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1978 New York (N) Giants
Record: 72-88
Finish: 3rd in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 684
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 74-86
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 1,795,457
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 4th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 5th in the National League
A: 86-51, 1st in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 #Jerry White 25 153 600 90 188 28 4 10 68 28 24 85 71 .313 .397 .423 .821 97.4 21.7 4.8
RF #Ken Henderson 32 153 590 75 156 32 6 15 74 10 0 36 91 .264 .308 .415 .723 72.3 12.9 0.0
2B  Lee Lacy 30 152 584 81 165 25 7 10 69 22 11 44 47 .283 .332 .401 .733 72.7 13.5 2.7
LF *Bruce Bochte 27 152 563 60 161 25 1 11 72 0 3 55 48 .286 .350 .393 .743 72.3 13.7 3.9
3B  Ron Cey 30 150 539 61 118 28 1 23 70 0 1 50 112 .219 .285 .403 .688 59.6 7.7 2.8
SS #Larry Lintz 28 149 418 56 81 6 3 2 24 59 28 83 66 .194 .327 .237 .564 43.2 2.7 5.0
C  Steve Yeager 29 112 374 39 93 18 0 10 44 0 0 25 70 .249 .297 .377 .674 39.6 5.6 4.6
LF  George Foster 29 111 360 38 66 15 1 11 50 3 2 24 85 .183 .237 .322 .559 27.3 0.0 1.6
RF  Jeff Burroughs 27 79 283 38 73 10 2 13 50 1 0 33 38 .258 .331 .445 .776 43.4 8.1 2.0
1B *Steve Kemp 23 75 286 35 74 14 0 11 42 2 0 31 23 .259 .330 .423 .753 37.5 6.8 1.3
3B  Davey Johnson 35 81 255 34 59 13 0 7 33 0 1 32 35 .231 .318 .365 .683 29.4 4.4 2.0
SS  Phil Garner 29 97 208 36 55 12 5 2 25 7 4 18 30 .264 .323 .399 .722 27.4 4.9 1.6
C *Ed Herrmann 31 51 116 11 26 0 0 2 17 0 0 11 12 .224 .305 .276 .581 11.6 1.0 1.7
CF #Jerry Hairston 26 34 77 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 12 15 .130 .256 .156 .411 2.7 0.0 0.5
C  Manny Sanguillen 34 30 53 7 14 3 0 1 5 1 1 1 7 .264 .273 .377 .650 5.2 0.5 0.7
RF  Ron Swoboda 34 37 46 4 11 1 0 1 9 1 2 3 10 .239 .280 .326 .606 3.9 0.2 0.1
1B #Richie Scheinblum 35 35 38 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 3 .184 .311 .211 .522 2.6 0.0 0.1
CF *Ralph Garr 32 23 42 10 14 2 0 0 7 2 1 2 5 .333 .364 .381 .745 4.9 1.1 0.2
  Team Totals 29.8 1674 5432 684 1371 235 30 129 665 136 79 552 768 .252 .322 .378 .700 653.0 104.8 35.6
  Rank among 12 NL teams 11 8 9 6 7 5 8 3 12 4 9 9 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Eduardo Rodriguez 26 15 17 .469 36 36 0 283.0 241 107 13 115 192 3.40 19.2
*Jerry Reuss 29 5 10 .333 26 26 0 193.0 193 79 11 65 86 3.68 10.3
 Charlie Williams 30 6 15 .286 29 29 0 185.0 188 105 13 77 84 5.11 3.2
 Joe Niekro 33 8 8 .500 20 20 0 140.0 116 52 16 56 81 3.34 8.4
*Lance Rautzhan 25 10 9 .526 78 0 10 124.7 129 48 1 55 46 3.47 10.1
 Rick Sutcliffe 22 7 6 .538 16 16 0 122.3 123 58 13 69 62 4.27 5.4
*Will McEnaney 26 6 5 .545 36 7 4 104.7 92 27 2 28 26 2.32 11.1
 Jim McAndrew 34 5 7 .417 27 12 2 99.0 103 56 13 40 35 5.09 1.6
 Bill Bonham 29 3 8 .273 17 13 0 96.0 128 70 8 54 56 6.56 0.0
 Eric Rasmussen 26 5 2 .714 20 1 3 36.3 36 16 5 16 13 3.96 3.3
 Don Aase 23 2 1 .667 20 0 3 27.7 20 10 1 11 9 3.25 3.1
