1978 Major League Free Agents

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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Notes players granted free agency or released between Oct 1 and Dec 31 of 1978. Signings are for signings within six months of becoming a free agent. Free Agents are listed below the signings.

Free Agent Signings

Free Agent Signings
Rk	Name	Date	To Team	From Team	Age	WAR3	Yrs	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Clay Carroll	1979-04-15	Milwaukee Brewers	PIT	38	4.0	15	694	208	17	27	1	7	0	7	.130	.158	.144	.302	96	73	2.94	1.284	731	28	143	1353.1	1296	67	442	681
2	Tom Griffin	1979-04-04	San Francisco Giants	CAL	31	-2.4	10	253	323	28	53	8	24	0	11	.164	.195	.285	.480	58	76	4.15	1.484	272	158	3	1141.0	1091	103	602	802
3	Joe Coleman	1979-04-01	San Francisco Giants	TOR	32	3.1	14	264	457	18	48	0	23	0	32	.105	.165	.120	.285	142	135	3.68	1.327	469	340	7	2545.0	2384	232	992	1714
4	Del Unser	1979-03-29	Philadelphia Phillies	MON	34	0.2	11	1527	4891	571	1264	81	436	62	441	.258	.319	.357	.675
5	Rudy Meoli	1979-03-27	Philadelphia Phillies	CHC	28	-0.4	5	280	553	67	120	2	34	8	60	.217	.291	.268	.559
6	Steve Luebber	1979-03-17	Toronto Blue Jays	CHW	29	0.6	3	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	.105	6	10	4.32	1.508	58	24	3	189.2	185	16	101	81
7	Bernie Carbo	1979-03-10	St. Louis Cardinals	CLE	31	3.9	10	937	2652	366	700	93	345	25	526	.264	.388	.428	.816
8	Bill North	1979-03-10	San Francisco Giants	LAD	31	4.9	8	853	2894	458	764	13	169	266	424	.264	.361	.325	.686
9	Vic Harris	1979-03-06	Milwaukee Brewers	SFG	29	-1.6	7	545	1521	160	330	12	114	32	148	.217	.286	.294	.580
10	Mike Anderson	1979-03-05	Philadelphia Phillies	BAL	28	0.8	8	642	1412	147	349	27	132	7	148	.247	.318	.365	.682
11	Dave Hamilton	1979-02-28	Oakland Athletics	PIT	31	1.4	7	57	33	2	4	0	0	0	5	.121	.256	.152	.408	36	34	3.49	1.377	240	49	26	591.1	568	50	246	359
12	Al Fitzmorris	1979-02-25	San Diego Padres	CAL	33	2.7	10	129	99	12	24	0	8	0	7	.242	.290	.293	.583	77	59	3.65	1.345	288	159	7	1277.0	1284	83	433	458
13	Pete Broberg	1979-02-23	Los Angeles Dodgers	OAK	29	-1.2	8	80	101	3	9	1	6	0	2	.089	.107	.158	.265	41	71	4.56	1.475	206	134	1	963.0	942	86	478	536
14	Fred Kendall	1979-02-22	San Diego Padres	BOS	30	0.0	10	812	2450	160	579	30	236	5	178	.236	.287	.316	.603
15	Dave Roberts	1979-02-22	San Francisco Giants	CHC	34	4.6	10	301	517	27	102	7	45	0	8	.197	.208	.282	.490	96	114	3.75	1.321	352	265	8	1920.1	1985	139	552	861
16	Will McEnaney	1979-02-19	St. Louis Cardinals	PIT	27	-2.1	5	224	28	0	1	0	0	0	3	.036	.129	.036	.165	12	14	3.94	1.397	224	0	27	285.2	320	22	79	133
17	Mike Lum	1979-02-15	Atlanta Braves	CIN	33	0.1	12	1262	3185	364	791	82	392	13	323	.248	.320	.375	.695
18	Steve Brye	1979-02-07	San Diego Padres	PIT	30	0.9	9	697	1997	237	515	30	193	16	144	.258	.309	.365	.674
19	Andy Messersmith	1979-02-07	Los Angeles Dodgers	NYY	33	7.3	11	336	707	48	122	5	52	1	46	.173	.223	.235	.458	128	95	2.80	1.135	333	284	14	2168.0	1664	165	797	1599
20	Bill Plummer	1979-02-01	Seattle Mariners	SEA	32	-1.4	10	367	892	72	168	14	82	4	95	.188	.267	.279	.546
