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1978 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Phildlpa PHI 90 72 .556 -- Pittsbgh PIT 88 73 .547 1.5 ChicagoC CHC 79 83 .488 11.0 Montreal MON 76 86 .469 14.0 St.Louis STL 69 93 .426 21.0 NewYorkM NYM 66 96 .407 24.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB LosAngls LAD 95 67 .586 -- Cincnnti CIN 92 69 .571 2.5 SanFranc SFG 89 73 .549 6.0 SanDiego SDP 84 78 .519 11.0 Houston HOU 74 88 .457 21.0 Atlanta ATL 69 93 .426 26.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | West Postseason World Series (4-2):   New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers NL Championship Series (3-1):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Philadelphia Phillies BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1978 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 LAD  4.49   727  162  5437  1435  251  27  149  610   818  .264  .338  .402  137   52 115  4.46  4.52
 CIN  4.41   710  161  5392  1378  270  32  136  636   899  .256  .334  .393  137   58 110  4.74  4.09
 PHI  4.37   708  162  5448  1404  248  32  133  552   866  .258  .326  .388  152   58 103  4.94  3.79
 PIT  4.25   684  161  5406  1390  239  54  115  480   874  .257  .318  .385  213   90  99  4.80  3.69
 CHC  4.10   664  162  5532  1461  224  48   72  562   746  .264  .332  .361  110   58  89  4.79  3.39
 MON  3.91   633  162  5530  1404  269  31  121  396   881  .254  .304  .379   80   42  99  3.74  4.07
 SFG  3.78   613  162  5364  1331  240  41  117  554   814  .248  .319  .374   87   54 106  3.59  3.98
 NYM  3.75   607  162  5433  1332  227  47   86  549   829  .245  .314  .352  100   77  96  3.69  3.80
 HOU  3.73   605  162  5458  1408  231  45   70  434   743  .258  .313  .355  178   59 101  4.04  3.43
 ATL  3.70   600  162  5381  1313  191  39  123  550   874  .244  .314  .363   90   65  87  4.49  2.91
 STL  3.70   600  162  5415  1351  263  44   79  420   713  .249  .304  .358   97   42  91  3.57  3.84
 SDP  3.65   591  162  5360  1349  208  42   75  536   848  .252  .320  .348  152   70 102  3.59  3.70
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  3.99  7742 1942 65156 16556 2861 482 1276 6279  9905  .254  .320  .372 1533  725

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 LAD  3.54   573  162  3.12  1440  1362   8.4   440  2.7  107   800   46    13    16  38 112  3.36  3.72
 SDP  3.69   598  162  3.28  1433  1385   8.5   483  3.0   74   744   21     7    10  55 100  3.02  4.36
 SFG  3.67   594  162  3.30  1455  1377   8.5   453  2.8   84   840   42    16    17  29 104  3.01  4.32
 PHI  3.62   586  162  3.33  1436  1343   8.3   393  2.4  118   813   38     9     9  29 107  3.40  3.84
 PIT  3.96   637  161  3.41  1444  1366   8.5   499  3.1  103   880   30     9    13  44 109  3.83  4.09
 MON  3.77   611  162  3.42  1446  1332   8.2   572  3.5  117   740   42     9    13  32 103  3.54  4.00
 STL  4.06   657  162  3.58  1437  1300   8.0   600  3.7   94   859   32    10    13  22  99  3.79  4.32
