1978 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 95–67 (.586), 1st place in National League West
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1978 Bill Russell 155 637 72 179 32 4 3 46 30 34 10 6 .281 .314 .358 .672
1978 Bill North 110 309 54 71 10 0 0 10 65 48 27 8 .230 .366 .262 .628
1978 Bob Welch 23 35 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 .143 .143 .171 .314
1978 Bobby Castillo 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Brad Gulden 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Burt Hooton 32 85 4 10 1 0 0 2 7 15 0 0 .118 .185 .129 .314
1978 Charlie Hough 55 12 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .417 .750
1978 Davey Lopes 151 593 93 163 25 4 17 58 71 70 45 4 .275 .352 .417 .768
1978 Don Sutton 34 86 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 22 0 0 .070 .111 .070 .181
1978 Doug Rau 30 76 3 9 1 0 0 5 2 13 0 0 .118 .141 .132 .273
1978 Dusty Baker 149 526 62 137 24 1 11 66 47 66 12 3 .260 .323 .373 .696
1978 Enzo Hernandez 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Glenn Burke 16 19 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 .211 .211 .211 .421
1978 Jerry Grote 41 71 5 19 5 0 0 9 10 5 0 0 .268 .349 .338 .687
1978 Joe Ferguson 67 199 20 47 11 0 7 28 34 41 1 2 .236 .349 .397 .746
1978 Joe Simpson 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1978 Johnny Oates 40 75 5 23 1 0 0 6 5 3 0 1 .307 .350 .320 .670
1978 Lance Rautzhan 43 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Lee Lacy 103 246 29 64 16 4 13 40 27 30 7 4 .260 .333 .516 .850
1978 Manny Mota 37 34 2 10 1 0 0 6 3 4 0 0 .294 .351 .324 .675
1978 Myron White 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800
1978 Pedro Guerrero 5 8 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .625 .625 .875 1.500
1978 Reggie Smith 128 447 82 132 27 2 29 93 70 90 12 5 .295 .382 .559 .942
1978 Rick Rhoden 30 58 5 7 1 0 0 4 3 14 0 0 .121 .161 .138 .299
1978 Rick Monday 119 345 54 87 14 1 19 57 49 100 2 4 .252 .345 .464 .809
1978 Ron Cey 159 557 84 150 32 0 23 84 96 96 2 5 .269 .379 .451 .830
1978 Rudy Law 11 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 .250 .308 .250 .558
1978 Steve Yeager 94 228 19 44 7 0 4 23 36 41 0 0 .193 .301 .276 .577
1978 Steve Garvey 162 640 89 202 36 9 21 113 40 70 10 5 .316 .353 .498 .851
1978 Ted Martinez 54 56 13 14 1 0 1 5 4 14 3 2 .250 .311 .321 .633
1978 Terry Forster 47 9 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
1978 Tommy John 33 78 2 8 2 0 0 6 3 13 0 0 .103 .136 .128 .264
1978 Vic Davalillo 75 77 15 24 1 1 1 11 3 7 2 1 .312 .333 .390 .723
– – 162 5,548 727 1,435 251 27 149 686 610 818 137 52 .259 .332 .394 .726

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1978 Bob Welch 23 111.1 7 4 3 0 0 92 28 25 26 1 66 13 0 4 3 2.02 1.06
1978 Bobby Castillo 18 34.0 0 4 1 0 0 28 19 15 33 0 30 0 0 0 0 3.97 1.79
1978 Burt Hooton 32 236.0 19 10 0 0 0 196 74 71 61 0 104 32 0 10 3 2.71 1.09
1978 Charlie Hough 55 93.1 5 5 7 0 0 69 38 34 48 5 66 0 0 0 0 3.28 1.25
1978 Dave Stewart 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
1978 Dennis Lewallyn 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1978 Don Sutton 34 238.1 15 11 0 0 0 228 109 94 54 5 154 34 0 12 2 3.55 1.18
1978 Doug Rau 30 199.0 15 9 0 0 0 219 82 72 68 2 95 30 0 7 2 3.26 1.44
1978 Gerry Hannahs 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.50
1978 Lance Rautzhan 43 61.1 2 1 4 0 0 61 22 20 19 1 25 0 0 0 0 2.93 1.30
1978 Mike Garman 10 16.1 0 1 0 0 0 15 8 8 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 4.41 1.10
1978 Rick Sutcliffe 2 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1978 Rick Rhoden 30 164.2 10 8 0 0 0 160 77 67 51 3 79 23 0 6 3 3.66 1.28
1978 Terry Forster 47 65.1 5 4 22 0 0 56 19 14 23 0 46 0 0 0 0 1.93 1.21
1978 Tommy John 33 213.0 17 10 1 0 0 230 95 78 53 5 124 30 0 7 0 3.30 1.33
– – 162 1,440.1 95 67 38 0 0 1,362 573 500 440 23 800 162 0 46 13 3.12 1.25

