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1979 Philadelphia Phillies

1979 > Class Major League > 1979 National League (East)
Overall: 84-78
Scored 683 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Dallas Green and Danny Ozark
Represented: Philadelphia, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978 / 1980

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Mike Anderson 28 79 91 78 12 18 4 0 1 2 1 2 13 14 .231 .341 .321 .661 25 2 0 0 0 0
2 Ramon Aviles 27 27 73 61 7 17 2 0 0 12 0 0 8 8 .279 .371 .311 .683 19 1 1 3 0 1
3 Doug Bird 29 32 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bob Boone 31 119 454 398 38 114 21 3 9 58 1 4 49 33 .286 .367 .422 .789 168 9 2 4 1 9
5 Larry Bowa# 33 147 619 539 74 130 17 11 0 31 20 9 61 32 .241 .316 .314 .630 169 11 1 12 6 5
6 Steve Carlton* 34 36 101 94 9 21 3 0 0 10 1 0 3 17 .223 .253 .255 .508 24 4 1 2 1 0
7 Larry Christenson 25 19 36 31 4 9 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 13 .290 .333 .548 .882 17 0 0 3 0 0
8 Rawly Eastwick 28 51 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nino Espinosa 25 36 80 72 3 14 2 0 0 6 0 1 4 15 .194 .237 .222 .459 16 2 0 4 0 0
10 Greg Gross* 26 111 206 174 21 58 6 3 0 15 5 2 29 5 .333 .422 .402 .825 70 3 0 0 3 4
11 Bud Harrelson# 35 53 87 71 7 20 6 0 0 7 3 3 13 14 .282 .395 .366 .762 26 1 1 1 1 0
12 Jim Kaat* 40 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 Dan Larson 24 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Randy Lerch* 24 38 79 72 6 11 2 1 1 5 0 1 3 8 .153 .184 .250 .434 18 2 0 3 1 0
15 Jim Lonborg 37 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Greg Luzinski 28 137 525 452 47 114 23 1 18 81 3 3 56 103 .252 .343 .427 .770 193 10 10 0 7 5
17 Pete Mackanin 27 13 10 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .444 .644 4 0 0 0 0 0
18 Garry Maddox 29 148 577 548 70 154 28 6 13 61 26 13 17 71 .281 .304 .425 .729 233 8 4 1 7 5
19 Bake McBride* 30 151 637 582 82 163 16 12 12 60 25 14 41 77 .280 .328 .411 .739 239 6 4 3 7 3
20 Tim McCarver* 37 79 161 137 13 33 5 1 1 12 2 0 19 12 .241 .333 .314 .647 43 7 1 2 2 5
21 Tug McGraw 34 65 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 Rudy Meoli* 28 30 84 73 2 13 4 1 0 6 2 0 9 15 .178 .268 .260 .529 19 2 0 2 0 1
23 Keith Moreland 25 14 51 48 3 18 3 2 0 8 0 0 3 5 .375 .412 .521 .933 25 1 0 0 0 0
24 Dickie Noles 22 14 33 30 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .100 .156 .133 .290 4 0 0 1 0 0
25 John Poff* 26 12 20 19 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .105 .150 .158 .308 3 1 0 0 0 0
26 Dave Rader* 30 31 62 54 3 11 1 1 1 5 0 0 6 7 .204 .283 .315 .598 17 3 0 2 0 0
27 Ron Reed 36 61 13 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .300 .364 .400 .764 4 0 0 2 0 0
28 Pete Rose# 38 163 730 628 90 208 40 5 4 59 20 11 95 32 .331 .418 .430 .848 270 18 2 0 5 10
29 Dick Ruthven 28 21 47 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .146 .222 .146 .369 6 0 2 2 0 0
30 Kevin Saucier* 22 29 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 Mike Schmidt 29 160 675 541 109 137 25 4 45 114 9 5 120 115 .253 .386 .564 .950 305 13 3 2 9 12
32 Lonnie Smith 23 17 31 30 4 5 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 .167 .194 .233 .427 7 0 0 0 0 0
33 Manny Trillo 28 118 467 431 40 112 22 1 6 42 4 7 20 59 .260 .296 .357 .654 154 13 4 8 4 3
