How many home runs did Rico Carty have in 1978?
311978 Regular Season
Rico Carty recorded 31 home runs in the 1978 regular season, 8th in the MLB.
- Rico Carty's best regular season for home runs in 15 seasons on file.
- Up 16 from 15 in 1977.
Best of 15 regular seasons, 1963 through 1979. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1963 |  ATL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1964 | ATL | 133 | 455 | 72 | 150 | 22 | 88 | 1 | .330 | .388 | .554 | .942 |
| 1965 | ATL | 83 | 271 | 37 | 84 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .310 | .355 | .494 | .849 |
| 1966 | ATL | 151 | 521 | 73 | 170 | 15 | 76 | 4 | .326 | .391 | .468 | .859 |
| 1967 | ATL | 134 | 444 | 41 | 113 | 15 | 64 | 4 | .255 | .329 | .401 | .730 |
| 1969 | ATL | 104 | 304 | 47 | 104 | 16 | 58 | 0 | .342 | .401 | .549 | .951 |
| 1970 | ATL | 136 | 478 | 84 | 175 | 25 | 101 | 1 | .366 | .454 | .584 | 1.037 |
| 1972 | ATL | 86 | 271 | 31 | 75 | 6 | 29 | 0 | .277 | .378 | .402 | .780 |
| 1973 |  ATH/TEX/CHC | 115 | 384 | 29 | 88 | 5 | 42 | 2 | .229 | .307 | .302 | .609 |
| 1974 |  CLE | 33 | 91 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .363 | .396 | .451 | .846 |
| 1975 | CLE | 118 | 383 | 57 | 118 | 18 | 64 | 2 | .308 | .378 | .504 | .882 |
| 1976 | CLE | 152 | 552 | 67 | 171 | 13 | 83 | 1 | .310 | .379 | .442 | .821 |
| 1977 | CLE | 127 | 461 | 50 | 129 | 15 | 80 | 1 | .280 | .355 | .432 | .787 |
| 1978 |  ATH/TOR | 145 | 528 | 70 | 149 | 31 | 99 | 1 | .282 | .348 | .502 | .850 |
| 1979 | TOR | 132 | 461 | 48 | 118 | 12 | 55 | 3 | .256 | .322 | .390 | .713 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS