1978 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 88-73 .547
Result: 2nd in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Chuck Tanner
General Manager: Hardy Peterson, Joseph O'Toole
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 964,106
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie Stargell (38)
Youngest Player: Don Robinson (21)
Longest Tenure: Willie Stargell (17)
Top Hitter: Dave Parker (1)
Top Pitcher: Bert Blyleven (8)
Top Draft Pick: Brad Garnett (#19)

Roster Continuity: 77.08%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Philadelphia	90	72	.556	--
Pittsburgh	88	73	.547	1.5
Chi Cubs	79	83	.488	11.0
Montreal	76	86	.469	14.0
St. Louis	69	93	.426	21.0
NY Mets	66	96	.407	24.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
10	Frank Taveras	ss	16	28	UDFA: 1968	MLB	157	654	81	182	31	9	0	38	46	25	29	60	5	3	12	2	4	.278	.313	.353	666	231	702	515	81	4.2	.305
39	Dave Parker	of	1	27	1970-14-325	MLB	148	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	7	57	92	2	23	0	2	8	.334	.394	.585	979	340	642	404	140	9.3	.356
3	Phil Garner	2b-3b	41	29	1971-1-2	MLB	154	528	66	138	25	9	10	66	27	14	66	71	5	12	3	7	18	.261	.345	.400	745	211	609	432	78	4.9	.282
18	Omar Moreno	of	19	25	UDFA: 1969	MLB	155	515	95	121	15	7	2	33	71	22	81	104	3	4	17	5	5	.235	.339	.303	642	156	621	443	62	3.8	.287
28	Bill Robinson	of	27	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	136	499	70	123	36	2	14	80	14	11	35	105	5	8	2	11	7	.246	.296	.411	707	205	552	407	64	4.2	.279
8	Willie Stargell	of-1b	37	38	UDFA: 1959	MLB	122	390	60	115	18	2	28	97	3	2	50	93	7	10	0	3	8	.295	.382	.567	949	221	450	288	86	8.0	.320
14	Ed Ott	c	-	26	1970-23-541	MLB	112	379	49	102	18	4	9	38	4	1	27	56	0	6	1	3	7	.269	.315	.409	724	155	410	289	53	4.9	.293
6	Rennie Stennett	2b	-	27	UDFA: 1969	MLB	106	333	30	81	9	2	3	35	2	1	13	22	2	6	1	2	9	.243	.274	.309	584	103	351	265	29	2.9	.252
34	John Milner	1b-of	-	28	1968-14-301	MLB	108	295	39	80	17	0	6	38	5	0	34	25	0	6	0	4	6	.271	.342	.390	732	115	333	225	46	5.5	.276
35	Manny Sanguillen	c	-	34	UDFA: 1965	MLB	85	220	15	58	5	1	3	16	2	2	9	10	2	2	2	2	5	.264	.296	.336	633	74	235	173	24	3.7	.263
5	Duffy Dyer	c	-	32	1966-1-9	MLB	58	175	7	37	8	1	0	13	2	1	18	32	3	3	2	1	5	.211	.294	.269	563	47	199	147	13	2.4	.257
4	Dale Berra	ss-3b	-	21	1975-1-20	MLB	56	135	16	28	2	0	6	14	3	1	13	20	2	3	0	1	2	.207	.285	.356	640	48	151	111	14	3.5	.200
46	Steve Brye	of	-	29	1967-1-17	MLB	66	115	16	27	7	0	1	9	2	1	11	10	1	1	2	1	2	.235	.305	.322	626	37	130	94	13	3.8	.248
22	Bert Blyleven	p	-	27	1969-3-55	MLB	37	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	0	0	7	0	0	.129	.140	.153	292	13	93	81	-4	-1.3	.220
43	Don Robinson	p	-	21	1977-17-430	MLB	35	85	2	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	0	0	4	0	0	.235	.235	.259	494	22	89	69	3	1.3	.317
19	Jim Rooker	p	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	32	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	2	.161	.158	.232	390	13	58	51	0	-0.1	.225
11	Mario Mendoza	ss	-	27	-	MLB	57	55	5	12	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	9	3	1	2	0	0	.218	.283	.291	574	16	62	46	5	2.8	.244
29	Ken Macha	3b-1b	-	27	1972-6-143	MLB	29	52	5	11	1	1	0	5	2	0	12	10	0	1	0	1	3	.212	.354	.269	623	14	65	45	6	3.3	.256
45	John Candelaria	p	-	24	1972-2-47	MLB	31	52	6	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	2	0	7	0	2	.173	.317	.231	548	12	70	52	3	1.7	.273
