1978 Waterbury Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (65-74)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 46,011, Avg. 662

1978 Waterbury Giants Roster

The Waterbury Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.

The Giants scored 563 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 607 runs. Jose Barrios led Waterbury with 13 home runs Chris Bourjos drove in 66 runs. Mike Rex topped all regular batters by hitting .307. Bob Tufts paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.83 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1978 Waterbury Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jose Barrios, Chris Bourjos, Bob Taylor, Bob Kearney, Gorman Heimueller and Bob Tufts.

Andy Gilbert 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
Bob Tufts	13	5	.722	2.83	21	19		15	2	0	143.0	135	49	45	4	42	3	83	3	0	6
Doug Schaefer	10	11	.476	3.82	28	28		14	3	0	184.0	195	92	78	14	92	2	104	2	0	9
Earnest Schmidt	9	5	.643	3.71	26	18		8	0	0	143.0	140	72	59	7	54	3	83	10	1	6
Gorman Heimueller	8	7	.533	4.81	41	1		0	0	7	73.0	67	49	39	5	48	6	63	4	1	11
David Mendoza	8	14	.364	3.99	27	27		13	4	0	185.0	181	92	82	17	66	5	117	0	1	6
Mike Glinatsis	7	13	.350	4.39	27	27		8	2	0	162.0	187	104	79	8	83	2	88	7	1	9
Scott Budner	6	1	.857	0.80	7	7		7	4	0	56.0	41	6	5	0	15	0	51	1	0	2
Monroe Greenfield	4	8	.333	5.48	20	6		1	0	0	69.0	83	55	42	6	49	5	30	2	0	2
Mike Heinen	0	4	.000	5.73	24	0		0	0	2	44.0	53	35	28	6	25	2	26	4	0	1
Steve Cline	0	6	.000	5.67	26	6		2	0	1	73.0	81	53	46	7	39	2	61	5	1	4
Totals	65	74	.468	4.00	247	139	0	68	15	10	1132.0	1163	607	503	74	513	30	706	38	5	56	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
Mike Rex	128	557	476	74	146	20	9	5	52	7	4	66	45	.307	.397	.418	.815	199		6	8	1
Chris Bourjos	116	479	426	62	120	21	5	8	66	8	2	34	53	.282	.341	.411	.752	175		8	4	7
Jose Barrios	139	536	478	54	109	22	6	13	56	1	1	43	95	.228	.295	.381	.676	182		4	7	4
Tom Bhagwat	126	511	435	61	108	15	6	8	65	2	1	66	55	.248	.346	.366	.712	159		2	3	5
Mark Woodbrey	119	491	406	71	102	18	6	3	27	13	9	67	56	.251	.366	.347	.713	141		7	10	1
Wayne Cato	104	394	347	35	91	15	2	1	39	2	1	28	27	.262	.325	.326	.650	113		7	6	6
Mark Kuecker	127	473	408	52	87	13	4	3	33	2	0	52	89	.213	.300	.287	.587	117		0	10	3
James Elrod	99	348	310	26	86	16	2	2	30	0	2	26	46	.277	.333	.361	.695	112		2	6	4
Ken Barton	100	393	340	39	81	12	2	4	46	1	0	35	32	.238	.305	.321	.626	109		1	10	7
Steve Wilkins	84	315	263	32	58	11	2	9	45	0	1	41	64	.221	.333	.380	.714	100		5	3	3
Howard Mitchell	46	168	145	20	38	3	1	2	8	2	3	20	17	.262	.352	.338	.689	49		0	3	0
Bob Kearney	38	135	125	10	21	3	0	1	8	0	0	7	21	.168	.222	.216	.438	27		2	0	1
Bob Taylor	21	73	66	12	20	6	0	0	4	0	0	5	8	.303	.342	.394	.736	26		0	0	2
William Young	30	98	87	11	20	6	0	4	14	0	0	7	22	.230	.289	.437	.725	38		1	1	2
Richard Casillas	7	24	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.130	.130	.130	.261	3		0	1	0
Donnie Sasser	7	22	20	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	7	.100	.182	.250	.432	5		0	0	0
Billy Prather	3	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0
Totals	1294	5024	4361	563	1093	181	45	64	497	38	24	499	646	.251	.331	.357	.687	1556	0	45	73	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Barrios	1B	139	1207	114	15	98	.989	9.504
Tom Bhagwat	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Rex	2B	123	260	319	14	73	.976	4.707
Ken Barton	2B	16	34	41	0	12	1.000	4.688
Howard Mitchell	2B	1	1	4	1	0	.833	5.000
James Elrod	3B	94	80	179	15	24	.945	2.755
Ken Barton	3B	31	33	63	9	3	.914	3.097
Howard Mitchell	3B	15	19	29	3	2	.941	3.200
Wayne Cato	C	87	489	47	17	10	.969	6.161	11
Bob Kearney	C	37	195	33	9	6	.962	6.162	3
Richard Casillas	C	7	38	1	0	1	1.000	5.571	2
Donnie Sasser	C	6	31	1	2	0	.941	5.333	3
Billy Prather	C	3	10	2	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Mark Woodbrey	OF	118	243	8	8	1	.969	2.127
Chris Bourjos	OF	114	181	7	6	2	.969	1.649
Tom Bhagwat	OF	87	124	6	5	0	.963	1.494
Ken Barton	OF	44	83	5	3	1	.967	2.000
Steve Wilkins	OF	42	68	5	4	0	.948	1.738
Howard Mitchell	OF	20	34	3	0	1	1.000	1.850
William Young	OF	5	6	0	1	0	.857	1.200
Wayne Cato	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gorman Heimueller	P	41	3	29	3	0	.914	.780
Doug Schaefer	P	28	13	34	4	2	.922	1.679
David Mendoza	P	27	15	26	2	0	.953	1.519
Mike Glinatsis	P	27	12	29	4	3	.911	1.519
Earnest Schmidt	P	26	15	19	2	1	.944	1.308
Steve Cline	P	26	6	17	0	2	1.000	.885
Mike Heinen	P	24	1	6	1	0	.875	.292
Bob Tufts	P	21	11	38	1	2	.980	2.333
Monroe Greenfield	P	20	6	14	2	3	.909	1.000
Scott Budner	P	7	3	13	1	1	.941	2.286
Mark Kuecker	SS	127	148	343	29	51	.944	3.866
Howard Mitchell	SS	8	16	27	0	8	1.000	5.375
Mike Rex	SS	6	3	10	1	2	.929	2.167
Totals		1379	3392	1472	162	310	.968	3.527	19	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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