 Adrian Devine 26 0 0 .000 14 0 2 17.0 27 11 4 2 7 5.82 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 72 88 .450 339 160 24 1428.6 1396 639 100 588 697 4.03 75.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 8 8 9 3 4 7 11 8 6  
* - 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
S.Yeager 969.7 111 111 489 46 6 0 .989 33.3
E.Herrmann 328.0 36 49 184 15 3 2 .985 21.4
M.Sanguillen 131.3 13 22 63 8 0 1 1.000 54.5
Team Total 1429.0 160 182 736 69 9 3 .989 32.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.10
R.Cey 854.0 97 99 1054 65 8 88 .993 11.79
S.Kemp 460.3 52 53 519 55 3 57 .995 11.22
J.Hairston 58.3 7 12 69 5 0 5 1.000 11.42
R.Scheinblum 55.3 4 9 64 3 1 4 .985 10.90
B.Bochte 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.0 160 174 1707 128 12 154 .994 11.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.97
L.Lacy 1294.3 145 149 296 502 21 113 .974 5.55
P.Garner 134.0 15 17 23 57 4 13 .952 5.37
D.Johnson 30.6 3 4 7 15 0 3 1.000 6.47
K.Henderson 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.6 163 171 326 574 25 129 .973 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.05
D.Johnson 567.8 62 66 37 150 8 11 .959 2.96
J.Burroughs 404.4 45 47 26 109 2 11 .985 3.00
R.Cey 400.3 47 49 40 85 6 8 .954 2.81
P.Garner 186.7 18 25 12 37 3 4 .942 2.36
R.Scheinblum 16.3 0 9 1 2 2 0 .600 1.65
L.Lintz 3.0 0 1 0 2 1 1 .667 6.00
Team Total 1578.5 172 197 116 385 22 35 .958 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.52
L.Lintz 1202.0 145 146 205 522 25 91 .967 5.44
P.Garner 199.3 13 50 32 98 5 18 .963 5.87
D.Johnson 42.8 3 10 10 13 1 5 .958 4.84
R.Cey 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1445.8 161 208 248 633 31 114 .966 5.48
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.96
G.Foster 705.0 84 84 134 2 3 1 .978 1.74
J.Burroughs 239.0 26 27 53 3 2 1 .966 2.11
S.Kemp 189.0 21 21 36 0 1 0 .973 1.71
R.Garr 46.0 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Swoboda 12.3 0 9 2 0 1 0 .667 1.46
R.Scheinblum 11.0 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
K.Henderson 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Lacy 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.White 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1211.3 135 160 239 5 7 2 .972 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
J.White 1333.0 149 151 386 10 0 2 1.000 2.67
J.Hairston 82.0 10 10 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.07
G.Foster 11.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91
J.Burroughs 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.1 160 166 420 10 0 2 1.000 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.99
B.Bochte 1291.0 147 151 335 9 5 2 .986 2.40
G.Foster 62.0 7 12 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.61
R.Swoboda 32.7 3 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
R.Garr 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Hairston 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Scheinblum 4.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Henderson 3.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00
M.Sanguillen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Kemp 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.0 160 182 366 10 6 3 .984 2.37
