1978 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (73-69)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 86,834, Avg. 1,223
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Suns plated 577 runs and allowed 500 runs. Larry Foster paced Jacksonville with 17 home runs, while Ken Phelps and Paul Djakonow walloped 15 or more as well. Paul Djakonow drove in 73 runs. Kevin Gillen led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .257 clip. Rich Dubee topped the squad with 12 wins, and Ken Cvejdlik recorded a 2.44 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1978 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Germán Barranca, Tim Ireland, George Enright, Craig Eaton, Kelly Heath, Ken Phelps, Jeff Cornell, Dan Quisenberry, Jim Sadowski, Gary Christenson and Bill Laskey.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Dubee | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.44 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 162 | 73 | 62 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Daly | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.71 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 129 | 65 | 37 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Cvejdlik | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.44 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 199.0 | 165 | 66 | 54 | 14 | 64 | 4 | 122 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Ben Grzybek | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.64 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 133 | 54 | 41 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Craig Eaton | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.04 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 71 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.80 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.39 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 64.0 | 62 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Ako | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.96 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Laskey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Bobinger | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.58 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 64 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Morley | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.61 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 69 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mickey Reichenbach | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.00 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Cornell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.42 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38.0 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 1 | 5 | .167 | 2.95 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 55.0 | 42 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Art DeFilippis | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.91 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 67 | .521 | 2.89 | 272 | 139 | 0 | 49 | 14 | 25 | 1169.0 | 1094 | 487 | 376 | 83 | 391 | 27 | 603 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 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 Ondina | 141 | 541 | 470 | 56 | 111 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 100 | .236 | .313 | .345 | .658 | 162 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Robert Glass | 114 | 436 | 381 | 48 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 19 | .270 | .338 | .315 | .653 | 120 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Kevin Gillen | 111 | 453 | 401 | 41 | 103 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 34 | .257 | .327 | .384 | .711 | 154 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 130 | 521 | 434 | 66 | 102 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 81 | .235 | .347 | .406 | .753 | 176 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Ken Phelps | 124 | 495 | 381 | 65 | 94 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 57 | .247 | .407 | .425 | .832 | 162 | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Larry Foster | 106 | 436 | 336 | 65 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 77 | .256 | .419 | .464 | .884 | 156 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Yarbrough | 109 | 379 | 357 | 36 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 59 | .227 | .259 | .286 | .544 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Eschen | 101 | 429 | 341 | 48 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 80 | 48 | .232 | .379 | .311 | .690 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Kelly Heath | 70 | 261 | 231 | 29 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | .268 | .337 | .333 | .671 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tim Ireland | 66 | 289 | 250 | 35 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 30 | .248 | .323 | .344 | .667 | 86 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| George Enright | 78 | 269 | 237 | 25 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 25 | .232 | .301 | .241 | .541 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Mark Cunningham | 64 | 235 | 210 | 24 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 30 | .233 | .284 | .324 | .608 | 68 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Germán Barranca | 49 | 203 | 182 | 22 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 17 | .242 | .313 | .313 | .627 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hal Thomasson | 48 | 172 | 157 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 36 | .172 | .244 | .217 | .461 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Haley | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammie Jones | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1319 | 5130 | 4378 | 576 | 1060 | 155 | 26 | 84 | 507 | 85 | 52 | 621 | 640 | .242 | .337 | .347 | .684 | 1519 | 0 | 27 | 59 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phelps | 1B | 123 | 1028 | 66 | 16 | 88 | .986 | 8.894 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 1B | 15 | 118 | 11 | 3 | 9 | .977 | 8.600 | ||||
| Mike Ondina | 1B | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Hal Thomasson | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 8.000 | ||||
| Larry Foster | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 1B | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 2B | 66 | 145 | 149 | 6 | 32 | .980 | 4.455 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 2B | 44 | 97 | 112 | 7 | 22 | .968 | 4.750 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 33 | 81 | 86 | 9 | 21 | .949 | 5.061 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | 2B | 3 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 106 | 69 | 207 | 26 | 18 | .914 | 2.604 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 3B | 34 | 35 | 76 | 6 | 9 | .949 | 3.265 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | 3B | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| George Enright | C | 74 | 337 | 43 | 1 | 4 | .997 | 5.135 | 4 | |||
| Robert Glass | C | 72 | 348 | 36 | 14 | 7 | .965 | 5.333 | 4 | |||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 139 | 405 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .988 | 3.079 | ||||
| William Yarbrough | OF | 109 | 163 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .961 | 1.578 | ||||
| Kevin Gillen | OF | 106 | 209 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 2.142 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 55 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 1.982 | ||||
| Hal Thomasson | OF | 28 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| John Haley | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sammie Jones | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dan Quisenberry | P | 48 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .396 | ||||
| Ken Cvejdlik | P | 26 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.115 | ||||
| Rich Dubee | P | 24 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Jeff Cornell | P | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .045 | ||||
| Ben Grzybek | P | 21 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .905 | ||||
| Mitch Bobinger | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Daly | P | 19 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.263 | ||||
| Gerald Ako | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Craig Eaton | P | 11 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Art DeFilippis | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mickey Reichenbach | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Bill Laskey | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Douglas Nelson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelly Heath | SS | 70 | 115 | 217 | 31 | 33 | .915 | 4.743 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | SS | 57 | 81 | 163 | 16 | 29 | .938 | 4.281 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | SS | 20 | 31 | 59 | 6 | 10 | .938 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1443 | 3534 | 1454 | 173 | 306 | .966 | 3.457 | 8 | 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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