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1978 League Championship Series (3-1): Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67) over Philadelphia Phillies (90-72)

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI
 1977 NLCS /  1979 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 4, 1978 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  4    2  1  1    0  0  1     9 13  1
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  1     5 12  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Welch (5)
              PHI - Christenson, Brusstar (5), Eastwick (6), McGraw (7)

               WP - Bob Welch
	       LP - Larry Christenson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Garvey (2), Lopes, Yeager
              PHI - Martin

  ATTENDANCE: 63,460

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 5, 1978 at Veterans Stadium (Philadelphia Phillies)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    1  2  0    1  0  0     4  8  0
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - John
              PHI - Ruthven, Brusstar (5), Reed (7), McGraw (9)

               WP - Tommy John
	       LP - Dick Ruthven
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Lopes
              PHI - none

  ATTENDANCE: 60,642

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 6, 1978 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  4  0    0  0  3    1  0  1     9 11  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  1  2    0  0  0    0  1  0     4  8  2

    PITCHERS: PHI - Carlton
              LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (6), Hough (8)

               WP - Steve Carlton
	       LP - Don Sutton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHI - Carlton, Luzinski
              LAD - Garvey

  ATTENDANCE: 55,043

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 7, 1978 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Philadelphia Phillies        0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0    0     3  8  2
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  1  0    1  0  1    0  0  0    1     4 13  0

    PITCHERS: PHI - Lerch, Brusstar (6), Reed (7), McGraw (9)
              LAD - Rau, Rhoden (6), Forster (10)

               WP - Terry Forster
	       LP - Tug McGraw
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: PHI - Luzinski, McBride
              LAD - Cey, Garvey

  ATTENDANCE: 55,124

Series MVP - Steve Garvey

Series Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Dusty Baker 4 15 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 0 .467 .556 .600 1.156 0 0 149 522 62 137 11 66 12 .262 .701
Ron Cey 4 16 4 5 1 0 1 3 2 4 .313 .389 .563 .951 0 0 159 555 84 150 23 84 2 .270 .833
Joe Ferguson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *118 348 40 78 14 50 1 .224 .747
Terry Forster 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 8 1 4 0 2 0 .500 1.125
Steve Garvey 4 18 6 7 1 1 4 7 0 1 .389 .389 1.222 1.611 0 1 162 639 89 202 21 113 10 .316 .852
Jerry Grote 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 70 5 19 0 9 0 .271 .697
Burt Hooton 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 32 67 4 10 0 2 0 .149 .394
Charlie Hough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 12 1 4 0 2 0 .333 .750
Tommy John 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 33 66 2 8 0 6 0 .121 .311
Lee Lacy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 103 245 29 64 13 40 7 .261 .853
Davey Lopes 4 18 3 7 1 1 2 5 0 1 .389 .389 .889 1.278 1 0 151 587 93 163 17 58 45 .278 .776
Rick Monday 3 10 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .273 .400 .673 0 0 119 342 54 87 19 57 2 .254 .816
Manny Mota 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 37 33 2 10 0 6 0 .303 .694
Bill North 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *134 356 59 82 0 15 30 .230 .637
Doug Rau 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 63 3 9 0 5 0 .143 .328
Lance Rautzhan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Rick Rhoden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 30 52 5 7 0 4 0 .135 .332
Bill Russell 4 17 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 1 .412 .444 .471 .915 0 0 155 625 72 179 3 46 10 .286 .684
Reggie Smith 4 16 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 .188 .235 .250 .485 0 0 128 447 82 132 29 93 12 .295 .942
Don Sutton 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 34 72 1 6 0 3 0 .083 .215
Bob Welch 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 23 29 3 5 0 1 0 .172 .379
Steve Yeager 4 13 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 .231 .333 .462 .795 1 0 94 228 19 44 4 23 0 .193 .577
Totals 51 147 21 42 8 3 8 21 9 22 .286 .331 .544 .875 2 1 162 5437 727 1435 149 137 .264 .740

