1978 Charleston Charlies Statistics
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Jim Beauchamp (85-55)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 130,653, Avg. 1,866
Playoffs - Richmond Braves 3 games, Charleston Charlies 1
The Charleston Charlies of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Charlies scored 652 runs and allowed 580 runs. Jim Obradovich led Charleston with 21 home runs and accounted for 85 RBI. Keith Drumright paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Dan Larson and Gary Wilson topped the team with 14 wins each, while Frank Riccelli registered a 2.78 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Charleston Charlies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Vern Ruhle, Julio González, Oscar Zamora, Rob Sperring, Mike Fischlin, Randy Wiles, Tim Hosley, Gary Wilson, Dan Larson, Roy Thomas, Dave Augustine, Keith Drumright, Joe Cannon, Craig Cacek, Charlie Williams, Bo McLaughlin, Jim Obradovich, Mike Mendoza, Frank Riccelli, Bob Coluccio, Larry Hardy, Luis Pujols, Jim Pankovits, Mike Buskey, Gary Rajsich and José Sosa.
Jim Beauchamp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Larson | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.74 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 202.0 | 180 | 93 | 84 | 15 | 65 | 5 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gary Wilson | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.86 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 202 | 92 | 79 | 15 | 69 | 6 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.14 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66.0 | 63 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.78 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 98 | 55 | 38 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Charlie Williams | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.36 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 69 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bo McLaughlin | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.72 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 128 | 59 | 57 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Wiles | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.92 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 122 | 77 | 59 | 4 | 55 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.78 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 89 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Sosa | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Hardy | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.76 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46.0 | 41 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.09 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 38 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Mendoza | 2 | 5 | .286 | 9.21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 68 | 45 | 43 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Aloi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.41 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34.0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Aponte | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 55 | .607 | 3.68 | 303 | 140 | 0 | 45 | 9 | 28 | 1202.0 | 1185 | 580 | 491 | 87 | 426 | 47 | 641 | 23 | 2 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Drumright | 124 | 562 | 512 | 67 | 159 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 24 | .311 | .359 | .369 | .728 | 189 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Joe Cannon | 136 | 575 | 518 | 72 | 152 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 75 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 102 | .293 | .349 | .442 | .791 | 229 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Rob Sperring | 134 | 589 | 527 | 87 | 151 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 56 | .287 | .346 | .398 | .744 | 210 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Craig Cacek | 138 | 589 | 501 | 74 | 146 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 42 | .291 | .384 | .397 | .781 | 199 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Don Pisker | 134 | 548 | 477 | 69 | 137 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 77 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 83 | .287 | .361 | .436 | .797 | 208 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 129 | 509 | 421 | 77 | 129 | 28 | 3 | 21 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 75 | .306 | .413 | .537 | .950 | 226 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 99 | 313 | 288 | 25 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .264 | .311 | .326 | .637 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 77 | 276 | 240 | 36 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 30 | .250 | .332 | .312 | .645 | 75 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Fischlin | 82 | 330 | 280 | 38 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 49 | .211 | .304 | .261 | .565 | 73 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Mike Tyler | 76 | 244 | 211 | 17 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 24 | .265 | .347 | .398 | .745 | 84 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bob Coluccio | 49 | 204 | 159 | 28 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 19 | .308 | .443 | .472 | .914 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Luis Pujols | 61 | 217 | 196 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 52 | .219 | .272 | .291 | .563 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gary Rajsich | 46 | 145 | 126 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 20 | .230 | .317 | .325 | .643 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 26 | 90 | 75 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 17 | .253 | .360 | .387 | .746 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 29 | 96 | 86 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | .198 | .255 | .279 | .534 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Julio González | 8 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .367 | .424 | .400 | .824 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Stokke | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pankovits | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Larson | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1399 | 5338 | 4663 | 652 | 1296 | 205 | 54 | 73 | 599 | 64 | 30 | 537 | 653 | .278 | .353 | .392 | .745 | 1828 | 0 | 30 | 63 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cacek | 1B | 97 | 870 | 62 | 10 | 93 | .989 | 9.608 | ||||
| Jim Obradovich | 1B | 43 | 377 | 14 | 6 | 37 | .985 | 9.093 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Keith Drumright | 2B | 122 | 288 | 357 | 22 | 95 | .967 | 5.287 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 21 | 42 | 59 | 1 | 15 | .990 | 4.810 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | 2B | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Julio González | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 134 | 101 | 302 | 19 | 42 | .955 | 3.007 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 3B | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 3B | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Julio González | 3B | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Tyler | C | 74 | 316 | 36 | 6 | 11 | .983 | 4.757 | 7 | |||
| Luis Pujols | C | 61 | 277 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 4.852 | 4 | |||
| Tim Hosley | C | 21 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 4.381 | 0 | |||
| Dave Augustine | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 136 | 304 | 14 | 12 | 5 | .964 | 2.338 | ||||
| Don Pisker | OF | 132 | 273 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .966 | 2.144 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | OF | 77 | 134 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .959 | 1.805 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | OF | 49 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 2.224 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | OF | 43 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.791 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | OF | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 16.000 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .229 | ||||
| Randy Wiles | P | 29 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .724 | ||||
| Dan Larson | P | 29 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.034 | ||||
| Gary Wilson | P | 28 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.393 | ||||
| Roy Thomas | P | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .250 | ||||
| Larry Hardy | P | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .464 | ||||
| Bo McLaughlin | P | 22 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 20 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .500 | ||||
| José Sosa | P | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 17 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Vern Ruhle | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Williams | P | 11 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Mendoza | P | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| David Aloi | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ricardo Aponte | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 82 | 141 | 279 | 13 | 60 | .970 | 5.122 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | SS | 28 | 45 | 93 | 4 | 18 | .972 | 4.929 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 22 | 31 | 73 | 7 | 11 | .937 | 4.727 | ||||
| Julio González | SS | 5 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | SS | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 3.667 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | SS | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1476 | 3602 | 1569 | 147 | 417 | .972 | 3.503 | 11 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
