1978 GASTONIA CARDINALS

| Level: A

Location: Gastonia,NC
Team Record: 69-71 .493
Result: 5th in Western Carolina League
Manager(s): Buzzy Keller
Stadium: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 46,326
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oldest Player: Lawrence Bashaw (24)
Youngest Player: Dennis Morton (18)
Top Hitter: Joe Baciotti (9)
Top Pitcher: Donald Lamer (10)

Western Carolina League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Greenwood	82	57	.590	--
Shelby	75	64	.540	7.0
Spartanburg	73	67	.521	9.5
Asheville	73	67	.521	9.5
Gastonia	69	71	.493	13.5
Charlotte	47	93	.336	35.5

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
-	Walt Pierce	3b	11	20	1976-2-39	AA	136	481	57	119	24	2	8	75	2	1	56	63	6		2	4		.247	.331	.356	686	171	549	369	-	-	.268
-	Joe Baciotti	of	9	-	1977-38-769	A	130	463	88	119	12	3	1	44	23	6	99	48	4		7	5		.257	.389	.302	691	140	578	362	-	-	.282
-	Leroy Grossini	ss	18	-	1977-8-188	A+	132	457	48	103	13	4	4	54	11	5	53	71	1		12	5		.225	.304	.298	602	136	528	376	-	-	.256
-	James McIntyre		33	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	105	377	45	94	13	6	1	46	4	5	31	68	2		1	1		.249	.309	.324	633	122	412	290	-	-	.301
-	Michael Wolters		48	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	96	352	49	97	17	1	5	33	8	5	42	26	1		3	2		.276	.353	.372	725	131	400	265	-	-	.285
-	Jerry Poston	1b-of	29	-	1977-41-774	A+	103	345	58	92	22	3	5	44	3	3	55	41	8		4	5		.267	.375	.391	767	135	417	265	-	-	.286
-	Kelly Paris	3b-2b	37	20	1975-2-40	MLB	79	297	48	75	9	3	2	20	10	5	44	28	5		7	4		.253	.354	.323	678	96	357	238	-	-	.269
-	Randy Howell	of	27	-	1977-9-214	A+	83	297	57	82	14	6	9	44	7	6	33	88	3		2	2		.276	.352	.455	807	135	337	225	-	-	.361
-	Harold Witt	ss-3b	54	21	1974-11-251	AA	63	203	30	49	9	2	7	36	2	2	34	53	3		2	4		.241	.352	.409	761	83	246	162	-	-	.286
-	Jeff Toothman	1b-of	-	-	1976-16-375	A+	54	168	21	40	6	1	3	23	2	2	21	25	0		0	2		.238	.319	.339	659	57	191	132	-	-	.261
-	Jim Reeves	of	-	22	1977-16-396	A+	43	157	19	42	10	2	0	26	1	0	26	15	3		1	1		.268	.380	.357	736	56	188	117	-	-	.294
-	George Bjorkman	c	56	21	1978-4-93	MLB	46	152	20	39	11	0	6	22	1	1	22	28	1		0	4		.257	.346	.447	794	68	179	118	-	-	.270
-	Joe DeSa	1b	-	18	1977-3-58	MLB	42	149	23	39	11	0	4	25	5	1	20	14	3		0	1		.262	.358	.416	774	62	173	112	-	-	.265
-	Julian Gutierrez		58	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	37	138	17	30	8	3	1	12	5	1	14	12	1		3	0		.217	.294	.341	635	47	156	112	-	-	.232
-	Jerry Johnson	p	-	22	UDFA: 1979	AAA	38	115	13	23	5	0	0	11	1	0	10	15	1		1	0		.200	.270	.243	513	28	127	93	-	-	.230
-	Larry Silver	of	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	32	106	19	22	6	0	3	15	5	1	12	13	1		1	1		.208	.292	.349	641	37	121	87	-	-	.209
-	Rhadames Mills	of-ss	-	20	UDFA: 1978	AAA	29	77	11	19	3	1	0	7	5	3	10	7	0		1	0		.247	.333	.312	645	24	88	62	-	-	.271
-	Rich Murray	1b	-	20	1977-17-422	MLB	20	54	8	11	2	0	0	8	1	0	8	8	1		0	1		.204	.312	.241	553	13	64	44	-	-	.234
-	Daniel Winslow	c	-	20	1976-9-207	AAA	15	37	5	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	5	1		1	1		.108	.292	.135	427	5	49	35	-	-	.121
-	Frank Hunsaker	c	-	23	1976-29-644	AAA	10	34	4	11	2	0	0	7	1	0	4	0	0		0	0		.324	.395	.382	777	13	38	23	-	-	.324
-	Epifanio Martinez		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A	7	22	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0		0	0		.182	.250	.227	477	5	24	18	-	-	.211
-	Dennis Cirbo	c	-	-	1977-31-709	A+	4	9	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		0	0		.222	.500	.444	944	4	14	7	-	-	.250
-	Ray Searage	p	-	23	1976-22-518	MLB	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
-	Juan Vega		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Kerry Burchett	p	-	22	1978-41-765	AA	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Lawrence Bashaw	p	-	24	UDFA: 1978	AA	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	William Schopp	p	-	-	1976-4-84	A+	47	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (27 players)							140	4611	657	1139	206	37	59	569	98	47	620	649	46	0	49	43		.247	.339	.346	685	1596	5369	3611	--	--	.274

