1978 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1887);
	Eastern Division (since 1969);
Location
	Three Rivers Stadium (since 1970); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907);
Results
Record	88–73 (.547)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholder)
General manager(s)	Harding "Pete" Peterson
Manager(s)	Chuck Tanner
Local television	KDKA-TV; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
Local radio	KDKA; Milo Hamilton, Lanny Frattare
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The 1978 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 97th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 92nd in the National League. The Pirates finished second in the National League East with a record of 88–73.

Offseason

December 8, 1977: Al Oliver and Nelson Norman were traded by the Pirates to the Texas Rangers as part of a four-team trade. Bert Blyleven was traded by the Rangers to the Pirates, and John Milner was traded by the New York Mets to the Pirates. Willie Montañez was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Mets, and the Rangers traded Tom Grieve and a player to be named later to the Mets. The Rangers traded Adrian Devine, Tommy Boggs, and Eddie Miller to the Braves. The Mets traded Jon Matlack to the Rangers. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Ken Henderson to the Mets on March 15, 1978.[2]
March 18, 1978: Carl Morton was released by the Pirates.[3]

Regular season

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 Records Sources:
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	—

Game log

1978 Game Log: 88–73 (Home: 55–26; Away: 33–47)

April: 10–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 4–5)

May: 12–16 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–10)

June: 13–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–6)

July: 13–14 (Home: 9–4; Away: 4–10)

August: 18–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
101	August 1	@ Expos	3–4	Rogers	Bibby (6–5)	Knowles	21,287	48–53
102	August 2	@ Expos	3–0	Kison (3–3)	Schatzeder	Tekulve (18)	15,378	49–53
103	August 4	Phillies	0–2	Christenson	Rooker (6–8)	—		49–54
104	August 4	Phillies	5–2	Robinson (6–5)	Kaat	—	30,865	50–54
105	August 6	Phillies	2–3	Ruthven	Blyleven (9–7)	—		50–55
106	August 6	Phillies	0–5	Carlton	Bibby (6–6)	—	31,141	50–56
107	August 7	@ Cubs	4–5	Moore	Reuss (0–2)	Sutter	18,615	50–57
108	August 8	@ Cubs	9–5	Robinson (7–5)	Reuschel	—	26,037	51–57
109	August 9	@ Cubs	4–5	Roberts	Whitson (3–5)	—	23,310	51–58
110	August 10	@ Phillies	1–3	Ruthven	Blyleven (9–8)	—	34,672	51–59
111	August 11	@ Phillies	4–15	Carlton	Kison (3–4)	—	35,101	51–60
112	August 12	@ Phillies	1–10	Lerch	Bibby (6–7)	—	30,110	51–61
113	August 13	@ Phillies	7–3	Robinson (8–5)	Christenson	—	38,119	52–61
114	August 14	Reds	7–4	Rooker (7–8)	Moskau	Tekulve (19)	26,514	53–61
115	August 15	Reds	3–4 (10)	Bair	Whitson (3–6)	—	16,400	53–62
116	August 16	Reds	13–2	Candelaria (9–11)	Bonham	Jackson (4)	15,490	54–62
117	August 17	Astros	5–1	Robinson (9–5)	Richard	—		55–62
118	August 17	Astros	3–2	Kison (4–4)	Lemongello	Tekulve (20)	8,470	56–62
119	August 18	Astros	6–3	Bibby (7–7)	Ruhle	Tekulve (21)	8,632	57–62
120	August 19	Astros	4–2	Blyleven (10–8)	Bannister	Tekulve (22)	22,015	58–62
121	August 20	Astros	7–6	Rooker (8–8)	Dixon	Tekulve (23)		59–62
122	August 20	Astros	3–1	Reuss (1–2)	Niekro	—	21,851	60–62
123	August 22	@ Braves	3–1	Robinson (10–5)	Mahler	Tekulve (24)	9,348	61–62
124	August 23	@ Braves	4–3 (12)	Jackson (5–3)	Campbell	—	6,553	62–62
125	August 24	@ Braves	5–1	Blyleven (11–8)	Niekro	Tekulve (25)	7,965	63–62
126	August 25	@ Astros	5–7	Niekro	Rooker (8–9)	Andujar	11,641	63–63
127	August 26	@ Astros	2–7	Richard	Kison (4–5)	—	9,985	63–64
128	August 27	@ Astros	8–5	Jackson (6–3)	Lemongello	Tekulve (26)	10,947	64–64
129	August 28	@ Reds	3–1	Candelaria (10–11)	Norman	Whitson (4)	23,612	65–64
130	August 29	@ Reds	5–0	Blyleven (12–8)	LaCoss	—	24,967	66–64

