1978 Midland Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 70-65
Finished 3rd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Jim Saul (70-65)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 86,080, Avg. 1,275
The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 70 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Cubs tallied 779 runs and surrendered 753 runs. Joe Hernandez paced Midland with 14 home runs Steve Macko drove in 76 runs. Kevin Drury led hitters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Jeff Albert topped the squad with 11 wins, while Randy Martz recorded a 3.12 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1978 Midland Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lee Smith, Greg Keatley, George Riley, Steve Macko, Kurt Seibert, Herman Segelke, Randy Martz, Gene Krug, Jim Tracy and Ron Davis.
Jim Saul 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 Albert | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.79 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 162 | 83 | 75 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Randy Martz | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.12 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 126 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Herman Segelke | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.59 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 143.0 | 159 | 92 | 73 | 10 | 95 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Lee Smith | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.98 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 155.0 | 161 | 122 | 103 | 16 | 128 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Lawrence Groover | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.74 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65.0 | 55 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 41 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Riley | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.43 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 77 | 37 | 34 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Darrell Turner | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.43 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 74 | 41 | 34 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Butler | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.26 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 113.0 | 129 | 72 | 66 | 13 | 57 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Clark | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.75 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 109 | 70 | 60 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Davis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.35 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 80 | 51 | 48 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jack Ledbetter | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.47 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 95 | 52 | 45 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Uhey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.88 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.62 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.0 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Allen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 65 | .519 | 4.95 | 293 | 135 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 24 | 1173.0 | 1309 | 753 | 645 | 131 | 630 | 20 | 653 | 33 | 8 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Macko | 133 | 634 | 550 | 90 | 166 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 18 | 8 | 75 | 77 | .302 | .384 | .405 | .789 | 223 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Seibert | 126 | 606 | 499 | 118 | 145 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 92 | 55 | .291 | .406 | .381 | .786 | 190 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Eric Grandy | 129 | 549 | 456 | 81 | 142 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 26 | 6 | 79 | 76 | .311 | .417 | .434 | .851 | 198 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Kevin Drury | 108 | 449 | 396 | 55 | 125 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 41 | 29 | .316 | .379 | .402 | .781 | 159 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Jim Buckner | 67 | 313 | 284 | 47 | 101 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 33 | 7 | 25 | 49 | .356 | .405 | .504 | .909 | 143 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Brian Rosinski | 116 | 482 | 401 | 65 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 129 | .252 | .373 | .399 | .772 | 160 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Hernandez | 76 | 332 | 287 | 48 | 88 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 35 | .307 | .384 | .498 | .882 | 143 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Aaron Randall | 81 | 359 | 331 | 42 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 71 | .257 | .299 | .360 | .658 | 119 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Javier Fierro | 100 | 405 | 343 | 52 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 61 | .245 | .343 | .353 | .696 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Greg Keatley | 98 | 395 | 345 | 58 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 84 | .226 | .322 | .351 | .673 | 121 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tracy | 54 | 212 | 189 | 34 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 50 | .259 | .336 | .455 | .792 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gatlin | 43 | 171 | 145 | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 40 | .248 | .351 | .393 | .744 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Duane Gustavson | 41 | 177 | 140 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 32 | .250 | .401 | .343 | .744 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Krug | 18 | 70 | 66 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .364 | .386 | .576 | .961 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Evers | 26 | 88 | 77 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .273 | .341 | .338 | .679 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tony Pepper | 25 | 104 | 85 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | .247 | .375 | .365 | .740 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Hartin | 13 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .231 | .268 | .333 | .602 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Clark | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Segelke | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1318 | 5390 | 4635 | 782 | 1311 | 204 | 55 | 84 | 675 | 182 | 74 | 650 | 835 | .283 | .372 | .405 | .777 | 1877 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Randall | 1B | 74 | 709 | 44 | 7 | 78 | .991 | 1.176 | ||||
| Bill Evers | 1B | 19 | 172 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | 9.316 | ||||
| Jim Tracy | 1B | 18 | 121 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .984 | 6.889 | ||||
| Gene Krug | 1B | 18 | 145 | 8 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 8.500 | ||||
| Tony Pepper | 1B | 7 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .985 | 9.429 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | 1B | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
| John Hartin | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | 2B | 112 | 290 | 349 | 17 | 93 | .974 | 5.705 | ||||
| Kevin Drury | 2B | 30 | 71 | 101 | 3 | 19 | .983 | 5.733 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | 3B | 93 | 79 | 193 | 20 | 23 | .932 | 2.925 | ||||
| Kevin Drury | 3B | 41 | 26 | 88 | 4 | 11 | .966 | 2.780 | ||||
| John Hartin | 3B | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | 3B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Mike Gatlin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Keatley | C | 97 | 504 | 65 | 8 | 14 | .986 | 5.866 | 13 | |||
| Duane Gustavson | C | 36 | 185 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .982 | 6.083 | 7 | |||
| Bill Evers | C | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.250 | 2 | |||
| Eric Grandy | OF | 110 | 245 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 2.318 | ||||
| Brian Rosinski | OF | 93 | 126 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.473 | ||||
| Joe Hernandez | OF | 76 | 188 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 2.539 | ||||
| Jim Buckner | OF | 64 | 126 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jim Tracy | OF | 33 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mike Gatlin | OF | 31 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.452 | ||||
| Aaron Randall | OF | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Butler | P | 41 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .610 | ||||
| Bobby Clark | P | 40 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .375 | ||||
| Lee Smith | P | 30 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Lawrence Groover | P | 29 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .793 | ||||
| Jeff Albert | P | 28 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Herman Segelke | P | 24 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 1 | .733 | 1.375 | ||||
| Randy Martz | P | 18 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jack Ledbetter | P | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Allen | P | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .125 | ||||
| Dave Overstreet | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Ron Davis | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 1.250 | ||||
| Darrell Turner | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| George Riley | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackie Uhey | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Steve Macko | SS | 132 | 244 | 410 | 40 | 98 | .942 | 4.955 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | SS | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1406 | 3515 | 1572 | 159 | 421 | .970 | 3.618 | 22 | 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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