1978 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 21-48
Finished 5th in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Dick Berardino (21-48)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 31,485, Avg. 913
The Elmira Pioneer Red Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 21 wins and 48 losses, finishing fifth in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Pioneer Red Sox plated 227 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 367 runs. Steven Fortune paced hitters with significant playing time with a .287 average, while Clint Johnson recorded a 2.63 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1978 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jackie Gutiérrez, Bob Ojeda and John Lickert.
Dick Berardino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Johnson | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.63 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 49 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Davis | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.88 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49.0 | 54 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Nesloney | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.63 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 51 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Keith Pecka | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.84 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 72 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Steven Schaefer | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 60 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gary Givens | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.04 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 68 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bob Ojeda | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.81 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Antonio DeLeon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 81.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Saunders | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jonathan Armbrister | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Gene Bradley | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.86 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Donald Hayford | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 38 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Edward Jarosz | 0 | 8 | .000 | 4.88 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.0 | 84 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 21 | 48 | .304 | 4.57 | 158 | 69 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 583.3 | 600 | 367 | 296 | 42 | 374 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Parker | 65 | 260 | 237 | 16 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 56 | .257 | .313 | .359 | .671 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steven Fortune | 64 | 247 | 209 | 31 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 40 | .287 | .390 | .373 | .763 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jackie Wright | 51 | 191 | 169 | 17 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 34 | .272 | .335 | .349 | .684 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | 63 | 252 | 216 | 23 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 41 | .194 | .278 | .231 | .509 | 50 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Arturo Samaniego | 54 | 194 | 180 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .222 | .266 | .333 | .599 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edgardo Serrano | 49 | 182 | 167 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .210 | .267 | .329 | .596 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edward Connors | 44 | 167 | 150 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 33 | .200 | .281 | .407 | .688 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Lickert | 41 | 131 | 113 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | .257 | .325 | .265 | .591 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rick Colbert | 45 | 176 | 143 | 22 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 36 | .189 | .341 | .252 | .593 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerardo Amador | 59 | 174 | 155 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 35 | .174 | .256 | .219 | .475 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Kaeterle | 46 | 155 | 138 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 43 | .181 | .265 | .268 | .533 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lloyd Bessard | 36 | 105 | 96 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 32 | .219 | .286 | .240 | .525 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Hagemann | 45 | 136 | 113 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | .186 | .308 | .195 | .503 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Harold Nataupsky | 34 | 84 | 79 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .241 | .277 | .278 | .556 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Berroa | 35 | 76 | 58 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .138 | .324 | .155 | .479 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Morgan | 6 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .368 | .400 | .368 | .768 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 737 | 2550 | 2242 | 228 | 498 | 79 | 14 | 21 | 184 | 20 | 12 | 247 | 492 | .222 | .304 | .298 | .602 | 668 | 0 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Hagemann | 1B | 45 | 306 | 17 | 10 | 21 | .970 | 7.178 | ||||
| Mark Kaeterle | 1B | 30 | 200 | 17 | 3 | 16 | .986 | 7.233 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 1B | 12 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 7 | .987 | 6.250 | ||||
| Arturo Samaniego | 2B | 49 | 112 | 91 | 12 | 23 | .944 | 4.143 | ||||
| Edgardo Serrano | 2B | 29 | 54 | 69 | 6 | 14 | .953 | 4.241 | ||||
| Jackie Wright | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Connors | 3B | 38 | 33 | 65 | 9 | 7 | .916 | 2.579 | ||||
| Jackie Wright | 3B | 37 | 29 | 63 | 10 | 8 | .902 | 2.486 | ||||
| John Lickert | C | 34 | 178 | 28 | 7 | 3 | .967 | 6.059 | 7 | |||
| Rick Colbert | C | 29 | 175 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .986 | 7.069 | 3 | |||
| Harold Nataupsky | C | 17 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 4.765 | 6 | |||
| John Morgan | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Robert Parker | OF | 64 | 117 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.953 | ||||
| Steven Fortune | OF | 58 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .977 | 1.448 | ||||
| Gerardo Amador | OF | 55 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 3 | .894 | 1.382 | ||||
| Ed Berroa | OF | 34 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .822 | 1.088 | ||||
| Lloyd Bessard | OF | 30 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .843 | 1.433 | ||||
| Bill Davis | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .632 | ||||
| Bob Ojeda | P | 18 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Donald Hayford | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Edward Jarosz | P | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Mark Saunders | P | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Keith Pecka | P | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Steven Schaefer | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Jonathan Armbrister | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Clint Johnson | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Gary Givens | P | 10 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Richard Nesloney | P | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gene Bradley | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Antonio DeLeon | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | SS | 63 | 131 | 197 | 20 | 25 | .943 | 5.206 | ||||
| Edgardo Serrano | SS | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .842 | 4.000 | ||||
| Arturo Samaniego | SS | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Totals | 792 | 1751 | 749 | 127 | 144 | .952 | 3.157 | 17 | 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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