1978 Chicago Cubs Statistics and Roster

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1978 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
79-83, Finished 3rd in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 664 runs, Allowed 724 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Managed by Herman Franks

Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,525,311 (6th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 112
  (one-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 110
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Dave Rader          29  116  305   29   62  13  3   3   36  34   26  .203  .281  .295   1   1  13   1   3   5   7   54
1B *Bill Buckner        28  117  446   47  144  26  1   5   74  18   17  .323  .345  .419   7   5  16   0   1   5   5  104
2B  Manny Trillo        27  152  552   53  144  17  5   4   55  50   67  .261  .320  .332   0   7  10   2   3   8   3   75
3B #Steve Ontiveros     26   82  276   34   67  14  4   1   22  34   33  .243  .321  .333   0   2   4   0   1   5   3   75
SS  Ivan DeJesus        25  160  619  104  172  24  7   3   35  74   78  .278  .356  .354  41  12  12   2  15   2   5   90
LF  Dave Kingman        29  119  395   65  105  17  4  28   79  39  111  .266  .336  .542   3   4   3   6   2   6   8  131
CF *Greg Gross          25  124  347   34   92  12  7   1   39  33   19  .265  .323  .349   3   1   6   0   3   7   5   80
RF *Bobby Murcer        32  146  499   66  140  22  6   9   64  80   57  .281  .376  .403  14   5  12   0   0   6  15  108
   *Larry Biittner      32  120  343   32   88  15  1   4   50  23   37  .257  .300  .341   0   1   8   1   1   6   4   71
    Gene Clines         31  109  229   31   59  10  2   0   17  21   28  .258  .321  .319   4   3   5   1   2   1   1   72
   #Rodney Scott        24   78  227   41   64   5  1   0   15  43   41  .282  .403  .313  27  10   4   3   7   0   0   94
    Mike Vail           26   74  180   15   60   6  2   4   33   3   24  .333  .341  .456   0   1   6   0   0   2   0  111
   #Jerry White         25   59  136   22   37   6  0   1   10  23   16  .272  .373  .338   4   3   3   0   1   2   1   92
    Larry Cox           30   59  121   10   34   5  0   2   18  12   16  .281  .346  .372   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   92
   #Tim Blackwell       25   49  103    8   23   3  0   0    7  23   17  .223  .367  .252   0   0   4   1   4   1   1   69
    Mick Kelleher       30   68   95    8   24   1  0   0    6   7   11  .253  .304  .263   4   1   5   0   4   0   0   53
    Hector Cruz         25   30   76    8   18   5  0   2    9   3    6  .237  .266  .382   0   0   4   0   1   0   1   71
   #Joe Wallis          26   28   55    7   17   2  1   1    6   5   13  .309  .367  .436   0   2   0   0   0   0   1  114
    Davey Johnson       35   24   49    5   15   1  1   2    6   5    9  .306  .393  .490   0   0   1   2   0   0   0  135
   *Scot Thompson       22   19   36    7   15   3  0   0    2   2    4  .417  .447  .500   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  153
   *Rudy Meoli          27   47   29   10    3   0  1   0    2   6    4  .103  .257  .172   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
    Ed Putman           24   17   25    2    5   0  0   0    3   4    6  .200  .310  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   39
   #Mike Gordon         24    4    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   3    2  .200  .556  .200   0   0   0   1   0   0   1  110
    Mike Sember         25    9    3    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .333  .500  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  127
   *Karl Pagel          23    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dennis Lamp         25   37   73    1   15   2  0   0    3   0   17  .205  .205  .233   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   17
    Rick Reuschel       29   35   73    5   10   2  0   0    4   4   23  .137  .190  .164   1   0   0   1  10   1   0   -4
    Ray Burris          27   41   61    3    7   1  2   0    2   2   13  .115  .143  .197   0   0   1   0   7   0   0  -10
   *Dave Roberts        33   37   52    4   17   3  0   2    7   2    7  .327  .352  .500   0   0   2   0   3   0   0  125
    Mike Krukow         26   27   45    4   11   5  0   0    3   2   13  .244  .271  .356   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   66
    Woodie Fryman       38   13   16    0    1   1  0   0    1   0    5  .063  .059  .125   0   0   0   0   3   1   0  -52
   *Donnie Moore        24   71   15    2    4   1  0   0    4   2    6  .267  .353  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   85
   *Lynn McGlothen      28   49   13    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    1  .231  .286  .308   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   59
    Bruce Sutter        25   64   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    8  .077  .200  .077   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -23
    Ken Holtzman        32   23   10    2    2   1  0   0    0   1    5  .200  .273  .300   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   53
    Paul Reuschel       31   16    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dave Geisel         23   18    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Willie Hernandez    23   55    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  162 5532  664 1461 224 48  72  612 562  746  .264  .332  .361 110  58 125  21  84  59  61   89
    Rank among 12 NL teams         1    5    1  10  2  11        3   10     1     3     8   7   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Dennis Lamp         25  37   3.30   7  15  0  36   0   6   3  223.7  221   96   82  16   56   73  928   2   4  2   8 122
SP  Rick Reuschel       29  35   3.41  14  15  0  35   0   9   1  242.7  235   98   92  16   54  115 1007  13   5  1   8 118
SP  Ray Burris          27  40   4.76   7  13  1  32   3   4   1  198.7  210  112  105  15   79   94  870   6  10  3  11  84
SP  Mike Krukow         26  27   3.91   9   3  0  20   3   3   1  138.0  125   62   60  11   53   81  582   1   5  0   4 102
SP *Dave Roberts        33  35   5.25   6   8  1  20   6   2   1  142.3  159   87   83  17   56   54  627   4   3  0  15  76
SP *Woodie Fryman       38  13   5.17   2   4  0   9   0   0   0   55.7   64   37   32   6   37   28  255   3   0  2   5  78

