1978 Chicago Cubs season

The 1978 Chicago Cubs season was the 107th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 103rd in the National League and the 63rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 79–83.

1978 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersWilliam Wrigley III
General managersBob Kennedy
ManagersHerman Franks
Local televisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau)
Local radioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

On June 14, in Cincinnati, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled in the first inning off Cubs pitcher Dave Roberts; Rose would proceed to get a hit in every game he played until August 1.

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 54–28 36–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8873 0.547 55–26 33–47
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 11 44–38 35–45
Montreal Expos 7686 0.469 14 41–39 35–47
St. Louis Cardinals 6993 0.426 21 37–44 32–49
New York Mets 6696 0.407 24 33–47 33–49

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–57–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–711–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–117–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–78–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–88–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–86–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–611–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–115–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–58–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–89–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CDave Rader11630562.203336
1BBill Buckner117446144.323574
2BManny Trillo152552144.261455
3BSteve Ontiveros8227667.243122
SSIván DeJesús160619172.278335
LFDave Kingman119395105.2662879
CFGreg Gross12434792.265139
RFBobby Murcer146499140.281964

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Larry Biittner12034388.257450
Gene Clines10922959.258017
Rodney Scott7822764.282015
Mike Vail7418060.333433
Jerry White5913637.272110
Larry Cox5912134.281218
Tim Blackwell4910323.22307
Mick Kelleher689524.25306
Héctor Cruz307618.23729
Joe Wallis285517.30916
Davey Johnson244915.30626
Scot Thompson193615.41702
Rudy Meoli47293.10302
Ed Putman17255.20003
Mike Gordon451.20000
Mike Sember931.33300
Karl Pagel220.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rick Reuschel35242.214153.41115
Dennis Lamp37223.27153.3073
Ray Burris40198.27134.7694
Mike Krukow27138.0933.9181

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Roberts35142.1685.2554
Woodie Fryman1355.2245.1728
Ken Holtzman2353.0036.1136

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Bruce Sutter64810273.19106
Donnie Moore719744.1150
Willie Hernández548233.7738
Lynn McGlothen495303.0460
Dave Geisel181004.2415
Paul Reuschel162005.1413
Manny Seoane71005.405

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Harry Dunlop
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Jim Saul
A Pompano Beach Cubs Florida State League Jack Hiatt
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Randy Hundley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva

Notes

  1. Keith Drumright at Baseball-Reference
  2. Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference
  3. Dave Rosello at Baseball-Reference
  4. Jesús Figueroa at Baseball-Reference
  5. Mike Diaz at Baseball-Reference
  6. Ken Holtzman at Baseball-Reference
  7. Joe Wallis at Baseball-Reference
  8. Paul Reuschel at Baseball-Reference

References

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1978 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference
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