1978 Helena Phillies Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 30-38
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Larry Rojas (30-38)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Helena, Montana
Ballpark: Kindrick Legion Field
Attendance: 25,463, Avg. 749

1978 Helena Phillies Roster

The Helena Phillies of the Pioneer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 30 wins and 38 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Phillies scored 454 runs and gave up 479 runs. Ed Hearn led Helena with 13 home runs and recorded 45 runs batted in. Wil Culmer paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .358. Wally Goff topped the team with 8 wins, while Philip Teston recorded a 2.25 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Wil Culmer, Ed Hearn, Ryne Sandberg, Alejandro Sánchez, George Bell, Carmelo Castillo and Bob Dernier were all players from the 1978 Helena Phillies who played in the Majors during their careers.

Larry Rojas 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
Wally Goff	8	2	.800	4.19	12	12		3	0	0	73.0	75	41	34	4	51	1	71	1	0	10
Rip Rollins	4	3	.571	5.12	11	10		3	0	0	65.0	78	53	37	7	32	2	33	2	0	9
Donald Woodward	4	6	.400	5.95	20	6		0	0	1	56.0	69	51	37	5	47	3	30	3	1	3
John DeVincenzo	3	1	.750	4.12	14	0		0	0	5	24.0	22	14	11	0	8	3	18	0	0	1
Philip Teston	3	3	.500	2.25	20	1		0	0	4	56.0	46	22	14	2	30	2	64	1	0	5
Martin Shoemaker	3	4	.429	3.48	13	12		4	0	0	88.0	90	55	34	6	55	2	42	3	0	0
Dean Martinez	3	4	.429	7.16	13	8		1	1	0	49.0	78	56	39	2	30	2	26	3	1	5
Michael Culbert	1	1	.500	10.22	14	3		0	0	0	37.0	65	57	42	10	16	1	19	1	0	4
Dan Prior	1	8	.111	6.25	14	12		0	0	1	72.0	87	65	50	3	42	3	48	4	1	9
Luis Santos	0	1	.000	7.83	13	1		0	0	0	23.0	28	25	20	2	27	0	29	1	0	2
Oscar Acosta	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0		0	0	0	6.0	10	8	6	2	4	1	4	0	0	2
Francisco Berenguer	0	2	.000	12.60	8	2		0	0	0	15.0	29	21	21	0	4	0	12	0	1	3
Alejandro Vidana	0	2	.000	18.00	4	1		0	0	0	5.0	11	11	10	0	6	0	5	0	0	2
Totals	30	38	.441	5.62	161	68	0	11	1	11	569.0	688	479	355	43	352	20	401	19	4	55	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
Wil Culmer	55	215	187	44	67	5	3	10	44	11	5	24	45	.358	.439	.578	1.017	108		3	1	0
Randy Greer	57	240	185	39	59	9	4	1	31	21	2	46	24	.319	.451	.427	.878	79		1	5	3
Ryne Sandberg	56	219	190	34	59	6	6	1	23	15	3	26	42	.311	.390	.421	.811	80		0	1	2
Bob Dernier	53	233	186	49	56	6	2	4	27	29	6	41	17	.301	.424	.419	.844	78		1	2	3
Edwin Neal	54	224	187	53	54	9	3	11	39	10	7	36	45	.289	.406	.545	.952	102		1	0	0
Ed Hearn	47	192	173	34	49	3	1	13	45	5	4	17	36	.283	.344	.538	.881	93		0	0	2
John Quijada	46	213	183	30	43	4	1	2	19	18	6	23	34	.235	.324	.301	.624	55		2	3	2
Paul Kiess	42	166	136	21	40	7	1	1	20	4	3	26	49	.294	.412	.382	.794	52		2	1	1
Anthony McGill	40	173	161	21	39	6	5	1	19	7	2	8	40	.242	.283	.360	.643	58		2	0	2
George Bell	33	120	106	20	33	6	1	0	14	3	2	9	18	.311	.373	.387	.760	41		2	2	1
Robert Angius	31	121	99	23	28	6	2	2	16	1	0	16	40	.283	.373	.444	.817	44		0	3	3
