1978 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Team Record: 67-77
Finished 5th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Larry Bearnarth (67-77)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 104,236, Avg. 1,448
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 67 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.
The Expos scored 521 runs and allowed 561 runs. Clay Westlake led West Palm Beach with 17 home runs and drove in 96 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .298 average. Bob James topped the squad with 10 wins, and Bill Gullickson registered a 1.82 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Engle, Jack O'Connor, Tony Phillips, Bill Gullickson, David Palmer, Tim Raines, Bob James, Tony Johnson and Dave Hostetler were all players from the 1978 West Palm Beach Expos who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Larry Bearnarth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob James | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.12 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 127.0 | 99 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 139 | 4 | 2 | 19 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 9 | 9 | .500 | 1.82 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 148.0 | 121 | 45 | 30 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Scott Anderson | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.85 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 115 | 71 | 59 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 104 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Engle | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.67 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 108.0 | 85 | 54 | 32 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Greg Staffon | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.25 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 89 | 63 | 44 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rick Ramos | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.50 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Palmer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.94 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 44 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Weatherford | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.47 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73.0 | 62 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Kevin Rupp | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.04 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 69.0 | 78 | 42 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack O'Connor | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.03 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76.0 | 78 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steven Lovins | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.50 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 41 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Farrell | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.0 | 65 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Morgan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.06 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Kim Mason | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.79 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 77 | .465 | 3.18 | 294 | 144 | 0 | 57 | 14 | 16 | 1159.0 | 993 | 561 | 409 | 37 | 614 | 8 | 934 | 44 | 11 | 77 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Westlake | 140 | 541 | 483 | 51 | 144 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 68 | .298 | .360 | .451 | .812 | 218 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tony Johnson | 122 | 470 | 393 | 73 | 114 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 71 | 67 | .290 | .406 | .399 | .806 | 157 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Raines | 100 | 438 | 359 | 67 | 103 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 57 | 21 | 64 | 44 | .287 | .400 | .315 | .715 | 113 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| David Hall | 112 | 392 | 343 | 39 | 89 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 66 | .259 | .338 | .344 | .682 | 118 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Edwynn Bell | 112 | 383 | 341 | 35 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 38 | .226 | .291 | .279 | .569 | 95 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Dave Hostetler | 75 | 289 | 249 | 27 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 44 | .269 | .356 | .378 | .734 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Morrison | 67 | 270 | 233 | 37 | 60 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 25 | .258 | .351 | .343 | .694 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Doug Simunic | 85 | 253 | 211 | 20 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 46 | .251 | .365 | .365 | .730 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Phillips | 74 | 289 | 244 | 33 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 37 | .193 | .290 | .283 | .573 | 69 | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Sherow | 51 | 189 | 177 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 31 | .254 | .286 | .328 | .613 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Simmons | 98 | 276 | 239 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 34 | .176 | .261 | .205 | .466 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Johnnie Walker | 55 | 190 | 177 | 11 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | .226 | .251 | .271 | .523 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Gavillan | 73 | 225 | 191 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 42 | .183 | .291 | .204 | .496 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stanley Treadway | 52 | 146 | 122 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 34 | .205 | .308 | .254 | .562 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Grayling Tobias | 38 | 114 | 103 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | .233 | .298 | .252 | .551 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Franklin | 41 | 135 | 106 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 19 | .198 | .346 | .226 | .573 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| David Perez | 46 | 147 | 120 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 29 | .142 | .288 | .183 | .471 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Steenken | 27 | 64 | 53 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .208 | .333 | .226 | .560 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Phillips | 32 | 64 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | .167 | .297 | .167 | .464 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce McAlister | 13 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .182 | .294 | .182 | .476 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Bernazard | 15 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | .167 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lewis Rogers | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Anderson | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1461 | 4965 | 4272 | 521 | 1035 | 142 | 20 | 46 | 439 | 186 | 97 | 563 | 683 | .242 | .334 | .317 | .651 | 1355 | 0 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hostetler | 1B | 73 | 541 | 36 | 11 | 46 | .981 | 7.904 | ||||
| Stanley Treadway | 1B | 43 | 277 | 17 | 8 | 14 | .974 | 6.837 | ||||
| Clay Westlake | 1B | 35 | 255 | 18 | 4 | 13 | .986 | 7.800 | ||||
| Oscar Bernazard | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tim Raines | 2B | 100 | 219 | 267 | 24 | 45 | .953 | 4.860 | ||||
| David Perez | 2B | 21 | 37 | 51 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 4.190 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | 2B | 14 | 27 | 41 | 3 | 5 | .958 | 4.857 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 2B | 9 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Morrison | 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Wayne Simmons | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Morrison | 3B | 66 | 56 | 108 | 19 | 11 | .896 | 2.485 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | 3B | 35 | 21 | 62 | 6 | 1 | .933 | 2.371 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | 3B | 17 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 1.529 | ||||
| David Hall | 3B | 16 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | .767 | 1.438 | ||||
| Bruce McAlister | 3B | 11 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .828 | 2.182 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 3B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| David Perez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Pedro Gavillan | C | 72 | 465 | 56 | 9 | 4 | .983 | 7.236 | 9 | |||
| Doug Simunic | C | 71 | 443 | 40 | 3 | 3 | .994 | 6.803 | 19 | |||
| Mark Steenken | C | 14 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.286 | 3 | |||
| Lewis Rogers | C | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 2 | |||
| Tony Johnson | OF | 107 | 129 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .958 | 1.271 | ||||
| Edwynn Bell | OF | 98 | 167 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .983 | 1.755 | ||||
| David Hall | OF | 91 | 167 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 1.967 | ||||
| Richard Phillips | OF | 65 | 122 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 1.954 | ||||
| Dennis Sherow | OF | 49 | 86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.878 | ||||
| Grayling Tobias | OF | 32 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 2.062 | ||||
| Oscar Bernazard | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Stanley Treadway | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kevin Rupp | P | 33 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .515 | ||||
| Bob Weatherford | P | 32 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Jack O'Connor | P | 29 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .448 | ||||
| Scott Anderson | P | 27 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 1 | .860 | 1.370 | ||||
| Michael Farrell | P | 25 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .840 | ||||
| Greg Staffon | P | 22 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .850 | 1.545 | ||||
| Bob James | P | 21 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .750 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rick Engle | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .667 | .571 | ||||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 20 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | P | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Steven Lovins | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Kim Mason | P | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Dan Morgan | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Rick Ramos | P | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| David Palmer | P | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 2.429 | ||||
| Wayne Simmons | SS | 97 | 126 | 212 | 38 | 24 | .899 | 3.485 | ||||
| David Perez | SS | 26 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 8 | .899 | 2.731 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | SS | 23 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 9 | .878 | 3.435 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | SS | 8 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 2.375 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | SS | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .821 | 4.600 | ||||
| Tim Raines | SS | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Bruce McAlister | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1524 | 3474 | 1371 | 234 | 209 | .954 | 3.179 | 33 | 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.
