   1   1   4   0   0   34
    Warren Brusstar     26   58    7    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    3  .143  .143  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
    Ron Reed            35   66    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -57
    Tug McGraw          33   55    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Rawly Eastwick      27   22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Gene Garber         30   22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Horacio Pina        33    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9  162 5448  708 1404 248 32 133  661 552  866  .258  .326  .388 152  58  93  42  61  49  88  103
    Rank among 12 NL teams         4    3    4   5  9   3        5    5     3     4     3   3   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Steve Carlton       33  34   2.84  16  13  0  34   0  12   3  247.3  228   91   78  30   63  161 1006   3   3  7   7 126
SP  Larry Christenson   24  33   3.24  13  14  0  33   0   9   3  228.0  209   90   82  16   47  131  925   6   1  7   7 111
SP *Randy Lerch         23  33   3.96  11   8  0  28   3   5   0  184.0  183   89   81  15   70   96  784   5   1  2   3  90
SP *Jim Kaat            39  26   4.10   8   5  0  24   0   2   1  140.3  150   67   64   9   32   48  586   5   5  0   6  87
SP  Jim Lonborg         36  22   5.23   8  10  0  22   0   1   0  113.7  132   69   66  16   45   48  505   4   2  0   1  69
SP  Dick Ruthven        27  20   2.99  13   5  0  20   0   9   2  150.7  136   52   50  13   28   75  595   3   1  1   1 120

CL  Ron Reed            35  66   2.24   3   4 17   0  40   0   0  108.7   87   32   27   6   23   85  425   1   5  0   5 160
RP  Warren Brusstar     26  58   2.33   6   3  0   0  17   0   0   88.7   74   25   23   0   30   60  348   1   3  2   7 153
RP *Tug McGraw          33  55   3.21   8   7  9   1  39   0   0   89.7   82   39   32   6   23   63  363   1   0  0   7 111
RP  Rawly Eastwick      27  22   4.02   2   1  0   0  10   0   0   40.3   31   21   18   5   18   14  170   0   0  0   2  89
RP  Gene Garber         30  22   1.40   2   1  3   0  14   0   0   38.7   26    6    6   1   11   24  152   0   3  2   3 256

