1978 ASHEVILLE TOURISTS

| Level: A

Location: Asheville,NC
Team Record: 73-67 .521
Result: 3rd in Western Carolina League
Manager(s): Wayne Terwilliger
Stadium: McCormick Field
Attendance: 36,527
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oldest Player: Charles Viskocil (24)
Youngest Player: Linvel Mosby (18)
Top Hitter: Jim Barbe (1)
Top Pitcher: John Butcher (3)

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
-	Jim Barbe	1b	1	23	1977-19-475	AA	131	478	91	143	17	2	18	99	3	2	77	110	1		2	4		.299	.395	.456	851	218	562	343	-	-	.353
-	Ronald Carney	of	7	22	1977-12-295	AA	118	403	58	121	25	2	10	68	23	13	41	31	5		5	7		.300	.366	.447	813	180	461	307	-	-	.301
-	George Wright	of	24	19	1977-4-87	MLB	110	335	66	83	16	1	1	27	25	10	70	49	6		7	3		.248	.384	.310	695	104	421	272	-	-	.285
-	Jim Capowski	ss	34	20	1976-14-324	AA	101	317	34	70	8	0	7	50	1	2	46	7	12		4	3		.221	.339	.312	651	99	382	256	-	-	.206
-	Steve Righetti	3b	52	20	1977-6-129	A	75	248	33	61	17	1	3	27	1	2	18	32	2		0	3		.246	.299	.359	658	89	271	192	-	-	.269
-	Jimmy Tolleson		44	-	UDFA: 1978	A	70	212	35	57	4	1	0	21	19	9	40	30	0		3	0		.269	.385	.297	682	63	255	167	-	-	.313
-	Mike Jirschele	ss	28	19	1977-5-113	AAA	72	203	43	39	7	3	2	21	13	3	50	70	7		6	1		.192	.368	.286	654	58	267	174	-	-	.280
-	Bob Johnson	p	-	18	UDFA: 1978	MLB	76	203	23	45	12	0	4	33	5	0	40	54	0		3	2		.222	.347	.340	687	69	248	163	-	-	.279
-	Scott Peterson	c	-	21	UDFA: 1978	A	71	201	24	44	7	0	4	29	4	1	33	46	3		4	2		.219	.335	.313	648	63	243	164	-	-	.261
-	Joseph Carroll	of	39	23	1977-20-499	A	74	196	29	50	18	3	4	25	8	2	32	42	2		0	1		.255	.364	.439	802	86	231	149	-	-	.305
-	Robert Hallgren	of	55	21	1975-3-62	A+	59	186	34	45	10	0	6	21	9	1	32	39	1		0	0		.242	.356	.392	749	73	219	142	-	-	.277
-	Arnold McCrary	of	38	22	1977-1-12	AA	78	170	33	46	3	1	1	13	18	4	31	21	1		6	0		.271	.386	.318	704	54	208	134	-	-	.304
-	Miguel Pizzaro	of	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A	71	165	28	43	7	2	1	19	7	2	12	14	2		5	1		.261	.317	.345	662	57	185	130	-	-	.278
-	David Hibner	ss	41	19	1977-1-9	A+	57	160	24	30	8	2	0	21	17	1	49	44	4		4	2		.187	.386	.262	649	42	219	137	-	-	.254
-	Ron Gooch	2b	-	21	1978-18-461	AAA	44	148	29	42	6	0	3	20	5	4	34	28	0		2	0		.284	.418	.385	803	57	184	112	-	-	.333
-	Victor Mabee	ss	-	20	1975-4-89	AA	54	143	20	42	7	0	3	21	7	2	21	34	1		1	1		.294	.386	.406	791	58	167	105	-	-	.364
-	Billy Simpson	of	-	20	1976-1-12	A+	39	115	16	28	12	0	0	9	5	2	19	32	3		0	1		.243	.362	.348	710	40	138	90	-	-	.333
-	Jeff Zitek	ss	-	20	1978-27-643	A	31	84	18	24	1	2	1	16	8	1	15	13	0		3	0		.286	.394	.381	775	32	102	64	-	-	.329
-	Cameron Killebrew	of	-	-	1978-25-610	A+	27	75	13	14	5	0	1	11	2	2	27	26	1		0	2		.187	.400	.293	693	22	105	65	-	-	.260
-	James Matthews	ss	-	-	1973-13-302	A	26	60	11	13	0	0	0	1	4	3	16	8	2		0	0		.217	.397	.217	614	13	78	50	-	-	.250
-	William Buchan	3b	-	20	1976-10-233	A	7	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0		0	0		.000	.333	.000	333	0	15	10	-	-	.000
Totals: (21 players)							140	4315	688	1085	202	20	73	585	189	66	748	787	53	0	58	35	0	.251	.366	.358	724	1546	5209	3389	682	5.4	.290

