1978 Calgary Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 37-32
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: John Lewis (37-32)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Burns Stadium
Attendance: 25,198, Avg. 730
The Calgary Cardinals of the Pioneer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the PL.
The Cardinals tallied 429 runs and surrendered 434 runs. Raymond Rivas drove in 49 runs. Dennis Delany led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Curtis Coward and Paul Wysocki topped the team with 7 wins each, while Curtis Coward recorded a 3.19 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. John Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Wysocki | 7 | 2 | .778 | 5.60 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 44 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Curtis Coward | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 82 | 50 | 33 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill LaRosa | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 42 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeffrey Orville | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 98 | 49 | 44 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Axel Vega | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.05 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 76 | 49 | 36 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Richard Hay | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.83 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 45 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tom Wertz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.94 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 60 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Daniel Pierce | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.70 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 61 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Picconi | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.80 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.0 | 54 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Bradley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 12.27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 38 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Ostrow | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.77 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Imbach | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 32 | .536 | 5.35 | 171 | 70 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 596.0 | 640 | 434 | 354 | 34 | 420 | 39 | 481 | 30 | 9 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McKnight | 70 | 327 | 286 | 51 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 20 | .311 | .379 | .413 | .792 | 118 | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Raymond Rivas | 69 | 315 | 242 | 55 | 78 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 18 | .322 | .462 | .409 | .871 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Delany | 60 | 250 | 192 | 37 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 21 | .333 | .468 | .432 | .900 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John Perlongo | 66 | 269 | 227 | 43 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 34 | .269 | .361 | .361 | .722 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Caira | 55 | 206 | 191 | 33 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 32 | .288 | .325 | .346 | .671 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Proulx | 51 | 226 | 191 | 43 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 32 | 17 | .257 | .363 | .330 | .693 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Matos | 64 | 230 | 212 | 25 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | .231 | .281 | .292 | .573 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alvin Bush | 51 | 179 | 163 | 20 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 32 | .227 | .280 | .288 | .568 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Burzette | 46 | 173 | 134 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11 | .261 | .412 | .373 | .785 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Danny Liggins | 35 | 143 | 128 | 27 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .242 | .317 | .289 | .606 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Young | 23 | 76 | 71 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .324 | .360 | .380 | .740 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Perez | 36 | 104 | 86 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .267 | .382 | .337 | .720 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Lett | 35 | 120 | 94 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 | .234 | .381 | .266 | .647 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Reginald Ward | 33 | 99 | 73 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 20 | .151 | .367 | .247 | .614 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caraballo | 11 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .318 | .623 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Beattie | 7 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .417 | .533 | .500 | 1.033 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Mueller | 8 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .192 | .300 | .231 | .531 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Carpenter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Wysocki | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill LaRosa | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 766 | 2788 | 2352 | 429 | 644 | 91 | 26 | 13 | 359 | 101 | 28 | 357 | 330 | .274 | .372 | .351 | .724 | 826 | 0 | 23 | 39 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Perlongo | 1B | 65 | 540 | 27 | 7 | 49 | .988 | 8.723 | ||||
| Jose Perez | 1B | 7 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .944 | 4.857 | ||||
| Timothy Burzette | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Rivas | 2B | 69 | 171 | 179 | 19 | 40 | .949 | 5.072 | ||||
| Patrick Proulx | 2B | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | 3B | 48 | 47 | 78 | 11 | 5 | .919 | 2.604 | ||||
| Dennis Caira | 3B | 18 | 13 | 31 | 11 | 2 | .800 | 2.444 | ||||
| Roosevelt Lett | 3B | 12 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .821 | 1.917 | ||||
| Dennis Delany | C | 52 | 357 | 49 | 10 | 4 | .976 | 7.808 | 11 | |||
| Timothy Burzette | C | 16 | 100 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.250 | 4 | |||
| Jose Caraballo | C | 9 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 4 | |||
| Timothy Mueller | C | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Peter Beattie | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Carlos Matos | OF | 58 | 90 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .913 | 1.638 | ||||
| Alvin Bush | OF | 45 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .864 | 1.267 | ||||
| Dennis Caira | OF | 37 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.189 | ||||
| Danny Liggins | OF | 29 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.931 | ||||
| Jeffrey Young | OF | 22 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .884 | 1.727 | ||||
| Roosevelt Lett | OF | 18 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jose Perez | OF | 16 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.750 | ||||
| Reginald Ward | OF | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .889 | ||||
| Timothy Burzette | OF | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Dennis Delany | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Carpenter | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Wysocki | P | 24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .667 | ||||
| Bill LaRosa | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| David Picconi | P | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Tom Wertz | P | 17 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Axel Vega | P | 13 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.615 | ||||
| Daniel Pierce | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .692 | ||||
| Jeffrey Orville | P | 13 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Curtis Coward | P | 13 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Richard Hay | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .636 | ||||
| Michael Bradley | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Scott Imbach | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jose Perez | P | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Frank Ostrow | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Patrick Proulx | SS | 49 | 74 | 158 | 12 | 26 | .951 | 4.735 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | SS | 24 | 32 | 73 | 6 | 12 | .946 | 4.375 | ||||
| Totals | 795 | 1788 | 784 | 147 | 156 | .946 | 3.235 | 20 | 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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