1978 Bellingham Mariners Statistics
Team Record: 41-30
Finished 3rd in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Bob Didier (41-30)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Ballpark: Joe Martin Stadium
Attendance: 29,739, Avg. 838
The Bellingham Mariners of the Northwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Mariners tallied 369 runs and yielded 336 runs. Michael Moore drove in 56 runs. Carlos Matamoros paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .344 clip. Ronald McGee and John Hobbs topped the team with 6 wins each, while John Hobbs recorded a 2.61 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Bellingham Mariners who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Orlando Mercado, John Hobbs, Dave Valle, Karl Best, Bryan Clark and Dave Edler.
Bob Didier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald McGee | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.67 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 56 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Hobbs | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.61 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 58 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Cary | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.64 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Naumann | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.00 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rob Pietroburgo | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.50 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 48.0 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Hallgren | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Christopher Krajewski | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.44 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 54 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Karl Best | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.00 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 58 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Doug Smith | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 49 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gary Fiorante | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.74 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Simond | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lazaro Santin | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elias Salva | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracy Harris | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bryan Clark | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tony Jordan | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Graser | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 29 | .574 | 3.81 | 202 | 67 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 577.0 | 485 | 320 | 244 | 34 | 375 | 15 | 544 | 30 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Matamoros | 63 | 272 | 227 | 43 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 34 | 30 | .344 | .430 | .432 | .862 | 98 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Michael Moore | 70 | 295 | 266 | 47 | 69 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 48 | .259 | .303 | .436 | .739 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Michael White | 69 | 284 | 244 | 43 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 31 | 39 | .279 | .364 | .385 | .749 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dave Edler | 69 | 288 | 248 | 42 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 32 | 49 | .270 | .369 | .423 | .793 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Lindsay | 70 | 301 | 250 | 56 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 15 | 32 | 40 | .256 | .376 | .288 | .664 | 72 | 16 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Guerra | 58 | 211 | 177 | 28 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 29 | .254 | .370 | .328 | .697 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Gabella | 53 | 176 | 148 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 27 | .230 | .333 | .297 | .631 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Valle | 57 | 189 | 167 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 34 | .204 | .276 | .251 | .527 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| David Nowland | 50 | 172 | 153 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 32 | .216 | .280 | .229 | .509 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Delbert Curtis | 59 | 142 | 119 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 20 | .210 | .324 | .294 | .618 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Orlando Mercado | 38 | 67 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .122 | .306 | .163 | .470 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Werner Lajszky | 11 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .156 | .206 | .312 | .518 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Graser | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Hudson | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Acosta | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Mauch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Halicki | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 699 | 2471 | 2116 | 347 | 535 | 76 | 14 | 29 | 287 | 160 | 69 | 260 | 377 | .253 | .344 | .343 | .687 | 726 | 0 | 43 | 33 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Moore | 1B | 70 | 531 | 34 | 9 | 46 | .984 | 8.071 | ||||
| Michael Guerra | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Carlos Matamoros | 2B | 56 | 143 | 127 | 12 | 32 | .957 | 4.821 | ||||
| Jim Gabella | 2B | 17 | 28 | 41 | 3 | 12 | .958 | 4.059 | ||||
| David Nowland | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Edler | 3B | 66 | 46 | 132 | 21 | 8 | .894 | 2.697 | ||||
| Jim Gabella | 3B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Michael Guerra | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Kevin Halicki | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Valle | C | 50 | 338 | 65 | 10 | 6 | .976 | 8.060 | 23 | |||
| Orlando Mercado | C | 38 | 184 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 5.368 | 15 | |||
| Rodney Hudson | C | 5 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 9.200 | 4 | |||
| Timothy Tveit | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Werner Lajszky | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Lindsay | OF | 70 | 133 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 2.071 | ||||
| Michael White | OF | 52 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.346 | ||||
| Delbert Curtis | OF | 50 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 1.400 | ||||
| Michael Guerra | OF | 29 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.379 | ||||
| Richard Graser | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Gary Skow | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Gabella | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Pietroburgo | P | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .031 | ||||
| Jeff Cary | P | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Gary Fiorante | P | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .348 | ||||
| Christopher Krajewski | P | 16 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .688 | ||||
| Doug Smith | P | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Hobbs | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Richard Naumann | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Ronald McGee | P | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Tim Hallgren | P | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Karl Best | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .600 | ||||
| Richard Graser | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Lazaro Santin | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elias Salva | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tracy Harris | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Jordan | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Simond | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bryan Clark | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Nowland | SS | 47 | 66 | 132 | 25 | 34 | .888 | 4.213 | ||||
| Jim Gabella | SS | 25 | 34 | 64 | 10 | 14 | .907 | 3.920 | ||||
| Totals | 800 | 1767 | 736 | 124 | 165 | .953 | 3.129 | 43 | 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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