1978 Fresno Giants Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: John Van Ornum (59-80)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 67,683, Avg. 974

1978 Fresno Giants Roster

The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Giants scored 690 runs and allowed 742 runs. Bob Brenly led Fresno with 17 home runs and drove in 89 runs. Glenn Goya paced batters with significant playing time with a .299 average. Pat Roy topped the squad with 10 wins, while Scott Budner recorded a 3.15 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1978 Fresno Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Brenly, Jeff Ransom, Tom Runnells, Mark Calvert and Alan Hargesheimer.

John Van Ornum 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
Pat Roy	10	9	.526	2.72	48	0		0	0	8	96.0	85	41	29	5	38	10	104	0	0	12
Mark Calvert	7	3	.700	4.12	16	15		2	0	1	96.0	103	49	44	2	50	0	63	2	0	10
Dan Hartwig	7	4	.636	5.01	27	8		1	1	1	97.0	111	58	54	8	51	3	51	0	0	6
Scott Budner	7	6	.538	3.15	20	20		8	4	0	143.0	161	60	50	12	43	1	117	1	0	7
Dan Greenhalgh	7	8	.467	4.07	33	11		1	0	3	135.0	129	79	61	18	42	3	93	2	1	8
Alan Hargesheimer	7	11	.389	4.91	29	28		7	0	0	176.0	216	117	96	12	82	5	109	6	1	8
Brian Moulton	4	8	.333	5.73	32	9		0	0	0	99.0	130	74	63	8	32	3	51	4	0	7
Michael Wardlow	4	13	.235	6.34	25	25		2	0	0	125.0	149	112	88	13	97	1	94	9	0	16
Rick Kittrell	3	4	.429	3.06	7	7		2	0	0	47.0	50	25	16	1	17	0	18	1	0	1
Glenn Heard	1	4	.200	4.50	27	7		1	0	1	68.0	65	41	34	3	65	1	69	5	1	8
Steven Sherman	1	4	.200	5.29	36	0		0	0	3	51.0	56	39	30	5	31	1	41	2	0	3
David Myers	1	6	.143	6.50	10	9		2	0	0	54.0	73	47	39	5	36	1	27	0	2	6
Totals	59	80	.424	4.58	310	139	0	26	5	17	1187.0	1328	742	604	92	584	29	837	32	5	92	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
Tom Runnells	139	652	564	83	163	15	7	0	55	32	16	81	73	.289	.379	.340	.719	192		2	3	2
Glenn Goya	135	587	512	63	153	21	4	6	79	3	3	61	41	.299	.371	.391	.762	200		3	2	9
Bob Brenly	135	585	489	102	139	34	5	17	89	12	6	81	90	.284	.390	.479	.869	234		7	3	5
James Rothford	82	355	324	43	86	16	3	10	56	0	0	24	86	.265	.318	.426	.744	138		3	0	4
John Sylvester	114	461	377	57	78	10	2	7	43	12	1	74	86	.207	.339	.300	.639	113		3	4	3
Thomas Anthony	82	351	306	44	74	17	1	5	34	6	2	29	63	.242	.321	.353	.674	108		7	8	1
Gareth Ledbetter	95	357	304	29	70	8	0	8	49	0	0	38	58	.230	.327	.336	.662	102		8	2	5
Darius Copley	71	287	240	43	60	11	2	3	24	12	2	40	26	.250	.356	.350	.706	84		0	6	1
Paul Plinski	74	287	240	37	59	5	1	0	27	13	3	44	38	.246	.367	.275	.642	66		2	1	0
William Young	47	192	162	27	47	10	2	5	21	0	0	27	23	.290	.392	.469	.861	76		0	3	0
Joe Ward	40	170	133	22	33	7	1	1	22	5	3	34	10	.248	.396	.338	.735	45		0	1	2
Ned Raines	34	148	123	17	29	2	3	2	13	7	1	22	34	.236	.354	.350	.703	43		1	1	1
Ronald Ball	41	170	135	24	23	4	0	0	12	4	1	28	26	.170	.307	.200	.507	27		0	4	3
Kevin Darst	32	95	82	10	21	7	1	0	9	2	0	11	25	.256	.347	.366	.713	30		1	0	1
John Laubhan	35	143	128	16	21	8	1	0	14	0	0	11	30	.164	.232	.242	.475	31		1	1	2
George Torassa	27	96	80	8	19	3	0	1	7	1	0	11	23	.238	.351	.312	.664	25		3	2	0
Jeff Ransom	26	104	72	13	18	3	1	2	13	1	2	28	28	.250	.460	.403	.863	29		0	4	0
Richard Casillas	40	123	108	10	18	3	0	1	13	0	2	12	28	.167	.262	.222	.485	24		2	1	0
