1978 FRESNO GIANTS

| Level: A+

Location: Fresno,CA
Team Record: 59-80 .424
Result: 3rd in California League - Southern Division
Affiliate: San Francisco Giants
Manager(s): John Van Ornum
Stadium: Euless Ballpark
Attendance: 67,683
Playoffs: Did not qualify

San Francisco Giants affiliate history

Oldest Player: Dan Greenhalgh (24)
Youngest Player: Ronald Ball (6)
Top Hitter: Bob Brenly (13)
Top Pitcher: Scott Budner (9)

California League Standings

Southern	W	L	Pct	GB
Visalia	97	42	.698	--
Salinas	84	56	.600	13.5
Fresno	59	80	.424	38.0
Bakersfield	48	92	.343	49.5

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
-	Tom Runnells	ss-2b	20	23	UDFA: 1977	MLB	139	564	83	163	15	7	0	55	32	16	81	73	2		3	2		.289	.379	.340	719	192	652	422	-	-	.331
-	Glenn Goya	1b	22	24	1977-9-218	A+	135	512	63	153	21	4	6	79	3	3	61	41	3		2	9		.299	.371	.391	762	200	587	373	-	-	.310
-	Bob Brenly	c	13	24	UDFA: 1976	MLB	135	489	102	139	34	5	17	89	12	6	81	90	7		3	5		.284	.390	.479	869	234	585	364	-	-	.315
-	John Sylvester	of	51	23	1976-3-59	A+	114	377	57	78	10	2	7	43	12	1	74	86	3		4	3		.207	.339	.300	639	113	461	307	-	-	.247
-	James Rothford	1b	53	23	UDFA: 1978	AA	82	324	43	86	16	3	10	56	0	0	24	86	3		0	4		.265	.318	.426	744	138	355	242	-	-	.328
-	Thomas Anthony	of	38	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	82	306	44	74	17	1	5	34	6	2	29	63	7		8	1		.242	.321	.353	674	108	351	243	-	-	.289
-	Gareth Ledbetter	c	46	22	1977-1-8	A+	95	304	29	70	8	0	8	49	0	0	38	58	8		2	5		.230	.327	.336	662	102	357	241	-	-	.255
-	Darius Copley	of	56	-	1978-22-543	A+	71	240	43	60	11	2	3	24	12	2	40	26	0		6	1		.250	.356	.350	706	84	287	189	-	-	.269
-	Paul Plinski	if	-	-	1978-3-60	A+	74	240	37	59	5	1	0	27	13	3	44	38	2		1	0		.246	.367	.275	642	66	287	185	-	-	.292
-	William Young	of-3b	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	47	162	27	47	10	2	5	21	0	0	27	23	0		3	0		.290	.392	.469	861	76	192	118	-	-	.313
-	Ronald Ball	p	-	6	2004-42-1267	A+	41	135	24	23	4	0	0	12	4	1	28	26	0		4	3		.170	.307	.200	507	27	170	120	-	-	.205
-	Joe Ward	of	-	22	1977-19-476	A+	40	133	22	33	7	1	1	22	5	3	34	10	0		1	2		.248	.396	.338	735	45	170	106	-	-	.258
-	John Laubhan		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	35	128	16	21	8	1	0	14	0	0	11	30	1		1	2		.164	.232	.242	475	31	143	110	-	-	.210
-	Ned Raines	2b	-	-	1978-2-34	A+	34	123	17	29	2	3	2	13	7	1	22	34	1		1	1		.236	.354	.350	703	43	148	97	-	-	.307
-	Richard Casillas	c	-	-	1978-30-681	AA	40	108	10	18	3	0	1	13	0	2	12	28	2		1	0		.167	.262	.222	485	24	123	93	-	-	.215
-	Kevin Darst	2b	-	-	1978-9-179	A+	32	82	10	21	7	1	0	9	2	0	11	25	1		0	1		.256	.347	.366	713	30	95	62	-	-	.362
-	George Torassa	c	-	-	1977-7-166	A+	27	80	8	19	3	0	1	7	1	0	11	23	3		2	0		.237	.351	.312	664	25	96	63	-	-	.321
-	Jeff Ransom	c	-	17	1978-5-111	MLB	26	72	13	18	3	1	2	13	1	2	28	28	0		4	0		.250	.460	.403	863	29	104	60	-	-	.381
-	John Fenwick	ss	-	-	1977-1-4	A+	20	49	7	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	5	10	0		1	1		.122	.200	.184	384	9	56	45	-	-	.150
-	Wayne Pechek	of	-	22	UDFA: 1980	AAA	13	45	13	13	1	0	0	4	11	1	13	1	0		0	0		.289	.448	.311	759	14	58	33	-	-	.295
-	Kenny Barton	2b	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AAA	12	44	6	11	2	0	0	5	3	1	2	3	0		0	0		.250	.283	.295	578	13	46	34	-	-	.268
-	Kenneth Feinberg	of-1b	-	22	UDFA: 1978	A+	11	38	6	11	0	0	2	3	2	1	6	4	1		0	0		.289	.400	.447	847	17	45	28	-	-	.281
-	Mike Fox	ss	-	-	1977-3-62	A+	16	21	7	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	0		0	0		.238	.360	.238	598	5	25	16	-	-	.357
-	Billy Prather	c	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	6	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	1		1	0		.200	.400	.267	667	4	21	13	-	-	.231
-	Patrick Roy		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		.000	.667	.000	667	0	3	1	-	-	.000
-	Steven Sherman	p	-	-	1975-32-657	A+	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Brian Moulton	p	-	23	UDFA: 1978	A+	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (27 players)							139	4593	690	1160	189	35	70	597	129	45	693	815	45	0	48	40		.253	.353	.355	708	1629	5419	3566	--	--	.291

