1978 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Ron Clark (73-67)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 26,721, Avg. 382

1978 Spartanburg Phillies Roster

The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Phillies plated 657 runs and allowed 672 runs. Steve Curry paced Spartanburg with 13 home runs and drove in 72 runs. José Castro led batters with significant playing time with a .280 average. Scott Munninghoff topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.3 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1978 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Dernier, Jerry Reed, Greg Walker and Scott Munninghoff.

Ron Clark 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
Scott Munninghoff	17	7	.708	2.30	26	26		9	3	0	180.0	159	77	46	5	84	5	89	3	0	9
Keith Gale	11	8	.579	4.47	22	20		5	0	0	129.0	169	82	64	4	57	3	49	3	0	6
Thomas Hart	11	9	.550	3.48	26	26		8	1	0	181.0	162	78	70	4	90	1	110	6	1	15
Jerry Reed	7	2	.778	1.36	39	0		0	0	12	66.0	36	22	10	0	34	8	31	1	0	3
Norman Shiera	6	4	.600	3.89	33	8		2	1	3	88.0	75	42	38	3	47	4	54	0	2	4
Jose Calderon	5	7	.417	5.16	17	16		4	0	0	96.0	102	66	55	8	42	0	48	3	2	2
Brian Watts	4	2	.667	4.69	33	0		0	0	3	71.0	55	42	37	5	35	2	43	11	2	11
Daryl Adams	3	2	.600	5.06	6	6		1	0	0	32.0	33	21	18	1	18	0	18	2	0	3
Wallace Nunn	2	2	.500	9.33	6	6		1	0	0	27.0	39	37	28	4	16	0	11	2	0	5
Ernest Gause	2	7	.222	3.64	19	15		2	1	0	99.0	96	49	40	6	43	1	39	0	0	7
Marcos Gonzalez	2	8	.200	3.43	40	6		3	0	8	126.0	103	66	48	10	69	3	69	1	0	13
Gary Mattice	1	3	.250	6.67	13	6		0	0	0	54.0	74	47	40	2	31	3	33	1	0	7
Gregory Moore	1	3	.250	7.20	4	4		0	0	0	20.0	29	20	16	0	11	1	5	4	0	5
John DeVincenzo	0	3	.000	6.00	12	0		0	0	1	21.0	29	19	14	0	13	0	13	0	0	3
Totals	72	67	.518	3.96	296	139	0	35	6	27	1190.0	1161	668	524	52	590	31	612	37	7	93	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
José Castro	130	540	465	65	130	20	5	9	61	9	5	59	53	.280	.363	.402	.765	187		5	5	6
Steve Curry	134	573	470	82	125	23	3	13	72	21	16	87	75	.266	.383	.411	.793	193		5	6	5
Manuel McDonald	125	467	436	52	117	18	5	1	57	9	2	19	33	.268	.297	.339	.637	148		1	6	5
Michael Pace	122	544	436	83	111	21	2	1	44	35	12	92	86	.255	.396	.319	.714	139		11	3	2
John Lohse	96	352	296	45	72	16	3	1	34	14	10	38	32	.243	.340	.328	.668	97		7	8	3
Mike Ibarra	97	363	300	46	71	13	0	3	36	0	1	51	68	.237	.349	.310	.659	93		4	2	6
Greg Walker	100	402	341	51	71	16	2	11	47	1	2	48	84	.208	.319	.364	.683	124		9	1	3
Andres Romero	89	331	272	44	67	13	0	5	42	6	1	52	52	.246	.364	.349	.713	95		1	1	5
Raul Andino	68	261	235	29	65	14	1	3	33	0	4	18	29	.277	.327	.383	.710	90		1	4	3
Bruce Humphrey	70	300	246	26	61	5	0	5	32	3	1	42	16	.248	.355	.329	.684	81		2	4	6
Colin Sullivan	81	300	250	34	49	13	3	4	25	2	0	39	54	.196	.306	.320	.626	80		3	3	5
Keith Washington	38	152	141	19	35	4	1	0	9	9	8	10	33	.248	.298	.291	.589	41		0	1	0
Alfredo Velazquez	50	177	162	15	28	4	0	1	9	0	1	13	54	.173	.243	.216	.459	35		2	0	0
Pablo Minier	44	159	138	23	26	7	0	8	29	0	0	15	48	.188	.274	.413	.687	57		2	2	2
Thomas Brunswick	26	103	95	13	18	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	4	.189	.243	.221	.464	21		0	0	1
Tom Lombarski	13	46	40	5	9	2	0	1	8	0	0	5	6	.225	.326	.350	.676	14		1	0	0
Bob Dernier	22	71	57	9	8	1	0	0	5	1	1	14	8	.140	.310	.158	.468	9		0	0	0
Ernest Gause	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Marcos Gonzalez	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1364	5144	4383	641	1063	190	25	67	549	110	64	609	735	.243	.339	.343	.682	1504	0	54	46	52	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Greg Walker	1B	60	533	46	12	40	.980	9.650
Bruce Humphrey	1B	54	486	45	4	56	.993	9.833
Pablo Minier	1B	29	252	15	5	27	.982	9.207
Andres Romero	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
José Castro	1B	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000
Steve Curry	2B	115	248	363	22	71	.965	5.313
Thomas Brunswick	2B	18	31	48	4	8	.952	4.389
José Castro	2B	10	28	24	1	7	.981	5.200
Manuel McDonald	3B	99	79	242	22	32	.936	3.242
José Castro	3B	38	46	84	8	4	.942	3.421
Thomas Brunswick	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Greg Walker	3B	1	2	3	0	2	1.000	5.000
Mike Ibarra	C	96	441	67	24	12	.955	5.292	18
Alfredo Velazquez	C	47	186	36	12	3	.949	4.723	22
Greg Walker	C	1	3	1	1	0	.800	4.000	0
Michael Pace	OF	110	227	9	9	1	.963	2.145
John Lohse	OF	87	119	5	7	0	.947	1.425
Andres Romero	OF	73	105	7	7	2	.941	1.534
Colin Sullivan	OF	69	114	9	3	1	.976	1.783
Raul Andino	OF	56	96	10	4	1	.964	1.893
Keith Washington	OF	37	68	6	3	2	.961	2.000
Marcos Gonzalez	P	40	14	16	2	2	.938	.750
Jerry Reed	P	39	5	16	0	1	1.000	.538
Brian Watts	P	33	8	12	2	1	.909	.606
Norman Shiera	P	33	4	10	2	0	.875	.424
Scott Munninghoff	P	26	11	41	3	2	.945	2.000
Thomas Hart	P	26	13	33	2	4	.958	1.769
Keith Gale	P	22	19	19	0	2	1.000	1.727
Ernest Gause	P	19	4	10	0	1	1.000	.737
Jose Calderon	P	17	1	10	0	2	1.000	.647
Gary Mattice	P	13	5	5	0	2	1.000	.769
John DeVincenzo	P	12	2	3	1	0	.833	.417
Wallace Nunn	P	6	5	7	3	0	.800	2.000
Daryl Adams	P	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Gregory Moore	P	4	2	2	1	1	.800	1.000
José Castro	SS	80	126	225	35	51	.909	4.388
Manuel McDonald	SS	25	31	61	7	9	.929	3.680
Bob Dernier	SS	18	23	61	16	13	.840	4.667
Steve Curry	SS	13	17	32	6	3	.891	3.769
Tom Lombarski	SS	8	16	13	5	4	.853	3.625
Thomas Brunswick	SS	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Totals		1445	3382	1604	234	367	.955	3.451	40	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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