The 1978 Chicago Cubs season was the 107th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 103rd in the National League and the 63rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished third in the National League East with a record of 79–83.
Offseason October 13, 1977: Keith Drumright was traded by the Cubs to the Houston Astros for Al Javier.Keith Drumright at Baseball-Reference October 31, 1977: Bill Bonham was traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Woodie Fryman and Bill Caudill.Woodie Fryman at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1977: Dave Rosello was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Compton (minors) and Norm Churchill (minors).Dave Rosello at Baseball-Reference December 5, 1977: Jesús Figueroa was drafted by the Cubs from the New York Yankees in the 1977 rule 5 draft.Jesús Figueroa at Baseball-Reference
Regular season On June 14, 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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 6, 1978: Mike Diaz was drafted by the Cubs in the 30th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.Mike Diaz at Baseball-Reference 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. 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.Ken Holtzman at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Vail.Joe Wallis at Baseball-Reference June 26, 1978: Paul Reuschel was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Dennis DeBarr.Paul Reuschel at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1978 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 116 305 62 .203 3 36 1B Bill Buckner 117 446 144 .323 5 74 2B Manny Trillo 152 552 144 .261 4 55 3B 82 276 67 .243 1 22 SS 160 619 172 .278 3 35 LF Dave Kingman 119 395 105 .266 28 79 CF Greg Gross 124 347 92 .265 1 39 RF Bobby Murcer 146 499 140 .281 9 64
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 Larry Biittner 120 343 88 .257 4 50 Gene Clines 109 229 59 .258 0 17 78 227 64 .282 0 15 74 180 60 .333 4 33 59 136 37 .272 1 10 59 121 34 .281 2 18 Tim Blackwell 49 103 23 .223 0 7 Mick Kelleher 68 95 24 .253 0 6 30 76 18 .237 2 9 28 55 17 .309 1 6 Davey Johnson 24 49 15 .306 2 6 19 36 15 .417 0 2 Rudy Meoli 47 29 3 .103 0 2 17 25 5 .200 0 3 4 5 1 .200 0 0 Mike Sember 9 3 1 .333 0 0 Karl Pagel 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Pitching
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 35 242.2 14 15 3.41 115 37 223.2 7 15 3.30 73 40 198.2 7 13 4.76 94 27 138.0 9 3 3.91 81
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 35 142.1 6 8 5.25 54 13 55.2 2 4 5.17 28 23 53.0 0 3 6.11 36
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 Bruce Sutter 64 8 10 27 3.19 106 71 9 7 4 4.11 50 54 8 2 3 3.77 38 49 5 3 0 3.04 60 18 1 0 0 4.24 15 16 2 0 0 5.14 13 Manny Seoane 7 1 0 0 5.40 5
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva
Notes
References
1978 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference