1979 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics and Roster

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1979 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
84-78, Finished 4th in NL Eastern Division
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Scored 683 runs, Allowed 718 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85
Managed by Danny Ozark and Dallas Green

Ballpark: Veterans Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,775,011 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bob Boone           31  119  398   38  114  21  3   9   58  49   33  .286  .367  .422   1   4   9   2   4   1   9  113
1B #Pete Rose           38  163  628   90  208  40  5   4   59  95   32  .331  .418  .430  20  11  18   2   0   5  10  130
2B  Manny Trillo        28  118  431   40  112  22  1   6   42  20   59  .260  .296  .357   4   7  13   4   8   4   3   76
3B  Mike Schmidt        29  160  541  109  137  25  4  45  114 120  115  .253  .386  .564   9   5  13   3   2   9  12  154
SS #Larry Bowa          33  147  539   74  130  17 11   0   31  61   32  .241  .316  .314  20   9  11   1  12   6   5   71
LF  Greg Luzinski       28  137  452   47  114  23  1  18   81  56  103  .252  .343  .427   3   3  10  10   0   7   5  107
CF  Garry Maddox        29  148  548   70  154  28  6  13   61  17   71  .281  .304  .425  26  13   8   4   1   7   5   95
RF *Bake McBride        30  151  582   82  163  16 12  12   60  41   77  .280  .328  .411  25  14   6   4   3   7   3   99
   *Greg Gross          26  111  174   21   58   6  3   0   15  29    5  .333  .422  .402   5   2   3   0   0   3   4  124
   *Del Unser           34   95  141   26   42   8  0   6   29  14   33  .298  .354  .482   2   0   4   0   1   3   2  124
   *Tim McCarver        37   79  137   13   33   5  1   1   12  19   12  .241  .333  .314   2   0   7   1   2   2   5   76
    Mike Anderson       28   79   78   12   18   4  0   1    2  13   14  .231  .341  .321   1   2   2   0   0   0   0   80
   *Rudy Meoli          28   30   73    2   13   4  1   0    6   9   15  .178  .268  .260   2   0   2   0   2   0   1   44
   #Bud Harrelson       35   53   71    7   20   6  0   0    7  13   14  .282  .395  .366   3   3   1   1   1   1   0  107
    Ramon Aviles        27   27   61    7   17   2  0   0   12   8    8  .279  .371  .311   0   0   1   1   3   0   1   87
   *Dave Rader          30   31   54    3   11   1  1   1    5   6    7  .204  .283  .315   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   62
    Jose Cardenal       35   29   48    4   10   3  0   0    9   8    8  .208  .321  .271   1   0   3   0   0   0   1   62
    Keith Moreland      25   14   48    3   18   3  2   0    8   3    5  .375  .412  .521   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  151
    Lonnie Smith        23   17   30    4    5   2  0   0    3   1    7  .167  .194  .233   2   1   0   0   0   0   0   15
   *John Poff           26   12   19    2    2   1  0   0    1   1    4  .105  .150  .158   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -17
    John Vukovich       31   10   15    0    3   1  0   0    1   0    3  .200  .200  .267   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25
    Pete Mackanin       27   13    9    2    1   0  0   1    2   1    2  .111  .200  .444   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   69

   *Steve Carlton       34   36   94    9   21   3  0   0   10   3   17  .223  .253  .255   1   0   4   1   2   1   0   38
    Nino Espinosa       25   36   72    3   14   2  0   0    6   4   15  .194  .237  .222   0   1   2   0   4   0   0   25
   *Randy Lerch         24   38   72    6   11   2  1   1    5   3    8  .153  .184  .250   0   1   2   0   3   1   0   16
    Dick Ruthven        28   21   41    2    6   0  0   0    0   2   11  .146  .222  .146   0   0   0   2   2   0   0    2
    Larry Christenson   25   19   31    4    9   3  1   1    1   2   13  .290  .333  .548   1   0   0   0   3   0   0  134
    Dickie Noles        22   14   30    1    3   1  0   0    1   2   15  .100  .156  .133   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -21
    Ron Reed            36   61   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    4  .300  .364  .400   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  106
    Kevin Saucier       22   29   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    7  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -46
    Rawly Eastwick      28   51    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Doug Bird           29   32    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .167  .286  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   26
    Tug McGraw          34   65    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -10
    Dan Larson          24    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Jim Kaat            40    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   48
    Jim Lonborg         37    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6  163 5463  683 1453 250 53 119  641 602  764  .266  .339  .396 128  76 124  37  60  57  66  104
    Rank among 12 NL teams         8    7    4   6  2   8        2   10     4     1     6   5   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Steve Carlton       34  35   3.62  18  11  0  35   0  13   4  251.0  202  112  101  25   89  213 1029  10   5 11  11 105
SP *Randy Lerch         24  37   3.74  10  13  0  35   0   6   1  214.0  228   98   89  20   60   92  899   4   3  1   4 102
SP  Nino Espinosa       25  33   3.65  14  12  0  33   0   8   3  212.0  211   94   86  20   65   88  881   3   3  1   8 105
SP  Dick Ruthven        28  20   4.27   7   5  0  20   0   3   2  122.3  121   59   58  10   37   58  518   3   2  0   6  89
SP  Larry Christenson   25  19   4.50   5  10  0  17   1   2   0  106.0  118   56   53   9   30   53  447   2   2  3   3  85
SP  Dickie Noles        22  14   3.80   3   4  0  14   0   0   0   90.0   80   40   38   6   38   42  377   1   2  2   2 100

