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NL · 79–83 (.488) · Rank 3 · Attendance 1525311

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ivan de Jesus	160	619	172	3	35	41	.278	.710
Manny Trillo	152	552	144	4	55	0	.261	.652
Bobby Murcer	146	499	140	9	64	14	.281	.779
Bill Buckner	117	446	144	5	74	7	.323	.764
Dave Kingman	119	395	105	28	79	3	.266	.878
Greg Gross	124	347	92	1	39	3	.265	.672
Larry Biittner	120	343	88	4	50	0	.257	.641
Dave Rader	116	305	62	3	36	1	.203	.576
Steve Ontiveros	82	276	67	1	22	0	.243	.654
Gene Clines	109	229	59	0	17	4	.258	.640
Rodney Scott	78	227	64	0	15	27	.282	.716
Mike Vail	74	180	60	4	33	0	.333	.797
Jerry White	59	136	37	1	10	4	.272	.711
Larry Cox	59	121	34	2	18	0	.281	.718
Tim Blackwell	49	103	23	0	7	0	.223	.619
Mick Kelleher	68	95	24	0	6	4	.253	.567
Hector Cruz	30	76	18	2	9	0	.237	.648
Dennis Lamp	37	73	15	0	3	0	.205	.438
Rick Reuschel	35	73	10	0	4	1	.137	.354
Ray Burris	41	61	7	0	2	0	.115	.340
Joe Wallis	28	55	17	1	6	0	.309	.803
Dave Roberts	37	52	17	2	7	0	.327	.852
Davey Johnson	24	49	15	2	6	0	.306	.883
Mike Krukow	27	45	11	0	3	0	.244	.627
Scot Thompson	19	36	15	0	2	0	.417	.947
Rudy Meoli	47	29	3	0	2	1	.103	.429
Ed Putman	17	25	5	0	3	0	.200	.510
Woodie Fryman	13	16	1	0	1	0	.062	.184
Donnie Moore	71	15	4	0	4	0	.267	.686
Lynn McGlothen	49	13	3	0	0	0	.231	.594
Bruce Sutter	64	13	1	0	0	0	.077	.277
Ken Holtzman	23	10	2	0	0	0	.200	.573
Mike Gordon	4	5	1	0	0	0	.200	.756
Paul Reuschel	16	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dave Geisel	18	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Sember	9	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.833
Karl Pagel	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Willie Hernandez	55	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Manny Seoane	7	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Rick Reuschel	14	15	3.41	35	0	115	1.191
Dennis Lamp	7	15	3.30	37	0	73	1.238
Ray Burris	7	13	4.75	40	1	94	1.452
Dave Roberts	6	8	5.25	35	1	54	1.511
Mike Krukow	9	3	3.90	27	0	81	1.287
Donnie Moore	9	7	4.12	71	4	50	1.442
Bruce Sutter	8	10	3.19	64	27	106	1.176
Lynn McGlothen	5	3	3.04	49	0	60	1.450
Willie Hernandez	8	2	3.77	54	3	38	1.542
Woodie Fryman	2	4	5.17	13	0	28	1.814
Ken Holtzman	0	3	6.11	23	2	36	1.811
Paul Reuschel	2	0	5.14	16	0	13	1.500
Dave Geisel	1	0	4.24	18	0	15	1.629
Manny Seoane	1	0	5.40	7	0	5	2.040

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1978-04-07	@ PIT	L 0–1
1978-04-08	@ PIT	L 3–4
1978-04-09	@ PIT	W 4–3
1978-04-10	@ NYN	L 0–6
1978-04-11	@ NYN	W 4–2
1978-04-12	@ NYN	W 4–2
1978-04-14	vs PIT	W 5–4
1978-04-15	vs PIT	L 10–13
1978-04-16	vs PIT	W 5–1
1978-04-18	vs MON	W 2–1
1978-04-19	vs MON	L 6–8
1978-04-21	vs NYN	W 5–0
1978-04-22	vs NYN	L 2–3
1978-04-23	vs NYN	W 3–2
1978-04-24	@ PHI	L 2–12
1978-04-25	@ PHI	L 0–7
1978-04-26	@ PHI	W 4–2
1978-04-28	@ ATL	W 4–3
1978-04-29	@ ATL	L 0–5
1978-04-30	@ ATL	W 7–5
1978-05-02	vs LAN	W 5–4
1978-05-03	vs LAN	L 5–9
1978-05-04	vs LAN	L 1–4
1978-05-06	vs SFN	L 1–2
1978-05-07	vs SFN	L 1–2
1978-05-09	@ SDN	W 8–5
1978-05-10	@ SDN	L 0–1
1978-05-11	@ SDN	W 4–3
1978-05-12	@ LAN	W 9–7
1978-05-13	@ LAN	L 2–5
