⭐ Division Winner

1978 Philadelphia Phillies

90-72 • 0.556 Win% • 1st in NL E

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
72 Losses
0.556 Win %
1st Rank
708 R 586 RA
Diff +122

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⚡ Quick Stats

708 Runs Scored
586 Runs Allowed
+122 Run Diff
2,582K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% above the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .326 2% above the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .330 6% above the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.33 7% better than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 708 10% above the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumVeterans Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 2,582,409
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Avg per Game 31,492

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Larry Bowa 0.294 2 Steve Carlton 0.291 3 Garry Maddox 0.288 4 Dick Ruthven 0.283 5 Bob Boone 0.283

Home Runs

1 Greg Luzinski 35 2 Mike Schmidt 21 3 Richie Hebner 17 4 Bob Boone 12 5 Garry Maddox 11

RBI

1 Greg Luzinski 101 2 Mike Schmidt 78 3 Richie Hebner 71 4 Garry Maddox 68 5 Bob Boone 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Larry Bowa 156 654 78 192 0 0 3 43 24 40 27 0.294
Garry Maddox 155 598 62 172 0 0 11 68 39 89 33 0.288
Greg Luzinski 155 540 85 143 0 0 35 101 100 135 8 0.265
Mike Schmidt 145 513 93 129 0 0 21 78 91 103 19 0.251
Bake McBride 122 472 68 127 0 0 10 49 28 68 28 0.269
Bob Boone 132 435 48 123 0 0 12 62 46 37 2 0.283
Richie Hebner 137 435 61 123 0 0 17 71 53 58 4 0.283
Ted Sizemore 108 351 38 77 0 0 0 25 25 29 8 0.219
Jerry Martin 128 266 40 72 0 0 9 36 28 65 9 0.271
Jose Cardenal 87 201 27 50 0 0 4 33 23 16 2 0.249
Tim McCarver 90 146 18 36 0 0 1 14 28 24 2 0.247
Jim Morrison 53 108 12 17 0 0 3 10 10 21 1 0.157
Bud Harrelson 71 103 16 22 0 0 0 9 18 21 5 0.214
Davey Johnson 44 89 14 17 0 0 2 14 10 19 0 0.191
Steve Carlton 34 86 7 25 0 0 0 13 3 14 0 0.291
Larry Christenson 33 67 3 5 0 0 1 4 4 35 0 0.075
Randy Lerch 36 60 11 15 0 0 3 9 5 11 0 0.250
Barry Foote 39 57 4 9 0 0 1 4 1 11 0 0.158
Jay Johnstone 35 56 3 10 0 0 0 4 6 9 0 0.179
Dick Ruthven 21 53 7 15 0 0 0 4 1 14 0 0.283
Jim Kaat 26 48 4 7 0 0 0 4 0 15 0 0.146
Jim Lonborg 22 34 2 6 0 0 0 3 2 14 0 0.176
Orlando Gonzalez 26 26 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.192
Kerry Dineen 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Pete Mackanin 5 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.250
Warren Brusstar 58 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.143
Ron Reed 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Todd Cruz 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Tug McGraw 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lonnie Smith 17 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0.000
Rawly Eastwick 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Gene Garber 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Keith Moreland 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Horacio Pina 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dan Boitano 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Larson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Saucier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gene Garber 1.40 2 Ron Reed 2.24 3 Warren Brusstar 2.33 4 Steve Carlton 2.84 5 Dick Ruthven 2.99

Wins

1 Steve Carlton 16 2 Larry Christenson 13 3 Dick Ruthven 13 4 Randy Lerch 11 5 Jim Kaat 8

Strikeouts

1 Steve Carlton 161 2 Larry Christenson 131 3 Randy Lerch 96 4 Ron Reed 85 5 Dick Ruthven 75
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Carlton 16 13 2.84 34 34 0 247.1 63 161
Larry Christenson 13 14 3.24 33 33 0 228.0 47 131
Randy Lerch 11 8 3.96 33 28 0 184.0 70 96
Dick Ruthven 13 5 2.99 20 20 0 150.2 28 75
Jim Kaat 8 5 4.10 26 24 0 140.1 32 48
Jim Lonborg 8 10 5.23 22 22 0 113.2 45 48
Ron Reed 3 4 2.24 66 0 17 108.2 23 85
Tug McGraw 8 7 3.21 55 1 9 89.2 23 63
Warren Brusstar 6 3 2.33 58 0 0 88.2 30 60
Rawly Eastwick 2 1 4.02 22 0 0 40.1 18 14
Gene Garber 2 1 1.40 22 0 3 38.2 11 24
Horacio Pina 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 0 4
Kevin Saucier 0 1 18.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 2
Dan Boitano 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0
Dan Larson 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 2

🏆 Postseason Results

NL Championship
Lost to LAN 3-1

👥 Roster (37)

Dan Boitano Bob Boone Larry Bowa Warren Brusstar Jose Cardenal Steve Carlton Larry Christenson Todd Cruz Kerry Dineen Rawly Eastwick Barry Foote Gene Garber +25 more

37 players

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