1978 Philadelphia Phillies
Record: 52-108
Finish: 4th in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 555
Runs Allowed: 866
Exp W-L: 49-111
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 929,852
Manager: Cory Einhorn II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 7th in the National League
AA: 64-73, 8th in the National League
A: 51-86, 12th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B *Denny Walling 24 154 551 54 144 33 4 6 66 21 10 70 43 .261 .341 .368 .710 70.4 13.0 3.1
C  Wayne Nordhagen 29 138 507 44 135 26 1 12 59 2 1 18 58 .266 .291 .393 .684 51.5 7.6 5.7
3B *Jerry Remy 25 134 452 61 103 20 3 3 41 40 10 37 54 .228 .285 .305 .590 42.6 4.2 2.6
2B  Felix Millan 34 125 448 36 110 11 1 1 39 5 9 24 26 .246 .287 .281 .568 31.9 0.6 0.7
1B *Mike Epstein 35 131 410 32 81 16 1 3 38 2 3 42 94 .198 .279 .263 .543 31.6 0.5 1.7
LF *Terry Puhl 21 103 387 47 106 19 3 4 50 14 4 43 23 .274 .347 .370 .717 51.0 10.6 2.4
LF  Chet Lemon 23 102 358 36 86 16 6 8 32 3 1 32 35 .240 .306 .385 .691 40.3 6.1 1.9
3B  Toby Harrah 29 126 343 32 70 13 1 7 32 8 2 25 56 .204 .261 .309 .570 26.4 0.3 2.6
3B  Lou Piniella 34 104 330 31 88 25 3 3 28 1 0 8 30 .267 .287 .388 .674 32.9 5.1 0.9
C #Tim Blackwell 25 86 255 26 61 16 1 1 20 2 2 40 28 .239 .341 .322 .663 29.6 4.9 4.7
2B  Paul Schaal 35 106 238 16 52 6 1 2 25 3 1 30 33 .218 .303 .277 .580 20.8 1.0 1.6
3B #U L Washington 24 88 226 31 54 12 3 3 23 14 5 32 29 .239 .333 .358 .692 26.2 4.2 1.9
3B  Jim Ray Hart 36 53 210 12 64 2 0 3 27 2 1 10 36 .305 .335 .357 .692 23.2 4.2 0.9
RF *George Spriggs 37 53 194 26 45 4 0 3 10 24 5 17 52 .232 .297 .299 .596 20.9 3.1 1.0
RF *Larry Stahl 37 48 171 17 33 3 0 2 11 1 0 9 39 .193 .232 .246 .478 8.4 0.0 1.2
LF  Dale Murphy 22 35 123 13 22 4 2 4 12 2 0 15 28 .179 .264 .341 .606 11.9 0.6 0.8
RF *Steve Hovley 33 45 114 14 24 5 0 0 10 0 1 18 20 .211 .319 .254 .573 10.7 0.6 0.7
LF *Rudy Law 21 27 106 9 19 2 2 0 8 10 1 5 8 .179 .214 .236 .450 4.5 0.0 0.5
RF *Morris Nettles 26 53 61 17 12 0 0 0 3 16 12 4 10 .197 .246 .197 .443 0.5 0.0 0.3
C  Larry Cox 30 13 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 .111 .167 .278 -0.5 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 29.0 1724 5502 554 1311 234 32 65 534 170 69 479 703 .238 .300 .328 .628 534.7 66.6 35.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 9 12 11 7 5 12 12 1 11 8 7 11 11 12 12 12  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Moose Haas 22 4 16 .200 27 27 0 205.0 231 104 20 68 71 4.57 8.7
*Bob McClure 26 6 13 .316 32 32 0 195.0 195 103 17 118 103 4.75 8.2
*Willie Hernandez 23 7 15 .318 27 27 0 180.0 188 99 18 67 94 4.95 6.3
 Ed Whitson 23 4 19 .174 26 26 0 179.3 217 111 26 73 71 5.57 2.4
*Ken Kravec 26 9 11 .450 25 25 0 178.7 181 97 19 96 79 4.89 8.7
 Gary Ross 30 6 13 .316 71 0 11 130.3 153 81 18 70 49 5.59 2.1
 Dave Johnson 29 4 4 .500 47 0 4 89.3 97 47 4 42 32 4.74 5.3
*Scott McGregor 24 3 5 .375 10 10 0 74.0 104 48 9 17 21 5.84 0.1
 Jim Colborn 32 2 4 .333 32 3 0 73.0 94 39 14 27 13 4.81 2.8
*Mike Wallace 27 4 3 .571 35 0 5 69.3 78 32 6 45 22 4.15 5.1
 Monty Montgomery 31 2 2 .500 5 5 0 40.0 38 14 2 18 12 3.15 4.1
*Jerry Augustine 25 1 3 .250 5 5 0 32.0 36 24 5 21 14 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 26.5 52 108 .325 342 160 20 1446.0 1612 799 158 662 581 4.97 53.8