 HOU  3.91   634  162  3.63  1440  1328   8.2   578  3.6   86   930   48    13    17  23  91  3.14  4.69
 CIN  4.27   688  161  3.81  1448  1437   8.9   567  3.5  122   908   16     3    10  46  94  4.23  4.32
 NYM  4.26   690  162  3.87  1455  1447   8.9   531  3.3  114   775   21     5     7  26  90  4.25  4.27
 CHC  4.47   724  162  4.05  1455  1475   9.1   539  3.3  125   768   24     7     7  38  99  4.72  4.21
 ATL  4.63   750  162  4.08  1440  1404   8.7   624  3.9  132   848   29     7    12  32 100  4.94  4.32
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  3.99  7742 1942  3.57 17329 16556   8.6  6279  3.3 1276  9905  389         144 414

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 LAD  140  138  .978   .709  3,347,845  41,331   98-64  54-27 41-40 100  98 30.5 28.7   1   6  32 Lasorda
 CIN  134  120  .978   .696  2,532,497  31,656   83-78  49-31 43-38 100 100 29.8 28.3   3   6  28 Anderson
 PHI  104  156  .983   .715  2,583,389  31,505   95-67  54-28 36-44 101 100 29.9 30.3   2   3  29 Ozark
 SFG  146  118  .976   .703  1,740,477  21,487   83-79  50-31 39-42  96  96 27.2 27.8   1   2  12 Altobelli
 PIT  166  133  .973   .702    964,106  11,903   86-75  55-26 33-47 105 104 29.1 28.3   1   1  21 Tanner
 SDP  160  171  .975   .698  1,670,107  20,619   80-82  50-31 34-47  91  92 25.9 28.4   4   2  17 Craig
 CHC  144  154  .978   .698  1,525,311  18,601   75-87  44-38 35-45 112 112 27.7 27.5   1   1  17 Franks
 MON  134  150  .979   .716  1,427,007  17,838   84-78  41-39 35-47  99  98 27.2 28.9   2   2  17 Williams
 HOU  132  109  .978   .706  1,126,145  13,903   78-84  50-31 24-57  92  92 27.1 26.6   0   1  21 Virdon
 ATL  153  126  .975   .702    904,494  11,167   65-97  39-42 30-51 112 114 25.5 28.2   1   3  19 Cox
 STL  136  155  .978   .711  1,278,215  15,780   74-88  37-44 32-49  99  99 26.9 25.3   1   1  22 Rapp, Krol, and Boyer
 NYM  132  160  .979   .699  1,007,328  12,592   72-90  33-47 33-49  96  97 27.1 27.5   0   1  18 Torre
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Dave Parker PIT .334/.394/.585 Cy Young Award Gaylord Perry SDP 21-6  2.73 154 SO Rookie of the Year Bob Horner ATL .266/.313/.539 Rolaids Relief Rollie Fingers SDP 6-13 (37 sv) 2.52 72 SO NLCS MVP Steve Garvey LAD .389/.389/1.222

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Phil Niekro Catcher Bob Boone First Base Keith Hernandez Second Base Davey Lopes Third Base Mike Schmidt Shortstop Larry Bowa Outfield Garry Maddox, Dave Parker, and Ellis Valentine

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Parker-PIT .334 Garvey-LAD .316 Cruz-HOU .315 Madlock-SFG .309 Winfield-SDP .308	On-base % Burroughs-ATL .432 Parker-PIT .394 Tenace-SDP .392 Luzinski-PHI .388 Smith-LAD .382	Slugging % Parker-PIT .585 Smith-LAD .559 Foster-CIN .546 Clark-SFG .537 Burroughs-ATL .529	OPS Parker-PIT .979 Burroughs-ATL .961 Smith-LAD .942 Luzinski-PHI .914 Foster-CIN .906
