1978 Most Common Pitchers
- Team's starters sorted by GS+CG, closers by SV+GF/3, bullpen by G-GS+GF
- (pitching WAR)
| Starting Pitchers | Bullpen | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | Closer | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| 1 | ATL (69-93, 17.85 dWAR) | P.Niekro (9.98) | P.Hanna (0.07) | M.Mahler (0.48) | L.McWilliams (3.13) | D.Ruthven (0.84) | G.Garber (2.79) | D.Campbell (0.15) | C.Skok (-0.16) | R.Camp (0.51) |
| 2 | BAL (90-71, 10.64 dWAR) | M.Flanagan (1.48) | J.Palmer (6.38) | D.Martinez (2.45) | S.McGregor (2.68) | N.Briles (-0.26) | D.Stanhouse (0.79) | T.Martinez (-1.32) | J.Kerrigan (-0.99) | J.Flinn (-1.07) |
| 3 | BOS (99-64, 26.65 dWAR) | M.Torrez (3.38) | D.Eckersley (7.32) | L.Tiant (5.60) | B.Lee (2.35) | J.Wright (2.32) | B.Stanley (4.26) | D.Drago (1.68) | B.Campbell (0.20) | T.Burgmeier (0.20) |
| 4 | CAL (87-75, 16.54 dWAR) | N.Ryan (2.58) | F.Tanana (3.00) | C.Knapp (1.26) | D.Aase (1.51) | P.Hartzell (1.91) | D.LaRoche (2.12) | D.Miller (1.82) | T.Griffin (-0.84) | K.Brett (-0.33) |
| 5 | CHC (79-83, 13.98 dWAR) | R.Reuschel (5.47) | D.Lamp (3.96) | R.Burris (0.62) | M.Krukow (2.22) | D.Roberts (-0.32) | B.Sutter (1.17) | D.Moore (0.16) | W.Hernandez (0.96) | L.McGlothen (1.36) |
| 6 | CHW (71-90, 7.86 dWAR) | F.Barrios (2.48) | K.Kravec (1.35) | S.Stone (1.34) | W.Wood (-0.34) | R.Wortham (1.14) | L.LaGrow (-0.55) | J.Willoughby (0.94) | R.Hinton (0.64) | R.Schueler (-0.40) |
| 7 | CIN (92-69, 8.49 dWAR) | T.Seaver (4.65) | F.Norman (0.90) | P.Moskau (1.53) | T.Hume (0.40) | B.Bonham (1.70) | D.Bair (3.99) | M.Sarmiento (-0.29) | P.Borbon (-0.79) | D.Tomlin (-3.13) |
| 8 | CLE (69-90, 13.91 dWAR) | R.Waits (4.07) | R.Wise (0.91) | M.Paxton (2.64) | D.Clyde (1.05) | D.Hood (0.84) | J.Kern (2.65) | S.Monge (1.07) | D.Spillner (0.60) | D.Kinney (-0.10) |
| 9 | DET (86-76, 18.53 dWAR) | J.Slaton (1.83) | M.Wilcox (3.25) | J.Billingham (1.97) | D.Rozema (3.98) | K.Young (3.21) | J.Hiller (3.02) | S.Foucault (0.08) | J.Morris (0.05) | J.Crawford (-0.35) |
| 10 | HOU (74-88, 12.05 dWAR) | J.Richard (4.10) | M.Lemongello (1.15) | J.Niekro (0.93) | T.Dixon (0.04) | F.Bannister (-0.27) | J.Sambito (1.20) | K.Forsch (2.73) | J.Andujar (1.32) | R.Williams (-0.07) |
| 11 | KCR (92-70, 12.86 dWAR) | D.Leonard (3.85) | P.Splittorff (2.81) | R.Gale (2.93) | L.Gura (4.45) | A.Hassler (-0.53) | A.Hrabosky (1.74) | S.Mingori (0.79) | D.Bird (-2.11) | M.Pattin (-0.30) |
| 12 | LAD (95-67, 16.53 dWAR) | D.Sutton (1.36) | B.Hooton (5.14) | T.John (1.43) | D.Rau (2.12) | R.Rhoden (0.72) | T.Forster (1.61) | C.Hough (0.49) | L.Rautzhan (0.60) | B.Castillo (-0.50) |
| 13 | MIL (93-69, 15.51 dWAR) | M.Caldwell (8.21) | L.Sorensen (5.01) | J.Augustine (0.22) | B.Travers (0.21) | A.Replogle (0.79) | B.Castro (1.81) | B.McClure (0.18) | R.Stein (-1.46) | E.Rodriguez (0.75) |
