1978 Springfield Redbirds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (70-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 110,301, Avg. 1,622

1978 Springfield Redbirds Roster

The Springfield Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Redbirds scored 723 runs and conceded 698 runs. Dane Iorg led Springfield with 24 home runs, while Mike Potter walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Potter drove in 90 runs. Jim Lentine paced batters with significant playing time with a .342 average. William Rothan topped the squad with 10 wins, and Tom Bruno earned a 4.39 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Tom Bruno, Nyls Nyman, Manny Castillo, Mike Ramsey, Terry Kennedy, John Tamargo, George Frazier, Jim Lentine, Frank Riccelli, Bob Coluccio, Joe Edelen, Greg Terlecky, Jim Otten, Benny Ayala, John Urrea, Ken Rudolph, John Scott, Tom Herr, Dane Iorg, Ken Oberkfell, Rob Dressler, José Báez, Dan O'Brien, Tommy Toms, Ryan Kurosaki, Aurelio López, Mike Potter, Silvio Martínez and Al Autry were all players from the 1978 Springfield Redbirds who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Jimy Williams 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
William Rothan	10	5	.667	5.56	25	25		3	0	0	144.0	162	97	89	22	85	7	80	7	0	6
Greg Terlecky	8	5	.615	5.62	25	17		3	1	0	125.0	148	88	78	20	49	4	57	4	0	5
George Frazier	6	5	.545	3.39	32	1		0	0	6	69.0	59	33	26	4	25	4	52	2	0	0
Aurelio López	6	6	.500	3.55	34	0		0	0	9	76.0	72	37	30	5	39	7	81	2	0	5
Silvio Martínez	5	2	.714	2.17	7	7		3	2	0	54.0	39	15	13	4	24	2	42	0	2	1
Ryan Kurosaki	5	2	.714	2.40	16	0		0	0	3	30.0	18	9	8	3	8	2	21	0	0	0
Jim Otten	5	5	.500	4.70	18	11		2	0	0	90.0	90	56	47	17	50	5	65	4	1	5
Tom Bruno	5	9	.357	4.39	21	15		3	1	2	121.0	111	64	59	14	33	3	98	1	1	6
Dan O'Brien	4	1	.800	3.44	12	6		1	0	1	55.0	45	25	21	5	32	2	40	3	0	2
Al Autry	3	2	.600	5.26	25	4		0	0	0	77.0	68	53	45	10	62	3	66	5	3	8
Frank Riccelli	3	3	.500	3.06	10	8		3	0	0	50.0	51	23	17	3	28	1	51	1	0	3
Earl Bass	3	4	.429	5.52	11	11		1	0	0	62.0	73	47	38	15	32	1	43	3	1	2
John Urrea	2	1	.667	5.80	14	5		0	0	1	45.0	48	32	29	6	22	0	39	0	0	3
Joe Edelen	2	5	.286	4.79	15	14		1	0	0	62.0	81	41	33	7	31	2	37	2	1	1
Tommy Toms	2	5	.286	5.09	28	1		0	0	1	46.0	52	28	26	5	12	4	33	0	0	1
Rob Dressler	1	4	.200	5.93	7	7		1	0	0	41.0	48	30	27	2	20	1	15	1	0	1
Ken Rudolph	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Selak	0	2	.000	9.00	4	4		0	0	0	17.0	19	17	17	6	12	0	13	1	0	0
Totals	70	66	.515	4.67	305	136	0	21	4	23	1165.0	1185	696	604	149	566	48	833	36	10	49	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
John Scott	121	552	505	84	142	25	1	12	57	50	12	37	83	.281	.331	.406	.737	205		2	5	3
Jim Lentine	111	493	406	92	139	27	7	11	63	19	9	74	45	.342	.449	.525	.974	213		7	3	3
Dane Iorg	89	391	345	73	128	20	0	24	87	1	0	35	37	.371	.425	.638	1.062	220		3	0	8
Mike Potter	114	476	418	78	111	15	5	22	90	4	1	47	68	.266	.335	.483	.819	202		1	2	8
Ronnie Farkas	109	411	354	55	97	12	8	6	49	10	5	47	68	.274	.361	.404	.765	143		3	4	3
Manny Castillo	108	412	382	39	96	21	1	2	39	3	4	17	20	.251	.289	.327	.616	125		5	4	4
Mike Ramsey	99	439	382	53	92	8	4	2	30	21	9	47	48	.241	.322	.298	.620	114		0	7	3
Terry Kennedy	64	264	230	35	76	13	0	10	46	1	1	33	40	.330	.417	.517	.934	119		1	0	0
Ken Oberkfell	64	277	242	41	69	13	4	6	38	6	0	27	21	.285	.355	.446	.802	108		1	4	3
John Tamargo	65	274	222	35	67	14	1	9	43	0	0	46	17	.302	.427	.495	.923	110		4	0	2
Nyls Nyman	88	281	261	27	64	7	2	4	24	11	4	15	20	.245	.282	.333	.615	87		0	1	4
Benny Ayala	47	185	165	16	41	2	0	5	21	0	2	18	15	.248	.321	.352	.672	58		0	1	1
Nelson Garcia	36	134	125	15	31	5	1	2	13	2	1	7	17	.248	.293	.352	.645	44		1	1	0
José Báez	33	119	105	18	29	2	4	0	17	2	5	14	12	.276	.361	.371	.733	39		0	0	0