Thomas Popovich	31	128	112	19	26	3	2	1	11	7	0	11	22	.232	.298	.321	.620	36		0	4	1
Steve Harvey	19	75	72	14	23	4	0	0	7	1	1	2	18	.319	.333	.375	.708	27		0	0	1
Philip Thomson	20	70	59	12	13	1	0	0	4	1	1	9	10	.220	.333	.237	.571	14		1	1	0
Derek Williams	20	70	63	11	13	2	1	0	13	0	0	4	16	.206	.257	.270	.527	17		1	0	2
Paul Fryer	15	47	42	7	10	2	1	1	11	1	2	5	18	.238	.319	.405	.724	17		0	0	0
Michael Henson	16	47	38	7	9	0	1	2	11	0	0	9	9	.237	.383	.447	.830	17		0	0	0
Rip Rollins	11	20	13	5	6	0	2	0	7	0	0	7	2	.462	.650	.769	1.419	10		0	0	0
Carmelo Castillo	5	16	15	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.400	.438	.533	.971	8		0	0	0
Alejandro Sánchez	6	26	24	4	5	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	10	.208	.269	.292	.561	7		0	0	0
Juan Parker	22	48	41	6	5	1	1	0	2	1	1	5	4	.122	.217	.195	.413	8		0	2	0
Jeffrey Ulrich	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Donald Woodward	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	701	2672	2280	454	643	82	38	50	370	137	45	328	509	.282	.373	.417	.790	951	0	16	25	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Kiess	1B	40	358	12	5	33	.987	9.250
Robert Angius	1B	27	208	9	4	22	.982	8.037
Wil Culmer	1B	6	47	1	1	2	.980	8.000
John Quijada	2B	44	118	135	11	35	.958	5.750
Philip Thomson	2B	16	33	29	9	6	.873	3.875
Thomas Popovich	2B	11	36	28	1	5	.985	5.818
Bob Dernier	3B	53	38	104	22	9	.866	2.679
Thomas Popovich	3B	19	14	41	1	4	.982	2.895
Robert Angius	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Hearn	C	44	274	35	9	2	.972	7.023	17
Michael Henson	C	15	67	4	6	0	.922	4.733	8
Derek Williams	C	13	66	7	7	1	.912	5.615	7
Jeffrey Ulrich	C	2	14	2	1	0	.941	8.000	0
Randy Greer	OF	56	92	7	6	3	.943	1.768
Edwin Neal	OF	45	44	5	9	0	.845	1.089
Anthony McGill	OF	40	75	1	7	0	.916	1.900
George Bell	OF	33	39	4	4	1	.915	1.303
Steve Harvey	OF	18	24	3	6	1	.818	1.500
Juan Parker	OF	16	15	1	2	0	.889	1.000
Wil Culmer	OF	9	8	1	3	0	.750	1.000
Carmelo Castillo	OF	4	2	0	1	0	.667	.500
Alejandro Sánchez	OF	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Donald Woodward	P	20	1	6	0	0	1.000	.350
Philip Teston	P	20	3	3	1	1	.857	.300
Dan Prior	P	14	4	24	1	1	.966	2.000
John DeVincenzo	P	14	1	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Michael Culbert	P	14	1	8	1	1	.900	.643
Martin Shoemaker	P	13	3	9	5	0	.706	.923
Luis Santos	P	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	.077
Dean Martinez	P	13	4	7	2	1	.846	.846
Wally Goff	P	12	2	14	0	2	1.000	1.333
Rip Rollins	P	11	3	14	1	2	.944	1.545
Francisco Berenguer	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Oscar Acosta	P	5	0	1	1	0	.500	.200
Alejandro Vidana	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Ryne Sandberg	SS	56	92	200	24	39	.924	5.214
Paul Fryer	SS	15	18	27	7	3	.865	3.000
Philip Thomson	SS	3	4	10	1	2	.933	4.667
Totals		750	1710	764	159	176	.940	3.299	32	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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