34 Del Unser* 34 95 159 141 26 42 8 0 6 29 2 0 14 33 .298 .354 .482 .837 68 4 0 1 3 2
35 John Vukovich 31 10 15 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .267 .467 4 0 0 0 0 0
35 Players 30.6 163 6219 5463 683 1453 250 53 119 641 128 76 602 764 .266 .340 .396 .736 2166 124 37 60 57 66
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age 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
1 Mike Anderson 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 Doug Bird 29 2 0 1.000 5.16 32 1 10 1 0 0 61.0 73 35 35 7 16 4 33 2 0 2 263 1.459 10.8 1.0 2.4 4.9 2.06
3 Warren Brusstar 27 1 0 1.000 6.91 13 0 4 0 0 1 14.1 23 12 11 1 4 2 3 0 0 0 66 1.884 14.4 0.6 2.5 1.9 0.75
4 Steve Carlton* 34 18 11 .621 3.62 35 35 0 13 4 0 251.0 202 112 101 25 89 11 213 5 11 10 1029 1.159 7.2 0.9 3.2 7.6 2.39
5 Larry Christenson 25 5 10 .333 4.50 19 17 1 2 0 0 106.0 118 56 53 9 30 3 53 2 3 2 447 1.396 10.0 0.8 2.5 4.5 1.77
6 Rawly Eastwick 28 3 6 .333 4.90 51 0 23 0 0 6 82.2 90 46 45 8 25 3 47 1 0 5 349 1.391 9.8 0.9 2.7 5.1 1.88
7 Nino Espinosa 25 14 12 .538 3.65 33 33 0 8 3 0 212.0 211 94 86 20 65 8 88 3 1 3 881 1.302 9.0 0.8 2.8 3.7 1.35
8 Jim Kaat* 40 1 0 1.000 4.32 3 1 2 0 0 0 8.1 9 4 4 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 37 1.680 9.7 1.1 5.4 2.2 0.40
9 Jack Kucek 26 1 0 1.000 8.31 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.615 12.5 4.2 2.1 4.2 2.00
10 Dan Larson 24 1 1 .500 4.26 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 17 9 9 1 9 0 9 1 0 0 81 1.368 8.1 0.5 4.3 4.3 1.00
11 Randy Lerch* 24 10 13 .435 3.74 37 35 0 6 1 0 214.0 228 98 89 20 60 4 92 3 1 4 899 1.346 9.6 0.8 2.5 3.9 1.53
12 Jim Lonborg 37 0 1 .000 11.05 4 1 2 0 0 0 7.1 14 10 9 3 4 0 7 1 0 0 41 2.455 17.2 3.7 4.9 8.6 1.75
13 Tug McGraw* 34 4 3 .571 5.16 65 1 43 0 0 16 83.2 83 56 48 9 29 7 57 2 0 2 357 1.339 8.9 1.0 3.1 6.1 1.97
14 Dickie Noles 22 3 4 .429 3.80 14 14 0 0 0 0 90.0 80 40 38 6 38 2 42 2 2 1 377 1.311 8.0 0.6 3.8 4.2 1.11
15 Ron Reed 36 13 8 .619 4.15 61 0 37 0 0 5 102.0 110 52 47 9 32 9 58 2 0 3 439 1.392 9.7 0.8 2.8 5.1 1.81
16 Dick Ruthven 28 7 5 .583 4.27 20 20 0 3 2 0 122.1 121 59 58 10 37 6 58 2 0 3 518 1.292 8.9 0.7 2.7 4.3 1.57
17 Kevin Saucier* 22 1 4 .200 4.19 29 2 7 0 0 1 62.1 68 31 29 4 33 3 21 3 0 1 277 1.620 9.8 0.6 4.8 3.0 0.64
17 Players 28.9 84 78 .519 4.16 163 163 130 33 14 29 1441.1 1455 718 666 135 477 65 787 29 18 36 6086 1.340 9.1 0.8 3.0 4.9 1.65

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Bob Boone 117 527 65 7 8 .988 5.06 2 54 42 44%
Tim McCarver 31 174 12 2 0 .989 6.00 0 14 13 48%
Dave Rader 25 62 6 5 1 .932 2.72 1 15 8 35%
Keith Moreland 13 71 3 0 1 1.000 5.69 2 12 5 29%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pete Rose 159 1424 87 8 124 .995 9.50
Del Unser 22 74 5 2 6 .975 3.59
John Poff 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Manny Trillo 118 270 368 10 84 .985 5.41
Ramon Aviles 27 40 44 2 8 .977 3.11
Bud Harrelson 25 54 47 1 11 .990 4.04
Rudy Meoli 15 14 37 1 7 .981 3.40
John Vukovich 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
Pete Mackanin 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00
Pete Rose 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Schmidt 157 114 361 23 36 .954 3.03
Bud Harrelson 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 1.00
John Vukovich 7 0 9 0 1 1.000 1.29
