1978 National League

1978 > Class Major League > League History
Overall: 971 games, 12 teams, approx. 161 games in season
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Other Years: 1977 / 1979
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Standings

Regular Season

162 games

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	73	.547	1.5
Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	11
Montreal Expos	76	86	.469	14
St. Louis Cardinals	69	93	.426	21
New York Mets	66	96	.407	24

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	.586	--
Cincinnati Reds	92	69	.571	2.5
San Francisco Giants	89	73	.549	6
San Diego Padres	84	78	.519	11
Houston Astros	74	88	.457	21
Atlanta Braves	69	93	.426	26

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	30.5	4.49	162	6225	5437	727	1435	251	27	149	686	137	52	610	818	.264	.338	.402	.740	2187	101	20	111	47	76
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	29.8	4.41	161	6192	5392	710	1378	270	32	136	669	137	58	636	899	.256	.334	.393	.727	2120	112	26	84	54	72
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	29.9	4.37	162	6152	5448	708	1404	248	32	133	661	152	58	552	866	.258	.328	.388	.716	2115	93	42	61	49	88
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	29.1	4.25	161	6038	5406	684	1390	239	54	115	631	213	90	480	874	.257	.320	.385	.705	2082	95	42	64	46	89
Chicago Cubs	CHC	27.7	4.10	162	6258	5532	664	1461	224	48	72	612	110	58	562	746	.264	.331	.361	.692	1997	125	21	84	59	61
Montreal Expos	MON	27.2	3.91	162	6063	5530	633	1404	269	31	121	589	80	42	396	881	.254	.306	.379	.685	2098	126	35	62	40	62
San Francisco Giants	SFG	27.2	3.78	162	6102	5364	613	1331	240	41	117	576	87	54	554	814	.248	.318	.374	.692	2004	104	17	127	40	75
New York Mets	NYM	27.1	3.75	162	6132	5433	607	1332	227	47	86	561	100	77	549	829	.245	.314	.352	.666	1911	126	24	71	55	59
Houston Astros	HOU	27.1	3.73	162	6034	5458	605	1408	231	45	70	557	178	59	434	743	.258	.313	.355	.668	1939	134	22	76	44	67
Atlanta Braves	ATL	25.5	3.70	162	6066	5381	600	1313	191	39	123	558	90	65	550	874	.244	.315	.363	.677	1951	140	27	61	47	53
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	26.9	3.70	162	5965	5415	600	1351	263	44	79	568	97	42	420	713	.249	.303	.358	.661	1939	131	22	55	53	55
San Diego Padres	SDP	25.9	3.65	162	6081	5360	591	1349	208	42	75	542	152	70	536	848	.252	.321	.348	.669	1866	81	32	114	39	87
League Totals		27.8	3.99	1942	73308	65156	7742	16556	2861	482	1276	7210	1533	725	6279	9905	.254	.320	.372	.692	24209	1368	330	970	573	844

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	28.7	3.54	95	67	.586	3.12	162	162	116	46	16	38	1440.1	1362	573	499	107	440	43	800	23	8	35	6008	1.251	8.5	0.7	2.7	5.0	1.82
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	30.3	3.62	90	72	.556	3.33	162	162	124	38	9	29	1436.1	1343	586	532	118	393	49	813	25	22	29	5887	1.209	8.4	0.7	2.5	5.1	2.07
San Francisco Giants	SFG	27.8	3.67	89	73	.549	3.30	162	162	120	42	17	29	1455.0	1377	594	534	84	453	76	840	22	9	32	6090	1.258	8.5	0.5	2.8	5.2	1.85
San Diego Padres	SDP	28.4	3.69	84	78	.519	3.28	162	162	141	21	10	55	1433.2	1385	598	522	74	483	92	744	12	20	28	6005	1.303	8.7	0.5	3.0	4.7	1.54
Montreal Expos	MON	28.9	3.77	76	86	.469	3.42	162	162	120	42	13	32	1446.0	1332	611	550	117	572	51	740	29	13	40	6068	1.317	8.3	0.7	3.6	4.6	1.29
Houston Astros	HOU	26.6	3.91	74	88	.457	3.63	162	162	114	48	17	23	1440.1	1328	634	581	86	578	54	930	31	21	47	6140	1.323	8.3	0.5	3.6	5.8	1.61
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	28.3	3.96	88	73	.547	3.41	161	161	131	30	13	44	1444.2	1366	637	548	103	499	61	880	33	12	40	6141	1.291	8.5	0.6	3.1	5.5	1.76
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	25.3	4.06	69	93	.426	3.58	162	162	130	32	13	22	1437.2	1300	657	572	94	600	66	859	31	17	61	6057	1.322	8.1	0.6	3.8	5.4	1.43
New York Mets	NYM	27.5	4.26	66	96	.407	3.87	162	162	141	21	7	26	1455.1	1447	690	626	114	531	94	775	28	15	33	6165	1.359	8.9	0.7	3.3	4.8	1.46
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	28.3	4.27	92	69	.571	3.81	161	161	145	16	10	46	1448.1	1437	688	613	122	567	83	908	21	17	36	6232	1.384	8.9	0.8	3.5	5.6	1.60
Chicago Cubs	CHC	27.5	4.47	79	83	.488	4.05	162	162	138	24	7	38	1455.1	1475	724	655	125	539	93	768	33	12	53	6264	1.384	9.1	0.8	3.3	4.7	1.42
Atlanta Braves	ATL	28.2	4.63	69	93	.426	4.08	162	162	133	29	12	32	1440.1	1404	750	653	132	624	82	848	42	18	67	6261	1.408	8.8	0.8	3.9	5.3	1.36
League Totals		28.0	3.99	971	971	.500	3.57	1942	1942	1553	389	144	414	17333.1	16556	7742	6885	1276	6279	844	9905	330	184	501	73318	1.317	8.6	0.7	3.3	5.1	1.58

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Managers
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	162	4309	1825	104	156	.983	6	91	56	38%	Danny Ozark
New York Mets	NYM	162	4366	1792	132	160	.979	16	111	69	38%	Joe Torre
Montreal Expos	MON	162	4338	1786	134	150	.979	3	108	61	36%	Dick Williams
Chicago Cubs	CHC	162	4366	2059	144	154	.978	9	118	62	34%	Herman Franks
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	161	4345	1676	134	120	.978	17	106	60	36%	Sparky Anderson
Houston Astros	HOU	162	4321	1617	133	109	.978	22	167	59	26%	Bill Virdon
St. Louis Cardinals	STL	162	4313	1846	136	155	.978	11	162	78	33%	Jack Krol, Ken Boyer and Vern Rapp
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAD	162	4321	1824	140	138	.978	10	105	56	35%	Tom Lasorda
San Francisco Giants	SFG	162	4365	1705	146	118	.977	6	159	54	25%	Joe Altobelli
San Diego Padres	SDP	162	4301	1915	160	171	.975	16	102	65	39%	Roger Craig
Atlanta Braves	ATL	162	4321	1739	153	126	.975	32	166	57	26%	Bobby Cox
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	161	4334	1691	167	133	.973	13	138	47	25%	Chuck Tanner
League Totals		1942	52000	21475	1683	1690	.978	161	1533	724	32%

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