1978 Rangers Statistics

Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-22
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Joe Klein (33-22)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida

1978 Rangers Roster

The Rangers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 33 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the GCL.

The Rangers paced the circuit with 298 runs, sparked by 16 home runs. The club allowed 211 runs. Terry Bogener drove in 32 runs. Mike Richardt led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .281 clip. Linvel Mosby and Gene Nelson topped the team with 5 wins each, while Michael Vickers registered a 1.96 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1978 Rangers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Farr, Mike Richardt, Terry Bogener and Gene Nelson.

Joe Klein 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
Gene Nelson	5	0	1.000	2.25	14	5		0	0	3	52.0	41	18	13	0	20	1	28	1	0	2
Linvel Mosby	5	2	.714	3.57	9	9		3	1	0	53.0	46	27	21	2	39	0	29	4	0	7
David Chapman	4	1	.800	1.23	11	0		0	0	3	22.0	14	4	3	0	7	1	22	0	2	1
Charles Kwolek	4	1	.800	2.88	10	6		1	0	0	50.0	35	18	16	2	29	0	36	2	0	6
Michael Vickers	4	4	.500	1.96	12	10		4	0	0	69.0	55	23	15	0	29	2	51	2	0	4
Wesley Williams	3	2	.600	2.65	7	5		1	0	0	34.0	25	13	10	3	15	1	34	0	1	1
Jim Farr	3	4	.429	2.85	14	9		2	1	3	60.0	51	32	19	3	31	0	64	1	2	6
Keith Shelling	2	0	1.000	3.09	11	2		0	0	0	32.0	22	13	11	1	19	0	33	1	0	4
David Smith	2	2	.500	2.25	15	1		0	0	2	28.0	27	10	7	1	13	2	17	1	0	2
David Crutcher	1	0	1.000	3.27	3	3		0	0	0	11.0	11	5	4	0	7	0	9	0	0	0
Gregory Fleet	0	1	.000	5.21	10	1		0	0	0	19.0	18	11	11	0	17	1	16	0	1	0
Keith Walsh	0	1	.000	12.75	6	1		0	0	1	12.0	20	18	17	0	8	0	8	0	0	2
Andrew Tam	0	2	.000	3.71	7	2		0	0	1	17.0	10	10	7	0	12	0	8	3	0	0
Greg Eason	0	2	.000	4.50	9	1		0	0	0	14.0	12	9	7	0	11	0	10	1	0	1
Totals	33	22	.600	3.06	138	55	0	11	2	13	473.0	387	211	161	12	257	8	365	16	6	36	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
Mike Richardt	45	183	160	30	45	9	2	0	14	7	1	14	3	.281	.333	.362	.696	58		0	6	3
Terry Bogener	52	200	165	28	45	6	6	2	32	25	5	26	12	.273	.366	.418	.784	69		0	6	3
Albert Ortiz	47	190	143	19	40	2	2	0	15	11	2	43	15	.280	.452	.322	.774	46		2	2	0
Stanley Reese	35	138	127	13	38	4	1	2	17	2	0	8	6	.299	.341	.394	.734	50		0	3	0
David Hibner	49	199	164	26	35	6	3	2	24	23	5	27	47	.213	.327	.323	.650	53		2	3	3
Luis Gonzalez	39	156	129	31	33	6	1	2	16	2	2	25	32	.256	.378	.364	.743	47		1	0	1
David Miller	36	117	100	18	28	2	0	0	12	27	7	9	7	.280	.363	.300	.663	30		4	4	0
Robert Tanzi	32	110	96	13	27	3	3	0	12	2	4	12	12	.281	.373	.375	.748	36		2	0	0
John Zisk	38	137	119	20	27	3	0	6	24	3	1	13	18	.227	.311	.403	.714	48		2	2	1
Tracy Cowger	29	98	90	18	26	4	3	0	15	1	2	6	6	.289	.333	.400	.733	36		0	2	0
Jerry Neufang	29	89	73	7	19	0	0	0	9	0	1	9	6	.260	.345	.260	.606	19		1	5	1
Amos Lewis	35	127	97	17	16	1	1	0	14	5	2	26	30	.165	.339	.196	.535	19		0	3	1
Mike Jirschele	27	100	77	17	12	2	0	1	5	4	1	18	13	.156	.320	.221	.540	17		1	3	1