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.11
E.Rodriguez 283.0 36 36 20 35 2 3 .965 1.75
J.Reuss 193.0 26 26 6 37 2 4 .956 2.01
C.Williams 185.0 29 29 11 25 0 2 1.000 1.75
J.Niekro 140.0 20 20 15 27 2 3 .955 2.70
L.Rautzhan 124.7 0 78 4 27 0 2 1.000 2.24
R.Sutcliffe 122.3 16 16 13 15 1 3 .966 2.06
W.McEnaney 104.7 7 36 3 21 1 1 .960 2.06
J.McAndrew 99.0 12 27 7 13 1 0 .952 1.82
B.Bonham 96.0 13 17 6 13 1 0 .950 1.78
E.Rasmussen 36.3 1 20 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.48
D.Aase 27.7 0 20 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.60
A.Devine 17.0 0 14 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.6 160 339 90 226 10 19 .969 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .313
On-Base Pct White .397
Slugging Pct White .423
OPS White .821
XR White 97.4
Games White, Henderson 153
At-Bats White 600
Runs White 90
Hits White 188
Total Bases White 254
Singles White 146
Doubles Henderson 32
Triples Lacy 7
Homeruns Cey 23
RBIs Henderson 74
Stolen Bases Lintz 59
Caught Stealing Lintz 28
Walks White 85
Strikeouts Cey 112
ERA Rodriguez 3.40
Wins Rodriguez 15
Losses Rodriguez 17
Winning Pct Rautzhan .526
Saves Rautzhan 10
Games Pitched Rautzhan 78
Games Started Rodriguez 36
Complete Games Rodriguez 10
Shutouts Rodriguez 3
Innings Pitched Rodriguez 283.0
Hits Allowed Rodriguez 241
Homeruns Allowed Niekro 16
Strikeouts Rodriguez 192
Walks Allowed Rodriguez 115
Walks per 9IP Reuss 3.0
Hits per 9IP Rodriguez 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Rodriguez 6.1
WHiP Rodriguez 1.26
OAVG Rodriguez .230
OOBP Rodriguez .307
OSLG Rodriguez .327
OOPS Rodriguez .634
Team All-Stars
Will McEnaney
Jerry White
Player Salaries
Jerry Reuss $ 7,200,000
Ken Henderson $ 6,069,069
Charlie Williams $ 5,500,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 4,940,000
Eduardo Rodriguez $ 4,421,429
Lee Lacy $ 2,400,000
George Foster $ 1,610,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 1,180,000
Steve Yeager $ 964,286
Jerry Hairston $ 803,571
Ron Cey $ 571,429
Ed Herrmann $ 400,030
Jim McAndrew $ 350,000
Don Aase $ 300,000
Steve Kemp $ 300,000
Will McEnaney $ 300,000
Eric Rasmussen $ 300,000
Lance Rautzhan $ 300,000
Phil Garner $ 300,000
Manny Sanguillen $ 300,000
Adrian Devine $ 300,000
Rick Sutcliffe $ 300,000
Jerry White $ 300,000
Bruce Bochte $ 300,000
Larry Lintz $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Tony Horton Oakland Luis Pujols
2/7 Signed     Bill Bonham
2/14 Traded Bernie Carbo
Skip Guinn
Bob Watson
Steve Hargan		 Cleveland (A) Tucker Ashford
2/15 Signed     Ed Herrmann
2/16 Signed     Ron Swoboda
2/17 Signed     Ken Henderson
2/17 Signed     Davey Johnson
2/17 Signed     Ralph Garr
4/3 Signed     Richie Scheinblum
5/1 Traded John Curtis Milwaukee Charlie Williams
$2,325,000
7/1 Released Rich Chiles    
7/1 Released George Mitterwald    
7/1 Traded Odell Jones Toronto Jeff Burroughs
7/1 Traded Ozzie Smith Pittsburgh Eric Rasmussen
7/31 Traded Davey Johnson
Joe Niekro		 Cleveland (A) Bob Spence
10/3 Released Bill Bonham    
10/3 Released Ron Swoboda    
10/29 Released Ralph Garr    
 
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