1978 Memphis Chicks Statistics
Team Record: 71-73
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (71-73)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 153,686, Avg. 2,135
The Memphis Chicks of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 71 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Chicks tallied 519 runs and gave up 509 runs. Eddie Gates paced Memphis with 25 home runs, and Ray Crowley walloped 15 or more, too. Eddie Gates drove in 67 runs. Julio Perez led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Jeff Gingrich and David Palmer topped the team with 8 wins each, while David Palmer recorded a 3.05 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Memphis Chicks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Ramos, Bryn Smith, Bill Gullickson, Don DeMola, Joe Pettini, David Palmer, Charlie Lea, Bob James, Gerry Hannahs and Scott Sanderson.
Felipe Alou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Gingrich | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 81 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| David Palmer | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.05 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 130.0 | 107 | 57 | 44 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Williams | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.78 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 86.0 | 60 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.59 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 73.0 | 68 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Sanderson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.03 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 55 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Horn | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.83 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 84 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Tenenini | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.84 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 92.0 | 74 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 51 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Donald Albin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.58 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 98.0 | 117 | 55 | 39 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David MacQuarrie | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.45 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 83 | 46 | 33 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bryn Smith | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.48 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 53 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don DeMola | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.66 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Finlayson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.89 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Lea | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.57 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 57 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob James | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brooks | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.90 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerry Hannahs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.63 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.06 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Farrell | 0 | 0 | 3.43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 73 | .493 | 2.98 | 312 | 145 | 0 | 46 | 14 | 23 | 1186.0 | 1043 | 509 | 393 | 66 | 476 | 24 | 717 | 37 | 2 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Perez | 131 | 488 | 437 | 45 | 125 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 20 | .286 | .342 | .330 | .671 | 144 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Gates | 121 | 433 | 362 | 55 | 114 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 74 | .315 | .420 | .575 | .995 | 208 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ray Crowley | 117 | 418 | 350 | 54 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 66 | 67 | .306 | .414 | .511 | .925 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Godfrey Evans | 120 | 374 | 340 | 21 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 50 | .279 | .324 | .303 | .627 | 103 | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Ramos | 109 | 412 | 343 | 36 | 91 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 53 | .265 | .377 | .402 | .780 | 138 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| LaMart Harris | 123 | 446 | 390 | 64 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 45 | 80 | .226 | .317 | .262 | .578 | 102 | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pettini | 113 | 396 | 355 | 52 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 47 | .245 | .313 | .301 | .614 | 107 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| John Scoras | 129 | 450 | 418 | 37 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 78 | .201 | .238 | .294 | .532 | 123 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Randall Schafer | 98 | 309 | 291 | 23 | 75 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 62 | .258 | .285 | .364 | .649 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Goldetsky | 116 | 361 | 324 | 29 | 69 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 57 | .213 | .280 | .278 | .558 | 90 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Steven Michael | 82 | 300 | 259 | 34 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 35 | .255 | .347 | .305 | .652 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Sherow | 61 | 220 | 207 | 18 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 40 | .232 | .260 | .329 | .589 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Felix Rodriguez | 65 | 187 | 167 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | .246 | .310 | .305 | .615 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dale McMullen | 54 | 189 | 167 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 36 | .216 | .298 | .347 | .645 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Doug Simunic | 18 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .137 | .214 | .196 | .410 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Gifford | 12 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .158 | .304 | .211 | .515 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Albin | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Gingrich | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 55 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnnie Walker | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Williams | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1606 | 5073 | 4488 | 517 | 1138 | 169 | 17 | 77 | 466 | 102 | 51 | 470 | 731 | .254 | .327 | .350 | .677 | 1572 | 0 | 35 | 47 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Scoras | 1B | 93 | 773 | 69 | 7 | 57 | .992 | 9.054 | ||||
| Ray Crowley | 1B | 64 | 483 | 35 | 10 | 62 | .981 | 8.094 | ||||
| Randall Schafer | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Larry Goldetsky | 2B | 111 | 212 | 257 | 21 | 58 | .957 | 4.225 | ||||
| Joe Pettini | 2B | 62 | 106 | 147 | 8 | 26 | .969 | 4.081 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Scoras | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 3B | 127 | 93 | 211 | 14 | 16 | .956 | 2.394 | ||||
| Joe Pettini | 3B | 35 | 17 | 60 | 6 | 8 | .928 | 2.200 | ||||
| William Gifford | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bobby Ramos | C | 88 | 457 | 60 | 9 | 3 | .983 | 5.875 | 12 | |||
| Randall Schafer | C | 48 | 204 | 21 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 4.688 | 5 | |||
| Doug Simunic | C | 18 | 89 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .970 | 5.389 | 1 | |||
| LaMart Harris | OF | 123 | 239 | 8 | 10 | 2 | .961 | 2.008 | ||||
| Steven Michael | OF | 82 | 159 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 2.037 | ||||
| Eddie Gates | OF | 75 | 91 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .930 | 1.240 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | OF | 62 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.274 | ||||
| Dennis Sherow | OF | 59 | 108 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .935 | 1.949 | ||||
| Dale McMullen | OF | 53 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .937 | 1.396 | ||||
| John Scoras | OF | 19 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.211 | ||||
| Randall Schafer | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Warren Hemm | P | 55 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Donald Albin | P | 50 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 46 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .761 | ||||
| David Palmer | P | 19 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David MacQuarrie | P | 17 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.765 | ||||
| Larry Horn | P | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Charlie Lea | P | 12 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jeff Gingrich | P | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bryn Smith | P | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| Scott Sanderson | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Mike Finlayson | P | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Farrell | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Michael Brooks | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Gerry Hannahs | P | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Don DeMola | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob James | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | SS | 120 | 171 | 333 | 33 | 53 | .939 | 4.200 | ||||
| Joe Pettini | SS | 38 | 55 | 100 | 7 | 23 | .957 | 4.079 | ||||
| Julio Perez | SS | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| William Gifford | SS | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1624 | 3557 | 1587 | 187 | 343 | .965 | 3.167 | 18 | 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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