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NL · 90–72 (.556) · Rank 1 · Attendance 2583389 Division

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Larry Bowa	156	654	192	3	43	27	.294	.689
Garry Maddox	155	598	172	11	68	33	.288	.742
Greg Luzinski	155	540	143	35	101	8	.265	.914
Mike Schmidt	145	513	129	21	78	19	.251	.799
Bake McBride	122	472	127	10	49	28	.269	.707
Bob Boone	132	435	123	12	62	2	.283	.772
Richie Hebner	137	435	123	17	71	4	.283	.833
Ted Sizemore	108	351	77	0	25	8	.219	.524
Jerry Martin	128	266	72	9	36	9	.271	.790
Jose Cardenal	87	201	50	4	33	2	.249	.691
Tim McCarver	90	146	36	1	14	2	.247	.709
Jim Morrison	53	108	17	3	10	1	.157	.504
Bud Harrelson	71	103	22	0	9	5	.214	.554
Davey Johnson	44	89	17	2	14	0	.191	.565
Steve Carlton	34	86	25	0	13	0	.291	.660
Larry Christenson	33	67	5	1	4	0	.075	.261
Randy Lerch	36	60	15	3	9	0	.250	.753
Barry Foote	39	57	9	1	4	0	.158	.383
Jay Johnstone	35	56	10	0	4	0	.179	.472
Dick Ruthven	21	53	15	0	4	0	.283	.654
Jim Kaat	26	48	7	0	4	0	.146	.330
Jim Lonborg	22	34	6	0	3	0	.176	.478
Orlando Gonzalez	26	26	5	0	0	0	.192	.414
Kerry Dineen	5	8	2	0	0	0	.250	.708
Pete Mackanin	5	8	2	0	1	0	.250	.500
Warren Brusstar	58	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.429
Ron Reed	66	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.143
Todd Cruz	3	4	2	0	2	0	.500	1.000
Tug McGraw	55	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Lonnie Smith	17	4	0	0	0	4	.000	.500
Rawly Eastwick	22	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gene Garber	22	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Keith Moreland	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Horacio Pina	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dan Boitano	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Larson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Saucier	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Steve Carlton	16	13	2.84	34	0	161	1.177
Larry Christenson	13	14	3.24	33	0	131	1.123
Randy Lerch	11	8	3.96	33	0	96	1.375
Dick Ruthven	13	5	2.99	20	0	75	1.088
Jim Kaat	8	5	4.10	26	0	48	1.297
Jim Lonborg	8	10	5.23	22	0	48	1.557
Ron Reed	3	4	2.24	66	17	85	1.012
Tug McGraw	8	7	3.21	55	9	63	1.171
Warren Brusstar	6	3	2.33	58	0	60	1.173
Rawly Eastwick	2	1	4.02	22	0	14	1.215
Gene Garber	2	1	1.40	22	3	24	.957
Horacio Pina	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	.000
Kevin Saucier	0	1	18.00	1	0	2	2.500
Dan Boitano	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.000
Dan Larson	0	0	9.00	1	0	2	2.000

Schedule (166 games)

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