1978 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 61-78
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (61-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 324,510, Avg. 4,669
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 61 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Clippers led the league with 680 runs, spearheaded by 119 home runs. Columbus allowed 731 runs, most in the circuit. Dale Berra and Mike Easler paced the team with 18 home runs apiece. Mike Easler drove in 84 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .330 clip. Odell Jones paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.57 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Columbus Clippers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Easler, Steve Hargan, Dave Pagan, Ken Macha, Will McEnaney, Benny Ayala, Doe Boyland, Fernando González, Alberto Lois, Tom Walker, Jim Fuller, Al Holland, Mickey Scott, Roger Nelson, Kim Allen, Mike Fiore, Clay Carroll, Héctor Torres, Dale Berra, Gary Hargis, Fred Breining, Rod Scurry, Ed Whitson, Larry Demery, Billy Baldwin, Pascual Pérez, Randy Tate, Lee Richard, Tom Shopay, Steve Nicosia, Rick Baldwin and Odell Jones.
Johnny Lipon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell Jones | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.57 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 181.0 | 174 | 100 | 92 | 20 | 69 | 1 | 169 | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Al Holland | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.34 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 102 | 59 | 54 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.27 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 116 | 54 | 47 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Baldwin | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.61 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 46 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.71 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 69 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Randolph Hopkins | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.26 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 50 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clay Carroll | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.90 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 60.0 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Nelson | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.73 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 99.0 | 92 | 50 | 41 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Scott | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.92 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ed Whitson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.71 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Breining | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.38 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 54 | 45 | 39 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lamar Jones | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.90 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 84 | 46 | 37 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Will McEnaney | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.24 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 77 | 50 | 43 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Evans | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hargan | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pascual Pérez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Wiltbank | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Walker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Tate | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Demery | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 67 | .442 | 4.93 | 356 | 117 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 1022.0 | 1099 | 642 | 560 | 100 | 427 | 18 | 655 | 37 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Easler | 126 | 527 | 448 | 84 | 148 | 26 | 3 | 18 | 84 | 7 | 4 | 75 | 86 | .330 | .425 | .522 | .947 | 234 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Nicosia | 111 | 439 | 366 | 66 | 118 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 61 | .322 | .420 | .503 | .922 | 184 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Doe Boyland | 113 | 451 | 405 | 64 | 118 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 61 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 96 | .291 | .346 | .457 | .803 | 185 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Gary Hargis | 107 | 388 | 371 | 45 | 105 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 42 | .283 | .297 | .431 | .728 | 160 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Dale Berra | 99 | 398 | 361 | 58 | 101 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 73 | .280 | .338 | .507 | .844 | 183 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Billy Baldwin | 97 | 398 | 368 | 50 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 47 | .269 | .311 | .416 | .727 | 153 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Harry Saferight | 107 | 380 | 340 | 37 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 64 | .247 | .321 | .359 | .680 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Benny Ayala | 59 | 223 | 203 | 30 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 | .340 | .386 | .522 | .909 | 106 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ken Macha | 65 | 272 | 233 | 34 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 33 | .262 | .362 | .391 | .752 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Shopay | 64 | 234 | 203 | 34 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 26 | .286 | .365 | .414 | .779 | 84 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 101 | 295 | 255 | 41 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 54 | .204 | .299 | .333 | .632 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Alberto Lois | 49 | 193 | 181 | 27 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 47 | .254 | .293 | .403 | .697 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 37 | 142 | 132 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .280 | .321 | .318 | .640 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fiore | 36 | 127 | 109 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .229 | .323 | .303 | .625 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lee Richard | 23 | 89 | 85 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .212 | .247 | .306 | .553 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oswaldo Olivares | 20 | 80 | 71 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .225 | .312 | .296 | .608 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernando González | 16 | 63 | 58 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .259 | .286 | .310 | .596 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Juan DeLiza | 15 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 | .350 | .333 | .683 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Rhea | 20 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .128 | .261 | .154 | .415 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fuller | 7 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .167 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Holland | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Baldwin | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Jones | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rod Scurry | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1358 | 4817 | 4294 | 647 | 1191 | 192 | 45 | 119 | 600 | 62 | 45 | 427 | 734 | .277 | .345 | .426 | .771 | 1830 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doe Boyland | 1B | 81 | 671 | 45 | 14 | 54 | .981 | 8.840 | ||||
| Mike Easler | 1B | 35 | 281 | 28 | 5 | 22 | .984 | 8.829 | ||||
| Mike Fiore | 1B | 29 | 205 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .991 | 7.448 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Steve Nicosia | 1B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Fernando González | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 2B | 53 | 115 | 133 | 5 | 20 | .980 | 4.679 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 2B | 36 | 71 | 72 | 8 | 16 | .947 | 3.972 | ||||
| Fernando González | 2B | 14 | 27 | 41 | 2 | 9 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Juan DeLiza | 2B | 9 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 3.333 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | 2B | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .897 | 3.250 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 3B | 58 | 45 | 113 | 18 | 12 | .898 | 2.724 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 3B | 45 | 33 | 74 | 11 | 6 | .907 | 2.378 | ||||
| Kim Allen | 3B | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Richard | 3B | 13 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 0 | .860 | 2.846 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 3B | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dale Berra | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Fernando González | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Nicosia | C | 78 | 443 | 34 | 8 | 7 | .984 | 6.115 | 6 | |||
| Harry Saferight | C | 58 | 279 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 5.259 | 3 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Macha | C | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 93 | 191 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 2.086 | ||||
| Billy Baldwin | OF | 92 | 168 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 1.870 | ||||
| Tom Shopay | OF | 61 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.607 | ||||
| Alberto Lois | OF | 49 | 115 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 2.449 | ||||
| Mike Easler | OF | 48 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| Benny Ayala | OF | 42 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .942 | 1.548 | ||||
| Steve Nicosia | OF | 27 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.519 | ||||
| Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 20 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| Harry Saferight | OF | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Lee Richard | OF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jim Fuller | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Marc Rhea | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ken Macha | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fernando González | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Fiore | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Doe Boyland | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roger Nelson | P | 51 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .451 | ||||
| Clay Carroll | P | 31 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .581 | ||||
| Lamar Jones | P | 29 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .586 | ||||
| Will McEnaney | P | 28 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .536 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 28 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.071 | ||||
| Randolph Hopkins | P | 22 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Hargan | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Breining | P | 21 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Mickey Scott | P | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Al Holland | P | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Pagan | P | 18 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Rick Baldwin | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Whitson | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Walker | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Randy Tate | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Demery | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Billy Baldwin | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pascual Pérez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dale Berra | SS | 97 | 141 | 278 | 22 | 43 | .950 | 4.320 | ||||
| Héctor Torres | SS | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Hargis | SS | 8 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Juan DeLiza | SS | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Lee Richard | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1570 | 3317 | 1144 | 156 | 231 | .966 | 2.841 | 9 | 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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