In 1978, there were at least some expectations for the Cubs to do well. They’d collapsed the last couple of months of 1977 after being in first place for more than two months, but added slugger Dave Kingman to their lineup and hoped a potent offense would help put them in contention.
As it turned out, that didn’t happen. Kingman missed more than 40 games with various injuries, but did wind up hitting 28 home runs in the 119 games he did play.
That wound up being 39 percent of all the home runs hit by the entire Cubs team that year.