1978 Quad Cities Angels Statistics
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Cotton Nash (67-70)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 124,288, Avg. 1,814
Playoffs - Burlington Bees 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 0
The Quad Cities Angels of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Angels scored 664 runs and conceded 627 runs. Brian Harper led Quad Cities with 24 home runs, while Mike Bishop and Daryl Sconiers walloped 15 or more, too. Brian Harper drove in 101 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .293 clip. Brad Havens paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.66 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Quad Cities Angels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Bishop, Brad Havens, Daryl Sconiers, Brian Harper and Alan Wiggins.
Cotton Nash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Havens | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.66 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 200.0 | 171 | 80 | 59 | 11 | 74 | 3 | 197 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mark Miller | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.07 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 122 | 84 | 61 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Robert Border | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.39 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 79 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Thomson | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.93 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92.0 | 88 | 53 | 30 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Mike Heaton | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.30 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 120.0 | 147 | 62 | 44 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Monte Mendenhall | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.86 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Conner | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.68 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 147 | 86 | 76 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Michael Stover | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.88 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43.0 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Johannes Blyleven | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.71 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 67 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Balla | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.96 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 90 | 59 | 49 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| James Vallone | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.47 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51.0 | 50 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Guy Jones | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.80 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 65 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Richard Rommel | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Hollifield | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Rodriguez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 70 | .489 | 3.84 | 253 | 138 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 18 | 1131.0 | 1114 | 627 | 482 | 65 | 479 | 9 | 822 | 32 | 11 | 81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Harper | 129 | 553 | 508 | 80 | 149 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 66 | .293 | .345 | .504 | .849 | 256 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Bertoni | 138 | 600 | 504 | 97 | 134 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 41 | 16 | 80 | 83 | .266 | .372 | .361 | .734 | 182 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Daryl Sconiers | 126 | 516 | 466 | 88 | 133 | 35 | 7 | 19 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 101 | .285 | .349 | .513 | .862 | 239 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Melvin Quarles | 122 | 484 | 429 | 67 | 113 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 65 | .263 | .333 | .387 | .720 | 166 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Donny Jones | 124 | 490 | 457 | 49 | 109 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 77 | .239 | .285 | .348 | .633 | 159 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Ris | 126 | 466 | 366 | 56 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 92 | 75 | .224 | .378 | .287 | .665 | 105 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Mike Bishop | 80 | 341 | 279 | 56 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 79 | .269 | .384 | .534 | .918 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steven Van Deren | 88 | 334 | 275 | 37 | 68 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 62 | .247 | .366 | .364 | .730 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Oliva | 76 | 268 | 249 | 28 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 57 | .241 | .291 | .313 | .604 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Gilbert | 47 | 189 | 164 | 23 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 45 | .299 | .383 | .543 | .926 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wade Schexnayder | 57 | 187 | 166 | 16 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 57 | .217 | .305 | .307 | .612 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Wiggins | 49 | 209 | 169 | 30 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 37 | 15 | .201 | .341 | .237 | .578 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jon Riffel | 31 | 116 | 101 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .218 | .310 | .307 | .617 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Samuel Taves | 43 | 148 | 125 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 51 | .160 | .291 | .304 | .595 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arturo Bonitto | 22 | 70 | 67 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .239 | .257 | .403 | .660 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Miller | 9 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .100 | .333 | .150 | .483 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1267 | 4998 | 4345 | 663 | 1102 | 217 | 35 | 108 | 589 | 130 | 42 | 566 | 874 | .254 | .342 | .394 | .736 | 1713 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Sconiers | 1B | 126 | 1194 | 52 | 16 | 106 | .987 | 9.889 | ||||
| Steven Van Deren | 1B | 13 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .990 | 7.615 | ||||
| Melvin Quarles | 2B | 77 | 184 | 212 | 22 | 58 | .947 | 5.143 | ||||
| Alan Wiggins | 2B | 49 | 96 | 130 | 12 | 30 | .950 | 4.612 | ||||
| Steve Oliva | 2B | 15 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 3.200 | ||||
| Mike Bishop | 3B | 80 | 49 | 164 | 20 | 17 | .914 | 2.662 | ||||
| Melvin Quarles | 3B | 33 | 24 | 61 | 13 | 7 | .867 | 2.576 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | 3B | 25 | 15 | 52 | 7 | 1 | .905 | 2.680 | ||||
| Donny Jones | C | 71 | 426 | 50 | 11 | 4 | .977 | 6.704 | 14 | |||
| Brian Harper | C | 70 | 430 | 46 | 16 | 5 | .967 | 6.800 | 18 | |||
| Gregory Ris | OF | 125 | 236 | 16 | 13 | 4 | .951 | 2.016 | ||||
| Steven Van Deren | OF | 65 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.062 | ||||
| Steve Oliva | OF | 58 | 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .956 | 1.879 | ||||
| Dennis Gilbert | OF | 47 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .884 | 1.617 | ||||
| Samuel Taves | OF | 41 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .905 | 1.390 | ||||
| Jon Riffel | OF | 28 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.250 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | OF | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arturo Bonitto | OF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.333 | ||||
| Melvin Quarles | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Gregory Miller | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Vallone | P | 30 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .767 | ||||
| Michael Stover | P | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .148 | ||||
| Mike Heaton | P | 26 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 4 | .939 | 1.769 | ||||
| Brad Havens | P | 26 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .902 | 1.423 | ||||
| Mark Miller | P | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Jeff Conner | P | 22 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.909 | ||||
| Guy Jones | P | 21 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .619 | ||||
| Robert Border | P | 20 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .826 | .950 | ||||
| Douglas Thomson | P | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.667 | ||||
| Monte Mendenhall | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Gary Balla | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Johannes Blyleven | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Richard Rommel | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Andy Rodriguez | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| David Hollifield | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Bertoni | SS | 138 | 188 | 500 | 34 | 81 | .953 | 4.986 | ||||
| Totals | 1377 | 3403 | 1558 | 221 | 338 | .957 | 3.603 | 32 | 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.
