1978 Burlington Bees Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-69
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Lee Sigman (69-69)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 59,218, Avg. 858

1978 Burlington Bees Roster

Playoffs - Burlington Bees 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 0
Finals - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Burlington Bees 1

The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Bees plated 717 runs and yielded 646 runs. Bill Foley walloped 34 home runs for Burlington, while Kevin Bass swatted 15 or more, too. Bill Foley drove in 93 runs. Bobby Smith led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Dave LaPoint topped the squad with 12 wins, and Weldon Swift recorded a 2.91 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1978 Burlington Bees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave LaPoint, Kevin Bass, Doug Loman and Frank DiPino.

Lee Sigman 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
Dave LaPoint	12	12	.500	4.02	25	23		10	1	0	161.0	177	98	72	20	41	1	134	1	2	7
Weldon Swift	10	7	.588	2.91	23	19		5	1	0	130.0	93	61	42	8	93	0	94	4	1	7
Jerry Jenkins	9	6	.600	3.47	20	18		5	1	0	114.0	104	56	44	7	75	2	82	1	0	3
Jeffrey Harryman	6	5	.545	4.15	21	18		4	0	1	117.0	113	61	54	6	52	1	76	3	0	10
Daryl Bailey	5	2	.714	2.03	37	0		0	0	8	62.0	47	23	14	2	25	4	39	1	0	6
Frank DiPino	5	4	.556	4.70	15	14		2	0	0	88.0	98	58	46	11	36	0	68	0	0	7
Richard Nicholson	4	2	.667	3.06	8	6		2	0	0	47.0	36	18	16	2	20	0	40	3	0	3
Steve Reed	4	5	.444	1.70	39	0		0	0	4	74.0	57	26	14	3	29	1	64	3	0	9
Larry Montgomery	4	6	.400	3.66	15	14		5	1	1	86.0	81	50	35	7	30	0	67	1	0	5
Timothy Bannister	3	4	.429	5.77	23	3		0	0	0	64.0	68	52	41	11	42	1	42	3	0	4
Alvin Edge	2	4	.333	5.01	18	12		1	0	0	70.0	73	56	39	5	38	0	56	6	1	9
Larry Edwards	2	7	.222	4.92	23	8		1	1	1	75.0	82	55	41	8	38	1	44	1	0	8
Randall Boyce	1	1	.500	0.69	8	0		0	0	2	13.0	4	1	1	0	8	0	10	0	0	2
Thomas DeRosa	1	1	.500	7.39	7	3		0	0	0	28.0	37	26	23	1	17	0	24	0	0	4
William Dick	1	3	.250	2.45	8	0		0	0	1	11.0	11	5	3	0	5	2	12	0	0	3
William Roden	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Totals	69	69	.500	3.82	292	138	0	35	5	18	1143.0	1081	646	485	91	549	13	855	27	4	87	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
Bobby Smith	129	562	512	95	172	26	15	3	47	44	26	43	51	.336	.386	.463	.849	237		2	0	5
Kevin Bass	129	557	499	81	132	27	5	18	69	36	10	40	63	.265	.327	.447	.774	223		10	1	7
Bill Foley	118	476	409	84	130	31	1	34	93	0	1	53	85	.318	.403	.648	1.051	265		9	0	5
John Skorochocki	107	425	385	62	116	17	5	1	50	9	4	31	48	.301	.353	.379	.732	146		2	3	4
Ivan Rodriguez	133	504	459	58	115	12	1	5	66	4	4	36	66	.251	.307	.314	.621	144		3	3	3
Doug Loman	125	484	409	67	100	23	4	9	63	14	5	59	80	.244	.343	.386	.729	158		5	6	5
Melvin Manning	125	474	394	60	86	20	2	9	45	11	3	64	82	.218	.331	.348	.679	137		5	6	5
Chris Carstensen	98	361	307	50	77	15	3	5	43	19	4	46	58	.251	.352	.368	.720	113		3	3	2