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
-	Chuck Lamson	5	21	1977-10-243	AA	10	11	3.94	26	25	6	1		0	160.0	155	97	70	6	96	155	9		1.57	8.72	0.34	5.40	8.72	0.62
-	John Butcher	3	21	1977-1-5	MLB	10	9	3.33	24	23	7	2		0	154.0	150	81	57	12	77	103	6		1.47	8.77	0.70	4.50	6.02	0.75
-	Steven Nielsen	19	23	1977-11-269	AAA	6	11	3.48	30	15	5	1		2	132.0	132	62	51	4	62	74	3		1.47	9.00	0.27	4.23	5.05	0.84
-	Ed Lynch	15	22	1977-22-547	MLB	7	9	3.29	18	18	7	1		0	123.0	122	55	45	8	33	79	5		1.26	8.93	0.59	2.41	5.78	0.42
-	Len Whitehouse	33	20	UDFA: 1977	MLB	6	6	4.30	32	8	2	0		1	92.0	89	60	44	7	57	79	5		1.59	8.71	0.68	5.58	7.73	0.72
-	Mark Mercer	17	24	1973-1-1	MLB	8	3	2.73	48	0	0	0		16	79.0	58	32	24	3	54	87	5		1.42	6.61	0.34	6.15	9.91	0.62
-	Ted Davis	-	19	1976-7-156	AAA	3	3	4.50	27	4	0	0		1	78.0	80	44	39	2	57	68	6		1.76	9.23	0.23	6.58	7.85	0.84
-	Patrick Nelson	35	19	1977-6-139	A	5	4	4.89	16	14	2	0		0	70.0	79	58	38	9	49	42	5		1.83	10.16	1.16	6.30	5.40	1.17
-	Hal Kelly	51	20	1975-21-495	AA	7	2	3.32	12	9	2	1		0	65.0	60	34	24	2	34	49	9		1.45	8.31	0.28	4.71	6.78	0.69
-	Michael Odum	57	-	1972-7-153	A+	3	1	2.89	10	6	3	1		0	53.0	32	18	17	3	32	36	2		1.21	5.43	0.51	5.43	6.11	0.89
-	Wesley Williams	-	20	1978-28-659	A+	1	3	2.67	4	4	2	0		0	27.0	22	9	8	0	12	18	0		1.26	7.33	0.00	4.00	6.00	0.67
-	Linvel Mosby	-	18	1977-2-35	A	2	1	5.73	5	5	0	0		0	22.0	24	14	14	0	21	10	9		2.05	9.82	0.00	8.59	4.09	2.10
-	William LaRosa	-	22	1977-16-399	A	1	0	5.57	16	0	0	0		1	21.0	21	14	13	5	17	21	3		1.81	9.00	2.14	7.29	9.00	0.81
-	Michael Vickers	-	20	1978-1-19	AA	0	1	5.68	11	1	0	0		0	19.0	18	16	12	0	20	13	3		2.00	8.53	0.00	9.47	6.16	1.54
-	Charles Viskocil	-	24	UDFA: 1978	A	0	1	9.00	5	1	0	0		0	11.0	15	14	11	1	12	3	1		2.45	12.27	0.82	9.82	2.45	4.00
Totals: (21 players)						73	67	3.80	140	140	36	7	104	21	1,106	1057	608	467	73	633	837	71		1.66	8.60	0.50	5.15	6.81	0.76

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Johnson	C	76		427	48	15	6	.969	0.00
Scott Peterson	C	68		410	33	7	6	.984	0.00
William Buchan	C	7		19	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Barbe	1B	128		1171	64	14	127	.989	0.00
Ronald Carney	1B	5		11	1	1	2	.923	0.00
Scott Peterson	1B	3		23	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Victor Mabee	1B	1		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Arnold McCrary	1B	1		4	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Jirschele	2B	69		117	227	17	55	.953	0.00
Ron Gooch	2B	44		93	119	14	37	.938	0.00
James Matthews	2B	11		14	28	3	8	.933	0.00
Jim Capowski	2B	9		16	23	1	9	.975	0.00
Victor Mabee	2B	4		7	5	2	2	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Capowski	3B	78		41	115	17	16	.902	0.00
Steve Righetti	3B	55		30	87	12	13	.907	0.00
Jimmy Tolleson	3B	49		54	122	16	19	.917	0.00
James Matthews	3B	5		3	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jeff Zitek	3B	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Jirschele	3B	1		2	2	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David Hibner	SS	55		78	145	33	43	.871	0.00
Jeff Zitek	SS	27		33	67	15	14	.870	0.00
Jimmy Tolleson	SS	22		31	53	4	14	.955	0.00
Jim Capowski	SS	5		6	8	2	3	.875	0.00
James Matthews	SS	3		6	4	1	2	.909	0.00
Mike Jirschele	SS	1		1	2	2	0	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ronald Carney	OF	133		139	14	10	2	.939	0.00
George Wright	OF	106		203	15	7	6	.969	0.00
Joseph Carroll	OF	63		57	7	1	2	.985	0.00
Miguel Pizzaro	OF	56		56	5	5	2	.924	0.00
Arnold McCrary	OF	37		33	2	2	1	.946	0.00
Billy Simpson	OF	33		32	6	3	0	.927	0.00
Robert Hallgren	OF	31		41	2	3	0	.935	0.00
Cameron Killebrew	OF	13		15	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jim Capowski	OF	4		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mark Mercer	P	48		5	15	2	2	.909	0.00
Len Whitehouse	P	32		2	20	2	2	.917	0.00
Steven Nielsen	P	30		7	29	2	2	.947	0.00
Ted Davis	P	27		0	20	3	5	.870	0.00
Chuck Lamson	P	26		7	27	3	0	.919	0.00
John Butcher	P	24		12	25	3	2	.925	0.00
Ed Lynch	P	18		6	25	3	3	.912	0.00
William LaRosa	P	16		0	1	1	1	.500	0.00
Patrick Nelson	P	16		1	15	4	0	.800	0.00
Hal Kelly	P	12		6	13	3	0	.864	0.00
Michael Vickers	P	11		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Michael Odum	P	10		2	15	3	0	.850	0.00
Linvel Mosby	P	5		0	2	1	0	.667	0.00
Charles Viskocil	P	5		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wesley Williams	P	4		2	2	1	0	.800	0.00

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