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
-	Donald Lamer	10	-	UDFA: 1978	A	8	8	3.77	26	24	5	3		0	155.0	135	76	65	8	89	62	4		1.45	7.84	0.46	5.17	3.60	1.44
-	Andy Rincon	12	19	1977-5-110	MLB	8	10	5.34	24	24	5	1		0	150.0	132	85	89	9	86	67	7		1.45	7.92	0.54	5.16	4.02	1.28
-	Jim Gott	11	18	1977-4-84	MLB	9	6	3.97	22	22	4	0		0	145.0	100	67	64	8	113	130	13		1.47	6.21	0.50	7.01	8.07	0.87
-	James Propst	13	-	1975-4-88	A	8	8	3.85	25	22	5	2		1	138.0	123	84	59	14	69	91	11		1.39	8.02	0.91	4.50	5.93	0.76
-	Ray Searage	23	23	1976-22-518	MLB	8	3	2.78	39	6	0	0		4	110.0	86	40	34	3	68	86	7		1.40	7.04	0.25	5.56	7.04	0.79
-	Michael Lowes	31	22	UDFA: 1978	A	6	9	4.29	25	12	5	1		0	107.0	100	62	51	4	54	58	3		1.44	8.41	0.34	4.54	4.88	0.93
-	Kerry Burchett	43	22	1978-41-765	AA	4	2	1.85	10	9	4	1		0	78.0	52	21	16	4	28	46	4		1.03	6.00	0.46	3.23	5.31	0.61
-	William Schopp	27	-	1976-4-84	A+	4	5	4.92	47	0	0	0		5	75.0	68	58	41	2	71	54	11		1.85	8.16	0.24	8.52	6.48	1.31
-	Lawrence Bashaw	37	24	UDFA: 1978	AA	5	3	3.49	28	0	0	0		5	49.0	52	32	19	1	24	34	4		1.55	9.55	0.18	4.41	6.24	0.71
-	Dennis Morton	55	18	1977-28-671	A+	1	6	5.81	13	5	1	1		0	48.0	45	37	31	2	44	20	12		1.85	8.44	0.38	8.25	3.75	2.20
-	Jere Schuler	-	-	1976-3-63	A	2	4	6.34	12	5	1	0		0	44.0	35	33	31	3	56	19	12		2.07	7.16	0.61	11.45	3.89	2.95
-	Al Olmsted	-	21	1975-13-304	MLB	4	0	1.03	7	2	2	0		1	35.0	32	9	4	0	9	41	3		1.17	8.23	0.00	2.31	10.54	0.22
-	Tom Vasche	-	-	1977-14-344	A	0	1	9.00	5	3	0	0		0	16.0	23	16	16	4	10	7	2		2.06	12.94	2.25	5.63	3.94	1.43
-	Kevin Morrissey	-	22	UDFA: 1978	A	0	1	5.54	3	2	0	0		0	13.0	15	9	8	1	11	7	0		2.00	10.38	0.69	7.62	4.85	1.57
-	Fernando Figuereo	-	22	UDFA: 1978	A	0	1	12.00	6	0	0	0		0	12.0	20	18	16	4	8	7	1		2.33	15.00	3.00	6.00	5.25	1.14
-	Billy Meza	-	-	1976-10-231	A	0	0	3.38	5	0	0	0		0	8.0	7	3	3	0	11	3	1		2.25	7.88	0.00	12.38	3.38	3.67
-	John Harshbarger	-	-	1978-40-761	A	0	1	3.38	1	1	1	0		0	8.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	0		1.25	7.88	0.00	3.38	1.13	3.00
-	Kenneth Grassano	-	21	1974-4-85	A	0	2	9.00	2	2	0	0		0	3.0	6	10	3	0	5	2	1		3.67	18.00	0.00	15.00	6.00	2.50
-	Rich Murray	-	20	1977-17-422	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
Totals: (27 players)						69	71	4.16	140	140	33	9	107	16	1,195	1039	663	553	59	759	736	96		1.47	7.83	0.50	5.72	5.54	1.03