Pete Rose 5 4 6 2 0 .833 2.00
Bob Boone 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.50
Pete Mackanin 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
Rudy Meoli 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Larry Bowa 146 229 448 6 80 .991 4.64
Bud Harrelson 17 9 15 3 1 .889 1.41
Rudy Meoli 16 23 37 1 5 .984 3.75
Pete Mackanin 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
Mike Schmidt 2 1 2 0 2 1.000 1.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Greg Luzinski 125 0.00
Greg Gross 49 0.00
Mike Anderson 47 0.00
Del Unser 16 0.00
John Poff 4 0.00
Lonnie Smith 3 0.00
Bud Harrelson 1 0.00
Tim McCarver 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Garry Maddox 140 0.00
Greg Gross 19 0.00
Del Unser 11 0.00
Mike Anderson 6 0.00
Lonnie Smith 5 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bake McBride 147 0.00
Mike Anderson 20 0.00
Greg Gross 11 0.00
Lonnie Smith 4 0.00
Del Unser 3 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bake McBride 147 341 12 4 3 .989 2.40
Garry Maddox 140 433 13 2 2 .996 3.19
Greg Luzinski 125 156 3 9 1 .946 1.27
Greg Gross 73 82 5 2 2 .978 1.19
Mike Anderson 70 68 3 2 1 .973 1.01
Del Unser 30 44 0 1 0 .978 1.47
Lonnie Smith 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.82
John Poff 4 7 0 1 0 .875 1.75
Bud Harrelson 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Tim McCarver 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tug McGraw 65 6 4 0 0 1.000 0.15
Ron Reed 61 3 13 0 3 1.000 0.26
Rawly Eastwick 51 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.16
Randy Lerch 37 13 38 1 5 .981 1.38
Steve Carlton 35 3 32 5 0 .875 1.00
Nino Espinosa 33 11 34 2 2 .957 1.36
Doug Bird 32 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.19
Kevin Saucier 29 2 12 1 1 .933 0.48
Dick Ruthven 20 6 9 1 1 .938 0.75
Larry Christenson 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dickie Noles 14 4 17 1 1 .955 1.50
Warren Brusstar 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.23
Jack Kucek 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Lonborg 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.25
Jim Kaat 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Dan Larson 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.67
Mike Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Mike Anderson 28 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 22, 1951 Florence, SC, US 1979-04-28 1979-09-30
Ramon Aviles 27 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jan 22, 1952 Manati, PR 1979-05-04 1979-06-15
Doug Bird 29 R R 6' 4.0" 180 Mar 5, 1950 Corona, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-23
Bob Boone 31 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Nov 19, 1947 San Diego, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-13
Larry Bowa 33 S R 5' 10.0" 155 Dec 6, 1945 Sacramento, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Warren Brusstar 27 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Feb 2, 1952 Oakland, CA, US 1979-06-27 1979-07-24
Jose Cardenal 35 R R 5' 10.0" 150 Oct 7, 1943 Matanzas, Matanzas, CU 1979-04-22 1979-07-29
Steve Carlton 34 L L 6' 4.0" 210 Dec 22, 1944 Miami, FL, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Larry Christenson 25 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Nov 10, 1953 Everett, WA, US 1979-05-12 1979-09-01