26	Jim Bibby	p	-	33	UDFA: 1965	MLB	34	31	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.206	.226	432	7	34	27	1	0.5	.143
25	Bruce Kison	p	-	28	1968-14-309	MLB	28	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	.138	.138	.345	483	10	29	26	1	1.2	.130
41	Jerry Reuss	p	-	29	1967-2-30	MLB	23	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	.185	.185	.259	444	7	27	23	0	-0.2	.333
13	Fernando Gonzalez	2b-3b	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	9	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238	465	5	22	17	1	1.6	.222
27	Kent Tekulve	p	-	31	UDFA: 1971	MLB	91	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.136	.095	232	2	22	19	-1	-2.1	.167
29	Jim Fregosi	ss	-	36	UDFA: 1959	MLB	20	20	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.250	635	5	26	16	2	3.7	.333
23	Grant Jackson	p	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	60	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417	667	5	12	9	1	4.0	.333
31	Eddie Whitson	p	-	23	1974-6-131	MLB	43	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.182	.182	364	2	12	10	0	-1.2	.400
15	Dorian Boyland	1b	-	23	1976-2-45	MLB	6	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	1.9	.286
30	Dave Hamilton	p	-	30	1966-5-82	MLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
16	Steve Nicosia	c	-	21	1973-1-24	MLB	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	6	5	0	-1.0	.000
49	Dave May	of	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	0	-0.4	.000
37	Alberto Lois	of	-	22	UDFA: 1978	MLB	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1000	3	4	3	1	9.3	.333
44	Cito Gaston	of	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
36	Odell Jones	p	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
12	Matt Alexander	of-3b	-	31	1968-2-35	MLB	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (35 players)							161	5406	684	1390	239	54	115	631	213	90	480	874	42	89	64	46	95	.257	.320	.385	705	2082	6038	4311	716	4.5	.286

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Bert Blyleven	8	27	1969-3-55	MLB	14	10	3.03	34	34	11	4	0	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	182	6	2	1.16	8.02	0.63	2.44	6.72	0.36	.276	1.06
43	Don Robinson	12	21	1977-17-430	MLB	14	6	3.47	35	32	9	1	1	1	228.1	203	98	88	20	57	135	9	4	1.14	8.00	0.79	2.25	5.32	0.42	.259	0.79
45	John Candelaria	55	24	1972-2-47	MLB	12	11	3.24	30	29	3	1	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	94	3	3	1.27	9.10	0.71	2.33	4.48	0.52	.283	0.73
19	Jim Rooker	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	9	11	4.24	28	28	1	0	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	76	1	0	1.48	8.82	0.72	4.46	4.19	1.07	.278	0.99
27	Kent Tekulve	25	31	UDFA: 1971	MLB	8	7	2.33	91	0	0	0	65	31	135.0	115	44	35	5	55	77	5	0	1.26	7.67	0.33	3.67	5.13	0.71	.260	1.71
26	Jim Bibby	-	33	UDFA: 1965	MLB	8	7	3.53	34	14	3	2	10	1	107.0	100	52	42	10	39	72	5	0	1.30	8.41	0.84	3.28	6.06	0.54	.277	0.98
25	Bruce Kison	-	28	1968-14-309	MLB	6	6	3.19	28	11	0	0	4	0	96.0	81	40	34	3	39	62	4	1	1.25	7.59	0.28	3.66	5.81	0.63	.270	1.42
41	Jerry Reuss	-	29	1967-2-30	MLB	3	2	4.90	23	12	3	1	3	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	42	3	1	1.45	10.56	0.54	2.50	4.57	0.55	.329	1.35
23	Grant Jackson	64	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	7	5	3.26	60	0	0	0	25	5	77.1	89	32	28	5	32	45	2	1	1.56	10.36	0.58	3.72	5.24	0.71	.337	0.64
