1978 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
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
1978 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

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.


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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
Steve Grilli912.4293.963220610157.0150846910967843115
Ken Reynolds710.4124.322823822148.013988711873198508
Tom Buskey713.3502.95454309119.01135139741562210
Mike Stanton612.3335.483125200143.01551108781051116717
Mike Darr616.2734.062929600175.01679979614131333023
Víctor Cruz32.6004.5025000542.0312321435056402
Luis Quintana34.4293.6832300288.09940361118456401
Dave Wallace35.3754.2835000282.0784639948354603
Jack Baker201.0003.3211200038.0301714319022204
Butch Edge210.1675.302821100107.012777632812650013
Mike Pazik101.0005.544000013.015884302000
Phil Huffman11.5004.912200011.014662607001
Randy Wiens006.00400006.010441102000
Ken Pape0018.00100001.04220000001
Chuck Fore01.0003.603300015.0179618011000
Ed Ricks01.00031.50210002.08770201000
Jeff Byrd03.0008.137710031.0333128024018113
Totals5090.3574.423191400273201178.011907025798670126787374810

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 Alberts12951545562136254971244659.299.366.431.797196626
Gary Woods133586504741363361345201270100.270.362.437.798220534
Ken Pape11947743342118121535513164.273.322.339.662147355
Ernie Whitt12145239950981631253044535.246.322.391.713156224
Al Woods8133228747891311149214224.310.401.477.878137201
Danny Ainge1194163893389101430431874.229.263.290.553113090
Sheldon Mallory95372319528619410401534653.270.369.448.818143511
Luis Meléndez963673224383153235003041.258.320.342.662110285
Tommy Sandt100381330448174432014538.245.340.327.668108321
Garth Iorg893483242970162625231855.216.262.333.595108240
Jeffrey Geach56223209174873317001022.230.261.335.59670013
Pat Kelly5518716882760012001550.161.238.196.43433220
Greg Wells2910810013254031400518.250.299.380.67938210
Jack Baker37959213244152400232.261.274.489.76345001
Sam Ewing836303700150165.233.361.333.69410000
Andrew Dyes10413504000100413.114.225.114.3394110
Steve Bowling1330000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Totals127849394399530112118733884885033433683.255.324.372.697163803541310


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Butch Alberts1B4131925436.9898.390
Sheldon Mallory1B3625518318.9897.583
Greg Wells1B292348329.9888.345
Ernie Whitt1B2015318211.9888.550
Tommy Sandt1B141046081.0007.857
Jack Baker1B1176658.9437.455
Tommy Sandt2B67166164447.9884.925
Garth Iorg2B399491623.9694.744
Danny Ainge2B224263314.9724.773
Jeffrey Geach2B9171614.9713.667
Ken Pape2B10311.7503.000
Ken Pape3B7048121167.9142.414
Garth Iorg3B443595512.9632.955
Jeffrey Geach3B18113075.8542.278
Tommy Sandt3B13101550.8331.923
Héctor Torres3B101001.0001.000
Steve Bowling3B101001.0001.000
Ernie WhittC925125947.9936.20716
Pat KellyC5330826154.9576.3026
Tommy SandtC210001.000.5000
Gary WoodsOF1323168110.9672.455
Luis MeléndezOF88158663.9651.864
Al WoodsOF76145740.9742.000
Sheldon MalloryOF4777322.9761.702
Jeffrey GeachOF3147320.9621.613
Butch AlbertsOF2745220.9591.741
Ken PapeOF1327210.9672.231
Andrew DyesOF1019220.9132.100
Ernie WhittOF58210.9092.000
Greg WellsOF110001.0001.000
Tom BuskeyP4582130.906.644
Dave WallaceP3546001.000.286
Luis QuintanaP3231630.864.594
Steve GrilliP3262741.8921.031
Mike StantonP31122341.8971.129
Mike DarrP29111842.8791.000
Ken ReynoldsP2853133.9231.286
Butch EdgeP2871231.864.679
Víctor CruzP2512001.000.120
Jack BakerP1116021.000.636
Jeff ByrdP727001.0001.286
Randy WiensP401001.000.250
Mike PazikP40000.000
Chuck ForeP304001.0001.333
Ed RicksP20000.000
Phil HuffmanP20000.000
Ken PapeP10000.000
Danny AingeSS961642652643.9434.469
Héctor TorresSS50.000
Garth IorgSS61218061.0005.000
Tommy SandtSS471222.9054.750
Totals148834711270167300.9663.1862200

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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