1978 Paintsville Highlanders Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-36
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Ronald Mihal (33-36)
Location: Paintsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Central Park
Attendance: 16,098, Avg. 467

1978 Paintsville Highlanders Roster

The Paintsville Highlanders of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 33 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Highlanders scored 303 runs and conceded 327 runs. Chino Cadahia drove in 37 runs. Vincent Bienek paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .338 average. Richard Spanton topped the team with 6 wins, while John Chomin recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Kevin Hickey played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Paintsville Highlanders to do so.

Ronald Mihal 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
Richard Spanton	6	6	.500	3.35	14	13		6	2	0	78.0	72	40	29	2	37	0	39	2	2	0
John Chomin	5	3	.625	3.04	16	10		4	1	1	83.0	75	41	28	7	45	0	60	2	0	5
Thomas Bloemke	5	4	.556	3.46	11	11		5	0	0	78.0	87	38	30	4	29	0	42	0	0	3
Peter Conaty	5	5	.500	3.10	15	10		3	0	1	90.0	88	45	31	2	49	0	54	0	0	6
William Sorrell	4	7	.364	3.81	14	12		4	1	1	85.0	93	45	36	6	30	2	49	3	0	8
David Wright	3	1	.750	5.70	21	0		0	0	5	30.0	40	22	19	2	14	2	26	1	0	2
Kevin Hickey	2	4	.333	4.00	9	7		3	0	0	36.0	37	19	16	2	23	1	24	0	3	2
Kevin Keene	2	4	.333	4.39	12	4		0	0	0	41.0	55	27	20	2	12	1	20	0	0	1
Stanley Osterbur	1	0	1.000	10.29	4	0		0	0	0	7.0	13	8	8	2	3	0	5	0	1	0
Christopher Geason					4						0.0
Mark Platel	0	0		6.00	8	2		0	0	1	18.0	19	13	12	1	17	0	13	1	0	3
Stephen Nicastro	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0	1	2.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
James Armstrong	0	2	.000	1.45	16	0		0	0	1	31.0	24	19	5	0	19	1	9	4	1	2
Totals	33	36	.478	3.67	146	69	0	25	4	11	579.0	609	319	236	30	280	7	342	13	7	32	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
Vincent Bienek	63	249	216	38	73	18	1	0	31	12	1	24	22	.338	.407	.431	.837	93		3	3	3
Edward Gates	62	260	205	49	63	13	3	2	19	9	4	43	43	.307	.437	.429	.866	88		5	6	1
Roy Dixon	65	233	203	28	57	11	1	5	24	5	1	20	47	.281	.361	.419	.780	85		6	3	1
Frank Williams	63	244	221	14	57	4	0	1	26	2	1	16	40	.258	.308	.290	.598	64		1	4	2
Chino Cadahia	61	219	199	18	53	10	0	5	37	0	0	15	12	.266	.311	.392	.702	78		0	0	5
Asa Slemp	42	140	127	19	35	4	0	0	12	3	1	13	21	.276	.343	.307	.650	39		0	0	0
Stanley Loy	49	160	133	17	35	7	1	0	7	2	3	21	19	.263	.372	.331	.703	44		2	4	0
Stephen Chandler	48	165	125	20	34	4	2	3	22	1	3	39	26	.272	.445	.408	.853	51		0	1	0
Stanley Hendrickson	50	141	125	22	34	3	2	3	17	11	2	14	23	.272	.343	.400	.743	50		0	1	1
Jose Rodriguez	57	187	167	21	27	3	0	0	2	4	1	14	60	.162	.235	.180	.415	30		2	4	0
Thomas Kokos	38	119	97	13	22	2	0	1	7	2	0	18	19	.227	.345	.278	.623	27		1	0	3
Robert Howard	31	110	99	10	21	4	0	0	9	1	1	9	8	.212	.278	.253	.530	25		0	2	0
Bob Wilber	39	104	93	8	20	1	0	0	5	1	1	9	22	.215	.279	.226	.505	21		0	0	2
