1978 Los Angeles Dodgers
Record: 88-72
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 696
Runs Allowed: 626
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,960,622
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 10th in the National League
AA: 78-59, 3rd in the National League
A: 62-75, 7th 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
CF *Al Bumbry 31 153 604 80 180 35 3 3 84 36 9 36 65 .298 .338 .381 .719 73.8 15.8 2.3
RF  Dusty Baker 29 149 544 60 134 24 5 11 78 1 0 49 57 .246 .308 .369 .678 62.1 10.8 2.6
3B  Tom Heintzelman 31 151 525 58 150 28 1 10 59 0 0 46 49 .286 .343 .400 .743 65.6 14.6 5.3
3B  Bill Madlock 27 138 516 52 129 21 3 11 74 1 0 29 18 .250 .292 .366 .659 53.1 7.2 0.8
3B #Bud Harrelson 34 139 476 90 151 13 1 6 48 36 18 58 51 .317 .392 .387 .779 75.4 19.0 3.6
1B *Jerry Turner 24 132 445 48 115 14 4 11 63 1 2 32 35 .258 .306 .382 .688 50.7 8.9 2.1
SS  Chris Speier 28 99 354 53 108 12 4 6 42 1 2 46 19 .305 .386 .412 .798 52.1 13.0 5.1
LF  Dave Kingman 29 118 335 41 78 11 1 20 54 1 0 26 74 .233 .294 .451 .745 42.9 8.0 1.0
2B  Rob Ellis 27 97 266 29 58 5 0 0 15 0 1 35 39 .218 .311 .237 .548 21.0 1.5 3.5
C  Dave Roberts 27 85 248 32 59 12 3 6 30 0 1 14 33 .238 .277 .383 .660 23.2 3.0 4.9
C *Bill Fahey 28 71 241 20 64 2 0 3 29 0 1 12 22 .266 .298 .311 .609 22.9 3.2 6.1
3B  Elliott Maddox 30 85 217 25 58 10 2 1 15 0 0 24 24 .267 .351 .346 .697 25.8 5.3 1.7
RF *Henry Cruz 26 65 171 21 37 7 0 2 16 0 0 11 22 .216 .259 .292 .552 11.7 0.0 0.9
LF #Willie Wilson 22 89 142 30 39 6 5 2 15 25 9 5 19 .275 .300 .430 .730 18.2 3.2 0.6
C  Marc Hill 26 44 132 14 23 3 0 1 10 0 0 8 18 .174 .218 .220 .438 4.5 0.0 2.5
DH  Roy Foster 32 44 126 14 27 7 0 3 16 0 0 12 19 .214 .284 .341 .625 12.8 1.6 0.0
1B  Tom Paciorek 31 40 100 10 30 7 0 0 12 2 1 9 10 .300 .366 .370 .736 13.6 3.1 0.2
LF *Ruppert Jones 23 34 74 15 14 3 2 2 11 1 0 10 9 .189 .282 .365 .647 8.8 1.3 0.4
2B  Mario Guerrero 28 18 42 3 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .214 .267 .262 .529 3.0 0.1 0.5
  Team Totals 28.1 1751 5558 695 1463 222 34 98 673 105 44 465 583 .263 .321 .368 .689 641.2 119.5 44.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 7 7 9 2 10 7 4 9 10 1 7 8 9 9 9  
* - 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
 Rick Reuschel 29 19 6 .760 31 31 0 264.0 228 76 11 40 107 2.59 27.3
 George Lauzerique 30 10 16 .385 32 32 0 240.0 255 107 28 31 175 4.01 12.0
*Tippy Martinez 28 13 9 .591 32 32 0 219.3 191 84 9 99 153 3.45 15.1
 Mike Garman 28 15 6 .714 27 27 0 191.0 188 63 2 53 93 2.97 18.0
 Dennis Lamp 25 7 14 .333 27 27 0 177.7 187 90 9 71 43 4.56 5.2
*Rick Waits 26 15 13 .536 80 4 22 160.0 168 76 11 75 67 4.28 12.1
*Randy Jones 28 4 5 .444 35 7 4 105.3 119 61 13 37 33 5.21 2.4
*Larry Bradford 28 3 1 .750 28 0 4 48.0 37 11 1 21 18 2.06 6.6
 Pete Broberg 28 2 2 .500 21 0 0 43.3 45 21 6 30 24 4.36 1.6
 Jim Hughes 26 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.7 4 3 2 1 3 7.38 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 88 72 .550 315 160 30 1452.3 1422 592 92 458 716 3.67 100.3
Rank among 12 NL teams 5 5 3 5 2 6 2 5 5 7 3  
* - 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
B.Fahey 570.0 63 68 340 32 0 1 1.000 50.0