September: 21–9 (Home: 17–1; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
131	September 1	Braves	8–3	Robinson (11–5)	Niekro	Tekulve (27)		67–64
132	September 1	Braves	3–0	Kison (5–5)	Mahler	Tekulve (28)	14,306	68–64
133	September 2	Braves	4–3 (12)	Jackson (7–3)	Camp	—	9,580	69–64
134	September 3	Braves	6–3	Tekulve (6–6)	Garber	—	8,594	70–64
135	September 4	Mets	7–4	Whitson (4–6)	Lockwood	Jackson (5)		71–64
136	September 4	Mets	7–0	Bibby (8–7)	Berenguer	—	25,765	72–64
137	September 5	Mets	8–0	Reuss (2–2)	Koosman	—	18,476	73–64
138	September 6	@ Cardinals	4–1	Robinson (12–5)	Denny	—	7,945	74–64
139	September 7	@ Cardinals	4–5	Lopez	Jackson (7–4)	Littell	7,805	74–65
140	September 8	@ Mets	2–3	Murray	Blyleven (12–9)	—	4,749	74–66
141	September 9	@ Mets	1–4	Kobel	Rooker (8–10)	—	8,881	74–67
142	September 10	@ Mets	9–11	Bernard	Tekulve (6–7)	Cornejo	9,256	74–68
143	September 11	@ Phillies	3–10	Carlton	Robinson (12–6)	—	33,198	74–69
144	September 12	@ Phillies	5–1	Candelaria (11–11)	Christenson	Tekulve (29)	31,355	75–69
145	September 13	Cardinals	7–1	Blyleven (13–9)	Falcone	—	6,398	76–69
146	September 14	Cardinals	7–4	Rooker (9–10)	Forsch	—	5,294	77–69
147	September 15	Expos	6–1	Kison (6–5)	Fryman	—	15,146	78–69
148	September 16	Expos	12–5	Robinson (13–6)	Grimsley	—	8,079	79–69
149	September 17	Expos	5–3	Blyleven (14–9)	May	Tekulve (30)	8,544	80–69
150	September 19	@ Cubs	12–11 (11)	Jones (1–0)	Sutter	—	6,137	81–69
151	September 20	@ Cubs	1–5	Krukow	Rooker (9–11)	—	5,269	81–70
152	September 21	@ Cubs	3–2 (14)	Whitson (5–6)	Sutter	Bibby (1)	2,423	82–70
153	September 23	@ Expos	2–3	Grimsley	Blyleven (14–10)	—	20,324	82–71
154	September 24	@ Expos	0–4	Sanderson	Kison (6–6)	—	23,260	82–72
155	September 25	Cubs	7–4	Candelaria (12–11)	Krukow	—	5,937	83–72
156	September 26	Cubs	5–2	Robinson (14–6)	Lamp	—	6,515	84–72
157	September 27	Cubs	8–3	Reuss (3–2)	Burris	—	7,467	85–72
158	September 29	Phillies	5–4	Tekulve (7–7)	Reed	—		86–72
159	September 29	Phillies	2–1	Tekulve (8–7)	Carlton	—	45,134	87–72
160	September 30	Phillies	8–10	Lerch	Jackson (7–5)	Reed	28,905	87–73

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Notable transactions

April 4, 1978: Miguel Diloné, Elías Sosa and a player to be named later were traded by the Pirates to the Oakland Athletics for Manny Sanguillén. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Mike Edwards to the Athletics on April 7.[4]
June 1, 1978: Jim Fregosi was released by the Pirates.[5]
June 6, 1978: Vance Law was drafted by the Pirates in the 39th round of the 1978 amateur draft.[6]
September 22, 1978: Cito Gaston was purchased by the Pirates from the Atlanta Braves.[7]