Stephen Locklear	41	125	110	5	17	3	0	0	8	0	0	13	19	.155	.250	.182	.432	20		1	1	0
Billy Runyon	24	56	47	9	8	0	0	0	3	3	1	7	12	.170	.304	.170	.474	8		2	0	0
Thomas Lowry	24	70	60	7	8	1	1	0	2	4	1	10	11	.133	.257	.183	.440	11		0	0	0
Ronald Brower	5	12	11	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	3		0	1	0
Daniel O'Connor	7	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	0	0
Charles Proviano	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Chomin	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	787	2613	2257	303	570	88	11	20	235	60	21	285	412	.253	.340	.328	.668	740	0	23	30	18	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Stanley Hendrickson	1B	30	196	20	5	4	.977	7.200
Stephen Locklear	1B	26	176	14	2	12	.990	7.308
Frank Williams	1B	19	120	8	2	7	.985	6.737
Thomas Lowry	1B	10	58	4	1	4	.984	6.200
Ronald Brower	1B	3	20	1	0	1	1.000	7.000
Stanley Loy	2B	45	99	80	10	14	.947	3.978
Robert Howard	2B	24	37	52	1	5	.989	3.708
Edward Gates	2B	11	16	19	2	3	.946	3.182
Jose Rodriguez	2B	7	24	18	4	5	.913	6.000
Thomas Kokos	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Frank Williams	3B	38	20	67	11	5	.888	2.289
Asa Slemp	3B	17	17	28	6	2	.882	2.647
Thomas Kokos	3B	16	12	28	5	0	.889	2.500
Stephen Chandler	3B	10	9	11	5	0	.800	2.000
Stanley Loy	3B	4	1	2	3	0	.500	.750
Bob Wilber	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Chino Cadahia	C	54	284	42	10	2	.970	6.037	17
Frank Williams	C	17	64	14	3	1	.963	4.588	5
Daniel O'Connor	C	6	23	4	0	0	1.000	4.500	6
Stephen Locklear	C	3	15	4	0	0	1.000	6.333	1
Vincent Bienek	OF	55	81	6	5	1	.946	1.582
Edward Gates	OF	52	81	3	5	1	.944	1.615
Roy Dixon	OF	48	105	4	7	1	.940	2.271
Bob Wilber	OF	31	64	2	3	1	.957	2.129
Billy Runyon	OF	22	26	5	1	1	.969	1.409
Asa Slemp	OF	13	19	1	0	1	1.000	1.538
Thomas Lowry	OF	12	15	0	1	0	.938	1.250
Stanley Hendrickson	OF	7	11	2	0	0	1.000	1.857
Stephen Chandler	OF	7	11	1	1	0	.923	1.714
Thomas Kokos	OF	5	11	1	1	0	.923	2.400
David Wright	P	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	.048
John Chomin	P	16	4	15	1	0	.950	1.188
James Armstrong	P	16	1	5	1	0	.857	.375
Peter Conaty	P	15	7	12	2	0	.905	1.267
Richard Spanton	P	14	2	10	1	1	.923	.857
William Sorrell	P	14	6	9	5	0	.750	1.071
Kevin Keene	P	12	2	7	2	0	.818	.750
Thomas Bloemke	P	11	5	10	1	1	.938	1.364
Kevin Hickey	P	9	2	3	2	0	.714	.556
Mark Platel	P	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Stanley Osterbur	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Christopher Geason	P	4						.000
Stephen Nicastro	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jose Rodriguez	SS	50	63	155	30	9	.879	4.360
Roy Dixon	SS	13	17	38	5	8	.917	4.231
Robert Howard	SS	11	12	23	2	3	.946	3.182
Asa Slemp	SS	4	6	3	2	0	.818	2.250
Bob Wilber	SS	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Edward Gates	SS	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.000
Totals		822	1750	746	149	93	.944	3.036	29	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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