D.Roberts 531.3 58 68 272 22 0 1 1.000 28.3
M.Hill 351.0 39 44 143 15 1 0 .994 55.6
Team Total 1452.3 160 180 755 69 1 2 .999 42.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
J.Turner 670.3 76 80 807 53 6 67 .993 11.55
D.Baker 622.3 69 70 775 51 6 68 .993 11.95
D.Kingman 148.7 15 21 174 11 0 20 1.000 11.20
T.Paciorek 37.0 5 6 44 4 0 6 1.000 11.68
B.Fahey 5.0 0 2 6 0 1 2 .857 10.80
M.Guerrero 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1484.3 165 180 1806 119 13 163 .993 11.67
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
T.Heintzelman 1262.3 144 148 274 511 10 104 .987 5.60
R.Ellis 60.0 6 13 10 21 0 4 1.000 4.65
M.Guerrero 51.0 6 8 15 21 1 3 .973 6.35
H.Cruz 35.3 4 8 7 20 1 3 .964 6.88
E.Maddox 17.7 0 9 7 8 0 6 1.000 7.64
B.Harrelson 14.0 0 6 3 5 0 4 1.000 5.14
B.Madlock 7.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Speier 5.0 0 2 3 4 0 2 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1452.3 160 198 319 592 12 126 .987 5.65
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
B.Harrelson 1037.3 117 119 78 260 8 20 .977 2.93
B.Madlock 283.3 31 34 24 61 4 5 .955 2.70
R.Ellis 83.0 9 10 1 20 0 2 1.000 2.28
D.Roberts 31.3 3 7 1 12 1 0 .929 3.73
E.Maddox 11.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
C.Speier 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
M.Guerrero 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Heintzelman 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Fahey 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.3 160 181 104 359 13 28 .973 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
C.Speier 854.3 95 97 138 384 13 60 .976 5.50
R.Ellis 467.0 56 57 88 203 8 43 .973 5.61
M.Guerrero 54.0 7 8 6 24 1 3 .968 5.00
E.Maddox 31.3 1 12 5 19 3 4 .889 6.89
B.Harrelson 17.0 1 6 4 13 0 3 1.000 9.00
A.Bumbry 12.0 0 5 0 6 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Cruz 10.0 0 2 0 5 0 2 1.000 4.50
B.Madlock 6.7 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1452.3 160 189 243 656 25 116 .973 5.57
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
A.Bumbry 1279.7 145 146 316 6 8 1 .976 2.26
W.Wilson 138.7 15 16 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.86
T.Paciorek 13.4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
D.Baker 12.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
R.Foster 6.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43
R.Ellis 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Turner 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Kingman 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Roberts 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 179 366 7 8 1 .979 2.30
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
D.Baker 598.0 66 70 155 2 4 1 .975 2.36
E.Maddox 487.0 60 62 162 4 2 2 .988 3.07
R.Jones 196.0 23 27 52 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
W.Wilson 141.3 11 33 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
T.Paciorek 50.5 6 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
A.Bumbry 14.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
H.Cruz 8.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1494.8 166 209 418 6 6 3 .986 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
