1978 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 88-73
Finished 2nd in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 964,106, Avg. 13,773
Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium
Manager: Chuck Tanner (88-73)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1978 season with a record of 88 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the NL's East Division.

The Pirates scored 684 runs and conceded 637 runs. Dave Parker walloped 30 home runs for Pittsburgh, while Willie Stargell swatted 20 or more also. Dave Parker drove in 117 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .334 clip. Bert Blyleven and Don Robinson led the team with 14 wins each, and Kent Tekulve recorded a 2.33 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Chuck Tanner coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Don Robinson146.7003.4735321911228.3203988820574135349937
Bert Blyleven1410.5833.03343401140243.72179482176651826261011
John Candelaria1211.5223.2430291311189.019173681549694533796
Jim Rooker911.4504.2428280100163.316094771381476301717
Kent Tekulve87.5332.33910650031135.311544355551877205573
Jim Bibby87.5333.53341410321107.010052421039772205460
Grant Jackson75.5833.266002500577.3893228532945112346
Bruce Kison66.5003.192811400096.0814034339062514407
Ed Whitson56.4553.284301400474.0663127537564201318
Jerry Reuss32.6004.902312331082.7974845523142313361
Odell Jones201.0002.003110009.07320401000038
Clay Carroll002.252000004.0211030000017
Will McEnaney0010.386030008.7151110320610042
Dave Hamilton02.0003.42160400126.3231610212215001118
Totals8873.5473.42433161131309441444.71366637549103499618803312406141

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Dave Parker1486425811021943212301172075792.334.394.585.979340820223
Frank Taveras1577026548118231903846252960.278.313.353.666231451223
Phil Garner15460952866138259106627146671.261.345.400.7452111853712
Bill Robinson136552499701233621480141135105.246.296.411.707205752118
Omar Moreno15562151595121157233712281104.235.339.303.642156531754
Willie Stargell122450390601151822897325093.295.382.567.949221870310
Ed Ott11241037949102184938412756.269.315.409.72415570136
Rennie Stennett106351333308192335211322.243.274.309.58410392126
John Milner1083332953980170638503425.271.342.390.73211560046
Manny Sanguillen8523522015585131622910.264.296.336.6337452222
Duffy Dyer5819917573781013211832.211.294.269.5634753213
Dale Berra56151135162820614311320.207.285.356.6404822013
Steve Brye6613011516277019211110.235.305.322.6263721211
Don Robinson358985220200300022.235.235.259.4942200400
Mario Mendoza57625551210133129.218.283.291.5741603201
Ken Macha2965525111105201210.212.354.269.6231430011
Bert Blyleven3793854112001100135.129.140.153.2921300700
John Candelaria31705269300100919.173.317.231.5481222700
Jim Rooker32585629210520017.161.158.232.3901320110
Jerry Reuss23272715200100012.185.185.259.444710000
Jim Fregosi2026203410010068.200.385.250.635500000
Fernando Gonzalez922212410000013.190.227.238.465500000
Bruce Kison2829292411110005.138.138.345.4831010000
Jim Bibby3434311400120039.129.206.226.432700000
Grant Jackson6012120301030003.250.250.417.667500000
Doe Boyland6881200010001.250.250.250.500200000
Ed Whitson4312110200000006.182.182.182.364200100
Kent Tekulve9122211200000019.095.136.095.232200000
Cito Gaston2221100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Alberto Lois3440101000001.250.250.7501.000300000
Steve Nicosia3650000000010.000.167.000.167000000
Dave Hamilton16660000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Odell Jones3110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Dave May5540000001011.000.200.000.200000000
Clay Carroll2000000000000000000
Will McEnaney6000000000000000000
Matt Alexander7002000004100000000
Totals20456038540668413902395411563121390480874.257.320.385.70520829542644689


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Willie Stargell1B112104920.087557676.9949.1178.3210000
Manny Sanguillen1B4038322.3355150261.0001.3319.2500000
John Milner1B2816164.316913315.9849.9686.5000000
Bill Robinson1B3118.0142011.0008.0005.3330000
Jim Fregosi1B2212.0131011.0001.5007.0000000
Doe Boyland1B108.080001.0009.0008.0000000
Phil Garner2B8175676.01902131050.9765.3654.9750000
Rennie Stennett2B8079654.71642081140.9715.1144.6500000
Mario Mendoza2B21484.7173113.9805.1022.2860000
Fernando Gonzalez2B4329.06610.9233.7243.0000000
Jim Fregosi2B100.30000.000.0000000
Phil Garner3B8177678.0671721812.9303.1732.9510000
Dale Berra3B5535360.328801111.9082.6981.9640000
Bill Robinson3B2924166.3194155.9233.2462.0690000
Ken Macha3B2115132.0112113.9702.1821.5240000
Mario Mendoza3B18039.041631.8704.6151.1110000
Rennie Stennett3B6638.03720.8332.3681.6670000
Fernando Gonzalez3B3217.01010.500.529.3330000
Jim Fregosi3B5214.01320.6672.571.8000000
Ed OttC9792838.053742157.9756.2185.969100672628.0
Duffy DyerC5554471.03262233.9916.6506.32720541825.0
Manny SanguillenC1814126.7835001.0006.2534.8891015211.8
Steve NicosiaC119.081001.0009.0009.000002133.3
Dave ParkerOF1471471303.730212133.9602.1682.1360000
Omar MorenoOF1521371269.7409972.9842.9632.7500000
Bill RobinsonOF127105977.0235832.9882.2381.9130000
John MilnerOF6966477.71181001.0002.2421.7250000
Steve BryeOF4723260.057210.9832.0421.2550000
Ed OttOF4432.010110.9173.0942.7500000
Alberto LoisOF2110.040001.0003.6002.0000000
Cito GastonOF104.00000.000.0000000
Bert BlylevenP3434243.7114114.9811.9211.5290000
Don RobinsonP3532228.3103211.9771.6551.2000000
John CandelariaP3029189.0425001.0001.381.9670000
Jim RookerP2828163.31424051.0002.0941.3570000
Kent TekulveP910135.383841.9203.059.5050000
Jim BibbyP3414107.032020.9201.935.6760000
Bruce KisonP281196.01114011.0002.344.8930000
Jerry ReussP231282.7410041.0001.524.6090000
Grant JacksonP60077.321410.9411.862.2670000
Ed WhitsonP43074.03810.9171.338.2560000
Dave HamiltonP16026.322001.0001.367.2500000
Odell JonesP319.001001.0001.000.3330000
Will McEnaneyP608.711001.0002.077.3330000
Clay CarrollP204.002001.0004.5001.0000000
Frank TaverasSS1571571368.32164483880.9464.3674.2290000
Mario MendozaSS14255.071410.9553.4361.5000000
Dale BerraSS2217.034001.0003.7063.5000000
Phil GarnerSS404.314011.0001.3851.2500000
Totals1921144913002.043341691167358.9734.1713.1361301384725.4




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