1978 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

88-73, Finished 2nd in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (88-73)
Scored 684 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-75

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 964,106 (11th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105

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1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Ed Ott*	26	112	410	379	49	102	18	4	9	38	4	1	27	56	.269	.315	.409	.724	98	155	7	0	1	3	6
2	1B	Willie Stargell*	38	122	450	390	60	115	18	2	28	97	3	2	50	93	.295	.382	.567	.949	158	221	8	7	0	3	10
3	2B	Rennie Stennett	27	106	351	333	30	81	9	2	3	35	2	1	13	22	.243	.274	.309	.584	60	103	9	2	1	2	6
4	SS	Frank Taveras	28	157	702	654	81	182	31	9	0	38	46	25	29	60	.278	.313	.353	.666	83	231	4	5	12	2	3
5	3B	Phil Garner	29	154	609	528	66	138	25	9	10	66	27	14	66	71	.261	.345	.400	.745	104	211	18	5	3	7	12
6	LF	Bill Robinson	35	136	552	499	70	123	36	2	14	80	14	11	35	105	.246	.296	.411	.707	92	205	7	5	2	11	8
7	CF	Omar Moreno*	25	155	621	515	95	121	15	7	2	33	71	22	81	104	.235	.339	.303	.642	78	156	5	3	17	5	4
8	RF	Dave Parker*	27	148	642	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	7	57	92	.334	.394	.585	.979	166	340	8	2	0	2	23
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	John Milner*	28	108	333	295	39	80	17	0	6	38	5	0	34	25	.271	.342	.390	.732	101	115	6	0	0	4	6
10	1B	Manny Sanguillen	34	85	235	220	15	58	5	1	3	16	2	2	9	10	.264	.296	.336	.633	73	74	5	2	2	2	2
11	C	Duffy Dyer	32	58	199	175	7	37	8	1	0	13	2	1	18	32	.211	.294	.269	.563	56	47	5	3	2	1	3
12	3B	Dale Berra	21	56	151	135	16	28	2	0	6	14	3	1	13	20	.207	.285	.356	.640	75	48	2	2	0	1	3
13	OF	Steve Brye	29	66	130	115	16	27	7	0	1	9	2	1	11	10	.235	.305	.322	.626	72	37	2	1	2	1	1
14	3B	Ken Macha	27	29	65	52	5	11	1	1	0	5	2	0	12	10	.212	.354	.269	.623	74	14	3	0	0	1	1
15	IF	Mario Mendoza	27	57	62	55	5	12	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	9	.218	.283	.291	.574	58	16	0	3	2	0	1
16	IF	Jim Fregosi	36	20	26	20	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	.200	.385	.250	.635	78	5	0	0	0	0	0
17	IF	Fernando Gonzalez	28	9	22	21	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.190	.227	.238	.465	28	5	0	0	0	0	0
18	1B	Doe Boyland*	23	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Steve Nicosia	22	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Dave May*	34	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Alberto Lois	22	3	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.750	1.000	165	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	LF	Cito Gaston	34	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	176	1	0	0	0	0	0
23		Matt Alexander#	31	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Bert Blyleven	27	37	93	85	4	11	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	35	.129	.140	.153	.292	-20	13	0	0	7	0	0
25	P	Don Robinson	21	35	89	85	2	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	.235	.235	.259	.494	36	22	0	0	4	0	0
26	P	John Candelaria*	24	31	70	52	6	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	.173	.317	.231	.548	53	12	2	2	7	0	0
27	P	Jim Rooker	35	32	58	56	2	9	2	1	0	5	2	0	0	17	.161	.158	.232	.390	6	13	2	0	1	1	0