| 14 | MIN (73-89, 17.23 dWAR) | R.Erickson (2.85) | G.Zahn (4.62) | D.Goltz (6.58) | G.Serum (1.86) | D.Jackson (-0.03) | M.Marshall (2.95) | T.Johnson (-0.69) | G.Thayer (0.47) | J.Sutton (0.35) |
| 15 | MON (76-86, 5.69 dWAR) | R.Grimsley (1.76) | S.Rogers (4.90) | R.May (-0.83) | W.Fryman (0.34) | D.Schatzeder (1.58) | M.Garman (-1.26) | D.Knowles (1.62) | S.Bahnsen (-0.45) | B.Atkinson (-0.48) |
| 16 | NYM (66-96, 7.81 dWAR) | N.Espinosa (-0.89) | J.Koosman (1.48) | C.Swan (5.62) | P.Zachry (1.78) | M.Bruhert (-1.12) | S.Lockwood (0.83) | D.Murray (0.22) | D.Bernard (-0.15) | B.Metzger (-0.87) |
| 17 | NYY (100-63, 19.84 dWAR) | R.Guidry (9.58) | E.Figueroa (3.96) | D.Tidrow (1.20) | C.Hunter (1.22) | J.Beattie (0.67) | R.Gossage (3.18) | S.Lyle (0.43) | K.Clay (-0.31) | B.Kammeyer (-0.26) |
| 18 | OAK (69-93, 14.78 dWAR) | M.Keough (2.99) | J.Johnson (2.65) | P.Broberg (-0.55) | S.Renko (1.07) | R.Langford (2.65) | E.Sosa (2.73) | D.Heaverlo (1.88) | B.Lacey (1.47) | J.Coleman (0.78) |
| 19 | PHI (90-72, 7.73 dWAR) | S.Carlton (2.89) | L.Christenson (1.69) | R.Lerch (-0.32) | D.Ruthven (2.06) | J.Kaat (-0.19) | R.Reed (1.51) | T.McGraw (-0.22) | W.Brusstar (1.33) | G.Garber (1.09) |
| 20 | PIT (88-73, 19.23 dWAR) | B.Blyleven (5.05) | D.Robinson (3.43) | J.Candelaria (4.01) | J.Rooker (0.04) | J.Bibby (0.63) | K.Tekulve (3.43) | G.Jackson (1.12) | E.Whitson (0.85) | B.Kison (1.30) |
| 21 | SDP (84-78, 14.56 dWAR) | R.Jones (2.65) | G.Perry (4.26) | B.Owchinko (1.82) | E.Rasmussen (0.48) | B.Shirley (0.97) | R.Fingers (2.47) | M.Lee (0.66) | J.D'Acquisto (2.54) | M.Lolich (1.06) |
| 22 | SEA (56-104, 0.22 dWAR) | G.Abbott (-0.34) | P.Mitchell (1.66) | R.Honeycutt (-0.16) | J.Colborn (-0.62) | B.McLaughlin (0.80) | E.Romo (1.44) | S.Rawley (0.50) | J.Todd (0.80) | T.House (-0.17) |
| 23 | SFG (89-73, 18.86 dWAR) | B.Knepper (6.29) | V.Blue (5.75) | J.Montefusco (1.94) | E.Halicki (3.46) | J.Barr (1.69) | G.Lavelle (0.74) | R.Moffitt (0.28) | J.Curtis (0.02) | C.Williams (-0.70) |
| 24 | STL (69-93, 11.72 dWAR) | J.Denny (5.22) | B.Forsch (1.68) | P.Vuckovich (4.63) | S.Martinez (1.05) | P.Falcone (-1.15) | M.Littell (1.63) | B.Schultz (0.35) | A.Lopez (-0.24) | T.Bruno (1.58) |
| 25 | TEX (87-75, 17.40 dWAR) | J.Matlack (6.23) | F.Jenkins (5.49) | D.Alexander (2.19) | D.Medich (1.77) | D.Ellis (-0.27) | R.Cleveland (0.42) | L.Barker (-0.56) | J.Umbarger (-0.65) | S.Comer (2.73) |
| 26 | TOR (59-102, 9.05 dWAR) | J.Jefferson (2.25) | T.Underwood (1.58) | J.Clancy (2.32) | J.Garvin (-0.55) | D.Lemanczyk (-1.31) | T.Murphy (0.95) | M.Willis (-0.02) | V.Cruz (2.74) | J.Coleman (-0.04) |
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