1978 Holyoke Millers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 61-76
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: George Farson (61-76)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Ballpark: MacKenzie Stadium
Attendance: 48,565, Avg. 709

1978 Holyoke Millers Roster

The Holyoke Millers of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 61 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Millers scored 611 runs and yielded 725 runs, most in the circuit. Jeff Yurak led Holyoke with 21 home runs and drove in 89 runs. Mike Henderson paced all regular hitters by hitting .325. Ronnie Driver topped the squad with 10 wins, while Mike Dempsey recorded a 4.29 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1978 Holyoke Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rickey Keeton, Jeff Yurak, Mark Bomback, Marshall Edwards, Gary Holle and Willie Mueller.

George Farson 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
Ronnie Driver	10	12	.455	4.50	25	25		9	2	0	168.0	195	100	84	16	64	3	81	6	1	9
Mike Dempsey	8	8	.500	4.29	28	19		7	0	0	147.0	155	86	70	7	86	4	102	4	1	16
Willie Mueller	7	5	.583	2.91	53	0		0	0	15	96.0	81	39	31	4	39	6	74	1	0	2
David Smith	7	9	.438	5.90	24	19		6	1	1	122.0	128	94	80	7	67	2	83	9	2	18
Mark Bomback	5	2	.714	2.25	8	7		4	2	0	56.0	36	17	14	3	18	1	50	1	1	1
Stephen Ruling	5	4	.556	3.51	9	9		7	0	0	77.0	62	33	30	8	31	0	67	6	0	4
Ed Carroll	4	3	.571	4.34	38	2		0	0	3	87.0	64	50	42	1	71	2	74	3	0	4
Rickey Keeton	4	8	.333	4.88	15	15		3	1	0	96.0	111	63	52	4	33	0	51	3	2	8
Richard Nicholson	3	5	.375	7.03	16	8		2	2	0	64.0	86	55	50	3	34	1	36	2	1	2
Tim Cook	3	6	.333	5.12	12	10		1	0	0	58.0	62	54	33	5	40	0	46	6	0	2
Jeff Barker	2	4	.333	8.23	9	8		1	0	0	35.0	51	35	32	4	14	0	21	2	0	1
Esteban Texidor	1	1	.500	5.59	12	4		0	0	0	37.0	44	31	23	4	24	0	16	1	1	3
John Hannon	1	2	.333	5.79	6	6		0	0	0	28.0	41	23	18	2	13	0	22	0	0	1
William Dick	1	6	.143	6.32	9	5		1	1	0	37.0	49	28	26	5	11	0	13	0	0	1
Jeff Yurak	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Grimes	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Alvin Edge	0	0		5.00	6	0		0	0	0	9.0	13	7	5	2	5	0	7	0	0	0
Neil Rasmussen	0	0		13.50	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	14	9	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	0
Daryl Bailey	0	1	.000	1.80	4	0		0	0	2	5.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	61	76	.445	4.77	281	137	0	41	9	21	1133.0	1201	725	600	75	553	19	751	46	9	72	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
Jeff Yurak	135	551	480	79	154	28	5	21	89	1	0	60	49	.321	.396	.531	.928	255		4	1	6
Marshall Edwards	136	578	515	63	147	20	11	1	56	31	14	45	35	.285	.344	.373	.717	192		3	11	4
Mike Henderson	116	472	406	66	132	18	3	0	38	5	7	55	22	.325	.401	.384	.786	156		0	6	5
Neil Rasmussen	124	484	449	60	109	19	5	1	41	3	3	20	79	.243	.271	.314	.585	141		1	5	9
Bernardo Leonard	121	481	440	53	107	26	8	8	61	13	8	28	84	.243	.292	.393	.685	173		5	2	6
Steven Greene	128	508	396	71	103	14	2	1	26	60	16	91	60	.260	.397	.313	.710	124		2	14	5
