Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons At 2nd Base
By Phil Watson
8. Bill Madlock, 1978
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 27 | 122 | 509 | 76 | 138 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 48 | 39 | .309 | .378 | .481 | .859 | 144 |
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Generated 2/16/2014.
The former two-time batting champion had his fifth straight .300 season in 1978, even though he was in his first full season at second base after spending most of his career to that point as a third baseman.
Madlock was eighth in the National League with a 5.1 Offensive WAR and ninth with a 144 OPS-plus.
Among conventional categories, he was fourth with a .309 batting average, eighth with a .378 on-base percentage and 11.5 at-bats per strikeout and ninth with an .859 OPS.
Madlock led NL second basemen with a .309 batting average, a .378 on-base percentage, .481 slugging percentage and .859 OPS, was second with 15 home runs and 76 runs and third with 26 doubles and 16 stolen bases.