1978 Dunedin Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 59-83
Finished 5th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Denis Menke (59-83)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Dunedin, Florida
Ballpark: Grant Field
Attendance: 17,165, Avg. 242
The Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 59 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Blue Jays plated 516 runs and surrendered 623 runs. Fay Thompson paced Dunedin with 19 home runs Greg Wells drove in 79 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. Rafael Santana led the squad with 11 wins, while William Baltz recorded a 2.58 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1978 Dunedin Blue Jays who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jesse Barfield, Dave Baker, Greg Wells and Dave Stieb.
Denis Menke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Santana | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.15 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 165.0 | 178 | 94 | 76 | 8 | 73 | 1 | 95 | 7 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Larkin Bullard | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.57 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116.0 | 128 | 59 | 46 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jay Robertson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.03 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 93.0 | 66 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Thomas DeJak | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.69 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 132 | 82 | 62 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randy Wiens | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.48 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 67.0 | 58 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Baltz | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.58 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 129.0 | 123 | 46 | 37 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Hollis | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.62 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 94 | 51 | 41 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Scott Gregory | 4 | 13 | .235 | 3.88 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 144.0 | 155 | 79 | 62 | 6 | 79 | 3 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Philip Cavarretta | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.46 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Rohm | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.62 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 99 | 51 | 40 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Stieb | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Rosario | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.23 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 89 | 66 | 54 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rocket Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Buckley | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miguel Gomez | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.87 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 83 | .415 | 3.75 | 320 | 142 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 1184.0 | 1226 | 623 | 493 | 59 | 521 | 32 | 629 | 47 | 14 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 115 | 467 | 416 | 66 | 132 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 34 | .317 | .376 | .476 | .852 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Rocket Wheeler | 126 | 522 | 465 | 66 | 126 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 49 | .271 | .340 | .318 | .658 | 148 | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Fay Thompson | 115 | 430 | 390 | 53 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 91 | .287 | .347 | .490 | .837 | 191 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Dennis | 123 | 422 | 403 | 32 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 32 | .233 | .252 | .246 | .497 | 99 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Barfield | 133 | 484 | 441 | 40 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 125 | .206 | .258 | .261 | .519 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Barry Moss | 99 | 383 | 325 | 35 | 85 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 34 | .262 | .361 | .335 | .696 | 109 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Carsley | 88 | 332 | 301 | 25 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 23 | .243 | .295 | .272 | .567 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dave Baker | 76 | 293 | 266 | 43 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 35 | .271 | .334 | .455 | .789 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Rowe | 80 | 300 | 268 | 21 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 | .224 | .287 | .265 | .552 | 71 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Benjamin Perez | 62 | 214 | 198 | 30 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 19 | .298 | .340 | .343 | .683 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Andre Wood | 47 | 207 | 184 | 20 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 34 | .239 | .307 | .277 | .584 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ron Sorey | 61 | 251 | 217 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 63 | .203 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dwayne Wright | 64 | 222 | 193 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 19 | .212 | .312 | .269 | .582 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Hill | 40 | 146 | 123 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | .220 | .331 | .285 | .616 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Hertel | 28 | 96 | 92 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 30 | .239 | .260 | .359 | .619 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Stieb | 35 | 110 | 99 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .192 | .257 | .253 | .509 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Lebo | 27 | 81 | 71 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .099 | .198 | .127 | .324 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Goffena | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1346 | 5064 | 4544 | 515 | 1128 | 161 | 23 | 54 | 433 | 50 | 45 | 403 | 678 | .248 | .312 | .329 | .642 | 1497 | 0 | 36 | 47 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 1B | 104 | 995 | 69 | 13 | 79 | .988 | 1.231 | ||||
| Fay Thompson | 1B | 34 | 323 | 19 | 3 | 21 | .991 | 1.059 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 1B | 5 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .949 | 11.200 | ||||
| Pete Rowe | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Carsley | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 2B | 42 | 77 | 118 | 5 | 10 | .975 | 4.643 | ||||
| Daryl Hill | 2B | 38 | 89 | 121 | 13 | 29 | .942 | 5.526 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 2B | 32 | 78 | 116 | 6 | 17 | .970 | 6.062 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 2B | 22 | 45 | 80 | 5 | 10 | .962 | 5.682 | ||||
| Jeffrey Carsley | 2B | 15 | 22 | 59 | 3 | 10 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Baker | 3B | 74 | 45 | 145 | 4 | 7 | .979 | 2.568 | ||||
| Jeffrey Carsley | 3B | 51 | 27 | 112 | 12 | 7 | .921 | 2.725 | ||||
| Andre Wood | 3B | 11 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.455 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 3B | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Rowe | C | 79 | 350 | 39 | 6 | 4 | .985 | 4.924 | 12 | |||
| Dwayne Wright | C | 60 | 292 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .981 | 5.283 | 9 | |||
| Mike Lebo | C | 11 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 5.182 | 2 | |||
| Jesse Barfield | OF | 133 | 229 | 22 | 15 | 4 | .944 | 1.887 | ||||
| Barry Moss | OF | 78 | 137 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.821 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | OF | 61 | 85 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .949 | 1.525 | ||||
| Ron Sorey | OF | 54 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 1.889 | ||||
| Andre Wood | OF | 35 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.743 | ||||
| Dave Stieb | OF | 27 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 3.148 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | OF | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Greg Wells | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Jay Robertson | P | 51 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .938 | .588 | ||||
| Randy Wiens | P | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jose Rosario | P | 29 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .310 | ||||
| William Baltz | P | 29 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .933 | .966 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | P | 28 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 1.893 | ||||
| Thomas DeJak | P | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .727 | .296 | ||||
| Larkin Bullard | P | 27 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .881 | 1.370 | ||||
| Scott Gregory | P | 25 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jack Hollis | P | 23 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .783 | ||||
| David Rohm | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Philip Cavarretta | P | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Miguel Gomez | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Dave Stieb | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Buckley | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rocket Wheeler | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Dennis | SS | 100 | 153 | 293 | 22 | 47 | .953 | 4.460 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | SS | 36 | 69 | 112 | 12 | 22 | .938 | 5.028 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | SS | 9 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 5 | .967 | 3.222 | ||||
| Tom Goffena | SS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1492 | 3543 | 1610 | 187 | 286 | .965 | 3.454 | 23 | 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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