1978 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (73-67)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 36,517, Avg. 522

1978 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Tourists plated 697 runs and allowed 642 runs. James Barbe paced Asheville with 18 home runs and drove in 99 runs. Ronald Carney led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Charles Lamson and John Butcher topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Ed Lynch earned a 3.29 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Len Whitehouse, Wayne Tolleson, Bob Johnson, Mark Mercer, Ed Lynch, George Wright and John Butcher were all players from the 1978 Asheville Tourists who played in the Majors during their careers.

Wayne Terwilliger served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Butcher	10	9	.526	3.33	24	23		7	2	0	154.0	150	81	57	12	77	3	103	2	2	6
Charles Lamson	10	11	.476	3.94	26	25		6	1	0	160.0	155	97	70	6	96	0	155	1	1	9
Mark Mercer	8	3	.727	2.73	48	0		0	0	16	79.0	58	32	24	3	54	5	87	0	1	5
Harold Kelly	7	2	.778	3.32	12	9		2	1	0	65.0	60	34	24	2	34	2	49	3	0	9
Ed Lynch	7	9	.438	3.29	18	18		7	1	0	123.0	122	55	45	8	33	1	79	2	3	5
Len Whitehouse	6	6	.500	4.30	32	8		2	0	1	92.0	89	60	44	7	57	5	79	2	1	5
Steven Nielsen	6	11	.353	3.48	30	15		5	1	2	132.0	132	62	51	4	62	4	74	9	3	3
Patrick Nelson	5	4	.556	4.89	16	14		2	0	0	70.0	79	58	38	9	49	1	42	3	0	5
Michael Odum	3	1	.750	2.89	10	6		3	1	0	53.0	32	18	17	3	32	0	36	1	1	2
Ted Davis	3	3	.500	4.50	27	4		0	0	1	78.0	80	44	39	2	57	5	68	2	0	6
Linvel Mosby	2	1	.667	5.73	5	5		0	0	0	22.0	24	14	14	0	21	0	10	0	0	9
Bill LaRosa	1	0	1.000	5.57	16	0		0	0	1	21.0	21	14	13	5	17	2	21	0	0	3
Wesley Williams	1	3	.250	2.67	4	4		2	0	0	27.0	22	9	8	0	12	0	18	4	0	0
Michael Vickers	0	1	.000	5.68	11	1		0	0	0	19.0	18	16	12	0	20	0	13	1	0	3
Charles Viskocil	0	1	.000	9.00	5	1		0	0	0	11.0	15	14	11	1	12	0	3	0	1	1
Totals	69	65	.515	3.80	284	133	0	36	7	21	1106.0	1057	608	467	62	633	28	837	30	13	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
James Barbe	131	562	478	91	143	17	2	18	99	3	2	77	110	.299	.395	.456	.851	218		1	2	4
Ronald Carney	118	461	403	58	121	25	2	10	68	23	13	41	31	.300	.366	.447	.813	180		5	5	7
George Wright	110	421	335	66	83	16	1	1	27	25	10	70	49	.248	.384	.310	.695	104		6	7	3
James Capowski	101	382	317	34	70	8	0	7	50	1	2	46	67	.221	.339	.312	.651	99		12	4	3
Steven Righetti	75	271	248	33	61	17	1	3	27	1	2	18	32	.246	.299	.359	.658	89		2	0	3
Wayne Tolleson	70	255	212	35	57	4	1	0	21	19	9	40	30	.269	.385	.297	.682	63		0	3	0
Joseph Carroll	74	231	196	29	50	18	3	4	25	8	2	32	42	.255	.364	.439	.802	86		2	0	1
Arnold McCrary	78	208	170	33	46	3	1	1	13	18	4	31	21	.271	.386	.318	.704	54		1	6	0
Bobby Hallgren	59	219	186	34	45	10	0	6	21	9	1	32	39	.242	.356	.392	.749	73		1	0	0
Bob Johnson	76	248	203	23	45	12	0	4	33	5	0	40	54	.222	.347	.340	.687	69		0	3	2
David Peterson	71	243	201	24	44	7	0	4	29	4	1	33	46	.219	.335	.313	.648	63		3	4	2
Miguel Pizzaro	71	185	165	28	43	7	2	1	19	7	2	12	14	.261	.317	.345	.662	57		2	5	1
Victor Mabee	54	167	143	20	42	7	0	3	21	7	2	21	34	.294	.386	.406	.791	58		1	1	1
Ron Gooch	44	184	148	29	42	6	0	3	20	5	4	34	28	.284	.418	.385	.803	57		0	2	0