Games Cabell-HOU 162 Garvey-LAD 162 DeJesus-CHC 160 Cash-MON 159 Cey-LAD 159 Cromartie-MON 159 Evans-SFG 159 Hernandez-STL 159 Montanez-NYM 159 Rose-CIN 159 Smith-SDP 159	At Bats Cabell-HOU 660 Cash-MON 658 Rose-CIN 655 Bowa-PHI 654 Taveras-PIT 654	Plate Appearances (approx.) Rose-CIN 729 DeJesus-CHC 712 Cash-MON 703 Taveras-PIT 702 Cabell-HOU 694	Runs DeJesus-CHC 104 Rose-CIN 103 Parker-PIT 102 Foster-CIN 97 Moreno-PIT 95
Hits Garvey-LAD 202 Rose-CIN 198 Cabell-HOU 195 Parker-PIT 194 Bowa-PHI 192	Total Bases Parker-PIT 340 Foster-CIN 330 Garvey-LAD 319 Clark-SFG 318 Winfield-SDP 293	Doubles Rose-CIN 51 Clark-SFG 46 Simmons-STL 40 Parrish-MON 39 Perez-MON 38	Triples Templeton-STL 13 Parker-PIT 12 Richards-SDP 12 Cruz-HOU 9 Garner-PIT 9 Garvey-LAD 9 Henderson-NYM 9 Herndon-SFG 9 Taveras-PIT 9
Home Runs Foster-CIN 40 Luzinski-PHI 35 Parker-PIT 30 Smith-LAD 29 Kingman-CHC 28 Stargell-PIT 28	RBI Foster-CIN 120 Parker-PIT 117 Garvey-LAD 113 Luzinski-PHI 101 Clark-SFG 98	Bases on Balls Burroughs-ATL 117 Evans-SFG 105 Tenace-SDP 101 Luzinski-PHI 100 Cey-LAD 96	Strikeouts Murphy-ATL 145 Foster-CIN 138 Luzinski-PHI 135 Dawson-MON 128 Kingman-CHC 111
Stolen Bases Moreno-PIT 71 Taveras-PIT 46 Lopes-LAD 45 DeJesus-CHC 41 Smith-SDP 40	Singles Bowa-PHI 153 Cabell-HOU 149 Taveras-PIT 142 Russell-LAD 140 DeJesus-CHC 138	Adjusted OPS+ Parker-PIT 166 Smith-LAD 161 Burroughs-ATL 156 Luzinski-PHI 153 Clark-SFG 152	Runs Created Parker-PIT 134 Burroughs-ATL 116 Foster-CIN 115 Luzinski-PHI 114 Clark-SFG 109
Adjusted Batting Runs Parker-PIT 50 Burroughs-ATL 44 Luzinski-PHI 42 Clark-SFG 40 Foster-CIN 39	Batting Wins Parker-PIT 5.0 Burroughs-ATL 4.5 Luzinski-PHI 4.3 Clark-SFG 4.1 Foster-CIN 4.0	Extra-Base Hits Clark-SFG 79 Parker-PIT 74 Foster-CIN 73 Luzinski-PHI 69 Simmons-STL 67	Times on Base Burroughs-ATL 264 Rose-CIN 263 Luzinski-PHI 254 Cey-LAD 253 Parker-PIT 253
Offensive Win% Parker-PIT .799 Burroughs-ATL .786 Smith-LAD .770 Luzinski-PHI .735 Madlock-SFG .708	Hit By Pitch Dawson-MON 12 Luzinski-PHI 11 Tenace-SDP 11 Hebner-PHI 9 Stearns-NYM 8	Sac. Hits Smith-SDP 28 Hooton-LAD 18 Moreno-PIT 17 Whitfield-SFG 17 DeJesus-CHC 15	Sac. Flies Smith-LAD 13 Morgan-CIN 11 Robinson-PIT 11 Watson-HOU 11 Evans-SFG 10
Intentional Walks Parker-PIT 23 Winfield-SDP 20 Montanez-NYM 19 Simmons-STL 17 Foster-CIN 16 Hebner-PHI 16 Watson-HOU 16	Grounded into Double Plays Henderson-NYM 24 Parrish-MON 19 Simmons-STL 19 Foster-CIN 18 Garner-PIT 18 Watson-HOU 18	Caught Stealing Taveras-PIT 25 Moreno-PIT 22 Richards-SDP 17 Royster-ATL 17 Cabell-HOU 15	Power/Speed Number Dawson-MON 26.4 Lopes-LAD 24.7 Parker-PIT 24.0 Winfield-SDP 22.4 Driessen-CIN 20.4
At Bats per Strikeout Cash-MON 22.7 Rose-CIN 21.8 Russell-LAD 18.4 Bowa-PHI 16.4 Smith-SDP 13.7	At Bats per Home Run Foster-CIN 15.1 Smith-LAD 15.4 Luzinski-PHI 15.4 Stargell-PIT **13.9 Kingman-CHC **14.1	Outs Cash-MON 522 Taveras-PIT 515 Cabell-HOU 501 Smith-SDP 492 Templeton-STL 489	ERA Swan-NYM 2.43 Rogers-MON 2.47 Vuckovich-STL 2.54 Knepper-SFG 2.63 Hooton-LAD 2.71
Wins Perry-SDP 21 Grimsley-MON 20 Hooton-LAD 19 Niekro-ATL 19 Blue-SFG 18 Richard-HOU 18	Won-Loss % Perry-SDP .778 Robinson-PIT .700 Bonham-CIN .688 Hooton-LAD .655 Grimsley-MON .645	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Halicki-SFG 1.060 Swan-NYM 1.071 Hooton-LAD 1.089 Christenson-PHI 1.123 Robinson-PIT 1.139	Hits Allowed/9IP Richard-HOU 6.28 Swan-NYM 7.12 Hooton-LAD 7.47 Halicki-SFG 7.51 Knepper-SFG 7.55