CL  Bruce Sutter        25  64   3.18   8  10 27   0  47   0   0   99.0   82   44   35  10   34  106  414   8   1  1   7 126
RP  Donnie Moore        24  71   4.11   9   7  4   1  24   0   0  103.0  117   55   47   7   31   50  450   7   2  2  11  98
RP *Willie Hernandez    23  54   3.77   8   2  3   0  21   0   0   59.7   57   26   25   6   35   38  264   3   1  0   7 106
RP  Lynn McGlothen      28  49   3.04   5   3  0   1  14   0   0   80.0   77   33   27   7   39   60  343   0   0  0   5 132
RP *Dave Geisel         23  18   4.24   1   0  0   1   4   0   0   23.3   27   12   11   0   11   15  109   1   0  0   4  95

   *Ken Holtzman        32  23   6.11   0   3  2   6   9   0   0   53.0   61   40   36  10   35   36  250   3   1  0   3  66
    Paul Reuschel       31  16   5.14   2   0  0   0   6   0   0   28.0   29   16   16   4   13   13  122   1   1  0   3  78
    Manny Seoane        23   7   5.40   1   0  0   1   1   0   0    8.3   11    6    5   0    6    5   43   1   0  1   2  74
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   4.05  79  83 38 162 138  24   7 1455.0 1475  724  655 125  539  768 6264  53  33 12  93  99
    Rank among 12 NL teams         11   7   6  4           9  11      1   12   11       11    7   10

