1978 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-73
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Johnson (70-73)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Synovus Park
Attendance: 75,438, Avg. 1,055

1978 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 70 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Astros scored 502 runs and allowed 542 runs. Alan Knicely led Columbus with 15 home runs Larry Eubanks and Alan Knicely each drove in 50 runs. Jim Pankovits paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .240. Gordie Pladson topped the squad with 11 wins, while Randy Niemann recorded a 2.05 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

José Sosa, Reggie Baldwin, Gary Rajsich, Randy Niemann, Vern Ruhle, Alan Knicely, Dave Smith, Scott Loucks, Tom Wiedenbauer, Bert Peña, Joe Pittman, Bert Roberge, Gordie Pladson, Billy Smith, Bruce Bochy, Jim Pankovits and Mike Mendoza were all players from the 1978 Columbus Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jimmy Johnson 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
Gordie Pladson	11	10	.524	3.66	26	26		14	2	0	182.0	177	88	74	9	77	0	117	2	0	9
Dave Smith	10	13	.435	3.48	26	26		9	2	0	181.0	170	89	70	10	88	2	114	4	0	8
Randy Niemann	9	5	.643	2.05	29	14		9	1	1	123.0	125	44	28	4	39	1	53	5	1	4
Mike Mendoza	9	8	.529	2.77	17	17		12	4	0	133.0	115	46	41	5	41	4	101	5	0	3
Mike Allen	6	8	.429	3.96	14	14		4	0	0	91.0	98	61	40	5	42	0	50	1	0	2
David Aloi	5	1	.833	3.25	30	0		0	0	8	72.0	61	32	26	6	28	1	55	3	0	0
Rod Boxberger	5	5	.500	4.18	11	11		6	3	0	71.0	58	40	33	3	55	2	51	0	3	6
Vern Ruhle	4	1	.800	1.85	5	5		4	1	0	39.0	32	9	8	3	8	1	25	1	0	1
Billy Smith	4	3	.571	2.55	15	8		5	2	0	67.0	67	26	19	2	19	1	34	1	0	6
Mark Miggins	4	11	.267	3.63	30	14		6	2	1	119.0	111	58	48	7	63	3	43	8	1	5
Dennis Miscik	2	5	.286	4.33	15	8		1	0	0	54.0	54	33	26	5	31	1	39	1	2	1
José Sosa	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0		0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1
Thad Troedson	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Bert Roberge	0	3	.000	3.38	21	0		0	0	2	32.0	37	15	12	1	10	7	24	1	2	3
Totals	70	73	.490	3.27	244	143	0	70	17	13	1171.0	1110	542	426	61	502	23	712	32	9	50	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
Jim Pankovits	137	571	509	67	122	19	7	10	43	8	4	48	98	.240	.313	.363	.676	185		7	5	2
Phil Klimas	143	546	465	64	109	17	6	12	46	2	2	71	95	.234	.335	.374	.709	174		1	5	4
Larry Eubanks	118	422	381	47	107	19	3	14	50	6	3	34	87	.281	.339	.457	.796	174		1	3	3
Alan Knicely	140	496	427	51	97	13	2	15	50	3	0	52	112	.227	.311	.372	.684	159		3	8	6
Joe Pittman	92	334	306	44	78	6	1	1	17	17	9	20	32	.255	.300	.291	.591	89		1	4	3
Fernando Tatis	98	362	326	39	75	13	5	10	45	2	3	26	75	.230	.291	.393	.684	128		3	5	2
Bruce Bochy	79	284	261	25	70	10	2	7	34	0	2	13	30	.268	.309	.402	.712	105		3	6	1
Gary Rajsich	80	324	286	37	69	12	5	7	34	14	3	29	57	.241	.309	.392	.701	112		1	4	4
Jeff Smith	87	294	255	21	67	13	0	5	26	2	1	33	41	.263	.349	.373	.722	95		2	2	2
Bert Peña	141	453	410	24	66	10	0	2	24	4	6	23	95	.161	.211	.200	.411	82		4	12	4
Scott Loucks	76	285	232	38	45	4	4	3	17	18	10	45	73	.194	.323	.284	.607	66		1	3	4
Reggie Baldwin	36	139	133	13	43	11	1	1	23	2	0	1	9	.323	.328	.444	.772	59		1	2	2
Randy Rouse	38	116	108	9	28	1	0	0	8	0	0	6	9	.259	.296	.269	.564	29		0	1	1
Simon Rosario	35	103	100	8	27	1	2	0	8	0	2	3	15	.270	.291	.320	.611	32		0	0	0
Tom Wiedenbauer	27	104	93	10	25	2	0	0	6	7	3	10	14	.269	.346	.290	.636	27		1	0	0
Duane Gustavson	21	73	61	4	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	11	11	.213	.333	.246	.579	15		0	1	0
Jose Turnes	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Totals	1350	4908	4355	501	1042	153	38	87	437	85	48	425	854	.239	.309	.352	.660	1532	0	29	61	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jeff Smith	1B	67	510	22	7	42	.987	7.940
Joe Pittman	1B	38	282	18	7	21	.977	7.895
Gary Rajsich	1B	30	238	24	1	13	.996	8.733
Simon Rosario	1B	25	189	4	3	14	.985	7.720
Reggie Baldwin	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jim Pankovits	2B	135	287	366	28	67	.959	4.837
Joe Pittman	2B	13	22	27	1	8	.980	3.769
Phil Klimas	3B	143	113	320	25	21	.945	3.028
Bruce Bochy	C	78	419	49	7	6	.985	6.000	5
Randy Rouse	C	38	179	27	4	2	.981	5.421	8
Duane Gustavson	C	21	119	16	3	0	.978	6.429	5
Reggie Baldwin	C	10	51	8	1	1	.983	5.900	1
Jose Turnes	C	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Alan Knicely	OF	140	262	22	10	3	.966	2.029
Larry Eubanks	OF	101	161	6	3	1	.982	1.653
Scott Loucks	OF	76	131	1	5	1	.964	1.737
Gary Rajsich	OF	55	121	4	1	0	.992	2.273
Joe Pittman	OF	34	51	6	4	0	.934	1.676
Tom Wiedenbauer	OF	27	64	4	0	1	1.000	2.519
Simon Rosario	OF	8	7	0	0	0	1.000	.875
Mark Miggins	P	30	4	39	5	1	.896	1.433
David Aloi	P	30	4	13	2	0	.895	.567
Randy Niemann	P	29	3	20	2	1	.920	.793
Dave Smith	P	26	11	26	4	1	.902	1.423
Gordie Pladson	P	26	11	20	1	2	.969	1.192
Bert Roberge	P	21	5	7	0	0	1.000	.571
Mike Mendoza	P	17	10	15	1	1	.962	1.471
Billy Smith	P	15	2	6	0	0	1.000	.533
Dennis Miscik	P	15	2	10	2	0	.857	.800
Mike Allen	P	14	5	7	3	1	.800	.857
Rod Boxberger	P	11	3	15	0	1	1.000	1.636
Vern Ruhle	P	5	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.200
José Sosa	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Thad Troedson	P	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bert Peña	SS	141	229	352	39	64	.937	4.121
Jim Pankovits	SS	7	4	8	2	0	.857	1.714
Totals		1433	3512	1470	171	273	.967	3.477	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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