1978 National League Stats

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1978 National League Standings

1978 American League <<1977 National League 1979 National League>>

Eastern Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Philadelphia Phillies90-72 (0.556)-70858695-67 (0.586)96-66 (0.593)2,583,38948.722.84.521.4
2Pittsburgh Pirates88-73 (0.547)1.568463786-76 (0.533)80-82 (0.494)964,10632.819.1-2.716.5
3Chicago Cubs79-83 (0.488)11.066472475-87 (0.461)76-86 (0.469)1,525,31128.69.17.512.0
4Montreal Expos76-86 (0.469)14.063361184-78 (0.516)83-79 (0.512)1,427,00736.014.74.816.5
5St. Louis Cardinals69-93 (0.426)21.060065774-88 (0.459)73-89 (0.451)1,278,21526.07.04.914.0
6New York Mets66-96 (0.407)24.060769072-90 (0.442)66-96 (0.407)1,007,32818.212.83.02.4

Western Division

RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Los Angeles Dodgers95-67 (0.586)-72757398-64 (0.607)109-53 (0.673)3,347,84561.732.05.424.3
2Cincinnati Reds92-69 (0.571)2.571068883-79 (0.514)82-80 (0.506)2,532,49734.425.60.68.2
3San Francisco Giants89-73 (0.549)6.061359483-79 (0.514)85-77 (0.525)1,740,47737.617.31.518.8
4San Diego Padres84-78 (0.519)11.059159880-82 (0.495)87-75 (0.537)1,670,10739.917.76.715.5
5Houston Astros74-88 (0.457)21.060563478-84 (0.479)72-90 (0.444)1,126,14524.718.50.65.7
6Atlanta Braves69-93 (0.426)26.060075065-97 (0.399)61-101 (0.377)904,49413.54.41.47.7

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Dave Parker PIT RF 27 8.8 8.9 148 642 194 32 12 30 57 20 7 116.783 0.394 0.585
2 Jeff Burroughs ATL LF 27 7.2 6.9 153 611 147 30 6 23 117 1 2 109.146 0.432 0.529
3 Greg Luzinski PHI LF 27 7.1 6.8 155 655 143 32 2 35 100 8 7 106.838 0.388 0.526
4 George Foster CIN LF 29 7.0 7.5 158 687 170 26 7 40 70 4 4 108.338 0.359 0.546
5 Dave Winfield SDN RF 26 6.6 6.5 158 649 181 30 5 24 55 21 9 95.409 0.367 0.499
6 Jose Cruz HOU RF 30 6.5 6.8 153 627 178 34 9 10 57 37 9 86.885 0.376 0.460
7 Jack Clark SFN RF 22 6.4 7.1 156 657 181 46 8 25 50 15 11 100.039 0.358 0.537
8 Reggie Smith LAN RF 33 6.4 6.1 128 531 132 27 2 29 70 12 5 88.477 0.382 0.559
9 Steve Garvey LAN 1B 29 6.0 6.5 162 689 202 36 9 21 40 10 5 96.831 0.353 0.499
10 Ted Simmons SLN C 28 5.9 7.5 152 604 148 40 5 22 77 1 1 92.637 0.378 0.512
11 Ron Cey LAN 3B 30 5.5 6.7 159 667 150 32 0 23 96 2 5 93.215 0.381 0.452
12 Davey Lopes LAN 2B 33 5.5 6.2 151 665 163 25 4 17 71 45 4 80.213 0.355 0.421
