1978 Daytona Beach Astros Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 42-93
in the FSL's North and South Division
Manager: Leo Posada (0-0), Charles Sprinkle (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Attendance: 30,942, Avg. 458

1978 Daytona Beach Astros Roster

The Daytona Beach Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 42 wins and 93 losses, in the league's North and South Division. Daytona Beach was in the North Divsion for the first half and South for the second.

The Astros scored 453 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 699 runs, most in the circuit. George Gross drove in 63 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .275 average. Jim MacDonald led the team with 8 wins, while Alberto Cajide registered a 3.67 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Doug Konieczny, Scott Loucks, Danny Heep, Tim Tolman, Ron Meridith, Jack Lazorko, Billy Smith, Pete Hernández and Ricky Adams were all players from the 1978 Daytona Beach Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Leo Posada and Charles Sprinkle 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
Jim MacDonald	8	16	.333	3.84	26	25		10	2	0	150.0	175	87	64	7	64	2	65	2	1	9
Billy Smith	6	6	.500	2.03	13	13		3	0	0	93.0	97	44	21	0	29	2	53	4	2	14
Del Leatherwood	4	5	.444	4.32	18	10		4	0	0	77.0	79	57	37	2	59	2	41	4	1	5
Alberto Cajide	4	10	.286	3.67	31	11		4	1	1	125.0	130	62	51	0	40	0	66	4	5	8
Jack Lazorko	3	0	1.000	2.67	13	0		0	0	1	27.0	21	8	8	1	10	0	8	0	0	2
Douglas Jackson	3	3	.500	3.00	26	4		1	0	0	84.0	69	41	28	1	40	4	48	2	0	9
Ron Meridith	3	6	.333	4.34	9	9		4	1	0	56.0	59	28	27	3	17	1	31	3	1	0
Diego Melendez	3	11	.214	5.76	27	19		3	1	0	114.0	117	94	73	5	91	1	73	11	5	15
Ricardo Aponte	2	0	1.000	1.42	28	0		0	0	5	38.0	36	9	6	1	14	1	26	0	0	2
Doug Konieczny	1	0	1.000	3.00	3	1		0	0	0	12.0	13	4	4	0	8	0	7	0	0	3
Thad Troedson	1	0	1.000	3.86	9	1		0	0	0	21.0	17	10	9	0	10	0	7	1	0	1
Frederick Morris	1	1	.500	4.36	29	0		0	0	3	66.0	76	44	32	1	29	3	43	2	1	4
Rod Boxberger	1	2	.333	1.20	3	3		0	0	0	15.0	16	10	2	1	10	0	10	0	1	2
Reno Aragon	1	4	.200	7.36	6	6		1	1	0	22.0	24	23	18	1	15	0	12	0	1	6
Stan Leland	1	9	.100	8.84	12	12		1	0	0	57.0	85	64	56	3	34	1	31	6	4	2
Julio Beltran	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Charles Sprinkle	0	0		3.60	1	0		0	0	0	5.0	6	4	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
John Hessler	0	3	.000	6.30	3	3		0	0	0	10.0	12	9	7	0	15	0	13	0	0	3
Randy Walraven	0	8	.000	6.47	22	9		1	0	0	57.0	70	61	41	2	44	1	29	5	3	4
Kevin Houston	0	9	.000	4.21	13	9		2	0	0	62.0	61	40	29	3	58	0	51	1	2	4
Totals	42	93	.311	4.24	293	135	0	34	6	10	1092.0	1164	699	515	31	591	18	618	45	27	94	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
George Gross	133	529	451	60	124	22	8	6	63	15	6	61	70	.275	.366	.399	.765	180		7	4	6
Jose Mota	120	450	410	51	109	13	3	0	32	18	11	27	89	.266	.320	.312	.632	128		6	6	1
Ricky Adams	112	436	396	46	88	12	3	0	32	20	14	36	73	.222	.287	.268	.555	106		1	1	2
Ramon Leader	116	426	390	32	79	6	5	1	27	15	4	30	70	.203	.260	.251	.511	98		1	3	2
Simon Rosario	65	275	261	31	74	10	3	1	27	1	3	11	27	.284	.318	.356	.674	93		2	1	0
Danny Heep	66	265	212	29	72	18	2	2	24	0	6	50	25	.340	.462	.472	.934	100		0	1	2
Paul Cooper	83	295	253	31	68	7	6	0	26	8	3	33	62	.269	.353	.344	.697	87		2	3	4
Pete Hernández	61	234	217	18	58	3	1	0	13	1	4	15	39	.267	.313	.290	.604	63		0	1	1
Greg Cypret	58	236	216	21	47	9	0	1	19	5	2	18	21	.218	.278	.273	.551	59		0	2	0
Jose Turnes	71	241	214	21	42	5	1	0	16	1	1	18	54	.196	.273	.229	.502	49		5	3	1
Julio Beltran	53	171	153	14	41	3	2	0	6	5	6	16	20	.268	.341	.314	.655	48		1	1	0
Douglas Stokke	43	157	141	17	40	4	2	3	20	1	0	14	13	.284	.346	.404	.750	57		0	1	1
Donald Harkness	77	250	231	13	37	6	0	0	13	3	4	17	42	.160	.221	.186	.407	43		1	1	0
Scott Loucks	43	164	128	21	26	3	2	0	9	29	7	35	43	.203	.374	.258	.632	33		0	1	0
Jose Claudio	29	109	102	6	25	6	2	0	9	5	1	5	28	.245	.280	.343	.624	35		0	2	0
Randy Rouse	29	104	93	4	20	3	0	0	6	1	3	5	5	.215	.267	.247	.515	23		2	3	1
Steve Englishbey	27	95	73	13	17	3	0	1	6	0	2	20	21	.233	.389	.315	.705	23		0	0	2
