1978 DAYTONA ASTROS

| Level: A+

Location: Daytona Beach,FL
Team Record: 42-93 .311
Result: 6th in Florida State League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Houston Astros
Manager(s): Leo Posada, Charles Sprinkle
Stadium: Jackie Robinson Ballpark
Attendance: 30,942
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Doug Konieczny (26)
Youngest Player: Randy Toogood (11)
Top Hitter: Jase Mota (37)
Top Pitcher: James MacDonald (20)

Florida State League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Petersburg	84	56	.600	--
Winter Haven	82	56	.594	1.0
Lakeland	78	60	.565	5.0
Tampa	61	73	.455	20.0
Dunedin	59	83	.415	26.0
Daytona	42	93	.311	39.5

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
-	George Gross	1b	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AAA	133	451	60	124	22	8	6	63	15	6	61	70	7		4	6		.275	.366	.399	765	180	529	343	-	-	.310
-	Jase Mota		37	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	120	410	51	109	13	3	0	32	18	11	27	89	6		6	1		.266	.320	.312	632	128	450	319	-	-	.339
-	Ricky Adams	ss-3b	40	19	1977-1-14	MLB	112	396	46	88	12	3	0	32	20	14	36	73	1		1	2		.222	.287	.268	555	106	436	325	-	-	.271
-	Ramon Leader		69	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	116	390	32	79	6	5	1	27	15	4	30	70	1		3	2		.203	.260	.251	511	98	426	320	-	-	.243
-	Simon Rosario	of	-	21	UDFA: 1978	AAA	65	261	31	74	10	3	1	27	1	3	11	27	2		1	0		.284	.318	.356	674	93	275	191	-	-	.313
-	Paul Cooper	of	61	22	1977-9-222	A+	83	253	31	68	7	6	0	26	8	3	33	62	2		3	4		.269	.353	.344	697	87	295	195	-	-	.349
-	Don Harkness	ss	-	-	1977-2-38	A+	77	231	13	37	6	0	0	13	3	4	17	42	1		1	0		.160	.221	.186	407	43	250	199	-	-	.196
-	Pedro Hernandez	3b-of	-	19	1998-15-438	MLB	61	217	18	58	3	1	0	13	1	4	15	39	0		1	1		.267	.313	.290	604	63	234	165	-	-	.324
-	Greg Cypret	ss	-	21	1978-7-167	AAA	58	216	21	47	9	0	1	19	5	2	18	21	0		2	0		.218	.278	.273	551	59	236	173	-	-	.237
-	Jose Turnes		77	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	71	214	21	42	5	1	0	16	1	1	18	54	5		3	1		.196	.273	.229	502	49	241	177	-	-	.261
-	Danny Heep	of-1b	66	20	1978-2-37	MLB	66	212	29	72	18	2	2	24	0	6	50	25	0		1	2		.340	.462	.472	934	100	265	149	-	-	.374
-	Julio Beltran	ss	-	20	UDFA: 1978	AA	53	153	14	41	3	2	0	6	5	6	16	20	1		1	0		.268	.341	.314	655	48	171	119	-	-	.308
-	Doug Stokke	ss	-	22	1978-5-115	AAA	43	141	17	40	4	2	3	20	1	0	14	13	0		1	1		.284	.346	.404	750	57	157	103	-	-	.294
-	Scott Loucks	of	60	21	1977-5-118	MLB	43	128	21	26	3	2	0	9	29	7	35	43	0		1	0		.203	.374	.258	632	33	164	110	-	-	.306
-	Jose Claudio		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	29	102	6	25	6	2	0	9	5	1	5	28	0		2	0		.245	.280	.343	624	35	109	80	-	-	.338
-	Randy Toogood	of	-	11	1976-6-116	A+	33	97	4	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	12	28	0		0	1		.155	.245	.196	441	19	110	83	-	-	.214
-	Randy Rouse	c	-	-	1976-21-481	AA	29	93	4	20	3	0	0	6	1	3	5	5	2		3	1		.215	.267	.247	515	23	104	80	-	-	.225
-	Steve Englishbey	of	-	23	1972-1-9	A+	27	73	13	17	3	0	1	6	0	2	20	21	0		0	2		.233	.389	.315	705	23	95	60	-	-	.302
-	James Joiner	c	-	23	1973-4-73	A+	26	66	6	11	3	0	1	6	0	0	13	23	0		1	1		.167	.300	.258	558	17	81	57	-	-	.233
-	Randolph Lamb	ss	-	24	1976-14-313	A+	15	40	6	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	8	0		0	0		.200	.289	.200	489	8	45	32	-	-	.250
-	John Ho land	p	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	13	37	4	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	7	0		2	0		.297	.422	.378	801	14	47	28	-	-	.367
-	Tim Tolman	of-1b	-	22	1978-12-297	MLB	7	25	2	7	2	0	0	5	1	1	3	2	0		0	0		.280	.357	.360	717	9	28	19	-	-	.304
-	John Cloherty	p	-	20	1975-4-86	A+	7	15	4	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	4	0		0	0		.400	.500	.600	1100	9	18	9	-	-	.545
-	Kevin Ruffler	c	-	22	UDFA: 1978	A+	5	12	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	3	0		3	2		.083	.235	.083	319	1	20	16	-	-	.091
-	Randy Walraven	p	-	22	1974-17-403	A+	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0		.000	.200	.000	200	0	5	4	-	-	.000
-	Douglas Jackson	p	-	20	1976-6-121	A+	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	-	-	1.000
-	James MacDonald	p	-	19	1977-6-144	AAA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (27 players)							135	4728	520	1162	171	49	22	443	144	84	528	857	35	0	46	33		.246	.324	.317	641	1497	5370	3729	--	--	.294