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Bjorkman	C	45		208	38	8	6	.969	0.00
Jerry Poston	C	36		176	27	4	3	.981	0.00
Daniel Winslow	C	15		88	13	2	0	.981	0.00
Frank Hunsaker	C	8		36	3	1	1	.975	0.00
Dennis Cirbo	C	4		17	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Juan Vega	C	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kelly Paris	1B	75		587	46	10	41	.984	0.00
Joe DeSa	1B	41		326	17	4	30	.988	0.00
Jeff Toothman	1B	15		121	9	1	18	.992	0.00
James McIntyre	1B	10		41	3	1	7	.978	0.00
Jerry Poston	1B	7		45	6	2	3	.962	0.00
Jim Reeves	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Michael Wolters	2B	90		190	245	14	60	.969	0.00
Julian Gutierrez	2B	37		59	89	5	18	.967	0.00
Harold Witt	2B	13		29	32	1	3	.984	0.00
Rhadames Mills	2B	3		4	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Rich Murray	2B	1		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kelly Paris	2B	1		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Walt Pierce	3B	136		94	228	30	16	.915	0.00
Rich Murray	3B	3		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kelly Paris	3B	3		6	3	2	0	.818	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Leroy Grossini	SS	132		208	352	37	66	.938	0.00
Michael Wolters	SS	7		21	16	2	3	.949	0.00
Kelly Paris	SS	1		2	3	1	1	.833	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Baciotti	OF	130		228	18	6	8	.976	0.00
Randy Howell	OF	81		154	3	2	0	.987	0.00
James McIntyre	OF	55		77	5	3	0	.965	0.00
Jim Reeves	OF	41		60	1	1	0	.984	0.00
Harold Witt	OF	40		56	5	4	1	.938	0.00
Larry Silver	OF	29		41	5	4	0	.920	0.00
Rhadames Mills	OF	26		47	3	2	1	.962	0.00
Rich Murray	OF	13		23	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Toothman	OF	11		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Epifanio Martinez	OF	6		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jerry Poston	OF	5		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
William Schopp	P	47		7	9	5	0	.762	0.00
Ray Searage	P	39		2	10	1	0	.923	0.00
Lawrence Bashaw	P	28		2	9	2	0	.846	0.00
Donald Lamer	P	26		9	18	5	0	.844	0.00
Michael Lowes	P	25		4	15	2	0	.905	0.00
James Propst	P	25		8	9	2	1	.895	0.00
Andy Rincon	P	24		4	21	4	1	.862	0.00
Jim Gott	P	22		7	17	7	1	.774	0.00
Dennis Morton	P	13		3	6	2	0	.818	0.00
Jere Schuler	P	12		2	5	1	0	.875	0.00
Kerry Burchett	P	10		6	10	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Olmsted	P	7		2	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Fernando Figuereo	P	6		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00
Billy Meza	P	5		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Morrissey	P	3		0	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Kenneth Grassano	P	2		0	2	1	0	.667	0.00
John Harshbarger	P	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00

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