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

 1977 NLCS /  1979 NLCS

WS: NYY-LAD / ALCS: NYY-KCR / NLCS: LAD-PHI
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1978 at VeteransStad (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

  October 5, 1978 at VeteransStad (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

  October 6, 1978 at Dodger Stad (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

  October 7, 1978 at Dodger Stad (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

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Dusty Baker         4  15  1  7  2  0  0   1  3  0  .467  .556  .600  0 | 522 137 11  .262  .700  12
 Ron Cey             4  16  4  5  1  0  1   3  2  4  .313  .389  .563  0 | 555 150 23  .270  .832   2
 Joe Ferguson        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+348  78 14  .224  .747   1
*Terry Forster       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   8   4  0  .500 1.125   0
 Steve Garvey        4  18  6  7  1  1  4   7  0  1  .389  .389 1.222  0 | 639 202 21  .316  .852  10
 Jerry Grote         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  70  19  0  .271  .697   0
 Burt Hooton         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  10  0  .149  .394   0
 Charlie Hough       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  12   4  0  .333  .750   0
 Tommy John          1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66   8  0  .121  .311   0
 Lee Lacy            2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 245  64 13  .261  .853   7
 Davey Lopes         4  18  3  7  1  1  2   5  0  1  .389  .389  .889  1 | 587 163 17  .278  .776  45
*Rick Monday         3  10  2  2  0  1  0   0  1  5  .200  .273  .400  0 | 342  87 19  .254  .816   2
 Manny Mota          2   1  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000  0 |  33  10  0  .303  .694   0
#Billy North         4   8  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+356  82  0  .230  .637  30
*Doug Rau            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  63   9  0  .143  .328   0
 Lance Rautzhan      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Rick Rhoden         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  52   7  0  .135  .333   0
 Bill Russell        4  17  1  7  1  0  0   2  1  1  .412  .444  .471  0 | 625 179  3  .286  .685  10
#Reggie Smith        4  16  2  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  .188  .235  .250  0 | 447 132 29  .295  .941  12
 Don Sutton          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72   6  0  .083  .215   0
 Bob Welch           1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  29   5  0  .172  .379   0
 Steve Yeager        4  13  2  3  0  0  1   2  2  2  .231  .333  .462  1 | 228  44  4  .193  .577   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 147 21 42  8  3  8  21  9 22  .286  .331  .544  2 |        149  .264  .740 137

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Phillies

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bob Boone           3  11  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .182  .182  .182  0 | 435 123 12  .283  .772   2
#Larry Bowa          4  18  2  6  0  0  0   0  1  2  .333  .368  .333  0 | 654 192  3  .294  .689  27
 Warren Brusstar     3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .429   0
 Jose Cardenal       2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  .167  .286  .167  0 | 201  50  4  .249  .691   2
*Steve Carlton       1   4  2  2  0  0  1   4  0  0  .500  .500 1.250  0 |  86  25  0  .291  .660   0
 Larry Christenson   1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67   5  1  .075  .261   0
 Rawly Eastwick      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Barry Foote         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  57   9  1  .158  .383   0
*Orlando Gonzalez    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  26   5  0  .192  .414   0
*Richie Hebner       3   9  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .111  .111  .111  0 | 435 123 17  .283  .833   4
*Randy Lerch         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  60  15  3  .250  .753   0
 Greg Luzinski       4  16  3  6  0  1  2   3  1  2  .375  .412  .875  0 | 540 143 35  .265  .914   8
 Garry Maddox        4  19  1  5  0  0  0   2  0  3  .263  .263  .263  0 | 598 172 11  .288  .742  33
 Jerry Martin        4   9  1  2  1  0  1   2  1  3  .222  .300  .667  0 | 266  72  9  .271  .790   9
*Bake McBride        3   9  2  2  0  0  1   1  0  2  .222  .222  .556  0 | 472 127 10  .269  .707  28
*Tim McCarver        2   4  2  0  0  0  0   1  2  0  .000  .333  .000  0 | 146  36  1  .247  .709   2
 Tug McGraw          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Jim Morrison        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 108  17  3  .157  .504   1
 Ron Reed            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   6   0  0  .000  .143   0
 Dick Ruthven        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 77  17  0  .221  .504   0
 Mike Schmidt        4  15  1  3  2  0  0   1  2  2  .200  .278  .333  0 | 513 129 21  .251  .799  19
 Ted Sizemore        4  13  3  5  0  1  0   1  1  0  .385  .429  .538  0 | 351  77  0  .219  .524   8
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 140 17 35  3  2  5  16  9 21  .250  .293  .407  0 |        133  .258  .714 152

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Los Angeles Dodgers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Tommy John          1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  0  2  4 | 17-10 213  3.30  1.33 124  1
 Don Sutton          1   6.35 0-1  0  0  5.7  7  4  2  0 | 15-11 238  3.55  1.18 154   
*Doug Rau            1   3.60 0-0  0  0  5.0  5  2  2  1 | 15-9  199  3.26  1.44  95   
 Burt Hooton         1   7.71 0-0  0  0  4.7 10  4  0  5 | 19-10 236  2.71  1.09 104   
 Bob Welch           1   2.08 1-0  0  0  4.3  2  1  0  5 |  7-4  111  2.02  1.06  66  3
 Rick Rhoden         1   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  2  1  1  3 | 10-8  165  3.66  1.28  79   
 Charlie Hough       1   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  1  0  1 |  5-5   93  3.28  1.25  66  7
*Lance Rautzhan      1   6.75 0-0  0  0  1.3  3  1  2  0 |  2-1   61  2.93  1.30  25  4
*Terry Forster       1   0.00 1-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  2 |  5-4   65  1.93  1.21  46 22
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.41 3-1  0  1 37.0 35 14  9 21 |            3.12 1.250   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Philadelphia Phillies

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Steve Carlton       1   4.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  8  4  2  8 | 16-13 247  2.84  1.18 161   
*Tug McGraw          3   1.59 0-1  0  0  5.7  3  1  5  5 |  8-7   90  3.21  1.17  63  9
*Randy Lerch         1   5.06 0-0  0  0  5.3  7  3  0  0 | 11-8  184  3.96  1.38  96   
 Dick Ruthven        1   5.79 0-1  0  0  4.7  6  3  0  3 |+15-11 232  3.38  1.17 120   
 Larry Christenson   1  12.46 0-1  0  0  4.3  7  6  1  3 | 13-14 228  3.24  1.12 131   
 Ron Reed            2   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  6  1  0  2 |  3-4  109  2.24  1.01  85 17
 Warren Brusstar     3   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  0  1  0 |  6-3   89  2.33  1.17  60   
 Rawly Eastwick      1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  1  0  1 |+ 4-2   65  3.74  1.15  27   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.66 1-3  0  1 36.7 42 19  9 22 |            3.33 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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

 1977 NLCS /  1979 NLCS

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