1978 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in NL West Division Division
Runs Scored: 793
Runs Allowed: 586
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium
Attendance: 3,362,072
Manager: Jason Ortlepp

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 3-4 to Philadelphia Phillies
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
DH  George Foster 29 162 606 116 172 44 4 38 137 5 11 80 90 .284 .368 .558 .926 114.5 29.1 4.8
1B *Rod Carew 32 157 629 116 203 40 7 17 91 39 17 54 28 .323 .377 .490 .867 107.6 27.4 0.6
DH *Bernie Carbo 30 161 574 103 155 23 3 22 95 22 15 115 98 .270 .391 .436 .826 99.4 27.5 4.1
RF *Ken Griffey 28 160 602 99 165 38 4 11 91 50 20 81 70 .274 .360 .405 .765 92.2 24.7 6.8
C #Butch Wynegar 22 146 539 96 135 24 1 9 63 3 3 69 45 .250 .339 .349 .688 62.9 9.4 5.5
3B  Ron Cey 30 160 537 62 113 20 0 21 62 5 5 68 96 .210 .298 .365 .663 60.0 9.2 4.8
3B  Dave Chalk 27 160 495 42 118 15 2 1 50 7 10 38 42 .238 .300 .283 .583 40.8 2.6 8.4
2B  Fred Stanley 30 123 374 36 97 12 1 3 31 0 1 32 63 .259 .318 .321 .639 36.3 3.9 8.9
DH #Bob Stinson 32 130 323 35 83 15 0 7 41 0 3 38 44 .257 .346 .368 .714 43.5 7.6 3.0
P  Tom Seaver 33 37 99 7 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 41 .141 .150 .162 .312 0.7 0.0 0.0
LF *Cesar Geronimo 30 100 109 24 27 7 2 2 16 8 1 10 22 .248 .308 .404 .712 14.2 1.3 0.5
LF *Champ Summers 32 76 100 8 24 2 1 1 12 0 3 12 20 .240 .319 .310 .629 10.1 1.7 0.7
2B #Julio Cruz 23 28 93 11 18 1 2 0 7 4 2 10 10 .194 .272 .247 .519 6.3 0.2 1.6
P  Rawly Eastwick 27 35 89 12 21 2 1 1 5 0 1 1 32 .236 .244 .315 .559 6.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Rick Auerbach 28 94 81 6 15 1 0 0 7 1 2 6 12 .185 .236 .198 .433 3.3 0.0 2.2
P  Paul Moskau 24 33 67 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 26 .090 .103 .090 .192 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P #Fred Norman 35 35 59 6 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 23 .203 .217 .220 .437 2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Brett 29 18 46 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 .130 .130 .152 .283 -0.6 0.0 0.0
3B *Mike Cubbage 27 37 44 9 17 1 1 2 14 0 0 5 4 .386 .449 .591 1.040 10.0 3.4 0.1
P *Doug Capilla 26 33 27 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 10 .074 .071 .111 .183 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Jeff Holly 25 35 10 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 1.5 0.1 0.0
LF  Ed Armbrister 29 13 11 5 5 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 .455 .455 .909 1.364 3.2 1.1 0.0
P  Tom Johnson 27 31 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Manny Sarmiento 22 60 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Pedro Borbon 31 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Caldwell 29 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Billingham 35 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Hume 25 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2150 5529 801 1414 251 31 135 740 146 95 623 802 .256 .332 .386 .718 711.6 149.6 52.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 1 4 4 9 3 1 2 12 1 9 4 1 3 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tom Seaver 33 20 9 .690 37 37 0 295.7 242 93 25 82 201 2.83 17.8
 Rawly Eastwick 27 15 10 .600 35 35 0 262.0 225 71 22 49 118 2.44 18.5
*Ken Brett 29 13 14 .481 36 36 0 259.7 270 126 38 75 129 4.37 5.2
 Paul Moskau 24 11 13 .458 33 31 0 211.3 217 78 17 76 108 3.32 7.5
*Fred Norman 35 12 5 .706 35 27 0 176.0 153 58 17 65 107 2.97 11.4
*Doug Capilla 26 7 3 .700 33 11 2 93.3 85 33 3 48 62 3.18 5.0
 Manny Sarmiento 22 8 5 .615 60 0 36 57.7 37 14 4 21 26 2.19 11.4
*Jeff Holly 25 5 2 .714 35 3 0 57.7 52 24 5 15 32 3.75 2.7
 Pedro Borbon 31 3 5 .375 48 0 0 53.0 53 13 4 15 25 2.21 3.8
 Tom Johnson 27 2 4 .333 40 0 3 46.3 68 34 3 23 18 6.60 0.0
 Tom Hume 25 0 2 .000 43 0 2 42.7 35 14 3 16 27 2.95 3.0
*Mike Caldwell 29 6 2 .750 27 0 0 28.3 26 10 0 8 10 3.18 2.8
 Steve Burke 23 1 2 .333 28 0 8 25.3 24 11 2 7 6 3.91 2.5
 Jack Billingham 35 0 0 .000 8 0 0 13.0 12 4 1 4 4 2.77 0.8
Team Totals 27.9 103 76 .575 498 180 51 1622.0 1499 583 144 504 873 3.23 92.4
Rank among 12 NL teams 1 5 2 2 1 10 11 7 6 3 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 36.6
B.Wynegar 1288.0 144 145 714 64 10 2 .987 30.2
B.Stinson 738.3 83 90 290 39 1 4 .997 47.9
C.Summers 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 2028.0 227 236 1004 103 11 6 .990 35.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.84
R.Carew 1355.7 151 154 1591 158 16 147 .991 11.61
Team Total 1355.7 151 154 1591 158 16 147 .991 11.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.89
F.Stanley 996.7 121 122 242 415 4 79 .994 5.93
J.Cruz 196.0 23 24 36 86 2 13 .984 5.60