Ron Gooch	10	44	38	6	9	1	0	0	8	5	0	4	1	.237	.318	.263	.581	10		1	0	1
Cameron Killebrew	6	26	23	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.348	.385	.348	.732	8		0	0	1
Michael Childs	21	39	33	7	7	3	1	0	3	2	2	6	4	.212	.333	.364	.697	12		0	0	0
Richard Velazguez	21	50	37	9	7	1	0	1	7	6	1	12	10	.189	.388	.297	.685	11		0	1	0
David Chapman	15	14	12	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.417	.500	.500	1.000	6		0	0	0
Daniel Dixon	14	26	21	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	.238	.385	.238	.623	5		0	0	0
Stephen Paine	12	34	30	1	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	4	7	.100	.206	.100	.306	3		0	0	0
Thomas McGivney	6	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		1	0	0
William Buchan	5	15	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	.125	.533	.125	.658	1		1	0	0
Totals	603	2100	1748	297	437	54	23	16	235	129	37	278	240	.250	.356	.335	.690	585	0	18	40	16	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Luis Gonzalez	1B	35	257	21	7	30	.975	7.943
John Zisk	1B	24	165	15	4	15	.978	7.500
Stanley Reese	1B	6	31	3	0	2	1.000	5.667
Mike Jirschele	1B	1	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.000
Mike Richardt	2B	37	84	84	3	24	.982	4.541
Mike Jirschele	2B	13	29	28	4	6	.934	4.385
Ron Gooch	2B	9	32	24	2	7	.966	6.222
David Hibner	2B	1	2	1	1	1	.750	3.000
Robert Tanzi	3B	30	25	57	11	9	.882	2.733
Stanley Reese	3B	14	8	23	11	5	.738	2.214
Mike Jirschele	3B	10	7	22	2	3	.935	2.900
Mike Richardt	3B	5	6	10	4	1	.800	3.200
David Chapman	3B	4	3	5	2	0	.800	2.000
Jerry Neufang	C	29	159	26	3	2	.984	6.379	9
Tracy Cowger	C	24	135	29	4	2	.976	6.833	6
Michael Childs	C	11	38	6	0	2	1.000	4.000	1
Thomas McGivney	C	6	19	3	2	0	.917	3.667	4
William Buchan	C	4	16	1	0	0	1.000	4.250	1
Terry Bogener	OF	49	69	4	0	1	1.000	1.490
Albert Ortiz	OF	40	59	6	0	2	1.000	1.625
David Miller	OF	26	50	3	1	1	.981	2.038
David Hibner	OF	21	28	3	1	2	.969	1.476
Richard Velazguez	OF	18	21	1	0	0	1.000	1.222
Daniel Dixon	OF	14	15	2	1	1	.944	1.214
John Zisk	OF	13	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Stephen Paine	OF	10	13	1	1	1	.933	1.400
Cameron Killebrew	OF	6	9	1	1	0	.909	1.667
Michael Childs	OF	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000
David Smith	P	15	0	3	1	0	.750	.200
Gene Nelson	P	14	7	2	0	0	1.000	.643
Jim Farr	P	14	2	8	1	3	.909	.714
Michael Vickers	P	12	7	18	2	3	.926	2.083
Keith Shelling	P	11	2	7	0	0	1.000	.818
David Chapman	P	11	2	7	2	3	.818	.818
Charles Kwolek	P	10	5	11	1	2	.941	1.600
Gregory Fleet	P	10	0	8	0	0	1.000	.800
Linvel Mosby	P	9	2	14	1	1	.941	1.778
Greg Eason	P	9	1	3	1	0	.800	.444
Wesley Williams	P	7	2	3	2	1	.714	.714
Andrew Tam	P	7	2	3	1	0	.833	.714
Keith Walsh	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
David Crutcher	P	3	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.667
Amos Lewis	SS	31	40	58	14	14	.875	3.161
David Hibner	SS	28	32	76	11	10	.908	3.857
Totals		659	1407	605	103	155	.951	3.053	21	0	0

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