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 10 12 5 12 12 12 12 11 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 34.2
W.Nordhagen 735.3 82 82 315 41 3 3 .992 41.4
T.Blackwell 672.7 75 77 287 39 4 0 .988 43.5
L.Cox 33.0 3 6 17 1 0 0 1.000 25.0
S.Hovley 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 160 166 622 81 7 3 .990 41.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
M.Epstein 1012.3 119 126 1216 94 14 135 .989 11.65
F.Millan 357.3 41 44 422 29 4 47 .991 11.36
T.Harrah 46.3 0 22 57 5 0 9 1.000 12.04
L.Cox 10.0 0 5 19 1 0 2 1.000 18.00
T.Blackwell 9.0 0 5 13 0 0 1 1.000 13.00
D.Walling 6.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Nettles 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
L.Stahl 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 206 1739 129 18 194 .990 11.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
J.Remy 960.0 116 119 254 374 12 97 .981 5.89
P.Schaal 478.0 44 87 140 209 5 47 .986 6.57
U.Washington 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Walling 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Lemon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Millan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 210 394 585 17 144 .983 6.09
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
D.Walling 700.3 79 81 57 201 9 17 .966 3.32
J.Hart 453.0 50 50 29 124 14 6 .916 3.04
L.Piniella 235.7 27 32 13 68 2 8 .976 3.09
P.Schaal 29.0 3 6 2 7 1 0 .900 2.79
J.Remy 24.0 1 7 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.88
U.Washington 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Harrah 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1446.0 160 178 103 406 26 32 .951 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
T.Harrah 763.7 79 101 141 342 17 72 .966 5.69
U.Washington 649.3 78 81 110 280 16 59 .961 5.41
F.Millan 26.0 3 3 7 10 0 5 1.000 5.88
M.Nettles 5.0 0 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 10.80
J.Hart 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Haas 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 189 261 637 33 137 .965 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
G.Spriggs 442.7 50 52 111 3 0 1 1.000 2.32
D.Murphy 287.0 33 33 83 2 1 1 .988 2.67
R.Law 227.3 26 27 54 1 1 0 .982 2.18
D.Walling 164.3 18 20 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
L.Piniella 131.3 13 19 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
W.Nordhagen 64.7 7 9 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.53
T.Puhl 53.0 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
S.Hovley 30.0 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Nettles 25.0 2 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
C.Lemon 19.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
J.Hart 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 182 340 8 2 3 .994 2.17
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
T.Puhl 851.0 95 96 244 7 2 2 .992 2.65
L.Stahl 411.0 46 47 125 3 1 0 .992 2.80
S.Hovley 129.0 13 18 51 0 0 0 1.000 3.56
M.Nettles 45.0 6 7 15 2 0 2 1.000 3.40
W.Nordhagen 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Murphy 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 172 439 12 3 4 .993 2.81
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
C.Lemon 853.0 98 98 213 5 3 4 .986 2.30
D.Walling 417.7 48 48 107 3 1 1 .991 2.37
S.Hovley 87.0 9 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
