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, Mark Calvert, Tom Runnells, Jeff Ransom 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 Roy109.5262.7248000896.0854129538101040012
Mark Calvert73.7004.12161520196.010349442500632010
Dan Hartwig74.6365.0127811197.01115854851351006
Scott Budner76.5383.152020840143.0161605012431117107
Dan Greenhalgh78.4674.073311103135.012979611842393218
Alan Hargesheimer711.3894.912928700176.02161179612825109618
Brian Moulton48.3335.7332900099.01307463832351407
Michael Wardlow413.2356.342525200125.01491128813971949016
Rick Kittrell34.4293.067720047.0502516117018101
Glenn Heard14.2004.5027710168.0654134365169518
Steven Sherman14.2005.2936000351.0563930531141203
David Myers16.1436.5010920054.0734739536127026
Totals5980.4244.583101390265171187.013287426049258429837325920

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 Runnells1396525648316315705532168173.289.379.340.719192232
Glenn Goya13558751263153214679336141.299.371.391.762200329
Bob Brenly13558548910213934517891268190.284.390.479.869234735
James Rothford8235532443861631056002486.265.318.426.744138304
John Sylvester11446137757781027431217486.207.339.300.639113343
Thomas Anthony823513064474171534622963.242.321.353.674108781
Gareth Ledbetter95357304297080849003858.230.327.336.662102825
Darius Copley7128724043601123241224026.250.356.350.70684061
Paul Plinski742872403759510271334438.246.367.275.64266210
William Young471921622747102521002723.290.392.469.86176030
Joe Ward40170133223371122533410.248.396.338.73545012
Ned Raines34148123172923213712234.236.354.350.70343111
Ronald Ball41170135242340012412826.170.307.200.50727043
Kevin Darst32958210217109201125.256.347.366.71330101
John Laubhan35143128162181014001130.164.232.242.47531112
George Torassa2796808193017101123.238.351.312.66425320
Jeff Ransom2610472131831213122828.250.460.403.86329040
Richard Casillas40123108101830113021228.167.262.222.48524210
Wayne Pechek13584513131004111131.289.448.311.75914000
Kenneth Feinberg11453861100232164.289.400.447.84717100
Ken Barton12464461120053123.250.283.295.57813000
John Fenwick20564976110410510.122.200.184.3849011
Mike Fox1625217500001047.238.360.238.5985000
Billy Prather621151310011042.200.400.267.6674110
Steven Sherman36110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Pat Roy49311000000020.000.667.000.6670000
Brian Moulton351010000000101.0000000
Totals1447541945936901160189357059712945693815.253.353.355.708162904548400


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Glenn Goya1B12811198911105.9919.438
James Rothford1B119940101.0009.364
Kenneth Feinberg1B225210.96413.500
Tom Runnells2B731692361557.9645.548
Ronald Ball2B297091923.9475.552
Kevin Darst2B2642521111.8953.615
Ken Barton2B12142932.9353.583
John Fenwick2B91719041.0004.000
Mike Fox2B47212.9002.250
Bob Brenly2B101001.0001.000
Bob Brenly3B1351182472730.9312.704
Ronald Ball3B32421.7502.000
William Young3B20310.7501.500
Tom Runnells3B101001.0001.000
Paul Plinski3B111001.0002.000
John Fenwick3B10000.000
Gareth LedbetterC8247652114.9806.43914
Richard CasillasC371952940.9826.0549
George TorassaC1479920.9786.2862
Jeff RansomC944821.9635.7783
James RothfordC633610.9756.5001
Billy PratherC6306001.0006.0001
John SylvesterOF1051901050.9761.905
Thomas AnthonyOF691001241.9661.623
Darius CopleyOF65128712.9932.077
William YoungOF42681012.9871.857
John LaubhanOF3458531.9551.853
Joe WardOF3354330.9501.727
Ned RainesOF3163210.9852.097
Jeff RansomOF1820220.9171.222
Wayne PechekOF1322120.9201.769
Kenneth FeinbergOF9210001.0002.333
John FenwickOF521001.000.600
Mike FoxOF41030.250.250
Pat RoyP4841610.952.417
Steven ShermanP363511.889.222
Dan GreenhalghP3381110.950.576
Brian MoultonP32101531.893.781
Alan HargesheimerP29154722.9692.138
Glenn HeardP2714001.000.185
Dan HartwigP27812011.000.741
Michael WardlowP2582142.8791.160
Scott BudnerP20142421.9501.900
Mark CalvertP1631111.933.875
David MyersP1031240.7891.500
Rick KittrellP721110.9291.857
Tom RunnellsSS721202002235.9364.444
Paul PlinskiSS72912012834.9124.056
John FenwickSS10000.000
Kevin DarstSS117001.0008.000
Totals147635581541196334.9633.4553000

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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