Bases on Balls/9IP Christenson-PHI 1.86 Barr-SFG 1.93 Reuschel-CHC 2.00 Halicki-SFG 2.04 Sutton-LAD 2.04	Strikeouts/9IP Richard-HOU 9.90 Seaver-CIN 7.83 Vuckovich-STL 6.76 Blyleven-PIT 6.72 Niekro-ATL 6.68	Games Tekulve-PIT 91 Littell-STL 72 Moore-CHC 71 Bair-CIN 70 Moffitt-SFG 70	Saves Fingers-SDP 37 Tekulve-PIT 31 Bair-CIN 28 Sutter-CHC 27 Garber-TOT 25
Innings Niekro-ATL 334.3 Richard-HOU 275.3 Grimsley-MON 263.0 Perry-SDP 260.7 Knepper-SFG 260.0	Strikeouts Richard-HOU 303 Niekro-ATL 248 Seaver-CIN 226 Blyleven-PIT 182 Montefusco-SFG 177	Games Started Niekro-ATL 42 Perry-SDP 37 Grimsley-MON 36 Jones-SDP 36 Lamp-CHC 36 Montefusco-SFG 36 Richard-HOU 36 Seaver-CIN 36	Comp. Games Niekro-ATL 22 Grimsley-MON 19 Knepper-SFG 16 Richard-HOU 16 Carlton-PHI 12 Sutton-LAD 12
Shutouts Knepper-SFG 6 Blue-SFG 4 Blyleven-PIT 4 Halicki-SFG 4 Niekro-ATL 4	Home Runs Allow. Carlton-PHI 30 Sutton-LAD 29 Seaver-CIN 26 Montefusco-SFG 25 Espinosa-NYM 24	Bases On Balls Allow. Richard-HOU 141 Niekro-ATL 102 Forsch-STL 97 Hanna-ATL 93 Seaver-CIN 89	Hits Allowed Niekro-ATL 295 Jones-SDP 263 Perry-SDP 241 Grimsley-MON 237 Reuschel-CHC 235
SO to Walk Sutton-LAD 2.85 Christenson-PHI 2.79 Blyleven-PIT 2.76 Montefusco-SFG 2.60 Carlton-PHI 2.56	Losses Niekro-ATL 18 Forsch-STL 17 Espinosa-NYM 15 Koosman-NYM 15 Lamp-CHC 15 Rasmussen-TOT 15 Reuschel-CHC 15	Earned Runs Allow. Espinosa-NYM 107 Niekro-ATL 107 Burris-CHC 105 Montefusco-SFG 101 Koosman-NYM 98	Wild Pitches Richard-HOU 16 Reuschel-CHC 13 Mahler-ATL 12 Hanna-ATL 11 Niekro-ATL 11 Twitchell-MON 11
Hit Batsmen Niekro-ATL 13 Burris-CHC 10 Lemongello-HOU 9 Niekro-HOU 9 Koosman-NYM 8	Batters Faced Niekro-ATL 1389 Richard-HOU 1139 Seaver-CIN 1075 Grimsley-MON 1068 Knepper-SFG 1062	Games Finished Tekulve-PIT 65 Fingers-SDP 62 Bair-CIN 56 Littell-STL 51 Garber-TOT 50	Adjusted ERA+ Swan-NYM 143 Rogers-MON 142 Niekro-ATL 142 Vuckovich-STL 139 Knepper-SFG 131
Oldest Player Davalillo-LAD 1936-07-31 (41) McCovey-SFG 1938-01-10 (40) Mota- 1938-02-18 (40) Perry-SDP 1938-09-15 (39) Kaat-PHI 1938-11-07 (39)	Youngest Player James-MON 1958-08-15 (19) Beswick-SDP 1958-02-12 (20) Palmer-MON 1957-10-19 (20) Hubbard-ATL 1957-09-25 (20) Trevino-NYM 1957-08-26 (20)

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Vida Blue (SFG) C. Ted Simmons (STL) 1B. Steve Garvey (LAD) 2B. Joe Morgan (CIN) 3B. Pete Rose (CIN) SS. Larry Bowa (PHI) LF. Greg Luzinski (PHI) CF. George Foster (CIN) RF. Rick Monday (LAD)		Johnny Bench (CIN) Bob Boone* (PHI) Jeff Burroughs (ATL) Ron Cey* (LAD) Jack Clark* (SFG) Dave Concepcion* (CIN) Rollie Fingers* (SDP) Ross Grimsley (MON) Tommy John (LAD)		Davey Lopes* (LAD) Phil Niekro* (ATL) Biff Pocoroba* (ATL) Terry Puhl (HOU) Steve Rogers* (MON) Tom Seaver (CIN) Reggie Smith* (LAD) Willie Stargell* (PIT) Bruce Sutter* (CHC)		Dave Winfield* (SDP) Pat Zachry (NYM)

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