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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Bernard, Dwight 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Boisclair, Bruce 85 168 19 41 6 1 3 14 19 2 30 5 1 0 3 3 .244 58 .345 .313 Bruhert, Mike 18 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .091 2 .091 .091 Cornejo, Mardie 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Espinosa, Nino 23 52 5 10 3 0 0 4 1 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 .192 13 .250 .208 Ferrer, Sergio 18 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Flynn, Doug 116 401 24 95 9 3 0 25 22 7 39 2 5 1 2 3 .237 110 .274 .277 Foli, Tim 86 331 31 85 19 1 0 19 12 1 24 2 9 1 2 4 .257 106 .320 .283 Grieve, Tom 41 82 4 18 3 0 2 8 6 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 .220 27 .329 .273 Hausman, Tom 6 7 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .286 3 .429 .375 Henderson, Ken 7 22 2 5 2 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 10 .455 .346 Henderson, Steve 115 435 67 119 22 6 9 52 45 3 84 5 0 1 8 7 .274 180 .414 .340 Hodges, Ron 35 77 3 20 2 1 0 6 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .260 24 .312 .330 Kobel, Kevin 18 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .154 2 .154 .214 Koosman, Jerry 26 55 1 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 .109 9 .164 .109 Kranepool, Ed 52 63 6 14 1 0 2 14 7 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 .222 21 .333 .301 Lockwood, Skip 50 10 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .200 6 .600 .200 Maddox, Elliott 86 276 31 72 13 2 2 29 55 1 30 3 1 1 2 9 .261 95 .344 .382 Mazzilli, Lee 111 409 56 110 21 4 12 46 58 6 66 4 2 0 12 10 .269 175 .428 .357 Metzger, Butch 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 115 439 53 115 23 0 15 74 46 15 71 8 0 1 6 2 .262 183 .417 .328 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Murray, Dale 35 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Myrick, Bob 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Randle, Lenny 98 341 44 77 16 7 1 25 56 6 48 4 2 1 10 8 .226 110 .323 .333 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 104 344 54 93 18 0 13 56 55 0 38 3 2 4 18 5 .270 150 .436 .374 Swan, Craig 22 47 2 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 6 0 0 0 .170 8 .170 .204 Valentine, Bobby 52 108 11 28 4 0 1 14 15 1 15 1 2 0 0 1 .259 35 .324 .347 Youngblood, Joel 76 157 25 43 9 5 5 23 7 1 21 2 1 0 1 0 .274 77 .490 .301 Zachry, Pat 21 43 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 0 5 0 0 0 .070 3 .070 .149

Pitching Statistics as of August 12, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bernard, Dwight 12 18.1 0 1 .000 14 6 5 12 13 1 0 0 0 2.45 Bruhert, Mike 18 81.1 2 5 .286 110 55 44 36 17 13 0 0 0 4.87 Cornejo, Mardie 18 24 3 2 .600 23 11 10 12 11 0 0 0 2 3.75 Espinosa, Nino 23 149.2 9 10 .474 164 79 73 56 55 23 5 1 0 4.39 Hausman, Tom 6 24.1 2 2 .500 36 21 20 4 5 6 0 0 0 7.40 Kobel, Kevin 18 60.2 2 3 .400 49 21 16 27 19 6 0 0 0 2.37 Koosman, Jerry 26 173 3 13 .188 164 83 77 104 60 25 3 0 0 4.01 Lockwood, Skip 50 84.1 7 9 .438 70 31 31 66 27 0 0 0 13 3.31 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 35 58.2 4 4 .500 54 29 28 21 24 0 0 0 2 4.30 Myrick, Bob 17 24.2 0 3 .000 18 10 9 13 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 Siebert, Paul 23 23.2 0 2 .000 26 14 14 10 17 0 0 0 1 5.32 Swan, Craig 22 151 5 5 .500 125 44 42 94 44 21 4 1 0 2.50 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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