Edward Gilliam	65	267	222	37	55	9	2	6	40	13	7	36	35	.248	.351	.387	.738	86		2	2	5
Columbus Duncan	55	222	196	28	54	11	3	6	32	0	0	21	43	.276	.353	.454	.807	89		3	1	1
Terry Bevington	63	206	179	22	43	14	0	4	23	8	2	22	31	.240	.325	.385	.711	69		2	0	3
Terry Shoebridge	46	156	129	19	31	5	0	2	14	0	1	24	23	.240	.359	.326	.685	42		1	0	2
Franklin Thomas	39	132	116	15	25	2	2	0	10	3	1	13	12	.216	.292	.267	.560	31		0	2	1
Tim Jordan	37	91	75	8	17	0	0	0	3	6	1	13	8	.227	.341	.227	.568	17		0	3	0
Humberto Acosta	37	83	68	16	11	4	0	0	5	6	1	15	13	.162	.313	.221	.534	15		0	0	0
Manuel Betemit	14	51	44	10	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	5	12	.114	.220	.159	.379	7		1	1	0
Brian Fisher	9	25	20	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.150	.320	.200	.520	4		1	0	0
Larry Montgomery	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1330	5076	4423	715	1172	217	44	102	608	173	70	525	714	.265	.346	.403	.749	1783	0	49	31	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edward Gilliam	1B	48	382	24	12	29	.971	8.458
Chris Carstensen	1B	46	370	20	3	35	.992	8.478
Columbus Duncan	1B	41	325	11	7	27	.980	8.195
Tim Jordan	1B	5	60	0	1	2	.984	12.000
John Skorochocki	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
John Skorochocki	2B	94	207	206	24	48	.945	4.394
Franklin Thomas	2B	28	57	65	5	5	.961	4.357
Manuel Betemit	2B	12	26	23	8	3	.860	4.083
Brian Fisher	2B	8	6	13	1	2	.950	2.375
Melvin Manning	3B	122	95	249	39	17	.898	2.820
John Skorochocki	3B	9	8	16	1	3	.960	2.667
Chris Carstensen	3B	4	1	4	1	1	.833	1.250
Franklin Thomas	3B	3	4	6	0	1	1.000	3.333
Bill Foley	C	69	424	52	9	3	.981	6.899	10
Terry Shoebridge	C	45	253	35	9	2	.970	6.400	2
Terry Bevington	C	41	226	17	8	3	.968	5.927	5
Kevin Bass	OF	129	281	14	11	1	.964	2.287
Doug Loman	OF	123	221	14	8	4	.967	1.911
Bobby Smith	OF	109	145	7	10	0	.938	1.394
Chris Carstensen	OF	32	46	5	2	0	.962	1.594
Humberto Acosta	OF	28	35	2	2	0	.949	1.321
Tim Jordan	OF	26	26	4	1	0	.968	1.154
Steve Reed	P	39	5	7	2	0	.857	.308
Daryl Bailey	P	37	7	17	0	2	1.000	.649
Dave LaPoint	P	25	5	20	2	0	.926	1.000
Weldon Swift	P	23	4	13	2	0	.895	.739
Larry Edwards	P	23	2	12	1	1	.933	.609
Timothy Bannister	P	23	3	10	0	1	1.000	.565
Jeffrey Harryman	P	21	2	10	2	1	.857	.571
Jerry Jenkins	P	20	9	21	1	1	.968	1.500
Alvin Edge	P	18	4	15	4	0	.826	1.056
Larry Montgomery	P	15	8	19	0	2	1.000	1.800
Frank DiPino	P	15	3	19	0	1	1.000	1.467
Richard Nicholson	P	8	2	2	1	1	.800	.500
William Dick	P	8	0	4	1	0	.800	.500
Randall Boyce	P	8	0	6	0	0	1.000	.750
Thomas DeRosa	P	7	2	8	1	1	.909	1.429
William Roden	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ivan Rodriguez	SS	133	161	362	45	54	.921	3.932
Melvin Manning	SS	4	5	11	1	1	.941	4.000
Franklin Thomas	SS	2	2	7	2	1	.818	4.500
John Skorochocki	SS	1	1	4	1	0	.833	5.000
Totals		1455	3429	1356	228	253	.955	3.289	17	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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