1978 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 2nd in the PCL's West Division
Manager: Gene Dusan (76-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 96,395, Avg. 1,397

1978 Portland Beavers Roster

Playoffs - Tacoma Yankees 2 games, Portland Beavers 2 - The series was postponed due to rain. Albuquerque and Tacoma were declared co-champions.

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Beavers scored 833 runs and surrendered 804 runs. Rob Ellis led Portland with 21 home runs, while Dan Briggs and Wayne Cage walloped 15 or more also. Dan Briggs drove in 109 runs. Rob Ellis topped all regular hitters by hitting .333. Eric Wilkins paced the team with 15 wins, and Tom Brennan recorded a 4.55 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1978 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Briggs, Larry Lintz, Wayne Cage, Mike Vail, Bob Allietta, Jack Baker, Sandy Wihtol, Bill Laxton, Cardell Camper, Dave Rosello, Alfredo Griffin, Dave Oliver, Rick Sawyer, Larry Andersen, Steve Barr, Tom Brennan, Hugh Yancy, Ed Goodson, Rick Kreuger, Rob Ellis, Eric Wilkins and Ron Hassey.

Gene Dusan served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Eric Wilkins	15	5	.750	4.56	26	26		6	3	0	156.0	145	94	79	10	85	2	126	5	2	15
Steve Barr	11	7	.611	5.77	28	19		2	0	0	131.0	161	101	84	9	70	1	51	6	1	15
Larry Andersen	10	7	.588	3.45	57	0		0	0	25	99.0	92	42	38	1	45	8	65	2	0	5
Tom Brennan	10	8	.556	4.55	27	24		10	0	0	172.0	202	108	87	23	32	2	82	3	1	3
Sandy Wihtol	6	5	.545	4.07	31	3		0	0	1	84.0	107	47	38	5	39	2	64	1	0	5
Cardell Camper	6	8	.429	7.40	29	23		1	0	0	141.0	184	130	116	13	73	0	79	6	2	6
Todd Heimer	4	2	.667	4.20	18	4		0	0	0	60.0	68	33	28	4	36	2	38	1	0	7
Rick Kreuger	4	3	.571	3.29	37	0		0	0	7	63.0	73	28	23	4	20	5	45	2	0	1
Gary Melson	4	5	.444	7.86	14	14		1	1	0	63.0	90	59	55	10	31	0	32	3	1	8
Bill VanBommel	2	1	.667	6.86	14	4		1	0	0	42.0	68	40	32	7	26	1	27	0	0	5
Nate Puryear	1	2	.333	6.43	4	4		0	0	0	14.0	17	13	10	1	14	0	9	0	0	2
Rick Sawyer	1	3	.250	6.43	8	4		1	0	0	28.0	30	30	20	3	18	0	6	2	0	2
Bill Laxton					9						0.0
Dan Briggs	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	3	2	0	4	0	3	1	0	1
John Roslund	0	0		21.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	9	12	12	1	6	0	2	0	0	0
Tom McGough	0	3	.000	4.63	7	5		2	0	0	35.0	45	24	18	3	11	0	18	2	0	1
Totals	74	59	.556	5.27	314	130	0	24	4	33	1096.0	1294	764	642	94	510	23	647	34	7	76	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
Dan Briggs	134	583	509	101	168	42	8	20	109	6	3	63	101	.330	.403	.562	.965	286		3	3	5
Rob Ellis	123	515	447	85	149	23	10	21	91	4	2	52	88	.333	.407	.570	.978	255		6	7	3
Alfredo Griffin	133	532	474	82	138	22	10	5	48	35	18	43	71	.291	.357	.411	.768	195		7	5	3
Dave Oliver	107	473	414	75	127	20	6	2	54	7	3	49	32	.307	.384	.399	.782	165		4	4	2
Hugh Yancy	124	488	420	68	124	19	3	10	76	6	2	53	45	.295	.373	.426	.800	179		3	6	6
Dave Rosello	123	516	436	87	123	19	9	9	71	10	7	61	73	.282	.365	.429	.794	187		2	7	10
