1978 Lodi Dodgers Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Stan Wasiak (85-55)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Lodi, California
Ballpark: Lawrence Park
Attendance: 41,248, Avg. 589

1978 Lodi Dodgers Roster

Playoffs - Visalia Oaks 3 games, Lodi Dodgers 2

The Lodi Dodgers of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Dodgers scored 904 runs and surrendered 694 runs. Mike Zouras led Lodi with 20 home runs, while Max Venable walloped 15 or more, too. Max Venable drove in 101 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Ubaldo Heredia paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.69 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1978 Lodi Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Shirley, Ubaldo Heredia, Mark Bradley, Max Venable and Ron Roenicke.

Stan Wasiak 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
Ubaldo Heredia	13	6	.684	3.69	24	23		8	2	0	156.0	144	75	64	9	66	2	92	4	1	7
Richard Goulding	12	3	.800	4.53	26	19		5	2	0	145.0	154	82	73	17	46	0	68	2	3	6
Paul Bain	9	9	.500	4.47	24	24		3	1	0	155.0	140	95	77	14	103	4	101	6	0	12
Steve Shirley	8	3	.727	4.36	16	15		3	0	0	99.0	100	52	48	6	63	0	86	0	2	11
Brian Hayes	7	5	.583	3.09	14	14		9	1	0	102.0	82	40	35	6	38	1	48	1	1	3
Charles Barrett	6	2	.750	3.92	26	11		3	0	5	85.0	103	46	37	10	24	1	56	2	3	0
Ken Townsend	6	3	.667	4.12	37	0		0	0	3	83.0	79	50	38	4	49	2	48	6	1	3
Rod Scheller	5	4	.556	5.78	26	7		0	0	0	67.0	97	59	43	5	46	2	32	1	0	8
Eric Schmidt	5	4	.556	5.84	35	5		0	0	2	74.0	75	57	48	3	69	2	46	1	0	8
Mickey Lashley	5	8	.385	2.49	47	0		0	0	17	76.0	62	27	21	1	44	11	61	0	3	8
Augie Ruiz	4	2	.667	4.89	7	5		1	0	0	35.0	37	22	19	3	22	2	28	1	1	6
Brian Baldwin	2	2	.500	5.62	11	4		1	0	0	32.0	31	24	20	2	29	1	22	2	0	5
James Nobles	2	2	.500	6.58	12	11		0	0	0	52.0	58	49	38	7	44	1	40	0	1	1
Rocky Cordova	1	0	1.000	3.27	6	0		0	0	0	11.0	10	6	4	2	14	1	9	0	0	4
Michael Lake	0	0		18.00	3	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	5	2	0	0	0	2
Doug Slocum	0	2	.000	10.50	2	2		0	0	0	6.0	10	8	7	0	8	0	6	1	0	4
Totals	85	55	.607	4.38	316	140	0	33	6	27	1179.0	1183	694	574	90	670	32	743	27	16	88	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
Max Venable	140	660	566	134	180	30	9	17	101	46	19	77	56	.318	.402	.493	.895	279		7	3	7
John Shoemaker	113	490	388	93	123	11	0	1	55	8	9	85	38	.317	.450	.353	.804	137		10	6	1
George Kaage	108	423	371	57	113	18	3	5	61	4	1	46	56	.305	.379	.410	.789	152		1	1	4
Harold Drake	111	444	403	52	103	12	3	1	55	8	4	33	61	.256	.312	.308	.620	124		1	5	2
Timothy Roche	95	397	329	55	101	19	0	9	63	6	4	57	40	.307	.408	.447	.854	147		3	2	6
Don Ruzek	118	446	369	70	99	12	6	5	56	7	4	71	69	.268	.389	.374	.763	138		2	4	0
Mike Zouras	87	372	319	72	97	22	1	20	78	6	5	39	76	.304	.385	.567	.953	181		5	6	3
Bobby Brown	93	343	283	66	84	20	4	12	53	3	4	53	67	.297	.412	.523	.935	148		4	1	2
David Richards	91	340	299	40	81	6	2	1	39	2	3	26	56	.271	.336	.314	.651	94		5	7	3
Ron Roenicke	61	261	215	61	78	13	5	9	51	19	4	39	35	.363	.463	.595	1.059	128		3	2	2
Marvin Garrison	59	262	210	42	63	11	1	7	42	7	6	40	47	.300	.425	.462	.887	97		7	3	2