Randy Toogood	33	110	97	4	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	12	28	.155	.245	.196	.441	19		0	0	1
Bubba Holland	13	47	37	4	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	.297	.422	.378	.801	14		0	2	0
James Joiner	26	81	66	6	11	3	0	1	6	0	0	13	23	.167	.300	.258	.558	17		0	1	1
Randolph Lamb	15	45	40	6	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	8	.200	.289	.200	.489	8		0	0	0
Tim Tolman	7	28	25	2	7	2	0	0	5	1	1	3	2	.280	.357	.360	.717	9		0	0	0
Jack Cloherty	7	18	15	4	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	4	.400	.500	.600	1.100	9		0	0	0
Douglas Jackson	26	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Kevin Ruffler	5	20	12	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	.083	.235	.083	.319	1		0	3	2
Randy Walraven	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Jim MacDonald	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1366	4794	4240	456	1027	146	41	16	379	129	78	459	780	.242	.318	.307	.626	1303	0	28	40	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Gross	1B	87	821	35	13	78	.985	9.839
Simon Rosario	1B	42	358	21	9	41	.977	9.024
Steve Englishbey	1B	6	42	3	2	4	.957	7.500
Jose Turnes	1B	2	8	1	0	1	1.000	4.500
Tim Tolman	1B	2	19	1	0	3	1.000	1.000
Paul Cooper	1B	2	14	0	1	0	.933	7.000
Jack Cloherty	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Julio Beltran	2B	47	100	134	20	32	.921	4.979
Donald Harkness	2B	46	113	142	14	37	.948	5.543
Douglas Stokke	2B	33	84	106	1	21	.995	5.758
Randolph Lamb	2B	6	10	20	1	5	.968	5.000
Ricky Adams	2B	6	9	17	1	4	.963	4.333
Pete Hernández	2B	2	4	3	1	1	.875	3.500
Greg Cypret	2B	2	6	7	1	2	.929	6.500
Greg Cypret	3B	51	45	87	15	17	.898	2.588
George Gross	3B	46	40	94	19	14	.876	2.913
Ricky Adams	3B	21	19	56	6	6	.926	3.571
Pete Hernández	3B	18	14	42	5	1	.918	3.111
Donald Harkness	3B	3	4	4	1	0	.889	2.667
Randy Rouse	3B	2	1	3	2	0	.667	2.000
Jose Turnes	C	59	310	44	9	5	.975	6.000	20
Randy Toogood	C	27	121	18	4	1	.972	5.148	8
James Joiner	C	22	76	12	4	1	.957	4.000	0
Randy Rouse	C	19	90	11	1	2	.990	5.316	7
Bubba Holland	C	13	46	12	1	2	.983	4.462	1
Jack Cloherty	C	2	9	2	2	1	.846	5.500	0
Kevin Ruffler	C	1	3	2	0	1	1.000	5.000	0
Jose Mota	OF	116	234	17	13	2	.951	2.164
Ramon Leader	OF	111	147	16	6	4	.964	1.468
Danny Heep	OF	61	89	9	2	3	.980	1.607
Paul Cooper	OF	57	55	1	5	1	.918	.982
Scott Loucks	OF	36	71	4	7	1	.915	2.083
Jose Claudio	OF	27	38	4	5	1	.894	1.556
Simon Rosario	OF	16	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.062
Tim Tolman	OF	4	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Donald Harkness	OF	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Randolph Lamb	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Alberto Cajide	P	31	8	26	1	2	.971	1.097
Frederick Morris	P	29	1	18	0	2	1.000	.655
Ricardo Aponte	P	28	0	5	1	1	.833	.179
Diego Melendez	P	27	4	18	3	1	.880	.815
Jim MacDonald	P	26	8	27	0	2	1.000	1.346
Douglas Jackson	P	26	5	14	3	0	.864	.731
Randy Walraven	P	22	0	14	2	0	.875	.636
Del Leatherwood	P	18	2	13	0	2	1.000	.833
Billy Smith	P	13	6	19	0	1	1.000	1.923
Jack Lazorko	P	13	1	5	1	0	.857	.462
Kevin Houston	P	13	2	10	0	1	1.000	.923
Stan Leland	P	12	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.250
Thad Troedson	P	9	1	3	1	1	.800	.444
Ron Meridith	P	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Reno Aragon	P	6	2	3	1	2	.833	.833
Doug Konieczny	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
John Hessler	P	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333
Rod Boxberger	P	3	0	5	1	1	.833	1.667
Charles Sprinkle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Julio Beltran	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ricky Adams	SS	86	133	305	38	61	.920	5.093
Pete Hernández	SS	41	53	123	23	21	.884	4.293
Douglas Stokke	SS	9	18	34	3	8	.945	5.778
Greg Cypret	SS	5	12	15	2	1	.931	5.400
Donald Harkness	SS	2	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.000
Totals		1438	3286	1609	251	400	.951	3.404	36	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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