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1978 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1977)  (1979) 86-76, 1st in NL Eastern Division Scored 756 runs, Allowed 713 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .693 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-73 Manager(s): Darren Dawson (41-36), Jim Tripodi (45-30) Defeated San Diego Padres in Championship Series, 3 games to 1. Lost to Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 0.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dave Parker          27  158  625  111  181  30  12  35  119  18   7   54   98  .290  .346  .544  117   6.8  1(-5)e14  -89  
 OF *Omar Moreno          25  146  534  101  148  25   8   3   47  93  27   85   94  .277  .373  .371   88   5.5  1(-1)e8   101  
 1B *Willie Stargell      38  124  417   73  129  24   0  21   76   1   1   51   79  .309  .392  .518   88   7.9  4e9       -39  
 OF *Lyman Bostock        27  155  588   73  178  27   7   6   72  20   9   40   33  .303  .348  .403   79   4.9  2(-1)e5    11  
 2B  Phil Garner          29  151  531   87  148  28   6  17   62  31  14   53   71  .279  .346  .450   76   4.8  3e21       51  
 3B  Art Howe             31  132  378   43  106  28   3  13   59   4   3   37   50  .280  .341  .474   60   5.6  4e10       36  
 C  *Ed Ott               26  131  409   39  110  16   4   8   54   2   1   24   62  .269  .309  .386   47   4.1  3(+1)e12  -29  
 SS  Frank Taveras        28  119  389   56  109  15   6   0   46  36  14   13   30  .280  .310  .350   43   3.9  3e40       -7  
 SS  Freddie Patek        33  103  265   30   75  21   0   0   29  34   8   24   42  .283  .337  .362   36   4.6  2e40       69  
 UT  Bill Robinson        35  116  375   34   81  19   2  12   61   6   5   27   87  .216  .268  .373   36   3.2            -65  
 OF  Jesus Alou           36   70  136   19   49   3   1   3   21   0   0    5    7  .360  .378  .463   22   6.6  4(+4)e7    79  
 1B #Bob Beall            30   78  161   20   37   5   0   0    5   4   5   34   28  .230  .372  .261   17   3.6  2e21      -38  
 C   Duffy Dyer           32   87  185   17   40  11   1   0   12   1   1   15   33  .216  .278  .286   14   2.6  2(0)e3      2  
 UT  Fred Stanley         30   46  114   12   22   5   0   2   12   0   0   23   16  .193  .326  .289   12   3.5             10  
 2B  Rennie Stennett      27   19   42    4   17   1   1   0   10   0   0    0    5  .405  .405  .476    8   8.7  4e24      297  
 PH *Danny Goodwin        24   52   39    4    8   4   0   0    4   0   0    9    6  .205  .354  .308    4   3.5           -180  
 3B  Ken Macha            27   14   32    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    3  .156  .250  .188    1   1.5  4e15     -186  
 2B  Mario Mendoza        27    2    1    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000    1     ?  3e17     1426  
 PH  Dale Berra           21   15   13    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000  .188  .000    0    .3           -453  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           757                    1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bert Blyleven        27  17  11  .607  38  38   0   0   0   0   0  240.0  206   96   88  25   72  176  3.30   94   3.5  -22  
  P  Don Robinson         21  17  13  .567  39  37   3   2   0   0   1  229.0  209   94   84  21   55  145  3.30   93   3.7  -18  
  P *Jim Rooker           35  14   8  .636  32  32   2   0   0   0   1  178.2  182  109   96  20  101   82  4.84  109   5.5   11  
  P  Bruce Kison          28   7   6  .538  49   9   0  11   3   4   0  105.1   86   33   29   6   37   77  2.48   33   2.9  -46  
  P  Ed Whitson           23   6   4  .600  37   0   0  25   1   0   0   57.1   64   34   34   4   23   47  5.34   30   4.8   28  
  P *John Candelaria      24   6   7  .462  27  27   2   0   0   0   1  166.1  189   97   78  15   47   96  4.22   96   5.1   16  
  P *Dave LaRoche         30   5   4  .556  69   0   0  22   2   0   0   96.1   86   44   37   7   52   94  3.46   46   4.3   43  
  P *Jerry Reuss          29   5   5  .500  14  13   0   0   0   0   0   86.2  104   37   34   5   36   47  3.53   47   4.9  -31  
  P  Eddie Solomon        27   5   7  .417  54   6   0   9   3   3   0  109.1  106   67   53  11   52   72  4.36   54   4.4  -31  
  P  Kent Tekulve         31   4   5  .444  66   0   0  59  40   9   0   77.0   80   29   28   6   27   38  3.27   38   4.5   49  
  P *Grant Jackson        35   0   2  .000  28   0   0  12   0   0   0   43.0   54   30   26   2   18   32  5.44   28   5.9   -6  
  P  Dave Heaverlo        27   0   4  .000  42   0   0  15   5   4   0   72.2   80   43   37  10   21   41  4.58   40   5.0    3  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      713         -3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ed Ott 953 111 126 698 50 20 7 .974 64 24 Duffy Dyer 508 51 85 348 19 2 2 .995 20 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Stargell 965 109 113 881 73 3 78 .997 8.89 Bob Beall 305 32 43 281 22 3 18 .990 8.93 Bill Robinson 177 20 21 182 9 2 17 .990 9.69 Art Howe 14 1 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 3.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Garner 932 103 109 288 267 14 66 .975 5.36 Art Howe 278 30 35 79 86 1 20 .994 5.35 Fred Stanley 182 21 22 62 54 3 13 .975 5.73 Rennie Stennett 69 8 9 16 16 2 4 .941 4.17 Mario Mendoza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Art Howe 567 60 74 49 130 3 10 .984 2.84 Bill Robinson 411 49 52 40 105 22 9 .868 3.17 Phil Garner 303 34 37 30 75 5 5 .955 3.12 Fred Stanley 105 10 15 14 26 2 0 .952 3.43 Ken Macha 73 9 11 5 12 1 1 .944 2.11 Dale Berra 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Taveras 781 89 98 172 237 17 48 .960 4.71 Freddie Patek 669 72 88 162 209 16 43 .959 4.99 Phil Garner 10 1 2 5 5 0 2 1.000 9.00 Fred Stanley 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lyman Bostock 987 110 119 231 12 4 0 .984 2.22 Jesus Alou 207 25 28 45 0 1 0 .978 1.95 Bill Robinson 140 13 23 31 0 1 0 .969 1.99 Omar Moreno 77 9 9 13 0 1 0 .929 1.52 Bob Beall 41 5 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.98 Ed Ott 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Omar Moreno 1137 126 132 295 21 4 6 .988 2.50 Lyman Bostock 316 35 38 73 7 1 1 .988 2.28 Bob Beall 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 Bill Robinson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Parker 1372 151 155 219 8 13 2 .946 1.49 Bill Robinson 90 11 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#12):	Bert Blyleven
Round 2 (#31):	Lyman Bostock
Round 3 (#51):	Eddie Solomon
Round 4 (#72):	Dave Heaverlo
Round 5 (#93):	Bob Beall
Round 6 (#113):	Jesus Alou
Round 7 (#131):	Danny Goodwin

Transactions

• 1978 postseason: released Jesus Alou, Fred Stanley

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