1978 Chicago Cubs

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 3rd in NL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
3rd Rank
664 R 724 RA
Diff -60

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664 Runs Scored
724 Runs Allowed
-60 Run Diff
1,524K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .264 4% above the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .331 4% above the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .303 3% below the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 4.05 13% worse than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 664 3% above the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 1,524,311
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Avg per Game 18,589

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Mike Vail 0.333 2 Dave Roberts 0.327 3 Bill Buckner 0.323 4 Joe Wallis 0.309 5 Rodney Scott 0.282

Home Runs

1 Dave Kingman 28 2 Bobby Murcer 9 3 Bill Buckner 5 4 Larry Biittner 4 5 Manny Trillo 4

RBI

1 Dave Kingman 79 2 Bill Buckner 74 3 Bobby Murcer 64 4 Manny Trillo 55 5 Larry Biittner 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ivan de Jesus 160 619 104 172 0 0 3 35 74 78 41 0.278
Manny Trillo 152 552 53 144 0 0 4 55 50 67 0 0.261
Bobby Murcer 146 499 66 140 0 0 9 64 80 57 14 0.281
Bill Buckner 117 446 47 144 0 0 5 74 18 17 7 0.323
Dave Kingman 119 395 65 105 0 0 28 79 39 111 3 0.266
Greg Gross 124 347 34 92 0 0 1 39 33 19 3 0.265
Larry Biittner 120 343 32 88 0 0 4 50 23 37 0 0.257
Dave Rader 116 305 29 62 0 0 3 36 34 26 1 0.203
Steve Ontiveros 82 276 34 67 0 0 1 22 34 33 0 0.243
Gene Clines 109 229 31 59 0 0 0 17 21 28 4 0.258
Rodney Scott 78 227 41 64 0 0 0 15 43 41 27 0.282
Mike Vail 74 180 15 60 0 0 4 33 3 24 0 0.333
Jerry White 59 136 22 37 0 0 1 10 23 16 4 0.272
Larry Cox 59 121 10 34 0 0 2 18 12 16 0 0.281
Tim Blackwell 49 103 8 23 0 0 0 7 23 17 0 0.223
Mick Kelleher 68 95 8 24 0 0 0 6 7 11 4 0.253
Hector Cruz 30 76 8 18 0 0 2 9 3 6 0 0.237
Dennis Lamp 37 73 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0.205
Rick Reuschel 35 73 5 10 0 0 0 4 4 23 1 0.137
Ray Burris 41 61 3 7 0 0 0 2 2 13 0 0.115
Joe Wallis 28 55 7 17 0 0 1 6 5 13 0 0.309
Dave Roberts 37 52 4 17 0 0 2 7 2 7 0 0.327
Davey Johnson 24 49 5 15 0 0 2 6 5 9 0 0.306
Mike Krukow 27 45 4 11 0 0 0 3 2 13 0 0.244
Scot Thompson 19 36 7 15 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.417
Rudy Meoli 47 29 10 3 0 0 0 2 6 4 1 0.103
Ed Putman 17 25 2 5 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0.200
Woodie Fryman 13 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.062
Donnie Moore 71 15 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 0.267
Lynn McGlothen 49 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.231
Bruce Sutter 64 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.077
Ken Holtzman 23 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.200
Mike Gordon 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.200
Paul Reuschel 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dave Geisel 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mike Sember 9 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.333
Karl Pagel 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Willie Hernandez 55 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Manny Seoane 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lynn McGlothen 3.04 2 Bruce Sutter 3.19 3 Dennis Lamp 3.30 4 Rick Reuschel 3.41 5 Willie Hernandez 3.77

Wins

1 Rick Reuschel 14 2 Mike Krukow 9 3 Donnie Moore 9 4 Willie Hernandez 8 5 Bruce Sutter 8

Strikeouts

1 Rick Reuschel 115 2 Bruce Sutter 106 3 Ray Burris 94 4 Mike Krukow 81 5 Dennis Lamp 73
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rick Reuschel 14 15 3.41 35 35 0 242.2 54 115
Dennis Lamp 7 15 3.30 37 36 0 223.2 56 73
Ray Burris 7 13 4.75 40 32 1 199.0 79 94
Dave Roberts 6 8 5.25 35 20 1 142.1 56 54
Mike Krukow 9 3 3.90 27 20 0 138.1 53 81
Donnie Moore 9 7 4.12 71 1 4 102.2 31 50
Bruce Sutter 8 10 3.19 64 0 27 98.2 34 106
Lynn McGlothen 5 3 3.04 49 1 0 80.0 39 60
Willie Hernandez 8 2 3.77 54 0 3 59.2 35 38
Woodie Fryman 2 4 5.17 13 9 0 55.2 37 28
Ken Holtzman 0 3 6.11 23 6 2 53.0 35 36
Paul Reuschel 2 0 5.14 16 0 0 28.0 13 13
Dave Geisel 1 0 4.24 18 1 0 23.1 11 15
Manny Seoane 1 0 5.40 7 1 0 8.1 6 5

👥 Roster (39)

Larry Biittner Tim Blackwell Bill Buckner Ray Burris Gene Clines Larry Cox Hector Cruz Woodie Fryman Dave Geisel Mike Gordon Greg Gross Willie Hernandez +27 more

39 players

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