Philadelphia Phillies Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Bob Boone 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0 0 132 435 48 123 12 62 2 .283 .772
Larry Bowa 4 18 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .368 .333 .702 0 0 156 654 78 192 3 43 27 .294 .689
Warren Brusstar 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 7 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .429
Jose Cardenal 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0 0 87 201 27 50 4 33 2 .249 .691
Steve Carlton 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 0 0 34 86 7 25 0 13 0 .291 .660
Larry Christenson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 33 67 3 5 1 4 0 .075 .261
Rawly Eastwick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *30 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Barry Foote 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 39 57 4 9 1 4 0 .158 .383
Orlando Gonzalez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 26 26 1 5 0 0 0 .192 .415
Richie Hebner 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222 0 0 137 435 61 123 17 71 4 .283 .834
Randy Lerch 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 36 60 11 15 3 9 0 .250 .753
Greg Luzinski 4 16 3 6 0 1 2 3 1 2 .375 .412 .875 1.287 0 0 155 540 85 143 35 101 8 .265 .914
Garry Maddox 4 19 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 .263 .263 .263 .526 0 0 155 598 62 172 11 68 33 .288 .741
Jerry Martin 4 9 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 .222 .300 .667 .967 0 0 128 266 40 72 9 36 9 .271 .790
Bake McBride 3 9 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .222 .222 .556 .778 0 0 122 472 68 127 10 49 28 .269 .707
Tim McCarver 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 90 146 18 36 1 14 2 .247 .709
Tug McGraw 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Jim Morrison 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 53 108 12 17 3 10 1 .157 .504
Ron Reed 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Dick Ruthven 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 *34 77 7 17 0 4 0 .221 .503
Mike Schmidt 4 15 1 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 .200 .278 .333 .611 0 1 145 513 93 129 21 78 19 .251 .798
Ted Sizemore 4 13 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 .385 .429 .538 .967 0 0 108 351 38 77 0 25 8 .219 .523
Totals 53 140 17 35 3 2 5 16 9 21 .250 .293 .407 .700 0 1 162 5448 708 1404 133 152 .258 .716

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Terry Forster 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 2 1.000 47 0 1.93 5 4 22 65.1 56 23 46 1.209
Burt Hooton 1 1 7.71 0 0 0 0 4.2 10 4 0 5 2.143 32 32 2.71 19 10 0 236.0 196 61 104 1.089
Charlie Hough 1 0 4.50 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 0.500 55 0 3.28 5 5 7 93.1 69 48 66 1.254
Tommy John 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 4 0 2 4 0.667 33 30 3.30 17 10 1 213.0 230 53 124 1.329
Doug Rau 1 1 3.60 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 2 2 1 1.400 30 30 3.26 15 9 0 199.0 219 68 95 1.442
Lance Rautzhan 1 0 6.75 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 1 2 0 3.750 43 0 2.93 2 1 4 61.1 61 19 25 1.304
Rick Rhoden 1 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 3 0.750 30 23 3.66 10 8 0 164.2 160 51 79 1.281
Don Sutton 1 1 6.35 0 1 0 0 5.2 7 4 2 0 1.588 34 34 3.55 15 11 0 238.1 228 54 154 1.183
Bob Welch 1 0 2.08 1 0 0 0 4.1 2 1 0 5 0.462 23 13 2.02 7 4 3 111.1 92 26 66 1.060
Totals 9 4 3.41 3 1 0 1 37.0 35 14 9 21 1.189 162 162 3.118 95 67 1440.1 1362 440 800 1.251

Philadelphia Phillies Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Warren Brusstar 3 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 1 0 1.125 58 0 2.33 6 3 0 88.2 74 30 60 1.173
Steve Carlton 1 1 4.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 8 4 2 8 1.111 34 34 2.84 16 13 0 247.1 228 63 161 1.177
Larry Christenson 1 1 12.46 0 1 0 0 4.1 7 6 1 3 1.846 33 33 3.24 13 14 0 228.0 209 47 131 1.123
Rawly Eastwick 1 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1 3.000 *30 0 3.74 4 2 0 65.0 53 22 27 1.154
Randy Lerch 1 1 5.06 0 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 0 0 1.313 33 28 3.96 11 8 0 184.0 183 70 96 1.375
Tug McGraw 3 0 1.59 0 1 0 0 5.2 3 1 5 5 1.412 55 1 3.21 8 7 9 89.2 82 23 63 1.171
Ron Reed 2 0 2.25 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 1 0 2 1.500 66 0 2.24 3 4 17 108.2 87 23 85 1.012
Dick Ruthven 1 1 5.79 0 1 0 0 4.2 6 3 0 3 1.286 *33 33 3.38 15 11 0 231.2 214 56 120 1.165
Totals 13 4 4.66 1 3 0 1 36.2 42 19 9 22 1.391 162 162 3.333 90 72 1436.1 1343 393 813 1.209

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI
 1977 NLCS /  1979 NLCS

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