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
-	James MacDonald	20	19	1977-6-144	AAA	8	16	3.84	26	25	10	2		0	150.0	175	87	64	7	64	65	9		1.59	10.50	0.42	3.84	3.90	0.98
-	Alberto Cajide	64	22	UDFA: 1978	AA	4	10	3.67	31	11	4	1		1	125.0	130	62	51	0	40	66	8		1.36	9.36	0.00	2.88	4.75	0.61
-	Diego Melendez	56	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	3	11	5.76	27	19	3	1		0	114.0	117	94	73	5	91	73	15		1.82	9.24	0.39	7.18	5.76	1.25
-	Billy Smith	-	23	1977-14-352	MLB	6	6	2.03	13	13	3	0		0	93.0	97	44	21	0	29	53	14		1.35	9.39	0.00	2.81	5.13	0.55
-	Douglas Jackson	-	20	1976-6-121	A+	3	3	3.00	26	4	1	0		0	84.0	69	41	28	1	40	48	9		1.30	7.39	0.11	4.29	5.14	0.83
-	Delrick Leatherwood	-	23	UDFA: 1978	AAA	4	5	4.32	18	10	4	0		0	77.0	79	57	37	2	59	41	5		1.79	9.23	0.23	6.90	4.79	1.44
-	Fred Morris	-	22	1977-11-274	AA	1	1	4.36	29	0	0	0		3	66.0	76	44	32	1	29	43	4		1.59	10.36	0.14	3.95	5.86	0.67
-	Kevin Houston	74	20	1977-3-66	AA	0	9	4.21	13	9	2	0		0	62.0	61	40	29	3	58	51	4		1.92	8.85	0.44	8.42	7.40	1.14
-	Stan Leland	-	19	1977-2-40	AAA	1	9	8.84	12	12	1	0		0	57.0	85	64	56	3	34	31	2		2.09	13.42	0.47	5.37	4.89	1.10
-	Randy Walraven	-	22	1974-17-403	A+	0	8	6.47	22	9	1	0		0	57.0	70	61	41	2	44	29	4		2.00	11.05	0.32	6.95	4.58	1.52
-	Ron Meridith	-	21	1978-4-89	MLB	3	6	4.34	9	9	4	1		0	56.0	59	28	27	3	17	31	0		1.36	9.48	0.48	2.73	4.98	0.55
-	Ricardo Aponte	70	22	UDFA: 1978	AAA	2	0	1.42	28	0	0	0		5	38.0	36	9	6	1	14	26	2		1.32	8.53	0.24	3.32	6.16	0.54
-	Jack Lazorko	-	22	1978-11-271	MLB	3	0	2.67	13	0	0	0		1	27.0	21	8	8	1	10	8	2		1.15	7.00	0.33	3.33	2.67	1.25
-	Reno Aragon	-	20	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	4	7.36	6	6	1	1		0	22.0	24	23	18	1	15	12	6		1.77	9.82	0.41	6.14	4.91	1.25
-	Thad Troedson	-	21	1978-15-375	AA	1	0	3.86	9	1	0	0		0	21.0	17	10	9	0	10	7	1		1.29	7.29	0.00	4.29	3.00	1.43
-	Rod Boxberger	-	20	1978-1-11	AA	1	2	1.20	3	3	0	0		0	15.0	16	10	2	1	10	10	2		1.73	9.60	0.60	6.00	6.00	1.00
-	Doug Konieczny	-	26	1971-1-3	MLB	1	0	3.00	3	1	0	0		0	12.0	13	4	4	0	8	7	3		1.75	9.75	0.00	6.00	5.25	1.14
-	John Hessler	-	21	1978-3-63	AA	0	3	6.30	3	3	0	0		0	10.0	12	9	7	0	15	13	3		2.70	10.80	0.00	13.50	11.70	1.15
-	Charles Sprinkle	-	-	1968-6-114	AA	0	0	3.60	1	0	0	0		0	5.0	6	4	2	0	3	3	0		1.80	10.80	0.00	5.40	5.40	1.00
-	Julio Beltran	-	20	UDFA: 1978	AA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1		2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00
Totals: (27 players)						42	93	4.24	135	135	34	6	101	10	1,092	1164	699	515	22	591	618	94		1.55	9.59	0.26	4.87	5.09	0.96

