1978 El Paso Diablos Statistics
Team Record: 80-55
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Moose Stubing (80-55)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 251,086, Avg. 3,720
Finals - El Paso Diablos 3 games, Jackson Mets 0
The El Paso Diablos of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 80 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Diablos topped the league with 853 runs, ignited by 165 home runs. El Paso allowed 711 runs. Bobby Clark walloped 31 home runs for the team, while Bill Ewing, James Peters, Danny Goodwin and Floyd Rayford each swatted 15 or more also. Bobby Clark drove in 111 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .316. David Steck led the squad with 11 wins, and Chuck Porter recorded a 3.63 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1978 El Paso Diablos who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Clear, Bobby Clark, Floyd Rayford, Ken Schrom, Luis Quintana, Jim Dorsey, Danny Boone, Stan Cliburn, Chuck Porter, Ralph Botting, Orlando Ramírez, Danny Goodwin and Steve Eddy.
Moose Stubing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Steck | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.19 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 159 | 88 | 75 | 6 | 94 | 0 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Porter | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.63 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 131 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ken Schrom | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.69 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 165.0 | 180 | 93 | 86 | 24 | 52 | 0 | 126 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Millsop | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.41 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 87.0 | 80 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Ralph Botting | 7 | 5 | .583 | 7.06 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 115 | 80 | 73 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rickey Foley | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.81 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 83 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Eddy | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.73 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 137.0 | 147 | 95 | 72 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jim Dorsey | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.80 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 62 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Clear | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.42 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 52.0 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Thomson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.95 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Danny Boone | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.67 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 54.0 | 49 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Stover | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Phillips | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.0 | 47 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Wulfemeyer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.00 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 54 | 45 | 40 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.46 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 51 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Alsup | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 80 | 55 | .593 | 4.68 | 308 | 135 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 39 | 1169.0 | 1241 | 711 | 608 | 92 | 573 | 8 | 856 | 37 | 9 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Clark | 129 | 565 | 491 | 108 | 155 | 35 | 7 | 31 | 111 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 92 | .316 | .393 | .605 | .998 | 297 | 11 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Floyd Rayford | 126 | 529 | 483 | 78 | 151 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 87 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 81 | .313 | .364 | .501 | .865 | 242 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Ewing | 127 | 543 | 495 | 98 | 151 | 37 | 3 | 25 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 60 | .305 | .357 | .543 | .901 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Slater | 126 | 606 | 514 | 98 | 149 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 20 | 14 | 73 | 80 | .290 | .387 | .422 | .809 | 217 | 9 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Danny Goodwin | 101 | 449 | 361 | 90 | 130 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 68 | .360 | .469 | .637 | 1.106 | 230 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Scott Moffitt | 117 | 496 | 436 | 71 | 128 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 43 | .294 | .362 | .420 | .781 | 183 | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||
| James Peters | 119 | 503 | 444 | 77 | 126 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 91 | .284 | .363 | .493 | .856 | 219 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Orlando Ramírez | 99 | 455 | 386 | 82 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 22 | 8 | 59 | 40 | .282 | .380 | .389 | .768 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Terry Stupy | 101 | 398 | 332 | 46 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 41 | .244 | .348 | .328 | .676 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Don Lyons | 114 | 385 | 326 | 51 | 80 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 46 | .245 | .339 | .368 | .708 | 120 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Steve Whitehead | 71 | 287 | 243 | 41 | 52 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 88 | .214 | .326 | .449 | .775 | 109 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stan Cliburn | 30 | 113 | 93 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .194 | .319 | .387 | .706 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Millsop | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1300 | 5331 | 4606 | 853 | 1331 | 274 | 41 | 165 | 778 | 91 | 34 | 602 | 756 | .289 | .373 | .474 | .847 | 2182 | 0 | 45 | 26 | 52 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Lyons | 1B | 111 | 872 | 49 | 13 | 77 | .986 | 8.297 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | 1B | 39 | 283 | 18 | 2 | 26 | .993 | 7.718 | ||||
| Danny Goodwin | 1B | 6 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bob Slater | 2B | 126 | 254 | 436 | 26 | 70 | .964 | 5.476 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 2B | 5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | 2B | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 3B | 119 | 95 | 216 | 14 | 20 | .957 | 2.613 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | 3B | 14 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 2.214 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | 3B | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 2.500 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | C | 86 | 580 | 64 | 8 | 6 | .988 | 7.488 | 12 | |||
| Stan Cliburn | C | 27 | 162 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .973 | 6.630 | 2 | |||
| Danny Goodwin | C | 25 | 167 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .947 | 7.080 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Clark | OF | 127 | 261 | 23 | 9 | 4 | .969 | 2.236 | ||||
| Bill Ewing | OF | 113 | 159 | 10 | 10 | 9 | .944 | 1.496 | ||||
| James Peters | OF | 103 | 171 | 13 | 15 | 5 | .925 | 1.786 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | OF | 78 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.628 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Danny Boone | P | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Ken Schrom | P | 33 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .727 | ||||
| Mark Clear | P | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .161 | ||||
| Steve Eddy | P | 30 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.033 | ||||
| David Steck | P | 26 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Charles Phillips | P | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .160 | ||||
| Billy Wilson | P | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .136 | ||||
| Chuck Porter | P | 18 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.889 | ||||
| Robert Millsop | P | 18 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ralph Botting | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .588 | ||||
| Mark Wulfemeyer | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Rickey Foley | P | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Dorsey | P | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Douglas Thomson | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Luis Quintana | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Michael Stover | P | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Alsup | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Orlando Ramírez | SS | 95 | 141 | 252 | 15 | 54 | .963 | 4.137 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | SS | 42 | 60 | 99 | 17 | 14 | .903 | 3.786 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1442 | 3466 | 1421 | 167 | 303 | .967 | 3.389 | 15 | 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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