1978 Visalia Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 97-42
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Roy McMillan (97-42)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 52,618, Avg. 757
Playoffs - Visalia Oaks 3 games, Lodi Dodgers 2
The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 97 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Oaks plated 1007 runs, tops in the circuit. Visalia gave up 679 runs. Steven McManaman paced the squad with 29 home runs, while Scott Ullger, Steve Douglas and Joe Charboneau each walloped 15 or more also. Steven McManaman accounted for 120 RBI. Joe Charboneau topped all regular batters with a .350 average. Gene Robinson and Bob Veselic led the team with 18 wins each, and Bob Veselic recorded a 3.35 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Visalia Oaks who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Scott Ullger, Tack Wilson, Bob Veselic and Joe Charboneau.
Roy McMillan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Robinson | 18 | 5 | .783 | 3.75 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 192.0 | 211 | 110 | 80 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 134 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Bob Veselic | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.35 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 215.0 | 214 | 102 | 80 | 8 | 98 | 2 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jeffery Clark | 13 | 1 | .929 | 4.22 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 113.0 | 125 | 71 | 53 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Tom Biko | 13 | 4 | .765 | 4.27 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 177.0 | 195 | 107 | 84 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Dean Marietta | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.68 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 190 | 93 | 76 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jerome Hoffman | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.45 | 27 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 172 | 83 | 59 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Charles Belk | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.00 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.0 | 67 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McWilliams | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.88 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 95 | 52 | 49 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jeff Brueggemann | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.68 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 66.0 | 61 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Dan Henry | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 97 | 42 | .698 | 3.96 | 246 | 139 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 23 | 1206.0 | 1335 | 679 | 530 | 76 | 471 | 10 | 704 | 32 | 7 | 81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Douglas | 136 | 655 | 559 | 142 | 192 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 106 | 16 | 4 | 68 | 92 | .343 | .416 | .556 | .972 | 311 | 6 | 15 | 7 | ||
| Tack Wilson | 134 | 671 | 525 | 126 | 183 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 79 | 63 | 25 | 119 | 50 | .349 | .475 | .438 | .913 | 230 | 11 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Joe Charboneau | 130 | 589 | 497 | 119 | 174 | 35 | 5 | 18 | 116 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 70 | .350 | .437 | .549 | .986 | 273 | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Scott Ullger | 134 | 581 | 465 | 105 | 149 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 108 | 13 | 4 | 96 | 78 | .320 | .439 | .535 | .975 | 249 | 8 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Steven McManaman | 127 | 593 | 502 | 104 | 147 | 27 | 3 | 29 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 152 | .293 | .386 | .532 | .918 | 267 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| John Daynor | 129 | 603 | 489 | 110 | 136 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 75 | .278 | .396 | .409 | .805 | 200 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Ray Bozich | 131 | 568 | 411 | 104 | 112 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 83 | 19 | 6 | 138 | 90 | .273 | .463 | .416 | .879 | 171 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Steve Herz | 105 | 445 | 389 | 60 | 110 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 51 | .283 | .356 | .396 | .751 | 154 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Ennis | 66 | 279 | 223 | 37 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 32 | .265 | .389 | .318 | .707 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Rick Cyburt | 55 | 222 | 180 | 32 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 19 | .300 | .410 | .306 | .716 | 55 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dan Henry | 73 | 282 | 250 | 40 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 52 | .216 | .281 | .324 | .605 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gilbert Ramirez | 45 | 181 | 165 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 41 | .218 | .287 | .279 | .566 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Mears | 8 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1273 | 5700 | 4682 | 1007 | 1410 | 228 | 42 | 130 | 879 | 134 | 49 | 827 | 806 | .301 | .409 | .451 | .860 | 2112 | 0 | 63 | 71 | 57 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Daynor | 1B | 125 | 1130 | 71 | 14 | 110 | .988 | 9.608 | ||||
| Steven McManaman | 1B | 13 | 142 | 14 | 1 | 14 | .994 | 12.000 | ||||
| Steve Herz | 1B | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | 2B | 83 | 212 | 280 | 10 | 50 | .980 | 5.928 | ||||
| Jerry Ennis | 2B | 53 | 126 | 166 | 9 | 32 | .970 | 5.509 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | 2B | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Steve Douglas | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | 3B | 111 | 83 | 212 | 26 | 20 | .919 | 2.658 | ||||
| Dan Henry | 3B | 30 | 20 | 56 | 11 | 2 | .874 | 2.533 | ||||
| Ronnie Mears | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Herz | C | 100 | 561 | 87 | 14 | 5 | .979 | 6.480 | 12 | |||
| Gilbert Ramirez | C | 41 | 189 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 5.439 | 8 | |||
| Steve Douglas | OF | 135 | 217 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .957 | 1.652 | ||||
| Tack Wilson | OF | 134 | 348 | 11 | 15 | 5 | .960 | 2.679 | ||||
| Joe Charboneau | OF | 130 | 244 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 1.954 | ||||
| Dan Henry | OF | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .929 | ||||
| Steven McManaman | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Daynor | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gilbert Ramirez | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Brueggemann | P | 39 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .410 | ||||
| Charles Belk | P | 32 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Tom Biko | P | 30 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .871 | .900 | ||||
| Bob Veselic | P | 29 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 3 | .849 | 1.552 | ||||
| Jerome Hoffman | P | 27 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Gene Robinson | P | 26 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dean Marietta | P | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .920 | ||||
| Jeffery Clark | P | 20 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Tom McWilliams | P | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Dan Henry | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Cyburt | SS | 55 | 94 | 172 | 38 | 30 | .875 | 4.836 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | SS | 49 | 74 | 127 | 15 | 28 | .931 | 4.102 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | SS | 20 | 31 | 70 | 6 | 10 | .944 | 5.050 | ||||
| Jerry Ennis | SS | 13 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 6 | .862 | 4.308 | ||||
| Ronnie Mears | SS | 6 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .932 | 6.833 | ||||
| Dan Henry | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1380 | 3617 | 1588 | 219 | 341 | .960 | 3.772 | 20 | 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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