1978 Chicago Cubs Statistics

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 79-83-0, Finished 3rd in NL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Herman Franks (79-83)

General Manager: Bob Kennedy

Scouting Director: Vedie Himsl

Ballpark: Wrigley Field

Attendance: 1,525,311 (6th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 111, Pitching - 112
One-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 110

Pythagorean W-L: 75-87, 664 Runs, 724 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, CHC (79-83) lost to NYM, 3-5

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	Dave Rader*	29	116	348	305	29	62	13	3	3	36	1	1	34	26	.203	.281	.295	.576	55	90	13	1	3	5	7
2	1B	Bill Buckner*	28	117	470	446	47	144	26	1	5	74	7	5	18	17	.323	.345	.419	.765	104	187	16	0	1	5	5
3	2B	Manny Trillo	27	152	615	552	53	144	17	5	4	55	0	7	50	67	.261	.320	.332	.652	75	183	10	2	3	8	3
4	SS	Iván de Jesús	25	160	712	619	104	172	24	7	3	35	41	12	74	78	.278	.356	.354	.710	91	219	12	2	15	2	5
5	3B	Steve Ontiveros#	26	82	316	276	34	67	14	4	1	22	0	2	34	33	.243	.321	.333	.654	76	92	4	0	1	5	3
6	LF	Dave Kingman	29	119	448	395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	4	39	111	.266	.336	.542	.878	132	214	3	6	2	6	8
7	CF	Greg Gross*	25	124	390	347	34	92	12	7	1	39	3	1	33	19	.265	.323	.349	.672	80	121	6	0	3	7	5
8	RF	Bobby Murcer*	32	146	585	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	14	5	80	57	.281	.376	.403	.779	109	201	12	0	0	6	15
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	Larry Biittner*	31	120	374	343	32	88	15	1	4	50	0	1	23	37	.257	.300	.341	.641	72	117	8	1	1	6	4
10	3B	Rodney Scott#	24	78	280	227	41	64	5	1	0	15	27	10	43	41	.282	.403	.313	.716	95	71	4	3	7	0	0
11	OF	Gene Clines	31	109	254	229	31	59	10	2	0	17	4	3	21	28	.258	.321	.319	.640	72	73	5	1	2	1	1
12	RF	Mike Vail	26	74	185	180	15	60	6	2	4	33	0	1	3	24	.333	.341	.456	.796	112	82	6	0	0	2	0
13	CF	Jerry White#	25	59	162	136	22	37	6	0	1	10	4	3	23	16	.272	.373	.338	.711	92	46	3	0	1	2	1
14	C	Larry Cox	30	59	133	121	10	34	5	0	2	18	0	0	12	16	.281	.346	.372	.718	93	45	4	0	0	0	0
15	C	Tim Blackwell#	25	49	132	103	8	23	3	0	0	7	0	0	23	17	.223	.367	.252	.620	69	26	4	1	4	1	1
16	IF	Mick Kelleher	30	68	106	95	8	24	1	0	0	6	4	1	7	11	.253	.304	.263	.567	54	25	5	0	4	0	0
17	UT	Héctor Cruz	25	30	80	76	8	18	5	0	2	9	0	0	3	6	.237	.266	.382	.647	72	29	4	0	1	0	1
18	CF	Joe Wallis#	26	28	60	55	7	17	2	1	1	6	0	2	5	13	.309	.367	.436	.803	115	24	0	0	0	0	1
19	3B	Davey Johnson	35	24	56	49	5	15	1	1	2	6	0	0	5	9	.306	.393	.490	.883	136	24	1	2	0	0	0
20	UT	Scot Thompson*	22	19	39	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.417	.447	.500	.947	154	18	0	0	1	0	0
21	IF	Rudy Meoli*	27	47	35	29	10	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	4	.103	.257	.172	.430	18	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	UT	Ed Putman	24	17	29	25	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	.200	.310	.200	.510	40	5	0	0	0	0	0
23	C	Mike Gordon#	24	4	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200	.556	.200	.756	111	1	0	1	0	0	1
24	IF	Mike Sember	25	9	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	128	1	0	0	0	0	0
25		Karl Pagel*	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
26	P	Rick Reuschel	29	35	89	73	5	10	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	23	.137	.190	.164	.354	-4	12	0	1	10	1	0
27	P	Dennis Lamp	25	37	76	73	1	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	.205	.205	.233	.438	17	17	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Ray Burris	27	41	70	61	3	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	13	.115	.143	.197	.340	-10	12	1	0	7	0	0
29	P	Dave Roberts*	33	37	57	52	4	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	.327	.352	.500	.852	126	26	2	0	3	0	0
