1979 Philadelphia Phillies

84-78 • 0.519 Win% • 4th in NL E

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
78 Losses
0.519 Win %
4th Rank
683 R 718 RA
Diff -35

📁 Franchise Info

Philadelphia Phillies Active
→

⚡ Quick Stats

683 Runs Scored
718 Runs Allowed
-35 Run Diff
2,774K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 2% above the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .338 5% above the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .331 2% above the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 4.16 11% worse than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 683 equal to the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

🏟️
StadiumVeterans Stadium
📅
Home Games 81
👥
Total Attendance 2,774,849
📊
Avg per Game 34,257

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Greg Gross 0.333 2 Pete Rose 0.331 3 Del Unser 0.298 4 Bob Boone 0.286 5 Bud Harrelson 0.282

Home Runs

1 Mike Schmidt 45 2 Greg Luzinski 18 3 Garry Maddox 13 4 Bake McBride 12 5 Bob Boone 9

RBI

1 Mike Schmidt 114 2 Greg Luzinski 81 3 Garry Maddox 61 4 Bake McBride 60 5 Pete Rose 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Pete Rose 163 628 90 208 0 0 4 59 95 32 20 0.331
Bake McBride 151 582 82 163 0 0 12 60 41 77 25 0.280
Garry Maddox 148 548 70 154 0 0 13 61 17 71 26 0.281
Mike Schmidt 160 541 109 137 0 0 45 114 120 115 9 0.253
Larry Bowa 147 539 74 130 0 0 0 31 61 32 20 0.241
Greg Luzinski 137 452 47 114 0 0 18 81 56 103 3 0.252
Manny Trillo 118 431 40 112 0 0 6 42 20 59 4 0.260
Bob Boone 119 398 38 114 0 0 9 58 49 33 1 0.286
Greg Gross 111 174 21 58 0 0 0 15 29 5 5 0.333
Del Unser 95 141 26 42 0 0 6 29 14 33 2 0.298
Tim McCarver 79 137 13 33 0 0 1 12 19 12 2 0.241
Steve Carlton 36 94 9 21 0 0 0 10 3 17 1 0.223
Mike Anderson 79 78 12 18 0 0 1 2 13 14 1 0.231
Rudy Meoli 30 73 2 13 0 0 0 6 9 15 2 0.178
Nino Espinosa 36 72 3 14 0 0 0 6 4 15 0 0.194
Randy Lerch 38 72 6 11 0 0 1 5 3 8 0 0.153
Bud Harrelson 53 71 7 20 0 0 0 7 13 14 3 0.282
Ramon Aviles 27 61 7 17 0 0 0 12 8 8 0 0.279
Dave Rader 31 54 3 11 0 0 1 5 6 7 0 0.204
Jose Cardenal 29 48 4 10 0 0 0 9 8 8 1 0.208
Keith Moreland 14 48 3 18 0 0 0 8 3 5 0 0.375
Dick Ruthven 21 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0.146
Larry Christenson 19 31 4 9 0 0 1 1 2 13 1 0.290
Dickie Noles 14 30 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 15 0 0.100
Lonnie Smith 17 30 4 5 0 0 0 3 1 7 2 0.167
John Poff 12 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.105
John Vukovich 10 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.200
Ron Reed 61 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.300
Kevin Saucier 29 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.100
Pete Mackanin 13 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0.111
Rawly Eastwick 51 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Doug Bird 32 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.167
Tug McGraw 65 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Dan Larson 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Jim Kaat 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Lonborg 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Warren Brusstar 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Kucek 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Steve Carlton 3.62 2 Nino Espinosa 3.65 3 Randy Lerch 3.74 4 Dickie Noles 3.80 5 Ron Reed 4.15

Wins

1 Steve Carlton 18 2 Nino Espinosa 14 3 Ron Reed 13 4 Randy Lerch 10 5 Dick Ruthven 7

Strikeouts

1 Steve Carlton 213 2 Randy Lerch 92 3 Nino Espinosa 88 4 Ron Reed 58 5 Dick Ruthven 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Carlton 18 11 3.62 35 35 0 251.0 89 213
Randy Lerch 10 13 3.74 37 35 0 214.0 60 92
Nino Espinosa 14 12 3.65 33 33 0 212.0 65 88
Dick Ruthven 7 5 4.27 20 20 0 122.1 37 58
Larry Christenson 5 10 4.50 19 17 0 106.0 30 53
Ron Reed 13 8 4.15 61 0 5 102.0 32 58
Dickie Noles 3 4 3.80 14 14 0 90.0 38 42
Tug McGraw 4 3 5.16 65 1 16 83.2 29 57
Rawly Eastwick 3 6 4.90 51 0 6 82.2 25 47
Kevin Saucier 1 4 4.19 29 2 1 62.1 33 21
Doug Bird 2 0 5.16 32 1 0 61.0 16 33
Dan Larson 1 1 4.26 3 3 0 19.0 9 9
Warren Brusstar 1 0 6.91 13 0 1 14.1 4 3
Jim Kaat 1 0 4.32 3 1 0 8.1 5 2
Jim Lonborg 0 1 11.05 4 1 0 7.1 4 7
Jack Kucek 1 0 8.31 4 0 0 4.1 1 2
Mike Anderson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 2

👥 Roster (38)

Mike Anderson Ramon Aviles Doug Bird Bob Boone Larry Bowa Warren Brusstar Jose Cardenal Steve Carlton Larry Christenson Rawly Eastwick Nino Espinosa Greg Gross +26 more

38 players

📂 Quick Links

📋 Game Log 📅 1979 Season 🏠 Franchise Home

⏳ Browse Seasons

All Seasons