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NL · 84–78 (.519) · Rank 4 · Attendance 2775011

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Pete Rose	163	628	208	4	59	20	.331	.848
Bake McBride	151	582	163	12	60	25	.280	.739
Garry Maddox	148	548	154	13	61	26	.281	.729
Mike Schmidt	160	541	137	45	114	9	.253	.950
Larry Bowa	147	539	130	0	31	20	.241	.630
Greg Luzinski	137	452	114	18	81	3	.252	.770
Manny Trillo	118	431	112	6	42	4	.260	.653
Bob Boone	119	398	114	9	58	1	.286	.789
Greg Gross	111	174	58	0	15	5	.333	.824
Del Unser	95	141	42	6	29	2	.298	.836
Tim McCarver	79	137	33	1	12	2	.241	.647
Steve Carlton	36	94	21	0	10	1	.223	.508
Mike Anderson	79	78	18	1	2	1	.231	.662
Rudy Meoli	30	73	13	0	6	2	.178	.528
Nino Espinosa	36	72	14	0	6	0	.194	.459
Randy Lerch	38	72	11	1	5	0	.153	.434
Bud Harrelson	53	71	20	0	7	3	.282	.761
Ramon Aviles	27	61	17	0	12	0	.279	.682
Dave Rader	31	54	11	1	5	0	.204	.598
Jose Cardenal	29	48	10	0	9	1	.208	.592
Keith Moreland	14	48	18	0	8	0	.375	.933
Dick Ruthven	21	41	6	0	0	0	.146	.368
Larry Christenson	19	31	9	1	1	1	.290	.881
Dickie Noles	14	30	3	0	1	0	.100	.289
Lonnie Smith	17	30	5	0	3	2	.167	.427
John Poff	12	19	2	0	1	0	.105	.308
John Vukovich	10	15	3	0	1	0	.200	.467
Ron Reed	61	10	3	0	0	0	.300	.764
Kevin Saucier	29	10	1	0	0	0	.100	.200
Pete Mackanin	13	9	1	1	2	0	.111	.644
Rawly Eastwick	51	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Doug Bird	32	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.453
Tug McGraw	65	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.334
Dan Larson	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Kaat	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Jim Lonborg	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Warren Brusstar	13	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Kucek	4	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Steve Carlton	18	11	3.62	35	0	213	1.159
Randy Lerch	10	13	3.74	37	0	92	1.346
Nino Espinosa	14	12	3.65	33	0	88	1.302
Dick Ruthven	7	5	4.27	20	0	58	1.292
Larry Christenson	5	10	4.50	19	0	53	1.396
Ron Reed	13	8	4.15	61	5	58	1.392
Dickie Noles	3	4	3.80	14	0	42	1.311
Tug McGraw	4	3	5.16	65	16	57	1.339
Rawly Eastwick	3	6	4.90	51	6	47	1.391
Kevin Saucier	1	4	4.19	29	1	21	1.620
Doug Bird	2	0	5.16	32	0	33	1.459
Dan Larson	1	1	4.26	3	0	9	1.368
Warren Brusstar	1	0	6.91	13	1	3	1.884
Jim Kaat	1	0	4.32	3	0	2	1.680
Jim Lonborg	0	1	11.05	4	0	7	2.455
Jack Kucek	1	0	8.31	4	0	2	1.615
Mike Anderson	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	2.000

Schedule (163 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-06	@ SLN	L 1–8
1979-04-07	@ SLN	L 2–3
1979-04-08	@ SLN	T 2–2
1979-04-10	vs PIT	W 7–3
1979-04-11	vs PIT	W 5–4
1979-04-12	@ NYN	L 2–3
1979-04-15	@ NYN	W 3–2
1979-04-15	@ NYN	W 6–3
1979-04-17	@ PIT	W 13–2
1979-04-18	@ PIT	W 3–2
1979-04-20	vs NYN	W 8–0
1979-04-21	vs NYN	W 3–0
1979-04-22	vs NYN	L 2–4
1979-04-23	vs LAN	W 4–3
1979-04-24	vs LAN	W 7–6
1979-04-25	vs LAN	W 5–4
1979-04-27	vs SDN	W 2–0
1979-04-28	vs SDN	L 0–5
1979-04-29	vs SDN	W 4–3
1979-04-30	vs SFN	W 4–1
1979-05-01	vs SFN	L 0–7
1979-05-03	@ LAN	L 2–5
1979-05-04	@ LAN	W 5–2
1979-05-05	@ LAN	W 11–0
1979-05-06	@ LAN	W 4–0
1979-05-07	@ SDN	W 11–6
1979-05-08	@ SDN	W 9–8