Ronald Jacobs	105	378	332	38	80	8	2	4	41	0	5	39	56	.241	.321	.313	.634	104		1	4	2
Don Whiting	66	258	210	34	70	17	1	7	36	3	1	42	28	.333	.440	.524	.963	110		1	1	4
Gary Holle	71	293	256	40	66	13	1	10	44	0	3	27	42	.258	.336	.434	.769	111		5	1	4
Steve Splitt	63	222	215	27	59	8	7	3	28	1	1	5	50	.274	.288	.419	.707	90		0	0	2
Edward Gilliam	52	176	147	22	39	6	1	2	22	6	3	22	34	.265	.354	.361	.715	53		1	1	5
Steven Grimes	75	211	181	28	37	3	3	1	19	2	0	22	45	.204	.291	.271	.562	49		1	5	2
Charles Ross	66	220	186	15	33	5	0	2	21	0	1	28	25	.177	.283	.237	.520	44		1	1	4
Randall Robinson	47	185	151	14	27	2	0	1	15	0	1	28	15	.179	.308	.212	.520	32		2	0	4
Mark Bomback	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1313	5017	4364	611	1163	187	49	62	537	125	63	512	624	.266	.343	.374	.717	1634	0	27	52	62	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Holle	1B	69	525	29	6	45	.989	8.029
Randall Robinson	1B	47	351	34	11	40	.972	8.191
Steve Splitt	1B	21	158	12	0	13	1.000	8.095
Edward Gilliam	1B	4	36	3	2	2	.951	9.750
Steven Grimes	1B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Steven Greene	2B	122	263	302	32	67	.946	4.631
Steven Grimes	2B	21	28	35	3	5	.955	3.000
Neil Rasmussen	2B	5	4	5	1	0	.900	1.800
Neil Rasmussen	3B	108	76	176	19	6	.930	2.333
Jeff Yurak	3B	24	10	18	9	2	.757	1.167
Mike Henderson	3B	10	5	29	1	2	.971	3.400
Steven Grimes	3B	10	3	11	2	2	.875	1.400
Ronald Jacobs	C	97	544	63	9	2	.985	6.258	17
Charles Ross	C	45	235	25	2	3	.992	5.778	6
Marshall Edwards	OF	134	354	5	16	1	.957	2.679
Bernardo Leonard	OF	118	189	9	9	0	.957	1.678
Jeff Yurak	OF	115	173	8	13	0	.933	1.574
Steve Splitt	OF	32	45	0	3	0	.938	1.406
Don Whiting	OF	16	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.312
Charles Ross	OF	10	6	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Steven Greene	OF	8	5	1	1	0	.857	.750
Neil Rasmussen	OF	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Willie Mueller	P	53	3	18	3	1	.875	.396
Ed Carroll	P	38	5	17	1	2	.957	.579
Mike Dempsey	P	28	15	22	2	2	.949	1.321
Ronnie Driver	P	25	7	19	1	1	.963	1.040
David Smith	P	24	4	15	2	2	.905	.792
Richard Nicholson	P	16	5	10	0	0	1.000	.938
Rickey Keeton	P	15	12	12	2	0	.923	1.600
Esteban Texidor	P	12	1	6	0	0	1.000	.583
Tim Cook	P	12	5	8	3	0	.812	1.083
Stephen Ruling	P	9	11	7	0	0	1.000	2.000
William Dick	P	9	0	5	1	0	.833	.556
Jeff Barker	P	9	1	6	0	0	1.000	.778
Mark Bomback	P	8	6	10	1	3	.941	2.000
John Hannon	P	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Alvin Edge	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Daryl Bailey	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Neil Rasmussen	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Yurak	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Henderson	SS	100	157	245	17	52	.959	4.020
Steven Grimes	SS	38	54	101	16	19	.906	4.079
Neil Rasmussen	SS	9	14	28	3	7	.933	4.667
Totals		1445	3336	1301	191	279	.960	3.209	23	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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