1978 Orlando Twins Statistics
Team Record: 82-61
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Johnny Goryl (82-61)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 42,801, Avg. 599
Playoffs - Savannah Braves 2 games, Orlando Twins 1
The Orlando Twins of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 82 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Twins led the circuit with just 487 runs allowed. Orlando scored 594 runs. John Castino paced the team with 11 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Doc Estes topped all regular hitters with a .323 average. Terry Sheehan paced the squad with 17 wins, while Bruce MacPherson registered a 2.48 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Terry Bulling, John Castino, Rick Sofield, Darrell Jackson, Jesús Vega, Ray Smith and Jeff Holly were all players from the 1978 Orlando Twins who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Goryl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Sheehan | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.17 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 213.0 | 182 | 84 | 75 | 16 | 84 | 1 | 136 | 15 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Bruce MacPherson | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.48 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 185.0 | 162 | 79 | 51 | 2 | 92 | 7 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Warren Mertens | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.32 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 176.0 | 170 | 76 | 65 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dwight Lewis | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.06 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 96.0 | 87 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Quintero | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.34 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 175.0 | 167 | 79 | 65 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 92 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47.0 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Darrell Jackson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.80 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 52 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Clapham | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.77 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 92 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Wagner | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 106.0 | 102 | 52 | 50 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Greg Field | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.66 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dobbs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.88 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Doc Estes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 61 | .573 | 2.99 | 277 | 143 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 31 | 1217.0 | 1093 | 487 | 404 | 53 | 482 | 32 | 723 | 39 | 12 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Estes | 134 | 549 | 474 | 71 | 153 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 31 | 9 | 64 | 39 | .323 | .403 | .373 | .776 | 177 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Sain | 134 | 551 | 481 | 63 | 141 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 54 | .293 | .362 | .403 | .766 | 194 | 2 | 10 | 5 | ||
| John Castino | 137 | 540 | 494 | 59 | 136 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 78 | .275 | .321 | .413 | .734 | 204 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Terry Bulling | 110 | 429 | 373 | 43 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 32 | .247 | .331 | .327 | .658 | 122 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 116 | 437 | 392 | 44 | 91 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 53 | .232 | .302 | .293 | .595 | 115 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Martyn Maxwell | 105 | 391 | 349 | 49 | 88 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 50 | .252 | .327 | .367 | .694 | 128 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jesús Vega | 73 | 307 | 269 | 36 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 21 | .297 | .379 | .435 | .814 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin McWhirter | 89 | 343 | 313 | 44 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 55 | .227 | .282 | .345 | .627 | 108 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Mantick | 106 | 357 | 312 | 39 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 36 | 47 | .208 | .287 | .250 | .537 | 78 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ray Smith | 72 | 240 | 216 | 26 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | .269 | .331 | .343 | .673 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Dalton | 91 | 299 | 277 | 25 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 25 | .195 | .235 | .213 | .448 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Rick Sofield | 65 | 223 | 185 | 31 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 34 | .281 | .390 | .443 | .833 | 82 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Pittman | 33 | 130 | 117 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .239 | .297 | .316 | .613 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Gatlin | 18 | 73 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .219 | .288 | .266 | .553 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Spain | 21 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | .218 | .306 | .273 | .579 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Lewis | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Ennis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1379 | 4941 | 4378 | 557 | 1137 | 162 | 31 | 56 | 496 | 106 | 43 | 443 | 549 | .260 | .330 | .349 | .679 | 1529 | 0 | 29 | 64 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Estes | 1B | 73 | 647 | 38 | 10 | 62 | .986 | 9.384 | ||||
| Jesús Vega | 1B | 70 | 645 | 39 | 11 | 48 | .984 | 9.771 | ||||
| Johnny Pittman | 1B | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dennis Mantick | 2B | 103 | 210 | 279 | 15 | 57 | .970 | 4.748 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 2B | 51 | 92 | 136 | 12 | 23 | .950 | 4.471 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Castino | 3B | 137 | 122 | 312 | 15 | 32 | .967 | 3.168 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 3B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jesús Vega | 3B | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 4.000 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard Dalton | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Bulling | C | 90 | 471 | 63 | 9 | 5 | .983 | 5.933 | 6 | |||
| Ray Smith | C | 57 | 310 | 23 | 13 | 1 | .962 | 5.842 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Sain | OF | 130 | 305 | 16 | 6 | 7 | .982 | 2.469 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | OF | 90 | 136 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 1.622 | ||||
| Rick Duncan | OF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin McWhirter | OF | 68 | 118 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.809 | ||||
| Rick Sofield | OF | 58 | 97 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 1.724 | ||||
| Daniel Spain | OF | 18 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Mike Gatlin | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Doc Estes | OF | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dwight Lewis | P | 49 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .408 | ||||
| Frank Quintero | P | 31 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.129 | ||||
| Bruce MacPherson | P | 31 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .951 | 1.871 | ||||
| Terry Sheehan | P | 30 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 1.367 | ||||
| Steve Wagner | P | 29 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .448 | ||||
| Warren Mertens | P | 27 | 13 | 33 | 5 | 4 | .902 | 1.704 | ||||
| Jeff Holly | P | 25 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .440 | ||||
| Mark Clapham | P | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Gary Dobbs | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Darrell Jackson | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Greg Field | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Doc Estes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Dalton | SS | 90 | 137 | 252 | 13 | 38 | .968 | 4.322 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | SS | 70 | 85 | 175 | 14 | 32 | .949 | 3.714 | ||||
| Jerry Ennis | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1501 | 3541 | 1563 | 150 | 326 | .971 | 3.400 | 10 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
