1978 Shelby Reds Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Jim Lett (75-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 22,058, Avg. 317
The Shelby Reds of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Reds paced the league with just 532 runs allowed. Shelby scored 594 runs. Reggie Waller led the team with 13 home runs Bill Kuchar drove in 77 runs. Carlos Pimentel and Reggie Waller topped hitters with significant playing time with a .260 average. Greg Hughes paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.14 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Shelby Reds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Scherrer, Steve Christmas, Tom Foley and Paul Gibson.
Jim Lett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Hughes | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.14 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 134 | 64 | 39 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Oscar Brito | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.66 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 132 | 74 | 63 | 10 | 67 | 1 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Paul Gibson | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.02 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 106 | 57 | 47 | 6 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Greg Meyer | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.48 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 53 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 62 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Doug Neuenschwander | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.72 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 76.0 | 48 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 52 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Gosse | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.09 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.0 | 162 | 81 | 57 | 9 | 65 | 4 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Gregg Lorenz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.71 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 49 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joel Willett | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.62 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92.0 | 75 | 48 | 37 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Breitenbach | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.34 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 77.0 | 74 | 39 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 43 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Scherrer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.06 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 58 | .543 | 3.14 | 309 | 128 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 1075.0 | 926 | 494 | 375 | 59 | 537 | 25 | 656 | 25 | 9 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Carr | 124 | 538 | 453 | 60 | 115 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 62 | .254 | .353 | .340 | .693 | 154 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Reggie Waller | 128 | 546 | 430 | 84 | 112 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 70 | .260 | .401 | .416 | .817 | 179 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Carlos Pimentel | 112 | 441 | 389 | 54 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 76 | .260 | .326 | .324 | .650 | 126 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Tom Foley | 124 | 493 | 424 | 55 | 98 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 43 | .231 | .315 | .295 | .610 | 125 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Jim McArdle | 114 | 472 | 390 | 59 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 70 | 60 | .244 | .356 | .326 | .682 | 127 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Tom Watkins | 120 | 484 | 427 | 59 | 95 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 63 | .222 | .287 | .330 | .617 | 141 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Steve Christmas | 106 | 421 | 352 | 53 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 22 | .250 | .351 | .355 | .706 | 125 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Bill Kuchar | 111 | 431 | 362 | 41 | 81 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 96 | .224 | .337 | .356 | .694 | 129 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Ventress | 70 | 248 | 180 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 29 | .217 | .412 | .317 | .728 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Michael Kopsky | 58 | 184 | 148 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 32 | .243 | .381 | .297 | .679 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Russ Aldrich | 41 | 99 | 77 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .312 | .433 | .429 | .862 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Butch Harris | 20 | 79 | 76 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .184 | .203 | .250 | .453 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Gosse | 28 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .273 | .500 | .273 | .773 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Norko | 20 | 67 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | .111 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Joel Willett | 40 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .385 | .556 | .462 | 1.017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Mugele | 24 | 52 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .125 | .288 | .125 | .413 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Gibson | 24 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .158 | .333 | .316 | .649 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Meyer | 40 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .714 | .333 | 1.048 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hoenstine | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Lorenz | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Neuenschwander | 53 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Brito | 30 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .000 | .136 | .000 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mark Breitenbach | 29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Hughes | 26 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 1466 | 4737 | 3928 | 558 | 925 | 164 | 21 | 54 | 484 | 72 | 37 | 652 | 661 | .235 | .344 | .329 | .673 | 1293 | 0 | 23 | 84 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kuchar | 1B | 107 | 863 | 42 | 25 | 119 | .973 | 8.458 | ||||
| Michael Kopsky | 1B | 9 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Butch Harris | 1B | 7 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .981 | 7.571 | ||||
| Russ Aldrich | 1B | 5 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Reggie Waller | 1B | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Donald Carr | 2B | 124 | 315 | 351 | 17 | 103 | .975 | 5.371 | ||||
| James Mugele | 2B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 2B | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Michael Kopsky | 2B | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 3B | 106 | 88 | 231 | 28 | 24 | .919 | 3.009 | ||||
| Michael Kopsky | 3B | 21 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| James Mugele | 3B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.250 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | C | 100 | 532 | 77 | 18 | 10 | .971 | 6.090 | 20 | |||
| Thomas Norko | C | 19 | 105 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .992 | 6.316 | 7 | |||
| Russ Aldrich | C | 16 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 4.750 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Waller | OF | 125 | 241 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .969 | 2.016 | ||||
| Jim McArdle | OF | 111 | 272 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .969 | 2.568 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | OF | 81 | 127 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .937 | 1.654 | ||||
| Michael Ventress | OF | 57 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.772 | ||||
| Butch Harris | OF | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Bill Kuchar | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Doug Neuenschwander | P | 53 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .189 | ||||
| Joel Willett | P | 40 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .350 | ||||
| Greg Meyer | P | 40 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .325 | ||||
| Oscar Brito | P | 30 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .810 | .567 | ||||
| Mark Breitenbach | P | 29 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .793 | ||||
| John Gosse | P | 28 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.357 | ||||
| Greg Hughes | P | 26 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Paul Gibson | P | 24 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .958 | ||||
| Gregg Lorenz | P | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Bill Scherrer | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Antonio Ortiz | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Mark King | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Foley | SS | 121 | 217 | 352 | 30 | 98 | .950 | 4.702 | ||||
| James Mugele | SS | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | SS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1355 | 3227 | 1370 | 184 | 408 | .962 | 3.393 | 27 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
