1978 Chicago Cubs
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkWrigley Field
CityChicago
OwnersWilliam Wrigley III
General managersBob Kennedy
ManagersHerman Franks
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau)
RadioWGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1978 Chicago Cubs season was the 107th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 103rd in the National League and the 63rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 79–83.

Offseason

Regular season

On June 14, in Cincinnati, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled in the first inning off Cubs pitcher Dave Roberts; Rose would proceed to get a hit in every game he played until August 1.

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Phillies 90 72 0.556 — 54–28 36–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 88 73 0.547 1½ 55–26 33–47
Chicago Cubs 79 83 0.488 11 44–38 35–45
Montreal Expos 76 86 0.469 14 41–39 35–47
St. Louis Cardinals 69 93 0.426 21 37–44 32–49
New York Mets 66 96 0.407 24 33–47 33–49

Record vs. opponents

1978 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta — 5–7 6–12 8–10 5–13 5–7 6–6 8–4 2–10 8–10 11–7 5–7
Chicago 7–5 — 7–5 6–6 4–8 7–11 11–7 4–14 7–11 7–5 4–8 15–3
Cincinnati 12–6 5–7 — 11–7 9–9 8–4 7–5 7–5 4–7 9–9 12–6 8–4
Houston 10–8 6–6 7–11 — 7–11 6–6 7–5 6–6 4–8 8–10 6–12 7–5
Los Angeles 13–5 8–4 9–9 11–7 — 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 9–9 11–7 5–7
Montreal 7–5 11–7 4–8 6–6 4–8 — 8–10 9–9 7–11 6–6 5–7 9–9
New York 6–6 7–11 5–7 5–7 5–7 10–8 — 6–12 7–11 5–7 3–9 7–11
Philadelphia 4-8 14–4 5–7 6–6 5–7 9–9 12–6 — 11–7 8–4 6–6 10–8
Pittsburgh 10–2 11–7 7–4 8–4 5–7 11–7 11–7 7–11 — 5–7 4–8 9–9
San Diego 10–8 5–7 9–9 10–8 9–9 6–6 7–5 4–8 7–5 — 8–10 9–3
San Francisco 7–11 8–4 6–12 12–6 7–11 7–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 10–8 — 9–3
St. Louis 7–5 3–15 4–8 5–7 7–5 9–9 11–7 8–10 9–9 3–9 3–9 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
C Dave Rader 116 305 62 .203 3 36
1B Bill Buckner 117 446 144 .323 5 74
2B Manny Trillo 152 552 144 .261 4 55
3B Steve Ontiveros 82 276 67 .243 1 22
SS Iván DeJesús 160 619 172 .278 3 35
LF Dave Kingman 119 395 105 .266 28 79
CF Greg Gross 124 347 92 .265 1 39
RF Bobby Murcer 146 499 140 .281 9 64

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
Larry Biittner 120 343 88 .257 4 50
Gene Clines 109 229 59 .258 0 17
Rodney Scott 78 227 64 .282 0 15
Mike Vail 74 180 60 .333 4 33
Jerry White 59 136 37 .272 1 10
Larry Cox 59 121 34 .281 2 18
Tim Blackwell 49 103 23 .223 0 7
Mick Kelleher 68 95 24 .253 0 6
Héctor Cruz 30 76 18 .237 2 9
Joe Wallis 28 55 17 .309 1 6
Davey Johnson 24 49 15 .306 2 6
Scot Thompson 19 36 15 .417 0 2
Rudy Meoli 47 29 3 .103 0 2
Ed Putman 17 25 5 .200 0 3
Mike Gordon 4 5 1 .200 0 0
Mike Sember 9 3 1 .333 0 0
Karl Pagel 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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
Rick Reuschel 35 242.2 14 15 3.41 115
Dennis Lamp 37 223.2 7 15 3.30 73
Ray Burris 40 198.2 7 13 4.76 94
Mike Krukow 27 138.0 9 3 3.91 81

Other 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
Dave Roberts 35 142.1 6 8 5.25 54
Woodie Fryman 13 55.2 2 4 5.17 28
Ken Holtzman 23 53.0 0 3 6.11 36

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
Bruce Sutter 64 8 10 27 3.19 106
Donnie Moore 71 9 7 4 4.11 50
Willie Hernández 54 8 2 3 3.77 38
Lynn McGlothen 49 5 3 0 3.04 60
Dave Geisel 18 1 0 0 4.24 15
Paul Reuschel 16 2 0 0 5.14 13
Manny Seoane 7 1 0 0 5.40 5

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Aeros American Association Harry Dunlop
AA Midland Cubs Texas League Jim Saul
A Pompano Beach Cubs Florida State League Jack Hiatt
A-Short Season Geneva Cubs New York–Penn League Bob Hartsfield
Rookie GCL Cubs Gulf Coast League Randy Hundley

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva

Notes

  1. ^ Keith Drumright at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ a b Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Dave Rosello at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Jesús Figueroa at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Mike Diaz at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Ken Holtzman at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Joe Wallis at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Paul Reuschel at Baseball-Reference

References

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