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1978 Bob Welch P 23 6 12 1 19 0 .947 0.78
1978 Bobby Castillo P 18 1 6 1 8 0 .875 0.39
1978 Burt Hooton P 32 12 33 1 46 4 .978 1.41
1978 Charlie Hough P 55 5 11 0 16 2 1.000 0.29
1978 Dave Stewart P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Dennis Lewallyn P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Don Sutton P 34 13 23 0 36 2 1.000 1.06
1978 Doug Rau P 30 3 24 1 28 2 .964 0.90
1978 Gerry Hannahs P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Lance Rautzhan P 43 9 15 1 25 1 .960 0.56
1978 Mike Garman P 10 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.20
1978 Rick Sutcliffe P 2 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.50
1978 Rick Rhoden P 30 5 23 0 28 0 1.000 0.93
1978 Terry Forster P 47 2 10 2 14 0 .857 0.26
1978 Tommy John P 33 8 45 3 56 1 .946 1.61
1978 Brad Gulden C 3 8 1 0 9 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 3.00
1978 Jerry Grote C 32 123 12 2 137 0 19 2 9.5% .985 4.22
1978 Joe Ferguson C 62 284 23 5 312 2 33 13 28.3% .984 4.95
1978 Johnny Oates C 24 77 10 4 91 1 13 6 31.6% .956 3.62
1978 Steve Yeager C 91 373 55 5 433 3 40 35 46.7% .988 4.70
1978 Pedro Guerrero 1B 4 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 6.50
1978 Rick Monday 1B 1 8 0 0 8 1 1.000 8.00
1978 Steve Garvey 1B 161 1,546 74 9 1,629 121 .994 10.06
1978 Vic Davalillo 1B 1 4 1 0 5 1 1.000 5.00
1978 Davey Lopes 2B 147 337 424 20 781 88 .974 5.18
1978 Lee Lacy 2B 24 46 45 6 97 5 .938 3.79
1978 Ted Martinez 2B 10 12 10 0 22 3 1.000 2.20
1978 Jerry Grote 3B 7 2 9 1 12 0 .917 1.57
1978 Lee Lacy 3B 9 2 17 1 20 1 .950 2.11
1978 Ron Cey 3B 158 116 336 16 468 26 .966 2.86
1978 Ted Martinez 3B 16 6 10 0 16 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Bill Russell SS 155 245 533 31 809 91 .962 5.02
1978 Enzo Hernandez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Lee Lacy SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Ted Martinez SS 17 21 31 5 57 4 .912 3.06
1978 Bill North LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Dusty Baker LF 145 253 13 4 270 1 .985 1.83
1978 Glenn Burke LF 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Joe Ferguson LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1978 Joe Simpson LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1978 Lee Lacy LF 18 24 0 1 25 0 .960 1.33
1978 Myron White LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Rick Monday LF 11 9 1 0 10 0 1.000 0.91
1978 Rudy Law LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1978 Vic Davalillo LF 16 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 0.44
1978 Bill North CF 102 227 2 6 235 1 .974 2.25
1978 Davey Lopes CF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1978 Glenn Burke CF 11 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 0.82
1978 Joe Simpson CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Reggie Smith CF 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 2.50
1978 Rick Monday CF 79 154 2 1 157 0 .994 1.97
1978 Rudy Law CF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1978 Vic Davalillo CF 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1978 Joe Ferguson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Joe Simpson RF 6 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.17
1978 Lee Lacy RF 27 46 2 1 49 1 .980 1.78
1978 Myron White RF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1978 Reggie Smith RF 126 218 8 12 238 4 .950 1.79
1978 Rick Monday RF 31 40 0 0 40 0 1.000 1.29
1978 Vic Davalillo RF 7 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.14
– – 162 4,321 1,824 140 6,285 368 105 56 34.8% .978 37.93

