1978 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 67-77
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Ed Brinkman (67-77)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 41,618, Avg. 578
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 67 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Rebels scored 505 runs and allowed 580 runs, most in the circuit. Al Greene paced Montgomery with 21 home runs and recorded 61 runs batted in. Venoy Garrison topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .296 clip. Ralph Treuel led the squad with 12 wins, while Larry Corr recorded a 2.62 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Glenn Gulliver, Chris Codiroli, Al Greene, Bob Adams, Dan Petry, Roger Weaver, Mike Chris and Darrell Brown were all players from the 1978 Montgomery Rebels who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ed Brinkman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Treuel | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.18 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 147.0 | 128 | 64 | 52 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Chris | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.91 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 80 | 44 | 34 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julio Alonso | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.80 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 71.0 | 74 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bert Geiger | 7 | 15 | .318 | 4.02 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 168.0 | 162 | 94 | 75 | 9 | 67 | 2 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Dan Petry | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.45 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 92.0 | 70 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Corr | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.62 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 120.0 | 115 | 53 | 35 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Chris Codiroli | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.96 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 60 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 5 | 15 | .250 | 3.66 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 150.0 | 138 | 76 | 61 | 13 | 66 | 4 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| James Simerly | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.42 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 51 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dale Reis | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.92 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101.0 | 118 | 61 | 44 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Roger Weaver | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benedict Bonk | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Vavruska | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Steffen | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ted Brazell | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Timothy Brookens | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Polvi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.05 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 77 | .465 | 3.41 | 287 | 144 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 27 | 1183.0 | 1106 | 580 | 448 | 69 | 468 | 38 | 730 | 34 | 4 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venoy Garrison | 136 | 538 | 486 | 55 | 144 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 51 | .296 | .350 | .381 | .730 | 185 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Les Filkins | 136 | 546 | 478 | 46 | 111 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 75 | .232 | .315 | .331 | .645 | 158 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Mel Jackson | 134 | 499 | 465 | 46 | 100 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 52 | .215 | .254 | .252 | .506 | 117 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Al Greene | 101 | 418 | 367 | 58 | 94 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 75 | .256 | .341 | .499 | .839 | 183 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Armstrong | 118 | 423 | 332 | 45 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 78 | 38 | .274 | .412 | .325 | .737 | 108 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Dwight Carter | 104 | 405 | 321 | 55 | 83 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 77 | 81 | .259 | .400 | .393 | .793 | 126 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Greg Shippy | 102 | 392 | 329 | 43 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 65 | .207 | .317 | .322 | .639 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Glenn Gulliver | 82 | 313 | 247 | 34 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 22 | .251 | .395 | .352 | .748 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Vince Diaz | 86 | 297 | 264 | 20 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 41 | .223 | .295 | .265 | .560 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Brown | 54 | 230 | 212 | 23 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 | .264 | .300 | .330 | .630 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Raphael Hampton | 73 | 299 | 247 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 54 | .219 | .333 | .287 | .621 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Timothy Brookens | 105 | 343 | 306 | 26 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 79 | .157 | .233 | .239 | .472 | 73 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Billy Michael | 19 | 75 | 65 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .215 | .311 | .246 | .557 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 19 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .222 | .327 | .222 | .549 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Asa Slemp | 11 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .273 | .281 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrance Lynch | 16 | 64 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .135 | .270 | .154 | .424 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Adams | 12 | 45 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .154 | .222 | .231 | .453 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Calvin Portley | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1310 | 4975 | 4289 | 496 | 1016 | 159 | 32 | 56 | 436 | 86 | 42 | 564 | 706 | .237 | .327 | .328 | .655 | 1407 | 0 | 31 | 51 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venoy Garrison | 1B | 136 | 1247 | 57 | 25 | 102 | .981 | 9.588 | ||||
| Greg Shippy | 1B | 6 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Vince Diaz | 1B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | 2B | 78 | 157 | 218 | 20 | 42 | .949 | 4.808 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | 2B | 77 | 150 | 198 | 8 | 34 | .978 | 4.519 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | 3B | 70 | 41 | 155 | 12 | 10 | .942 | 2.800 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | 3B | 41 | 30 | 84 | 8 | 3 | .934 | 2.780 | ||||
| Dwight Carter | 3B | 31 | 20 | 51 | 7 | 4 | .910 | 2.290 | ||||
| Bob Adams | 3B | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Ted Brazell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Shippy | C | 75 | 367 | 39 | 7 | 1 | .983 | 5.413 | 3 | |||
| Vince Diaz | C | 72 | 396 | 37 | 7 | 3 | .984 | 6.014 | 8 | |||
| Bob Adams | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Les Filkins | OF | 136 | 207 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 1.596 | ||||
| Al Greene | OF | 100 | 146 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 1.510 | ||||
| Raphael Hampton | OF | 73 | 180 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.507 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | OF | 52 | 94 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .942 | 1.885 | ||||
| Tom Burke | OF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dwight Carter | OF | 24 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | OF | 20 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Asa Slemp | OF | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Billy Michael | OF | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Bob Adams | OF | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terrance Lynch | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Julio Alonso | P | 51 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .688 | .216 | ||||
| Dale Reis | P | 34 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .529 | ||||
| Larry Corr | P | 33 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .727 | ||||
| Bert Geiger | P | 26 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | P | 23 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 3 | .837 | 1.565 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 21 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Michael Polvi | P | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Mike Chris | P | 16 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Dan Petry | P | 14 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .892 | 2.357 | ||||
| Dave Steffen | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Chris Codiroli | P | 10 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| James Simerly | P | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Roger Weaver | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Vavruska | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Benedict Bonk | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ted Brazell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Timothy Brookens | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Jackson | SS | 134 | 221 | 392 | 46 | 66 | .930 | 4.575 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | SS | 11 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 5.091 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1488 | 3504 | 1511 | 198 | 290 | .962 | 3.370 | 11 | 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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