1978 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 50-18
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: James Hoff (50-18)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 58,750, Avg. 1,728
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Idaho Falls Angels 0
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 50 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Mustangs conceded 317 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Billings plated 507 runs. Gary Redus paced the team with 17 home runs Skeeter Barnes accounted for 76 RBI. Gary Redus led all regular batters by connecting at a .462 clip. Alex Neely topped the squad with 8 wins, while Les Straker recorded a 2.35 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1978 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Skeeter Barnes, Gary Redus, Nick Esasky, Tom Lawless, Les Straker and Ben Hayes.
James Hoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Neely | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.77 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 36 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Les Straker | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.35 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 46 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Guinn | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.82 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 61 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Wells | 6 | 1 | .857 | 5.29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 96 | 51 | 31 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Skaggs | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.83 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Byron Jackson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.89 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37.0 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ben Hayes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.55 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John LoCascio | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.00 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charley Noble | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 42 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck McKinney | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Roger Glynn | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Engel | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 50 | 18 | .735 | 3.43 | 184 | 68 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 593.0 | 507 | 317 | 226 | 19 | 363 | 10 | 505 | 13 | 3 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Redus | 68 | 325 | 253 | 100 | 117 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 42 | 6 | 62 | 31 | .462 | .559 | .787 | 1.346 | 199 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Skeeter Barnes | 68 | 314 | 277 | 66 | 102 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 27 | .368 | .422 | .516 | .938 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lee Hover | 68 | 327 | 275 | 69 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 43 | 40 | .320 | .412 | .385 | .797 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Engel | 68 | 308 | 241 | 48 | 81 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 52 | .336 | .455 | .440 | .895 | 106 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Tom Lawless | 63 | 306 | 254 | 64 | 70 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 45 | 50 | .276 | .387 | .409 | .797 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Nick Esasky | 64 | 264 | 213 | 38 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 59 | .305 | .421 | .455 | .877 | 97 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Eski Viltz | 63 | 257 | 221 | 31 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 50 | .249 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 68 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dan Sarrett | 49 | 191 | 169 | 28 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 45 | .278 | .349 | .396 | .746 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Greg McKinney | 44 | 121 | 103 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 36 | .233 | .339 | .262 | .601 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wilson Mateo | 34 | 72 | 67 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 33 | .224 | .278 | .284 | .561 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Taylor | 32 | 84 | 63 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | .206 | .381 | .286 | .667 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Stropolo | 12 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .233 | .324 | .267 | .590 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 18 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .226 | .368 | .290 | .659 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Skaggs | 11 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .211 | .286 | .316 | .602 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Charley Noble | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .222 | .462 | .333 | .795 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck McKinney | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | 13 | 31 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Guinn | 12 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Byron Jackson | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John LoCascio | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .167 | .444 | .167 | .611 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ben Hayes | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Wells | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Neely | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Les Straker | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cary Hornaman | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jackson | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 833 | 2818 | 2328 | 507 | 708 | 106 | 33 | 37 | 420 | 164 | 30 | 393 | 507 | .304 | .404 | .426 | .830 | 991 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Engel | 1B | 68 | 580 | 31 | 21 | 38 | .967 | 8.985 | ||||
| Jim Taylor | 1B | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dan Sarrett | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ben Hayes | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Redus | 2B | 67 | 124 | 185 | 28 | 25 | .917 | 4.612 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 2B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Tom Lawless | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Nick Esasky | 3B | 61 | 62 | 88 | 22 | 6 | .872 | 2.459 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 3B | 10 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 0 | .636 | 2.100 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Sarrett | C | 48 | 343 | 40 | 8 | 4 | .980 | 7.979 | 23 | |||
| Jim Taylor | C | 23 | 126 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .986 | 5.957 | 6 | |||
| Mike Sullivan | C | 15 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 5 | |||
| Lee Hover | OF | 67 | 80 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 1.313 | ||||
| Eski Viltz | OF | 61 | 132 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .947 | 2.328 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | OF | 43 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.209 | ||||
| Greg McKinney | OF | 24 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Wilson Mateo | OF | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Chris Stropolo | OF | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Cary Hornaman | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alex Neely | P | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| John LoCascio | P | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .048 | ||||
| Byron Jackson | P | 20 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Chris Wells | P | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .556 | ||||
| Ben Hayes | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Chuck McKinney | P | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .733 | ||||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | P | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Les Straker | P | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Wayne Guinn | P | 12 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steve Skaggs | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Charley Noble | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .375 | ||||
| Charlie Engel | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Glynn | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Lawless | SS | 62 | 116 | 184 | 24 | 34 | .926 | 4.839 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | SS | 9 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.667 | ||||
| Eski Viltz | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 788 | 1776 | 717 | 155 | 123 | .941 | 3.164 | 34 | 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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