1978 Knoxville Sox Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
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
1978 Knoxville Sox Roster

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.


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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
Fred Howard126.6672.782120820139.011152438481109204
Richard Dotson1110.5244.282625200145.012885691010501529011
Steve Trout83.7271.65121221071.0461613333048205
Ken Frailing85.6153.114683011136.01455547866080106
Rich Barnes86.5713.272525410146.01447253875069307
Bill Moran87.5332.76420001188.0703427237369401
Mitch Lukevics601.0002.7312910166.0632520417041412
Quency Hill51.8333.297710041.0321615614133101
Ray Murillo41.8003.3927000661.0563123224158422
Larry Monroe43.5713.9510810157.0693325232137026
Kent Hunziker44.5006.0617800052.0633535426335213
Mike Pazik33.5003.0010931166.0612422332024001
Ross Baumgarten21.6673.244310125.0229937014000
Jackie Smith22.5004.339400127.0361813114323101
Duane Shaffer23.4004.4017210243.0452921521229501
Britt Burns11.5004.294400021.024161004017010
Scott Richartz003.867000014.015660706015
Joe Gates009.00100002.05222001000
Totals8856.6113.402971440275351200.011355584537156215845388560

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 Gates1335604858516118545338155773.332.406.414.8202014131
Mark Naehring140543464731402841375736472.302.388.463.851215546
Harold Baines137551502701381661372324391.275.334.408.742205231
Rusty Kuntz1134703956810425710571156176.263.358.438.796173167
A. J. Hill100437395589913523042103268.251.311.324.635128361
Tom Spencer813162814793147844773025.331.390.516.906145014
Marv Foley1033923385293205144154437.275.358.373.731126244
Mike Wolf1314614104390152541333856.220.282.302.584124076
Donn Seidholz1043403152779142545312044.251.294.356.649112032
Cleo Smith8233429350781531148202749.266.343.451.794132923
Andy Pasillas662222001953101430101624.265.317.385.70277042
Chris Nyman59211192153560319511326.182.239.260.50050222
Scott Richartz6316713128297007223135.221.382.275.65736320
Steve Bowling2810887121620210111524.184.311.276.58724222
Tommy Toman823151300010075.200.455.200.6553010
Phil Trucks821173310010034.176.300.235.5354010
Ken Frailing47441100000001.250.250.250.5001000
Ross Baumgarten4110000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Quency Hill7110000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Fred Frazier2770000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Michael Johnson512120000000004.000.000.000.0000000
Mitch Lukevics120010000000000000
Totals1433518145456531215204478157712655501716.267.342.386.728175603361410


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Chris Nyman1B53418281048.9788.415
Donn Seidholz1B4229327134.9977.619
Cleo Smith1B3221720727.9717.406
Harold Baines1B1074535.9637.900
Tom Spencer1B959716.9857.333
Marv Foley1B740113.9765.857
Steve Bowling1B223221.92612.500
A. J. Hill2B982192461965.9614.745
Joe Gates2B46106106928.9594.609
Donn Seidholz2B312001.0001.000
Fred Frazier2B267011.0006.500
Mark Naehring3B1351002552232.9422.630
Donn Seidholz3B86911.9381.875
Joe Gates3B54812.9232.400
Tom Spencer3B103001.0003.000
Marv FoleyC9354468612.9906.5818
Andy PasillasC562862324.9945.5182
Phil TrucksC6334001.0006.1670
Donn SeidholzC461001.0001.7500
Harold BainesOF12121717103.9591.934
Rusty KuntzOF110244931.9882.300
Tom SpencerOF62104120.9811.694
Scott RichartzOF5884420.9781.517
Joe GatesOF4954430.9511.184
Donn SeidholzOF27354001.0001.444
Steve BowlingOF1834020.9441.889
Cleo SmithOF1318240.8331.538
Tommy TomanOF6100001.0001.667
Andy PasillasOF120001.0002.000
Ken FrailingP4662715.971.717
Bill MoranP42310011.000.310
Ray MurilloP276210.889.296
Richard DotsonP2662011.9631.000
Rich BarnesP2573542.9131.680
Fred HowardP2142011.9601.143
Duane ShafferP1724001.000.353
Kent HunzikerP1718011.000.529
Steve TroutP12610021.0001.333
Mitch LukevicsP12112011.0001.083
Mike PazikP1018001.000.900
Larry MonroeP104811.9231.200
Jackie SmithP902001.000.222
Scott RichartzP701001.000.143
Quency HillP719001.0001.429
Britt BurnsP43310.8571.500
Ross BaumgartenP427001.0002.250
Joe GatesP10000.000
Mike WolfSS1302233642376.9624.515
Donn SeidholzSS213037139.8383.190
Mark NaehringSS10010.000.000
Totals152635431450158373.9693.2721000

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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