1978 NLCS
Los Angeles Dodgers over Philadelphia Phillies (3-1)

1977 NLCS 1979 NLCS

Dates: October 4 - 7, 1978

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 4
Los Angeles Dodgers	9	Final
Philadelphia Phillies	5

W	Bob Welch (1-0)
L	Larry Christenson (0-1)

Game 2, October 5
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	Final
Philadelphia Phillies	0

W	Tommy John (1-0)
L	Dick Ruthven (0-1)

Game 3, October 6
Philadelphia Phillies	9	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	4

W	Steve Carlton (1-0)
L	Don Sutton (0-1)

Game 4, October 7
Philadelphia Phillies	3	Final
Los Angeles Dodgers	4	(10)

W	Terry Forster (1-0)
L	Tug McGraw (0-1)

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Dusty Baker	4	15	1	7	2	0	0	1	3	0	.467	.556	.600	1.156	0	0	0	0.32	6.15%	149	522	62	137	11	66	12	.262	.701
Ron Cey	4	16	4	5	1	0	1	3	2	4	.313	.389	.563	.951	0	0	0	0.20	4.03%	159	555	84	150	23	84	2	.270	.833
Joe Ferguson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.06	-1.21%	*118	348	40	78	14	50	1	.224	.747
Terry Forster*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	47	8	1	4	0	2	0	.500	1.125
Steve Garvey	4	18	6	7	1	1	4	7	0	1	.389	.389	1.222	1.611	0	1	0	0.31	5.76%	162	639	89	202	21	113	10	.316	.852
Jerry Grote	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	41	70	5	19	0	9	0	.271	.697
Burt Hooton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.06	-1.12%	32	67	4	10	0	2	0	.149	.394
Charlie Hough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	55	12	1	4	0	2	0	.333	.750
Tommy John	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.77%	33	66	2	8	0	6	0	.121	.311
Lee Lacy	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.09	-1.90%	103	245	29	64	13	40	7	.261	.853
Davey Lopes	4	18	3	7	1	1	2	5	0	1	.389	.389	.889	1.278	1	0	2	0.34	6.70%	151	587	93	163	17	58	45	.278	.776
Rick Monday*	3	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.400	.673	0	0	0	-0.11	-2.43%	119	342	54	87	19	57	2	.254	.816
Manny Mota	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	0	0		0.00	-0.24%	37	33	2	10	0	6	0	.303	.694
Bill North#	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.18	-2.86%	*134	356	59	82	0	15	30	.230	.637
Doug Rau*	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.77%	30	63	3	9	0	5	0	.143	.328
Lance Rautzhan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Rick Rhoden	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.78%	30	52	5	7	0	4	0	.135	.332
Bill Russell	4	17	1	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	.412	.444	.471	.915	0	0	0	0.46	9.14%	155	625	72	179	3	46	10	.286	.684
Reggie Smith#	4	16	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.188	.235	.250	.485	0	0	1	-0.09	-1.89%	128	447	82	132	29	93	12	.295	.942
Don Sutton	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.08	-0.87%	34	72	1	6	0	3	0	.083	.215
Bob Welch	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.01	-0.25%	23	29	3	5	0	1	0	.172	.379
Steve Yeager	4	13	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	.231	.333	.462	.795	1	0	0	-0.10	-0.96%	94	228	19	44	4	23	0	.193	.577
Totals	51	147	21	42	8	3	8	21	9	22	.286	.331	.544	.875	2	1		0.73	15.73%	162	5437	727	1435	149		137	.264	.740

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Philadelphia Phillies Batting

Philadelphia Phillies Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Bob Boone	3	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	0	1	-0.18	-3.69%	132	435	48	123	12	62	2	.283	.772
Larry Bowa#	4	18	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.368	.333	.702	0	0	0	-0.01	0.50%	156	654	78	192	3	43	27	.294	.689
Warren Brusstar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	58	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.429
José Cardenal	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	0	-0.12	-2.73%	87	201	27	50	4	33	2	.249	.691
Steve Carlton*	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	0	0	0	0.41	4.65%	34	86	7	25	0	13	0	.291	.660
Larry Christenson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.63%	33	67	3	5	1	4	0	.075	.261
Rawly Eastwick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	*22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Barry Foote	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		0.00	-0.06%	39	57	4	9	1	4	0	.158	.383
Orlando González*	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.01	-0.27%	26	26	1	5	0	0	0	.192	.415
Richie Hebner*	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	0	-0.10	-1.34%	137	435	61	123	17	71	4	.283	.834
Randy Lerch*	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.05	-1.16%	36	60	11	15	3	9	0	.250	.753
Greg Luzinski	4	16	3	6	0	1	2	3	1	2	.375	.412	.875	1.287	0	0	0	0.11	2.07%	155	540	85	143	35	101	8	.265	.914
Garry Maddox	4	19	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	.263	.263	.263	.526	0	0	1	-0.05	-0.36%	155	598	62	172	11	68	33	.288	.741
Jerry Martin	4	9	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	.222	.300	.667	.967	0	0	0	-0.20	-4.60%	128	266	40	72	9	36	9	.271	.790
Bake McBride*	3	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	.222	.222	.556	.778	0	0	0	0.11	3.12%	122	472	68	127	10	49	28	.269	.707
Tim McCarver*	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0.04	0.29%	90	146	18	36	1	14	2	.247	.709
Tug McGraw	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	55	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Morrison	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.03	-0.45%	53	108	12	17	3	10	1	.157	.504
Ron Reed	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	66	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Dick Ruthven	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.02	-0.27%	*34	77	7	17	0	4	0	.221	.503
Mike Schmidt	4	15	1	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	.200	.278	.333	.611	0	1	2	-0.11	-2.16%	145	513	93	129	21	78	19	.251	.798
Ted Sizemore	4	13	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	.385	.429	.538	.967	0	0	0	-0.03	-1.43%	108	351	38	77	0	25	8	.219	.523
Totals	53	140	17	35	3	2	5	16	9	21	.250	.293	.407	.700	0	1		-0.27	-8.52%	162	5448	708	1404	133		152	.258	.716

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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