1978 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Team Record: 36-34
Finished 1st in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Greg Riddoch (36-34)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 50,505, Avg. 1,443
Playoffs - Grays Harbor Loggers 1 game, Eugene Emeralds 0
The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 36 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Emeralds plated 388 runs and yielded 385 runs. Kevin Jacobson accounted for 57 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .308. Bill Scherrer led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 3.54 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1978 Eugene Emeralds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Charlie Leibrandt, Brad Lesley, Jeff Lahti and Bill Scherrer.
Greg Riddoch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Scherrer | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.54 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 61 | 43 | 33 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Nelson Torres | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.40 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 56 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Brad Lesley | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.01 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 97 | 47 | 44 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ricky Arnold | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.25 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 84 | 56 | 42 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Wally Sarmiento | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.73 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41.0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Umdenstock | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.32 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 54 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Town | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.95 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Leibrandt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark King | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.18 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 49 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Jeff Lahti | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.42 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 58 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30.0 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roger Glynn | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.31 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 49 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 34 | .514 | 4.45 | 172 | 70 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 597.0 | 622 | 385 | 295 | 33 | 275 | 5 | 445 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolfo Feliz | 70 | 323 | 286 | 55 | 85 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 28 | .297 | .370 | .430 | .800 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Hoenstine | 70 | 318 | 270 | 57 | 83 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 41 | 20 | .307 | .403 | .426 | .829 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Jacobson | 69 | 309 | 266 | 41 | 82 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 31 | .308 | .393 | .474 | .867 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Hector Rincones | 68 | 279 | 250 | 27 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 32 | .240 | .303 | .276 | .579 | 69 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Tad Venger | 49 | 190 | 182 | 30 | 55 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 63 | .302 | .316 | .511 | .827 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Halasz | 62 | 214 | 189 | 24 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 41 | .270 | .336 | .354 | .691 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Cauley | 60 | 246 | 200 | 41 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 58 | .245 | .373 | .470 | .843 | 94 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ray Corbett | 48 | 175 | 153 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 37 | .268 | .347 | .333 | .680 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tony Walker | 35 | 122 | 102 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 31 | .314 | .410 | .373 | .782 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Stropolo | 34 | 121 | 101 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 28 | .267 | .388 | .307 | .695 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cary Hornaman | 36 | 104 | 98 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | .265 | .298 | .367 | .665 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Kripner | 46 | 160 | 126 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 48 | .198 | .362 | .357 | .720 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Town | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .385 | .429 | .538 | .967 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Arnold | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .267 | .368 | .267 | .635 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Brad Lesley | 13 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Scherrer | 13 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .138 | .167 | .172 | .339 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Glynn | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Umdenstock | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Torres | 22 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .400 | .533 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Lahti | 16 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Sarmiento | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark King | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Leibrandt | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 820 | 2739 | 2381 | 388 | 642 | 122 | 21 | 39 | 330 | 93 | 39 | 283 | 486 | .270 | .351 | .388 | .739 | 923 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Cauley | 1B | 58 | 536 | 38 | 8 | 32 | .986 | 9.897 | ||||
| Tad Venger | 1B | 15 | 133 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .993 | 9.133 | ||||
| Adolfo Feliz | 2B | 68 | 126 | 167 | 20 | 32 | .936 | 4.309 | ||||
| Dave Hoenstine | 2B | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Nelson Torres | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Kevin Jacobson | 3B | 65 | 42 | 153 | 19 | 5 | .911 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Hoenstine | 3B | 7 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 2.429 | ||||
| Mike Kripner | C | 37 | 242 | 41 | 6 | 0 | .979 | 7.649 | 18 | |||
| Ray Corbett | C | 36 | 224 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .977 | 7.056 | 10 | |||
| Dave Hoenstine | OF | 62 | 71 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .939 | 1.242 | ||||
| John Halasz | OF | 54 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.222 | ||||
| Chris Stropolo | OF | 31 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.258 | ||||
| Tad Venger | OF | 30 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.900 | ||||
| Tony Walker | OF | 26 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .902 | 1.769 | ||||
| Cary Hornaman | OF | 25 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.480 | ||||
| Kevin Jacobson | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wally Sarmiento | P | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .261 | ||||
| Nelson Torres | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .842 | .762 | ||||
| Mark King | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .316 | ||||
| Ricky Arnold | P | 17 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .682 | .882 | ||||
| Jeff Lahti | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Bob Umdenstock | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Bill Scherrer | P | 13 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
| Brad Lesley | P | 13 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.615 | ||||
| Antonio Ortiz | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Roger Glynn | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Randy Town | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Charlie Leibrandt | P | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Hector Rincones | SS | 78 | 151 | 198 | 34 | 33 | .911 | 4.474 | ||||
| Adolfo Feliz | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
| Totals | 777 | 1793 | 801 | 145 | 116 | .947 | 3.338 | 28 | 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.
