1978 CHICAGO CUBS

| Level: MLB

Location: Chicago,IL
Team Record: 79-83 .488
Result: 3rd in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Herman Franks
General Manager: Bob Kennedy
Stadium: Wrigley Field
Attendance: 1,525,311
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Chicago Cubs affiliate history

Oldest Player: Woodie Fryman (38)
Youngest Player: Scot Thompson (22)
Longest Tenure: Rick Reuschel (7)
Top Hitter: Ivan DeJesus (17)
Top Pitcher: Rick Reuschel (20)
Top Draft Pick: Bill Hayes (#13)

Roster Continuity: 72.91%

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
11	Ivan DeJesus	ss	17	25	UDFA: 1970	MLB	160	619	104	172	24	7	3	35	41	12	74	78	2	5	15	2	12	.278	.356	.354	710	219	712	488	89	4.9	.313
19	Manny Trillo	2b	73	27	UDFA: 1968	MLB	152	552	53	144	17	5	4	55	0	7	50	67	2	3	3	8	10	.261	.320	.332	652	183	615	436	62	3.8	.286
7	Bobby Murcer	of	34	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	146	499	66	140	22	6	9	64	14	5	80	57	0	15	0	6	12	.281	.376	.403	779	201	585	382	86	6.1	.298
22	Bill Buckner	1b-of	-	28	1968-2-25	MLB	117	446	47	144	26	1	5	74	7	5	18	17	0	5	1	5	16	.323	.345	.419	765	187	470	329	69	5.7	.324
10	Dave Kingman	of-1b	35	29	1970-1-1	MLB	119	395	65	105	17	4	28	79	3	4	39	111	6	8	2	6	3	.266	.336	.542	878	214	448	305	74	6.5	.294
21	Greg Gross	of	81	25	1970-4-79	MLB	124	347	34	92	12	7	1	39	3	1	33	19	0	5	3	7	6	.265	.323	.349	672	121	390	272	47	4.7	.272
26	Larry Biittner	of-1b	-	32	1968-10-212	MLB	120	343	32	88	15	1	4	50	0	1	23	37	1	4	1	6	8	.257	.300	.341	641	117	374	271	38	3.7	.273
8	Dave Rader	c	-	29	1967-1-18	MLB	116	305	29	62	13	3	3	36	1	1	34	26	1	7	3	5	13	.203	.281	.295	576	90	348	265	26	2.7	.210
16	Steve Ontiveros	3b	-	26	1969-6-136	MLB	82	276	34	67	14	4	1	22	0	2	34	33	0	3	1	5	4	.243	.321	.333	654	92	316	221	34	4.2	.267
18	Gene Clines	of	-	31	1966-6-115	MLB	109	229	31	59	10	2	0	17	4	3	21	28	1	1	2	1	5	.258	.321	.319	640	73	254	181	25	3.7	.292
24,32	Rodney Scott	2b-ss	88	24	1972-11-258	MLB	78	227	41	64	5	1	0	15	27	10	43	41	3	0	7	0	4	.282	.403	.313	716	71	280	184	34	4.9	.344
27	Mike Vail	of	-	26	1971-4-85	MLB	74	180	15	60	6	2	4	33	0	1	3	24	0	0	0	2	6	.333	.341	.456	796	82	185	129	27	5.7	.364
24,32	Jerry White	of	-	25	1970-14-315	MLB	59	136	22	37	6	0	1	10	4	3	23	16	0	1	1	2	3	.272	.373	.338	711	46	162	108	20	4.9	.298
6	Larry Cox	c	-	30	UDFA: 1966	MLB	59	121	10	34	5	0	2	18	0	0	12	16	0	0	0	0	4	.281	.346	.372	718	45	133	91	16	4.8	.311
9	Tim Blackwell	c	-	25	1970-13-304	MLB	49	103	8	23	3	0	0	7	0	0	23	17	1	1	4	1	4	.223	.367	.252	620	26	132	89	11	3.4	.264
20	Mick Kelleher	ss-3b	-	30	1969-3-68	MLB	68	95	8	24	1	0	0	6	4	1	7	11	0	0	4	0	5	.253	.304	.263	567	25	106	81	7	2.2	.286
24	Hector Cruz	of-3b	-	25	1998-11-343	MLB	30	76	8	18	5	0	2	9	0	0	3	6	0	1	1	0	4	.237	.266	.382	647	29	80	63	8	3.3	.235
47	Dennis Lamp	p	-	25	1971-3-62	MLB	37	73	1	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0	1	.205	.205	.233	438	17	76	62	1	0.6	.268
48	Rick Reuschel	p	87	29	1970-3-67	MLB	35	73	5	10	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	23	1	0	10	1	0	.137	.190	.164	354	12	89	74	0	-0.1	.196
34	Ray Burris	p	-	27	1972-17-399	MLB	41	61	3	7	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	7	0	1	.115	.143	.197	340	12	70	62	0	-0.1	.146
9	Joe Wallis	of	-	26	1973-6-136	MLB	28	55	7	17	2	1	1	6	0	2	5	13	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.367	.436	803	24	60	40	8	5.6	.390
41	Dave Roberts	p	-	33	-	MLB	37	52	4	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	2	7	0	0	3	0	2	.327	.352	.500	852	26	57	40	9	6.2	.349
31	Davey Johnson	2b	-	35	UDFA: 1962	MLB	24	49	5	15	1	1	2	6	0	0	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	.306	.393	.490	883	24	56	35	10	7.6	.342
39	Mike Krukow	p	-	26	1973-8-184	MLB	27	45	4	11	5	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	0	0	3	1	0	.244	.271	.356	626	16	51	38	5	3.3	.333
25	Scot Thompson	of-1b	-	22	1974-1-7	MLB	19	36	7	15	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	.417	.447	.500	947	18	39	22	9	10.5	.469
12	Rudy Meoli	ss-3b	-	27	1969-4-75	MLB	47	29	10	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.257	.172	430	5	35	26	2	1.6	.120
17	Ed Putman	c-1b	-	24	1975-1-3	MLB	17	25	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.310	.200	510	5	29	20	1	1.9	.263
35	Woodie Fryman	p	-	38	UDFA: 1965	MLB	13	16	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	0	.062	.059	.125	184	2	20	19	-1	-1.3	.083
49	Donnie Moore	p	-	24	1977-7-162	MLB	71	15	2	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.353	.333	686	5	18	12	2	3.8	.444
42	Bruce Sutter	p	-	25	1970-21-494	MLB	64	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	4	0	0	.077	.200	.077	277	1	19	16	-1	-1.3	.200
40	Lynn McGlothen	p	-	28	1968-3-60	MLB	49	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.286	.308	593	4	14	11	1	2.6	.250
30	Ken Holtzman	p	-	32	1965-4-61	MLB	23	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.273	.300	573	3	12	9	1	1.8	.400
23	Mike Gordon	c	-	24	1972-3-63	MLB	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.556	.200	756	1	9	4	1	7.8	.333
43	Paul Reuschel	p	-	31	1968-3-53	MLB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
29	Mike Sember	3b	-	25	1974-2-31	MLB	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	833	1	4	2	1	8.0	.500
46	Dave Geisel	p	-	23	1973-5-112	MLB	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
45	Karl Pagel	1b	-	23	1976-1-20	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
38	Willie Hernandez	p	-	23	UDFA: 1981	MLB	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							162	5532	664	1461	224	48	72	612	110	58	562	746	21	61	84	59	125	.264	.331	.361	692	1997	6258	4397	718	4.4	.291

