1978 Tacoma Yankees Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 80-57
Finished 1st in the PCL's West Division
Manager: Mike Ferraro (80-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 211,030, Avg. 3,081

1978 Tacoma Yankees Roster

Playoffs - Tacoma Yankees 2 games, Portland Beavers 2 - The series was postponed due to rain. Albuquerque and Tacoma were declared co-champions.

The Tacoma Yankees of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 80 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Yankees gave up 619 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Tacoma tallied 779 runs. Roy Staiger paced the team with 19 home runs, while Tommy Cruz and Jerry Narron walloped 15 or more also. Roy Staiger drove in 85 runs. Garry Smith led all regular batters by hitting .325. Roger Slagle topped the squad with 13 wins, and Larry McCall recorded a 2.93 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Jerry Narron, Tommy Cruz, Larry McCall, Dennis Werth, Darryl Jones, Brian Doyle, Rick Anderson, Dave Rajsich, Bob Kammeyer, Dell Alston, Bobby Brown, Dámaso García, Jim Beattie, Roger Slagle, George Zeber, Domingo Ramos and Roy Staiger were all players from the 1978 Tacoma Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.

Mike Ferraro 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
Roger Slagle	13	8	.619	3.07	26	24		11	1	1	179.0	154	72	61	13	36	2	96	2	0	6
Bob Kammeyer	12	2	.857	4.59	21	21		10	0	0	153.0	173	91	78	12	51	2	52	3	1	5
Larry McCall	10	4	.714	2.93	18	18		11	4	0	138.0	132	47	45	8	27	1	81	0	0	2
Jim Lysgaard	10	8	.556	3.61	25	24		8	1	0	157.0	162	81	63	6	53	1	61	2	1	6
Dave Rajsich	8	4	.667	3.56	36	3		1	0	9	81.0	82	40	32	4	40	7	59	5	0	5
Bob Polinsky	6	6	.500	5.20	22	13		2	0	0	97.0	117	62	56	8	41	2	67	3	2	4
Steve Taylor	5	4	.556	3.82	19	18		3	1	0	99.0	100	55	42	9	31	0	55	3	0	2
Neal Mersch	5	8	.385	3.75	42	1		1	0	6	84.0	98	45	35	6	39	5	50	1	0	0
Rick Anderson	4	4	.500	5.00	26	1		1	0	1	63.0	70	38	35	3	41	2	51	1	0	3
Jim Beattie	3	0	1.000	1.57	4	4		2	2	0	23.0	17	5	4	0	12	0	15	1	0	0
Jamie Werly	2	3	.400	7.56	6	4		0	0	0	25.0	31	23	21	4	19	0	16	0	0	2
Doug Heinold	1	2	.333	6.11	7	4		1	0	0	28.0	39	25	19	2	8	0	6	0	0	3
James Curnal	1	3	.250	4.50	11	1		1	0	1	34.0	36	25	17	1	25	1	6	1	0	1
Tommy Cruz	0	0		1.12	2	0		0	0	0	8.0	4	2	1	1	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Alcantara	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1		0	0	0	4.0	12	8	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	80	57	.584	3.95	266	137	0	52	9	18	1173.0	1227	619	515	77	428	23	617	22	4	40	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
Tommy Cruz	121	499	457	93	146	26	8	17	81	1	1	39	52	.319	.376	.523	.898	239		2	1	0
Darryl Jones	112	475	435	70	140	29	4	8	70	0	0	33	35	.322	.373	.462	.835	201		4	0	3
Garry Smith	116	498	424	77	138	30	4	13	73	21	2	63	92	.325	.419	.507	.926	215		7	1	3
Jerry Narron	120	497	435	67	121	25	1	15	84	0	0	43	50	.278	.349	.444	.793	193		9	2	8
Roy Staiger	118	493	420	65	119	16	5	19	85	2	3	58	81	.283	.369	.481	.850	202		4	3	8