Roster

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

26 Jim Bibby

22 Bert Blyleven

45 John Candelaria

48 Clay Carroll

30 Dave Hamilton

23 Grant Jackson

36 Odell Jones

25 Bruce Kison

16,24 Will McEnaney

41 Jerry Reuss

43 Don Robinson

19 Jim Rooker

27 Kent Tekulve

31 Ed Whitson

Catchers

5 Duffy Dyer

16 Steve Nicosia

14 Ed Ott

Infielders

4 Dale Berra

15 Doe Boyland

29 Jim Fregosi

3 Phil Garner

13 Fernando González

29 Ken Macha

11 Mario Mendoza

35 Manny Sanguillén

8 Willie Stargell

6 Rennie Stennett

10 Frank Taveras

Outfielders

46 Steve Brye

44 Cito Gaston

37 Alberto Lois

34 John Milner

18 Omar Moreno

39 Dave Parker

28 Bill Robinson

Other batters

12 Matt Alexander

49 Dave May

Manager

7 Chuck Tanner

Coaches

32 Joe Lonnett

42 Al Monchak

2 José Pagán

51 Larry Sherry

Player stats

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	Ed Ott	112	379	102	.269	9	38
1B	Willie Stargell	122	390	115	.295	28	97
2B	Rennie Stennett	106	333	81	.243	3	35
SS	Frank Taveras	157	654	182	.278	0	38
3B	Phil Garner	154	528	138	.261	10	66
LF	Bill Robinson	136	499	123	.246	14	80
CF	Omar Moreno	155	515	121	.235	2	33
RF	Dave Parker	148	581	194	.334	30	117

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
John Milner	108	295	80	.271	6	38
Manny Sanguillén	85	220	58	.264	3	16
Duffy Dyer	58	175	37	.211	0	13
Dale Berra	56	135	28	.207	6	14
Steve Brye	66	115	27	.235	1	9
Mario Mendoza	57	55	12	.218	1	3
Ken Macha	29	52	11	.212	0	5
Fernando González	9	21	4	.190	0	0
Jim Fregosi	20	20	4	.200	0	1
Doe Boyland	6	8	2	.250	0	1
Steve Nicosia	3	5	0	.000	0	1
Dave May	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Alberto Lois	3	4	1	.250	0	0
Cito Gaston	2	2	1	.500	0	0
Matt Alexander	7	0	0	---	0	0

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
Bert Blyleven	34	243.2	14	10	3.03	182
Don Robinson	35	228.1	14	6	3.47	135
John Candelaria	30	189	12	11	3.24	94
Jim Rooker	28	163.1	9	11	4.24	76

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
Jim Bibby	34	107	8	7	3.53	72
Bruce Kison	28	96	6	6	3.19	62
Jerry Reuss	23	82.2	3	2	4.90	42
Odell Jones	3	9	2	0	2.00	10

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
Kent Tekulve	91	8	7	31	2.33	77
Grant Jackson	60	7	5	5	3.26	45
Ed Whitson	43	5	6	4	3.28	64
Dave Hamilton	16	0	2	1	3.42	15
Will McEnaney	6	0	0	0	10.38	6
Clay Carroll	2	0	0	0	2.25	0

Awards and honors

Willie Stargell, Hutch Award[8]

All-Stars

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Willie Stargell, reserve

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Johnny Lipon
AA	Shreveport Captains	Texas League	Steve Demeter
A	Salem Pirates	Carolina League	Jim Mahoney
A	Charleston Patriots	Western Carolinas League	Bill Scripture
Rookie	GCL Pirates	Gulf Coast League	Woody Huyke

Notes

From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference
Carl Morton page at Baseball Reference
Manny Sanguillen page at Baseball Reference
Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference
Vance Law page at Baseball Reference
Cito Gaston page at Baseball Reference
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml

References

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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[1] From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.

[2] Bert Blyleven page at Baseball Reference

[3] Carl Morton page at Baseball Reference

[4] Manny Sanguillen page at Baseball Reference

[5] Jim Fregosi page at Baseball Reference

[6] Vance Law page at Baseball Reference

[7] Cito Gaston page at Baseball Reference

[8] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml