1978 Chattanooga Lookouts Statistics
Team Record: 63-80
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: John Orsino (0-0), Jimmy Bragan (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe Engel Stadium
Attendance: 53,917, Avg. 754
The Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 63 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Lookouts plated 488 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 561 runs. Sal Rende paced Chattanooga with 15 home runs and recorded 87 runs batted in, while leading all regular hitters with a .273 average. John Arnold topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Chattanooga Lookouts who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dennis DeBarr, Kevin Rhomberg, Mike Armstrong and Chris Bando.
John Orsino and Jimmy Bragan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Arnold | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.95 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 116 | 52 | 43 | 7 | 61 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Mike Armstrong | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.04 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 74.0 | 61 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom McGough | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.02 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 134.0 | 125 | 67 | 45 | 7 | 57 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Melson | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.89 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 76 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Carl Nicholson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.04 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 64 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nate Puryear | 5 | 13 | .278 | 3.42 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 129.0 | 117 | 68 | 49 | 4 | 95 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Todd Heimer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.83 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 83 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rick Borchers | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.02 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 119 | 62 | 50 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Steven Widner | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.97 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 119 | 69 | 56 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ronnie Arp | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.02 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 62 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Hussey | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Johnson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.36 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 43 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jesse Wright | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gordy Glaser | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill VanBommel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.93 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29.0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Narleski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.88 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 80 | .441 | 3.38 | 291 | 143 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 20 | 1199.0 | 1129 | 561 | 450 | 43 | 592 | 34 | 642 | 37 | 9 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Rende | 142 | 558 | 509 | 54 | 139 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 60 | .273 | .323 | .434 | .757 | 221 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Vassie Gardner | 136 | 503 | 444 | 46 | 112 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 76 | .252 | .323 | .340 | .663 | 151 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Terry Tyson | 141 | 525 | 480 | 47 | 111 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 64 | .231 | .271 | .290 | .561 | 139 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Riccardo Bellini | 125 | 495 | 434 | 50 | 100 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 51 | .230 | .308 | .288 | .596 | 125 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Tony Toups | 104 | 371 | 327 | 38 | 92 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 32 | .281 | .346 | .327 | .673 | 107 | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Luis DeLeon | 128 | 426 | 388 | 34 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 65 | .227 | .272 | .265 | .537 | 103 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Rick Colzie | 75 | 307 | 265 | 32 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 34 | 31 | .279 | .363 | .332 | .695 | 88 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Duane Wilson | 93 | 311 | 273 | 28 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 43 | .245 | .330 | .337 | .667 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 58 | 223 | 199 | 35 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 27 | .307 | .368 | .372 | .740 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Chris Bando | 76 | 287 | 241 | 30 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 32 | .228 | .335 | .328 | .662 | 79 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Craig Adams | 58 | 225 | 203 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 42 | .197 | .272 | .266 | .538 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Harvey | 51 | 182 | 164 | 9 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 41 | .207 | .260 | .256 | .516 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ken Bolek | 36 | 118 | 91 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 21 | .220 | .381 | .275 | .656 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lynn Garrett | 29 | 92 | 87 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .207 | .242 | .310 | .552 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Jeansonne | 28 | 97 | 87 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | .207 | .289 | .287 | .576 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Washko | 10 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .259 | .310 | .407 | .718 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Tomski | 23 | 51 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | .175 | .353 | .250 | .603 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McGough | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Heimer | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Puryear | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1373 | 4802 | 4261 | 465 | 1043 | 178 | 31 | 30 | 412 | 109 | 71 | 418 | 635 | .245 | .313 | .322 | .636 | 1373 | 0 | 21 | 74 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Rende | 1B | 141 | 1292 | 81 | 13 | 118 | .991 | 9.738 | ||||
| Tony Toups | 1B | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
| Riccardo Bellini | 2B | 114 | 244 | 305 | 13 | 76 | .977 | 4.816 | ||||
| Tony Toups | 2B | 39 | 85 | 107 | 6 | 21 | .970 | 4.923 | ||||
| Craig Adams | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | 3B | 130 | 115 | 288 | 28 | 33 | .935 | 3.100 | ||||
| Tony Toups | 3B | 17 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .818 | 1.588 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lynn Garrett | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Bando | C | 62 | 285 | 51 | 10 | 8 | .971 | 5.419 | 5 | |||
| Craig Harvey | C | 50 | 238 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .989 | 5.180 | 5 | |||
| Tim Brill | C | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Tomski | C | 15 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .960 | 4.800 | 4 | |||
| Tony Toups | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Vassie Gardner | OF | 136 | 249 | 22 | 6 | 5 | .978 | 1.993 | ||||
| Rick Colzie | OF | 72 | 161 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 2.333 | ||||
| Craig Adams | OF | 58 | 121 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .962 | 2.172 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | OF | 55 | 94 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .952 | 1.800 | ||||
| John Guarnaccia | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Jeansonne | OF | 26 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.385 | ||||
| Lynn Garrett | OF | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ken Bolek | OF | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Patrick Washko | OF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tony Toups | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Burke | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Armstrong | P | 31 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .419 | ||||
| Steven Widner | P | 27 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| John Arnold | P | 27 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Rick Borchers | P | 24 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Tom McGough | P | 21 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .905 | ||||
| Nate Puryear | P | 20 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gregory Johnson | P | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Jesse Wright | P | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Todd Heimer | P | 19 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .895 | ||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Carl Nicholson | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ronnie Arp | P | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.154 | ||||
| Steve Narleski | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Gary Melson | P | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Hussey | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Gordy Glaser | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Bill VanBommel | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis DeLeon | SS | 126 | 204 | 400 | 38 | 71 | .941 | 4.794 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | SS | 12 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Riccardo Bellini | SS | 11 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 6 | .957 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tony Toups | SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3323 | 1622 | 175 | 367 | .966 | 3.364 | 14 | 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.