Tom Herr	33	110	86	16	24	6	1	0	8	3	1	21	7	.279	.421	.372	.793	32		0	3	0
Ken Rudolph	42	124	110	12	22	2	0	6	11	0	0	10	19	.200	.267	.382	.648	42		0	4	0
Dave Bialas	20	85	71	10	20	4	0	1	9	0	0	14	9	.282	.400	.380	.780	27		0	0	0
Bob Coluccio	12	35	28	6	9	2	0	0	3	0	2	5	3	.321	.441	.393	.834	11		1	1	0
Frank Hunsaker	18	47	42	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.214	.261	.262	.523	11		0	1	1
William Daves	12	38	34	7	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	4	7	.206	.289	.353	.642	12		0	0	0
Mike Calise	12	37	36	5	7	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	5	.194	.216	.361	.577	13		0	0	0
Tom Bruno	21	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
John Urrea	14	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Frank Riccelli	10	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	1	0
Earl Bass	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tommy Toms	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Rothan	27	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Joe Edelen	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
George Frazier	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1458	5200	4563	723	1283	203	40	124	657	135	56	523	571	.281	.356	.425	.780	1938	0	29	42	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dane Iorg	1B	81	632	61	12	64	.983	8.556
Nyls Nyman	1B	23	188	14	3	8	.985	8.783
Mike Potter	1B	21	185	15	0	16	1.000	9.524
Ken Rudolph	1B	11	63	8	3	3	.959	6.455
William Daves	1B	5	30	2	2	1	.941	6.400
Terry Kennedy	1B	2	4	0	0	2	1.000	2.000
José Báez	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Manny Castillo	2B	75	132	190	14	36	.958	4.293
Tom Herr	2B	28	45	63	7	15	.939	3.857
Ken Oberkfell	2B	24	42	55	0	4	1.000	4.042
José Báez	2B	18	37	54	3	8	.968	5.056
Ronnie Farkas	3B	63	53	100	13	12	.922	2.429
Ken Oberkfell	3B	36	31	56	5	6	.946	2.417
Manny Castillo	3B	23	13	30	2	2	.956	1.870
John Scott	3B	13	11	17	2	1	.933	2.154
Mike Calise	3B	10	7	14	3	1	.875	2.100
Dane Iorg	3B	2	3	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
John Tamargo	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Terry Kennedy	C	59	327	26	7	2	.981	5.983	5
John Tamargo	C	47	326	23	9	1	.975	7.426	7
Ken Rudolph	C	30	153	13	3	2	.982	5.533	3
Frank Hunsaker	C	10	52	3	1	0	.982	5.500	0
William Daves	C	3	15	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Jim Lentine	OF	108	230	4	5	0	.979	2.167
John Scott	OF	107	235	7	7	2	.972	2.262
Mike Potter	OF	79	156	4	5	1	.970	2.025
Benny Ayala	OF	43	70	1	3	0	.959	1.651
Nelson Garcia	OF	36	72	7	2	2	.975	2.194
Dave Bialas	OF	20	31	2	1	0	.971	1.650
Nyls Nyman	OF	17	18	3	0	0	1.000	1.235
Dane Iorg	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Bob Coluccio	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Aurelio López	P	34	5	8	2	1	.867	.382
George Frazier	P	32	5	10	2	0	.882	.469
Tommy Toms	P	28	4	6	3	0	.769	.357
Greg Terlecky	P	25	12	25	3	3	.925	1.480
William Rothan	P	25	12	31	0	1	1.000	1.720
Al Autry	P	25	4	16	2	1	.909	.800
Tom Bruno	P	21	8	14	1	0	.957	1.048
Jim Otten	P	18	5	16	0	1	1.000	1.167
Ryan Kurosaki	P	16	1	9	0	0	1.000	.625
Joe Edelen	P	15	6	15	2	1	.913	1.400
John Urrea	P	14	4	7	1	0	.917	.786
Dan O'Brien	P	12	4	4	0	1	1.000	.667
Earl Bass	P	11	4	10	0	1	1.000	1.273
Frank Riccelli	P	10	3	6	2	0	.818	.900
Silvio Martínez	P	7	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.571
Rob Dressler	P	7	8	10	1	2	.947	2.571
Ron Selak	P	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
Ken Rudolph	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Ramsey	SS	94	172	223	41	52	.906	4.202
Ronnie Farkas	SS	43	60	131	12	18	.941	4.442
Ken Oberkfell	SS	4	4	2	1	0	.857	1.500
Totals		1451	3497	1334	185	271	.963	3.329	15	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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