1978 Albuquerque Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Del Crandall (78-62)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ballpark: All-Sports Stadium
Attendance: 231,524, Avg. 3,307
Playoffs - Albuquerque Dukes 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 0
The Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Dukes plated 857 runs and yielded 855 runs. Claude Westmoreland paced Albuquerque with 16 home runs Pedro Guerrero accounted for 116 RBI. Jeffrey Leonard topped all regular batters by connecting at a .365 clip. Rick Sutcliffe led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.45 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Albuquerque Dukes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brad Gulden, Bill Butler, Pedro Guerrero, Enzo Hernández, Joe Simpson, Bob Welch, Hank Webb, Joe Beckwith, Rafael Landestoy, Dennis Lewallyn, Ron Washington, Alex Taveras, Lance Rautzhan, Mickey Hatcher, Rick Sutcliffe, Dave Patterson, Jeffrey Leonard, Larry Landreth, Wayne Simpson, Rudy Law and Bobby Castillo.
Del Crandall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Sutcliffe | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.45 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 184.0 | 179 | 101 | 91 | 18 | 92 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Kevin Keefe | 10 | 3 | .769 | 5.19 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 144.0 | 175 | 93 | 83 | 16 | 68 | 4 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Joe Beckwith | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.82 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 186 | 118 | 97 | 15 | 80 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Lewallyn | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.29 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 85.0 | 96 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 39 | 10 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Simpson | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6.18 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 144 | 103 | 81 | 13 | 74 | 5 | 77 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 6 | 3 | .667 | 6.28 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 108 | 70 | 60 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Welch | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.78 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 72 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Castillo | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.38 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82.0 | 81 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Butler | 5 | 3 | .625 | 7.14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 63.0 | 84 | 58 | 50 | 8 | 60 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lance Rautzhan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.96 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Corrigan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 71 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hank Webb | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.43 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 70.0 | 89 | 56 | 50 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Patterson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Nitz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.30 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 48 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Terry Collins | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 62 | .557 | 5.46 | 352 | 140 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 34 | 1196.0 | 1397 | 855 | 726 | 115 | 659 | 46 | 676 | 35 | 9 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Leonard | 133 | 584 | 502 | 111 | 183 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 93 | 36 | 7 | 70 | 59 | .365 | .443 | .532 | .974 | 267 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rudy Law | 138 | 647 | 573 | 118 | 179 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 79 | 20 | 66 | 38 | .312 | .381 | .401 | .783 | 230 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Pedro Guerrero | 134 | 571 | 492 | 92 | 166 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 116 | 17 | 5 | 58 | 69 | .337 | .402 | .496 | .898 | 244 | 5 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Joe Simpson | 140 | 626 | 528 | 110 | 163 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 73 | 35 | 19 | 88 | 74 | .309 | .404 | .420 | .825 | 222 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Claude Westmoreland | 137 | 579 | 502 | 86 | 141 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 97 | 21 | 4 | 65 | 133 | .281 | .366 | .450 | .816 | 226 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brad Gulden | 125 | 504 | 436 | 69 | 128 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 72 | 12 | 9 | 59 | 52 | .294 | .378 | .415 | .793 | 181 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Enzo Hernández | 111 | 442 | 368 | 57 | 97 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 28 | .264 | .364 | .299 | .663 | 110 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||
| John O'Rear | 118 | 424 | 372 | 67 | 97 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 60 | .261 | .324 | .395 | .719 | 147 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Rafael Landestoy | 66 | 313 | 277 | 46 | 76 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 24 | 30 | .274 | .327 | .372 | .699 | 103 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Terry Collins | 72 | 243 | 217 | 29 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 20 | .276 | .338 | .369 | .706 | 80 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Hatcher | 41 | 165 | 155 | 25 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .329 | .358 | .600 | .958 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Washington | 31 | 132 | 122 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .344 | .377 | .598 | .975 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Pablo Peguero | 36 | 106 | 96 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .281 | .307 | .365 | .672 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Alex Taveras | 24 | 88 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .224 | .302 | .303 | .605 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Keefe | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lance Rautzhan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Welch | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Corrigan | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Castillo | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1405 | 5430 | 4722 | 857 | 1428 | 220 | 75 | 79 | 760 | 260 | 85 | 567 | 612 | .302 | .376 | .431 | .807 | 2035 | 0 | 29 | 50 | 62 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Guerrero | 1B | 112 | 981 | 78 | 10 | 123 | .991 | 9.455 | ||||
| Claude Westmoreland | 1B | 26 | 171 | 12 | 4 | 27 | .979 | 7.038 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 1B | 12 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 10 | .988 | 6.750 | ||||
| Joe Simpson | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Pablo Peguero | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Terry Collins | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Landestoy | 2B | 66 | 148 | 198 | 18 | 51 | .951 | 5.242 | ||||
| Terry Collins | 2B | 40 | 91 | 105 | 7 | 31 | .966 | 4.900 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 2B | 38 | 91 | 114 | 5 | 31 | .976 | 5.395 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 3B | 63 | 58 | 118 | 12 | 12 | .936 | 2.794 | ||||
| Mickey Hatcher | 3B | 37 | 24 | 63 | 8 | 8 | .916 | 2.351 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 3B | 31 | 23 | 58 | 8 | 5 | .910 | 2.613 | ||||
| Terry Collins | 3B | 14 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 3.071 | ||||
| Pedro Guerrero | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brad Gulden | C | 121 | 610 | 88 | 23 | 11 | .968 | 5.769 | 22 | |||
| Pablo Peguero | C | 28 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 3.821 | 2 | |||
| Joe Simpson | OF | 134 | 302 | 19 | 12 | 3 | .964 | 2.396 | ||||
| Rudy Law | OF | 134 | 236 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .961 | 1.836 | ||||
| Jeffrey Leonard | OF | 103 | 216 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 2.175 | ||||
| Claude Westmoreland | OF | 55 | 102 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .911 | 2.055 | ||||
| Mickey Hatcher | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Terry Collins | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Lewallyn | P | 52 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Bill Butler | P | 47 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .170 | ||||
| Kevin Keefe | P | 33 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.030 | ||||
| Rick Sutcliffe | P | 30 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .833 | ||||
| Hank Webb | P | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .414 | ||||
| Joe Beckwith | P | 28 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | .861 | 1.107 | ||||
| Wayne Simpson | P | 22 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.273 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 22 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .727 | ||||
| Larry Corrigan | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Lance Rautzhan | P | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bobby Castillo | P | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
| Dave Patterson | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Rick Nitz | P | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Bob Welch | P | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Terry Collins | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Enzo Hernández | SS | 111 | 213 | 343 | 30 | 101 | .949 | 5.009 | ||||
| Alex Taveras | SS | 24 | 38 | 61 | 8 | 11 | .925 | 4.125 | ||||
| Terry Collins | SS | 8 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 3.375 | ||||
| John O'Rear | SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1522 | 3587 | 1538 | 203 | 451 | .962 | 3.367 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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