1978 Bluefield Orioles Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 29-40
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: J. R. Miner (29-40)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 28,625, Avg. 830

1978 Bluefield Orioles Roster

The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Orioles scored 291 runs and conceded 348 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Sheets led Bluefield with 11 home runs and drove in 48 runs. Vic Rodríguez paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .321 clip. Tim Norris topped the team with 5 wins, while Don Welchel recorded a 2.43 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1978 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Welchel, Larry Sheets, John Shelby, Cal Ripken, Mike Boddicker and Vic Rodríguez.

J. R. Miner 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
Tim Norris	5	6	.455	6.27	15	13		2	0	0	66.0	82	63	46	3	44	0	43	0	0	10
Eddie Hook	4	3	.571	4.44	11	11		4	0	0	71.0	78	42	35	3	31	1	31	0	3	7
Don Welchel	4	5	.444	2.43	12	11		7	0	0	89.0	78	30	24	2	25	3	57	2	0	5
Jim Loftin	3	1	.750	6.25	13	2		0	0	0	36.0	38	30	25	1	20	0	21	1	1	2
William Purdy	3	2	.600	2.48	23	2		1	0	3	58.0	55	22	16	2	17	1	45	2	0	1
Brooks Carey	3	8	.273	3.35	15	14		5	0	0	94.0	98	55	35	11	32	0	58	1	3	2
Charles Salagan	3	8	.273	3.90	15	13		4	1	0	67.0	65	43	29	2	43	1	51	2	0	4
Mike Boddicker	2	1	.667	0.47	8	1		0	0	2	19.0	9	2	1	0	10	0	28	0	0	0
Allen Edwards	2	2	.500	3.15	13	1		0	0	1	20.0	11	8	7	0	24	2	20	1	0	5
Douglas Banks					12						0.0
Michael Lacasse	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
David Loeffler	0	0		6.75	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Marion Thackston	0	0		10.00	9	0		0	0	0	9.0	14	10	10	1	8	0	6	0	1	1
George Paul	0	1	.000	20.25	6	1		0	0	0	4.0	9	11	9	2	7	1	2	0	0	0
Totals	29	37	.439	4.01	155	69	0	23	1	6	539.0	541	320	240	27	266	9	364	9	8	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
Robert Boyce	67	288	242	39	77	19	0	4	29	1	2	43	42	.318	.424	.446	.870	108		2	0	1
John Shelby	64	288	248	49	70	9	1	6	25	7	4	30	45	.282	.363	.399	.762	99		3	4	3
Vic Rodríguez	59	222	209	26	67	4	2	2	28	0	0	8	23	.321	.339	.388	.727	81		0	1	4
Eddie Rodriguez	66	245	225	25	65	8	0	2	23	5	4	12	36	.289	.325	.351	.676	79		1	5	2
Cal Ripken	63	270	239	27	63	7	1	0	24	1	1	24	46	.264	.331	.301	.632	72		2	1	4
Larry Sheets	67	265	225	32	60	9	2	11	48	0	0	32	46	.267	.362	.471	.833	106		4	0	4
Kurt Fabrizio	48	177	159	19	42	9	1	1	19	0	1	17	20	.264	.333	.352	.686	56		0	0	1
Cecil Whitehead	46	168	140	21	38	4	1	4	15	0	0	25	21	.271	.393	.400	.793	56		3	0	0
Richard Moore	41	141	118	14	24	4	1	0	6	1	1	16	30	.203	.314	.254	.568	30		3	4	0
Michael Lacasse	28	83	77	7	17	3	1	0	7	2	0	5	15	.221	.268	.286	.554	22		0	1	0
Donald Bowman	34	98	89	6	17	2	0	2	6	0	0	8	31	.191	.265	.281	.546	25		1	0	0
Daniel Keck	30	83	74	7	15	4	1	0	8	0	0	8	17	.203	.289	.284	.573	21		1	0	0
William Marrero	24	77	74	7	14	1	0	1	6	0	1	3	20	.189	.221	.243	.464	18		0	0	0
James Delmonico	26	86	78	5	12	3	0	1	8	0	1	6	26	.154	.209	.231	.440	18		0	0	2
Terrence Swinton	18	45	39	5	11	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	13	.282	.378	.282	.660	11		1	0	0
Michael Byars	12	35	31	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	.097	.171	.129	.300	4		0	0	1
William Purdy	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Douglas Nave	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	0	0
Allen Edwards	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	732	2579	2273	291	595	87	11	34	255	19	16	247	449	.262	.337	.355	.691	806	0	21	16	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kurt Fabrizio	1B	47	350	16	5	32	.987	7.787
Michael Lacasse	1B	9	96	9	3	9	.972	11.667
Donald Bowman	1B	8	54	2	1	5	.982	7.000
Larry Sheets	1B	6	48	4	1	1	.981	8.667
William Marrero	1B	3	19	1	0	1	1.000	6.667
James Delmonico	1B	2	15	1	1	0	.941	8.000
Eddie Rodriguez	2B	60	161	159	13	29	.961	5.333
Michael Lacasse	2B	15	30	35	7	7	.903	4.333
Robert Boyce	3B	65	64	112	19	9	.903	2.708
Vic Rodríguez	3B	5	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.800
Michael Byars	3B	1	0	1	2	0	.333	1.000
Richard Moore	C	41	247	26	9	1	.968	6.659	16
Cecil Whitehead	C	30	169	19	4	4	.979	6.267	3
Douglas Nave	C	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
William Marrero	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
John Shelby	OF	64	128	11	6	3	.959	2.172
Larry Sheets	OF	56	73	4	3	0	.962	1.375
Daniel Keck	OF	28	31	1	2	0	.941	1.143
Vic Rodríguez	OF	22	34	2	4	0	.900	1.636
James Delmonico	OF	20	22	2	2	0	.923	1.200
William Marrero	OF	18	26	3	5	0	.853	1.611
Terrence Swinton	OF	15	20	1	2	0	.913	1.400
Michael Byars	OF	7	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.143
William Purdy	P	23	2	5	1	0	.875	.304
Charles Salagan	P	15	0	5	0	1	1.000	.333
Tim Norris	P	15	6	13	4	1	.826	1.267
Brooks Carey	P	15	3	8	0	0	1.000	.733
Jim Loftin	P	13	2	8	0	1	1.000	.769
Allen Edwards	P	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	.308
Don Welchel	P	12	8	11	2	0	.905	1.583
Douglas Banks	P	12						.000
Eddie Hook	P	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	.636
Marion Thackston	P	9	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Boddicker	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
George Paul	P	6	0	1	1	0	.500	.167
David Loeffler	P	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Michael Lacasse	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Cal Ripken	SS	62	92	204	33	31	.900	4.774
Eddie Rodriguez	SS	6	5	16	2	2	.913	3.500
Vic Rodríguez	SS	2	3	5	1	0	.889	4.000
Michael Byars	SS	2	2	4	2	1	.750	3.000
Totals		751	1727	711	135	138	.948	3.246	19	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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