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
-	Al Hargesheimer	15	21	UDFA: 1978	MLB	7	11	4.91	29	28	7	0		0	176.0	216	117	96	12	82	109	8		1.69	11.05	0.61	4.19	5.57	0.75
-	Scott Budner	9	21	1977-6-140	AA	7	6	3.15	20	20	8	4		0	143.0	161	60	50	12	43	117	7		1.43	10.13	0.76	2.71	7.36	0.37
-	Dan Greenhalgh	25	24	1971-24-548	AA	7	8	4.07	33	11	1	0		3	135.0	129	79	61	18	42	93	8		1.27	8.60	1.20	2.80	6.20	0.45
-	Mike Wardlow	23	22	1976-12-275	AA	4	13	6.34	25	25	2	0		0	125.0	149	112	88	13	97	94	16		1.97	10.73	0.94	6.98	6.77	1.03
-	Brian Moulton	57	23	UDFA: 1978	A+	4	8	5.73	32	9	0	0		0	99.0	130	74	63	8	32	51	7		1.64	11.82	0.73	2.91	4.64	0.63
-	Dan Hartwig	-	20	1976-3-50	A+	7	4	5.01	27	8	1	1		1	97.0	111	58	54	8	51	51	6		1.67	10.30	0.74	4.73	4.73	1.00
-	Mark Calvert	-	21	1983-14-342	MLB	7	3	4.13	16	15	2	0		1	96.0	103	49	44	2	50	63	10		1.59	9.66	0.19	4.69	5.91	0.79
-	Patrick Roy	21	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	10	9	2.72	48	0	0	0		8	96.0	85	41	29	5	38	104	12		1.28	7.97	0.47	3.56	9.75	0.37
-	Glenn Heard	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	4	4.50	27	7	1	0		1	68.0	65	41	34	3	65	69	8		1.91	8.60	0.40	8.60	9.13	0.94
-	David Myers	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	6	6.50	10	9	2	0		0	54.0	73	47	39	5	36	27	6		2.02	12.17	0.83	6.00	4.50	1.33
-	Steven Sherman	37	-	1975-32-657	A+	1	4	5.29	36	0	0	0		3	51.0	56	39	30	5	31	41	3		1.71	9.88	0.88	5.47	7.24	0.76
-	Ricky Kittrell	-	21	1978-16-397	A+	3	4	3.06	7	7	2	0		0	47.0	50	25	16	1	17	18	1		1.43	9.57	0.19	3.26	3.45	0.94
Totals: (27 players)						59	80	4.58	139	139	26	5	113	17	1,187	1328	742	604	70	584	837	92		1.56	10.07	0.70	4.43	6.35	0.70

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gareth Ledbetter	C	82		476	52	11	4	.980	0.00
Richard Casillas	C	37		195	29	4	0	.982	0.00
George Torassa	C	14		79	9	2	0	.978	0.00
Jeff Ransom	C	9		44	8	2	1	.963	0.00
Billy Prather	C	6		30	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
James Rothford	C	6		33	6	1	0	.975	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Glenn Goya	1B	128		1119	89	11	105	.991	0.00
James Rothford	1B	11		99	4	0	10	1.000	0.00
Kenneth Feinberg	1B	2		25	2	1	0	.964	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Runnells	2B	73		169	236	15	57	.964	0.00
Ronald Ball	2B	29		70	91	9	23	.947	0.00
Kevin Darst	2B	26		42	52	11	11	.895	0.00
Kenny Barton	2B	12		14	29	3	2	.935	0.00
John Fenwick	2B	9		17	19	0	4	1.000	0.00
Mike Fox	2B	4		7	2	1	2	.900	0.00
Bob Brenly	2B	1		1	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Brenly	3B	135		118	247	27	30	.931	0.00
Ronald Ball	3B	3		2	4	2	1	.750	0.00
William Young	3B	2		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00
John Fenwick	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Paul Plinski	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Runnells	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Plinski	SS	72		91	201	28	34	.912	0.00
Tom Runnells	SS	72		120	200	22	35	.936	0.00
Kevin Darst	SS	1		1	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Fenwick	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Sylvester	OF	105		190	10	5	0	.976	0.00
Thomas Anthony	OF	69		100	12	4	1	.966	0.00
Darius Copley	OF	65		128	7	1	2	.993	0.00
William Young	OF	42		68	10	1	2	.987	0.00
John Laubhan	OF	34		58	5	3	1	.955	0.00
Joe Ward	OF	33		54	3	3	0	.950	0.00
Ned Raines	OF	31		63	2	1	0	.985	0.00
Jeff Ransom	OF	18		20	2	2	0	.917	0.00
Wayne Pechek	OF	13		22	1	2	0	.920	0.00
Kenneth Feinberg	OF	9		21	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Fenwick	OF	5		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Fox	OF	4		1	0	3	0	.250	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Patrick Roy	P	48		4	16	1	0	.952	0.00
Steven Sherman	P	36		3	5	1	1	.889	0.00
Dan Greenhalgh	P	33		8	11	1	0	.950	0.00
Brian Moulton	P	32		10	15	3	1	.893	0.00
Al Hargesheimer	P	29		15	47	2	2	.969	0.00
Dan Hartwig	P	27		8	12	0	1	1.000	0.00
Glenn Heard	P	27		1	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Ward	P	25		8	21	4	2	.879	0.00
Scott Budner	P	20		14	24	2	1	.950	0.00
Mark Calvert	P	16		3	11	1	1	.933	0.00
David Myers	P	10		3	12	4	0	.789	0.00
Ricky Kittrell	P	7		2	11	1	0	.929	0.00

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