1978 Gastonia Cardinals Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Buzzy Keller (69-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 46,326, Avg. 662
1978 Gastonia Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Buzzy Keller (69-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 46,326, Avg. 662
The Gastonia Cardinals of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Cardinals tallied 649 runs and yielded 655 runs. Walt Pierce drove in 75 runs. Joseph Baciotti paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .257 clip. Jim Gott topped the team with 9 wins, while Donald Lamer recorded a 3.77 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
George Bjorkman, Ray Searage, Andy Rincon, Kelly Paris, Jim Gott, Joe DeSa and Al Olmsted were all players from the 1978 Gastonia Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Buzzy Keller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Gott | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.97 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 100 | 67 | 64 | 8 | 113 | 0 | 130 | 11 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ray Searage | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.78 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 110.0 | 86 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Donald Lamer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.77 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 155.0 | 135 | 76 | 65 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| James Propst | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.85 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 138.0 | 123 | 84 | 59 | 14 | 69 | 0 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.14 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 132 | 85 | 69 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Lowes | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.29 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 100 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lawrence Bashaw | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.49 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49.0 | 52 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.03 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kerry Burchett | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.85 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 52 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Schopp | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.92 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75.0 | 68 | 58 | 41 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Jere Schuler | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.34 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dennis Morton | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.81 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 45 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Richard Murray | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Meza | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Harshbarger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Morrissey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.54 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Vasche | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fernando Figueroa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Grassano | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 70 | .489 | 4.01 | 301 | 139 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 1195.0 | 1039 | 663 | 533 | 67 | 759 | 11 | 736 | 41 | 8 | 96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Baciotti | 130 | 578 | 463 | 88 | 119 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 99 | 48 | .257 | .389 | .302 | .691 | 140 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Walt Pierce | 136 | 549 | 481 | 57 | 119 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 63 | .247 | .331 | .356 | .686 | 171 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| LeRoy Grossini | 132 | 528 | 457 | 48 | 103 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 71 | .225 | .304 | .298 | .602 | 136 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Michael Wolters | 96 | 400 | 352 | 49 | 97 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 26 | .276 | .353 | .372 | .725 | 131 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James McIntyre | 105 | 412 | 377 | 45 | 94 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 68 | .249 | .309 | .324 | .633 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Poston | 103 | 417 | 345 | 58 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 41 | .267 | .375 | .391 | .767 | 135 | 8 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Randy Howell | 83 | 337 | 297 | 57 | 82 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 88 | .276 | .352 | .455 | .807 | 135 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kelly Paris | 79 | 357 | 297 | 48 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 28 | .253 | .354 | .323 | .678 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Harold Witt | 63 | 246 | 203 | 30 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 53 | .241 | .352 | .409 | .761 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| James Reeves | 43 | 188 | 157 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15 | .268 | .380 | .357 | .736 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Toothman | 54 | 191 | 168 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 25 | .238 | .319 | .339 | .659 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe DeSa | 42 | 173 | 149 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | .262 | .358 | .416 | .774 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Bjorkman | 46 | 179 | 152 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 28 | .257 | .346 | .447 | .794 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 37 | 156 | 138 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .217 | .294 | .341 | .635 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 38 | 127 | 115 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .200 | .270 | .243 | .513 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Silver | 32 | 121 | 106 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .208 | .292 | .349 | .641 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rhadames Mills | 29 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | .247 | .333 | .312 | .645 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 10 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .324 | .395 | .382 | .777 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Murray | 20 | 64 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .204 | .312 | .241 | .553 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Epifano Martinez | 7 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Winslow | 15 | 49 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .108 | .292 | .135 | .427 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Cirbo | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .222 | .500 | .444 | .944 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Searage | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Vega | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Schopp | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Burchett | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bashaw | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1429 | 5242 | 4496 | 644 | 1116 | 201 | 37 | 59 | 558 | 97 | 47 | 610 | 634 | .248 | .341 | .349 | .690 | 1568 | 0 | 45 | 48 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Paris | 1B | 75 | 587 | 46 | 10 | 41 | .984 | 8.440 | ||||
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 41 | 326 | 17 | 4 | 30 | .988 | 8.366 | ||||
| Jeff Toothman | 1B | 15 | 121 | 9 | 1 | 18 | .992 | 8.667 | ||||
| James McIntyre | 1B | 10 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .978 | 4.400 | ||||
| Jerry Poston | 1B | 7 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 7.286 | ||||
| James Reeves | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 2B | 90 | 190 | 245 | 14 | 60 | .969 | 4.833 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 37 | 59 | 89 | 5 | 18 | .967 | 4.000 | ||||
| Harold Witt | 2B | 13 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 4.692 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Walt Pierce | 3B | 136 | 94 | 228 | 30 | 16 | .915 | 2.368 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 3B | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | C | 45 | 208 | 38 | 8 | 6 | .969 | 5.467 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Johnson | C | 38 | 185 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .962 | 5.395 | 7 | |||
| Jerry Poston | C | 36 | 176 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 5.639 | 13 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 15 | 88 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 6.733 | 0 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 8 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 4.875 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Cirbo | C | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.750 | 0 | |||
| Juan Vega | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Baciotti | OF | 130 | 228 | 18 | 6 | 8 | .976 | 1.892 | ||||
| Randy Howell | OF | 81 | 154 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 1.938 | ||||
| James McIntyre | OF | 55 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.491 | ||||
| James Reeves | OF | 41 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.488 | ||||
| Harold Witt | OF | 40 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 1.525 | ||||
| Larry Silver | OF | 29 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .920 | 1.586 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 26 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Richard Murray | OF | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Jeff Toothman | OF | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Epifano Martinez | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Poston | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| William Schopp | P | 47 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .762 | .340 | ||||
| Ray Searage | P | 39 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .308 | ||||
| Lawrence Bashaw | P | 28 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .393 | ||||
| Donald Lamer | P | 26 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .844 | 1.038 | ||||
| James Propst | P | 25 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .680 | ||||
| Michael Lowes | P | 25 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .760 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 24 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.042 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 22 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .774 | 1.091 | ||||
| Dennis Morton | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Jere Schuler | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Kerry Burchett | P | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Al Olmsted | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Fernando Figueroa | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Vasche | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Meza | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Morrissey | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Kenneth Grassano | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Murray | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Harshbarger | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | SS | 132 | 208 | 352 | 37 | 66 | .938 | 4.242 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | SS | 7 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 5.286 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1461 | 3217 | 1348 | 190 | 293 | .960 | 3.125 | 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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