1978 Clinton Dodgers Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 53-82
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Dick McLaughlin (53-82)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 43,921, Avg. 651
1978 Clinton Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 53-82
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Dick McLaughlin (53-82)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 43,921, Avg. 651
The Clinton Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 53 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Dodgers tallied 589 runs and surrendered 734 runs. Leo Hernández paced Clinton with 17 home runs and accounted for 73 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .277. Rusty McDonald topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.19 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Mitch Webster, Germán Rivera, Brian Holton, Gary Weiss, Mike Howard, Leo Hernández and Ron Kittle were all players from the 1978 Clinton Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dick McLaughlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty McDonald | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.19 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 134 | 68 | 51 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 132 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Michael Holt | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.07 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82.0 | 86 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brian Holton | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.33 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 94 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Bass | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.73 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 135.0 | 146 | 79 | 71 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Doug Harrison | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.36 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 131 | 87 | 75 | 8 | 97 | 2 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Kevin Joyce | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.31 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 94.0 | 95 | 50 | 45 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| William Martin | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.58 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83.0 | 80 | 56 | 33 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Brian Baldwin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 53.0 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Larry Wright | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 73 | 51 | 37 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Ferst | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.03 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 54 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| James Nobles | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.44 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jack Littrell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Jeansonne | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Kryka | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Cordova | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Purpura | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Lake | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Danny Coulon | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Jones | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Christopher Malden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Ford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.62 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.0 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Hogan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Dorgan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 81 | .396 | 4.63 | 288 | 137 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 1067.0 | 1102 | 685 | 549 | 76 | 550 | 13 | 799 | 50 | 9 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Hernández | 122 | 470 | 444 | 65 | 123 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 66 | .277 | .310 | .457 | .768 | 203 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill Swoope | 131 | 509 | 461 | 60 | 118 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 83 | .256 | .318 | .382 | .700 | 176 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Miguel Franjul | 109 | 431 | 395 | 49 | 99 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 55 | .251 | .309 | .319 | .628 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Evon Martinson | 107 | 389 | 346 | 37 | 93 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 54 | .269 | .332 | .399 | .731 | 138 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mark Elliott | 110 | 392 | 350 | 42 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 30 | .260 | .333 | .331 | .665 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Howard | 95 | 338 | 294 | 53 | 85 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 31 | 49 | .289 | .366 | .374 | .741 | 110 | 6 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Randy Craig | 91 | 325 | 268 | 47 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 38 | .265 | .383 | .340 | .722 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Foster | 88 | 318 | 260 | 41 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 50 | 64 | .262 | .379 | .388 | .767 | 101 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Freddie Van Bever | 78 | 318 | 262 | 31 | 66 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 44 | 39 | .252 | .370 | .305 | .676 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gary Weiss | 68 | 276 | 231 | 33 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 36 | 54 | .281 | .380 | .368 | .748 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Donald LeJohn | 57 | 195 | 163 | 36 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 29 | 34 | .258 | .376 | .307 | .683 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Webster | 45 | 180 | 157 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | .242 | .324 | .274 | .598 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 48 | 149 | 133 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 30 | .256 | .313 | .429 | .741 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Kemp | 49 | 155 | 140 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | .221 | .268 | .236 | .504 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Germán Rivera | 36 | 117 | 108 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .204 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Burton | 25 | 83 | 74 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .270 | .337 | .365 | .702 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Stone | 22 | 84 | 77 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .234 | .298 | .338 | .635 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fowlkes | 12 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .156 | .308 | .156 | .464 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kittle | 13 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .143 | .167 | .257 | .424 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1306 | 4804 | 4230 | 584 | 1094 | 184 | 27 | 60 | 488 | 169 | 87 | 464 | 707 | .259 | .336 | .357 | .693 | 1512 | 0 | 42 | 37 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Elliott | 1B | 102 | 800 | 54 | 6 | 76 | .993 | 8.373 | ||||
| Randy Craig | 1B | 34 | 257 | 5 | 4 | 18 | .985 | 7.706 | ||||
| Evon Martinson | 1B | 5 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .956 | 8.600 | ||||
| Gary Weiss | 2B | 56 | 136 | 137 | 4 | 33 | .986 | 4.875 | ||||
| Donald LeJohn | 2B | 30 | 56 | 81 | 7 | 18 | .951 | 4.567 | ||||
| Mike Howard | 2B | 24 | 54 | 60 | 8 | 11 | .934 | 4.750 | ||||
| Freddie Van Bever | 2B | 14 | 27 | 37 | 6 | 8 | .914 | 4.571 | ||||
| Miguel Franjul | 2B | 12 | 28 | 30 | 5 | 6 | .921 | 4.833 | ||||
| James Burton | 2B | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
| Randy Craig | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Leo Hernández | 3B | 112 | 86 | 222 | 20 | 20 | .939 | 2.750 | ||||
| Germán Rivera | 3B | 17 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 2.471 | ||||
| Mike Howard | 3B | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Freddie Van Bever | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Evon Martinson | C | 91 | 595 | 61 | 13 | 6 | .981 | 7.209 | 4 | |||
| Randy Craig | C | 28 | 122 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .971 | 4.714 | 3 | |||
| Michael Stone | C | 14 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 6.714 | 2 | |||
| David Fowlkes | C | 12 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 6.000 | 2 | |||
| Timothy Jones | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Bill Swoope | OF | 118 | 182 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .960 | 1.636 | ||||
| Douglas Foster | OF | 79 | 155 | 11 | 6 | 4 | .965 | 2.101 | ||||
| Freddie Van Bever | OF | 52 | 78 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .932 | 1.577 | ||||
| Mitch Webster | OF | 45 | 92 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .933 | 2.178 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | OF | 44 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.909 | ||||
| Rodney Kemp | OF | 43 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .875 | 1.628 | ||||
| Mike Howard | OF | 21 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.619 | ||||
| Germán Rivera | OF | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Ron Kittle | OF | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Stone | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Martin | P | 30 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .650 | .433 | ||||
| Michael Holt | P | 27 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .842 | .593 | ||||
| Jerry Bass | P | 26 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .654 | ||||
| Doug Harrison | P | 23 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.087 | ||||
| Kevin Joyce | P | 22 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Rusty McDonald | P | 21 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Brian Baldwin | P | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Mark Kryka | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Holton | P | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Larry Wright | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1.462 | ||||
| James Nobles | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Richard Ford | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Larry Ferst | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Christopher Malden | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .286 | ||||
| Jack Littrell | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Douglas Hogan | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rocky Cordova | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Joseph Purpura | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Lake | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Charles Dorgan | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Danny Coulon | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kevin Jeansonne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel Franjul | SS | 97 | 115 | 257 | 24 | 45 | .939 | 3.835 | ||||
| Mike Howard | SS | 41 | 73 | 88 | 14 | 24 | .920 | 3.927 | ||||
| Gary Weiss | SS | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1421 | 3323 | 1324 | 207 | 298 | .957 | 3.270 | 12 | 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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