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1979 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

84-78, Finished 4th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Danny Ozark (65-67) and Dallas Green (19-11)
Scored 683 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Veterans Stadium · Attendance: 2,775,011 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Mike Anderson 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 22, 1951 9 79 21 79 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 6 21 73 12 11 0.4 $
Ramon Aviles 27 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 22, 1952 2 27 17 27 27 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Doug Bird 29 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 7 32 1 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Boone 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 19, 1947 8 119 112 119 119 0 117 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Larry Bowa 33 B R 5' 10" 155 Dec 6, 1945 10 147 147 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $ All-Star
Warren Brusstar 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 2, 1952 3 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jose Cardenal 35 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 17 29 9 29 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 6 15 20 0 -0.4 $
Steve Carlton HOF 34 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 15 36 35 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Larry Christenson 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Nov 10, 1953 7 19 17 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Rawly Eastwick 28 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 6 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $220,000
Nino Espinosa 25 R R 6' 1" 192 Aug 15, 1953 6 36 33 36 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.8 $
Greg Gross 26 L L 5' 10" 160 Aug 1, 1952 7 111 29 111 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 19 11 80 55 3 1.3 $
Bud Harrelson 35 B R 5' 11" 160 Jun 6, 1944 15 53 21 53 49 0 0 0 25 9 17 1 0 0 1 0 11 0.2 $
Jim Kaat 40 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 21 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jack Kucek 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 8, 1953 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dan Larson 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 4 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Randy Lerch 24 L L 6' 5" 190 Oct 9, 1954 5 38 35 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.6 $
Jim Lonborg 37 R R 6' 5" 200 Apr 16, 1942 15 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Greg Luzinski 28 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 22, 1950 10 137 124 137 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 125 13 0 -1.5 $
Pete Mackanin 27 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 1, 1951 7 13 0 13 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 $
Garry Maddox 29 R R 6' 3" 175 Sep 1, 1949 8 148 140 148 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 140 7 1 4.1 $
Bake McBride 30 L R 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1949 7 151 138 151 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 147 10 1 2.4 $
Tim McCarver 37 L R 6' 0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 20 79 31 79 32 0 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 48 0 -0.1 $
Tug McGraw 34 R L 6' 0" 170 Aug 30, 1944 14 65 1 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $
Rudy Meoli 28 L R 5' 9" 165 May 1, 1951 6 30 22 30 29 0 0 0 15 1 15 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Keith Moreland 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 2, 1954 2 14 12 14 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 $
Dickie Noles 22 R R 6' 2" 160 Nov 19, 1956 1st 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
John Poff 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Oct 23, 1952 1st 12 3 12 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 7 0 -0.2 $
Dave Rader 30 L R 5' 11" 165 Dec 26, 1948 9 31 10 31 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.3 $
Ron Reed 36 R R 6' 6" 215 Nov 2, 1942 14 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Pete Rose 38 B R 5' 11" 192 Apr 14, 1941 17 163 162 163 162 0 0 159 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 $905,000 All-Star
Dick Ruthven 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 27, 1951 7 21 20 21 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7 $
Kevin Saucier 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 9, 1956 2 29 2 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Schmidt HOF 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Sep 27, 1949 8 160 157 160 158 0 0 0 0 157 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 7.4 $560,000 All-Star
Lonnie Smith 23 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 22, 1955 2 17 8 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 12 2 7 -0.2 $
Manny Trillo 28 R R 6' 1" 150 Dec 25, 1950 7 118 116 118 118 0 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Del Unser 34 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 9, 1944 12 95 22 95 51 0 0 22 0 0 0 15 11 4 30 53 3 0.7 $
John Vukovich 31 R R 6' 1" 187 Jul 31, 1947 8 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Jose Cardenal

Dave Rader

Bob Boone

Manny Trillo

Larry Bowa

Tim McCarver

Pete Rose

Ramon Aviles
Bud Harrelson

Pete Mackanin

Rudy Meoli
John Vukovich

Greg Luzinski

Mike Schmidt

Bake McBride

Mike Anderson

Greg Gross

Pete Mackanin
Keith Moreland

Del Unser

John Poff

Lonnie Smith

Garry Maddox

Steve Carlton

Kevin Saucier

Jack Kucek
Keith Moreland

Nino Espinosa

Larry Christenson

Jim Kaat

Warren Brusstar

Jim Lonborg

Ron Reed

Doug Bird

Dick Ruthven

Tug McGraw

Randy Lerch

Dan Larson
Dickie Noles

Rawly Eastwick

Dan Larson

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers