1978 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 88-73-0, Finished 2nd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Chuck Tanner (88-73)

General Manager: Harding Peterson (Co-GM)

Scouting Director: Murray Cook

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium

Attendance: 964,106 (11th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

Pythagorean W-L: 86-75, 684 Runs, 637 Runs Allowed

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Recent Game Results

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161. Oct 1, PIT (88-73) beat PHI, 5-3

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Ott*	26	112	410	379	49	102	18	4	9	38	4	1	27	56	.269	.315	.409	.724	98	155	7	0	1	3	6
2	1B	Willie Stargell*	38	122	450	390	60	115	18	2	28	97	3	2	50	93	.295	.382	.567	.949	158	221	8	7	0	3	10
3	2B	Rennie Stennett	29	106	351	333	30	81	9	2	3	35	2	1	13	22	.243	.274	.309	.584	60	103	9	2	1	2	6
4	SS	Frank Taveras	28	157	702	654	81	182	31	9	0	38	46	25	29	60	.278	.313	.353	.666	83	231	4	5	12	2	3
5	3B	Phil Garner	29	154	609	528	66	138	25	9	10	66	27	14	66	71	.261	.345	.400	.745	104	211	18	5	3	7	12
6	LF	Bill Robinson	35	136	552	499	70	123	36	2	14	80	14	11	35	105	.246	.296	.411	.707	92	205	7	5	2	11	8
7	CF	Omar Moreno*	25	155	621	515	95	121	15	7	2	33	71	22	81	104	.235	.339	.303	.642	78	156	5	3	17	5	4
8	RF	Dave Parker*	27	148	642	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	7	57	92	.334	.394	.585	.979	166	340	8	2	0	2	23
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	John Milner*	28	108	333	295	39	80	17	0	6	38	5	0	34	25	.271	.342	.390	.732	101	115	6	0	0	4	6
10	1B	Manny Sanguillén	34	85	235	220	15	58	5	1	3	16	2	2	9	10	.264	.296	.336	.633	73	74	5	2	2	2	2
11	C	Duffy Dyer	32	58	199	175	7	37	8	1	0	13	2	1	18	32	.211	.294	.269	.563	56	47	5	3	2	1	3
12	3B	Dale Berra	21	56	153	135	16	28	2	0	6	14	3	1	13	20	.207	.285	.356	.640	75	48	2	2	0	1	3
13	OF	Steve Brye	29	66	130	115	16	27	7	0	1	9	2	1	11	10	.235	.305	.322	.626	72	37	2	1	2	1	1
14	3B	Ken Macha	27	29	65	52	5	11	1	1	0	5	2	0	12	10	.212	.354	.269	.623	74	14	3	0	0	1	1
15	IF	Mario Mendoza	27	57	62	55	5	12	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	9	.218	.283	.291	.574	58	16	0	3	2	0	1
16	CI	Jim Fregosi	36	20	26	20	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	.200	.385	.250	.635	78	5	0	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Fernando González	28	9	22	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.190	.227	.238	.465	28	5	0	0	0	0	0
18	1B	Doe Boyland*	23	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Steve Nicosia	22	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Dave May*	34	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Alberto Lois	22	3	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.750	1.000	165	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	LF	Cito Gaston	34	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	176	1	0	0	0	0	0
23		Matt Alexander#	31	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Bert Blyleven	27	37	93	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	.129	.140	.153	.292	-20	13	0	0	7	0	0
25	P	Don Robinson	21	35	89	85	2	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	.235	.235	.259	.494	36	22	0	0	4	0	0
26	P	John Candelaria*	24	31	70	52	6	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	.173	.317	.231	.548	53	12	2	2	7	0	0
27	P	Jim Rooker	35	32	58	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	17	.161	.158	.232	.390	6	13	2	0	1	1	0
