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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 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .333 Boisclair, Bruce 81 162 19 40 5 1 3 14 18 2 30 5 1 0 3 3 .247 56 .346 .314 Bruhert, Mike 17 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 .095 2 .095 .095 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 17 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 .167 1 .167 .167 Flynn, Doug 111 384 23 95 9 3 0 25 20 7 36 2 5 0 2 3 .247 110 .286 .283 Foli, Tim 81 310 30 80 17 1 0 17 12 1 23 2 7 1 2 4 .258 99 .319 .286 Grieve, Tom 39 74 4 18 3 0 2 8 6 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 .243 27 .365 .300 Hausman, Tom 5 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 110 418 65 115 22 6 9 51 40 3 79 5 0 1 7 7 .275 176 .421 .336 Hodges, Ron 34 76 3 19 2 1 0 6 8 0 10 2 0 1 1 2 .250 23 .303 .322 Kobel, Kevin 16 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .182 2 .182 .250 Koosman, Jerry 24 51 1 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 21 0 1 0 0 0 .098 8 .157 .098 Kranepool, Ed 50 61 6 14 1 0 2 14 7 2 10 2 0 1 0 0 .230 21 .344 .310 Lockwood, Skip 47 9 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222 6 .667 .222 Maddox, Elliott 82 261 30 67 13 2 2 26 51 0 30 3 1 1 2 9 .257 90 .345 .377 Mazzilli, Lee 108 402 55 107 20 4 12 46 54 6 64 4 2 0 12 10 .266 171 .425 .350 Metzger, Butch 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Montanez, Willie 110 419 52 113 23 0 14 71 44 14 69 8 0 1 6 2 .270 178 .425 .335 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Murray, Dale 33 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 93 332 42 75 15 7 1 25 54 6 47 4 2 1 10 8 .226 107 .322 .332 Siebert, Paul 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Stearns, John 99 328 51 88 16 0 12 53 49 0 36 3 2 4 17 4 .268 140 .427 .367 Swan, Craig 21 45 2 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 .156 7 .156 .191 Valentine, Bobby 51 107 11 28 4 0 1 14 15 1 15 1 2 0 0 1 .262 35 .327 .350 Youngblood, Joel 71 138 23 38 7 4 5 22 7 1 19 2 1 0 1 0 .275 68 .493 .306 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 5, 1978

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Bernard, Dwight 11 16.1 0 1 .000 13 6 5 12 12 1 0 0 0 2.76 Bruhert, Mike 17 77.2 2 5 .286 106 54 43 34 16 13 0 0 0 4.98 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 5 24 2 1 .667 31 16 15 4 4 5 0 0 0 5.63 Kobel, Kevin 16 51 2 2 .500 39 16 11 24 17 5 0 0 0 1.94 Koosman, Jerry 24 159 3 12 .200 153 79 74 95 56 23 3 0 0 4.19 Lockwood, Skip 47 78 7 9 .438 70 31 31 62 25 0 0 0 13 3.58 Metzger, Butch 25 37.1 1 3 .250 48 28 27 21 22 0 0 0 0 6.51 Murray, Dale 33 55.2 4 3 .571 50 26 25 19 23 0 0 0 2 4.04 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 21 144 4 5 .444 118 41 39 91 41 20 4 1 0 2.44 Zachry, Pat 21 138 10 6 .625 120 57 51 78 60 21 5 2 0 3.33

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