1978 World Series - New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2)

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1978 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (100-63) over Los Angeles Dodgers (95-67)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 10, 1978 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    3  2  0     5  9  1
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  3  0    3  1  0    3  1  x    11 15  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Figueroa, Clay (2), Lindblad (5), Tidrow (7)
              LAD - John, Forster (8)

               WP - Tommy John
	       LP - Ed Figueroa
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
              LAD - Baker, Lopes (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 55,997

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 11, 1978 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0     3 11  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    1  0  3    0  0  x     4  7  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hunter, Gossage (7)
              LAD - Hooton, Forster (7), Welch (9)

               WP - Burt Hooton
	       LP - Catfish Hunter
             SAVE - Bob Welch

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              LAD - Cey

  ATTENDANCE: 55,982

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 13, 1978 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  0
    New York Yankees             1  1  0    0  0  0    3  0  x     5 10  1

    PITCHERS: LAD - Sutton, Rautzhan (7), Hough (8)
              NYY - Guidry

               WP - Ron Guidry
	       LP - Don Sutton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYY - White

  ATTENDANCE: 56,447

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 14, 1978 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0    0     3  6  1
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  0    1     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - John, Forster (8), Welch (8)
              NYY - Figueroa, Tidrow (6), Gossage (9)

               WP - Rich Gossage
	       LP - Bob Welch
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - Smith
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,445

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 15, 1978 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  3
    New York Yankees             0  0  4    3  0  0    4  1  x    12 18  0

    PITCHERS: LAD - Hooton, Rautzhan (3), Hough (4)
              NYY - Beattie

               WP - Jim Beattie
	       LP - Burt Hooton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: LAD - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,448

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 17, 1978 at Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  3  0    0  0  2    2  0  0     7 11  0
    Los Angeles Dodgers          1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hunter, Gossage (8)
              LAD - Sutton, Welch (6), Rau (8)

               WP - Catfish Hunter
	       LP - Don Sutton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Jackson
              LAD - Lopes

  ATTENDANCE: 55,985

Series MVP - Bucky Dent

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees 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
Jim Beattie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Blair	6	8	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	.375	.444	.500	.944	0	0	75	125	10	22	2	13	1	.176	.495
Chris Chambliss	3	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	0	0	162	625	81	171	12	90	2	.274	.703
Ken Clay	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	6	24	3	10	1	0	0	7	1	2	.417	.440	.458	.898	0	0	123	379	40	92	5	40	3	.243	.603
Brian Doyle	6	16	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	.438	.438	.500	.938	0	0	39	52	6	10	0	0	0	.192	.385
Ed Figueroa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Heath	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	92	6	21	0	8	0	.228	.548
Catfish Hunter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson	6	23	2	9	1	0	2	8	3	7	.391	.500	.696	1.196	0	0	139	511	82	140	27	97	14	.274	.834
Cliff Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	76	174	20	32	6	19	0	.184	.658
Jay Johnstone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*71	121	9	27	1	10	0	.223	.561
Paul Lindblad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*25	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	6	25	5	8	3	0	0	7	3	7	.320	.393	.440	.833	1	0	154	617	73	183	6	71	2	.297	.705
Graig Nettles	6	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	.160	.160	.160	.320	0	0	159	587	81	162	27	93	1	.276	.803
Lou Piniella	6	25	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	.280	.280	.280	.560	1	0	130	472	67	148	6	69	3	.314	.806
Mickey Rivers	5	18	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	1	141	559	78	148	11	48	25	.265	.699
Jim Spencer	4	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	4	.167	.286	.167	.452	0	0	71	150	12	34	7	24	0	.227	.735
Fred Stanley	3	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	0	0	81	160	14	35	1	9	0	.219	.606
Gary Thomasson	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	1	*102	270	37	63	8	36	4	.233	.671
Dick Tidrow	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White	6	24	9	8	0	0	1	4	4	5	.333	.429	.458	.887	2	0	103	346	44	93	8	43	10	.269	.742
Totals	84	222	36	68	8	0	3	34	16	40	.306	.358	.383	.741	5	2	163	5583	735	1489	125		98	.267	.718

