1978 Winter Haven Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 82-56
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Rac Slider (82-56)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winter Haven, Florida
Ballpark: Chain O'Lakes Park
Attendance: 13,922, Avg. 202
The Winter Haven Red Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 82 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Red Sox scored 553 runs and gave up 459 runs. Roland Alburtis led Winter Haven with 13 home runs and accounted for 67 RBI. Chico Walker and Erwin Bryant topped hitters with significant playing time with a .279 average. Brian Denman paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.05 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Winter Haven Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rich Gedman, Pete Ladd, Reid Nichols, Chico Walker, Dennis Burtt, Keith MacWhorter, Juan Agosto, Brian Denman, Ed Jurak and Steve Shields.
Rac Slider 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Denman | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.05 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 189.0 | 147 | 51 | 43 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 122 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Keith MacWhorter | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.19 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 115.0 | 87 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Pete Ladd | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 85.0 | 69 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Burtt | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.61 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 100.0 | 76 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Steven Miller | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.87 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91.0 | 78 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Goode | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.21 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 92 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Edward Nuss | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.26 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 118 | 56 | 45 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan Weppner | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.93 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 84.0 | 63 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Al Faust | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.74 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 79 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Howard | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.29 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 117 | 64 | 45 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Shields | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.94 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry King | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Poole | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Agosto | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 56 | .594 | 2.76 | 278 | 139 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 30 | 1137.7 | 1025 | 459 | 349 | 40 | 353 | 13 | 706 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Walker | 133 | 532 | 480 | 66 | 134 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 43 | 71 | .279 | .337 | .344 | .680 | 165 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Erwin Bryant | 110 | 446 | 394 | 50 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 25 | .279 | .348 | .292 | .640 | 115 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Reid Nichols | 125 | 462 | 413 | 52 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 39 | 46 | .247 | .312 | .337 | .648 | 139 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Roland Alburtis | 119 | 435 | 374 | 54 | 96 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 57 | .257 | .348 | .412 | .760 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Rich Gedman | 98 | 348 | 297 | 35 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 29 | .300 | .393 | .407 | .800 | 121 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Edwin Rose | 117 | 445 | 380 | 39 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 42 | 39 | .216 | .298 | .268 | .567 | 102 | 4 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Russ Laribee | 92 | 342 | 301 | 47 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 42 | .266 | .345 | .399 | .744 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Matthew Coletta | 85 | 312 | 284 | 38 | 74 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 36 | .261 | .318 | .352 | .670 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Juan Pautt | 101 | 336 | 280 | 35 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 67 | .257 | .371 | .321 | .693 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Gill | 99 | 337 | 281 | 45 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 35 | .249 | .354 | .281 | .635 | 79 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| John Edwards | 72 | 255 | 219 | 27 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | .260 | .349 | .306 | .655 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kenny Young | 56 | 201 | 186 | 18 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | .237 | .289 | .317 | .606 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Jurak | 38 | 159 | 139 | 14 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 22 | .266 | .327 | .281 | .607 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Matthew Hukill | 50 | 166 | 142 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .261 | .346 | .324 | .670 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Newton | 52 | 173 | 142 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 45 | .155 | .298 | .190 | .488 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1347 | 4949 | 4312 | 550 | 1106 | 139 | 23 | 44 | 464 | 82 | 37 | 514 | 572 | .256 | .337 | .330 | .667 | 1423 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Alburtis | 1B | 113 | 912 | 63 | 16 | 76 | .984 | 8.628 | ||||
| John Edwards | 1B | 32 | 291 | 19 | 6 | 17 | .981 | 9.688 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edwin Rose | 2B | 115 | 240 | 348 | 16 | 62 | .974 | 5.113 | ||||
| Frank Gill | 2B | 18 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 10 | .890 | 4.056 | ||||
| Chico Walker | 2B | 10 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 3.800 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 3B | 104 | 102 | 189 | 19 | 17 | .939 | 2.798 | ||||
| Chico Walker | 3B | 12 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matthew Coletta | 3B | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .848 | 2.333 | ||||
| Reid Nichols | 3B | 11 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.727 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | 3B | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Frank Gill | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rich Gedman | C | 82 | 377 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .995 | 5.073 | 13 | |||
| Matthew Hukill | C | 47 | 261 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 6.043 | 9 | |||
| John Edwards | C | 28 | 119 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 4.607 | 3 | |||
| Reid Nichols | OF | 114 | 194 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .967 | 1.798 | ||||
| Juan Pautt | OF | 87 | 143 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 1.747 | ||||
| Frank Gill | OF | 75 | 129 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.867 | ||||
| Matthew Coletta | OF | 65 | 110 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .952 | 1.846 | ||||
| Kenny Young | OF | 53 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 2.113 | ||||
| Glenn Newton | OF | 43 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.512 | ||||
| Roland Alburtis | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Russ Laribee | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Ladd | P | 44 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .295 | ||||
| Keith MacWhorter | P | 33 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .906 | .879 | ||||
| Dennis Burtt | P | 29 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .875 | .966 | ||||
| Mike Howard | P | 28 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .808 | .750 | ||||
| Brian Denman | P | 27 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 2.074 | ||||
| Ronald Goode | P | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dan Weppner | P | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Edward Nuss | P | 19 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| Steven Miller | P | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .789 | ||||
| Steve Shields | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Al Faust | P | 11 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Bruce Poole | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Jerry King | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Juan Agosto | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Chico Walker | SS | 110 | 148 | 342 | 37 | 53 | .930 | 4.455 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 27 | 41 | 82 | 13 | 14 | .904 | 4.556 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | SS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Reid Nichols | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3408 | 1457 | 190 | 276 | .962 | 3.337 | 25 | 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.
