1978 COLUMBUS CLIPPERS

| Level: AAA

Location: Columbus,OH
Team Record: 61-78 .439
Result: 7th in International League
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager(s): Johnny Lipon
Stadium: Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 324,510
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Clay Carroll (37)
Youngest Player: Pascual Perez (21)
Top Hitter: Mike Easler (4)
Top Pitcher: Odell Jones (1)

International League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Char., W.Va.	85	55	.607	--
Pawtucket	81	59	.579	4.0
Toledo	74	66	.529	11.0
Richmond	71	68	.511	13.5
Tidewater	69	71	.493	16.0
Rochester	68	72	.486	17.0
Columbus	61	78	.439	23.5
Syracuse	50	90	.357	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Mike Easler	of	4	27	1969-14-312	MLB	126	448	84	148	26	3	18	84	7	4	75	86	1		0	3		.330	.425	.522	947	234	527	307	-	-	.375
-	Dorian Boyland	1b	23	23	1976-2-45	MLB	113	405	64	118	19	6	12	61	9	7	34	96	2		6	4		.291	.346	.457	803	185	451	304	-	-	.352
-	Gary Hargis	h	-	21	1974-2-35	AAA	107	371	45	105	21	2	10	45	4	3	5	42	3		7	2		.283	.297	.431	728	160	388	278	-	-	.296
-	Robert Baldwin		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	97	368	50	99	14	2	12	39	5	6	21	47	2		6	1		.269	.311	.416	727	153	398	282	-	-	.281
-	Steve Nicosia	c	37	21	1973-1-24	MLB	111	366	66	118	20	5	12	74	2	3	62	61	3		3	5		.322	.420	.503	922	184	439	259	-	-	.356
-	Dale Berra	ss-3b	34	21	1975-1-20	MLB	99	361	58	101	18	5	18	63	9	3	30	73	3		1	3		.280	.338	.507	844	183	398	267	-	-	.304
-	Harry Saferight	c	-	29	1971-35-723	AAA	107	340	37	84	9	1	9	50	1	1	36	64	1		3	0		.247	.321	.359	680	122	380	260	-	-	.281
-	Ron Mitchell	of	61	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	101	255	41	52	8	5	5	26	3	5	33	54	2		4	1		.204	.299	.333	632	85	295	213	-	-	.239
-	Ken Macha	3b-1b	-	27	1972-6-143	MLB	65	233	34	61	10	1	6	34	3	0	36	33	1		1	1		.262	.362	.391	752	91	272	174	-	-	.282
-	Kim Allen	2b-of	42	25	UDFA: 1975	MLB	68	208	46	60	11	2	2	14	25	11	48	17	2		1	1		.288	.425	.389	814	81	260	161	-	-	.305
-	Benny Ayala	of	-	27	UDFA: 1971	MLB	39	203	30	69	11	4	6	35	2	2	15	20	1		3	1		.340	.386	.522	909	106	223	140	-	-	.354
-	Tom Shopay	of	-	33	1965-34-624	MLB	64	203	34	58	11	3	3	24	4	1	26	26	0		4	1		.286	.365	.414	779	84	234	151	-	-	.314
-	Alberto Lois	of	-	22	UDFA: 1978	MLB	49	181	27	46	3	3	6	20	5	3	9	47	1		2	0		.254	.293	.403	697	73	193	140	-	-	.312
-	Pablo Cruz		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	37	132	20	37	5	0	0	8	3	1	5	12	3		2	0		.280	.321	.318	640	42	142	98	-	-	.308
-	Mike Fiore	1b	-	33	UDFA: 1978	MLB	36	109	9	25	5	0	1	7	0	0	15	19	0		3	0		.229	.323	.303	625	33	127	87	-	-	.270
-	Lee Richard	ss-3b	-	29	1970-1-6	MLB	23	85	13	18	4	2	0	2	1	3	4	14	0		0	0		.212	.247	.306	553	26	89	70	-	-	.254
-	Oswaldo Olivares		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	20	71	11	16	1	2	0	7	2	3	7	4	2		0	0		.225	.312	.296	608	21	80	58	-	-	.239
-	Fernando Gonzalez	2b-3b	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	16	58	8	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	3	8	0		0	2		.259	.286	.310	596	18	63	45	-	-	.288
-	Marc Rhea	ss	-	27	1971-3-71	AAA	20	39	5	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	9	0		0	0		.128	.261	.154	415	6	46	34	-	-	.167
-	Juan Deliza		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	15	28	6	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	0		0	0		.286	.333	.429	762	12	30	20	-	-	.381
-	Jim Fuller	of	-	27	1970-2-41	MLB	7	18	1	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	10	1		0	0		.167	.250	.333	583	6	20	15	-	-	.286
-	Eugenio Cotes	of	-	26	UDFA: 1978	AAA	6	18	2	5	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	2	1		0	0		.278	.350	.333	683	6	20	13	-	-	.312
-	Rick Baldwin	p	-	25	1971-9-204	MLB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Al Holland	p	-	25	1975-4-81	MLB	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Rod Scurry	p	-	22	1974-1-11	MLB	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
-	Odell Jones	p	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (26 players)							139	4502	693	1251	203	47	121	614	87	56	475	751	29	0	46	25		.278	.349	.424	773	1911	5077	3378	--	--	.309

