1978 Cedar Rapids Giants Statistics
Team Record: 53-83
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jack Mull (53-83)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 67,616, Avg. 994
The Cedar Rapids Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 53 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Giants scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 676 runs. Chili Davis led Cedar Rapids with 16 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Kenneth Feinberg paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .293 clip. Robert Omo topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.89 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Cedar Rapids Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Kearney, Jeff Stember, Chili Davis and DeWayne Buice.
Jack Mull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Omo | 9 | 11 | .450 | 2.89 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 162.0 | 145 | 76 | 52 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jeffrey Stadler | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.56 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 154.0 | 142 | 103 | 78 | 20 | 77 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Ronald Pisel | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.71 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 62 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Alexander | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.78 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 143.0 | 122 | 76 | 60 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Ray Cosio | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.92 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 135 | 95 | 71 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jeff Stember | 5 | 14 | .263 | 5.59 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132.0 | 118 | 100 | 82 | 13 | 97 | 1 | 94 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Steven Holman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.77 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| DeWayne Buice | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1.70 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74.0 | 58 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lou Marietta | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.44 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 68.0 | 61 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Miller | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.95 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 67 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Steven Duckhorn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Henderson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.96 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 52 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Javier Lopez | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 82 | .393 | 4.14 | 263 | 135 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 1106.0 | 1050 | 676 | 509 | 85 | 611 | 5 | 819 | 48 | 5 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Landis | 131 | 529 | 442 | 79 | 125 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 51 | .283 | .394 | .385 | .779 | 170 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chili Davis | 124 | 467 | 424 | 63 | 119 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 36 | 103 | .281 | .342 | .460 | .802 | 195 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Feinberg | 113 | 461 | 399 | 63 | 117 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 64 | .293 | .375 | .451 | .826 | 180 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Craig Hedrick | 106 | 376 | 330 | 44 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 73 | .248 | .324 | .355 | .678 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Alfonso Gonzalez | 91 | 331 | 300 | 32 | 80 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 50 | .267 | .328 | .353 | .682 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Laubhan | 75 | 312 | 289 | 36 | 78 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 53 | .270 | .321 | .356 | .677 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Smith | 129 | 481 | 383 | 49 | 77 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 79 | .201 | .343 | .272 | .615 | 104 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Venice Murray | 96 | 335 | 298 | 36 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 59 | .228 | .303 | .302 | .605 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Henry Macias | 64 | 263 | 225 | 35 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 18 | .244 | .332 | .302 | .634 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| James Blythe | 64 | 191 | 169 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 45 | .254 | .337 | .402 | .739 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale Baldwin | 53 | 211 | 185 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | .232 | .311 | .297 | .608 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Doss | 61 | 220 | 200 | 18 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 38 | .215 | .279 | .275 | .554 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Henderson | 74 | 226 | 180 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 33 | .217 | .368 | .289 | .657 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kearney | 28 | 97 | 89 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .270 | .330 | .337 | .667 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Rojas | 31 | 97 | 90 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | .244 | .292 | .300 | .592 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Torassa | 22 | 66 | 60 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .150 | .215 | .183 | .399 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Thon | 15 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .167 | .279 | .194 | .474 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Borruel | 19 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .128 | .171 | .128 | .299 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darnell Baker | 13 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .167 | .286 | .417 | .702 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Oppenheimer | 9 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kean Rich | 6 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .062 | .211 | .125 | .336 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Cosio | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1325 | 4815 | 4195 | 559 | 1042 | 172 | 27 | 63 | 492 | 64 | 41 | 500 | 797 | .248 | .334 | .347 | .682 | 1457 | 0 | 55 | 38 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Murray | 1B | 66 | 458 | 35 | 14 | 41 | .972 | 7.470 | ||||
| Kenneth Feinberg | 1B | 65 | 488 | 26 | 7 | 44 | .987 | 7.908 | ||||
| Craig Hedrick | 1B | 13 | 103 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .965 | 8.538 | ||||
| James Blythe | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Henry Macias | 2B | 59 | 120 | 124 | 13 | 27 | .949 | 4.136 | ||||
| Dale Baldwin | 2B | 53 | 132 | 116 | 8 | 29 | .969 | 4.679 | ||||
| Venice Murray | 2B | 18 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | .839 | 2.889 | ||||
| Frankie Thon | 2B | 15 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 7 | .942 | 3.267 | ||||
| Robert Henderson | 3B | 62 | 47 | 120 | 13 | 13 | .928 | 2.694 | ||||
| Richard Doss | 3B | 61 | 48 | 135 | 16 | 9 | .920 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Borruel | 3B | 18 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | .864 | 2.111 | ||||
| Kenneth Feinberg | 3B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Venice Murray | 3B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Blythe | C | 53 | 287 | 40 | 13 | 5 | .962 | 6.170 | 12 | |||
| Chili Davis | C | 49 | 291 | 41 | 22 | 3 | .938 | 6.776 | 22 | |||
| Bob Kearney | C | 26 | 182 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 7.885 | 6 | |||
| George Torassa | C | 21 | 111 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .964 | 6.333 | 7 | |||
| Craig Landis | OF | 127 | 194 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .963 | 1.622 | ||||
| Craig Hedrick | OF | 71 | 97 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .935 | 1.423 | ||||
| John Laubhan | OF | 60 | 130 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 2.300 | ||||
| Kenneth Feinberg | OF | 50 | 90 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .951 | 1.940 | ||||
| Chili Davis | OF | 41 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.902 | ||||
| Alfonso Gonzalez | OF | 32 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .886 | 2.188 | ||||
| Francisco Rojas | OF | 28 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Darnell Baker | OF | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Juan Oppenheimer | OF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Kean Rich | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Lou Marietta | P | 37 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .541 | ||||
| DeWayne Buice | P | 36 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .083 | ||||
| Robert Omo | P | 28 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .862 | .893 | ||||
| Ray Cosio | P | 28 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .821 | ||||
| Jeff Stember | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .778 | ||||
| Jeffrey Stadler | P | 25 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .800 | .960 | ||||
| Pat Alexander | P | 21 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 2.143 | ||||
| Steven Holman | P | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .667 | .533 | ||||
| Ronald Pisel | P | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Robert Henderson | P | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .455 | .417 | ||||
| Dennis Miller | P | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Steven Duckhorn | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Javier Lopez | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| John Smith | SS | 127 | 162 | 333 | 40 | 59 | .925 | 3.898 | ||||
| Venice Murray | SS | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Henry Macias | SS | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Laubhan | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1416 | 3305 | 1321 | 256 | 267 | .948 | 3.267 | 47 | 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.
