1979 Philadelphia Phillies roster

35 players appeared for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Phillies roster: batting

1979 Philadelphia Phillies batting
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.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Pete Rose1B1636289020845920.331.418.848
Bake McBrideDH15158282163126025.280.328.739
Garry MaddoxCF14854870154136126.281.304.729
Mike Schmidt3B160541109137451149.253.386.950
Larry BowaSS1475397413003120.241.316.630
Greg LuzinskiDH1374524711418813.252.343.770
Manny Trillo2B118431401126424.260.296.654
Bob BooneC119398381149581.286.367.789
Greg GrossRF11117421580155.333.422.825
Del Unser1B9514126426292.298.354.837
Tim McCarver1B7913713331122.241.333.647
Mike Anderson—79781218121.231.341.661
Rudy Meoli—3073213062.178.268.529
Bud HarrelsonSS5371720073.282.395.762
Ramon Aviles2B27617170120.279.371.683
Dave RaderC3154311150.204.283.598
Keith Moreland1B1448318080.375.412.933
Lonnie SmithDH173045032.167.194.427
John PoffDH121922010.105.150.308
John Vukovich3B101503010.200.200.467
Pete Mackanin2B13921120.111.200.644

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1979 Phillies roster: pitching

1979 Philadelphia Phillies pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Steve CarltonSP353518113.62251.02131.160
Randy LerchRP373510133.74214.0921.350
Nino EspinosaSP333314123.65212.0881.300
Dick RuthvenRP2020754.27122.1581.290
Larry ChristensonSP19175104.50106.0531.400
Ron ReedRP6101384.15102.0581.395
Dickie NolesRP1414343.8090.0421.310
Tug McGrawRP651435.1683.2571.3416
Rawly EastwickRP510364.9082.2471.396
Kevin SaucierRP292144.1962.1211.621
Doug BirdRP321205.1661.0331.460
Dan LarsonSP33114.2619.091.370
Warren BrusstarRP130106.9114.131.881
Jim LonborgP410111.057.172.450

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.