1978 Shreveport Captains Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 55-81
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Steve Demeter (55-81)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 38,209, Avg. 562
1978 Shreveport Captains RosterTeam Record: 55-81
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Steve Demeter (55-81)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 38,209, Avg. 562
The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 55 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Captains scored 554 runs and allowed 660 runs. Larry Littleton led Shreveport with 19 home runs, while Dick Walterhouse and John Dean walloped 15 or more, too. Larry Littleton accounted for 76 RBI. Dick Walterhouse paced all regular batters by connecting at a .291 clip. Rafael Vásquez topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.23 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Littleton, Tony Peña, Stew Cliburn, Fred Breining, Rafael Vásquez, Larry Demery, Randy Tate and Rod Scurry were all players from the 1978 Shreveport Captains who played in the Majors during their careers.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Vásquez | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.23 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 184.0 | 174 | 91 | 66 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 150 | 4 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.33 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 81.0 | 78 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Johnston | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.69 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.0 | 64 | 50 | 37 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| James Smith | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.71 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 149.0 | 140 | 95 | 78 | 19 | 69 | 2 | 119 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Davis | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.62 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 77 | 57 | 38 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.88 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 143 | 75 | 60 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Fred Breining | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.70 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Randy Tate | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.46 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 107 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Juan Arias | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.67 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27.0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stew Cliburn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rich Standart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Meistickle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.66 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.36 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 64 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Busby | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Demery | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.94 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Sealy | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 55 | 81 | .404 | 3.94 | 292 | 136 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 1132.0 | 1114 | 660 | 495 | 90 | 553 | 20 | 858 | 27 | 15 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Walterhouse | 136 | 556 | 484 | 80 | 141 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 19 | 6 | 60 | 94 | .291 | .374 | .481 | .855 | 233 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Larry Littleton | 134 | 542 | 459 | 79 | 121 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 76 | 5 | 7 | 79 | 106 | .264 | .370 | .471 | .841 | 216 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 117 | 470 | 418 | 68 | 117 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 67 | 35 | 7 | 35 | 72 | .280 | .345 | .435 | .780 | 182 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Oswaldo Olivares | 103 | 440 | 393 | 59 | 111 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 43 | 68 | .282 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Dean | 123 | 473 | 423 | 58 | 106 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 75 | .251 | .313 | .440 | .752 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Tony Peña | 104 | 368 | 348 | 36 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 96 | .230 | .259 | .339 | .598 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Juan DeLiza | 80 | 309 | 290 | 34 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 45 | .252 | .291 | .331 | .622 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pedro Ithier | 78 | 301 | 276 | 16 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 13 | .232 | .284 | .250 | .534 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Busby | 64 | 244 | 220 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 33 | .268 | .333 | .341 | .674 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Felix Rodriguez | 60 | 220 | 207 | 18 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 24 | .227 | .273 | .280 | .553 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Brady | 76 | 244 | 203 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 38 | .167 | .293 | .222 | .515 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ponciano Cruz | 30 | 128 | 117 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | .239 | .297 | .274 | .570 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marc Rhea | 30 | 112 | 97 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .227 | .309 | .340 | .649 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Young | 28 | 85 | 76 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .276 | .318 | .395 | .712 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Manny Lantigua | 21 | 70 | 64 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .266 | .329 | .328 | .657 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Burke | 19 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .237 | .310 | .316 | .625 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 11 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .235 | .325 | .324 | .649 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Smith | 24 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .174 | .269 | .348 | .617 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Vásquez | 27 | 38 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .121 | .237 | .152 | .388 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stew Cliburn | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Johnston | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 41 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Tate | 17 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Kidder | 12 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .095 | .296 | .095 | .392 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 22 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Juan Arias | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Sealy | 10 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonardo Ortiz | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Meistickle | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Demery | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Davis | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Breining | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1521 | 4880 | 4357 | 556 | 1085 | 166 | 39 | 84 | 503 | 123 | 60 | 436 | 816 | .249 | .319 | .363 | .682 | 1581 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Walterhouse | 1B | 96 | 725 | 36 | 8 | 58 | .990 | 7.927 | ||||
| Jimmy Busby | 1B | 25 | 169 | 21 | 5 | 17 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | 1B | 21 | 180 | 8 | 3 | 16 | .984 | 8.952 | ||||
| Ernest Young | 1B | 6 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 7.333 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Dean | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan DeLiza | 2B | 69 | 133 | 183 | 15 | 27 | .955 | 4.580 | ||||
| Ponciano Cruz | 2B | 24 | 58 | 78 | 4 | 13 | .971 | 5.667 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | 2B | 22 | 41 | 46 | 4 | 7 | .956 | 3.955 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | 2B | 18 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 14 | .965 | 4.556 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 2B | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 4.200 | ||||
| John Dean | 3B | 88 | 72 | 150 | 32 | 16 | .874 | 2.523 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 3B | 44 | 23 | 82 | 14 | 10 | .882 | 2.386 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | 3B | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 3B | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| James Kidder | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Peña | C | 93 | 637 | 54 | 25 | 5 | .965 | 7.430 | 12 | |||
| John Dean | C | 23 | 119 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 6.304 | 6 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 17 | 110 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.882 | 3 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 5.800 | 1 | |||
| Leonardo Ortiz | C | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.333 | 0 | |||
| Larry Littleton | OF | 134 | 266 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .972 | 2.060 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 116 | 204 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .935 | 1.871 | ||||
| Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 103 | 209 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .974 | 2.204 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | OF | 33 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jimmy Busby | OF | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Tom Burke | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Weismiller | P | 41 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .415 | ||||
| James Johnston | P | 36 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .611 | .306 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 32 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 27 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 1.148 | ||||
| James Smith | P | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Robert Mazur | P | 22 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .784 | 1.318 | ||||
| Randy Tate | P | 17 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .821 | 1.353 | ||||
| Fred Breining | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dennis Davis | P | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 1.467 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Kevin Meistickle | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Randy Sealy | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Stew Cliburn | P | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.222 | ||||
| Juan Arias | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Nelson | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Busby | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Demery | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Ithier | SS | 78 | 121 | 190 | 25 | 34 | .926 | 3.987 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | SS | 40 | 57 | 112 | 23 | 21 | .880 | 4.225 | ||||
| Juan DeLiza | SS | 9 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 5 | .778 | 3.889 | ||||
| James Kidder | SS | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ponciano Cruz | SS | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 3447 | 1344 | 252 | 274 | .950 | 3.355 | 22 | 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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