1978 Pittsburgh Pirates

88-73 • 0.547 Win% • 2nd in NL E

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
73 Losses
0.547 Win %
2nd Rank
684 R 637 RA
Diff +47

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⚡ Quick Stats

684 Runs Scored
637 Runs Allowed
+47 Run Diff
964K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% above the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .317 1% below the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .320 3% above the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.41 5% better than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 684 6% above the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 964,106
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Avg per Game 11,902

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Parker 0.334 2 Willie Stargell 0.295 3 Frank Taveras 0.278 4 John Milner 0.271 5 Ed Ott 0.269

Home Runs

1 Dave Parker 30 2 Willie Stargell 28 3 Bill Robinson 14 4 Phil Garner 10 5 Ed Ott 9

RBI

1 Dave Parker 117 2 Willie Stargell 97 3 Bill Robinson 80 4 Phil Garner 66 5 John Milner 38
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank Taveras 157 654 81 182 0 0 0 38 29 60 46 0.278
Dave Parker 148 581 102 194 0 0 30 117 57 92 20 0.334
Phil Garner 154 528 66 138 0 0 10 66 66 71 27 0.261
Omar Moreno 155 515 95 121 0 0 2 33 81 104 71 0.235
Bill Robinson 136 499 70 123 0 0 14 80 35 105 14 0.246
Willie Stargell 122 390 60 115 0 0 28 97 50 93 3 0.295
Ed Ott 112 379 49 102 0 0 9 38 27 56 4 0.269
Rennie Stennett 106 333 30 81 0 0 3 35 13 22 2 0.243
John Milner 108 295 39 80 0 0 6 38 34 25 5 0.271
Manny Sanguillen 85 220 15 58 0 0 3 16 9 10 2 0.264
Duffy Dyer 58 175 7 37 0 0 0 13 18 32 2 0.211
Dale Berra 56 135 16 28 0 0 6 14 13 20 3 0.207
Steve Brye 66 115 16 27 0 0 1 9 11 10 2 0.235
Bert Blyleven 37 85 4 11 0 0 0 11 1 35 0 0.129
Don Robinson 35 85 2 20 0 0 0 3 0 22 0 0.235
Jim Rooker 32 56 2 9 0 0 0 5 0 17 2 0.161
Mario Mendoza 57 55 5 12 0 0 1 3 2 9 3 0.218
John Candelaria 31 52 6 9 0 0 0 1 9 19 0 0.173
Ken Macha 29 52 5 11 0 0 0 5 12 10 2 0.212
Jim Bibby 34 31 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 9 0 0.129
Bruce Kison 28 29 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0.138
Jerry Reuss 23 27 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0.185
Fernando Gonzalez 9 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.190
Kent Tekulve 91 21 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.095
Jim Fregosi 20 20 3 4 0 0 0 1 6 8 0 0.200
Grant Jackson 60 12 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0.250
Ed Whitson 43 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.182
Doe Boyland 6 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Dave Hamilton 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Steve Nicosia 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Alberto Lois 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Dave May 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.000
Cito Gaston 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Odell Jones 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Matt Alexander 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.000
Clay Carroll 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Will McEnaney 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Kent Tekulve 2.33 2 Bert Blyleven 3.03 3 Bruce Kison 3.19 4 John Candelaria 3.24 5 Grant Jackson 3.26

Wins

1 Bert Blyleven 14 2 Don Robinson 14 3 John Candelaria 12 4 Jim Rooker 9 5 Jim Bibby 8

Strikeouts

1 Bert Blyleven 182 2 Don Robinson 135 3 John Candelaria 94 4 Kent Tekulve 77 5 Jim Rooker 76
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bert Blyleven 14 10 3.03 34 34 0 243.2 66 182
Don Robinson 14 6 3.47 35 32 1 228.1 57 135
John Candelaria 12 11 3.24 30 29 1 189.0 49 94
Jim Rooker 9 11 4.24 28 28 0 163.1 81 76
Kent Tekulve 8 7 2.33 91 0 31 135.1 55 77
Jim Bibby 8 7 3.53 34 14 1 107.0 39 72
Bruce Kison 6 6 3.19 28 11 0 96.0 39 62
Jerry Reuss 3 2 4.90 23 12 0 82.2 23 42
Grant Jackson 7 5 3.26 60 0 5 77.1 32 45
Ed Whitson 5 6 3.28 43 0 4 74.0 37 64
Dave Hamilton 0 2 3.42 16 0 1 26.1 12 15
Odell Jones 2 0 2.00 3 1 0 9.0 4 10
Will McEnaney 0 0 10.38 6 0 0 8.2 2 6
Clay Carroll 0 0 2.25 2 0 0 4.0 3 0

👥 Roster (37)

Matt Alexander Dale Berra Jim Bibby Bert Blyleven Doe Boyland Steve Brye John Candelaria Clay Carroll Duffy Dyer Jim Fregosi Phil Garner Cito Gaston +25 more

37 players

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