21	Al Bumbry	1979-01-30	Baltimore Orioles	BAL	32	6.3	7	626	2068	326	585	25	168	118	192	.283	.346	.395	.741
22	Jim Colborn	1979-01-27	Seattle Mariners	SEA	33	5.8	10	94	55	0	4	0	1	0	2	.073	.105	.109	.214	83	88	3.80	1.311	301	204	7	1597.1	1619	153	475	688
23	Willie Horton	1979-01-27	Seattle Mariners	TOR	36	1.7	16	1769	6317	764	1739	288	1021	19	539	.275	.335	.463	.798
24	Lee Lacy	1979-01-19	Pittsburgh Pirates	LAD	31	1.5	7	547	1514	204	409	29	163	28	117	.270	.321	.387	.708
25	Steve Renko	1979-01-19	Boston Red Sox	OAK	34	4.4	10	290	531	44	114	6	42	3	25	.215	.250	.286	.536	89	107	3.94	1.381	314	260	4	1778.1	1684	176	772	1081
26	Darold Knowles	1979-01-16	St. Louis Cardinals	MON	37	3.5	14	584	123	2	15	0	11	0	9	.122	.187	.138	.325	64	68	3.06	1.356	715	8	137	1041.2	949	59	463	658
27	Tom Paciorek	1979-01-15	Seattle Mariners	SEA	32	-0.9	9	522	1312	162	345	19	135	14	73	.263	.303	.377	.680
28	Rico Carty	1979-01-11	Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	39	7.6	14	1519	5145	664	1559	192	835	18	596	.303	.373	.471	.844
29	Elías Sosa	1979-01-08	Montreal Expos	OAK	29	3.3	7	296	59	2	6	0	2	0	2	.102	.131	.102	.233	37	29	3.32	1.319	361	2	48	555.0	510	36	222	334
30	Mike Marshall	1979-01-06	Minnesota Twins	MIN	36	2.6	11	533	179	11	35	1	16	0	16	.196	.263	.218	.481	83	92	3.13	1.293	596	23	155	1180.2	1081	67	446	778
31	Chuck Scrivener	1979-01-04	Toronto Blue Jays	DET	31	-0.3	3
32	Dave May	1979-00-00	Philadelphia Phillies	PIT	35	0.4	12	1252	3670	462	920	96	422	60	344	.251	.318	.375	.694
33	Darrell Evans	1978-12-05	San Francisco Giants	SFG	32	5.4	10	1154	3885	610	962	167	571	50	738	.248	.367	.424	.791
34	Pete Rose	1978-12-05	Philadelphia Phillies	CIN	38	13.2	16	2505	10196	1657	3164	150	954	135	1085	.310	.379	.432	.811
35	Jim Barr	1978-12-03	California Angels	SFG	31	7.4	8	315	466	27	73	1	28	2	15	.157	.189	.200	.389	81	90	3.39	1.256	288	211	7	1579.0	1632	111	351	567
36	Steve Stone	1978-11-29	Baltimore Orioles	CHW	31	4.5	8	147	219	9	22	0	7	0	11	.100	.147	.110	.257	67	72	4.11	1.367	236	188	1	1289.0	1247	124	515	790
37	Duffy Dyer	1978-11-28	Montreal Expos	PIT	33	2.2	11	644	1811	136	403	25	154	10	206	.223	.307	.313	.620
38	Jim Slaton	1978-11-28	Milwaukee Brewers	DET	29	8.1	8	37	57	4	6	0	0	0	4	.105	.164	.105	.269	89	103	3.89	1.387	255	240	0	1682.1	1694	165	639	793
39	Tommy John	1978-11-21	New York Yankees	LAD	36	7.5	15	451	900	43	141	5	54	0	33	.157	.187	.188	.375	171	133	2.99	1.229	450	410	3	2806.0	2651	174	797	1611
40	Derrel Thomas	1978-11-14	Los Angeles Dodgers	SDP	28	1.7	8	890	3102	385	767	27	236	95	293	.247	.314	.328	.642
41	Larry Gura	1978-11-13	Kansas City Royals	KCR	31	7.3	9	56	27	1	3	0	1	0	1	.111	.143	.111	.254	43	25	3.17	1.250	195	72	13	716.0	696	59	199	310
42	Luis Tiant	1978-11-13	New York Yankees	BOS	38	14.3	15	296	497	36	81	5	40	1	12	.163	.184	.221	.405	204	148	3.16	1.182	503	415	15	3067.1	2653	308	974	2166
43	Gene Pentz	1978-09-25	Pittsburgh Pirates	HOU	26	0.0	4	91	19	1	1	0	0	0	1	.053	.100	.053	.153	8	9	3.63	1.492	104	4	7	191.0	177	14	108	116

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