30	P	Mike Krukow	26	27	51	45	4	11	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	.244	.271	.356	.626	67	16	0	0	3	1	0
31	P	Woodie Fryman	38	13	20	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.063	.059	.125	.184	-52	2	0	0	3	1	0
32	P	Bruce Sutter	25	64	19	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.077	.200	.077	.277	-23	1	0	0	4	0	0
33	P	Donnie Moore*	24	71	18	15	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	.267	.353	.333	.686	85	5	0	0	1	0	0
34	P	Lynn McGlothen*	28	49	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.231	.286	.308	.593	59	4	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ken Holtzman	32	23	12	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.300	.573	54	3	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Paul Reuschel	31	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dave Geisel*	23	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Willie Hernández*	23	55	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Manny Seoane	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	162	6258	5532	664	1461	224	48	72	612	110	58	562	746	.264	.331	.361	.692	86	1997	125	21	84	59	61
		Rank in 12 NL teams				1	5	1	10	2	11		7	5	3	3	1	3	8	5		7		10		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.8	162	5824	5153	640	1390	207	46	70	588	109	58	546	645	.270	.339	.369	.707	90	1899	120	20	49	56	61
		Pitcher Totals	28.2	162	434	379	24	71	17	2	2	24	1	0	16	101	.187	.221	.259	.479	28	98	5	1	35	3	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	Rick Reuschel	29	14	15	.483	3.41	35	35	0	9	1	0	242.2	235	98	92	16	54	8	115	5	1	13	1007	118	3.22	1.191	8.7	0.6	2.0	4.3	2.13
2	SP	Dennis Lamp	25	7	15	.318	3.30	37	36	0	6	3	0	223.2	221	96	82	16	56	8	73	4	2	2	928	122	3.67	1.238	8.9	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.30
3	SP	Ray Burris	27	7	13	.350	4.75	40	32	3	4	1	1	199.0	210	112	105	15	79	11	94	10	3	6	870	85	3.96	1.452	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.19
4	SP	Dave Roberts*	33	6	8	.429	5.25	35	20	6	2	1	1	142.1	159	87	83	17	56	15	54	3	0	4	627	77	4.62	1.511	10.1	1.1	3.5	3.4	0.96
5	SP	Mike Krukow	26	9	3	.750	3.90	27	20	3	3	1	0	138.1	125	62	60	11	53	4	81	5	0	1	582	103	3.71	1.287	8.1	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.53
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	Bruce Sutter	25	8	10	.444	3.19	64	0	47	0	0	27	98.2	82	44	35	10	34	7	106	1	1	8	414	126	2.82	1.176	7.5	0.9	3.1	9.7	3.12
7	RP	Donnie Moore	24	9	7	.563	4.12	71	1	24	0	0	4	102.2	117	55	47	7	31	11	50	2	2	7	450	98	3.46	1.442	10.3	0.6	2.7	4.4	1.61
8	RP	Lynn McGlothen	28	5	3	.625	3.04	49	1	14	0	0	0	80.0	77	33	27	7	39	5	60	0	0	0	343	133	3.69	1.450	8.7	0.8	4.4	6.8	1.54
9	RP	Willie Hernández*	23	8	2	.800	3.77	54	0	21	0	0	3	59.2	57	26	25	6	35	7	38	1	0	3	264	107	4.43	1.542	8.6	0.9	5.3	5.7	1.09
10	RP	Ken Holtzman*	32	0	3	.000	6.11	23	6	9	0	0	2	53.0	61	40	36	10	35	3	36	1	0	3	250	66	5.72	1.811	10.4	1.7	5.9	6.1	1.03
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		Woodie Fryman*	38	2	4	.333	5.17	13	9	0	0	0	0	55.2	64	37	32	6	37	5	28	0	2	3	255	78	4.97	1.814	10.3	1.0	6.0	4.5	0.76
12		Paul Reuschel	31	2	0	1.000	5.14	16	0	6	0	0	0	28.0	29	16	16	4	13	3	13	1	0	1	122	79	5.01	1.500	9.3	1.3	4.2	4.2	1.00
13		Dave Geisel*	23	1	0	1.000	4.24	18	1	4	0	0	0	23.1	27	12	11	0	11	4	15	0	0	1	109	96	2.71	1.629	10.4	0.0	4.2	5.8	1.36
14		Manny Seoane	23	1	0	1.000	5.40	7	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	11	6	5	0	6	2	5	0	1	1	43	78	3.55	2.040	11.9	0.0	6.5	5.4	0.83
		Team Totals	27.7	79	83	.488	4.05	162	162	138	24	7	38	1455.1	1475	724	655	125	539	93	768	33	12	53	6264	99	3.83	1.384	9.1	0.8	3.3	4.7	1.42
		Rank in 12 NL teams		7	6		11				9	11	4	1	12	11	12	11	7		10
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