1978 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 97-40
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Gordy Lund (97-40)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 94,730, Avg. 1,383
Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Waterloo Indians 0
Finals - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Burlington Bees 1
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 97 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Foxes led the league with 731 runs. Appleton allowed 550 runs. Curt Etchandy paced the team with 17 home runs John Hanley drove in 68 runs. Harry Chappas topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .302. LaMarr Hoyt paced the squad with 18 wins, while Jackie Smith recorded a 2.89 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1978 Appleton Foxes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Leo Sutherland, Dewey Robinson, Harry Chappas, Lorenzo Gray, Chris Nyman, Guy Hoffman, Mark Esser, Rod Allen, Ross Baumgarten, Britt Burns and LaMarr Hoyt.
Gordy Lund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarr Hoyt | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.90 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 189.0 | 187 | 74 | 61 | 9 | 60 | 3 | 115 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.89 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 112.0 | 94 | 45 | 36 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 130 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dewey Robinson | 10 | 3 | .769 | 1.72 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 89.0 | 55 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Sivik | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.52 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 143.0 | 130 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ross Baumgarten | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.82 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 49 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Esser | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.29 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 84.0 | 67 | 49 | 40 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Paul Soth | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.46 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 114 | 71 | 50 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clay Hicks | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.36 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Maitland | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.91 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 56 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Britt Burns | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Thoren | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 77 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Victor Walters | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.38 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 72.0 | 66 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Guy Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Tulacz | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.04 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Martin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 97 | 40 | .708 | 3.45 | 289 | 137 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 1159.0 | 1032 | 550 | 444 | 81 | 489 | 18 | 1022 | 64 | 3 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Chappas | 130 | 582 | 493 | 91 | 149 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 62 | 60 | 21 | 71 | 70 | .302 | .391 | .412 | .803 | 203 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Leo Sutherland | 127 | 558 | 471 | 100 | 124 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 51 | 13 | 80 | 79 | .263 | .369 | .357 | .725 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Curt Etchandy | 119 | 494 | 397 | 76 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 62 | 28 | 11 | 80 | 92 | .237 | .365 | .411 | .775 | 163 | 5 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Lorenzo Gray | 100 | 354 | 317 | 49 | 93 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 30 | 54 | .293 | .355 | .372 | .727 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Hanley | 110 | 448 | 362 | 62 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 90 | .251 | .387 | .401 | .788 | 145 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Phil Bauer | 128 | 492 | 389 | 63 | 86 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 87 | 60 | .221 | .362 | .278 | .639 | 108 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
| David Daniels | 95 | 359 | 313 | 43 | 83 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 40 | 81 | .265 | .348 | .399 | .748 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rod Allen | 100 | 370 | 342 | 48 | 83 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 90 | .243 | .291 | .374 | .665 | 128 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roy Coulter | 88 | 358 | 307 | 42 | 81 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 45 | 50 | .264 | .363 | .355 | .718 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edward Bahns | 88 | 300 | 242 | 37 | 63 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 65 | .260 | .386 | .393 | .778 | 95 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Vuksan | 70 | 238 | 216 | 25 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 58 | .204 | .263 | .292 | .554 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Toman | 51 | 228 | 167 | 40 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 29 | .246 | .416 | .317 | .733 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Michael Johnson | 25 | 91 | 75 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | .293 | .389 | .493 | .882 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chris Nyman | 22 | 90 | 72 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .292 | .422 | .528 | .950 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lloyd Thompson | 25 | 70 | 54 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .222 | .391 | .259 | .651 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave White | 23 | 86 | 75 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .120 | .233 | .160 | .393 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 9 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .316 | .350 | .474 | .824 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 6 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Walters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1317 | 5159 | 4331 | 729 | 1107 | 183 | 48 | 69 | 646 | 241 | 77 | 705 | 893 | .256 | .360 | .368 | .728 | 1593 | 0 | 34 | 38 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Bahns | 1B | 88 | 623 | 38 | 11 | 70 | .984 | 7.511 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 1B | 44 | 281 | 11 | 4 | 21 | .986 | 6.636 | ||||
| Chris Nyman | 1B | 14 | 102 | 8 | 5 | 14 | .957 | 7.857 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | 1B | 11 | 106 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .972 | 9.636 | ||||
| Jeffrey Vuksan | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Trucks | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | 2B | 128 | 278 | 313 | 23 | 75 | .963 | 4.617 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | 2B | 10 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | .894 | 4.200 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 2B | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 2B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 3B | 111 | 66 | 206 | 22 | 25 | .925 | 2.450 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 3B | 16 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 2.938 | ||||
| Dave White | 3B | 15 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 2.733 | ||||
| John Hanley | C | 69 | 532 | 47 | 26 | 3 | .957 | 8.391 | 22 | |||
| Jeffrey Vuksan | C | 68 | 460 | 51 | 13 | 5 | .975 | 7.515 | 8 | |||
| Phil Trucks | C | 7 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 7.714 | 0 | |||
| Leo Sutherland | OF | 125 | 231 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .963 | 1.896 | ||||
| Rod Allen | OF | 98 | 134 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .946 | 1.439 | ||||
| David Daniels | OF | 95 | 150 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .963 | 1.663 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | OF | 40 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.475 | ||||
| Roy Coulter | OF | 27 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | OF | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.696 | ||||
| Michael Johnson | OF | 21 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.333 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dewey Robinson | P | 50 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .460 | ||||
| Mark Esser | P | 41 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .220 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 28 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .865 | 1.143 | ||||
| Michael Sivik | P | 27 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Victor Walters | P | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .435 | ||||
| Paul Soth | P | 23 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .870 | ||||
| Rick Thoren | P | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | P | 18 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Clay Hicks | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Mike Maitland | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Mike Tulacz | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ross Baumgarten | P | 10 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Guy Hoffman | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Britt Burns | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harry Chappas | SS | 130 | 180 | 379 | 35 | 76 | .941 | 4.300 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | SS | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 2.375 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | SS | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3476 | 1349 | 202 | 331 | .960 | 3.309 | 30 | 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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