13 Willie Stargell PIT 1B 38 5.5 4.8 122 450 115 18 2 28 50 3 2 77.582 0.382 0.567
14 Gene Richards SDN LF 24 5.1 4.6 154 629 171 26 12 4 64 37 17 81.316 0.381 0.420
15 Bill Madlock SFN 2B 27 5.0 4.3 122 509 138 26 3 15 48 16 5 73.376 0.378 0.481
16 Ellis Valentine MON RF 23 4.4 4.6 151 612 165 35 2 25 35 13 8 79.841 0.330 0.489
17 Mike Schmidt PHI 3B 28 4.4 6.3 145 616 129 27 2 21 91 19 6 79.265 0.364 0.435
18 Gene Tenace SDN 1B 31 4.3 5.7 142 515 90 18 4 16 101 6 5 70.031 0.392 0.409
19 Pete Rose CIN 3B 37 4.2 2.7 159 729 198 51 3 7 62 13 9 88.962 0.362 0.421
20 Bob Watson HOU 1B 32 4.2 7.1 139 527 133 25 4 14 51 3 1 67.469 0.357 0.451
21 Lee Mazzilli NYN CF 23 4.1 4.5 148 619 148 28 5 16 69 20 13 76.007 0.353 0.432
22 Ken Griffey CIN RF 28 4.0 3.8 158 680 177 33 8 10 54 23 5 77.016 0.344 0.417
23 John Stearns NYN C 26 3.9 5.2 143 563 126 24 1 15 70 25 13 69.025 0.364 0.413
24 Richie Hebner PHI 1B 30 3.8 3.0 137 505 123 22 3 17 53 4 7 69.632 0.369 0.464
25 Darrell Evans SFN 3B 31 3.8 5.8 159 668 133 24 2 20 105 4 5 78.701 0.359 0.404
26 Tony Perez MON 1B 36 3.7 3.5 148 590 158 38 3 14 38 2 0 70.926 0.336 0.449
27 George Hendrick 2 teams CF 28 3.5 3.7 138 540 137 31 1 20 40 2 1 67.310 0.331 0.467
28 Gary Matthews ATL RF 27 3.5 3.4 129 542 135 20 5 18 61 8 7 73.924 0.366 0.462
29 Dave Concepcion CIN SS 30 3.4 3.9 153 624 170 33 4 6 51 23 10 72.334 0.357 0.405
30 Dave Kingman CHN LF 29 3.4 3.4 119 448 105 17 4 28 39 3 4 65.677 0.336 0.542
31 Garry Maddox PHI CF 28 3.4 4.2 155 645 172 34 3 11 39 33 7 69.309 0.332 0.410
32 Johnny Bench CIN C 30 3.3 4.1 120 451 102 17 1 23 50 4 2 59.617 0.340 0.483
33 Gary Carter MON C 24 3.2 5.2 157 607 136 27 1 20 62 10 6 69.230 0.336 0.422
34 Dan Driessen CIN 1B 26 3.2 4.8 153 612 131 23 3 16 75 28 9 67.701 0.345 0.397
35 Enos Cabell HOU 3B 28 3.2 2.1 162 694 195 31 8 7 22 33 15 68.730 0.321 0.399
36 Larry Parrish MON 3B 24 3.1 3.4 144 560 144 39 4 15 32 2 3 64.857 0.321 0.454
37 Warren Cromartie MON LF 24 3.1 4.1 159 655 180 32 6 10 33 8 8 72.961 0.337 0.418
38 Andre Dawson MON CF 23 3.1 3.5 157 660 154 24 8 25 30 28 11 68.881 0.299 0.442
39 Bobby Murcer CHN RF 32 3.1 2.3 146 585 140 22 6 9 80 14 5 72.552 0.376 0.403
40 Steve Henderson NYN LF 25 3.0 3.6 157 654 156 30 9 10 60 13 7 69.017 0.333 0.399
41 Terry Puhl HOU CF 21 3.0 4.0 149 647 169 25 6 3 48 32 14 64.234 0.343 0.367
