1978 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 88-56
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Tony LaRussa (0-0), Joe Jones (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 87,916, Avg. 1,221
Finals - Knoxville Sox 2 games, Savannah Braves 1
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 88 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sox scored 653 runs, best in the league. Knoxville yielded 556 runs. Mark Naehring and Harold Baines led the squad with 13 home runs apiece. Mark Naehring drove in 75 runs. Joe Gates topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .332 average. Fred Howard paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.78 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Monroe, Fred Howard, Ken Frailing, Harold Baines, Richard Dotson, Rich Barnes, Steve Trout, Chris Nyman, Bill Moran, Ross Baumgarten, Steve Bowling, Rusty Kuntz, Britt Burns, Tom Spencer, Joe Gates, Mike Pazik and Marv Foley were all players from the 1978 Knoxville Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tony LaRussa and Joe Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Howard | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.78 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 111 | 52 | 43 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Dotson | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.28 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 128 | 85 | 69 | 10 | 105 | 0 | 152 | 9 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Steve Trout | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.65 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.11 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 136.0 | 145 | 55 | 47 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rich Barnes | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.27 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 144 | 72 | 53 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill Moran | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.76 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 88.0 | 70 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 63 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Quency Hill | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.29 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Murillo | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.39 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 56 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Monroe | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.95 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 69 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Kent Hunziker | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.06 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 63 | 35 | 35 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Pazik | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.00 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66.0 | 61 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ross Baumgarten | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.40 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 45 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Britt Burns | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Joe Gates | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 88 | 56 | .611 | 3.40 | 297 | 144 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 1200.0 | 1135 | 558 | 453 | 71 | 562 | 15 | 845 | 38 | 8 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gates | 133 | 560 | 485 | 85 | 161 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 38 | 15 | 57 | 73 | .332 | .406 | .414 | .820 | 201 | 4 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Mark Naehring | 140 | 543 | 464 | 73 | 140 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 72 | .302 | .388 | .463 | .851 | 215 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Harold Baines | 137 | 551 | 502 | 70 | 138 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 91 | .275 | .334 | .408 | .742 | 205 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rusty Kuntz | 113 | 470 | 395 | 68 | 104 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 11 | 5 | 61 | 76 | .263 | .358 | .438 | .796 | 173 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| A. J. Hill | 100 | 437 | 395 | 58 | 99 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 42 | 10 | 32 | 68 | .251 | .311 | .324 | .635 | 128 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Tom Spencer | 81 | 316 | 281 | 47 | 93 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | .331 | .390 | .516 | .906 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Marv Foley | 103 | 392 | 338 | 52 | 93 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 37 | .275 | .358 | .373 | .731 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mike Wolf | 131 | 461 | 410 | 43 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 56 | .220 | .282 | .302 | .584 | 124 | 0 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Donn Seidholz | 104 | 340 | 315 | 27 | 79 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .251 | .294 | .356 | .649 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Cleo Smith | 82 | 334 | 293 | 50 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 49 | .266 | .343 | .451 | .794 | 132 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Andy Pasillas | 66 | 222 | 200 | 19 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 24 | .265 | .317 | .385 | .702 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chris Nyman | 59 | 211 | 192 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .182 | .239 | .260 | .500 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 63 | 167 | 131 | 28 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 35 | .221 | .382 | .275 | .657 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Bowling | 28 | 108 | 87 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 24 | .184 | .311 | .276 | .587 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Toman | 8 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .200 | .455 | .200 | .655 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 8 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 47 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Baumgarten | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quency Hill | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Frazier | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Johnson | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1433 | 5181 | 4545 | 653 | 1215 | 204 | 47 | 81 | 577 | 126 | 55 | 501 | 716 | .267 | .342 | .386 | .728 | 1756 | 0 | 33 | 61 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Nyman | 1B | 53 | 418 | 28 | 10 | 48 | .978 | 8.415 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 1B | 42 | 293 | 27 | 1 | 34 | .997 | 7.619 | ||||
| Cleo Smith | 1B | 32 | 217 | 20 | 7 | 27 | .971 | 7.406 | ||||
| Harold Baines | 1B | 10 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .963 | 7.900 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | 1B | 9 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 7.333 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 1B | 7 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 5.857 | ||||
| Steve Bowling | 1B | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 12.500 | ||||
| A. J. Hill | 2B | 98 | 219 | 246 | 19 | 65 | .961 | 4.745 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 2B | 46 | 106 | 106 | 9 | 28 | .959 | 4.609 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | 2B | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 3B | 135 | 100 | 255 | 22 | 32 | .942 | 2.630 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 3B | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 3B | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Marv Foley | C | 93 | 544 | 68 | 6 | 12 | .990 | 6.581 | 8 | |||
| Andy Pasillas | C | 56 | 286 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 5.518 | 2 | |||
| Phil Trucks | C | 6 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.167 | 0 | |||
| Donn Seidholz | C | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 0 | |||
| Harold Baines | OF | 121 | 217 | 17 | 10 | 3 | .959 | 1.934 | ||||
| Rusty Kuntz | OF | 110 | 244 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 2.300 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 62 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.694 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | OF | 58 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Joe Gates | OF | 49 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.184 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | OF | 27 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Steve Bowling | OF | 18 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.889 | ||||
| Cleo Smith | OF | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Andy Pasillas | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Frailing | P | 46 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .971 | .717 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 42 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| Ray Murillo | P | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .296 | ||||
| Richard Dotson | P | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Barnes | P | 25 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 1.680 | ||||
| Fred Howard | P | 21 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Kent Hunziker | P | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Steve Trout | P | 12 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Mike Pazik | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Larry Monroe | P | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Quency Hill | P | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Britt Burns | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ross Baumgarten | P | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Joe Gates | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Wolf | SS | 130 | 223 | 364 | 23 | 76 | .962 | 4.515 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | SS | 21 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 9 | .838 | 3.190 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1526 | 3543 | 1450 | 158 | 373 | .969 | 3.272 | 10 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