28	P	Jim Bibby	33	34	34	31	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.129	.206	.226	.432	19	7	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bruce Kison	28	28	29	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	.138	.138	.345	.483	29	10	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jerry Reuss*	29	23	27	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.185	.185	.259	.444	21	7	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Kent Tekulve	31	91	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.095	.136	.095	.232	-35	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ed Whitson	23	43	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Grant Jackson#	35	60	12	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.417	.667	80	5	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dave Hamilton*	30	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Odell Jones	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Clay Carroll	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Will McEnaney*	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.2	161	6040	5406	684	1390	239	54	115	631	213	90	480	874	.257	.320	.385	.705	93	2082	95	42	64	46	89
		Rank in 12 NL teams				8	4	6	7	1	7		1	12	9	9	5	6	4	4		5		1		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	161	5587	4990	665	1321	227	51	113	604	211	90	466	733	.265	.330	.399	.728	99	1989	89	40	44	45	89
		Pitcher Totals	27.4	161	453	416	19	69	12	3	2	27	2	0	14	141	.166	.196	.224	.420	15	93	6	2	20	1	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bert Blyleven	27	14	10	.583	3.03	34	34	0	11	4	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	5	182	6	2	6	1011	123	2.88	1.161	8.0	0.6	2.4	6.7	2.76
2	SP	Don Robinson	21	14	6	.700	3.47	35	32	1	9	1	1	228.1	203	98	88	20	57	4	135	3	4	9	937	108	3.33	1.139	8.0	0.8	2.2	5.3	2.37
3	SP	John Candelaria*	24	12	11	.522	3.24	30	29	1	3	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	6	94	5	3	3	796	115	3.48	1.270	9.1	0.7	2.3	4.5	1.92
4	SP	Jim Rooker*	35	9	11	.450	4.24	28	28	0	1	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	4	76	3	0	1	717	88	4.23	1.476	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.2	0.94
5	SP	Jerry Reuss*	29	3	2	.600	4.90	23	12	3	3	1	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	1	42	3	1	3	361	76	3.30	1.452	10.6	0.5	2.5	4.6	1.83
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Kent Tekulve	31	8	7	.533	2.33	91	0	65	0	0	31	135.1	115	44	35	5	55	18	77	2	0	5	573	160	3.19	1.256	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.1	1.40
7	RP	Jim Bibby	33	8	7	.533	3.53	34	14	10	3	2	1	107.0	100	52	42	10	39	7	72	2	0	5	460	106	3.60	1.299	8.4	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.85
8	RP	Bruce Kison	28	6	6	.500	3.19	28	11	4	0	0	0	96.0	81	40	34	3	39	0	62	5	1	4	407	117	3.07	1.250	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.8	1.59
9	RP	Grant Jackson*	35	7	5	.583	3.26	60	0	25	0	0	5	77.1	89	32	28	5	32	9	45	1	1	2	346	115	3.54	1.565	10.4	0.6	3.7	5.2	1.41
10	RP	Ed Whitson	23	5	6	.455	3.28	43	0	14	0	0	4	74.0	66	31	27	5	37	5	64	2	0	1	318	114	3.31	1.392	8.0	0.6	4.5	7.8	1.73
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Dave Hamilton*	30	0	2	.000	3.42	16	0	4	0	0	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	2	15	0	0	1	118	111	3.80	1.329	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.25
12		Odell Jones	25	2	0	1.000	2.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	38	195	1.70	1.222	7.0	0.0	4.0	10.0	2.50
13		Will McEnaney*	26	0	0		10.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	15	11	10	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	42	38	6.74	1.962	15.6	3.1	2.1	6.2	3.00
14		Clay Carroll	37	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	183	4.84	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.9	88	73	.547	3.41	161	161	131	30	9	44	1444.2	1366	637	548	103	499	61	880	33	12	40	6141	109	3.40	1.291	8.5	0.6	3.1	5.5	1.76
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		5				7	4	3	6	6	7	5	5	5		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W