42 Keith Hernandez SLN 1B 24 3.0 3.8 159 633 138 32 4 11 82 13 5 70.285 0.351 0.389
43 Mike Ivie SFN 1B 25 3.0 2.5 117 352 98 14 3 11 27 3 0 48.475 0.363 0.475
44 Art Howe HOU 2B 31 3.0 2.3 119 461 123 33 3 7 34 2 3 54.726 0.344 0.436
45 Rick Monday LAN CF 32 2.9 2.7 119 397 87 14 1 19 49 2 4 52.186 0.348 0.468
46 Phil Garner PIT 2B 29 2.8 3.8 154 609 138 25 9 10 66 27 14 66.995 0.345 0.400
47 Willie Montanez NYN 1B 30 2.6 0.3 159 679 156 32 0 17 60 9 4 66.979 0.320 0.392
48 Oscar Gamble SDN RF 28 2.6 2.6 126 437 103 15 3 7 51 1 2 50.772 0.366 0.387
49 Joe Morgan CIN 2B 34 2.6 1.1 132 533 104 27 0 13 79 19 5 57.820 0.347 0.386
50 Ivan de Jesus CHN SS 25 2.5 4.4 160 712 172 24 7 3 74 41 12 71.618 0.356 0.354

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Phil Niekro ATL 39 8.4 7.7 44 42 334.33 19 18 22 1 129 102 248 75.91 2.88 1.19 6.68
2 Steve Rogers MON 28 6.8 5.9 30 29 219.00 13 10 11 1 64 64 126 56.15 2.47 1.14 5.18
3 Burt Hooton LAN 28 6.5 6.1 32 32 236.00 19 10 10 0 74 61 104 54.02 2.71 1.09 3.97
4 Pete Vuckovich SLN 25 6.3 5.6 45 23 198.33 12 12 6 1 65 59 149 51.82 2.54 1.24 6.76
5 Bob Knepper SFN 24 6.0 4.7 36 35 260.00 17 11 16 0 85 85 147 58.82 2.63 1.17 5.09
6 Steve Carlton PHI 33 5.8 5.9 34 34 247.33 16 13 12 0 91 63 161 50.51 2.84 1.18 5.86
7 Craig Swan NYN 27 5.6 5.0 29 28 207.33 9 6 5 0 62 58 125 46.31 2.43 1.07 5.43
8 Vida Blue SFN 28 5.6 4.9 35 35 258.00 18 10 9 0 87 70 171 54.89 2.79 1.17 5.97
9 John Denny SLN 25 5.4 5.0 33 33 234.00 14 11 11 0 81 74 103 44.60 2.96 1.17 3.96
10 Gaylord Perry SDN 39 5.4 4.1 37 37 260.67 21 6 5 0 96 66 154 44.13 2.73 1.18 5.32
11 Rick Reuschel CHN 29 5.2 4.4 35 35 242.67 14 15 9 0 98 54 115 42.34 3.41 1.19 4.27
12 Tom Seaver CIN 33 5.2 4.5 36 36 259.67 16 14 8 0 97 89 226 51.40 2.88 1.18 7.83
13 Ross Grimsley MON 28 4.8 3.8 36 36 263.00 20 11 19 0 103 67 84 39.14 3.05 1.16 2.87
14 Bert Blyleven PIT 27 4.7 3.6 34 34 243.67 14 10 11 0 94 66 182 42.77 3.03 1.16 6.72
15 Bob Welch LAN 21 4.3 4.0 23 13 111.33 7 4 4 3 28 26 66 35.54 2.02 1.06 5.34
16 Larry Christenson PHI 24 4.2 3.2 33 33 228.00 13 14 9 0 90 47 131 36.12 3.24 1.12 5.17
17 Dick Ruthven 2 teams 27 4.1 3.7 33 33 231.67 15 11 11 0 95 56 120 35.38 3.38 1.17 4.66
18 Dennis Lamp CHN 25 4.0 3.3 37 36 223.67 7 15 6 0 96 56 73 33.03 3.30 1.24 2.94
19 Gene Garber 2 teams 30 4.0 3.7 65 0 117.00 6 5 0 25 32 24 85 35.63 2.15 0.92 6.54