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Odell Jones	1	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	12	9	4.57	28	26	10	2		1	181.0	174	100	92	20	69	169	11		1.34	8.65	0.99	3.43	8.40	0.41
-	Roger Nelson	26	34	1968-6-130	MLB	3	8	3.73	51	1	0	0		10	99.0	92	50	41	10	45	63	6		1.38	8.36	0.91	4.09	5.73	0.71
-	Dave Pagan	61	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	6	8	4.27	18	16	3	1		0	99.0	116	54	47	6	23	51	0		1.40	10.55	0.55	2.09	4.64	0.45
-	Al Holland	-	25	1975-4-81	MLB	8	5	5.34	20	19	0	0		0	91.0	102	59	54	9	34	65	5		1.49	10.09	0.89	3.36	6.43	0.52
-	Odell Jones	1	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	2	4	4.90	29	5	0	0		0	68.0	84	46	37	7	26	29	1		1.62	11.12	0.93	3.44	3.84	0.90
-	Rod Scurry	-	22	1974-1-11	MLB	3	3	5.71	16	11	1	0		0	63.0	69	44	40	3	43	57	8		1.78	9.86	0.43	6.14	8.14	0.75
-	Will McEnaney	-	26	1970-8-183	MLB	2	6	6.24	28	6	1	0		2	62.0	77	50	43	8	18	23	0		1.53	11.18	1.16	2.61	3.34	0.78
-	Clay Carroll	41	37	UDFA: 1961	MLB	3	6	3.90	31	3	0	0		7	60.0	58	32	26	2	18	24	2		1.27	8.70	0.30	2.70	3.60	0.75
-	Fred Breining	-	22	1974-3-57	MLB	2	2	6.38	21	6	1	0		1	55.0	54	45	39	11	33	34	6		1.58	8.84	1.80	5.40	5.56	0.97
-	Eddie Whitson	-	23	1974-6-131	MLB	2	2	3.71	7	7	1	0		0	51.0	56	25	21	2	10	55	1		1.29	9.88	0.35	1.76	9.71	0.18
-	Randy Hopkins	-	-	1973-13-312	AAA	3	4	6.26	22	1	0	0		0	46.0	50	33	32	7	23	30	3		1.59	9.78	1.37	4.50	5.87	0.77
-	Rick Baldwin	-	25	1971-9-204	MLB	3	3	4.61	11	8	0	0		0	41.0	46	26	21	1	31	13	11		1.88	10.10	0.22	6.80	2.85	2.38
-	Ralph Scott	-	30	UDFA: 1978	AAA	2	0	6.92	20	0	0	0		2	26.0	30	21	20	5	10	9	1		1.54	10.38	1.73	3.46	3.12	1.11
-	Randy Tate	-	25	1972-5-99	MLB	0	2	5.87	4	4	0	0		0	23.0	26	17	15	4	17	6	2		1.87	10.17	1.57	6.65	2.35	2.83
-	Richard Standart	-	-	1970-10-229	AAA	1	1	2.45	10	0	0	0		1	22.0	19	9	6	2	8	13	0		1.23	7.77	0.82	3.27	5.32	0.62
-	Larry Demery	-	25	1972-7-107	MLB	0	2	10.00	3	3	0	0		0	9.0	14	13	10	0	7	2	0		2.33	14.00	0.00	7.00	2.00	3.50
-	Tom Walker	-	29	1968-1-9	MLB	0	1	7.88	6	0	0	0		0	8.0	13	7	7	0	2	4	0		1.88	14.63	0.00	2.25	4.50	0.50
-	Pascual Perez	-	21	UDFA: 1976	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	5.0	4	0	0	0	1	4	0		1.00	7.20	0.00	1.80	7.20	0.25
-	Ron Mitchell	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0		0	4.0	1	2	0	0	2	1	0		0.75	2.25	0.00	4.50	2.25	2.00
-	Ben Wiltbank	-	22	1977-15-382	AAA	0	0	15.00	1	1	0	0		0	3.0	9	5	5	2	2	1	0		3.67	27.00	6.00	6.00	3.00	2.00
-	Ricky Evans	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	1	1	3.00	2	0	0	0		0	3.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0		2.33	12.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	3.00
-	Robert Baldwin	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0		0	3.0	1	3	3	1	2	1	0		1.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	3.00	2.00
Totals: (26 players)						61	78	4.93	139	139	17	3	122	24	1,022	1099	642	560	121	427	655	57		1.69	9.68	0.88	3.76	5.77	0.65

