1978 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 44-89
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Glenn Ezell (44-89)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 53,110, Avg. 799
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 44 wins and 89 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Gold Sox tallied 569 runs and gave up 819 runs, most in the league. Jim Beswick and Dane Ilertsen paced Amarillo with 17 home runs apiece., and Paul O'Neill walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Beswick drove in 69 runs. Barry Evans and Jim Beswick topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Gary Lucas led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 4.87 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Rusty Gerhardt, Barry Evans, Larry Rothschild, Tony Castillo, Brian Greer, Jim Beswick, Larry Monroe, Tom Tellmann and Gary Lucas were all players from the 1978 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Glenn Ezell served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Lucas | 8 | 17 | .320 | 4.87 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 159.0 | 182 | 104 | 86 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 115 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Rothschild | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.17 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 83 | 42 | 38 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tom Tellmann | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.61 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 76.0 | 74 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Joe Carroll | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6.00 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 97 | 67 | 56 | 13 | 58 | 7 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Yandle | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.23 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117.0 | 141 | 85 | 68 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 77 | 1 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Gary Pickert | 5 | 16 | .238 | 6.34 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.0 | 182 | 144 | 117 | 24 | 118 | 3 | 129 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Larry Monroe | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.99 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 91 | 58 | 41 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Greg Wilkes | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.22 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 160 | 115 | 85 | 10 | 58 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| James Stehle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11.08 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eric Mustad | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.03 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 78 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Barry Biggerstaff | 36 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 0 | 0 | 0.82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Donnie Alfano | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Joseph | 0 | 0 | 8.28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 43 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Timothy Kelly | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rodney Leisle | 0 | 0 | 11.05 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 41 | 85 | .325 | 5.31 | 301 | 133 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 1055.0 | 1208 | 783 | 623 | 103 | 506 | 35 | 708 | 33 | 18 | 69 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Evans | 128 | 563 | 514 | 69 | 157 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 47 | .305 | .345 | .418 | .764 | 215 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Joseph Hicks | 111 | 483 | 412 | 66 | 114 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 14 | 13 | 58 | 102 | .277 | .368 | .413 | .780 | 170 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Jim Beswick | 103 | 442 | 367 | 61 | 112 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 69 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 128 | .305 | .420 | .548 | .968 | 201 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Smith | 92 | 400 | 364 | 57 | 108 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 29 | .297 | .350 | .396 | .746 | 144 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dane Ilertsen | 109 | 440 | 405 | 38 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 103 | .237 | .285 | .390 | .676 | 158 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tim Derryberry | 106 | 451 | 375 | 52 | 92 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 88 | .245 | .360 | .360 | .720 | 135 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Earl Battey | 109 | 427 | 355 | 48 | 89 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 83 | .251 | .373 | .307 | .680 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul O'Neill | 72 | 293 | 256 | 39 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 62 | .270 | .354 | .492 | .846 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tony Castillo | 89 | 346 | 322 | 25 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 47 | .211 | .254 | .248 | .502 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| William Hallstrom | 91 | 322 | 289 | 42 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 35 | .225 | .285 | .256 | .541 | 74 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Brian Greer | 98 | 363 | 309 | 30 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 160 | .175 | .286 | .278 | .564 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Glynn Tschirhart | 47 | 198 | 165 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 26 | .230 | .344 | .273 | .616 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Vessey | 58 | 211 | 186 | 12 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 49 | .199 | .286 | .280 | .565 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Ellison | 20 | 70 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .236 | .386 | .382 | .768 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Joseph | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Pickert | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1273 | 5012 | 4376 | 569 | 1112 | 174 | 27 | 92 | 512 | 88 | 64 | 524 | 971 | .254 | .337 | .369 | .706 | 1616 | 0 | 39 | 41 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Ilertsen | 1B | 105 | 996 | 48 | 21 | 79 | .980 | 9.943 | ||||
| Earl Battey | 1B | 31 | 251 | 11 | 6 | 19 | .978 | 8.452 | ||||
| Paul O'Neill | 2B | 67 | 167 | 209 | 8 | 46 | .979 | 5.612 | ||||
| Glynn Tschirhart | 2B | 30 | 65 | 94 | 3 | 16 | .981 | 5.300 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | 2B | 24 | 46 | 75 | 3 | 14 | .976 | 5.042 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 2B | 15 | 34 | 47 | 3 | 8 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Jeff Ellison | 2B | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 5.500 | ||||
| Barry Evans | 3B | 93 | 64 | 204 | 12 | 18 | .957 | 2.882 | ||||
| Earl Battey | 3B | 36 | 26 | 68 | 17 | 8 | .847 | 2.611 | ||||
| Paul O'Neill | 3B | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 4.400 | ||||
| Tony Castillo | C | 86 | 506 | 62 | 14 | 7 | .976 | 6.605 | 16 | |||
| Thomas Vessey | C | 50 | 267 | 34 | 13 | 2 | .959 | 6.020 | 14 | |||
| Tim Derryberry | OF | 105 | 157 | 15 | 14 | 2 | .925 | 1.638 | ||||
| Brian Greer | OF | 97 | 196 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .954 | 2.144 | ||||
| Jim Beswick | OF | 94 | 152 | 16 | 8 | 3 | .955 | 1.787 | ||||
| Joseph Hicks | OF | 76 | 129 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .938 | 1.776 | ||||
| Earl Battey | OF | 33 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .917 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tom Tellmann | P | 48 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .271 | ||||
| John Yandle | P | 37 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .432 | ||||
| Barry Biggerstaff | P | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Wilkes | P | 35 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 2 | .842 | .914 | ||||
| Gary Pickert | P | 28 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.286 | ||||
| Gary Lucas | P | 25 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.360 | ||||
| Joe Carroll | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| Eric Mustad | P | 13 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Larry Rothschild | P | 12 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Monroe | P | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rodney Leisle | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| William Joseph | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| James Stehle | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Timothy Kelly | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Smith | SS | 67 | 93 | 206 | 30 | 31 | .909 | 4.463 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | SS | 36 | 55 | 71 | 20 | 11 | .863 | 3.500 | ||||
| Barry Evans | SS | 36 | 74 | 146 | 11 | 25 | .952 | 6.111 | ||||
| Totals | 1389 | 3384 | 1522 | 238 | 304 | .954 | 3.532 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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