Mike Jirschele	72	267	203	43	39	7	3	2	21	13	3	50	70	.192	.368	.286	.654	58		7	6	1
David Hibner	57	219	160	24	30	8	2	0	21	17	1	49	44	.188	.386	.262	.649	42		4	4	2
Billy Simpson	39	138	115	16	28	12	0	0	9	5	2	19	32	.243	.362	.348	.710	40		3	0	1
Jeffrey Zitek	31	102	84	18	24	1	2	1	16	8	1	15	13	.286	.394	.381	.775	32		0	3	0
Cameron Killebrew	27	105	75	13	14	5	0	1	11	2	2	27	26	.187	.400	.293	.693	22		1	0	2
James Matthews	26	78	60	11	13	0	0	0	1	4	3	16	8	.217	.397	.217	.614	13		2	0	0
William Buchan	7	15	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Totals	1391	4961	4112	665	1040	190	20	69	552	184	66	708	793	.253	.367	.359	.726	1477	0	53	55	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
James Barbe	1B	128	1171	64	14	127	.989	9.648
Ronald Carney	1B	5	11	1	1	2	.923	2.400
David Peterson	1B	3	23	0	0	1	1.000	7.667
Arnold McCrary	1B	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	4.000
Victor Mabee	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Mike Jirschele	2B	69	117	227	17	55	.953	4.986
Ron Gooch	2B	44	93	119	14	37	.938	4.818
James Matthews	2B	11	14	28	3	8	.933	3.818
James Capowski	2B	9	16	23	1	9	.975	4.333
Victor Mabee	2B	4	7	5	2	2	.857	3.000
James Capowski	3B	78	41	115	17	16	.902	2.000
Steven Righetti	3B	55	30	87	12	13	.907	2.127
Wayne Tolleson	3B	49	54	122	16	19	.917	3.592
James Matthews	3B	5	3	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
Jeffrey Zitek	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Jirschele	3B	1	2	2	1	0	.800	4.000
Bob Johnson	C	76	427	48	15	6	.969	6.250	19
David Peterson	C	68	410	33	7	6	.984	6.515	12
William Buchan	C	7	19	1	0	0	1.000	2.857	1
Ronald Carney	OF	113	139	14	10	2	.939	1.354
George Wright	OF	106	203	15	7	6	.969	2.057
Joseph Carroll	OF	63	57	7	1	2	.985	1.016
Miguel Pizzaro	OF	56	56	5	5	2	.924	1.089
Arnold McCrary	OF	37	33	2	2	1	.946	.946
Billy Simpson	OF	33	32	6	3	0	.927	1.152
Bobby Hallgren	OF	31	41	2	3	0	.935	1.387
Cameron Killebrew	OF	13	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.154
James Capowski	OF	4	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mark Mercer	P	48	5	15	2	2	.909	.417
Len Whitehouse	P	32	2	20	2	2	.917	.688
Steven Nielsen	P	30	7	29	2	2	.947	1.200
Ted Davis	P	27	0	20	3	5	.870	.741
Charles Lamson	P	26	7	27	3	0	.919	1.308
John Butcher	P	24	12	25	3	2	.925	1.542
Ed Lynch	P	18	6	25	3	3	.912	1.722
Patrick Nelson	P	16	1	15	4	0	.800	1.000
Bill LaRosa	P	16	0	1	1	1	.500	.062
Harold Kelly	P	12	6	13	3	0	.864	1.583
Michael Vickers	P	11	2	4	0	0	1.000	.545
Michael Odum	P	10	2	15	3	0	.850	1.700
Charles Viskocil	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Linvel Mosby	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400
Wesley Williams	P	4	2	2	1	0	.800	1.000
David Hibner	SS	55	78	145	33	43	.871	4.055
Jeffrey Zitek	SS	27	33	67	15	14	.870	3.704
Wayne Tolleson	SS	22	31	53	4	14	.955	3.818
James Capowski	SS	5	6	8	2	3	.875	2.800
James Matthews	SS	3	6	4	1	2	.909	3.333
Mike Jirschele	SS	1	1	2	2	0	.600	3.000
Totals		1469	3238	1423	239	409	.951	3.173	32	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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