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
48	Rick Reuschel	20	29	1970-3-67	MLB	14	15	3.41	35	35	9	1	0	0	242.2	235	98	92	16	54	115	13	1	1.19	8.72	0.59	2.00	4.27	0.47	.276	1.55
47	Dennis Lamp	28	25	1971-3-62	MLB	7	15	3.30	37	36	6	3	0	0	223.2	221	96	82	16	56	73	2	2	1.24	8.89	0.64	2.25	2.94	0.77	.268	1.65
34	Ray Burris	72	27	1972-17-399	MLB	7	13	4.76	40	32	4	1	3	1	198.2	210	112	105	15	79	94	6	3	1.45	9.51	0.68	3.58	4.26	0.84	.296	0.94
41	Dave Roberts	68	33	-	MLB	6	8	5.25	35	20	2	1	6	1	142.1	159	87	83	17	56	54	4	0	1.51	10.05	1.07	3.54	3.41	1.04	.295	1.05
39	Mike Krukow	-	26	1973-8-184	MLB	9	3	3.91	27	20	3	1	3	0	138.0	125	62	60	11	53	81	1	0	1.29	8.15	0.72	3.46	5.28	0.65	.270	1.16
49	Donnie Moore	47	24	1977-7-162	MLB	9	7	4.11	71	1	0	0	24	4	103.0	117	55	47	7	31	50	7	2	1.44	10.22	0.61	2.71	4.37	0.62	.313	1.25
42	Bruce Sutter	33	25	1970-21-494	MLB	8	10	3.18	64	0	0	0	47	27	99.0	82	44	35	10	34	106	8	1	1.17	7.45	0.91	3.09	9.64	0.32	.280	1.44
40	Lynn McGlothen	-	28	1968-3-60	MLB	5	3	3.04	49	1	0	0	14	0	80.0	77	33	27	7	39	60	0	0	1.45	8.66	0.79	4.39	6.75	0.65	.302	1.11
38	Willie Hernandez	-	23	UDFA: 1981	MLB	8	2	3.77	54	0	0	0	21	3	59.2	57	26	25	6	35	38	3	0	1.54	8.60	0.91	5.28	5.73	0.92	.295	1.02
35	Woodie Fryman	54	38	UDFA: 1965	MLB	2	4	5.17	13	9	0	0	0	0	55.2	64	37	32	6	37	28	3	2	1.81	10.35	0.97	5.98	4.53	1.32	.335	1.01
30	Ken Holtzman	-	32	1965-4-61	MLB	0	3	6.11	23	6	0	0	9	2	53.0	61	40	36	10	35	36	3	0	1.81	10.36	1.70	5.94	6.11	0.97	.305	1.13
43	Paul Reuschel	-	31	1968-3-53	MLB	2	0	5.14	16	0	0	0	6	0	28.0	29	16	16	4	13	13	1	0	1.50	9.32	1.29	4.18	4.18	1.00	--	1.00
46	Dave Geisel	-	23	1973-5-112	MLB	1	0	4.24	18	1	0	0	4	0	23.1	27	12	11	0	11	15	1	0	1.63	10.41	0.00	4.24	5.79	0.73	.329	0.95
37	Manny Seoane	-	23	1973-6-122	MLB	1	0	5.40	7	1	0	0	1	0	8.1	11	6	5	0	6	5	1	1	2.04	11.88	0.00	6.48	5.40	1.20	.344	0.81
Totals: (38 players)						79	83	4.06	162	162	24	7	138	38	1,455	1475	724	656	72	539	768	53	12	1.39	9.12	0.77	3.33	4.75	0.70	.304