CL *Tug McGraw          34  65   5.16   4   3 16   1  43   0   0   83.7   83   56   48   9   29   57  357   2   2  0   7  74
RP  Ron Reed            36  61   4.15  13   8  5   0  37   0   0  102.0  110   52   47   9   32   58  439   3   2  0   9  92
RP  Rawly Eastwick      28  51   4.90   3   6  6   0  23   0   0   82.7   90   46   45   8   25   47  349   5   1  0   3  78
RP  Doug Bird           29  32   5.16   2   0  0   1  10   1   0   61.0   73   35   35   7   16   33  263   2   2  0   4  74
RP *Kevin Saucier       22  29   4.19   1   4  1   2   7   0   0   62.3   68   31   29   4   33   21  277   1   3  0   3  91

    Dan Larson          24   3   4.26   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   19.0   17    9    9   1    9    9   81   0   1  0   0  90
    Warren Brusstar     27  13   6.91   1   0  1   0   4   0   0   14.3   23   12   11   1    4    3   66   0   0  0   2  55
   *Jim Kaat            40   3   4.32   1   0  0   1   2   0   0    8.3    9    4    4   1    5    2   37   0   0  0   2  88
    Jim Lonborg         37   4  11.05   0   1  0   1   2   0   0    7.3   14   10    9   3    4    7   41   0   1  0   0  35
    Jack Kucek          26   4   8.31   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.3    6    4    4   2    1    2   20   0   0  0   1  46
    Mike Anderson       28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    0    0   0    0    2    5   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 163   4.16  84  78 29 163 130  33  14 1441.0 1455  718  666 135  477  787 6086  36  29 18  65  92
    Rank among 12 NL teams         10   6   7 10           3   3      9    8   10       11    2    9