1979-05-09	@ SDN	W 2–0
1979-05-10	@ SDN	W 3–2
1979-05-11	@ SFN	L 1–2
1979-05-12	@ SFN	L 1–4
1979-05-13	@ SFN	W 12–3
1979-05-15	@ CHN	L 1–7
1979-05-16	@ CHN	W 13–0
1979-05-17	@ CHN	W 23–22
1979-05-18	vs MON	L 3–5
1979-05-19	vs MON	L 5–10
1979-05-20	vs MON	L 6–10
1979-05-21	vs SLN	W 5–3
1979-05-22	vs SLN	W 3–1
1979-05-23	vs SLN	L 1–3
1979-05-25	vs CHN	L 0–3
1979-05-26	vs CHN	L 1–4
1979-05-27	vs CHN	W 6–4
1979-05-28	vs CHN	L 1–4
1979-05-29	@ MON	L 0–9
1979-05-30	@ MON	L 0–2
1979-05-31	@ MON	L 0–1
1979-06-01	@ CIN	L 2–4
1979-06-02	@ CIN	L 2–4
1979-06-03	@ CIN	W 6–4
1979-06-03	@ CIN	L 2–12
1979-06-04	@ HOU	L 0–3
1979-06-05	@ HOU	W 8–0
1979-06-06	@ HOU	L 3–4
1979-06-08	vs ATL	L 5–11
1979-06-09	vs ATL	W 9–3
1979-06-10	vs ATL	L 3–10
1979-06-11	vs HOU	W 4–2
1979-06-12	vs HOU	W 4–0
1979-06-13	vs HOU	L 3–4
1979-06-15	vs CIN	L 3–6
1979-06-16	vs CIN	W 4–3
1979-06-17	vs CIN	W 9–3
1979-06-18	@ ATL	L 5–10
1979-06-19	@ ATL	L 4–10
1979-06-20	@ ATL	W 10–4
1979-06-22	@ MON	L 5–6
1979-06-23	@ MON	L 0–3
1979-06-24	@ MON	W 5–2
1979-06-25	@ CHN	L 2–8
1979-06-26	@ CHN	W 5–3
1979-06-27	@ CHN	L 4–11
1979-06-29	@ SLN	W 8–7
1979-06-29	@ SLN	L 1–7
1979-06-30	@ SLN	W 6–4
1979-07-01	@ SLN	L 7–13
1979-07-01	@ SLN	L 1–2
1979-07-02	vs NYN	W 6–2
1979-07-03	vs NYN	W 4–2
1979-07-04	vs NYN	W 1–0
1979-07-05	vs NYN	L 2–3
1979-07-06	vs SFN	W 6–1
1979-07-07	vs SFN	L 6–8
1979-07-08	vs SFN	W 5–3
1979-07-09	vs SFN	W 4–2
1979-07-10	vs SDN	W 6–5
1979-07-11	vs SDN	L 3–7
1979-07-12	vs SDN	W 4–3
1979-07-13	vs LAN	W 3–2
1979-07-14	vs LAN	W 10–7
1979-07-15	vs LAN	W 10–3
1979-07-19	@ SFN	L 0–1
1979-07-20	@ SFN	W 6–4
1979-07-21	@ SFN	L 1–4
1979-07-22	@ SDN	W 5–2
1979-07-23	@ SDN	L 5–6
1979-07-24	@ LAN	L 3–15
1979-07-25	@ LAN	L 8–16
1979-07-27	vs SLN	L 0–5
1979-07-28	vs SLN	L 4–5
1979-07-29	vs SLN	L 5–6
1979-07-30	vs CHN	W 5–4
1979-07-31	vs CHN	W 4–1
1979-08-01	@ NYN	W 9–6
1979-08-02	@ NYN	W 7–4
1979-08-02	@ NYN	L 1–2
1979-08-03	@ PIT	L 3–6
1979-08-03	@ PIT	L 1–5
1979-08-04	@ PIT	L 0–4
1979-08-05	@ PIT	L 8–12
1979-08-05	@ PIT	L 2–5
1979-08-07	vs MON	W 4–2
1979-08-08	vs MON	W 4–3
1979-08-09	vs MON	W 6–4
1979-08-10	vs PIT	W 4–3
1979-08-10	vs PIT	L 2–3
1979-08-11	vs PIT	L 11–14
1979-08-13	vs PIT	L 1–9
1979-08-14	@ CIN	L 1–2
1979-08-15	@ CIN	W 3–2
1979-08-17	@ HOU	W 5–2
1979-08-18	@ HOU	W 1–0
1979-08-19	@ HOU	W 3–2
1979-08-20	vs ATL	L 2–5
1979-08-21	vs ATL	L 4–5
1979-08-22	vs ATL	L 3–4
1979-08-24	vs HOU	W 5–3
1979-08-25	vs HOU	L 1–3
1979-08-26	vs HOU	L 1–4
1979-08-27	vs CIN	L 2–4
1979-08-28	vs CIN	L 2–5
1979-08-29	vs CIN	L 6–7
1979-08-31	@ ATL	W 6–2
1979-09-01	@ ATL	W 6–4
1979-09-02	@ ATL	W 2–1
1979-09-03	@ PIT	W 2–0
1979-09-03	@ PIT	L 3–7
1979-09-06	vs NYN	L 3–5
1979-09-06	vs NYN	W 2–1
1979-09-07	@ CHN	L 3–4
1979-09-08	@ CHN	W 9–8
1979-09-09	@ CHN	L 2–15
1979-09-11	@ NYN	W 5–2
1979-09-12	@ NYN	W 4–0
1979-09-13	@ NYN	W 2–1
1979-09-14	vs CHN	L 0–2
1979-09-15	vs CHN	W 8–1
1979-09-16	vs CHN	W 4–3
1979-09-17	@ SLN	W 7–5
1979-09-18	@ SLN	W 5–3
1979-09-19	vs PIT	L 6–9
1979-09-19	vs PIT	W 6–5
1979-09-20	vs PIT	W 2–1
1979-09-22	vs MON	W 9–8
1979-09-22	vs MON	L 2–8
1979-09-23	vs MON	L 4–7
1979-09-24	vs SLN	L 2–7
1979-09-25	vs SLN	L 1–4
1979-09-26	vs SLN	W 11–5
1979-09-28	@ MON	W 3–2
1979-09-29	@ MON	L 2–3
1979-09-30	@ MON	W 2–0