    Horacio Pina        33   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    0    0    0   0    0    4    7   0   0  0   0    
   *Kevin Saucier       21   1  18.00   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    4    4   0    1    2   12   0   1  1   0  20
    Dan Boitano         25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0   0    
    Dan Larson          23   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   1    1    2    5   0   0  0   0  40
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 162   3.33  90  72 29 162 124  38   9 1436.0 1343  586  531 118  393  813 5887  29  25 22  49 107
    Rank among 12 NL teams          4   3  10  8           5  10     11    4    2        9    1    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BBoone 1053 117 129 619 55 6 6 .991 5 23 69 37 TMcCarver 253 34 34 175 12 1 1 .995 1 3 14 16 BFoote 125 11 31 78 5 0 0 1.000 0 3 3 3 KMoreland 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 5 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 162 162 876 72 7 7 .993 6 29 91 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHebner 907 103 117 987 49 6 86 .994 10.28 JCardenal 363 43 50 360 17 4 39 .990 9.34 JJohnstone 65 8 8 73 7 1 9 .988 10.96 TMcCarver 35 2 11 40 2 1 4 .977 10.71 DJohnson 30 2 7 29 4 0 4 1.000 9.90 BBoone 24 3 3 31 0 2 1 .939 11.62 PMackanin 8 1 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 7.88 OGonzalez 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 1530 80 14 143 .991 10.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TSizemore 889 106 107 232 302 12 61 .978 5.41 JMorrison 251 29 31 86 96 6 22 .968 6.51 BHarrelson 198 16 43 58 79 4 24 .972 6.22 DJohnson 94 11 15 26 27 4 6 .930 5.06 RHebner 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 402 504 26 113 .972 5.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MSchmidt 1215 140 139 98 324 16 34 .963 3.13 RHebner 152 17 19 7 45 2 4 .963 3.08 DJohnson 55 4 9 2 10 2 0 .857 1.96 JMorrison 12 1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 PMackanin 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 109 381 20 38 .961 3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBowa 1350 155 156 224 502 10 87 .986 4.84 BHarrelson 75 6 15 14 30 0 7 1.000 5.23 TCruz 9 1 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 MSchmidt 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 239 539 10 94 .987 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GLuzinski 1256 154 154 236 7 4 2 .984 1.74 JMartin 121 5 48 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 JCardenal 22 1 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.41 LSmith 14 0 9 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 JJohnstone 11 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 KDineen 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 OGonzalez 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 BBoone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMorrison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 270 9 4 2 .986 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMaddox 1324 154 154 436 7 8 1 .982 3.01 JMartin 95 6 23 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.94 BMcBride 10 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 LSmith 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 474 7 8 1 .984 3.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMcBride 959 109 118 233 8 1 3 .996 2.26 JMartin 390 45 56 89 7 2 1 .980 2.22 OGonzalez 38 3 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 JCardenal 28 3 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.29 JJohnstone 20 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 LSmith 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 339 15 4 4 .989 2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GMaddox 1324 154 154 444 7 8 1 .983 3.07 GLuzinski 1256 154 154 232 7 4 2 .984 1.71 BMcBride 969 110 119 234 8 1 3 .996 2.25 JMartin 606 56 112 148 8 2 1 .987 2.32 JCardenal 50 4 13 5 0 1 0 .833 0.90 OGonzalez 40 3 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JJohnstone 31 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 LSmith 22 1 11 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 KDineen 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 BBoone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMorrison 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1436 162 162 1085 31 16 7 .986 2.33 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SCarlton 247 34 34 5 46 3 1 .944 1.86 LChristenso 228 33 33 8 37 3 1 .937 1.78 RLerch 184 28 33 9 32 2 3 .953 2.01 DRuthven 150 20 20 8 23 1 0 .969 1.85 JKaat 140 24 26 5 15 0 4 1.000 1.28 JLonborg 113 22 22 11 14 0 1 1.000 1.98 RReed 108 0 66 6 8 1 0 .933 1.16 TMcGraw 89 1 55 4 13 1 2 .944 1.71 WBrusstar 88 0 58 5 22 0 4 1.000 2.74 REastwick 40 0 22 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.12 GGarber 38 0 22 5 4 0 0 1.000 2.09 HPina 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 KSaucier 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DBoitano 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLarson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1436 162 162 68 218 11 16 .963 1.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Bowa .294

On-base % Luzinski .388

Slugging % Luzinski .526

OPS Luzinski .914

Games Bowa 156

At Bats Bowa 654

Plate Appearances (approx.) Bowa 692

Runs Schmidt 93

Hits Bowa 192

Total Bases Luzinski 284

Doubles Maddox 34

Triples Bowa 5

Home Runs Luzinski 35

RBI Luzinski 101

Bases on Balls Luzinski 100

Strikeouts Luzinski 135

Stolen Bases Maddox 33

Singles Bowa 153

Adjusted OPS+ Luzinski 153

Runs Created Luzinski 114

Adjusted Batting Runs Luzinski 42

Batting Wins Luzinski 4.3

Extra-Base Hits Luzinski 69

Times on Base Luzinski 254

Offensive Win% Luzinski .735

Hit By Pitch Luzinski 11

Sac. Hits Bowa 11

Sac. Flies Boone and Schmidt 8

Intentional Walks Hebner 16

Grounded into Double Plays Sizemore 14

Caught Stealing Hebner, Luzinski, and Maddox 7

Power/Speed Number Schmidt 19.9

At Bats per Strikeout Bowa 16.4

At Bats per Home Run Luzinski 15.4

Outs Bowa 486

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Carlton 2.84

Wins Carlton 16

Won-Loss % Ruthven .722

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Christenson 1.123

Hits Allowed/9IP Christenson 8.25

Bases on Balls/9IP Christenson 1.86

Strikeouts/9IP Carlton 5.86

Games Reed 66

Saves Reed 17

Innings Carlton 247.3

Strikeouts Carlton 161

Games Started Carlton 34

Comp. Games Carlton 12

Shutouts Carlton and Christenson 3

Home Runs Allow. Carlton 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Lerch 70

Hits Allowed Carlton 228

SO to Walk Christenson 2.79

Losses Christenson 14

Earned Runs Allow. Christenson 82

Wild Pitches Christenson 6

Hit Batsmen Kaat and Reed 5

Batters Faced Carlton 1006

Games Finished Reed 40

Adjusted ERA+ Carlton 126

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