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BBoone 963 110 117 527 65 7 8 .988 2 21 54 42 TMcCarver 244 31 31 174 12 2 0 .989 0 9 14 13 DRader 123 10 25 62 6 5 1 .932 1 3 15 8 KMoreland 110 12 13 71 3 0 1 1.000 2 3 12 5 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1441 163 163 834 86 14 10 .985 5 36 95 68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PRose 1365 158 159 1424 87 8 124 .995 9.96 DUnser 73 5 22 74 5 2 6 .975 9.65 JCardenal 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 JPoff 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 1501 92 10 130 .994 9.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MTrillo 1011 116 118 270 368 10 84 .985 5.68 RAviles 170 17 27 40 44 2 8 .977 4.45 BHarrelson 148 17 25 54 47 1 11 .990 6.11 RMeoli 88 11 15 14 37 1 7 .981 5.22 JVukovich 18 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 PMackanin 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 PRose 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 382 503 14 110 .984 5.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MSchmidt 1344 156 157 114 361 23 36 .954 3.18 PRose 34 4 5 4 6 2 0 .833 2.59 JVukovich 23 1 7 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.52 BHarrelson 16 0 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 4.97 BBoone 15 2 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.60 PMackanin 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 RMeoli 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 118 390 26 38 .951 3.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBowa 1271 147 146 229 448 6 80 .991 4.79 RMeoli 104 11 16 23 37 1 5 .984 5.19 BHarrelson 54 4 17 9 15 3 1 .889 4.00 MSchmidt 9 1 2 1 2 0 2 1.000 3.00 PMackanin 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 262 505 10 88 .987 4.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GLuzinski 973 124 125 158 2 9 1 .947 1.48 GGross 189 15 50 41 2 1 0 .977 2.04 MAnderson 110 6 46 14 2 1 0 .941 1.31 DUnser 85 9 15 18 0 1 0 .947 1.91 JCardenal 47 6 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 JPoff 30 3 4 8 0 1 0 .889 2.40 LSmith 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHarrelson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TMcCarver 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 246 6 13 1 .951 1.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMaddox 1194 140 140 425 12 3 3 .993 3.29 GGross 123 11 19 39 3 1 1 .977 3.06 DUnser 70 7 11 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.83 LSmith 37 4 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.14 MAnderson 16 1 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 6.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 510 15 4 4 .992 3.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMcBride 1212 138 147 348 11 4 3 .989 2.67 MAnderson 126 14 21 38 1 1 1 .975 2.79 GGross 38 3 11 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.64 JCardenal 26 3 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 LSmith 21 4 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.90 DUnser 17 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 408 14 5 5 .988 2.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.33 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMcBride 1212 138 147 341 12 4 3 .989 2.62 GMaddox 1194 140 140 433 13 2 2 .996 3.36 GLuzinski 973 124 125 156 3 9 1 .946 1.47 GGross 351 29 73 82 5 2 2 .978 2.23 MAnderson 252 21 70 68 3 2 1 .973 2.53 DUnser 172 17 30 44 0 1 0 .978 2.30 JCardenal 74 9 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 LSmith 63 8 11 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.86 JPoff 30 3 4 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10 BHarrelson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TMcCarver 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1441 163 163 1164 37 21 9 .983 2.50 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SCarlton 251 35 35 3 32 5 0 .875 1.25 RLerch 214 35 37 13 38 1 5 .981 2.14 NEspinosa 212 33 33 11 34 2 2 .957 1.91 DRuthven 122 20 20 6 9 1 1 .937 1.10 LChristenso 106 17 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 1.61 RReed 102 0 61 3 13 0 3 1.000 1.41 DNoles 90 14 14 4 17 1 1 .955 2.10 TMcGraw 83 1 65 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.08 REastwick 82 0 51 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.87 KSaucier 62 2 29 2 12 1 1 .933 2.02 DBird 61 1 32 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 DLarson 19 3 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.37 WBrusstar 14 0 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.89 JKaat 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 JLonborg 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 JKucek 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MAnderson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 163 163 63 187 11 14 .958 1.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Rose .331

On-base % Rose .418

Slugging % Schmidt .564

OPS Schmidt .950

Games Rose 163

At Bats Rose 628

Plate Appearances (approx.) Rose 730

Runs Schmidt 109

Hits Rose 208

Total Bases Schmidt 305

Doubles Rose 40

Triples McBride 12

Home Runs Schmidt 45

RBI Schmidt 114

Bases on Balls Schmidt 120

Strikeouts Schmidt 115

Stolen Bases Maddox 26

Singles Rose 159

Adjusted OPS+ Schmidt 154

Runs Created Schmidt 123

Adjusted Batting Runs Schmidt 44

Batting Wins Schmidt 4.4

Extra-Base Hits Schmidt 74

Times on Base Rose 305

Offensive Win% Schmidt .733

Hit By Pitch Luzinski 10

Sac. Hits Bowa 12

Sac. Flies Schmidt 9

Intentional Walks Schmidt 12

Grounded into Double Plays Rose 18

Caught Stealing McBride 14

Power/Speed Number Maddox 17.3

At Bats per Strikeout Rose 19.6

At Bats per Home Run Schmidt 12.0

Outs Rose 454

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ERA Carlton 3.62

Wins Carlton 18

Won-Loss % Carlton .621

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Carlton 1.159

Hits Allowed/9IP Carlton 7.24

Bases on Balls/9IP Lerch 2.52

Strikeouts/9IP Carlton 7.64

Games McGraw 65

Saves McGraw 16

Innings Carlton 251.0

Strikeouts Carlton 213

Games Started Carlton and Lerch 35

Comp. Games Carlton 13

Shutouts Carlton 4

Home Runs Allow. Carlton 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Carlton 89

Hits Allowed Lerch 228

SO to Walk Carlton 2.39

Losses Lerch 13

Earned Runs Allow. Carlton 101

Wild Pitches Carlton 10

Hit Batsmen Carlton 5

Batters Faced Carlton 1029

Games Finished McGraw 43

Adjusted ERA+ Carlton and Espinosa 105

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Bob Boone (Starting C)
Larry Bowa (Starting SS)
Steve Carlton (Starting P)
Pete Rose
Mike Schmidt (Starting 3B)

1978/1980

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