1978 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 77-55
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: (77-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 175,686, Avg. 2,662
Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 77 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Travelers scored 715 runs and surrendered 553 runs. Leon Durham paced Arkansas with 12 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .316 clip. Dan O'Brien topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.75 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1978 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Neil Fiala, John Littlefield, Ryan Kurosaki, Tom Herr, John Fulgham, Dan O'Brien, Mike Potter, Al Olmsted, Jim Lentine, Joe Edelen, Pat Darcy, Terry Kennedy, Glenn Brummer, Leon Durham and Jim Otten.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan O'Brien | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.75 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 118.0 | 99 | 45 | 36 | 11 | 62 | 4 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Earl Bass | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.69 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Fulgham | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.03 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 154.0 | 160 | 84 | 69 | 11 | 64 | 7 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Littlefield | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.36 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97.0 | 106 | 50 | 47 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.09 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 104 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.47 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 141.0 | 153 | 82 | 70 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.40 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.51 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 84 | 35 | 32 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| R. J. Harrison | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.15 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 91 | 52 | 41 | 8 | 34 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Brett Houser | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.67 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 54 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.38 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 48.0 | 50 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Otten | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Raymond Donaghu | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.32 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 44 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Klein | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 43 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 55 | .583 | 3.80 | 284 | 133 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 22 | 1105.0 | 1107 | 553 | 467 | 72 | 431 | 43 | 707 | 39 | 9 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Durham | 102 | 428 | 367 | 72 | 116 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 61 | .316 | .404 | .499 | .903 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gene Dotson | 132 | 554 | 446 | 82 | 113 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 67 | 23 | 12 | 100 | 117 | .253 | .392 | .413 | .805 | 184 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Freddie Tisdale | 109 | 420 | 368 | 49 | 106 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 40 | .288 | .364 | .386 | .750 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Bialas | 92 | 392 | 327 | 76 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 43 | .315 | .419 | .450 | .869 | 147 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave Penniall | 91 | 384 | 336 | 68 | 102 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 65 | .304 | .379 | .432 | .810 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Herr | 89 | 399 | 335 | 70 | 98 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 58 | 50 | .293 | .395 | .412 | .807 | 138 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Randy Thomas | 116 | 429 | 384 | 52 | 98 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 71 | .255 | .325 | .284 | .609 | 109 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Terry Kennedy | 69 | 281 | 239 | 55 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 35 | .289 | .388 | .473 | .861 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Boyer | 78 | 278 | 255 | 27 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 40 | .227 | .288 | .322 | .609 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 49 | 194 | 169 | 15 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21 | .325 | .389 | .408 | .797 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jim Riggleman | 59 | 222 | 174 | 34 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 39 | .293 | .425 | .420 | .845 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Neil Fiala | 43 | 184 | 162 | 19 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | .272 | .335 | .290 | .625 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lentine | 30 | 132 | 117 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .291 | .366 | .368 | .734 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 55 | 144 | 127 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | .260 | .343 | .323 | .665 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Calise | 28 | 111 | 98 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .296 | .369 | .633 | 1.002 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 33 | 97 | 88 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .284 | .320 | .352 | .672 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Brummer | 44 | 110 | 92 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .272 | .368 | .293 | .661 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 17 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .292 | .320 | .375 | .695 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Potter | 7 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .227 | .414 | .227 | .641 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Fulgham | 27 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .148 | .303 | .185 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 16 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .465 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Earl Bass | 12 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Littlefield | 50 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| R. J. Harrison | 16 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 14 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Donaghu | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 29 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .048 | .200 | .048 | .248 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Klein | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Houser | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1509 | 4994 | 4283 | 715 | 1194 | 211 | 36 | 66 | 641 | 133 | 71 | 607 | 731 | .279 | .370 | .391 | .761 | 1675 | 0 | 32 | 35 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Durham | 1B | 102 | 931 | 42 | 8 | 96 | .992 | 9.539 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 1B | 30 | 253 | 11 | 1 | 23 | .996 | 8.800 | ||||
| David Boyer | 1B | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Herr | 2B | 88 | 207 | 280 | 13 | 64 | .974 | 5.534 | ||||
| Neil Fiala | 2B | 43 | 109 | 142 | 3 | 40 | .988 | 5.837 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 2B | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Boyer | 3B | 61 | 29 | 87 | 16 | 8 | .879 | 1.902 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 33 | 16 | 60 | 12 | 5 | .864 | 2.303 | ||||
| Mike Calise | 3B | 26 | 18 | 38 | 2 | 2 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | 3B | 12 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 2 | .840 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Terry Kennedy | C | 64 | 363 | 30 | 7 | 5 | .982 | 6.141 | 10 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 45 | 261 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 6.200 | 1 | |||
| Glenn Brummer | C | 39 | 135 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .980 | 3.821 | 2 | |||
| Gene Dotson | OF | 130 | 245 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .959 | 1.985 | ||||
| Dave Penniall | OF | 84 | 124 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.548 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | OF | 77 | 126 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.688 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | OF | 51 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .961 | 1.451 | ||||
| Jim Lentine | OF | 30 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.667 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 21 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.095 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Kennedy | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Calise | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Littlefield | P | 50 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | ||||
| Brett Houser | P | 32 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .250 | ||||
| Len Strelitz | P | 29 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .846 | 1.138 | ||||
| Ryan Kurosaki | P | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .321 | ||||
| John Fulgham | P | 27 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .933 | .824 | ||||
| R. J. Harrison | P | 16 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| Raymond Donaghu | P | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Pat Darcy | P | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Mark Klein | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Al Olmsted | P | 14 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.643 | ||||
| Earl Bass | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.889 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | SS | 114 | 200 | 371 | 28 | 77 | .953 | 5.009 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 27 | 34 | 62 | 9 | 11 | .914 | 3.556 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3316 | 1432 | 150 | 363 | .969 | 3.401 | 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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