31	Eddie Whitson	-	23	1974-6-131	MLB	5	6	3.27	43	0	0	0	14	4	74.1	66	31	27	5	37	64	1	0	1.39	7.99	0.61	4.48	7.75	0.58	.300	1.01
30	Dave Hamilton	-	30	1966-5-82	MLB	0	2	3.42	16	0	0	0	4	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	15	1	0	1.33	7.86	0.68	4.10	5.13	0.80	.241	0.79
36	Odell Jones	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	2	0	2.00	3	1	0	0	1	0	9.0	7	3	2	0	4	10	0	0	1.22	7.00	0.00	4.00	10.00	0.40	.292	0.55
16,24	Will McEnaney	-	26	1970-8-183	MLB	0	0	10.38	6	0	0	0	3	0	8.2	15	11	10	3	2	6	0	0	1.96	15.58	3.12	2.08	6.23	0.33	.414	1.50
48	Clay Carroll	-	37	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1.25	4.50	0.00	6.75	0.00	--	.143	2.00
Totals: (35 players)						88	73	3.42	161	161	30	9	131	44	1,445	1366	637	549	115	499	880	40	12	1.29	8.51	0.64	3.11	5.48	0.57	.278

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Ott	C	97		537	42	15	7	.975	0.00
Duffy Dyer	C	55		326	22	3	3	.991	0.00
Manny Sanguillen	C	18		83	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Nicosia	C	1		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Stargell	1B	112		875	57	6	76	.994	0.00
Manny Sanguillen	1B	40		355	15	0	26	1.000	0.00
John Milner	1B	28		169	13	3	15	.984	0.00
Bill Robinson	1B	3		14	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jim Fregosi	1B	2		13	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dorian Boyland	1B	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Phil Garner	2B	81		190	213	10	50	.976	0.00
Rennie Stennett	2B	80		164	208	11	40	.971	0.00
Mario Mendoza	2B	21		17	31	1	3	.980	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	2B	4		6	6	1	0	.923	0.00
Jim Fregosi	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Phil Garner	3B	81		67	172	18	12	.930	0.00
Dale Berra	3B	55		28	80	11	11	.908	0.00
Bill Robinson	3B	29		19	41	5	5	.923	0.00
Ken Macha	3B	21		11	21	1	3	.970	0.00
Mario Mendoza	3B	18		4	16	3	1	.870	0.00
Rennie Stennett	3B	6		3	7	2	0	.833	0.00
Jim Fregosi	3B	5		1	3	2	0	.667	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	3B	3		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Taveras	SS	157		216	448	38	80	.946	0.00
Mario Mendoza	SS	14		7	14	1	0	.955	0.00
Phil Garner	SS	4		1	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dale Berra	SS	2		3	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Omar Moreno	OF	152		409	9	7	2	.984	0.00
Dave Parker	OF	147		302	12	13	3	.960	0.00
Bill Robinson	OF	127		235	8	3	2	.988	0.00
John Milner	OF	69		118	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Brye	OF	47		57	2	1	0	.983	0.00
Ed Ott	OF	4		10	1	1	0	.917	0.00
Alberto Lois	OF	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cito Gaston	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kent Tekulve	P	91	135	8	38	4	1	.920	3.07
Grant Jackson	P	60	77	2	14	1	0	.941	1.87
Eddie Whitson	P	43	74	3	8	1	0	.917	1.34
Don Robinson	P	35	228	10	32	1	1	.977	1.66
Jim Bibby	P	34	107	3	20	2	0	.920	1.93
Bert Blyleven	P	34	243	11	41	1	4	.981	1.92
John Candelaria	P	30	189	4	25	0	0	1.000	1.38
Bruce Kison	P	28	96	11	14	0	1	1.000	2.34
Jim Rooker	P	28	163	14	24	0	5	1.000	2.10
Jerry Reuss	P	23	82	4	10	0	4	1.000	1.53
Dave Hamilton	P	16	26	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.38
Will McEnaney	P	6	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.20
Odell Jones	P	3	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Clay Carroll	P	2	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.50

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