Rawly Eastwick 28 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Oct 24, 1950 Camden, NJ, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-29
Nino Espinosa 25 R R 6' 1.0" 192 Aug 15, 1953 Villa Altagracia, San Cristobal, DO 1979-04-08 1979-09-23
Greg Gross 26 L L 5' 10.0" 160 Aug 1, 1952 York, PA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Bud Harrelson 35 S R 5' 11.0" 160 Jun 6, 1944 Niles, CA, US 1979-05-26 1979-09-29
Jim Kaat 40 L L 6' 4.0" 205 Nov 7, 1938 Zeeland, MI, US 1979-04-24 1979-05-08
Jack Kucek 26 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 8, 1953 Warren, OH, US 1979-09-08 1979-09-22
Dan Larson 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 Los Angeles, CA, US 1979-09-15 1979-09-25
Randy Lerch 24 L L 6' 5.0" 190 Oct 9, 1954 Sacramento, CA, US 1979-04-07 1979-09-29
Jim Lonborg 37 R R 6' 5.0" 200 Apr 16, 1942 Santa Maria, CA, US 1979-05-19 1979-06-10
Greg Luzinski 28 R R 6' 1.0" 220 Nov 22, 1950 Chicago, IL, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Pete Mackanin 27 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Aug 1, 1951 Chicago, IL, US 1979-04-15 1979-09-26
Garry Maddox 29 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Sep 1, 1949 Cincinnati, OH, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-28
Bake McBride 30 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Feb 3, 1949 Fulton, MO, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Tim McCarver 37 L R 6' 0.0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 Memphis, TN, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Tug McGraw 34 R L 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 Martinez, CA, US 1979-04-12 1979-09-29
Rudy Meoli 28 L R 5' 9.0" 165 May 1, 1951 Troy, NY, US 1979-05-03 1979-06-08
Keith Moreland 25 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 2, 1954 Dallas, TX, US 1979-09-09 1979-09-29
Dickie Noles 22 R R 6' 2.0" 160 Nov 19, 1956 Charlotte, NC, US 1979-07-05 1979-09-28
John Poff 26 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 23, 1952 Chillicothe, OH, US 1979-09-08 1979-09-28
Dave Rader 30 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Dec 26, 1948 Claremore, OK, US 1979-04-17 1979-09-19
Ron Reed 36 R R 6' 6.0" 215 Nov 2, 1942 La Porte, IN, US 1979-04-07 1979-09-28
Pete Rose 38 S R 5' 11.0" 192 Apr 14, 1941 Cincinnati, OH, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Dick Ruthven 28 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Mar 27, 1951 Sacramento, CA, US 1979-04-10 1979-08-08
Kevin Saucier 22 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 9, 1956 Pensacola, FL, US 1979-06-18 1979-09-28
Mike Schmidt 29 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Sep 27, 1949 Dayton, OH, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Lonnie Smith 23 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Dec 22, 1955 Chicago, IL, US 1979-04-10 1979-09-29
Manny Trillo 28 R R 6' 1.0" 150 Dec 25, 1950 Caripito, Monagas, VE 1979-04-06 1979-09-29
Del Unser 34 L L 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 9, 1944 Decatur, IL, US 1979-04-10 1979-09-29
John Vukovich 31 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Jul 31, 1947 Sacramento, CA, US 1979-09-06 1979-09-30

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