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1978 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (since 1876)
1978 information
Owner(s)	William Wrigley III
General manager(s)	Bob Kennedy
Manager(s)	Herman Franks
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau)
Local radio	WGN (Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

October 13, 1977: Keith Drumright was traded by the Cubs to the Houston Astros for Al Javier.^[1]
October 31, 1977: Bill Bonham was traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Woodie Fryman and Bill Caudill.^[2]
December 5, 1977: Dave Rosello was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Compton (minors) and Norm Churchill (minors).^[3]
December 5, 1977: Jesús Figueroa was drafted by the Cubs from the New York Yankees in the 1977 rule 5 draft.^[4]

Regular season

June 14, 1978: 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
Philadelphia Phillies	90	72	.556	--
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	73	.547	1.5
Chicago Cubs	79	83	.488	11
Montreal Expos	76	86	.469	14
St. Louis Cardinals	69	93	.426	21
New York Mets	66	96	.407	24

Notable transactions

June 6, 1978: Mike Diaz was drafted by the Cubs in the 30th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[5]
June 9, 1978: Woodie Fryman was traded by the Cubs to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Jerry White to the Cubs on June 23.^[2]
June 10, 1978: The Cubs traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Ken Holtzman. The Cubs completed the trade by sending Ron Davis to the Yankees on June 12.^[6]
June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Vail.^[7]
June 26, 1978: Paul Reuschel was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Dennis DeBarr.^[8]

Roster

1978 Chicago Cubs roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

9 Tim Blackwell
6 Larry Cox
23 Mike Gordon
8 Dave Rader

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

45 Karl Pagel

Manager

3 Herman Franks

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	Rader, DaveDave Rader	116	305	62	.203	3	36
3B	Ontiveros, SteveSteve Ontiveros	82	276	67	.243	1	22
SS	DeJesús, IvánIván DeJesús	160	619	172	.278	3	35

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
Vail, MikeMike Vail	74	180	60	.333	4	33
White, JerryJerry White	59	136	37	.272	1	10
Cruz, HéctorHéctor Cruz	30	76	18	.237	2	9
Wallis, JoeJoe Wallis	28	55	17	.309	1	6
Thompson, ScotScot Thompson	19	36	15	.417	0	2
Putman, EdEd Putman	17	25	5	.200	0	3
Gordon, MikeMike Gordon	4	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lamp, DennisDennis Lamp	37	223.2	7	15	3.30	73
Burris, RayRay Burris	40	198.2	7	13	4.76	94
Krukow, MikeMike Krukow	27	138	9	3	3.91	81

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roberts, DaveDave Roberts	35	142.1	6	8	5.25	54
Holtzman, KenKen Holtzman	23	53	0	3	6.11	36
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman	13	55.2	2	4	5.17	28

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Moore, DonnieDonnie Moore	71	9	7	4	4.11	50
Hernández, WillieWillie Hernández	54	8	2	3	3.77	38
McGlothen, LynnLynn McGlothen	49	5	3	0	3.04	60
Geisel, DaveDave Geisel	18	1	0	0	4.24	15
Reuschel, PaulPaul Reuschel	16	2	0	0	5.14	13

Farm system

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
Short-Season A	Geneva Cubs	New York-Penn League	Bob Hartsfield
Rookie	GCL Cubs	Gulf Coast League	Randy Hundley

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0963718983.
1978 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

1978 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto

AL West	California • Chicago • Kansas City • Minnesota • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Chicago • Montreal • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta • Cincinnati • Houston • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

1978 Major League Baseball Draft • 1978 All-Star Game • 1978 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans • Based in Chicago, Illinois

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Players • Managers • Broadcasters• Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks

23rd Street Grounds • Lakefront Park • West Side Park I • South Side Park • West Side Park II • Tokyo Dome (two games in 2000) • Wrigley Field
Spring Training: Plant Field • Blair Field • HoHoKam Park

Lore

Babe Ruth's called shot • The Inning • Gatorade Glove Play • Homer in the Gloamin' • The Sandberg Game • Fall of '69 • Home Run Chase • Brock for Broglio • Merkle's Boner • June Swoon • Worst to First • Monday Saves the Flag • College of Coaches • Playoff futilities • Sandy Koufax's perfect game • Ken Hubbs incident • Billy Jurges incident

Culture

Steve Bartman • Curse of the Billy Goat • Ex-Cubs Factor • Tinker to Evers to Chance • Rookie of the Year • This Old Cub • Ronnie Woo Woo • Grant DePorter • Wrigley Rooftops • Wrigleyville • Wayne Messmer • Yosh Kawano • Mike Royko • Holy Cow! • Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company • Old Style Beer • Hey Hey Holy Mackerel • Bill Holden • Bleacher Bums • The Heckler • Arne Harris • Voice of Chicago • Billy Sianis • "Go, Cubs, Go" • The Natural • Pat and Ron Show • "All the Way" • Cubs Win Flag • Brant Brown • JDRF • Addison Red Line Station • Sheridan Red Line Station • Taking Care of Business • Billy Goat Tavern • Heel Click • Winter Classic • Clark Street • Radio Network • "Let's Play Two!" • Mr. Cub • A League of Their Own • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • Wrigley Field North • I.O. • The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness • Pat Pieper

Rivalries

St. Louis Cardinals • Milwaukee Brewers • Chicago White Sox

Important Figures

William Wrigley, Jr. • Joe Tinker • Johnny Evers • Grover Cleveland Alexander • Mordecai Brown • Cap Anson • Frank Chance • Gabby Hartnett • Hack Wilson • Billy Herman • Stan Hack • Ron Santo • Ernie Banks • Ferguson Jenkins • Ken Holtzman • Bill Buckner • Ryne Sandberg • Billy Williams • Sammy Sosa • Harry Caray • Jack Brickhouse • Mark Grace • Greg Maddux • Andre Dawson • Kerry Wood • Carlos Zambrano • Derrek Lee • Pat Hughes • Aramis Ramirez • Kosuke Fukudome

Retired Numbers

10 • 14 • 23 • 26 • 31 • 31 • 42

Key Personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts • General Manager: Jim Hendry • Manager: Lou Piniella

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Championships (2)

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Championships (16)

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Division
Championships

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Minor League
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