1978 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1978 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 96th season in the history of the franchise. The Phillies won their third straight National League East title with a record of 90-72, a game and a half over the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the Phillies defeated the Pirates in Pittsburgh on the next to last day of the season.[1][2] For the third consecutive season the Phillies came up short in the NLCS, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated them three games to one, as they had the previous season. The Phillies were managed by Danny Ozark and played their home games at Veterans Stadium.

1978 Philadelphia Phillies
1978 National League East Championship
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. "Ruly" Carpenter III
General manager(s)Paul Owens
Manager(s)Danny Ozark
Local televisionWPHL-TV
Local radioKYW
(Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Andy Musser, Chris Wheeler)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 9072 0.556 — 54–28 36–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8873 0.547 1½ 55–26 33–47
Chicago Cubs 7983 0.488 11 44–38 35–45
Montreal Expos 7686 0.469 14 41–39 35–47
St. Louis Cardinals 6993 0.426 21 37–44 32–49
New York Mets 6696 0.407 24 33–47 33–49

Record vs. opponents
1978 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Notable transactions

Draft picks

Phillie Phanatic

The Phillie Phanatic debuted on April 25, 1978, at The Vet when the Phils played the Chicago Cubs. Tim McCarver introduced the Phanatic on the "Captain Noah and His Magical Ark" show on WPVI-TV in his role promoting the team. The Phanatic was originally portrayed by Dave Raymond.

Game log
1978 game log (Overall Record: 90–72)
April (10–7)
May (12–14)
June (18–10)
July (15–14)
August (16–14)
September (19–12)
October (0–1)
^[a] The May 18, 1978, game was protested by the Phillies in the top of the seventh inning.[26] The protest was later denied.[27]
^[b] The attendance for the July 15, 1978, game at Atlanta was not available on the baseball-reference.com website[28] and was omitted from Associated Press box scores.
  •   Phillies win
  •   Phillies loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Phillies team member
Source:[28]

Roster
1978 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CBob Boone132435123.2831262
1BRichie Hebner137435123.2831771
2BTed Sizemore10835177.219025
3BMike Schmidt145513129.2512178
SSLarry Bowa156654192.294343
LFGreg Luzinski155540143.26535101
CFGarry Maddox155598172.2881168
RFBake McBride122472127.2691049

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jerry Martin12826672.271936
José Cardenal8720150.249433
Tim McCarver9014636.247114
Jim Morrison5310817.157310
Bud Harrelson7110322.21409
Davey Johnson448917.191214
Jay Johnstone355610.17904
Barry Foote39579.15814
Orlando González26265.19200
Kerry Dineen582.25000
Lonnie Smith1740.00000
Pete Mackanin582.25001
Keith Moreland120.00000
Todd Cruz342.50002

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Carlton34247.116132.84161
Larry Christenson3322813143.24131
Randy Lerch331841183.9696
Dick Ruthven20150.21352.9975
Jim Kaat26140.1854.1048
Jim Lonborg22113.28105.2348

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Ron Reed6634172.2485
Warren Brusstar586302.3360
Tug McGraw558793.2163
Rawly Eastwick222104.0214
Gene Garber222131.4024
Horacio Piña20000.004
Dan Boitano10000.000
Dan Larson10009.002
Kevin Saucier101018.002

1978 National League Championship Series
Main article: 1978 National League Championship Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers win the Series, 3 games to 1, over the Phillies.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Los Angeles – 9, Philadelphia – 5October 4Veterans Stadium63,460
2Los Angeles – 4, Philadelphia – 0October 5Veterans Stadium60,642
3Philadelphia – 9, Los Angeles – 4October 6Dodger Stadium55,043
4Philadelphia – 3, Los Angeles – 4October 7Dodger Stadium55,124

Postseason game log
1978 Postseason game log (Overall Record: 1–3)
National League Championship Series (1–3)
  •   Phillies win
  •   Phillies loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Phillies team member
Source:[28]

Awards and honors

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City 89ers American Association Mike Ryan
AA Reading Phillies Eastern League Lee Elia
A Peninsula Pilots Carolina League Jim Snyder
A Spartanburg Phillies Western Carolinas League Ron Clark
Rookie Helena Phillies Pioneer League Larry Rojas

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Notes
  1. Denlinger, Ken (October 1, 1978). "Phils Sew It Up". Washington Post. p. D1.
  2. Denlinger, Ken (October 1, 1978). "Loud Sighs From Phillies Precede Popping of Corks". Washington Post. p. D2.
  3. George Bell at Baseball Reference
  4. Fred Andrews at Baseball Reference
  5. Julio Franco at Baseball Reference
  6. Bobby Brown at Baseball Reference
  7. Carmen Castillo at Baseball-Reference
  8. Dan Larson at Baseball Reference
  9. Horacio Piña at Baseball Reference
  10. Ed Hearn at Baseball Reference
  11. Ryne Sandberg at Baseball Reference
  12. Rick Leach at Baseball Reference
  13. MacDonald, Ian (April 12, 1978). "Expos get Carlton out of way as game in Philly postponed". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. 21. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  14. "Error call thrills Forsch, amazes Phillies". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. Associated Press (AP). April 17, 1978. p. 1B. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  15. MacDonald, Ian (April 21, 1978). "Forsch's tainted no-hitter casts doubt on how baseball's scoring rule applied". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. 21. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  16. Feeney, Charley (April 19, 1978). "Tanner's Gambling Luck All Bad". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  17. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 22, 1978. p. 12. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  18. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 9, 1978. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  19. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 24, 1978. p. 40. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  20. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 22, 1978. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  21. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 4, 1978. p. 42. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  22. Feeney, Charley (August 7, 1978). "Bucs Dead, Funeral Date Pending". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 11. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  23. "Expos-Phils rained on". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. September 22, 1978. p. 31. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  24. "Pennant Race". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 23, 1978. p. 9. Retrieved December 28, 2014. ...Sept 21 at Montreal, ppd., rain will be played [September 25] at Philadelphia with Montreal the home team[.]
  25. "Majors At A Glance". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 23, 1978. p. 13. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  26. "Philadelphia Phillies 8, Houston Astros 5". retrosheet.org. May 18, 1978. Retrieved December 30, 2014. Schmidt doubled to left; Johnstone singled to right [Schmidt to third]; Hebner popped to shortstop; Maddox popped to catcher in foul territory; Phillies manager Danny Ozark protested game because the umpires returned Jay Johnstone to 1B[.]
  27. "May 18, 1978, Phillies at Astros Box Score and Play by Play". baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. May 18, 1978. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  28. "1978 Philadelphia Phillies Schedule, Box Scores and Splits". Baseball-Reference.com.
  29. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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