1978 Modesto A's Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (61-79)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 55,794, Avg. 797
The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The A's scored 672 runs and surrendered 834 runs. Bruce Fournier led Modesto with 10 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI. Mike Davis paced hitters with significant playing time with a .335 average. Dave Beard topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.92 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Davis, Mike Patterson, Shooty Babitt, Dave Beard, Bobby Moore, Brian Kingman and Ernie Camacho were all players from the 1978 Modesto A's who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gaylen Pitts 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Beard | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.92 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 185.0 | 161 | 94 | 60 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 142 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
Dennis Wyszynski | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.48 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 108 | 55 | 39 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Donald Schubert | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.22 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 109.0 | 116 | 60 | 39 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
Kenneth Palmer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.59 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 127 | 64 | 51 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
David Fuqua | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.74 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 66 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Craig Harris | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.59 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 152 | 109 | 85 | 9 | 77 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
David McCarthy | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.26 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 131.0 | 145 | 82 | 62 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
Donald VanMarter | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.65 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 59 | 46 | 32 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
Michael McLellan | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.93 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 82.0 | 105 | 77 | 54 | 7 | 85 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
Bart Braun | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.42 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26.0 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brian Kingman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.37 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Randall Cashore | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.79 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 40 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Bobby Moore | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.69 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 102 | 104 | 87 | 7 | 136 | 1 | 123 | 2 | 4 | 21 | ||
Douglas Hunt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 45 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ernie Camacho | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bruce Fournier | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Lavery | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 4.64 | 308 | 140 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 22 | 1199.0 | 1297 | 834 | 618 | 95 | 708 | 12 | 828 | 31 | 14 | 86 | 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 Davis | 106 | 472 | 406 | 74 | 136 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 33 | 16 | 55 | 62 | .335 | .415 | .399 | .814 | 162 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
Bruce Fournier | 98 | 419 | 354 | 53 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 69 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 32 | .319 | .411 | .486 | .897 | 172 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Paul Mize | 124 | 493 | 419 | 43 | 106 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 51 | .253 | .350 | .298 | .649 | 125 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ||
Shooty Babitt | 109 | 452 | 388 | 70 | 102 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 52 | 40 | .263 | .351 | .381 | .733 | 148 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
Mike Patterson | 96 | 404 | 354 | 58 | 99 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 45 | 68 | .280 | .360 | .472 | .832 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Pat Dempsey | 106 | 416 | 388 | 50 | 98 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 37 | .253 | .295 | .304 | .600 | 118 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
John Kniss | 85 | 327 | 289 | 48 | 76 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 33 | 42 | .263 | .344 | .332 | .676 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Donald Morris | 69 | 294 | 253 | 35 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 47 | .265 | .356 | .340 | .696 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Robert Klebba | 96 | 379 | 330 | 39 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 45 | .197 | .288 | .267 | .555 | 88 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
Jim Bennett | 67 | 244 | 223 | 33 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 55 | .278 | .336 | .435 | .771 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Eric Attaway | 61 | 217 | 173 | 26 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 31 | .254 | .393 | .324 | .716 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Dana Berry | 46 | 173 | 167 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 50 | .246 | .272 | .365 | .637 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tadeusz Nowakowski | 60 | 213 | 189 | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 59 | .217 | .299 | .328 | .627 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Al Minker | 38 | 164 | 135 | 19 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 35 | .289 | .405 | .459 | .864 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Donald Eagan | 52 | 174 | 137 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 19 | .277 | .424 | .343 | .767 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Howard Robinson | 38 | 140 | 125 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 31 | .216 | .300 | .240 | .540 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Kennedy | 30 | 102 | 89 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .281 | .333 | .326 | .659 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
David Gallino | 31 | 115 | 94 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 8 | .255 | .377 | .319 | .696 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Robert Markham | 28 | 98 | 82 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | .207 | .316 | .256 | .572 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Greg Darichuk | 16 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .216 | .256 | .270 | .527 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Michael McLellan | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1385 | 5336 | 4632 | 672 | 1228 | 207 | 29 | 58 | 569 | 145 | 75 | 600 | 749 | .265 | .351 | .360 | .711 | 1667 | 0 | 31 | 39 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Attaway | 1B | 48 | 361 | 37 | 6 | 37 | .985 | 8.292 | ||||
Al Minker | 1B | 38 | 279 | 14 | 4 | 27 | .987 | 7.711 | ||||
Dana Berry | 1B | 38 | 300 | 27 | 12 | 25 | .965 | 8.605 | ||||
Greg Darichuk | 1B | 15 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .959 | 6.267 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | 1B | 7 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 5.429 | ||||
Pat Dempsey | 1B | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
Mike Davis | 1B | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
John Kniss | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Robert Klebba | 2B | 82 | 183 | 220 | 13 | 42 | .969 | 4.915 | ||||
Howard Robinson | 2B | 37 | 72 | 76 | 12 | 17 | .925 | 4.000 | ||||
Paul Mize | 2B | 23 | 65 | 67 | 6 | 17 | .957 | 5.739 | ||||
John Kniss | 2B | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 3.400 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | 3B | 87 | 84 | 140 | 26 | 11 | .896 | 2.575 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | 3B | 34 | 36 | 61 | 11 | 7 | .898 | 2.853 | ||||
Robert Klebba | 3B | 12 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 2.833 | ||||
David Gallino | 3B | 9 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 2.667 | ||||
John Kniss | 3B | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Paul Mize | 3B | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
Pat Dempsey | C | 102 | 652 | 81 | 26 | 9 | .966 | 7.186 | 14 | |||
Tadeusz Nowakowski | C | 45 | 226 | 40 | 9 | 3 | .967 | 5.911 | 13 | |||
Mike Patterson | OF | 93 | 161 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .960 | 1.796 | ||||
Mike Davis | OF | 91 | 177 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .934 | 2.033 | ||||
Donald Morris | OF | 68 | 158 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .954 | 2.441 | ||||
Jim Bennett | OF | 61 | 121 | 8 | 8 | 4 | .942 | 2.115 | ||||
Donald Eagan | OF | 45 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 1.178 | ||||
John Kniss | OF | 36 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
Robert Markham | OF | 28 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .879 | 2.071 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | OF | 16 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.438 | ||||
Eric Attaway | OF | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
Paul Mize | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
David McCarthy | P | 35 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.114 | ||||
Kenneth Palmer | P | 33 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .424 | ||||
Donald Schubert | P | 31 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .806 | ||||
Michael McLellan | P | 27 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .607 | .630 | ||||
Dave Beard | P | 25 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.080 | ||||
Bobby Moore | P | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
Craig Harris | P | 23 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .913 | .913 | ||||
David Fuqua | P | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Dennis Wyszynski | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .773 | 1.000 | ||||
Douglas Hunt | P | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
Bart Braun | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
Randall Cashore | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
Donald VanMarter | P | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .545 | ||||
Brian Kingman | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
John Lavery | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .333 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ernie Camacho | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Paul Mize | SS | 96 | 147 | 262 | 38 | 43 | .915 | 4.260 | ||||
Michael Kennedy | SS | 30 | 52 | 72 | 12 | 14 | .912 | 4.133 | ||||
David Gallino | SS | 22 | 43 | 58 | 10 | 12 | .910 | 4.591 | ||||
John Kniss | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Totals | 1509 | 3598 | 1446 | 297 | 298 | .944 | 3.343 | 27 | 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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