R.Auerbach 140.0 5 58 36 70 1 12 .991 6.81
R.Carew 13.0 1 3 3 5 0 1 1.000 5.54
D.Chalk 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Geronimo 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1348.7 150 209 319 578 7 105 .992 5.99
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 3.22
R.Cey 1316.3 156 156 73 366 23 25 .950 3.00
C.Summers 168.3 14 36 10 40 1 3 .980 2.67
M.Cubbage 23.0 0 8 1 4 2 0 .714 1.96
Team Total 1507.7 170 200 84 410 26 28 .950 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 5.08
D.Chalk 1294.0 154 158 193 510 26 94 .964 4.89
R.Auerbach 105.0 8 24 17 33 3 9 .943 4.29
M.Cubbage 19.0 0 11 4 6 0 2 1.000 4.74
C.Geronimo 11.0 0 8 1 7 1 1 .889 6.55
B.Stinson 8.0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63
C.Summers 2.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
F.Stanley 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1441.3 162 207 217 561 30 108 .963 4.86
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.00
B.Carbo 1400.3 157 160 308 8 21 0 .938 2.03
C.Geronimo 33.0 3 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
E.Armbrister 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
K.Griffey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Summers 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.3 161 172 319 8 21 0 .940 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.56
K.Griffey 1372.3 153 160 418 7 4 2 .991 2.79
C.Geronimo 53.0 6 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.70
C.Summers 6.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Foster 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Carbo 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.3 159 172 432 8 4 2 .991 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.98
G.Foster 1406.3 160 161 314 7 1 1 .997 2.05
C.Geronimo 20.0 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Summers 11.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
B.Stinson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Armbrister 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.3 160 175 320 7 1 1 .997 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.10
T.Seaver 295.7 37 37 20 48 4 4 .944 2.07
R.Eastwick 262.0 35 35 17 32 2 0 .961 1.68
K.Brett 259.7 36 36 10 23 2 2 .943 1.14
P.Moskau 211.3 31 33 21 44 1 3 .985 2.77
F.Norman 176.0 27 35 9 17 1 1 .963 1.33
D.Capilla 93.3 11 33 8 14 3 1 .880 2.12
M.Sarmiento 57.7 0 60 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.19
J.Holly 57.7 3 35 4 10 1 4 .933 2.19
P.Borbon 53.0 0 48 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.02
T.Johnson 46.3 0 40 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.33
T.Hume 42.7 0 43 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.32
M.Caldwell 28.3 0 27 3 9 0 1 1.000 3.81
S.Burke 25.3 0 28 2 6 1 0 .889 2.84
J.Billingham 13.0 0 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1622.0 180 498 112 232 15 17 .958 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .323
On-Base Pct Carbo .391
Slugging Pct Foster .558
OPS Foster .926
XR Foster 114.5
Games Foster 162
At-Bats Carew 629
Runs Carew, Foster 116
Hits Carew 203
Total Bases Foster 338
Singles Carew 139
Doubles Foster 44
Triples Carew 7
Homeruns Foster 38
RBIs Foster 137
Stolen Bases Griffey 50
Caught Stealing Griffey 20
Walks Carbo 115
Strikeouts Carbo 98
ERA Eastwick 2.44
Wins Seaver 20
Losses Brett 14
Winning Pct Norman .706
Saves Sarmiento 36
Games Pitched Sarmiento 60
Games Started Seaver 37
Complete Games Eastwick, Seaver 11
Shutouts Brett 4
Innings Pitched Seaver 295.7
Hits Allowed Brett 270
Homeruns Allowed Brett 38
Strikeouts Seaver 201
Walks Allowed Seaver 82
Walks per 9IP Eastwick 1.7
Hits per 9IP Seaver 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Seaver 6.1
WHiP Eastwick 1.05
OAVG Seaver .221
OOBP Eastwick .269
OSLG Seaver .339
OOPS Seaver .616
Team All-Stars
Rod Carew
George Foster
Paul Moskau
Manny Sarmiento
Player Salaries
Tom Seaver $ 12,500,000
George Foster $ 10,260,000
Fred Norman $ 6,160,000
Pedro Borbon $ 4,800,000
Bernie Carbo $ 4,000,000
Rod Carew $ 4,000,000
Ken Griffey $ 3,500,000
Ken Brett $ 2,855,000
Mike Caldwell $ 2,280,000
Ron Cey $ 2,280,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 2,100,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 2,050,000
Doug Capilla $ 1,537,500
Dave Chalk $ 1,500,000
Cesar Geronimo $ 1,485,000
Bob Stinson $ 1,485,000
Jack Billingham $ 1,370,000
Tom Johnson $ 1,283,750
Paul Moskau $ 1,283,750
Billy North $ 1,000,000
Fred Stanley $ 795,000
Gary Nolan $ 795,000
Mike Cubbage $ 412,000
Butch Wynegar $ 412,000
Tom Hume $ 300,000
Julio Cruz $ 300,000
Ed Armbrister $ 300,000
Steve Burke $ 300,000
Champ Summers $ 300,000
Jeff Holly $ 300,000
Rick Auerbach $ 221,000
Bob Bailey $ 189,600
 
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