1978 Salem Senators Statistics
Team Record: 25-44
Finished 3rd in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Carl Thompson (25-44)
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: Chemeketa College Field
Attendance: 8,140, Avg. 236
The Salem Senators of the Northwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 25 wins and 44 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Senators scored 385 runs and surrendered 454 runs. Darryl Cias drove in 43 runs. Grady Fuson led all regular batters by hitting .317. Ed Andersen, Lawrence Pekarcik and Danny Coulon topped the team with 6 wins each, while Danny Coulon recorded a 4.03 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Darryl Cias played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salem Senators to do so.
Carl Thompson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Coulon | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.03 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 88 | 57 | 43 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Lawrence Pekarcik | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.86 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 101 | 67 | 47 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ed Andersen | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.58 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 116.0 | 156 | 81 | 59 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Kenneth Noble | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.34 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 130 | 79 | 71 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Short | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.66 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Campbell | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.50 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 83 | 66 | 55 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Elias Salva | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lazaro Santin | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Leavitt | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Dewhirst | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Welch | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steven Guyon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.92 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Smith | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 42 | .364 | 5.51 | 128 | 60 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 537.0 | 668 | 416 | 329 | 40 | 238 | 5 | 369 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Fuson | 69 | 318 | 268 | 43 | 85 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 34 | .317 | .410 | .399 | .809 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Miller | 66 | 289 | 253 | 38 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 16 | .292 | .360 | .356 | .716 | 90 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Darryl Cias | 59 | 267 | 230 | 36 | 67 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 23 | .291 | .374 | .474 | .847 | 109 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Necoechea | 60 | 238 | 205 | 40 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 40 | .302 | .388 | .502 | .891 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Moore | 45 | 185 | 160 | 34 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 23 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Michael Rogers | 56 | 209 | 170 | 27 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 28 | .282 | .403 | .335 | .738 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Bowens | 35 | 129 | 111 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | .306 | .367 | .360 | .728 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Darnell Baker | 27 | 116 | 108 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .287 | .330 | .370 | .701 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Short | 37 | 133 | 114 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 19 | .272 | .362 | .342 | .704 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Moses Lilly | 42 | 115 | 108 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 25 | .250 | .289 | .343 | .632 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Pizer | 19 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .429 | .491 | .510 | 1.001 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Enrique Diaz | 34 | 102 | 91 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .209 | .277 | .341 | .618 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Fox | 28 | 94 | 81 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 24 | .185 | .298 | .222 | .520 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Bongiovanni | 16 | 63 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .241 | .302 | .397 | .698 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Barbone | 22 | 75 | 66 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .197 | .270 | .303 | .573 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Philip Joanis | 16 | 68 | 59 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .153 | .254 | .153 | .406 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Thompson | 8 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .250 | .438 | .250 | .688 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Hoch | 12 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .138 | .265 | .172 | .437 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Smith | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Oliver | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Coulon | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Campbell | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Andersen | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 726 | 2552 | 2208 | 361 | 612 | 96 | 30 | 20 | 290 | 55 | 21 | 282 | 317 | .277 | .359 | .375 | .734 | 828 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrique Diaz | 1B | 31 | 217 | 14 | 5 | 21 | .979 | 7.452 | ||||
| Stephen Necoechea | 1B | 19 | 137 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .979 | 7.474 | ||||
| Dave Short | 1B | 18 | 148 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .987 | 8.667 | ||||
| Michael Rogers | 1B | 9 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Smith | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Danny Coulon | 1B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Ed Andersen | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Fox | 2B | 25 | 65 | 48 | 9 | 12 | .926 | 4.520 | ||||
| Grady Fuson | 2B | 24 | 55 | 60 | 10 | 15 | .920 | 4.792 | ||||
| Philip Joanis | 2B | 16 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 8 | .928 | 4.812 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | 2B | 10 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .844 | 3.800 | ||||
| David Hoch | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marc Campbell | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Christopher Barbone | 3B | 22 | 19 | 45 | 13 | 2 | .831 | 2.909 | ||||
| Daniel Bongiovanni | 3B | 16 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Michael Rogers | 3B | 12 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| David Hoch | 3B | 10 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.100 | ||||
| Dave Short | 3B | 9 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.778 | ||||
| Grady Fuson | 3B | 7 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .812 | 3.714 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darryl Cias | C | 53 | 298 | 69 | 8 | 3 | .979 | 6.925 | 11 | |||
| Michael Rogers | C | 19 | 99 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 6.000 | 6 | |||
| Grady Fuson | C | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Miller | OF | 61 | 124 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 2.197 | ||||
| Thomas Moore | OF | 37 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .885 | 1.243 | ||||
| Moses Lilly | OF | 36 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 1.333 | ||||
| Stephen Necoechea | OF | 29 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.483 | ||||
| Ray Bowens | OF | 27 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .897 | 1.296 | ||||
| Darnell Baker | OF | 27 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 2.593 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | OF | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Fox | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Andersen | P | 25 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .960 | ||||
| Marc Campbell | P | 17 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.118 | ||||
| Lawrence Pekarcik | P | 14 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Danny Coulon | P | 14 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.714 | ||||
| Kenneth Noble | P | 13 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 1.769 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Elias Salva | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Short | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Steven Guyon | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Robert Dewhirst | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Lazaro Santin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Miller | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Welch | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| John Leavitt | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Grady Fuson | SS | 36 | 35 | 100 | 20 | 13 | .871 | 3.750 | ||||
| Dave Short | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Christopher Barbone | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 709 | 1688 | 683 | 145 | 119 | .942 | 3.344 | 19 | 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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