1978 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 66-70
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (66-70)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 121,510, Avg. 1,787
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 66 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Oaks scored 630 runs and gave up 629 runs. Rusty Torres and Jim Breazeale led Iowa with 16 home runs apiece. Rusty Torres drove in 55 runs. Mike Squires paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Jack Kucek topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.46 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1978 Iowa Oaks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Proly, Kevin Bell, Lee Richard, Bruce Dal Canton, Ken Kravec, Junior Moore, Eddie Bane, Rusty Torres, Art James, Steve Luebber, Mike Eden, Bob Oliver, Steve Trout, Lloyd Allen, Ross Baumgarten, Reggie Sanders, Rich Wortham, Jack Kucek, Steve Bowling, Thad Bosley, Houston Jiménez, Jim Breazeale, John Verhoeven, Mike Squires, Henry Cruz, John Flannery, Larry Johnson, Mike Pazik, Mike Colbern, Rich Hinton and Randy Scarbery.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kucek | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.46 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 | 131 | 55 | 41 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.45 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 147.0 | 171 | 98 | 89 | 11 | 74 | 2 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Randy Scarbery | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.94 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 144.0 | 140 | 71 | 63 | 9 | 59 | 5 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Bane | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.85 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 131.0 | 134 | 65 | 56 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Proly | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.59 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66.0 | 52 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.83 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 82.0 | 94 | 49 | 44 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Ross Baumgarten | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 57 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Wortham | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.98 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 136 | 75 | 61 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Rich Hinton | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Trout | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.24 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 57 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stan Butkus | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.34 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Pazik | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.08 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.75 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quency Hill | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Dal Canton | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lloyd Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.95 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 59 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 70 | .485 | 4.20 | 294 | 136 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 22 | 1161.0 | 1175 | 629 | 542 | 89 | 482 | 22 | 722 | 32 | 10 | 58 | 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 Squires | 115 | 517 | 449 | 70 | 140 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 63 | 39 | .312 | .395 | .412 | .807 | 185 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Art James | 120 | 440 | 399 | 59 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 41 | .291 | .340 | .421 | .761 | 168 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mike Eden | 106 | 473 | 412 | 68 | 113 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 56 | 37 | .274 | .361 | .403 | .764 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 112 | 425 | 368 | 44 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 46 | 54 | .258 | .341 | .405 | .746 | 149 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Fred Frazier | 103 | 418 | 368 | 45 | 92 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 26 | .250 | .307 | .359 | .666 | 132 | 5 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Rusty Torres | 91 | 392 | 321 | 62 | 90 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 62 | .280 | .403 | .514 | .917 | 165 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Colbern | 75 | 280 | 251 | 32 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 71 | .283 | .339 | .470 | .809 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Flannery | 126 | 434 | 399 | 36 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 79 | .178 | .214 | .216 | .430 | 86 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 68 | 273 | 232 | 36 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 34 | .302 | .399 | .543 | .942 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Bell | 89 | 357 | 305 | 48 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 83 | .213 | .312 | .377 | .689 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Thad Bosley | 47 | 198 | 179 | 27 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 21 | .291 | .355 | .358 | .713 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Junior Moore | 35 | 153 | 133 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | .331 | .408 | .489 | .897 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Bowling | 51 | 164 | 128 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 34 | .281 | .427 | .453 | .880 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Henry Cruz | 28 | 124 | 111 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .270 | .341 | .450 | .792 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 33 | 99 | 85 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 21 | .259 | .351 | .353 | .703 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Oliver | 15 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .208 | .288 | .302 | .590 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Jiménez | 13 | 47 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .220 | .289 | .268 | .557 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Sanders | 19 | 63 | 54 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .148 | .254 | .259 | .513 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| A. J. Hill | 20 | 76 | 67 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | .119 | .157 | .164 | .321 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 19 | 58 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .149 | .281 | .191 | .472 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lee Richard | 10 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .261 | .320 | .304 | .624 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Pazik | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | 1.200 | 1.600 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleo Smith | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .750 | 1.083 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1312 | 5090 | 4438 | 629 | 1160 | 205 | 19 | 118 | 572 | 123 | 57 | 529 | 721 | .261 | .341 | .396 | .737 | 1757 | 0 | 28 | 53 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Squires | 1B | 101 | 894 | 70 | 5 | 84 | .995 | 9.545 | ||||
| Reggie Sanders | 1B | 18 | 142 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .974 | 8.444 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 15 | 131 | 7 | 2 | 16 | .986 | 9.200 | ||||
| Henry Cruz | 1B | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jim Breazeale | 1B | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 11.000 | ||||
| Steve Bowling | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | 2B | 103 | 203 | 268 | 15 | 65 | .969 | 4.573 | ||||
| A. J. Hill | 2B | 20 | 45 | 58 | 6 | 14 | .945 | 5.150 | ||||
| Mike Eden | 2B | 14 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 6 | .914 | 3.786 | ||||
| Lee Richard | 2B | 7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| John Flannery | 2B | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | 3B | 89 | 67 | 224 | 21 | 11 | .933 | 3.270 | ||||
| Mike Eden | 3B | 44 | 25 | 73 | 5 | 7 | .951 | 2.227 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Junior Moore | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Flannery | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Bowling | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Colbern | C | 64 | 335 | 39 | 13 | 3 | .966 | 5.844 | 5 | |||
| Larry Johnson | C | 60 | 331 | 37 | 5 | 1 | .987 | 6.133 | 5 | |||
| Phil Trucks | C | 18 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 5.500 | 5 | |||
| Henry Cruz | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Breazeale | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Art James | OF | 107 | 176 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .962 | 1.664 | ||||
| Rusty Torres | OF | 91 | 233 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .972 | 2.681 | ||||
| Mike Eden | OF | 46 | 88 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.957 | ||||
| Thad Bosley | OF | 46 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.783 | ||||
| Steve Bowling | OF | 44 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .974 | 1.682 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | OF | 32 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.812 | ||||
| Henry Cruz | OF | 24 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.667 | ||||
| Junior Moore | OF | 20 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.650 | ||||
| Mike Squires | OF | 19 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.526 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | OF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Cleo Smith | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Colbern | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Verhoeven | P | 44 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .523 | ||||
| Eddie Bane | P | 40 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .475 | ||||
| Randy Scarbery | P | 37 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .730 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 27 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 5 | .915 | 1.593 | ||||
| Rich Wortham | P | 22 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.273 | ||||
| Mike Proly | P | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Jack Kucek | P | 21 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Stan Butkus | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Pazik | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Trout | P | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Ross Baumgarten | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Bruce Dal Canton | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Quency Hill | P | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Rich Hinton | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| John Flannery | SS | 121 | 229 | 379 | 25 | 78 | .961 | 5.025 | ||||
| Houston Jiménez | SS | 13 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 12 | .967 | 4.462 | ||||
| Mike Eden | SS | 13 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Totals | 1455 | 3483 | 1513 | 154 | 341 | .970 | 3.434 | 15 | 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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