20 J. R. Richard HOU 28 3.9 3.0 36 36 275.33 18 11 16 0 104 141 303 37.58 3.11 1.21 9.90
21 Randy Jones SDN 28 3.7 3.0 37 36 253.00 13 14 7 0 104 64 71 30.00 2.88 1.29 2.53
22 Ed Halicki SFN 27 3.6 2.8 29 28 199.00 9 10 9 1 74 45 105 35.76 2.85 1.06 4.75
23 Kent Tekulve PIT 31 3.6 3.2 91 0 135.33 8 7 0 31 44 55 77 32.54 2.33 1.26 5.12
24 Doug Bair CIN 28 3.5 3.3 70 0 100.33 7 6 0 28 23 38 91 34.79 1.97 1.25 8.16
25 Rollie Fingers SDN 31 3.3 3.2 67 0 107.33 6 13 0 37 33 29 72 27.02 2.52 1.05 6.04
26 Ron Reed PHI 35 3.3 3.1 66 0 108.67 3 4 0 17 32 23 85 28.20 2.24 1.01 7.04
27 John Candelaria PIT 24 3.2 3.2 30 29 189.00 12 11 3 1 73 49 94 28.88 3.24 1.27 4.48
28 Don Robinson PIT 21 2.9 2.4 35 32 228.33 14 6 9 1 98 57 135 25.86 3.47 1.14 5.32
29 John D'Acquisto SDN 26 2.8 2.7 45 3 93.00 4 3 0 10 24 56 104 23.16 2.13 1.25 10.06
30 Doug Rau LAN 29 2.8 2.2 30 30 199.00 15 9 7 0 82 68 95 23.08 3.26 1.44 4.30
31 Tommy John LAN 35 2.7 2.0 33 30 213.00 17 10 7 1 95 53 124 22.96 3.30 1.33 5.24
32 Hal Dues MON 23 2.5 2.1 25 12 99.00 5 6 1 1 29 42 36 20.21 2.36 1.28 3.27
33 Dan Schatzeder MON 23 2.4 2.4 29 18 143.67 7 7 2 0 54 68 69 20.07 3.07 1.23 4.32
34 Don Sutton LAN 33 2.4 1.4 34 34 238.33 15 11 12 0 109 54 154 20.41 3.55 1.18 5.82
35 Mark Littell SLN 25 2.4 2.3 72 2 106.33 4 8 0 11 38 59 130 20.01 2.79 1.31 11.00
36 Terry Forster LAN 26 2.4 2.6 47 0 65.33 5 4 0 22 19 23 46 20.31 1.93 1.21 6.34
37 Warren Brusstar PHI 26 2.4 2.3 58 0 88.67 6 3 0 0 25 30 60 20.36 2.33 1.17 6.09
38 Larry McWilliams ATL 24 2.3 1.7 15 15 99.33 9 3 3 0 38 35 42 20.57 2.81 1.20 3.81
39 Bruce Sutter CHN 25 2.3 2.1 64 0 98.67 8 10 0 27 44 34 106 18.62 3.19 1.18 9.67
40 Ken Forsch HOU 31 2.2 2.0 52 6 133.33 10 6 4 7 44 37 71 21.69 2.70 1.30 4.79
41 Darold Knowles MON 36 2.0 1.9 60 0 72.00 3 3 0 6 20 30 34 16.05 2.38 1.29 4.25
42 Vern Ruhle HOU 27 1.8 1.5 13 10 68.00 3 3 2 0 17 20 27 17.82 2.12 1.13 3.57
43 Mike Krukow CHN 26 1.7 1.7 27 20 138.33 9 3 3 0 62 53 81 14.31 3.90 1.29 5.27
44 Tom Bruno SLN 25 1.7 1.5 18 3 49.67 4 3 0 1 12 17 33 13.93 1.99 1.11 5.98
45 Bob Forsch SLN 28 1.7 1.2 34 34 233.67 11 17 7 0 110 97 114 13.68 3.70 1.29 4.39
46 Scott Sanderson MON 21 1.7 1.4 10 9 61.00 4 2 1 0 20 21 50 13.63 2.51 1.20 7.38
47 John Montefusco SFN 28 1.6 0.5 36 36 238.67 11 9 3 0 110 68 177 15.63 3.81 1.26 6.67
48 Kevin Kobel NYN 24 1.6 1.4 32 11 108.33 5 6 1 0 42 30 51 13.00 2.91 1.15 4.24
