1978 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 35-34
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (35-34)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 29,736, Avg. 862
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 35 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Tigers scored 333 runs, best in the league. Bristol gave up 299 runs. Bobby Benda drove in 37 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .326. Benedict Bonk led the team with 7 wins, while Jack Smith recorded a 3.04 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1978 Bristol Tigers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Rucker, Bruce Robbins, Bruce Fields and John Martin.
Joe Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Bonk | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 54 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jack Smith | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.04 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 56 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Timothy Flannery | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.04 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Simerly | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Klank | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.60 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 43 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jud Thigpen | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.0 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Robbins | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.02 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 57 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Kevin Fitzhugh | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.86 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 57 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Polvi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Flynn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Rucker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Allan Bauman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 39 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Marvin Saunders | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.59 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Douglas Banks | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Rabe | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Justus | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| John Martin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian McCaslin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 33 | .515 | 3.72 | 168 | 68 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 578.0 | 516 | 296 | 239 | 24 | 284 | 10 | 411 | 21 | 11 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Benda | 63 | 255 | 227 | 34 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 24 | .326 | .391 | .423 | .814 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Todd Ervin | 68 | 299 | 248 | 52 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 12 | .274 | .394 | .375 | .769 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wright | 56 | 231 | 212 | 27 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 30 | .288 | .320 | .406 | .726 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Michael Bateman | 64 | 268 | 235 | 32 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 39 | .251 | .335 | .391 | .726 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Clifton Wilder | 42 | 188 | 158 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | .335 | .418 | .449 | .868 | 71 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Leslie | 50 | 211 | 175 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 41 | .269 | .384 | .337 | .721 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Art Toal | 52 | 208 | 188 | 26 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 19 | .197 | .262 | .319 | .581 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Wilfong | 45 | 158 | 130 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | .262 | .376 | .377 | .753 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Fields | 46 | 175 | 159 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 39 | .201 | .262 | .264 | .526 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Givens | 43 | 150 | 129 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .217 | .311 | .380 | .691 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Donald Taylor | 36 | 123 | 109 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .202 | .293 | .266 | .559 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sagers | 25 | 79 | 73 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .219 | .278 | .260 | .539 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Hall | 26 | 73 | 60 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | .183 | .329 | .217 | .545 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Brown | 26 | 68 | 53 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .170 | .353 | .283 | .636 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Gomez | 16 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .194 | .480 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hutson | 19 | 55 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | .120 | .167 | .160 | .327 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Benedict Bonk | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kelley | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 690 | 2592 | 2250 | 333 | 565 | 102 | 23 | 26 | 267 | 63 | 18 | 292 | 333 | .251 | .339 | .352 | .690 | 791 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wright | 1B | 47 | 406 | 23 | 9 | 32 | .979 | 9.128 | ||||
| Richard Givens | 1B | 25 | 201 | 6 | 2 | 17 | .990 | 8.280 | ||||
| Todd Ervin | 2B | 66 | 161 | 158 | 5 | 38 | .985 | 4.833 | ||||
| Bobby Sagers | 2B | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | 2B | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Art Toal | 3B | 36 | 24 | 71 | 12 | 6 | .888 | 2.639 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | 3B | 24 | 15 | 56 | 7 | 6 | .910 | 2.958 | ||||
| Bobby Benda | 3B | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| Donald Taylor | 3B | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .579 | 2.750 | ||||
| Todd Ervin | 3B | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Sagers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bruce Fields | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Hall | C | 21 | 110 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .961 | 5.810 | 3 | |||
| Ted Hutson | C | 18 | 104 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 6.167 | 10 | |||
| Juan Gomez | C | 16 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.875 | 3 | |||
| Richard Givens | C | 16 | 89 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 6.562 | 6 | |||
| Mike Wright | C | 10 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 5.300 | 3 | |||
| Gary Leslie | OF | 49 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .950 | 1.551 | ||||
| James Wilfong | OF | 43 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.558 | ||||
| Clifton Wilder | OF | 42 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.976 | ||||
| Bruce Fields | OF | 41 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.951 | ||||
| Donald Taylor | OF | 26 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 1.808 | ||||
| Jeffrey Brown | OF | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| John Kelley | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jud Thigpen | P | 21 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .524 | ||||
| William Klank | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Jack Smith | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .786 | ||||
| John Flynn | P | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Timothy Flannery | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Kevin Fitzhugh | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marvin Saunders | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 12 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Allan Bauman | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Benedict Bonk | P | 10 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Brian McCaslin | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| James Rabe | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| James Simerly | P | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Dave Rucker | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Timothy Justus | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Michael Polvi | P | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Douglas Banks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Benda | SS | 56 | 69 | 157 | 10 | 26 | .958 | 4.036 | ||||
| Art Toal | SS | 14 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 7 | .864 | 4.071 | ||||
| Totals | 758 | 1731 | 717 | 101 | 145 | .960 | 3.230 | 25 | 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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