1978 Astros Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 23-31
Finished 5th in the GCL
Manager: Julio Linares (23-31)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1978 Astros RosterTeam Record: 23-31
Finished 5th in the GCL
Manager: Julio Linares (23-31)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Astros of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 23 wins and 31 losses, finishing fifth in the GCL.
The Astros plated 237 runs and yielded 236 runs. Arvis Harper led all regular batters by hitting .251. Kevin Houston topped the team with 5 wins and a team-best 2.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1978 Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jack Lazorko, Tim Tolman, Ron Meridith, Pete Hernández and Pat Perry.
Julio Linares served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Houston | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.70 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 46 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jesus Manaure | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.68 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 49 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ron Meridith | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thad Troedson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Leland | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.77 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Perry | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Hessler | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.06 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 39 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Richard Robinson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.70 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Yan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sitek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mauro Pinto | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.51 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Zac Paris | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andres Acosta | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Lazorko | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Bryan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Rivera | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.43 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 31 | .426 | 3.66 | 120 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 440.0 | 399 | 236 | 179 | 5 | 238 | 9 | 289 | 17 | 10 | 30 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvis Harper | 53 | 217 | 183 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 18 | .251 | .356 | .366 | .723 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tim Tolman | 39 | 155 | 122 | 25 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 7 | .344 | .471 | .484 | .955 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Claudio | 50 | 197 | 174 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 23 | .224 | .310 | .356 | .666 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manuel DeAza | 43 | 158 | 149 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .228 | .272 | .255 | .527 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Jabalera | 39 | 143 | 125 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 26 | .264 | .348 | .328 | .676 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pete Hernández | 29 | 117 | 101 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .287 | .351 | .376 | .727 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Julio Beltran | 29 | 120 | 102 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | .284 | .361 | .324 | .685 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bubba Holland | 28 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .268 | .324 | .402 | .726 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Smith | 40 | 137 | 106 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 25 | 9 | .245 | .404 | .292 | .697 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Luis Suarez | 33 | 119 | 111 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .225 | .265 | .297 | .562 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Ruffler | 34 | 129 | 112 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .196 | .273 | .321 | .595 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Natalio Silva | 26 | 98 | 90 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .200 | .265 | .222 | .488 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Val Medina | 19 | 61 | 54 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .222 | .311 | .241 | .552 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Alvarado | 13 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | .182 | .260 | .273 | .533 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jamie Williams | 15 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .178 | .278 | .244 | .522 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sergio DeSena | 11 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Pich | 9 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .154 | .185 | .192 | .377 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Cypret | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Toogood | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 514 | 1932 | 1684 | 237 | 409 | 60 | 30 | 6 | 190 | 70 | 29 | 197 | 215 | .243 | .327 | .325 | .652 | 547 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Tolman | 1B | 39 | 292 | 21 | 4 | 21 | .987 | 8.026 | ||||
| Jamie Williams | 1B | 13 | 130 | 8 | 6 | 10 | .958 | 1.615 | ||||
| Greg Cypret | 1B | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.500 | ||||
| Natalio Silva | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Ruffler | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Julio Beltran | 2B | 29 | 69 | 57 | 6 | 12 | .955 | 4.345 | ||||
| Miguel Alvarado | 2B | 12 | 32 | 38 | 6 | 5 | .921 | 5.833 | ||||
| Val Medina | 2B | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.375 | ||||
| Natalio Silva | 2B | 6 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.833 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Francisco Jabalera | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | 3B | 41 | 32 | 76 | 16 | 5 | .871 | 2.634 | ||||
| Luis Suarez | 3B | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .897 | 2.364 | ||||
| Sergio DeSena | 3B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Val Medina | 3B | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Pich | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Ruffler | C | 30 | 164 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 6.233 | 5 | |||
| Bubba Holland | C | 27 | 154 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 6.370 | 8 | |||
| Jamie Williams | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Randy Toogood | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Arvis Harper | OF | 53 | 78 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.623 | ||||
| Jose Claudio | OF | 46 | 68 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .938 | 1.630 | ||||
| Francisco Jabalera | OF | 32 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 2.062 | ||||
| Gregory Smith | OF | 28 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.357 | ||||
| Jeffrey Pich | OF | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Robinson | P | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Mauro Pinto | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Robert Rivera | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .583 | ||||
| Pat Perry | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| John Hessler | P | 10 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Jesus Manaure | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Steven Sitek | P | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Leland | P | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.625 | ||||
| Kevin Houston | P | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Andres Acosta | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Roberto Yan | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Sam Bryan | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thad Troedson | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jack Lazorko | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ron Meridith | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Zac Paris | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | SS | 29 | 29 | 85 | 8 | 11 | .934 | 3.931 | ||||
| Luis Suarez | SS | 23 | 34 | 71 | 9 | 11 | .921 | 4.565 | ||||
| Natalio Silva | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Greg Cypret | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 570 | 1323 | 575 | 95 | 95 | .952 | 3.330 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
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