28	P	Jim Bibby	33	34	34	31	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.129	.206	.226	.432	19	7	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Bruce Kison	28	28	29	29	2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	.138	.138	.345	.483	29	10	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	Jerry Reuss*	29	23	27	27	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.185	.185	.259	.444	21	7	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Kent Tekulve	31	91	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.095	.136	.095	.232	-35	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ed Whitson	23	43	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Grant Jackson#	35	60	12	12	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.417	.667	80	5	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Dave Hamilton*	30	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Odell Jones	25	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Clay Carroll	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Will McEnaney*	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.0	161	6038	5406	684	1390	239	54	115	631	213	90	480	874	.257	.320	.385	.705	93	2082	95	42	64	46	89
		Rank in 12 NL teams				8	4	6	7	1	7		1	1	9	3	5	7	4	4		5
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bert Blyleven	27	14	10	.583	3.03	34	34	0	11	4	0	243.2	217	94	82	17	66	5	182	6	2	6	1011	123	1.161	8.0	0.6	2.4	6.7	2.76
2	SP	Don Robinson	21	14	6	.700	3.47	35	32	1	9	1	1	228.1	203	98	88	20	57	4	135	3	4	9	937	107	1.139	8.0	0.8	2.2	5.3	2.37
3	SP	John Candelaria*	24	12	11	.522	3.24	30	29	1	3	1	1	189.0	191	73	68	15	49	6	94	5	3	3	796	115	1.270	9.1	0.7	2.3	4.5	1.92
4	SP	Jim Rooker*	35	9	11	.450	4.24	28	28	0	1	0	0	163.1	160	94	77	13	81	4	76	3	0	1	717	88	1.476	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.2	0.94
5	SP	Jerry Reuss*	29	3	2	.600	4.90	23	12	3	3	1	0	82.2	97	48	45	5	23	1	42	3	1	3	361	76	1.452	10.6	0.5	2.5	4.6	1.83
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	CL	Kent Tekulve	31	8	7	.533	2.33	91	0	65	0	0	31	135.0	115	44	35	5	55	18	77	2	0	5	573	160	1.259	7.7	0.3	3.7	5.1	1.40
7	RP	Jim Bibby	33	8	7	.533	3.53	34	14	10	3	2	1	107.0	100	52	42	10	39	7	72	2	0	5	460	105	1.299	8.4	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.85
8	RP	Bruce Kison	28	6	6	.500	3.19	28	11	4	0	0	0	96.0	81	40	34	3	39	0	62	5	1	4	407	117	1.250	7.6	0.3	3.7	5.8	1.59
9	RP	Grant Jackson*	35	7	5	.583	3.26	60	0	25	0	0	5	77.1	89	32	28	5	32	9	45	1	1	2	346	114	1.565	10.4	0.6	3.7	5.2	1.41
10	RP	Ed Whitson	23	5	6	.455	3.27	43	0	14	0	0	4	74.1	66	31	27	5	37	5	64	2	0	1	318	114	1.386	8.0	0.6	4.5	7.7	1.73
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
11		Dave Hamilton*	30	0	2	.000	3.42	16	0	4	0	0	1	26.1	23	16	10	2	12	2	15	0	0	1	118	109	1.329	7.9	0.7	4.1	5.1	1.25
12		Odell Jones	25	2	0	1.000	2.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	2	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	38	186	1.222	7.0	0.0	4.0	10.0	2.50
13		Will McEnaney*	26	0	0		10.38	6	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	15	11	10	3	2	0	6	1	0	0	42	36	1.962	15.6	3.1	2.1	6.2	3.00
14		Clay Carroll	37	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	17	166	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.8	88	73	.547	3.42	161	161	131	30	9	44	1444.2	1366	637	549	103	499	61	880	33	12	40	6141	109	1.291	8.5	0.6	3.1	5.5	1.76
		Rank in 12 NL teams		5	8		5				7	4	3	6	6	7	5	5	5		9906
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Dale Berra	21	57	37	377.1	126	31	84	11	11	.913	-2.7	-8.6	-2.7	-3.2	0.5		0		2.74	2.02						3B-SS
Jim Bibby	33	34	14	107.0	25	3	20	2	0	.920									1.93	0.68						P