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1978 Bill Russell 10 43 2 18 3 0 0 4 3 3 1 2 .419 .457 .488 .945
1978 Bill North 8 16 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 .062 .118 .125 .243
1978 Bob Welch 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Burt Hooton 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Charlie Hough 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Davey Lopes 10 44 10 15 1 1 5 12 2 2 3 0 .341 .370 .750 1.120
1978 Don Sutton 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Doug Rau 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Dusty Baker 10 36 3 12 2 0 1 2 4 3 0 0 .333 .400 .472 .872
1978 Jerry Grote 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Joe Ferguson 4 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1978 Johnny Oates 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1978 Lance Rautzhan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Lee Lacy 6 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .125 .176 .125 .301
1978 Manny Mota 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
1978 Reggie Smith 10 41 5 8 1 0 1 6 2 8 0 1 .195 .250 .293 .543
1978 Rick Rhoden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Rick Monday 8 23 4 4 1 1 0 0 5 8 0 1 .174 .321 .304 .626
1978 Ron Cey 10 37 6 11 1 0 2 7 5 7 0 0 .297 .381 .486 .867
1978 Steve Yeager 9 26 4 6 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 0 .231 .310 .385 .695
1978 Steve Garvey 10 42 7 12 2 1 4 7 1 8 1 1 .286 .302 .667 .969
1978 Terry Forster 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Tommy John 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Vic Davalillo 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
– – 10 349 44 94 16 3 14 43 29 53 7 5 .269 .327 .453 .780

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1978 Bob Welch 4 8.2 1 1 1 0 0 6 4 4 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 4.15 0.92
1978 Burt Hooton 3 13.0 1 1 0 0 0 23 11 10 3 1 11 3 0 0 0 6.92 2.00
1978 Charlie Hough 3 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 6 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 7.36 1.77
1978 Don Sutton 3 17.2 0 3 0 0 0 24 17 14 6 0 8 3 0 0 0 7.13 1.70
1978 Doug Rau 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 2.57 1.14
1978 Lance Rautzhan 3 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.80 2.70
1978 Rick Rhoden 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 0.75
1978 Terry Forster 4 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40
1978 Tommy John 3 23.2 2 0 0 0 0 18 8 5 6 0 10 3 0 1 1 1.90 1.01
– – 14 89.2 5 5 1 0 0 103 53 46 25 2 61 10 0 1 1 4.62 1.43

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1978 Bob Welch P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Burt Hooton P 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1978 Charlie Hough P 3 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Don Sutton P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1978 Doug Rau P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Lance Rautzhan P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1978 Rick Rhoden P 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1978 Terry Forster P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Tommy John P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1978 Jerry Grote C 3 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 1.67
1978 Joe Ferguson C 2 11 0 1 12 0 0 0 0.0% .917 5.50
1978 Johnny Oates C 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
1978 Steve Yeager C 9 44 4 0 48 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 5.33
1978 Steve Garvey 1B 10 102 8 1 111 8 .991 11.00
1978 Davey Lopes 2B 10 21 31 3 55 8 .945 5.20
1978 Ron Cey 3B 10 4 25 0 29 2 1.000 2.90
1978 Bill Russell SS 10 14 34 3 51 6 .941 4.80
1978 Dusty Baker LF 10 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 1.70
1978 Bill North CF 8 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 2.00
1978 Rick Monday CF 7 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 1.29
1978 Reggie Smith RF 10 16 1 2 19 0 .895 1.70
1978 Rick Monday RF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
– – 10 269 116 10 395 24 0 0 .975 38.50

Awards

Player Award Stats
Tommy John All-Star (P) 17–10, 1 Sv, 124 SO, 3.30 ERA
Steve Garvey All-Star (1B) .316–21–113, 10 SB
Davey Lopes All-Star (2B) .275–17–58, 45 SB
Ron Cey All-Star (3B) .269–23–84, 2 SB
Reggie Smith All-Star (CF) .295–29–93, 12 SB
Rick Monday All-Star (RF) .252–19–57, 2 SB
Davey Lopes Gold Glove (2B) .974 FPct, 5.18 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers

Who had the most hits on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Steve Garvey led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 202 hits in 162 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Steve Garvey led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .316 batting average in 162 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Reggie Smith led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 29 home runs in 128 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Reggie Smith led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .382 on-base percentage (OBP) in 128 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Reggie Smith led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with a .559 slugging percentage in 128 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Davey Lopes led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 45 stolen bases in 151 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Burt Hooton had a 2.71 earned-run average (ERA) in 32 games, the lowest on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Burt Hooton had a 1.09 WHIP in 32 games, the lowest on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Don Sutton led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 154 strikeouts in 34 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Burt Hooton led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 19 wins in 32 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers?

Terry Forster led the 1978 Los Angeles Dodgers with 22 saves in 47 games.