Larry Fobbs	58	242	200	38	62	11	4	4	31	14	8	36	21	.310	.414	.465	.879	93		0	5	1
Ed Santos	48	202	188	27	53	4	1	9	42	9	4	8	23	.282	.307	.457	.764	86		0	3	3
Michael Stone	38	126	105	16	29	2	0	3	18	1	0	15	27	.276	.363	.381	.744	40		1	2	3
Jessie Baez	34	142	113	26	29	6	1	3	16	1	2	26	21	.257	.408	.407	.816	46		3	0	0
Mark Bradley	29	128	109	23	27	2	0	2	11	7	1	16	28	.248	.354	.321	.675	35		2	1	0
Charles Gardner	34	86	78	14	15	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	9	.192	.232	.192	.424	15		1	4	0
Henry Jones	11	26	22	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	.318	.385	.364	.748	8		0	0	1
Johnnie Walker	17	50	43	11	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	5	6	.163	.250	.302	.552	13		0	2	0
Paul Bain	24	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1		0	0	0
Mickey Lashley	47	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1416	5444	4613	903	1352	200	40	110	782	149	83	679	740	.293	.387	.425	.813	1962	0	55	57	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kaage	1B	84	748	32	12	58	.985	9.286
Harold Drake	1B	65	548	39	14	54	.977	9.031
John Shoemaker	2B	108	251	317	18	59	.969	5.259
Larry Fobbs	2B	23	50	61	0	15	1.000	4.826
Charles Gardner	2B	15	34	35	2	11	.972	4.600
Johnnie Walker	2B	2	3	7	0	2	1.000	5.000
Mike Zouras	3B	87	65	159	19	14	.922	2.575
Harold Drake	3B	29	23	49	13	4	.847	2.483
Larry Fobbs	3B	17	9	14	5	0	.821	1.353
Timothy Roche	3B	14	13	35	3	6	.941	3.429
John Shoemaker	3B	1	1	3	3	1	.571	4.000
Henry Jones	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Charles Gardner	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Richards	C	80	402	65	11	5	.977	5.838	8
Michael Stone	C	34	175	25	7	0	.966	5.882	10
Jessie Baez	C	31	187	31	4	0	.982	7.032	3
Max Venable	OF	139	220	8	8	1	.966	1.640
Marvin Garrison	OF	59	149	3	3	0	.981	2.576
Ron Roenicke	OF	50	100	8	6	2	.947	2.160
Ed Santos	OF	47	93	7	2	2	.980	2.128
Timothy Roche	OF	44	49	5	2	1	.964	1.227
Bobby Brown	OF	43	47	5	3	0	.945	1.209
Mark Bradley	OF	29	51	1	1	0	.981	1.793
Harold Drake	OF	15	25	1	1	0	.963	1.733
Larry Fobbs	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mickey Lashley	P	47	5	12	1	1	.944	.362
Ken Townsend	P	37	0	13	0	2	1.000	.351
Eric Schmidt	P	35	7	10	3	0	.850	.486
Rod Scheller	P	26	1	6	3	0	.700	.269
Richard Goulding	P	26	5	21	1	0	.963	1.000
Charles Barrett	P	26	8	14	1	1	.957	.846
Ubaldo Heredia	P	24	14	24	2	1	.950	1.583
Paul Bain	P	24	7	31	5	4	.884	1.583
Steve Shirley	P	16	2	10	1	0	.923	.750
Brian Hayes	P	14	3	26	1	2	.967	2.071
James Nobles	P	12	1	7	0	2	1.000	.667
Brian Baldwin	P	11	2	9	1	2	.917	1.000
Augie Ruiz	P	7	2	11	0	0	1.000	1.857
Rocky Cordova	P	6	1	2	1	0	.750	.500
Michael Lake	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Doug Slocum	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Don Ruzek	SS	112	183	359	37	54	.936	4.839
Johnnie Walker	SS	13	16	49	4	8	.942	5.000
Larry Fobbs	SS	13	12	31	4	5	.915	3.308
Charles Gardner	SS	10	10	31	3	8	.932	4.100
Henry Jones	SS	2	5	10	1	1	.938	7.500
Totals		1490	3534	1588	206	326	.961	3.438	21	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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