49 Jim Barr SFN 30 1.5 0.7 32 25 163.00 8 11 5 1 69 35 44 15.18 3.53 1.32 2.43
50 Pat Zachry NYN 26 1.5 0.9 21 21 138.00 10 6 5 0 57 60 78 12.48 3.33 1.30 5.09

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Gary Carter MON 24 2.0 152.0 1304.0 781.0 83.0 10.0 9.0 19.822
2 Ted Simmons SLN 28 1.7 134.0 1065.7 670.0 88.0 9.0 6.0 16.676
3 Steve Yeager LAN 29 1.5 91.0 627.7 373.0 55.0 5.0 3.0 15.140
4 Gene Tenace SDN 31 1.3 71.0 490.0 276.0 42.0 3.0 7.0 13.083
5 John Stearns NYN 26 1.3 141.0 1202.3 711.0 84.0 12.0 7.0 12.759
6 Bruce Bochy HOU 23 1.0 53.0 393.3 268.0 35.0 8.0 5.0 8.531
7 Johnny Bench CIN 30 0.9 107.0 836.0 605.0 48.0 7.0 6.0 7.340
8 Ron Hodges NYN 29 0.8 30.0 226.0 145.0 20.0 3.0 5.0 7.557
1B 1 Bob Watson HOU 32 3.0 128.0 1045.7 974.0 95.0 9.0 63.0 24.306
2 Dan Driessen CIN 26 1.6 151.0 1282.3 1264.0 93.0 6.0 92.0 13.317
3 Dale Murphy ATL 22 1.4 129.0 1108.3 1137.0 92.0 20.0 84.0 13.000
4 Bill Buckner CHN 28 1.2 105.0 899.0 1075.0 83.0 6.0 85.0 12.086
5 Keith Hernandez SLN 24 0.8 158.0 1327.7 1436.0 96.0 10.0 124.0 8.174
6 Larry Biittner CHN 31 0.8 62.0 484.0 554.0 52.0 8.0 53.0 7.811
7 Broderick Perkins SDN 23 0.5 59.0 461.0 538.0 41.0 4.0 56.0 5.406
8 Steve Garvey LAN 29 0.5 161.0 1412.7 1546.0 74.0 9.0 121.0 5.044
2B 1 Manny Trillo CHN 27 2.3 149.0 1290.3 354.0 505.0 19.0 99.0 23.412
2 Bud Harrelson PHI 34 0.8 43.0 197.3 58.0 79.0 4.0 24.0 8.098
3 Davey Lopes LAN 33 0.8 147.0 1241.7 337.0 424.0 20.0 88.0 7.667
4 Fernando Gonzalez 2 teams 28 0.7 98.0 785.7 196.0 262.0 9.0 68.0 7.182
5 Jim Morrison PHI 25 0.7 31.0 251.7 86.0 96.0 6.0 22.0 6.558
6 Doug Flynn NYN 27 0.6 128.0 928.7 249.0 299.0 8.0 70.0 6.325
7 Ted Sizemore PHI 33 0.5 107.0 889.0 232.0 302.0 12.0 61.0 5.052
8 Derrel Thomas SDN 27 0.5 40.0 278.3 90.0 98.0 6.0 25.0 4.795
3B 1 Darrell Evans SFN 31 2.0 155.0 1362.7 147.0 348.0 25.0 25.0 16.399
2 Mike Schmidt PHI 28 1.9 139.0 1215.3 98.0 324.0 16.0 34.0 19.217
3 Steve Ontiveros CHN 26 1.4 77.0 676.3 57.0 194.0 9.0 16.0 13.604
4 Ron Cey LAN 30 1.2 158.0 1341.0 116.0 336.0 16.0 26.0 11.668
5 Bob Horner ATL 20 1.1 89.0 769.7 81.0 199.0 13.0 17.0 10.065
6 Ken Reitz SLN 27 0.7 150.0 1294.7 111.0 314.0 12.0 18.0 7.441
7 Derrel Thomas SDN 27 0.7 26.0 186.3 22.0 59.0 3.0 4.0 6.531
8 Phil Garner PIT 29 0.6 81.0 678.0 67.0 172.0 18.0 12.0 5.600
SS 1 Ozzie Smith SDN 23 3.1 159.0 1327.0 264.0 548.0 25.0 98.0 31.261
