1978 Waterloo Indians Statistics
Team Record: 91-46
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Woody Smith (91-46)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 66,406, Avg. 969
Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Waterloo Indians 0
The Waterloo Indians of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 91 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Indians led the circuit with just 527 runs allowed. Waterloo scored 724 runs. Donald Hubbard paced the team with 15 home runs Juan Bonilla drove in 78 runs. Donald Hubbard topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Victor Holmstedt paced the squad with 15 wins, while Sam Spence recorded a 2.38 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1978 Waterloo Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Kevin Rhomberg, Ramón Romero, Jerry Dybzinski and Juan Bonilla.
Woody Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Holmstedt | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.00 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 186.0 | 164 | 70 | 62 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robin Fuson | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.19 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 141.0 | 120 | 63 | 50 | 7 | 92 | 0 | 124 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Sam Spence | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.38 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 174.0 | 131 | 63 | 46 | 13 | 79 | 1 | 144 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Ronnie Arp | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.74 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 96 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Narleski | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55.0 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Teising | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.18 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 133.0 | 120 | 57 | 47 | 8 | 76 | 6 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Carl Nicholson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 72 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gregory Johnson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42.0 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Van Der Meersche | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jesse Wright | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.67 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 54.0 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Warnecke | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.0 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Powers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Elliott | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.65 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Troy Wilder | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.38 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Jeansonne | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| German de Los Santos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ramón Romero | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Grossman | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Hussey | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ron Wrobel | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Walters | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Dubeau | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 91 | 46 | .664 | 3.40 | 259 | 138 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 25 | 1156.0 | 992 | 527 | 437 | 88 | 594 | 23 | 892 | 30 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Dybzinski | 134 | 598 | 508 | 96 | 144 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 25 | 14 | 74 | 58 | .283 | .380 | .392 | .772 | 199 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Juan Bonilla | 130 | 529 | 470 | 81 | 137 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 35 | .291 | .343 | .447 | .790 | 210 | 3 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Donald Hubbard | 124 | 486 | 421 | 72 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 67 | 19 | 9 | 57 | 86 | .306 | .387 | .473 | .859 | 199 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Glenn Wendt | 120 | 517 | 456 | 69 | 123 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 39 | .270 | .329 | .368 | .697 | 168 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||
| John Buszka | 122 | 475 | 367 | 68 | 92 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 41 | .251 | .401 | .373 | .775 | 137 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Angelo LoGrande | 82 | 324 | 278 | 42 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 76 | .273 | .370 | .460 | .830 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Albert Rausch | 98 | 328 | 284 | 48 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 44 | .257 | .352 | .405 | .757 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Venson Davis | 90 | 346 | 294 | 36 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 74 | .238 | .331 | .296 | .627 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Lynn Garrett | 62 | 229 | 197 | 32 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 27 | .264 | .364 | .457 | .821 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Adams | 65 | 234 | 203 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 50 | .256 | .332 | .473 | .805 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 42 | 152 | 123 | 36 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 24 | .309 | .427 | .488 | .914 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Craig Harvey | 50 | 179 | 139 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 39 | .266 | .401 | .403 | .804 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tim Glass | 53 | 185 | 158 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 59 | .171 | .284 | .297 | .582 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Tomski | 40 | 129 | 101 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | .198 | .349 | .238 | .586 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Anderson | 31 | 93 | 74 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .243 | .387 | .459 | .847 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Bolek | 12 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .267 | .436 | .467 | .903 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Saavedra | 10 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .172 | .200 | .276 | .476 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Brill | 11 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .130 | .259 | .174 | .433 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven McMurray | 11 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Conley | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Turner | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1296 | 4933 | 4184 | 700 | 1107 | 184 | 20 | 116 | 618 | 121 | 47 | 616 | 733 | .265 | .360 | .401 | .761 | 1679 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Buszka | 1B | 75 | 657 | 43 | 11 | 62 | .985 | 9.333 | ||||
| Angelo LoGrande | 1B | 60 | 544 | 21 | 12 | 48 | .979 | 9.417 | ||||
| Thomas Anderson | 1B | 7 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 8.429 | ||||
| Juan Bonilla | 2B | 130 | 285 | 381 | 21 | 84 | .969 | 5.123 | ||||
| Glenn Wendt | 2B | 9 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 7 | .969 | 3.444 | ||||
| Robert Conley | 2B | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Albert Rausch | 3B | 82 | 52 | 174 | 20 | 14 | .919 | 2.756 | ||||
| Glenn Wendt | 3B | 61 | 45 | 118 | 17 | 9 | .906 | 2.672 | ||||
| Donald Hubbard | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Harvey | C | 49 | 343 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .992 | 7.592 | 7 | |||
| Jeff Tomski | C | 39 | 204 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 5.846 | 8 | |||
| Tim Glass | C | 31 | 263 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 9.097 | 9 | |||
| Steven McMurray | C | 11 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 5.636 | 2 | |||
| Tim Brill | C | 9 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 7.000 | 3 | |||
| Donald Hubbard | OF | 122 | 181 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .976 | 1.648 | ||||
| Venson Davis | OF | 90 | 131 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 1.556 | ||||
| Craig Adams | OF | 65 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 1.415 | ||||
| John Buszka | OF | 45 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 1.378 | ||||
| Lynn Garrett | OF | 42 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.167 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | OF | 30 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ed Saavedra | OF | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ken Bolek | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| John Teising | P | 32 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Steve Narleski | P | 29 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Victor Holmstedt | P | 25 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.720 | ||||
| Robin Fuson | P | 25 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Sam Spence | P | 24 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.458 | ||||
| Gregory Johnson | P | 22 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Jesse Wright | P | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Ronnie Arp | P | 16 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .829 | 1.812 | ||||
| Carl Nicholson | P | 13 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| David Warnecke | P | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Troy Wilder | P | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| John Walters | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Tom Van Der Meersche | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Bob Grossman | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Elliott | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Dubeau | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Steve Powers | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Wrobel | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| German de Los Santos | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Ramón Romero | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Jeansonne | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Hussey | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Dybzinski | SS | 134 | 191 | 412 | 47 | 75 | .928 | 4.500 | ||||
| Albert Rausch | SS | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Lloyd Turner | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 3404 | 1537 | 185 | 337 | .964 | 3.578 | 29 | 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.
