1978 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 19-47
Finished 8th in the PL
Manager: Tom Zimmer (19-47)
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 19,469, Avg. 590
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 19 wins and 47 losses, finishing eighth in the PL.
The Copper Kings plated 417 runs and allowed 591 runs, most in the league. Israel Gutierrez accounted for 37 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .337 clip. Mario Mudano led the team with 6 wins, while Gregory Moore recorded a 5.07 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Julio Franco played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Butte Copper Kings to do so.
Tom Zimmer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Mudano | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.85 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 125 | 95 | 65 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Tony Jordan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 8.21 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 37 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ralph Suarez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.37 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 67.0 | 70 | 61 | 40 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Douglas Hunt | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37.0 | 51 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Ezell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.97 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 84 | 65 | 48 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Church | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.67 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Brannon | 1 | 4 | .200 | 14.76 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 46 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Caiazzo | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.64 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 78 | 59 | 37 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gregory Moore | 1 | 10 | .091 | 5.07 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 95 | 80 | 49 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Carlos Cabassa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hilario Espinal | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Stinnett | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Halicki | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Henry Bender | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philip Costello | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.78 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 42 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 47 | .288 | 7.01 | 155 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 542.0 | 719 | 591 | 422 | 48 | 404 | 12 | 387 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin White | 60 | 259 | 223 | 39 | 72 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 41 | .323 | .411 | .417 | .828 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Israel Gutierrez | 53 | 236 | 205 | 49 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 27 | .337 | .413 | .493 | .905 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steven Swain | 61 | 260 | 222 | 37 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 37 | .279 | .375 | .378 | .753 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Angelo Ross | 54 | 234 | 209 | 40 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 22 | .278 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Julio Franco | 47 | 161 | 141 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 30 | .305 | .381 | .433 | .814 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Cabassa | 47 | 184 | 140 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 34 | .300 | .451 | .457 | .908 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Cecil Strawn | 44 | 158 | 127 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 41 | .307 | .396 | .433 | .829 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Henry Bender | 46 | 159 | 146 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 41 | .267 | .316 | .397 | .714 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alvin Williams | 46 | 170 | 148 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 35 | .264 | .347 | .372 | .719 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Stinnett | 47 | 158 | 140 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 37 | .264 | .327 | .329 | .655 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Halicki | 45 | 173 | 150 | 29 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | .240 | .333 | .253 | .587 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jones | 36 | 124 | 114 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 37 | .254 | .306 | .351 | .657 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hilario Espinal | 34 | 116 | 107 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 27 | .206 | .261 | .262 | .523 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Philip Joanis | 25 | 97 | 83 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .217 | .312 | .277 | .590 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miguel Cuevas | 20 | 61 | 46 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .261 | .443 | .435 | .877 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ezell | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .571 | .400 | .971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Mauch | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Moore | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Jordan | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Hunt | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Suarez | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 774 | 2580 | 2224 | 417 | 620 | 101 | 32 | 20 | 331 | 94 | 35 | 286 | 443 | .279 | .364 | .380 | .744 | 845 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Swain | 1B | 56 | 463 | 29 | 22 | 43 | .957 | 8.786 | ||||
| Alvin Williams | 1B | 6 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 7.500 | ||||
| Henry Bender | 1B | 6 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 6.167 | ||||
| Cecil Strawn | 1B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | 2B | 29 | 69 | 65 | 7 | 17 | .950 | 4.621 | ||||
| Philip Joanis | 2B | 24 | 48 | 59 | 5 | 10 | .955 | 4.458 | ||||
| Ron Stinnett | 2B | 10 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 4.200 | ||||
| Julio Franco | 2B | 7 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 2.857 | ||||
| Kevin Halicki | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Halicki | 3B | 31 | 23 | 60 | 9 | 3 | .902 | 2.677 | ||||
| Hilario Espinal | 3B | 27 | 21 | 53 | 15 | 4 | .831 | 2.741 | ||||
| Ron Stinnett | 3B | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .760 | 2.714 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | 3B | 7 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .800 | 3.429 | ||||
| Gary Ezell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Alvin Williams | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Cecil Strawn | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Cecil Strawn | C | 33 | 197 | 25 | 13 | 3 | .945 | 6.727 | 12 | |||
| Henry Bender | C | 30 | 169 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .930 | 6.233 | 15 | |||
| Miguel Cuevas | C | 14 | 57 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .907 | 4.857 | 12 | |||
| Alvin White | OF | 55 | 84 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .869 | 1.691 | ||||
| Angelo Ross | OF | 53 | 115 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .927 | 2.396 | ||||
| Carlos Cabassa | OF | 43 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.581 | ||||
| Joseph Jones | OF | 31 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 1.452 | ||||
| Alvin Williams | OF | 21 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.095 | ||||
| Steven Swain | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Stinnett | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ralph Suarez | P | 23 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .696 | .696 | ||||
| Gary Ezell | P | 23 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Hunt | P | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Mario Mudano | P | 17 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.294 | ||||
| Tony Jordan | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Gregory Moore | P | 13 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| David Caiazzo | P | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Robert Church | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leon Brannon | P | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Jack Holmes | P | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ron Stinnett | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Halicki | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Philip Costello | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Hilario Espinal | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Cabassa | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Henry Bender | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Franco | SS | 27 | 37 | 52 | 25 | 8 | .781 | 3.296 | ||||
| Ron Stinnett | SS | 19 | 20 | 38 | 10 | 6 | .853 | 3.053 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | SS | 18 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 10 | .937 | 4.111 | ||||
| Kevin Halicki | SS | 14 | 8 | 43 | 8 | 8 | .864 | 3.643 | ||||
| Totals | 738 | 1626 | 721 | 224 | 130 | .913 | 3.180 | 39 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
