1978 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 50-90
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Vern Benson (50-90)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 160,519, Avg. 2,293
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 50 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Chiefs plated 548 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 702 runs. Gary Woods paced Syracuse with 13 home runs Butch Alberts drove in 71 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .299. Steve Grilli paced the team with 9 wins, while Tom Buskey recorded a 2.95 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tom Buskey, Ken Pape, Mike Stanton, Héctor Torres, Mike Darr, Ernie Whitt, Dave Wallace, Steve Bowling, Danny Ainge, Steve Grilli, Gary Woods, Jeff Byrd, Tommy Sandt, Luis Meléndez, Pat Kelly, Garth Iorg, Luis Quintana, Jack Baker, Phil Huffman, Mike Pazik, Ken Reynolds, Sheldon Mallory, Víctor Cruz, Butch Alberts, Butch Edge, Greg Wells, Sam Ewing and Al Woods were all players from the 1978 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Vern Benson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Grilli | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.96 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 150 | 84 | 69 | 10 | 96 | 7 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||
Ken Reynolds | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.32 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 148.0 | 139 | 88 | 71 | 18 | 73 | 1 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
Tom Buskey | 7 | 13 | .350 | 2.95 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 119.0 | 113 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mike Stanton | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.48 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 143.0 | 155 | 110 | 87 | 8 | 105 | 1 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||
Mike Darr | 6 | 16 | .273 | 4.06 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 167 | 99 | 79 | 6 | 141 | 3 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 23 | ||
Víctor Cruz | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Luis Quintana | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.68 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 99 | 40 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dave Wallace | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.28 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82.0 | 78 | 46 | 39 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jack Baker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
Butch Edge | 2 | 10 | .167 | 5.30 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 127 | 77 | 63 | 2 | 81 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
Mike Pazik | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Huffman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Randy Wiens | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ken Pape | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Chuck Fore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Ricks | 0 | 1 | .000 | 31.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Byrd | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Totals | 50 | 90 | .357 | 4.42 | 319 | 140 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 1178.0 | 1190 | 702 | 579 | 86 | 701 | 26 | 787 | 37 | 4 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Alberts | 129 | 515 | 455 | 62 | 136 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 59 | .299 | .366 | .431 | .797 | 196 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
Gary Woods | 133 | 586 | 504 | 74 | 136 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 70 | 100 | .270 | .362 | .437 | .798 | 220 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
Ken Pape | 119 | 477 | 433 | 42 | 118 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 64 | .273 | .322 | .339 | .662 | 147 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
Ernie Whitt | 121 | 452 | 399 | 50 | 98 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 35 | .246 | .322 | .391 | .713 | 156 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Al Woods | 81 | 332 | 287 | 47 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 24 | .310 | .401 | .477 | .878 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Danny Ainge | 119 | 416 | 389 | 33 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 74 | .229 | .263 | .290 | .553 | 113 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
Sheldon Mallory | 95 | 372 | 319 | 52 | 86 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 53 | .270 | .369 | .448 | .818 | 143 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Luis Meléndez | 96 | 367 | 322 | 43 | 83 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 41 | .258 | .320 | .342 | .662 | 110 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||
Tommy Sandt | 100 | 381 | 330 | 44 | 81 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | .245 | .340 | .327 | .668 | 108 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Garth Iorg | 89 | 348 | 324 | 29 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 55 | .216 | .262 | .333 | .595 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Jeffrey Geach | 56 | 223 | 209 | 17 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .230 | .261 | .335 | .596 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Pat Kelly | 55 | 187 | 168 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50 | .161 | .238 | .196 | .434 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Greg Wells | 29 | 108 | 100 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .250 | .299 | .380 | .679 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jack Baker | 37 | 95 | 92 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .261 | .274 | .489 | .763 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Sam Ewing | 8 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .233 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andrew Dyes | 10 | 41 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .114 | .225 | .114 | .339 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steve Bowling | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1278 | 4939 | 4399 | 530 | 1121 | 187 | 33 | 88 | 488 | 50 | 33 | 433 | 683 | .255 | .324 | .372 | .697 | 1638 | 0 | 35 | 41 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Alberts | 1B | 41 | 319 | 25 | 4 | 36 | .989 | 8.390 | ||||
Sheldon Mallory | 1B | 36 | 255 | 18 | 3 | 18 | .989 | 7.583 | ||||
Greg Wells | 1B | 29 | 234 | 8 | 3 | 29 | .988 | 8.345 | ||||
Ernie Whitt | 1B | 20 | 153 | 18 | 2 | 11 | .988 | 8.550 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | 1B | 14 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.857 | ||||
Jack Baker | 1B | 11 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 8 | .943 | 7.455 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | 2B | 67 | 166 | 164 | 4 | 47 | .988 | 4.925 | ||||
Garth Iorg | 2B | 39 | 94 | 91 | 6 | 23 | .969 | 4.744 | ||||
Danny Ainge | 2B | 22 | 42 | 63 | 3 | 14 | .972 | 4.773 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | 2B | 9 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 3.667 | ||||
Ken Pape | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
Ken Pape | 3B | 70 | 48 | 121 | 16 | 7 | .914 | 2.414 | ||||
Garth Iorg | 3B | 44 | 35 | 95 | 5 | 12 | .963 | 2.955 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | 3B | 18 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 5 | .854 | 2.278 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | 3B | 13 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 1.923 | ||||
Héctor Torres | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Steve Bowling | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Ernie Whitt | C | 92 | 512 | 59 | 4 | 7 | .993 | 6.207 | 16 | |||
Pat Kelly | C | 53 | 308 | 26 | 15 | 4 | .957 | 6.302 | 6 | |||
Tommy Sandt | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
Gary Woods | OF | 132 | 316 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .967 | 2.455 | ||||
Luis Meléndez | OF | 88 | 158 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .965 | 1.864 | ||||
Al Woods | OF | 76 | 145 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 2.000 | ||||
Sheldon Mallory | OF | 47 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.702 | ||||
Jeffrey Geach | OF | 31 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.613 | ||||
Butch Alberts | OF | 27 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.741 | ||||
Ken Pape | OF | 13 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 2.231 | ||||
Andrew Dyes | OF | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
Ernie Whitt | OF | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
Greg Wells | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tom Buskey | P | 45 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .906 | .644 | ||||
Dave Wallace | P | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Luis Quintana | P | 32 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .594 | ||||
Steve Grilli | P | 32 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.031 | ||||
Mike Stanton | P | 31 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.129 | ||||
Mike Darr | P | 29 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 1.000 | ||||
Ken Reynolds | P | 28 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.286 | ||||
Butch Edge | P | 28 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .679 | ||||
Víctor Cruz | P | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .120 | ||||
Jack Baker | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
Jeff Byrd | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
Randy Wiens | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Mike Pazik | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Chuck Fore | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Ed Ricks | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Phil Huffman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ken Pape | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Danny Ainge | SS | 96 | 164 | 265 | 26 | 43 | .943 | 4.469 | ||||
Héctor Torres | SS | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
Garth Iorg | SS | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | SS | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
Totals | 1488 | 3471 | 1270 | 167 | 300 | .966 | 3.186 | 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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