1978 Victoria Mussels Statistics
Team Record: 29-40
Finished 4th in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Chapman (29-40)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 10,103, Avg. 293
The Victoria Mussels of the Northwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Mussels scored 334 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 385 runs. P. K. Kirsch drove in 42 runs. Robert Potts led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .305. Dale Mohorcic and Roy Moretti topped the team with 6 wins each, while Dale Mohorcic recorded a 2.02 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave Cheadle and Dale Mohorcic both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Chapman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Mohorcic | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.02 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 84 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Roy Moretti | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82.0 | 82 | 57 | 47 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Harding | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.03 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 53 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brian Peterson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Cheadle | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.70 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 70 | 48 | 36 | 6 | 60 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Douglas Hogan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mathew Reeves | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.84 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Donald Rogelstad | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.68 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 88 | 56 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Frank Lucarelli | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.83 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 91 | 73 | 57 | 6 | 72 | 1 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 11 | ||
| P. K. Kirsch | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Watson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcel Moran | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Gans | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Watkins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 40 | .420 | 4.48 | 149 | 69 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 599.0 | 606 | 385 | 298 | 55 | 319 | 8 | 383 | 30 | 7 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Potts | 64 | 257 | 220 | 41 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 36 | .305 | .392 | .473 | .865 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| P. K. Kirsch | 62 | 252 | 227 | 25 | 67 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 28 | .295 | .350 | .410 | .759 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Morganti | 69 | 310 | 259 | 53 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 36 | .243 | .355 | .390 | .745 | 101 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Carey | 61 | 256 | 229 | 31 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 36 | .266 | .324 | .358 | .682 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Grant Alpaugh | 67 | 268 | 225 | 27 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 21 | .262 | .357 | .307 | .663 | 69 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| James Thamann | 65 | 252 | 225 | 21 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 34 | .262 | .329 | .324 | .654 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Newby | 55 | 213 | 180 | 27 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 38 | .239 | .351 | .333 | .684 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Kasunic | 38 | 142 | 126 | 14 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 16 | .286 | .362 | .341 | .703 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Chapman | 47 | 196 | 150 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 26 | .227 | .399 | .293 | .692 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Schultz | 41 | 162 | 144 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 26 | .229 | .302 | .264 | .566 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Gans | 35 | 143 | 124 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 31 | .234 | .319 | .387 | .706 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Bush | 30 | 116 | 94 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 29 | .213 | .348 | .298 | .646 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Lord | 7 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .455 | .916 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Moretti | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Lucarelli | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Kuhlman | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Harding | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 701 | 2599 | 2231 | 324 | 579 | 81 | 17 | 33 | 268 | 110 | 48 | 305 | 359 | .260 | .351 | .355 | .706 | 793 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Carey | 1B | 51 | 453 | 22 | 10 | 33 | .979 | 9.314 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | 1B | 10 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.300 | ||||
| Robert Potts | 1B | 4 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.250 | ||||
| Danny Gans | 1B | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 9.667 | ||||
| James Thamann | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Kuhlman | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Chapman | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Schultz | 2B | 39 | 106 | 68 | 9 | 13 | .951 | 4.462 | ||||
| Grant Alpaugh | 2B | 24 | 79 | 57 | 5 | 22 | .965 | 5.667 | ||||
| Douglas Morganti | 2B | 11 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 7 | .933 | 5.091 | ||||
| Kevin Newby | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Grant Alpaugh | 3B | 40 | 29 | 77 | 5 | 6 | .955 | 2.650 | ||||
| Jim Chapman | 3B | 17 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 8 | .855 | 3.471 | ||||
| Danny Gans | 3B | 15 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .833 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Thamann | C | 54 | 304 | 51 | 13 | 4 | .965 | 6.574 | 12 | |||
| Charles Lord | C | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 1 | |||
| Robert Potts | OF | 56 | 83 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | OF | 50 | 89 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 1.900 | ||||
| Kevin Newby | OF | 43 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.581 | ||||
| Steven Kasunic | OF | 37 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 2.162 | ||||
| John Bush | OF | 23 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.435 | ||||
| James Thamann | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Brian Peterson | P | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Roy Moretti | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| David Harding | P | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Donald Rogelstad | P | 14 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Dale Mohorcic | P | 14 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.571 | ||||
| Frank Lucarelli | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .786 | ||||
| Dave Cheadle | P | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Douglas Hogan | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Mathew Reeves | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| David Watson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Watkins | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Marcel Moran | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Gans | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Morganti | SS | 62 | 70 | 221 | 28 | 25 | .912 | 4.694 | ||||
| Jim Chapman | SS | 11 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 3 | .889 | 4.364 | ||||
| Totals | 714 | 1650 | 775 | 123 | 140 | .952 | 3.396 | 13 | 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.