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DRader 775 83 114 412 51 11 7 .977 6 30 60 41 LCox 331 40 58 178 26 7 3 .967 2 11 27 15 TBlackwell 326 38 49 213 20 3 3 .987 0 12 29 6 MGordon 18 1 4 14 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 EPutman 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 817 97 21 13 .978 9 53 118 62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBuckner 899 104 105 1075 83 6 85 .995 11.59 LBiittner 484 50 62 554 52 8 53 .987 11.27 DKingman 46 6 6 56 2 2 4 .967 11.35 SThompson 10 1 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 8.10 SOntiveros 9 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00 EPutman 7 0 3 9 0 1 0 .900 11.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 1709 138 17 143 .991 11.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTrillo 1290 147 149 354 505 19 99 .978 5.99 MKelleher 107 10 17 33 48 0 6 1.000 6.81 RScott 42 4 6 16 10 1 1 .963 5.57 RMeoli 16 1 6 4 5 1 0 .900 5.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 407 568 21 106 .979 6.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SOntiveros 676 75 77 57 194 9 16 .965 3.34 RScott 425 49 59 43 101 11 15 .929 3.04 MKelleher 135 12 37 11 41 0 3 1.000 3.45 DJohnson 87 12 12 4 22 5 1 .839 2.69 HCruz 58 7 7 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.48 EPutman 44 5 8 6 13 1 1 .950 3.83 RMeoli 18 2 5 2 9 0 0 1.000 5.50 MSember 9 0 7 0 2 1 0 .667 1.86 MVail 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 125 396 27 36 .951 3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- IDeJesus 1393 158 160 232 558 27 96 .967 5.10 MKelleher 36 2 10 8 11 0 1 1.000 4.75 RScott 24 2 6 4 7 1 1 .917 4.12 MSember 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 245 577 28 99 .967 5.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DKingman 823 100 100 173 8 4 2 .978 1.98 LBiittner 219 25 29 45 1 1 0 .979 1.88 GClines 192 20 35 36 4 1 0 .976 1.87 GGross 191 15 41 40 3 2 1 .956 2.02 MVail 26 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 HCruz 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 301 16 8 3 .975 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GGross 491 56 71 127 3 2 0 .985 2.38 JWhite 336 34 54 104 3 2 1 .982 2.86 BMurcer 223 27 33 59 2 3 0 .953 2.45 JWallis 135 11 25 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 HCruz 103 13 14 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 RScott 69 9 10 15 1 1 0 .941 2.09 GClines 58 8 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 SThompson 38 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 392 9 8 1 .980 2.48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 955 106 121 165 5 2 0 .988 1.60 MVail 273 32 39 43 1 1 0 .978 1.45 GClines 163 19 25 30 1 1 0 .969 1.71 GGross 62 5 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 SThompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 252 7 4 0 .985 1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMurcer 1179 133 138 225 8 5 0 .979 1.78 DKingman 823 100 100 170 8 4 2 .978 1.95 GGross 744 76 111 182 6 4 1 .979 2.27 GClines 414 47 66 84 6 2 0 .978 1.96 JWhite 336 34 54 102 4 2 1 .981 2.84 MVail 300 34 45 50 1 1 0 .981 1.53 LBiittner 219 25 29 47 1 1 0 .980 1.97 JWallis 135 11 25 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 HCruz 105 13 14 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 RScott 69 9 10 14 1 1 0 .937 1.96 SThompson 39 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 946 36 20 4 .980 2.02 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RReuschel 242 35 35 24 44 2 1 .971 2.52 DLamp 223 36 37 18 51 1 1 .986 2.78 RBurris 199 32 40 23 38 4 2 .938 2.76 DRoberts 142 20 35 8 29 0 2 1.000 2.34 MKrukow 138 20 27 9 19 0 1 1.000 1.82 DMoore 102 1 71 10 16 2 0 .929 2.28 BSutter 98 0 64 12 9 0 0 1.000 1.91 LMcGlothen 80 1 49 1 5 1 1 .857 0.68 WHernandez 59 0 54 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.11 WFryman 55 9 13 5 13 0 2 1.000 2.91 KHoltzman 53 6 23 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.36 PReuschel 28 0 16 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.61 DGeisel 23 1 18 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16 MSeoane 8 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 117 247 10 12 .973 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Murcer .281

On-base % Murcer .376

Slugging % Murcer .403

OPS Murcer .779

Games DeJesus 160

At Bats DeJesus 619

Plate Appearances (approx.) DeJesus 712

Runs DeJesus 104

Hits DeJesus 172

Total Bases DeJesus 219

Doubles Buckner 26

Triples DeJesus and Gross 7

Home Runs Kingman 28

RBI Kingman 79

Bases on Balls Murcer 80

Strikeouts Kingman 111

Stolen Bases DeJesus 41

Singles DeJesus 138

Adjusted OPS+ Murcer 108

Runs Created DeJesus 84

Adjusted Batting Runs Kingman 15

Batting Wins Kingman 1.6

Extra-Base Hits Kingman 49

Times on Base DeJesus 248

Offensive Win% Murcer .626

Hit By Pitch Kingman 6

Sac. Hits DeJesus 15

Sac. Flies Trillo 8

Intentional Walks Murcer 15

Grounded into Double Plays Buckner 16

Caught Stealing DeJesus 12

Power/Speed Number Murcer 11.0

At Bats per Strikeout Murcer 8.8

At Bats per Home Run Murcer 55.4

Outs DeJesus 488

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ERA Lamp 3.30

Wins Reuschel 14

Won-Loss % Moore .563

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Reuschel 1.191

Hits Allowed/9IP Reuschel 8.72

Bases on Balls/9IP Reuschel 2.00

Strikeouts/9IP Reuschel 4.27

Games Moore 71

Saves Sutter 27

Innings Reuschel 242.7

Strikeouts Reuschel 115

Games Started Lamp 36

Comp. Games Reuschel 9

Shutouts Lamp 3

Home Runs Allow. Roberts 17

Bases On Balls Allow. Burris 79

Hits Allowed Reuschel 235

SO to Walk Reuschel 2.13

Losses Lamp and Reuschel 15

Earned Runs Allow. Burris 105

Wild Pitches Reuschel 13

Hit Batsmen Burris 10

Batters Faced Reuschel 1007

Games Finished Sutter 47

Adjusted ERA+ Lamp 122

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