1978 Auburn Sunsets Statistics
Team Record: 32-40
Finished 3rd in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Richard Rockwell (32-40)
Location: Auburn, New York
Ballpark: Falcon Park I
Attendance: 47,711, Avg. 1,325
The Auburn Sunsets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 32 wins and 40 losses, finishing third in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Sunsets scored 335 runs and conceded 388 runs. Jeffrey Coker drove in 38 runs. Donald Fusari led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .280. Angel Solis topped the team with 7 wins, while Frank DeJiulio registered a 3.95 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Carmelo Castillo and Alejandro Sánchez both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Richard Rockwell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Solis | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.50 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 76 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Frank DeJiulio | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.95 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 102 | 61 | 47 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Joe Galante | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.69 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.0 | 41 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tim Andi | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.03 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 87 | 64 | 43 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Hundley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Fusari | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.49 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Keith Hendry | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reid Cassidy | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Neely | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Pfeffer | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Rogers | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Church | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Smodic | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Morrissey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Nelson Munoz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.67 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 22 | 30 | .423 | 4.09 | 139 | 49 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 442.0 | 429 | 279 | 201 | 32 | 224 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Fusari | 67 | 267 | 236 | 39 | 66 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 63 | .280 | .360 | .483 | .843 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alejandro Sánchez | 58 | 263 | 242 | 30 | 58 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 60 | .240 | .297 | .368 | .664 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Ulrich | 50 | 205 | 181 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 28 | .298 | .365 | .392 | .757 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Coker | 61 | 243 | 208 | 32 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 49 | .255 | .347 | .413 | .761 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Thomas McGuire | 71 | 291 | 249 | 34 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 39 | .213 | .288 | .253 | .541 | 63 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Marty Albertson | 47 | 185 | 162 | 22 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 26 | .265 | .350 | .315 | .665 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Howard McCann | 61 | 263 | 208 | 31 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 19 | .202 | .360 | .274 | .634 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carmelo Castillo | 53 | 208 | 174 | 37 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 55 | .236 | .353 | .385 | .738 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Volkerding | 45 | 157 | 135 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 29 | .215 | .318 | .267 | .585 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Murrill | 49 | 172 | 132 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 51 | .182 | .363 | .280 | .643 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Rietano | 20 | 78 | 65 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .277 | .397 | .431 | .828 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Keller | 26 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .254 | .333 | .365 | .698 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jay Sferra | 13 | 58 | 53 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .283 | .345 | .396 | .741 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Smodic | 13 | 48 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .250 | .375 | .450 | .825 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Yukich | 25 | 61 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .192 | .300 | .212 | .512 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Littlefield | 21 | 68 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .182 | .313 | .200 | .513 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 7 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .286 | .375 | .357 | .732 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas McGraw | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Andi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dixon | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Elto | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Donovan | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Brown | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 704 | 2713 | 2321 | 335 | 555 | 75 | 30 | 36 | 284 | 58 | 21 | 328 | 514 | .239 | .337 | .344 | .681 | 798 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Fusari | 1B | 40 | 339 | 21 | 5 | 24 | .986 | 9.000 | ||||
| George Murrill | 1B | 27 | 191 | 13 | 7 | 15 | .967 | 7.556 | ||||
| David Littlefield | 1B | 6 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Thomas McGuire | 2B | 64 | 134 | 153 | 17 | 24 | .944 | 4.484 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 7 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 3.857 | ||||
| Thomas McGraw | 2B | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Marty Albertson | 3B | 36 | 17 | 62 | 12 | 4 | .868 | 2.194 | ||||
| Joseph Rietano | 3B | 19 | 10 | 41 | 9 | 1 | .850 | 2.684 | ||||
| Thomas McGuire | 3B | 9 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 3.111 | ||||
| Jeffrey Coker | 3B | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.857 | ||||
| Robert Volkerding | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .636 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jeffrey Ulrich | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Ulrich | C | 43 | 324 | 43 | 7 | 7 | .981 | 8.535 | 4 | |||
| Russell Keller | C | 18 | 97 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 5.889 | 6 | |||
| David Littlefield | C | 15 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 5.533 | 2 | |||
| Dan Donovan | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 1 | |||
| Alejandro Sánchez | OF | 58 | 120 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .900 | 2.172 | ||||
| Carmelo Castillo | OF | 53 | 109 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .913 | 2.170 | ||||
| Robert Volkerding | OF | 35 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jeffrey Coker | OF | 32 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .875 | 1.312 | ||||
| George Murrill | OF | 22 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 1.136 | ||||
| Frank Yukich | OF | 16 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.312 | ||||
| Jay Sferra | OF | 13 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.769 | ||||
| Daniel Elto | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Brian Brown | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Galante | P | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .423 | ||||
| Angel Solis | P | 18 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Tim Andi | P | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Frank DeJiulio | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Nelson Munoz | P | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Keith Hendry | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Rogers | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Pfeffer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Fusari | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Robert Church | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Reid Cassidy | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Hundley | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Neely | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Morrissey | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Smodic | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Howard McCann | SS | 61 | 88 | 165 | 21 | 26 | .923 | 4.148 | ||||
| Marty Albertson | SS | 11 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .945 | 4.727 | ||||
| Totals | 748 | 1811 | 682 | 149 | 122 | .944 | 3.333 | 13 | 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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