1978 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Hal Lanier (84-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 154,833, Avg. 2,212
Playoffs - Lakeland Tigers 1 game, St. Petersburg Cardinals 0
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals topped the circuit with just 409 runs allowed. St. Petersburg scored 572 runs. Michael Pisarkiewicz led the squad with 10 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Tito Landrum paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Hector Eduardo paced the squad with 13 wins, while Arno Kirchenwitz registered a 2.14 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Neil Fiala, Tito Landrum, Joe DeSa, Jim Gott, Ty Waller, Gene Roof and Kelly Paris were all players from the 1978 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hal Lanier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Eduardo | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.66 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 149.0 | 113 | 59 | 44 | 4 | 83 | 2 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| David Johnson | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.62 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 134.0 | 138 | 45 | 39 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Arno Kirchenwitz | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.14 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 130 | 40 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Jorn | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.21 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 106.0 | 93 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Chamberlain | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.45 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 191.0 | 157 | 63 | 52 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chris Davis | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.12 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 106.0 | 93 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pope | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.38 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72.0 | 66 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Theis Meyer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.39 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ray Williams | 4 | 5 | .444 | 1.73 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 78.0 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Comoletti | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.32 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 57 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brett Houser | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.90 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 54 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Gott | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bumstead | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christopher Lombardo | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 56 | .600 | 2.48 | 270 | 141 | 0 | 50 | 12 | 27 | 1178.0 | 1033 | 409 | 324 | 34 | 418 | 28 | 586 | 33 | 4 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tito Landrum | 117 | 494 | 434 | 66 | 129 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 68 | 11 | 47 | 42 | .297 | .368 | .387 | .755 | 168 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Ty Waller | 137 | 513 | 474 | 43 | 123 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 69 | .259 | .305 | .321 | .626 | 152 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Neil Fiala | 92 | 372 | 326 | 44 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 | .325 | .384 | .399 | .783 | 130 | 3 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bumstead | 123 | 462 | 396 | 56 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 47 | .260 | .346 | .301 | .646 | 119 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Gene Roof | 101 | 398 | 360 | 50 | 93 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 20 | .258 | .322 | .328 | .650 | 118 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe DeSa | 86 | 322 | 277 | 41 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 20 | .310 | .385 | .412 | .796 | 114 | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | 120 | 417 | 342 | 50 | 77 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 50 | .225 | .341 | .383 | .724 | 131 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Felipe Zayas | 102 | 307 | 278 | 33 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 49 | .255 | .312 | .378 | .690 | 105 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | 108 | 357 | 323 | 27 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 33 | .204 | .250 | .257 | .507 | 83 | 3 | 13 | 1 | ||
| James Reeves | 73 | 225 | 197 | 24 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 26 | .264 | .356 | .284 | .640 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Howell | 51 | 179 | 163 | 21 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .307 | .362 | .411 | .773 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Silver | 58 | 216 | 194 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 33 | .247 | .319 | .381 | .701 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Wolters | 42 | 164 | 138 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | .254 | .333 | .304 | .638 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Daniel Winslow | 53 | 142 | 118 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 15 | .288 | .388 | .356 | .744 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kelly Paris | 42 | 171 | 155 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .206 | .271 | .265 | .535 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Toothman | 33 | 99 | 90 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .244 | .289 | .311 | .600 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harold Witt | 33 | 112 | 82 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 24 | .159 | .351 | .305 | .656 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 35 | 62 | 51 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .176 | .311 | .176 | .488 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Cirbo | 12 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .294 | .435 | .471 | .905 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Juan Vega | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Cheshire | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theis Meyer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| David Johnson | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1458 | 5049 | 4425 | 569 | 1154 | 178 | 27 | 42 | 491 | 116 | 33 | 464 | 551 | .261 | .335 | .342 | .676 | 1512 | 0 | 48 | 72 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 86 | 722 | 53 | 1 | 73 | .999 | 9.012 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 1B | 39 | 319 | 23 | 5 | 34 | .986 | 8.769 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | 1B | 13 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .991 | 8.308 | ||||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | 1B | 12 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.417 | ||||
| Neil Fiala | 2B | 91 | 200 | 257 | 4 | 56 | .991 | 5.022 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 2B | 42 | 97 | 118 | 8 | 22 | .964 | 5.119 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 13 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 6 | .917 | 4.231 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | 2B | 8 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ty Waller | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ty Waller | 3B | 136 | 123 | 269 | 17 | 23 | .958 | 2.882 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | 3B | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Harold Witt | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | C | 108 | 489 | 49 | 13 | 6 | .976 | 4.981 | 15 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 47 | 153 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 3.553 | 8 | |||
| Dennis Cirbo | C | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Rick Cheshire | C | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | 1 | |||
| Juan Vega | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
| Tito Landrum | OF | 107 | 305 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .991 | 2.925 | ||||
| Gene Roof | OF | 91 | 181 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .974 | 2.055 | ||||
| Larry Silver | OF | 52 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 1.635 | ||||
| James Reeves | OF | 52 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.519 | ||||
| Randy Howell | OF | 47 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.085 | ||||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | OF | 45 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.689 | ||||
| Jeff Toothman | OF | 23 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .833 | .870 | ||||
| Harold Witt | OF | 21 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | OF | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | OF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ray Williams | P | 48 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Michael Pope | P | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Chris Davis | P | 27 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Glenn Comoletti | P | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
| Tom Chamberlain | P | 25 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.560 | ||||
| Hector Eduardo | P | 23 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.522 | ||||
| Arno Kirchenwitz | P | 21 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.524 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 21 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .952 | ||||
| David Jorn | P | 17 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.294 | ||||
| Theis Meyer | P | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Brett Houser | P | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Christopher Lombardo | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Gott | P | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Bumstead | SS | 91 | 148 | 236 | 23 | 49 | .943 | 4.220 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | SS | 68 | 76 | 158 | 15 | 35 | .940 | 3.441 | ||||
| Totals | 1503 | 3474 | 1467 | 127 | 343 | .975 | 3.287 | 24 | 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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