D.Kingman 582.0 62 79 114 1 10 0 .920 1.78
H.Cruz 361.0 45 46 81 2 0 2 1.000 2.07
J.Turner 331.0 38 41 72 2 0 0 1.000 2.01
R.Ellis 119.7 14 19 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.78
T.Paciorek 15.9 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.40
E.Maddox 13.0 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Foster 12.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
R.Jones 7.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
W.Wilson 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Hill 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 207 318 6 11 2 .967 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
R.Reuschel 264.0 31 31 13 40 1 2 .981 1.81
G.Lauzerique 240.0 32 32 16 46 1 5 .984 2.33
T.Martinez 219.3 32 32 5 36 0 3 1.000 1.68
M.Garman 191.0 27 27 8 26 0 0 1.000 1.60
D.Lamp 177.7 27 27 10 27 1 0 .974 1.87
R.Waits 160.0 4 80 10 30 0 3 1.000 2.25
R.Jones 105.3 7 35 5 17 0 0 1.000 1.88
L.Bradford 48.0 0 28 4 15 0 2 1.000 3.56
P.Broberg 43.3 0 21 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.66
J.Hughes 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 160 315 73 243 3 15 .991 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Harrelson .317
On-Base Pct Harrelson .392
Slugging Pct Heintzelman .400
OPS Harrelson .779
XR Harrelson 75.4
Games Bumbry 153
At-Bats Bumbry 604
Runs Harrelson 90
Hits Bumbry 180
Total Bases Bumbry 230
Singles Bumbry 139
Doubles Bumbry 35
Triples Baker, Wilson 5
Homeruns Kingman 20
RBIs Bumbry 84
Stolen Bases Bumbry, Harrelson 36
Caught Stealing Harrelson 18
Walks Harrelson 58
Strikeouts Kingman 74
ERA Reuschel 2.59
Wins Reuschel 19
Losses Lauzerique 16
Winning Pct Reuschel .760
Saves Waits 22
Games Pitched Waits 80
Games Started Lauzerique, Martinez 32
Complete Games Reuschel 17
Shutouts Reuschel 6
Innings Pitched Reuschel 264.0
Hits Allowed Lauzerique 255
Homeruns Allowed Lauzerique 28
Strikeouts Lauzerique 175
Walks Allowed Martinez 99
Walks per 9IP Lauzerique 1.2
Hits per 9IP Reuschel 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Lauzerique 6.6
WHiP Reuschel 1.02
OAVG Reuschel .231
OOBP Reuschel .265
OSLG Garman .306
OOPS Reuschel .587
Team All-Stars
Rick Reuschel
Player Salaries
Rick Reuschel $ 6,040,000
George Lauzerique $ 5,500,000
Tippy Martinez $ 3,957,143
Dusty Baker $ 3,900,000
Chris Speier $ 3,500,000
Bill Madlock $ 2,785,714
Bud Harrelson $ 2,750,000
Al Bumbry $ 2,321,429
Dave Kingman $ 1,892,857
Mike Garman $ 1,685,714
Tom Heintzelman $ 1,607,143
Bill Fahey $ 1,342,857
Elliott Maddox $ 1,110,000
Jim Holt $ 590,000
Dave Roberts $ 385,714
Jerry Turner $ 385,714
Pete Broberg $ 350,000
Randy Jones $ 350,000
Henry Cruz $ 300,000
Rob Ellis $ 300,000
Larry Bradford $ 300,000
Mario Guerrero $ 300,000
Marc Hill $ 300,000
Ruppert Jones $ 300,000
Willie Wilson $ 300,000
Dennis Lamp $ 300,000
Tom Paciorek $ 300,000
Rick Waits $ 300,000
Jim Hughes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Tim Blackwell
U L Washington
Toby Harrah
Philadelphia Tom Heintzelman
Chris Speier
Bill Fahey
3/4 Traded Steve Hovley Philadelphia Roy Foster
3/4 Traded Ron Bryant Indianapolis Dusty Baker
6/1 Traded Roy Foster Cleveland (A) Tom Paciorek