1978-05-14	@ LAN	W 10–7
1978-05-16	@ SFN	L 3–4
1978-05-17	@ SFN	L 5–9
1978-05-19	vs SLN	W 6–2
1978-05-20	vs SLN	W 10–2
1978-05-21	vs SLN	W 3–2
1978-05-24	vs PHI	W 6–4
1978-05-25	vs PHI	W 5–1
1978-05-26	@ SLN	W 6–0
1978-05-27	@ SLN	W 3–2
1978-05-28	@ SLN	W 2–0
1978-05-29	@ MON	L 2–4
1978-05-30	@ MON	L 4–7
1978-05-31	@ MON	L 1–9
1978-06-02	vs ATL	W 2–1
1978-06-03	vs ATL	W 8–6
1978-06-04	vs ATL	W 6–4
1978-06-05	vs HOU	W 2–1
1978-06-06	vs HOU	W 9–4
1978-06-07	vs CIN	L 6–9
1978-06-08	vs CIN	W 10–1
1978-06-09	vs SDN	W 5–0
1978-06-10	vs SDN	L 8–10
1978-06-11	vs SDN	W 7–4
1978-06-12	@ CIN	W 3–2
1978-06-13	@ CIN	L 0–1
1978-06-14	@ CIN	L 1–3
1978-06-16	@ HOU	W 7–6
1978-06-17	@ HOU	L 4–5
1978-06-18	@ HOU	L 1–3
1978-06-19	@ PIT	W 6–4
1978-06-20	@ PIT	L 1–6
1978-06-21	@ PIT	L 1–2
1978-06-23	@ PHI	L 1–6
1978-06-23	@ PHI	L 1–6
1978-06-24	@ PHI	L 2–6
1978-06-25	@ PHI	L 2–4
1978-06-26	vs NYN	W 10–9
1978-06-27	vs NYN	L 2–7
1978-06-28	vs NYN	W 9–8
1978-06-29	vs PHI	L 3–9
1978-06-30	vs PHI	W 2–0
1978-06-30	vs PHI	L 5–6
1978-07-01	vs PHI	L 1–2
1978-07-02	vs PHI	L 5–6
1978-07-03	@ SLN	W 6–2
1978-07-04	@ SLN	W 7–5
1978-07-05	@ SLN	W 5–1
1978-07-06	@ NYN	L 6–9
1978-07-07	@ NYN	W 9–7
1978-07-08	@ NYN	L 0–7
1978-07-09	@ NYN	W 4–1
1978-07-13	vs SDN	L 2–5
1978-07-14	vs SDN	L 5–9
1978-07-15	vs SDN	W 3–1
1978-07-16	vs LAN	W 3–2
1978-07-16	vs LAN	L 3–5
1978-07-17	vs LAN	L 3–4
1978-07-18	vs SFN	W 7–6
1978-07-19	vs SFN	L 4–7
1978-07-19	vs SFN	W 7–5
1978-07-20	vs SFN	L 8–9
1978-07-21	@ SDN	W 5–4
1978-07-22	@ SDN	L 2–4
1978-07-23	@ SDN	W 4–3
1978-07-24	@ LAN	L 2–3
1978-07-25	@ LAN	L 1–3
1978-07-26	@ LAN	L 2–8
1978-07-28	@ SFN	W 1–0
1978-07-29	@ SFN	W 5–3
1978-07-30	@ SFN	L 2–4
1978-07-30	@ SFN	L 0–1
1978-08-01	vs SLN	W 4–2
1978-08-02	vs SLN	W 3–2
1978-08-03	vs SLN	W 3–2
1978-08-04	vs MON	W 6–4
1978-08-05	vs MON	L 4–7
1978-08-06	vs MON	L 1–2
1978-08-06	vs MON	W 4–3
1978-08-07	vs PIT	W 5–4
1978-08-08	vs PIT	L 5–9
1978-08-09	vs PIT	W 5–4
1978-08-11	@ MON	L 0–1
1978-08-12	@ MON	L 3–4
1978-08-13	@ MON	W 2–1
1978-08-14	vs ATL	W 13–7
1978-08-15	vs ATL	W 12–8
1978-08-16	vs ATL	L 0–9
1978-08-17	vs CIN	W 2–0
1978-08-18	vs CIN	L 3–8
1978-08-19	vs CIN	L 7–9
1978-08-20	vs CIN	W 2–1
1978-08-21	@ HOU	L 3–8
1978-08-22	@ HOU	L 1–2
1978-08-23	@ HOU	L 0–3
1978-08-25	@ CIN	W 5–2
1978-08-26	@ CIN	W 8–6
1978-08-27	@ CIN	W 7–1
1978-08-28	@ ATL	L 3–4
1978-08-29	@ ATL	L 3–4
1978-08-30	@ ATL	L 2–6
1978-09-01	vs HOU	W 14–11
1978-09-02	vs HOU	L 5–8
1978-09-03	vs HOU	W 3–2
1978-09-03	vs HOU	W 4–2
1978-09-04	vs MON	L 3–5
1978-09-04	vs MON	L 5–6
1978-09-05	vs MON	L 8–10
1978-09-06	vs PHI	L 1–8
1978-09-07	vs PHI	L 3–5
1978-09-08	@ MON	W 4–2
1978-09-09	@ MON	W 6–3
1978-09-10	@ MON	W 6–3
1978-09-11	@ NYN	W 9–4
1978-09-13	@ PHI	L 2–6
1978-09-14	@ PHI	L 5–11
1978-09-15	vs SLN	L 2–6
1978-09-16	vs SLN	L 1–4
1978-09-17	vs SLN	W 4–2
1978-09-19	vs PIT	L 11–12
1978-09-20	vs PIT	W 5–1
1978-09-21	vs PIT	L 2–3
1978-09-22	@ SLN	W 5–3
1978-09-23	@ SLN	L 1–5
1978-09-24	@ SLN	W 5–4
1978-09-25	@ PIT	L 4–7
1978-09-26	@ PIT	L 2–5
1978-09-27	@ PIT	L 3–8
1978-09-29	vs NYN	L 2–3
1978-09-29	vs NYN	W 5–4
1978-09-30	vs NYN	W 7–5
1978-10-01	vs NYN	L 3–5