Tim Norrid	126	483	412	76	112	22	6	10	66	5	8	64	74	.272	.368	.427	.795	176		1	2	4
Wayne Cage	77	315	277	59	102	23	2	18	69	1	3	32	68	.368	.431	.661	1.092	183		1	2	3
Ron Hassey	72	278	235	42	76	12	1	12	52	2	1	39	28	.323	.421	.536	.957	126		2	0	2
Bob Allietta	85	290	258	43	72	17	1	3	32	3	1	24	21	.279	.338	.388	.726	100		0	6	2
Jeffrey Geach	41	147	133	22	44	9	1	10	31	0	1	9	11	.331	.368	.639	1.007	85		0	3	2
Jack Baker	48	198	173	30	44	8	0	4	25	0	1	18	36	.254	.335	.370	.705	64		4	1	2
Larry Lintz	50	159	123	33	35	5	1	0	15	10	3	32	18	.285	.429	.341	.771	42		0	3	1
Ed Goodson	33	113	104	14	34	7	0	2	15	0	0	5	6	.327	.366	.452	.818	47		2	1	1
Mike Vail	14	61	56	10	22	2	0	4	19	0	1	2	10	.393	.443	.643	1.085	36		3	0	0
Larry Andersen	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1347	5152	4472	827	1370	250	58	130	773	89	54	546	683	.306	.383	.475	.858	2126	0	38	50	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wayne Cage	1B	77	633	46	7	64	.990	8.818
Jack Baker	1B	47	426	18	5	39	.989	9.447
Ed Goodson	1B	15	123	9	1	12	.992	8.800
Tim Norrid	1B	2	11	1	1	2	.923	6.000
Dave Oliver	2B	96	190	289	8	70	.984	4.990
Dave Rosello	2B	21	44	46	1	10	.989	4.286
Hugh Yancy	2B	14	25	30	6	7	.902	3.929
Larry Lintz	2B	13	20	32	3	5	.945	4.000
Jeffrey Geach	2B	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Dave Rosello	3B	88	63	126	13	14	.936	2.148
Jeffrey Geach	3B	31	21	62	5	5	.943	2.677
Larry Lintz	3B	17	7	17	3	0	.889	1.412
Hugh Yancy	3B	14	10	28	4	1	.905	2.714
Ed Goodson	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ron Hassey	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bob Allietta	C	80	352	31	9	4	.977	4.788	13
Ron Hassey	C	58	312	30	7	4	.980	5.897	11
Rob Ellis	C	13	46	2	1	1	.980	3.692	0
Dan Briggs	OF	128	313	11	10	4	.970	2.531
Tim Norrid	OF	120	222	7	9	5	.962	1.908
Rob Ellis	OF	103	180	10	4	0	.979	1.845
Hugh Yancy	OF	48	91	7	1	0	.990	2.042
Mike Vail	OF	14	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.071
Dave Rosello	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ed Goodson	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Larry Andersen	P	57	8	16	1	1	.960	.421
Rick Kreuger	P	37	2	14	1	1	.941	.432
Sandy Wihtol	P	31	5	8	1	0	.929	.419
Cardell Camper	P	29	9	10	2	0	.905	.655
Steve Barr	P	28	4	27	2	1	.939	1.107
Tom Brennan	P	27	13	24	2	0	.949	1.370
Eric Wilkins	P	26	9	21	4	0	.882	1.154
Todd Heimer	P	18	3	8	0	1	1.000	.611
Bill VanBommel	P	14	3	6	2	1	.818	.643
Gary Melson	P	14	3	9	3	0	.800	.857
Bill Laxton	P	9						.000
Rick Sawyer	P	8	1	8	1	0	.900	1.125
Tom McGough	P	7	1	5	0	0	1.000	.857
Nate Puryear	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
John Roslund	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Briggs	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Alfredo Griffin	SS	129	201	395	40	87	.937	4.620
Dave Rosello	SS	12	13	28	2	8	.953	3.417
Totals		1461	3385	1387	159	348	.968	3.266	24	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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