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Nicosia	C	78		443	34	8	7	.984	0.00
Harry Saferight	C	58		279	26	3	2	.990	0.00
Manuel Lantigua	C	11		41	2	2	0	.956	0.00
Ken Macha	C	2		15	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dorian Boyland	1B	81		671	45	14	54	.981	0.00
Mike Easler	1B	35		281	28	5	22	.984	0.00
Mike Fiore	1B	29		205	11	2	11	.991	0.00
Ron Mitchell	1B	4		19	0	0	2	1.000	0.00
Steve Nicosia	1B	2		5	1	1	1	.857	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Hargis	2B	53		115	133	5	20	.980	0.00
Pablo Cruz	2B	36		71	72	8	16	.947	0.00
Kim Allen	2B	27		58	52	7	7	.940	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	2B	14		27	41	2	9	.971	0.00
Juan Deliza	2B	9		15	15	1	3	.968	0.00
Marc Rhea	2B	8		13	13	3	4	.897	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Macha	3B	58		45	113	18	12	.898	0.00
Gary Hargis	3B	45		33	74	11	6	.907	0.00
Kim Allen	3B	39		24	70	11	2	.895	0.00
Lee Richard	3B	13		12	25	6	0	.860	0.00
Ron Mitchell	3B	4		0	6	1	0	.857	0.00
Marc Rhea	3B	4		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dale Berra	3B	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pablo Cruz	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dale Berra	SS	97		141	278	22	43	.950	0.00
Juan Deliza	SS	8		5	5	2	1	.833	0.00
Gary Hargis	SS	8		12	22	2	0	.944	0.00
Lee Richard	SS	2		2	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Mitchell	OF	93		191	3	8	1	.960	0.00
Robert Baldwin	OF	92		168	4	5	2	.972	0.00
Tom Shopay	OF	61		97	1	2	0	.980	0.00
Alberto Lois	OF	49		115	5	5	2	.960	0.00
Mike Easler	OF	48		97	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Benny Ayala	OF	42		62	3	4	1	.942	0.00
Steve Nicosia	OF	27		38	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Oswaldo Olivares	OF	20		30	3	1	2	.971	0.00
Harry Saferight	OF	13		20	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lee Richard	OF	7		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eugenio Cotes	OF	6		10	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Fuller	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dorian Boyland	OF	2		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Fiore	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fernando Gonzalez	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Macha	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marc Rhea	OF	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roger Nelson	P	51		5	18	3	1	.885	0.00
Clay Carroll	P	31		6	12	1	1	.947	0.00
Odell Jones	P	29		3	14	2	0	.895	0.00
Odell Jones	P	28		13	17	3	0	.909	0.00
Will McEnaney	P	28		6	9	1	0	.937	0.00
Randy Hopkins	P	22		2	9	1	0	.917	0.00
Fred Breining	P	21		8	14	1	0	.957	0.00
Al Holland	P	20		1	11	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ralph Scott	P	20		1	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dave Pagan	P	18		5	18	1	1	.958	0.00
Rod Scurry	P	16		0	9	1	0	.900	0.00
Rick Baldwin	P	11		2	6	1	0	.889	0.00
Richard Standart	P	10		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eddie Whitson	P	7		2	5	1	0	.875	0.00
Tom Walker	P	6		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Randy Tate	P	4		1	2	1	0	.750	0.00
Larry Demery	P	3		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Mitchell	P	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Robert Baldwin	P	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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