1978 West Haven Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Stump Merrill (82-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Ballpark: Quigley Stadium
Attendance: 46,048, Avg. 663
The West Haven Yankees of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Yankees paced the league with 712 runs, ignited by 105 home runs. West Haven allowed 622 runs. Rick Stenholm and Joe Lefebvre led the team with 19 home runs apiece., and Jim McDonald walloped 15 or more, too. Rick Stenholm drove in 102 runs. Dennis Sherrill topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .292 clip. Paul Semall paced the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.06 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1978 West Haven Yankees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Domingo Ramos, Don Castle, Roger Slagle, Chris Welsh, Tim Lollar, Mike Heath, Ron Davis, Roger Holt, Juan Espino, Gil Rondón, Larry McCall, Rick Anderson, Dennis Sherrill, Steve Balboni and Joe Lefebvre.
Stump Merrill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Semall | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3.06 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 200.0 | 176 | 81 | 68 | 12 | 75 | 3 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Tim Lewis | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.36 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 148 | 76 | 63 | 13 | 70 | 5 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Chris Welsh | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.46 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 164.0 | 159 | 88 | 63 | 13 | 68 | 4 | 115 | 6 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Ron Davis | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.50 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Melvin | 8 | 1 | .889 | 4.29 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 107.0 | 114 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 42 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gil Rondón | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.54 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 118 | 75 | 64 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Curnal | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry McCall | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.71 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Kibbee | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Fleshman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 36 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Softy | 2 | 8 | .200 | 7.20 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 90.0 | 117 | 77 | 72 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Lollar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.81 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jose Alcantara | 0 | 0 | 3.19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Scott Delgatti | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 57 | .590 | 4.01 | 248 | 139 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 1157.0 | 1157 | 622 | 516 | 96 | 509 | 28 | 717 | 18 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Sherrill | 135 | 525 | 486 | 75 | 142 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 61 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 96 | .292 | .330 | .426 | .756 | 207 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Rick Stenholm | 128 | 536 | 462 | 71 | 128 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 102 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 58 | .277 | .353 | .448 | .801 | 207 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 123 | 490 | 448 | 49 | 126 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 74 | .281 | .333 | .458 | .791 | 205 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Buck Showalter | 123 | 496 | 429 | 52 | 124 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 55 | 34 | .289 | .372 | .350 | .721 | 150 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lefebvre | 134 | 551 | 459 | 102 | 122 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 70 | 3 | 6 | 76 | 77 | .266 | .376 | .484 | .860 | 222 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Roger Holt | 137 | 507 | 418 | 78 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 74 | 54 | .278 | .389 | .301 | .691 | 126 | 3 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Don Castle | 115 | 457 | 405 | 63 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 56 | .279 | .350 | .422 | .772 | 171 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Nate Chapman | 88 | 384 | 350 | 73 | 108 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 24 | 40 | .309 | .356 | .434 | .790 | 152 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Juan Espino | 82 | 295 | 261 | 32 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 62 | .280 | .356 | .402 | .758 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heath | 66 | 258 | 217 | 43 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 39 | .295 | .394 | .488 | .882 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Pichardo | 50 | 167 | 154 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 10 | .286 | .329 | .344 | .673 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Bautista | 68 | 218 | 190 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 43 | .232 | .308 | .326 | .635 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Domingo Ramos | 40 | 149 | 134 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .254 | .292 | .321 | .613 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tim Lollar | 28 | 68 | 55 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .255 | .397 | .436 | .833 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Paulino | 12 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .160 | .250 | .240 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Seoanee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Balboni | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Lewis | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Davis | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Melvin | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chris Welsh | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1432 | 5136 | 4499 | 712 | 1256 | 198 | 35 | 105 | 624 | 121 | 56 | 496 | 680 | .279 | .354 | .409 | .763 | 1839 | 0 | 42 | 69 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McDonald | 1B | 102 | 878 | 49 | 9 | 71 | .990 | 9.088 | ||||
| Don Castle | 1B | 36 | 336 | 26 | 7 | 35 | .981 | 1.056 | ||||
| Tim Lollar | 1B | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Roger Holt | 2B | 136 | 282 | 345 | 29 | 82 | .956 | 4.610 | ||||
| Antonio Bautista | 2B | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 5.000 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 2B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Antonio Bautista | 3B | 45 | 19 | 81 | 18 | 7 | .847 | 2.222 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 3B | 39 | 26 | 91 | 8 | 11 | .936 | 3.000 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 3B | 38 | 22 | 81 | 12 | 5 | .896 | 2.711 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | 3B | 31 | 24 | 44 | 7 | 5 | .907 | 2.194 | ||||
| Juan Espino | C | 77 | 426 | 44 | 6 | 3 | .987 | 6.104 | 9 | |||
| Mike Heath | C | 65 | 335 | 51 | 10 | 7 | .975 | 5.938 | 2 | |||
| Joe Lefebvre | C | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 0 | |||
| Isaac Seoanee | C | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Bautista | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Rick Stenholm | OF | 123 | 212 | 9 | 8 | 3 | .965 | 1.797 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | OF | 115 | 192 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .967 | 1.800 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | OF | 111 | 205 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 1.883 | ||||
| Nate Chapman | OF | 82 | 180 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 2.256 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | OF | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.778 | ||||
| Don Castle | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Gil Rondón | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Melvin | P | 30 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Paul Semall | P | 26 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mark Softy | P | 25 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .600 | ||||
| Chris Welsh | P | 24 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .871 | 1.125 | ||||
| Tim Lewis | P | 24 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Ron Davis | P | 21 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .870 | .952 | ||||
| Gil Rondón | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.211 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Kibbee | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Jose Alcantara | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| James Curnal | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Tim Lollar | P | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Richard Fleshman | P | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Delgatti | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Doug Heinold | P | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Larry McCall | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | SS | 102 | 145 | 305 | 35 | 47 | .928 | 4.412 | ||||
| Domingo Ramos | SS | 40 | 40 | 128 | 6 | 27 | .966 | 4.200 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roger Holt | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Heath | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1430 | 3466 | 1483 | 193 | 322 | .962 | 3.461 | 12 | 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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