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	6	21	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	3	.238	.273	.381	.654	0	0	149	522	62	137	11	66	12	.262	.701
Ron Cey	6	21	2	6	0	0	1	4	3	3	.286	.375	.429	.804	0	0	159	555	84	150	23	84	2	.270	.833
Vic Davalillo	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	75	77	15	24	1	11	2	.312	.723
Joe Ferguson	2	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0	0	*118	348	40	78	14	50	1	.224	.747
Terry Forster	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	47	8	1	4	0	2	0	.500	1.125
Steve Garvey	6	24	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	7	.208	.240	.250	.490	1	0	162	639	89	202	21	113	10	.316	.852
Jerry Grote	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	41	70	5	19	0	9	0	.271	.697
Burt Hooton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	67	4	10	0	2	0	.149	.394
Charlie Hough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	12	1	4	0	2	0	.333	.750
Tommy John	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	66	2	8	0	6	0	.121	.311
Lee Lacy	4	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	0	0	103	245	29	64	13	40	7	.261	.853
Davey Lopes	6	26	7	8	0	0	3	7	2	1	.308	.357	.654	1.011	2	0	151	587	93	163	17	58	45	.278	.776
Rick Monday	5	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	4	3	.154	.353	.231	.584	0	1	119	342	54	87	19	57	2	.254	.816
Manny Mota	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	37	33	2	10	0	6	0	.303	.694
Bill North	4	8	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	1	0	*134	356	59	82	0	15	30	.230	.637
Johnny Oates	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	40	75	5	23	0	6	0	.307	.670
Doug Rau	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	63	3	9	0	5	0	.143	.328
Lance Rautzhan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Bill Russell	6	26	1	11	2	0	0	2	2	2	.423	.464	.500	.964	1	2	155	625	72	179	3	46	10	.286	.684
Reggie Smith	6	25	3	5	0	0	1	5	2	6	.200	.259	.320	.579	0	1	128	447	82	132	29	93	12	.295	.942
Don Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	72	1	6	0	3	0	.083	.215
Bob Welch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	29	3	5	0	1	0	.172	.379
Steve Yeager	5	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	0	0	94	228	19	44	4	23	0	.193	.577
Totals	79	199	23	52	8	0	6	22	20	31	.261	.329	.392	.721	5	4	162	5437	727	1435	149		137	.264	.740

Note pitchers did not bat in the 1978 World Series.

New York Yankees 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
Jim Beattie	1	1	2.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	9	2	4	8	1.444	25	22	3.73	6	9	0	128.0	123	51	65	1.359
Ken Clay	1	0	11.57	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	2	2	2.571	28	6	4.28	3	4	0	75.2	89	21	32	1.454
Ed Figueroa	2	2	8.10	0	1	0	0	6.2	9	6	5	2	2.100	35	35	2.99	20	9	0	253.0	233	77	92	1.225
Rich Gossage	3	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	4	0.333	63	0	2.01	10	11	27	134.1	87	59	122	1.087
Ron Guidry	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	8	1	7	4	1.667	35	35	1.74	25	3	0	273.2	187	72	248	0.946
Catfish Hunter	2	2	4.15	1	1	0	0	13.0	13	6	1	5	1.077	21	20	3.58	12	6	0	118.0	98	35	56	1.127
Paul Lindblad	1	0	11.57	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	0	1	1.714	*25	1	3.88	1	1	2	58.0	62	23	34	1.466
Dick Tidrow	2	0	1.93	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	1	0	5	0.857	31	25	3.84	7	11	0	185.1	191	53	73	1.317
Totals	13	6	3.74	4	2	0	2	53.0	52	22	20	31	1.358	163	163	3.179	100	63		1460.2	1321	478	817	1.232

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	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	0	1	6	1.500	47	0	1.93	5	4	22	65.1	56	23	46	1.209
Burt Hooton	2	2	6.48	1	1	0	0	8.1	13	6	3	6	1.920	32	32	2.71	19	10	0	236.0	196	61	104	1.089
Charlie Hough	2	0	8.44	0	0	0	0	5.1	10	5	2	5	2.250	55	0	3.28	5	5	7	93.1	69	48	66	1.254
Tommy John	2	2	3.07	1	0	0	0	14.2	14	5	4	6	1.227	33	30	3.30	17	10	1	213.0	230	53	124	1.329
Doug Rau	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	3	0.500	30	30	3.26	15	9	0	199.0	219	68	95	1.442
Lance Rautzhan	2	0	13.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	0	0	2.000	43	0	2.93	2	1	4	61.1	61	19	25	1.304
Don Sutton	2	2	7.50	0	2	0	0	12.0	17	10	4	8	1.750	34	34	3.55	15	11	0	238.1	228	54	154	1.183
Bob Welch	3	0	6.23	0	1	1	0	4.1	4	3	2	6	1.385	23	13	2.02	7	4	3	111.1	92	26	66	1.060
Totals	17	6	5.47	2	4	1	0	52.2	68	32	16	40	1.595	162	162	3.118	95	67		1440.1	1362	440	800	1.251

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

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