⭐ Division Winner

1978 Los Angeles Dodgers

95-67 • 0.586 Win% • 1st in NL W

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
67 Losses
0.586 Win %
1st Rank
727 R 573 RA
Diff +154

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⚡ Quick Stats

727 Runs Scored
573 Runs Allowed
+154 Run Diff
3,347K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 4% above the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .338 6% above the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .346 11% above the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.12 13% better than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 727 13% above the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumDodger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,347,803
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Avg per Game 41,330

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Steve Garvey 0.316 2 Vic Davalillo 0.312 3 Johnny Oates 0.307 4 Reggie Smith 0.295 5 Bill Russell 0.286

Home Runs

1 Reggie Smith 29 2 Ron Cey 23 3 Steve Garvey 21 4 Rick Monday 19 5 Davey Lopes 17

RBI

1 Steve Garvey 113 2 Reggie Smith 93 3 Ron Cey 84 4 Dusty Baker 66 5 Davey Lopes 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Steve Garvey 162 639 89 202 0 0 21 113 40 70 10 0.316
Bill Russell 155 625 72 179 0 0 3 46 30 34 10 0.286
Davey Lopes 151 587 93 163 0 0 17 58 71 70 45 0.278
Ron Cey 159 555 84 150 0 0 23 84 96 96 2 0.270
Dusty Baker 149 522 62 137 0 0 11 66 47 66 12 0.262
Reggie Smith 128 447 82 132 0 0 29 93 70 90 12 0.295
Rick Monday 119 342 54 87 0 0 19 57 49 100 2 0.254
Bill North 110 304 54 71 0 0 0 10 65 48 27 0.234
Lee Lacy 103 245 29 64 0 0 13 40 27 30 7 0.261
Steve Yeager 94 228 19 44 0 0 4 23 36 41 0 0.193
Joe Ferguson 67 198 20 47 0 0 7 28 34 41 1 0.237
Vic Davalillo 75 77 15 24 0 0 1 11 3 7 2 0.312
Johnny Oates 40 75 5 23 0 0 0 6 5 3 0 0.307
Don Sutton 34 72 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 22 0 0.083
Jerry Grote 41 70 5 19 0 0 0 9 10 5 0 0.271
Burt Hooton 32 67 4 10 0 0 0 2 7 15 0 0.149
Tommy John 33 66 2 8 0 0 0 6 3 13 0 0.121
Doug Rau 30 63 3 9 0 0 0 5 2 13 0 0.143
Ted Martinez 54 55 13 14 0 0 1 5 4 14 3 0.255
Rick Rhoden 30 52 5 7 0 0 0 4 3 14 0 0.135
Manny Mota 37 33 2 10 0 0 0 6 3 4 0 0.303
Bob Welch 23 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.172
Glenn Burke 16 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0.211
Charlie Hough 55 12 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.333
Rudy Law 11 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0.250
Terry Forster 47 8 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Pedro Guerrero 5 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.625
Bobby Castillo 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Simpson 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.400
Brad Gulden 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Lance Rautzhan 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Myron White 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Enzo Hernandez 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Garman 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gerry Hannahs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Lewallyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Stewart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Sutcliffe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Terry Forster 1.93 2 Bob Welch 2.02 3 Burt Hooton 2.71 4 Lance Rautzhan 2.93 5 Doug Rau 3.26

Wins

1 Burt Hooton 19 2 Tommy John 17 3 Doug Rau 15 4 Don Sutton 15 5 Rick Rhoden 10

Strikeouts

1 Don Sutton 154 2 Tommy John 124 3 Burt Hooton 104 4 Doug Rau 95 5 Rick Rhoden 79
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Sutton 15 11 3.55 34 34 0 238.1 54 154
Burt Hooton 19 10 2.71 32 32 0 236.0 61 104
Tommy John 17 10 3.30 33 30 1 213.0 53 124
Doug Rau 15 9 3.26 30 30 0 199.0 68 95
Rick Rhoden 10 8 3.66 30 23 0 164.2 51 79
Bob Welch 7 4 2.02 23 13 3 111.1 26 66
Charlie Hough 5 5 3.28 55 0 7 93.1 48 66
Terry Forster 5 4 1.93 47 0 22 65.1 23 46
Lance Rautzhan 2 1 2.93 43 0 4 61.1 19 25
Bobby Castillo 0 4 3.97 18 0 1 34.0 33 30
Mike Garman 0 1 4.41 10 0 0 16.1 3 5
Gerry Hannahs 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 5
Dennis Lewallyn 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
Dave Stewart 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 1
Rick Sutcliffe 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.2 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
LAN def. PHI 3-1
World Series
Lost to NYA 4-2

👥 Roster (38)

Dusty Baker Glenn Burke Bobby Castillo Ron Cey Vic Davalillo Joe Ferguson Terry Forster Mike Garman Steve Garvey Jerry Grote Pedro Guerrero Brad Gulden +26 more

38 players

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