1978 Royals Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-24
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: José Martínez (31-24)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1978 Royals RosterTeam Record: 31-24
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: José Martínez (31-24)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Royals of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 31 wins and 24 losses, finishing second in the GCL.
The Royals allowed 200 runs, least in the league. The club tallied 269 runs. Ira Turner drove in 31 runs. Raymond Bresnahan topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .290. Tony Vila and Elwaine Hardtke led the team with 5 wins each, while Jeffrey Hanslovan earned a 2.21 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bill Laskey, Mark Ryal, Ron Johnson, Darryl Motley, Jeff Cornell, Steve Busby and Buddy Biancalana were all players from the 1978 Royals who played in the Majors during their careers.
José Martínez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Vila | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.39 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elwaine Hardtke | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.43 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 60 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.21 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Erik Hendricks | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Pippin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.67 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27.0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Canfield | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.33 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 50 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Laughton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.09 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Busby | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Lackey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Mangrum | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Cornell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laskey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.96 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Christopher DiLorenzo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.50 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Hasbach | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Ganger | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roger Begue | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim McCoy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Christopher Czarka | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 24 | .564 | 3.03 | 117 | 55 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 439.0 | 388 | 200 | 148 | 12 | 169 | 2 | 293 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Bresnahan | 54 | 227 | 186 | 41 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 37 | 25 | .290 | .407 | .387 | .794 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ira Turner | 52 | 214 | 171 | 37 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 47 | .263 | .407 | .468 | .874 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Davidson | 41 | 153 | 135 | 18 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | .274 | .342 | .378 | .720 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Leo Ice | 51 | 211 | 170 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 10 | .206 | .346 | .241 | .587 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Haley | 37 | 142 | 121 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | .281 | .366 | .405 | .771 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tod Lewis | 38 | 122 | 109 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .220 | .295 | .257 | .552 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Raul Tovar | 41 | 144 | 123 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 29 | .187 | .306 | .341 | .647 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Motley | 10 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .488 | .511 | .659 | 1.170 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Ryal | 27 | 96 | 83 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | .241 | .323 | .265 | .588 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Anthony Washington | 29 | 106 | 85 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 26 | .235 | .352 | .306 | .658 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Harvey | 36 | 123 | 94 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 4 | .202 | .375 | .266 | .641 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 14 | 63 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .327 | .460 | .347 | .807 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Biancalana | 32 | 102 | 76 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 17 | .171 | .376 | .211 | .587 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Geoffrey Nash | 20 | 59 | 50 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .240 | .322 | .320 | .642 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Porter | 12 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .345 | .406 | .483 | .889 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ulises Infante | 14 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .258 | .343 | .323 | .665 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Jackson | 12 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .391 | .300 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Lucious | 14 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .192 | .417 | .231 | .647 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andre Jackson | 10 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Rosa | 10 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .095 | .240 | .095 | .335 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Vranesh | 6 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .077 | .294 | .231 | .525 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 560 | 1995 | 1649 | 268 | 408 | 44 | 27 | 17 | 209 | 67 | 24 | 301 | 273 | .247 | .365 | .338 | .702 | 557 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ira Turner | 1B | 45 | 379 | 18 | 12 | 27 | .971 | 8.822 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | 1B | 7 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.143 | ||||
| Anthony Washington | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Kevin Harvey | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Raymond Bresnahan | 2B | 49 | 91 | 93 | 5 | 21 | .974 | 3.755 | ||||
| Ulises Infante | 2B | 14 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | .923 | 2.571 | ||||
| Leo Ice | 2B | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Leo Ice | 3B | 49 | 32 | 112 | 14 | 10 | .911 | 2.939 | ||||
| Kevin Harvey | 3B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Raymond Bresnahan | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tod Lewis | C | 38 | 212 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 5.974 | 7 | |||
| Raul Tovar | C | 17 | 70 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .938 | 4.471 | 7 | |||
| Patrick Jackson | C | 12 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 1 | |||
| James Davidson | OF | 39 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 2.256 | ||||
| John Haley | OF | 37 | 80 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .933 | 2.270 | ||||
| Anthony Washington | OF | 27 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Mark Ryal | OF | 24 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.708 | ||||
| Jesse Lucious | OF | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Geoffrey Nash | OF | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Steven Porter | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | OF | 10 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Angel Rosa | OF | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Andre Jackson | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Keith Vranesh | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Pippin | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Elwaine Hardtke | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | P | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McCoy | P | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| James Laughton | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| James Canfield | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Tony Vila | P | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| David Mangrum | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .286 | ||||
| James Lackey | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .286 | ||||
| Jeff Cornell | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Christopher DiLorenzo | P | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Roger Begue | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Bill Laskey | P | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Christopher Czarka | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Erik Hendricks | P | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Steve Busby | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Hasbach | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Ganger | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Biancalana | SS | 32 | 36 | 81 | 6 | 12 | .951 | 3.656 | ||||
| Kevin Harvey | SS | 28 | 32 | 77 | 3 | 7 | .973 | 3.893 | ||||
| Raymond Bresnahan | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 615 | 1318 | 539 | 81 | 97 | .958 | 3.020 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
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