2 Bill Russell LAN 29 2.2 155.0 1334.0 245.0 533.0 31.0 91.0 21.776
3 Garry Templeton SLN 22 2.0 155.0 1353.7 285.0 523.0 40.0 108.0 20.420
4 Ivan de Jesus CHN 25 1.9 160.0 1393.3 232.0 558.0 27.0 96.0 18.863
5 Larry Bowa PHI 32 1.5 156.0 1350.7 224.0 502.0 10.0 87.0 15.003
6 Chris Speier MON 28 1.3 148.0 1287.0 245.0 467.0 18.0 93.0 13.441
7 Tim Foli NYN 27 0.7 112.0 915.0 190.0 314.0 18.0 78.0 7.477
8 Dave Concepcion CIN 30 0.5 152.0 1307.3 255.0 459.0 23.0 72.0 3.964
LF 1 Warren Cromartie MON 24 1.0 157.0 1349.7 342.0 22.0 8.0 5.0 10.441
2 George Foster CIN 29 0.5 154.0 1344.3 310.0 10.0 9.0 1.0 4.394
3 Steve Henderson NYN 25 0.5 155.0 1332.3 310.0 20.0 11.0 3.0 5.316
4 John Milner PIT 28 0.4 68.0 476.7 115.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.236
5 Terry Whitfield SFN 25 0.3 137.0 1076.3 235.0 7.0 3.0 2.0 2.486
6 Bill Robinson PIT 35 0.3 112.0 771.0 171.0 8.0 2.0 2.0 2.710
7 Denny Walling HOU 24 0.3 67.0 469.7 112.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 2.117
8 Terry Puhl HOU 21 0.2 43.0 346.3 83.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.859
CF 1 Garry Maddox PHI 28 0.8 154.0 1324.3 436.0 7.0 8.0 1.0 8.474
2 Omar Moreno PIT 25 0.7 152.0 1269.7 409.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 6.264
3 Terry Puhl HOU 21 0.7 106.0 906.3 296.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 5.431
4 Rowland Office ATL 25 0.5 136.0 912.0 292.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 4.590
5 Derrel Thomas SDN 27 0.5 69.0 263.3 103.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 4.740
6 Cesar Cedeno HOU 27 0.4 50.0 433.7 149.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 3.475
7 Lee Mazzilli NYN 23 0.4 144.0 1246.7 384.0 8.0 5.0 3.0 4.185
8 Andre Dawson MON 23 0.4 153.0 1348.0 412.0 17.0 5.0 2.0 4.117
RF 1 Jack Clark SFN 22 0.7 152.0 1330.7 328.0 16.0 6.0 5.0 5.820
2 Bake McBride PHI 29 0.5 118.0 959.3 233.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 5.190
3 Elliott Maddox NYN 30 0.5 72.0 489.7 134.0 9.0 2.0 3.0 4.841
4 Dave Winfield SDN 26 0.3 113.0 713.0 173.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 3.177
5 Bruce Boisclair NYN 25 0.3 59.0 386.0 101.0 3.0 2.0 0.0 2.610
6 Jose Cruz HOU 30 0.3 152.0 1323.7 313.0 4.0 8.0 0.0 2.094
7 Joel Youngblood NYN 26 0.2 34.0 190.7 55.0 5.0 1.0 1.0 2.386
8 Oscar Gamble SDN 28 0.2 71.0 526.0 123.0 8.0 1.0 3.0 2.156