1978 Peninsula Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 90-49
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Jim Snyder (90-49)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 34,343, Avg. 494
Playoffs - Lynchburg Mets 3 games, Peninsula Pilots 0
The Peninsula Pilots of the Carolina League ended the 1978 season with a record of 90 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Pilots scored 704 runs, most in the league. Peninsula gave up 469 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Ozzie Virgil led the squad with 29 home runs, and Nicholas Popovich walloped 15 or more also. Ozzie Virgil drove in 98 runs. George Vukovich paced all regular batters by hitting .311. Marty Bystrom and Henry Mack topped the team with 15 wins each, while Jose Martinez recorded a 2.07 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Bob Walk, Jerry Reed, Cliff Speck, Marty Bystrom, Ozzie Virgil, George Vukovich and Jay Loviglio were all players from the 1978 Peninsula Pilots who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Snyder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Mack | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.79 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 158.0 | 102 | 62 | 49 | 4 | 118 | 1 | 158 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marty Bystrom | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.83 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 197.0 | 170 | 71 | 62 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 159 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jose Martinez | 13 | 2 | .867 | 2.07 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 148.0 | 124 | 51 | 34 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Sammye Welborn | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.42 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 119.0 | 92 | 40 | 32 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Bob Walk | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.12 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 187.0 | 147 | 58 | 44 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 150 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Cliff Speck | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.15 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 97.0 | 88 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Lasek | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.33 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 81.0 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Daryl Adams | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.17 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 60 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Armand Abreu | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.76 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 54 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerry Reed | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Wertz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Nickerson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.39 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41.0 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Keith Gale | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 90 | 49 | .647 | 2.84 | 265 | 139 | 0 | 49 | 13 | 22 | 1165.0 | 952 | 469 | 367 | 43 | 521 | 21 | 919 | 38 | 8 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Vukovich | 135 | 556 | 453 | 94 | 141 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 69 | 23 | 9 | 86 | 57 | .311 | .419 | .475 | .894 | 215 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Jay Loviglio | 130 | 576 | 495 | 89 | 133 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 50 | 15 | 63 | 62 | .269 | .347 | .337 | .684 | 167 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Ozzie Virgil | 126 | 516 | 409 | 79 | 124 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 98 | 3 | 5 | 89 | 91 | .303 | .432 | .572 | 1.004 | 234 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Joe Jones | 137 | 549 | 492 | 55 | 120 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 83 | .244 | .297 | .348 | .645 | 171 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Elijah Bonaparte | 113 | 449 | 400 | 67 | 117 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 60 | 26 | 16 | 36 | 72 | .292 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 160 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Ramon Lora | 120 | 460 | 399 | 54 | 111 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 78 | .278 | .362 | .368 | .730 | 147 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Nicholas Popovich | 109 | 423 | 366 | 67 | 107 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 53 | .292 | .368 | .522 | .890 | 191 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Kraus | 117 | 398 | 347 | 42 | 90 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 21 | 5 | 34 | 78 | .259 | .332 | .346 | .677 | 120 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 100 | 344 | 321 | 47 | 86 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 36 | .268 | .306 | .340 | .645 | 109 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Smith | 108 | 378 | 309 | 51 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 53 | 55 | .239 | .352 | .275 | .628 | 85 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Ballard | 72 | 258 | 223 | 32 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 38 | .220 | .302 | .287 | .589 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Chris Bouchee | 57 | 159 | 144 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 42 | .194 | .259 | .271 | .530 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Mattson | 5 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .133 | .316 | .133 | .449 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sammye Welborn | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1350 | 5089 | 4376 | 704 | 1182 | 179 | 47 | 83 | 607 | 177 | 77 | 551 | 749 | .270 | .353 | .389 | .742 | 1704 | 0 | 38 | 70 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Jones | 1B | 137 | 1134 | 94 | 21 | 95 | .983 | 8.964 | ||||
| George Vukovich | 1B | 7 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| Jay Loviglio | 2B | 130 | 270 | 325 | 20 | 61 | .967 | 4.577 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 2B | 13 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .891 | 3.154 | ||||
| Nicholas Popovich | 3B | 97 | 65 | 171 | 14 | 13 | .944 | 2.433 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 3B | 49 | 41 | 63 | 11 | 4 | .904 | 2.122 | ||||
| Ronald Mattson | 3B | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | C | 87 | 581 | 45 | 8 | 7 | .987 | 7.195 | 11 | |||
| Glenn Ballard | C | 56 | 364 | 51 | 9 | 3 | .979 | 7.411 | 19 | |||
| Ramon Lora | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| George Vukovich | OF | 126 | 185 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .961 | 1.548 | ||||
| Jeff Kraus | OF | 116 | 199 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 1.819 | ||||
| Elijah Bonaparte | OF | 98 | 165 | 9 | 12 | 1 | .935 | 1.776 | ||||
| Ramon Lora | OF | 70 | 92 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.457 | ||||
| Chris Bouchee | OF | 50 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.100 | ||||
| James Lasek | P | 34 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .783 | .529 | ||||
| Armand Abreu | P | 31 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .419 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 29 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .414 | ||||
| Bob Walk | P | 26 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .929 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marty Bystrom | P | 26 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| James Nickerson | P | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Henry Mack | P | 23 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.130 | ||||
| Sammye Welborn | P | 21 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.476 | ||||
| Jose Martinez | P | 21 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jerry Reed | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Daryl Adams | P | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keith Gale | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Larry Wertz | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Smith | SS | 106 | 142 | 294 | 28 | 50 | .940 | 4.113 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | SS | 38 | 64 | 115 | 12 | 22 | .937 | 4.711 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3493 | 1418 | 190 | 277 | .963 | 3.385 | 30 | 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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