Marv Thompson	110	455	396	67	115	19	5	5	52	13	2	55	42	.290	.375	.402	.777	159		0	2	2
Dámaso García	102	412	385	51	103	18	6	1	53	22	4	15	50	.268	.303	.353	.656	136		5	6	1
Dennis Werth	93	353	285	57	95	19	4	11	58	1	3	57	62	.333	.444	.544	.988	155		3	4	4
Bobby Brown	66	281	261	51	81	11	4	10	39	24	8	16	33	.310	.357	.498	.855	130		3	1	0
Domingo Ramos	91	350	314	43	74	13	3	0	30	2	0	27	43	.236	.297	.296	.593	93		1	6	2
George Zeber	65	281	234	39	55	9	1	3	17	1	1	40	44	.235	.351	.321	.672	75		2	5	0
Brian Doyle	35	151	133	22	38	7	2	2	16	0	2	15	5	.286	.360	.414	.774	55		1	1	1
Dennis Irwin	59	201	176	16	36	10	0	2	21	0	2	21	28	.205	.296	.295	.592	52		2	2	0
Dan Schmitz	24	91	79	14	19	1	1	0	9	0	0	9	9	.241	.315	.278	.593	22		0	2	1
Nate Chapman	15	72	66	12	17	2	0	0	6	6	2	6	5	.258	.319	.288	.607	19		0	0	0
Totals	1247	5109	4500	744	1297	235	48	106	694	93	30	497	631	.288	.362	.432	.795	1946	0	43	36	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dennis Werth	1B	93	794	57	6	79	.993	9.151
Marv Thompson	1B	19	172	17	1	14	.995	9.947
Jerry Narron	1B	17	142	10	2	16	.987	8.941
Dámaso García	2B	57	129	213	16	43	.955	6.000
George Zeber	2B	42	78	150	10	22	.958	5.429
Brian Doyle	2B	22	45	67	1	21	.991	5.091
Dan Schmitz	2B	18	30	44	3	11	.961	4.111
Marv Thompson	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roy Staiger	3B	118	88	280	15	30	.961	3.119
George Zeber	3B	13	6	21	2	2	.931	2.077
Brian Doyle	3B	8	4	15	1	1	.950	2.375
Marv Thompson	3B	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Darryl Jones	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dennis Irwin	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jerry Narron	C	92	410	68	16	11	.968	5.196	11
Dennis Irwin	C	50	243	19	7	6	.974	5.240	3
Dennis Werth	C	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Garry Smith	OF	116	239	12	8	2	.969	2.164
Marv Thompson	OF	92	166	14	4	5	.978	1.957
Tommy Cruz	OF	88	130	6	8	1	.944	1.545
Bobby Brown	OF	62	151	2	7	0	.956	2.468
Darryl Jones	OF	45	70	5	7	0	.915	1.667
Nate Chapman	OF	15	34	4	2	0	.950	2.533
Neal Mersch	P	42	4	7	1	0	.917	.262
Dave Rajsich	P	36	4	11	0	1	1.000	.417
Roger Slagle	P	26	13	27	3	2	.930	1.538
Rick Anderson	P	26	10	10	0	1	1.000	.769
Jim Lysgaard	P	25	9	16	3	1	.893	1.000
Bob Polinsky	P	22	8	12	1	1	.952	.909
Bob Kammeyer	P	21	17	29	4	2	.920	2.190
Steve Taylor	P	19	8	12	4	1	.833	1.053
Larry McCall	P	18	15	11	0	1	1.000	1.444
James Curnal	P	11	2	3	1	0	.833	.455
Doug Heinold	P	7	3	3	0	0	1.000	.857
Jamie Werly	P	6	2	2	2	0	.667	.667
Jim Beattie	P	4	6	8	0	1	1.000	3.500
Tommy Cruz	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jose Alcantara	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Domingo Ramos	SS	91	155	290	28	60	.941	4.890
Dámaso García	SS	45	88	132	9	34	.961	4.889
Dan Schmitz	SS	3	3	14	0	0	1.000	5.667
Roy Staiger	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Brian Doyle	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1381	3283	1595	173	369	.966	3.532	14	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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