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Rader	C	114		412	51	11	7	.977	0.00
Larry Cox	C	58		178	26	7	3	.967	0.00
Tim Blackwell	C	49		213	20	3	3	.987	0.00
Mike Gordon	C	4		14	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ed Putman	C	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Buckner	1B	105		1075	83	6	85	.995	0.00
Larry Biittner	1B	62		554	52	8	53	.987	0.00
Dave Kingman	1B	6		56	2	2	4	.967	0.00
Ed Putman	1B	3		9	0	1	0	.900	0.00
Scot Thompson	1B	2		8	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Steve Ontiveros	1B	1		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Manny Trillo	2B	149		354	505	19	99	.978	0.00
Mick Kelleher	2B	17		33	48	0	6	1.000	0.00
Rudy Meoli	2B	6		4	5	1	0	.900	0.00
Rodney Scott	2B	6		16	10	1	1	.963	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Ontiveros	3B	77		57	194	9	16	.965	0.00
Rodney Scott	3B	59		43	101	11	15	.929	0.00
Mick Kelleher	3B	37		11	41	0	3	1.000	0.00
Davey Johnson	3B	12		4	22	5	1	.839	0.00
Ed Putman	3B	8		6	13	1	1	.950	0.00
Hector Cruz	3B	7		2	14	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Sember	3B	7		0	2	1	0	.667	0.00
Rudy Meoli	3B	5		2	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Vail	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ivan DeJesus	SS	160		232	558	27	96	.967	0.00
Mick Kelleher	SS	10		8	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Rodney Scott	SS	6		4	7	1	1	.917	0.00
Mike Sember	SS	1		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Murcer	OF	138		225	8	5	0	.979	0.00
Greg Gross	OF	111		182	6	4	1	.979	0.00
Dave Kingman	OF	100		170	8	4	2	.978	0.00
Gene Clines	OF	66		84	6	2	0	.978	0.00
Jerry White	OF	54		102	4	2	1	.981	0.00
Mike Vail	OF	45		50	1	1	0	.981	0.00
Larry Biittner	OF	29		47	1	1	0	.980	0.00
Joe Wallis	OF	25		36	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hector Cruz	OF	14		30	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rodney Scott	OF	10		14	1	1	0	.937	0.00
Scot Thompson	OF	5		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Donnie Moore	P	71	103	10	16	2	0	.929	2.27
Bruce Sutter	P	64	99	12	9	0	0	1.000	1.91
Willie Hernandez	P	54	59	2	12	0	0	1.000	2.13
Lynn McGlothen	P	49	80	1	5	1	1	.857	0.68
Ray Burris	P	40	198	23	38	4	2	.938	2.77
Dennis Lamp	P	37	223	18	51	1	1	.986	2.78
Rick Reuschel	P	35	242	24	44	2	1	.971	2.53
Dave Roberts	P	35	142	8	29	0	2	1.000	2.34
Mike Krukow	P	27	138	9	19	0	1	1.000	1.83
Ken Holtzman	P	23	53	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.36
Dave Geisel	P	18	23	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.17
Paul Reuschel	P	16	28	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.61
Woodie Fryman	P	13	55	5	13	0	2	1.000	2.93
Manny Seoane	P	7	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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