1978 Chicago Cubs season

{{Infobox baseball team season

|name = Chicago Cubs

|season = 1978

|misc =

| image = Chicago Cubs logo.svg

|league = National League

|division = East

|ballpark = Wrigley Field

|city = Chicago

| record = {{winpct|79|83|record=y}}

| divisional_place = 3rd

|owners = William Wrigley III

|general_managers = Bob Kennedy

|managers = Herman Franks

|television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Lou Boudreau)

|radio = WGN
(Vince Lloyd, Lou Boudreau)

|espntn = chc

|brtn = CHC

|}}

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drumrke01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymawo01.shtml 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).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/roselda01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/figueje01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/diazmi01.shtml 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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/holtzke01.shtml Ken Holtzman] at Baseball-Reference
June 15, 1978: Joe Wallis was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Vail.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wallijo01.shtml Joe Wallis] at Baseball-Reference
June 26, 1978: Paul Reuschel was traded by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Dennis DeBarr.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/reuscpa01.shtml Paul Reuschel] at Baseball-Reference

= Roster =

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: #0e3386; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1978 Chicago Cubs
colspan="10" style="background-color: #EE1422; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|34\|Ray Burris}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Woodie Fryman}} {{MLBplayer\|46\|Dave Geisel}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Willie Hernández}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Ken Holtzman}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Mike Krukow}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Dennis Lamp}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Lynn McGlothen}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Donnie Moore}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Paul Reuschel}} {{MLBplayer\|48\|Rick Reuschel}} {{MLBplayer\|41\|Dave Roberts}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Manny Seoane}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Bruce Sutter}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Tim Blackwell}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Larry Cox}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Mike Gordon}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Dave Rader}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|26\|Larry Biittner}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Bill Buckner}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Iván DeJesús}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Davey Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Mick Kelleher}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Rudy Meoli}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Steve Ontiveros}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Ed Putman}} {{MLBplayer\|24,32\|Rodney Scott}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Mike Sember}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Manny Trillo}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|18\|Gene Clines}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Héctor Cruz}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Greg Gross}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Dave Kingman}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Bobby Murcer}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Scot Thompson}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Mike Vail}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Joe Wallis}} {{MLBplayer\|24,32\|Jerry White}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|45\|Karl Pagel}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Herman Franks}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Joey Amalfitano}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Jack Bloomfield}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Peanuts Lowrey}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Mike Roarke}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Cookie Rojas}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #0e3386; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1978 Chicago Cubs

colspan="10" style="background-color: #EE1422; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

Other batters

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| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

style="background:#fc0; border:1px solid #aaa; width:2em;"|

| = 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Dave\|Rader\|Dave Rader (baseball)}}	116	305	62	.203	3	36
align="center" \| 1B	Bill Buckner	117	446	144	style="background:#fc0;\|.323	5	74
align=center \| 2B	Manny Trillo	152	552	144	.261	4	55
align=center \| 3B	{{sortname\|Steve\|Ontiveros\|Steve Ontiveros (infielder)}}	82	276	67	.243	1	22
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Iván\|DeJesús}}	style="background:#fc0;\| 160	style="background:#fc0;\|619	style="background:#fc0;\|172	.278	3	35
align="center" \| LF	Dave Kingman	119	395	105	.266	style="background:#fc0;\|28	style="background:#fc0;\|79
align=center \| CF	Greg Gross	124	347	92	.265	1	39
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Larry Biittner	120	343	88	.257	4	50
align=center \| Gene Clines	109	229	59	.258	0	17
align=center \| {{sortname\|Rodney\|Scott\|Rodney Scott (baseball)}}	78	227	64	.282	0	15
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Vail}}	74	180	60	.333	4	33
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jerry\|White\|Jerry White (baseball)}}	59	136	37	.272	1	10
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Larry\|Cox\|Larry Cox (baseball)}}	59	121	34	.281	2	18
align="center" \| Tim Blackwell	49	103	23	.223	0	7
align=center \| Mick Kelleher	68	95	24	.253	0	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Héctor\|Cruz\|Héctor Cruz (baseball)}}	30	76	18	.237	2	9
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Wallis}}	28	55	17	.309	1	6
align="center" \| Davey Johnson	24	49	15	.306	2	6
align=center \| {{sortname\|Scot\|Thompson\|Scot Thompson (baseball)}}	19	36	15	.417	0	2
align="center" \| Rudy Meoli	47	29	3	.103	0	2
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ed\|Putman}}	17	25	5	.200	0	3
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Gordon\|Mike Gordon (baseball)}}	4	5	1	.200	0	0
align="center" \| Mike Sember	9	3	1	.333	0	0
align=center \| 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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Rick\|Reuschel}}	35	style="background:#fc0;\|242.2	style="background:#fc0;\|14	style="background:#fc0;\| 15	3.41	style="background:#fc0;\| 115
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dennis\|Lamp}}	37	223.2	7	style="background:#fc0;\|15	3.30	73
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ray\|Burris}}	40	198.2	7	13	4.76	94
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mike\|Krukow}}	27	138.0	9	3	3.91	81
align="center"

== Other pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Roberts\|Dave Roberts (pitcher)}}	35	142.1	6	8	5.25	54
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Woodie\|Fryman}}	13	55.2	2	4	5.17	28
align=center \| {{sortname\|Ken\|Holtzman}}	23	53.0	0	3	6.11	36
align="center"

== Relief pitchers ==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bruce Sutter	64	8	10	style="background:#fc0;\|27	3.19	106
align=center \| {{sortname\|Donnie\|Moore}}	style="background:#fc0;\|71	9	7	4	4.11	50
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Willie\|Hernández}}	54	8	2	3	3.77	38
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Lynn\|McGlothen}}	49	5	3	0	style="background:#fc0;\|3.04	60
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Geisel}}	18	1	0	0	4.24	15
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Paul\|Reuschel}}	16	2	0	0	5.14	13
align="center" \| Manny Seoane	7	1	0	0	5.40	5

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level16=AAA|team16=Wichita Aeros|league16=American Association|manager16=Harry Dunlop

|level17=AA |team17=Midland Cubs|league17=Texas League|manager17=Jim Saul

|level18=A |team18=Pompano Beach Cubs|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Jack Hiatt

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Geneva Cubs|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Bob Hartsfield

|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Cubs|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Randy Hundley

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva

Notes

References

{{Cite book| editor1-last=Johnson| editor1-first=Lloyd| editor2-last=Wolff| editor2-first=Miles| title=The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball| edition=2nd| location=Durham, North Carolina| publisher=Baseball America| year=1997| isbn=978-0-9637189-8-3}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/1978.shtml 1978 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference]

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