Bert Blyleven	27	34	34	243.2	53	11	41	1	4	.981									1.92	1.53						P
Doe Boyland	23	1	0	8.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-15.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1		0		9.00	8.00						1B
Steve Brye	29	47	23	260.0	58	55	2	1	0	.983	-1.3	-6.0	-2.3	-1.2	-1.0	1			1.97	1.21						LF-RF-CF
John Candelaria	24	30	29	189.0	29	4	25	0	0	1.000									1.38	0.97						P
Clay Carroll	37	2	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									4.50	1.00						P
Duffy Dyer	32	55	54	471.0	351	326	22	3	3	.991	-2.0	-5.1						-2	6.65	6.33	2	10	54	18	25%	C
Jim Fregosi	36	8	4	26.1	20	14	4	2	1	.900	-0.9	-41.0	-0.9	-0.9	-0.1		0		6.15	2.25						3B-1B-2B
Phil Garner	29	166	152	1358.1	675	258	389	28	63	.959	-2.0	-1.8	-2.0	2.8	-4.7		0		4.29	3.90						3B-2B-SS
Cito Gaston	34	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-60.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.2				0.00	0.00						LF
Fernando Gonzalez	28	7	5	46.0	15	7	6	2	0	.867	-2.9	-75.7	-2.9	-0.7	-2.3		0		2.54	1.86						2B-3B
Dave Hamilton	30	16	0	26.1	4	2	2	0	0	1.000									1.37	0.25						P
Grant Jackson	35	60	0	77.1	17	2	14	1	0	.941									1.86	0.27						P
Odell Jones	25	3	1	9.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.00	0.33						P
Bruce Kison	28	28	11	96.0	25	11	14	0	1	1.000									2.34	0.89						P
Alberto Lois	22	3	1	10.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	24.0	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0			3.60	1.33						LF-CF
Ken Macha	27	21	15	132.0	33	11	21	1	3	.970	-2.4	-21.8	-2.4	-0.5	-1.8		0		2.18	1.52						3B
Will McEnaney	26	6	0	8.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.33						P
Mario Mendoza	27	53	6	178.2	94	28	61	5	4	.947	2.6	17.5	2.6	-0.2	2.8		0		4.48	1.68						2B-SS-3B
John Milner	28	97	82	642.0	301	284	14	3	15	.990	3.7	6.9	3.7	3.1	0.6	0	0		4.18	3.07						LF-1B-RF
Omar Moreno	25	152	137	1269.2	425	409	9	7	2	.984	1.8	1.7	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	2			2.96	2.75						CF
Steve Nicosia	22	1	1	9.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	9.00	9.00	0	0	2	1	33%	C
Ed Ott	26	101	96	870.0	603	545	42	16	7	.973	-7.3	-10.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0		-7	6.07	5.81	10	26	67	26	28%	C-LF
Dave Parker	27	147	147	1303.2	329	304	12	13	3	.960	0.0	0.0	-5.0	-6.1	1.1	5			2.18	2.15						RF
Jerry Reuss	29	23	12	82.2	14	4	10	0	4	1.000									1.52	0.61						P
Bill Robinson	35	174	130	1161.1	328	269	51	8	8	.976	0.9	0.9	4.9	0.8	3.9	-4	0		2.48	1.84						LF-3B-CF-RF-1B
Don Robinson	21	35	32	228.1	43	10	32	1	1	.977									1.66	1.20						P
Jim Rooker	35	28	28	163.1	38	14	24	0	5	1.000									2.09	1.36						P
Manny Sanguillen	34	58	52	449.0	458	438	20	0	26	1.000	-3.7	-9.9	-1.7	-1.3	-0.4		0	-2	9.18	7.90	1	4	15	2	12%	1B-C
Willie Stargell	38	112	104	920.0	938	875	57	6	76	.994	-5.9	-7.7	-5.9	-3.1	-2.8		0		9.12	8.32						1B
Rennie Stennett	27	86	85	692.2	395	167	215	13	40	.967	-0.5	-0.9	-0.5	-4.1	3.6		0		4.96	4.44						2B-3B
Frank Taveras	28	157	157	1368.1	702	216	448	38	80	.946	-10.2	-8.9	-11.2	-6.2	-5.0		1		4.37	4.23						SS
Kent Tekulve	31	91	0	135.1	50	8	38	4	1	.920									3.06	0.51						P
Ed Whitson	23	43	0	74.0	12	3	8	1	0	.917									1.34	0.26						P
Team Totals	29.1	161	1449	13002.0	6192	4334	1691	167	358	.973	-32.9	-3.0	-26.9	-20.7	-6.4	4	1	-11	4.17	3.14	13	40	138	47	25%
Rank in 12 NL teams								1	8	12
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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