1978 Geneva Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 51-20
Finished 1st in the NYPL's Wrigley Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (51-20)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Geneva, New York
Ballpark: McDonough Park
Attendance: 30,645, Avg. 863
Playoffs - Geneva Cubs 2 games, Oneonta Yankees 0
The Geneva Cubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 51 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the league's Wrigley Division.
The Cubs plated 559 runs, tops in the circuit. Geneva conceded 338 runs. Ted May paced the squad with 18 home runs Joe Hicks recorded 74 runs batted in. Mike Turgeon led hitters with significant playing time with a .344 average. Mark Parker topped the squad with 13 wins, while Bill Earley recorded a 2.18 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Mark Gilbert and Bill Earley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Hartsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Parker | 13 | 1 | .929 | 2.38 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 86 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bill Earley | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.18 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 88 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Louis Whetstone | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.94 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 96 | 50 | 39 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Randy Clark | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 92 | 58 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Joe McClain | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.06 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 59 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joseph Stethers | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.95 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 58.0 | 44 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Spino | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | 59 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Bill Ross | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joey Cole | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 51 | 20 | .718 | 3.41 | 122 | 71 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 618.0 | 570 | 338 | 234 | 33 | 274 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Turgeon | 70 | 327 | 285 | 64 | 98 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 42 | .344 | .416 | .547 | .963 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joe Hicks | 71 | 343 | 291 | 62 | 94 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 43 | .323 | .414 | .485 | .899 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Gilbert | 65 | 319 | 263 | 83 | 89 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 35 | 7 | 48 | 36 | .338 | .444 | .407 | .851 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ted May | 68 | 308 | 237 | 69 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 69 | .304 | .458 | .616 | 1.074 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Mitchell | 71 | 320 | 246 | 50 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 65 | 35 | .293 | .437 | .358 | .795 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Hal Kizer | 69 | 306 | 259 | 58 | 70 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 40 | .270 | .365 | .390 | .755 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tex Morgan | 68 | 308 | 252 | 47 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 46 | 50 | .254 | .376 | .341 | .717 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Godley | 44 | 216 | 196 | 41 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 37 | .321 | .364 | .480 | .844 | 94 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ted Trevino | 42 | 176 | 146 | 25 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | .363 | .466 | .466 | .932 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerome Ahlert | 35 | 141 | 119 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | .210 | .324 | .336 | .660 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Douglas McCracken | 19 | 81 | 71 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | .338 | .412 | .408 | .821 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Compton | 24 | 95 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .093 | .274 | .093 | .367 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Doyle | 11 | 44 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .128 | .227 | .179 | .407 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Parker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 658 | 2985 | 2480 | 559 | 737 | 134 | 25 | 50 | 467 | 112 | 30 | 437 | 429 | .297 | .404 | .432 | .836 | 1071 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hicks | 1B | 77 | 635 | 40 | 12 | 49 | .983 | 8.766 | ||||
| Mike Turgeon | 2B | 55 | 111 | 152 | 9 | 24 | .967 | 4.782 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | 2B | 18 | 35 | 52 | 5 | 7 | .946 | 4.833 | ||||
| James Mitchell | 3B | 70 | 62 | 130 | 20 | 16 | .906 | 2.743 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ted Trevino | C | 36 | 263 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 7.833 | 8 | |||
| Ted May | C | 36 | 247 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .985 | 7.444 | 8 | |||
| Lamont Ennis | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Tex Morgan | OF | 66 | 118 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 1.939 | ||||
| Mark Gilbert | OF | 65 | 122 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .957 | 2.031 | ||||
| Charlie Godley | OF | 34 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Bruce Compton | OF | 20 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Douglas McCracken | OF | 14 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Turgeon | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Jeff Doyle | OF | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joseph Stethers | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Bill Ross | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Mark Parker | P | 14 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Louis Whetstone | P | 13 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Bill Earley | P | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Joe McClain | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Randy Clark | P | 12 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 2 | .833 | 2.917 | ||||
| Thomas Spino | P | 11 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joey Cole | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dusty Rhodes | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Hal Kizer | SS | 69 | 102 | 208 | 33 | 39 | .904 | 4.493 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | SS | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Mitchell | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 713 | 1853 | 787 | 128 | 146 | .954 | 3.703 | 16 | 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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