1979 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 84-78
Finished 4th in the NL's East Division
Attendance: 2,775,011, Avg. 36,037
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Manager: Danny Ozark (65-67)
Manager: Dallas Green (19-11)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979 Philadelphia Phillies Roster
1979 Philadelphia Phillies Results

The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ended the 1979 season with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the NL's East Division.

The Phillies scored 683 runs and conceded 718 runs. Mike Schmidt walloped 45 home runs for Philadelphia, and Greg Luzinski added 20 or more, too. Mike Schmidt drove in 114 runs. Pete Rose topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .331 average. Steve Carlton led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 3.62 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Danny Ozark and Dallas Green coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Steve Carlton1811.6213.62353501340251.0202112101258911213511101029
Nino Espinosa1412.5383.6533330830212.021194862065888313881
Ron Reed138.6194.1561037005102.01105247932958203439
Randy Lerch1013.4353.7437350610214.022898892060492314899
Dick Ruthven75.5834.2720200320122.312159581037658203518
Larry Christenson510.3334.5019171200106.01185653930353232447
Tug McGraw43.5715.1665143001683.7835648929757202357
Dickie Noles34.4293.801414000090.0804038638242221377
Rawly Eastwick36.3334.905102300682.7904645825347105349
Doug Bird201.0005.163211010061.0733535716433202263
Jim Kaat101.0004.323120008.3944152200037
Warren Brusstar101.0006.91130400114.3231211142300066
Jack Kucek101.0008.314000004.3644211200020
Dan Larson11.5004.2633000019.01799190910081
Kevin Saucier14.2004.19292700162.3683129433321301277
Mike Anderson000.001010001.020000020005
Jim Lonborg01.00011.054120007.314109340710041
Totals8478.5194.164241631303310291441.31455718666135477657872918366086

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Pete Rose1637306289020840545920119532.331.418.430.8482701820510
Bake McBride151637582821631612126025144177.280.328.411.73923964373
Garry Maddox14857754870154286136126131771.281.304.425.72923384175
Mike Schmidt1606755411091372544511495120115.253.386.564.9503051332912
Larry Bowa1476195397413017110312096132.241.316.314.6301691111265
Bob Boone11945439838114213958144933.286.367.422.78916892419
Greg Luzinski1375254524711423118813356103.252.343.427.7701931010075
Manny Trillo11846743140112221642472059.260.296.357.654154134843
Greg Gross11120617421586301552295.333.422.402.8257030034
Del Unser95159141264280629201433.298.354.482.8376840132
Tim McCarver79161137133351112201912.241.333.314.6474371225
Steve Carlton36101949213001010317.223.253.255.5082441210
Bud Harrelson5387717206007331314.282.395.366.7622611110
Keith Moreland14514831832080035.375.412.521.9332510000
Mike Anderson79917812184012121314.231.341.321.6612520000
Ramon Aviles277361717200120088.279.371.311.6831911301
Nino Espinosa368072314200601415.194.237.222.4591620400
Rudy Meoli308473213410620915.178.268.260.5291920201
Dave Rader31625431111150067.204.283.315.5981730200
Randy Lerch38797261121150138.153.184.250.4341820310
Jose Cardenal29564841030091088.208.321.271.5921330001
Larry Christenson19363149311110213.290.333.548.8821700300
Dick Ruthven21474126000000211.146.222.146.369602200
Lonnie Smith1731304520032117.167.194.233.427700000
Ron Reed6113101310000014.300.364.400.764400200
John Vukovich1015150310010003.200.200.267.467400000
Dickie Noles14333013100100215.100.156.133.290400100
John Poff1220192210010014.105.150.158.308310000
Tug McGraw65760100000002.167.167.167.333100100
Doug Bird32761100000014.167.286.167.452100000
Pete Mackanin131092100120012.111.200.444.644400000
Kevin Saucier2910100100000007.100.100.100.200100000
Dan Larson3650000000002.000.000.000.000000100
Jim Kaat3210000000001.000.500.000.500001000
Rawly Eastwick51770000000005.000.000.000.000000000
Jim Lonborg4110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Warren Brusstar13000000000000000000
Jack Kucek4000000000000000000
Totals21726219546368314532505311964112876602764.266.340.396.736216612437605766


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Pete Rose1B1591581365.71424878124.9959.9589.5030000
Del Unser1B22573.774526.9759.6523.5910000
John Poff1B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Jose Cardenal1B101.020001.00018.0002.0000000
Manny Trillo2B1181161011.72703681084.9855.6765.4070000
Ramon Aviles2B2717170.0404428.9774.4473.1110000
Bud Harrelson2B2517148.75447111.9906.1144.0400000
Rudy Meoli2B151188.0143717.9815.2163.4000000
John Vukovich2B3218.024001.0003.0002.0000000
Pete Mackanin2B204.013001.0009.0002.0000000
Pete Rose2B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Mike Schmidt3B1571561344.31143612336.9543.1803.0250000
Pete Rose3B5434.74620.8332.5962.0000000
John Vukovich3B7123.009011.0003.5221.2860000
Bud Harrelson3B9016.309011.0004.9591.0000000
Bob Boone3B2215.00110.500.600.5000000
Pete Mackanin3B206.003001.0004.5001.5000000
Rudy Meoli3B102.001001.0004.5001.0000000
Bob BooneC117110963.75276578.9885.5295.06020544243.8
Tim McCarverC3131244.31741220.9896.8516.00000141348.1
Dave RaderC2510123.062651.9324.9762.7201015834.8
Keith MorelandC1312110.3713011.0006.0365.6922012529.4
Bake McBrideOF1471381211.03411243.9892.6232.4010000
Garry MaddoxOF1401401194.34331322.9963.3613.1860000
Greg LuzinskiOF125124973.0156391.9461.4711.2720000
Greg GrossOF7329352.382522.9782.2221.1920000
Mike AndersonOF7021252.368321.9732.5321.0140000
Del UnserOF3017172.044010.9782.3021.4670000
Jose CardenalOF12974.0140001.0001.7031.1670000
Lonnie SmithOF11863.0191001.0002.8571.8180000
John PoffOF4330.07010.8752.1001.7500000
Tim McCarverOF101.00000.000.0000000
Bud HarrelsonOF101.00000.000.0000000
Steve CarltonP3535251.033250.8751.2551.0000000
Randy LerchP3735214.0133815.9812.1451.3780000
Nino EspinosaP3333212.0113422.9571.9101.3640000
Dick RuthvenP2020122.36911.9381.104.7500000
Larry ChristensonP1917106.0415001.0001.6131.0000000
Ron ReedP610102.0313031.0001.412.2620000
Dickie NolesP141490.041711.9552.1001.5000000
Tug McGrawP65183.764001.0001.076.1540000
Rawly EastwickP51082.744001.000.871.1570000
Kevin SaucierP29262.321211.9332.021.4830000
Doug BirdP32161.042001.000.885.1880000
Dan LarsonP3319.014011.0002.3681.6670000
Warren BrusstarP13014.312001.0001.884.2310000
Jim KaatP318.301001.0001.080.3330000
Jim LonborgP417.310001.0001.227.2500000
Jack KucekP404.30000.000.0000000
Mike AndersonP101.00000.000.0000000
Larry BowaSS1461471270.3229448680.9914.7964.6370000
Rudy MeoliSS1611105.0233715.9845.1433.7500000
Bud HarrelsonSS17454.091531.8894.0001.4120000
Mike SchmidtSS219.012021.0003.0001.5000000
Pete MackaninSS203.003001.0009.0001.5000000
Totals1964146712972.043241800106399.9834.2493.11850956841.7




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