1978 Bristol Red Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Tony Torchia (72-66)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 64,921, Avg. 941

1978 Bristol Red Sox Roster

Playoffs - Bristol Red Sox 2 games, Reading Phillies 0

The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Red Sox paced the league with just 512 runs allowed. Bristol scored 570 runs. Barry Butera led the team with 12 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Julio Valdez topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .265. Steve Schneck paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.15 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1978 Bristol Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Julio Valdez, Mike O'Berry, Bobby Sprowl, Mike Smithson, Bruce Hurst and Wade Boggs.

Tony Torchia served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Steve Schneck	15	7	.682	2.15	28	26		18	4	0	205.0	142	66	49	8	106	8	180	12	1	12
Danny Parks	13	15	.464	2.86	32	28		16	3	0	198.0	172	82	63	7	73	3	124	2	0	12
Mike Smithson	11	10	.524	4.56	27	26		8	1	0	160.0	178	92	81	12	76	3	86	9	0	9
Bobby Sprowl	9	3	.750	2.71	20	11		9	3	2	103.0	67	38	31	4	33	2	102	2	1	1
Tom Farias	8	5	.615	3.81	43	0		0	0	9	59.0	56	28	25	2	25	6	57	2	1	2
Frank Harris	7	6	.538	4.50	28	15		4	0	1	122.0	128	66	61	12	37	2	59	5	0	0
Gary Givens	3	2	.600	2.53	6	5		2	1	0	32.0	31	10	9	0	11	0	23	2	0	2
Al Faust	2	8	.200	4.35	17	13		2	0	0	91.0	115	48	44	9	18	3	36	1	0	3
Richard Waller	1	1	.500	2.57	10	0		0	0	0	28.0	25	9	8	2	11	1	14	0	0	1
Jose Caldera	1	2	.333	3.63	37	4		1	0	2	52.0	49	26	21	3	32	2	29	3	1	4
Bruce Hurst	1	3	.250	2.73	6	6		0	0	0	33.0	32	15	10	1	17	1	35	2	0	3
Walter Bigos	1	3	.250	4.24	18	1		0	0	0	34.0	45	24	16	1	19	1	18	3	0	7
Bruce Poole	0	1	.000	7.20	3	3		0	0	0	10.0	10	8	8	1	6	0	9	0	0	1
Totals	72	66	.522	3.40	275	138	0	60	12	14	1127.0	1050	512	426	62	464	32	772	43	4	57	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
Dave Denton	133	550	486	71	127	18	4	4	41	15	6	39	54	.261	.316	.340	.655	165		2	18	5
Wade Boggs	109	414	354	63	110	14	2	1	32	1	5	53	25	.311	.400	.370	.770	131		1	4	2
Julio Valdez	124	444	396	50	105	13	3	8	56	3	4	23	87	.265	.313	.374	.687	148		7	13	5
Mike Ongarato	111	382	351	51	90	16	3	6	36	6	4	27	64	.256	.311	.370	.681	130		1	2	1
Otis Foster	84	339	293	34	89	15	0	8	49	2	3	40	22	.304	.391	.437	.827	128		3	1	2
Barry Butera	106	401	331	43	85	23	1	12	65	5	3	61	35	.257	.379	.441	.820	146		6	0	3
Mike O'Berry	114	400	339	41	80	12	1	6	41	7	4	46	89	.236	.332	.330	.662	112		3	11	1
Gary Purcell	106	388	338	40	78	12	4	8	42	3	3	46	77	.231	.323	.361	.684	122		1	1	2
Carlton Steele	119	350	312	37	76	10	1	1	20	8	3	32	51	.244	.318	.292	.610	91		2	4	0
Dave Koza	75	281	249	31	72	16	4	10	38	0	3	20	40	.289	.361	.506	.867	126		9	1	2
Noel Roman	87	299	284	31	67	6	6	1	35	6	4	7	33	.236	.256	.310	.566	88		2	2	4
Ken Huizenga	46	167	153	14	43	5	1	2	17	1	2	12	20	.281	.335	.366	.701	56		1	0	1
Ronald Evans	41	159	140	26	37	5	1	3	16	6	2	19	27	.264	.352	.379	.731	53		0	0	0
Ronnie Harrington	65	221	185	29	37	6	1	4	11	0	1	31	52	.200	.311	.308	.619	57		0	2	3
John Edwards	9	23	22	4	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.227	.261	.364	.625	8		0	0	0
Jack Sauer	5	17	12	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	.333	.529	.333	.863	4		0	0	0
John Morgan	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	0	0
Rick Colbert	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Bobby Sprowl	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bruce Hurst	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1367	4846	4256	569	1108	174	32	74	501	64	47	462	684	.260	.336	.368	.704	1568	0	38	59	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Otis Foster	1B	84	685	75	6	51	.992	9.048
Dave Koza	1B	50	423	49	6	28	.987	9.440
Mike Ongarato	1B	6	37	3	0	4	1.000	6.667
John Edwards	1B	2	9	2	0	0	1.000	5.500
Dave Denton	2B	131	255	375	29	54	.956	4.809
Wade Boggs	2B	11	15	23	1	2	.974	3.455
Noel Roman	2B	3	3	5	1	1	.889	2.667
Carlton Steele	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Noel Roman	3B	70	50	125	16	9	.916	2.500
Ronald Evans	3B	36	31	65	10	9	.906	2.667
Wade Boggs	3B	30	20	60	5	4	.941	2.667
Barry Butera	3B	11	8	22	0	0	1.000	2.727
Mike O'Berry	C	113	648	76	13	7	.982	6.407	10
Ronnie Harrington	C	28	151	8	3	0	.981	5.679	2
John Morgan	C	6	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.833	1
John Edwards	C	2	9	2	0	0	1.000	5.500	0
Rick Colbert	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Carlton Steele	OF	112	165	3	7	0	.960	1.500
Gary Purcell	OF	104	192	7	3	0	.985	1.913
Mike Ongarato	OF	101	151	6	7	2	.957	1.554
Barry Butera	OF	78	104	2	6	0	.946	1.359
Ken Huizenga	OF	41	70	0	1	0	.986	1.707
Wade Boggs	OF	8	11	1	1	0	.923	1.500
Dave Koza	OF	5	7	0	1	0	.875	1.400
Jack Sauer	OF	4	8	1	0	0	1.000	2.250
Noel Roman	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
John Edwards	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tom Farias	P	43	7	12	3	0	.864	.442
Jose Caldera	P	37	1	5	1	0	.857	.162
Danny Parks	P	32	21	43	9	3	.877	2.000
Steve Schneck	P	28	21	40	10	2	.859	2.179
Frank Harris	P	28	12	14	0	3	1.000	.929
Mike Smithson	P	27	15	35	1	3	.980	1.852
Bobby Sprowl	P	20	0	19	0	0	1.000	.950
Walter Bigos	P	18	4	9	0	2	1.000	.722
Al Faust	P	17	5	19	0	1	1.000	1.412
Richard Waller	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Bruce Hurst	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Gary Givens	P	6	1	6	1	0	.875	1.167
Bruce Poole	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Julio Valdez	SS	122	213	285	39	53	.927	4.082
Wade Boggs	SS	12	16	23	0	2	1.000	3.250
Noel Roman	SS	11	11	10	3	2	.875	1.909
Totals		1461	3401	1440	183	242	.964	3.313	13	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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