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Turnes	C	59		310	44	9	5	.975	0.00
Randy Toogood	C	27		121	18	4	1	.972	0.00
James Joiner	C	22		76	12	4	1	.957	0.00
Randy Rouse	C	19		90	11	1	2	.990	0.00
John Ho land	C	13		46	12	1	2	.983	0.00
John Cloherty	C	2		9	2	2	1	.846	0.00
Kevin Ruffler	C	1		3	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Gross	1B	87		821	35	13	78	.985	0.00
Simon Rosario	1B	42		358	21	9	41	.977	0.00
Steve Englishbey	1B	6		42	3	2	4	.957	0.00
Paul Cooper	1B	2		14	0	1	0	.933	0.00
Tim Tolman	1B	2		19	1	0	3	1.000	0.00
Jose Turnes	1B	2		8	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
John Cloherty	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Julio Beltran	2B	47		100	134	20	32	.921	0.00
Don Harkness	2B	46		113	142	14	37	.948	0.00
Doug Stokke	2B	33		84	106	1	21	.995	0.00
Ricky Adams	2B	6		9	17	1	4	.963	0.00
Randolph Lamb	2B	6		10	20	1	5	.968	0.00
Greg Cypret	2B	2		6	7	1	2	.929	0.00
Pedro Hernandez	2B	2		4	3	1	1	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Greg Cypret	3B	51		45	87	15	17	.898	0.00
George Gross	3B	46		40	94	19	14	.876	0.00
Ricky Adams	3B	21		19	56	6	6	.926	0.00
Pedro Hernandez	3B	18		14	42	5	1	.918	0.00
Don Harkness	3B	3		4	4	1	0	.889	0.00
Randy Rouse	3B	2		1	3	2	0	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ricky Adams	SS	86		133	305	38	61	.920	0.00
Pedro Hernandez	SS	41		53	123	23	21	.884	0.00
Doug Stokke	SS	9		18	34	3	8	.945	0.00
Greg Cypret	SS	5		12	15	2	1	.931	0.00
Don Harkness	SS	2		0	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jase Mota	OF	116		234	17	13	2	.951	0.00
Ramon Leader	OF	111		147	16	6	4	.964	0.00
Danny Heep	OF	61		89	9	2	3	.980	0.00
Paul Cooper	OF	57		55	1	5	1	.918	0.00
Scott Loucks	OF	36		71	4	7	1	.915	0.00
Jose Claudio	OF	27		38	4	5	1	.894	0.00
Simon Rosario	OF	16		15	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Don Harkness	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tim Tolman	OF	4		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Randolph Lamb	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alberto Cajide	P	31		8	26	1	2	.971	0.00
Fred Morris	P	29		1	18	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ricardo Aponte	P	28		0	5	1	1	.833	0.00
Diego Melendez	P	27		4	18	3	1	.880	0.00
Douglas Jackson	P	26		5	14	3	0	.864	0.00
James MacDonald	P	26		8	27	0	2	1.000	0.00
Randy Walraven	P	22		0	14	2	0	.875	0.00
Delrick Leatherwood	P	18		2	13	0	2	1.000	0.00
Kevin Houston	P	13		2	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jack Lazorko	P	13		1	5	1	0	.857	0.00
Billy Smith	P	13		6	19	0	1	1.000	0.00
Stan Leland	P	12		3	12	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Meridith	P	9		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Thad Troedson	P	9		1	3	1	1	.800	0.00
Reno Aragon	P	8		6	2	3	1	.727	0.00
John Hessler	P	8		3	0	4	0	.429	0.00
Rod Boxberger	P	3		0	5	1	1	.833	0.00

About Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us

Boxscores data is obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.org.

Please Support The Baseball Cube.