M.Nettles 58.3 4 12 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
L.Piniella 20.0 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
D.Murphy 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Puhl 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Nordhagen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Harrah 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 181 354 8 4 5 .989 2.25
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
M.Haas 205.0 27 27 10 35 1 1 .978 1.98
B.McClure 195.0 32 32 12 26 1 0 .974 1.75
W.Hernandez 180.0 27 27 11 29 1 2 .976 2.00
E.Whitson 179.3 26 26 6 31 0 0 1.000 1.86
K.Kravec 178.7 25 25 11 39 0 11 1.000 2.52
G.Ross 130.3 0 71 13 28 1 2 .976 2.83
D.Johnson 89.3 0 47 4 13 1 3 .944 1.71
S.McGregor 74.0 10 10 3 17 1 3 .952 2.43
J.Colborn 73.0 3 32 0 12 0 0 1.000 1.48
M.Wallace 69.3 0 35 4 15 1 1 .950 2.47
M.Montgomery 40.0 5 5 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.80
J.Augustine 32.0 5 5 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.09
Team Total 1446.0 160 342 77 261 7 24 .980 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Nordhagen .266
On-Base Pct Walling .341
Slugging Pct Nordhagen .393
OPS Walling .710
XR Walling 70.4
Games Walling 154
At-Bats Walling 551
Runs Remy 61
Hits Walling 144
Total Bases Walling 203
Singles Walling 101
Doubles Walling 33
Triples Lemon 6
Homeruns Nordhagen 12
RBIs Walling 66
Stolen Bases Remy 40
Caught Stealing Nettles 12
Walks Walling 70
Strikeouts Epstein 94
ERA Haas 4.57
Wins Kravec 9
Losses Whitson 19
Winning Pct Kravec .450
Saves Ross 11
Games Pitched Ross 71
Games Started McClure 32
Complete Games Whitson 5
Shutouts Haas, Hernandez, McGregor 1
Innings Pitched Haas 205.0
Hits Allowed Haas 231
Homeruns Allowed Whitson 26
Strikeouts McClure 103
Walks Allowed McClure 118
Walks per 9IP Haas 3.0
Hits per 9IP McClure 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP McClure 4.8
WHiP Hernandez 1.42
OAVG McClure .262
OOBP Hernandez .332
OSLG McClure .406
OOPS Haas .747
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mike Epstein $ 1,750,000
Paul Schaal $ 1,500,000
Toby Harrah $ 1,260,000
Jim Ray Hart $ 1,000,000
Felix Millan $ 1,000,000
George Spriggs $ 1,000,000
Lou Piniella $ 500,000
Larry Cox $ 350,000
Morris Nettles $ 350,000
Monty Montgomery $ 350,000
Jim Colborn $ 300,000
Tim Blackwell $ 300,000
Rudy Law $ 300,000
Jerry Augustine $ 300,000
Willie Hernandez $ 300,000
Steve Hovley $ 300,000
Dave Johnson $ 300,000
Ken Kravec $ 300,000
Moose Haas $ 300,000
Chet Lemon $ 300,000
Steve Arlin $ 300,000
Scott McGregor $ 300,000
Ed Whitson $ 300,000
Dale Murphy $ 300,000
Wayne Nordhagen $ 300,000
Terry Puhl $ 300,000
Jerry Remy $ 300,000
Gary Ross $ 300,000
Larry Stahl $ 300,000
Mike Wallace $ 300,000
Denny Walling $ 300,000
U L Washington $ 300,000
Bob McClure $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Tom Heintzelman
Chris Speier
Bill Fahey
Los Angeles Tim Blackwell
U L Washington
Toby Harrah
2/8 Signed     Larry Stahl
2/10 Signed     Lou Piniella
2/20 Signed     Jim Ray Hart
2/21 Signed     Felix Millan
3/4 Traded Roy Foster Los Angeles Steve Hovley
5/1 Released Dock Ellis    
5/1 Released Mike Paul    
5/1 Released Rick Sawyer    
5/1 Released Ed Sprague    
5/1 Released Rick Miller    
6/1 Released Steve Grilli    
6/1 Released Jorge Roque