Wayne Pechek	13	58	45	13	13	1	0	0	4	11	1	13	1	.289	.448	.311	.759	14		0	0	0
Kenneth Feinberg	11	45	38	6	11	0	0	2	3	2	1	6	4	.289	.400	.447	.847	17		1	0	0
Ken Barton	12	46	44	6	11	2	0	0	5	3	1	2	3	.250	.283	.295	.578	13		0	0	0
John Fenwick	20	56	49	7	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	5	10	.122	.200	.184	.384	9		0	1	1
Mike Fox	16	25	21	7	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.238	.360	.238	.598	5		0	0	0
Billy Prather	6	21	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	.200	.400	.267	.667	4		1	1	0
Steven Sherman	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pat Roy	49	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Brian Moulton	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1447	5419	4593	690	1160	189	35	70	597	129	45	693	815	.253	.353	.355	.708	1629	0	45	48	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Glenn Goya	1B	128	1119	89	11	105	.991	9.438
James Rothford	1B	11	99	4	0	10	1.000	9.364
Kenneth Feinberg	1B	2	25	2	1	0	.964	13.500
Tom Runnells	2B	73	169	236	15	57	.964	5.548
Ronald Ball	2B	29	70	91	9	23	.947	5.552
Kevin Darst	2B	26	42	52	11	11	.895	3.615
Ken Barton	2B	12	14	29	3	2	.935	3.583
John Fenwick	2B	9	17	19	0	4	1.000	4.000
Mike Fox	2B	4	7	2	1	2	.900	2.250
Bob Brenly	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Brenly	3B	135	118	247	27	30	.931	2.704
Ronald Ball	3B	3	2	4	2	1	.750	2.000
William Young	3B	2	0	3	1	0	.750	1.500
Tom Runnells	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Paul Plinski	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
John Fenwick	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gareth Ledbetter	C	82	476	52	11	4	.980	6.439	14
Richard Casillas	C	37	195	29	4	0	.982	6.054	9
George Torassa	C	14	79	9	2	0	.978	6.286	2
Jeff Ransom	C	9	44	8	2	1	.963	5.778	3
James Rothford	C	6	33	6	1	0	.975	6.500	1
Billy Prather	C	6	30	6	0	0	1.000	6.000	1
John Sylvester	OF	105	190	10	5	0	.976	1.905
Thomas Anthony	OF	69	100	12	4	1	.966	1.623
Darius Copley	OF	65	128	7	1	2	.993	2.077
William Young	OF	42	68	10	1	2	.987	1.857
John Laubhan	OF	34	58	5	3	1	.955	1.853
Joe Ward	OF	33	54	3	3	0	.950	1.727
Ned Raines	OF	31	63	2	1	0	.985	2.097
Jeff Ransom	OF	18	20	2	2	0	.917	1.222
Wayne Pechek	OF	13	22	1	2	0	.920	1.769
Kenneth Feinberg	OF	9	21	0	0	0	1.000	2.333
John Fenwick	OF	5	2	1	0	0	1.000	.600
Mike Fox	OF	4	1	0	3	0	.250	.250
Pat Roy	P	48	4	16	1	0	.952	.417
Steven Sherman	P	36	3	5	1	1	.889	.222
Dan Greenhalgh	P	33	8	11	1	0	.950	.576
Brian Moulton	P	32	10	15	3	1	.893	.781
Alan Hargesheimer	P	29	15	47	2	2	.969	2.138
Glenn Heard	P	27	1	4	0	0	1.000	.185
Dan Hartwig	P	27	8	12	0	1	1.000	.741
Michael Wardlow	P	25	8	21	4	2	.879	1.160
Scott Budner	P	20	14	24	2	1	.950	1.900
Mark Calvert	P	16	3	11	1	1	.933	.875
David Myers	P	10	3	12	4	0	.789	1.500
Rick Kittrell	P	7	2	11	1	0	.929	1.857
Tom Runnells	SS	72	120	200	22	35	.936	4.444
Paul Plinski	SS	72	91	201	28	34	.912	4.056
John Fenwick	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Kevin Darst	SS	1	1	7	0	0	1.000	8.000
Totals		1476	3558	1541	196	334	.963	3.455	30	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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