1978 Utica Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 37-34
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Duane Larson (37-34)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 30,638, Avg. 863
The Utica Blue Jays of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Blue Jays scored 454 runs and conceded 438 runs. Tim Thompson led Utica with 10 home runs and drove in 51 runs. Andre Wood paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Charlie Puleo topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.68 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Charlie Puleo played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Utica Blue Jays to do so.
Duane Larson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Puleo | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.68 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 81 | 46 | 31 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Polese | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.38 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||
| David Rohm | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.65 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | 52 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Gregory Coughlin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 40 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mark Stoeber | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51.0 | 48 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| David Buckley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| John Gill | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.76 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 73 | 56 | 37 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Randy Wiens | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Terry Watkins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mike Cullen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 50 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bradley Burger | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.98 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 45 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Mike Kelly | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Carlos Williams | 0 | 0 | 11.45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Miguel Gomez | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roberto Galvez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 37 | 34 | .521 | 4.97 | 176 | 71 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 592.0 | 575 | 438 | 327 | 58 | 411 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thompson | 69 | 308 | 257 | 51 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 43 | .296 | .401 | .486 | .887 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Coyne | 70 | 316 | 276 | 47 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 65 | .272 | .359 | .377 | .736 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andre Wood | 67 | 286 | 246 | 52 | 74 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 45 | .301 | .382 | .467 | .850 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| George Mitchell | 71 | 339 | 267 | 57 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 67 | 37 | .277 | .420 | .348 | .768 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Lajoie | 69 | 292 | 254 | 41 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 49 | .264 | .349 | .366 | .716 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Lebo | 58 | 231 | 203 | 42 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 62 | .271 | .351 | .488 | .838 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Daryl Hill | 57 | 208 | 180 | 38 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 30 | .294 | .377 | .389 | .766 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Kelly | 54 | 182 | 162 | 26 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 28 | .321 | .392 | .463 | .855 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hertel | 46 | 173 | 149 | 31 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 28 | .289 | .376 | .403 | .778 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Wantz | 36 | 135 | 126 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .254 | .289 | .365 | .654 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Feliberto Corona | 42 | 114 | 96 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .229 | .342 | .271 | .613 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Knuth | 35 | 76 | 56 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .357 | .514 | .536 | 1.049 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Bernhardt | 35 | 74 | 69 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .290 | .338 | .377 | .715 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Tapia | 29 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .200 | .304 | .225 | .529 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Williams | 7 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Wiens | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 746 | 2799 | 2398 | 454 | 672 | 115 | 25 | 45 | 392 | 82 | 21 | 343 | 492 | .280 | .373 | .405 | .779 | 972 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thompson | 1B | 66 | 555 | 31 | 15 | 64 | .975 | 8.879 | ||||
| Mike Kelly | 1B | 6 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .986 | 11.667 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Daryl Hill | 2B | 54 | 122 | 150 | 22 | 47 | .925 | 5.037 | ||||
| Feliberto Corona | 2B | 31 | 52 | 80 | 5 | 15 | .964 | 4.258 | ||||
| Bill Lajoie | 3B | 68 | 44 | 145 | 25 | 19 | .883 | 2.779 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | ||||
| Douglas Wantz | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Daryl Hill | 3B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Lebo | C | 52 | 359 | 34 | 11 | 4 | .973 | 7.558 | 23 | |||
| Douglas Wantz | C | 24 | 144 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 6.792 | 9 | |||
| Eddie Williams | C | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Michael Coyne | OF | 70 | 110 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .943 | 1.657 | ||||
| Andre Wood | OF | 66 | 93 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Kelly | OF | 27 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Knuth | OF | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | OF | 23 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.348 | ||||
| Santiago Tapia | OF | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jose Bernhardt | OF | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Eddie Williams | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Douglas Wantz | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Feliberto Corona | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bradley Burger | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Gill | P | 21 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Roberto Galvez | P | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .056 | ||||
| Charlie Puleo | P | 16 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joseph Polese | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| David Rohm | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Mark Stoeber | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Gregory Coughlin | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Mike Cullen | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| David Buckley | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carlos Williams | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| Randy Wiens | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Terry Watkins | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Miguel Gomez | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Kelly | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Mitchell | SS | 71 | 107 | 197 | 35 | 41 | .897 | 4.282 | ||||
| Feliberto Corona | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 810 | 1772 | 802 | 149 | 208 | .945 | 3.178 | 32 | 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.
