1978 Charleston Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 47-93
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Bill Scripture (47-93)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 19,536, Avg. 279
1978 Charleston Pirates RosterTeam Record: 47-93
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Bill Scripture (47-93)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 19,536, Avg. 279
The Charleston Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1978 season with a record of 47 wins and 93 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 581 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 814 runs, most in the circuit. Richard Federici accounted for 56 RBI. Wascar Reyes led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .265 clip. Jean-Pierre Leduc topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.75 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Eddie Vargas, Dave Dravecky, Bryan Clark, Junior Ortiz, Steve Farr, John Stuper and Doug Frobel were all players from the 1978 Charleston Pirates who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Scripture 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.75 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 108 | 64 | 50 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Farr | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.21 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 72 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Ganch | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.58 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 108.0 | 115 | 79 | 67 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Dravecky | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Stuper | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.33 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 85 | 59 | 45 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Cline | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 52 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Luis Jimenez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.40 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Michael Nedelisky | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.03 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Powell | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.37 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 52.0 | 36 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Robert Davis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Pinkus | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.73 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brian Lucas | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.57 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 59 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bryan Clark | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 55 | 53 | 38 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Douglas Britt | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.63 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 69 | 76 | 56 | 5 | 63 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Paul Rudiman | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Taylor | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Michael Shoaf | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Stanton Brown | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Angel Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Barez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lance Dodd | 0 | 1 | .000 | 19.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Michael Pill | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Miloszewski | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Brian Schwerman | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.59 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 48 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 78 | .339 | 5.23 | 311 | 118 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 993.0 | 963 | 721 | 577 | 42 | 741 | 30 | 623 | 50 | 7 | 81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wascar Reyes | 116 | 489 | 422 | 64 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 60 | 37 | .265 | .364 | .320 | .684 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Federici | 118 | 481 | 433 | 56 | 101 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 27 | 8 | 37 | 24 | .233 | .296 | .275 | .571 | 119 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gino Gentile | 117 | 426 | 357 | 57 | 91 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 59 | 55 | .255 | .359 | .291 | .651 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Doug Frobel | 93 | 312 | 287 | 30 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 55 | .237 | .290 | .317 | .607 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Vargas | 56 | 205 | 189 | 18 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 32 | .243 | .302 | .365 | .668 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | 45 | 178 | 166 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | .253 | .299 | .325 | .625 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Rubino | 59 | 226 | 198 | 25 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 22 | .187 | .277 | .258 | .534 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Macauley | 52 | 185 | 160 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 22 | .206 | .310 | .250 | .560 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 49 | 168 | 143 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 37 | .224 | .310 | .294 | .603 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Michael Barnes | 56 | 220 | 164 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 18 | .189 | .372 | .262 | .634 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Casey Clark | 48 | 158 | 138 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 25 | .203 | .297 | .254 | .551 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Victor Marte | 45 | 131 | 114 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 23 | .237 | .323 | .281 | .604 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Nicely | 35 | 141 | 122 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 32 | .221 | .319 | .320 | .639 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Rios | 47 | 153 | 134 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 | .201 | .265 | .216 | .481 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Junior Ortiz | 41 | 130 | 122 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | .213 | .262 | .270 | .532 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hibbett | 41 | 147 | 124 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 28 | .202 | .317 | .315 | .632 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stanton Brown | 39 | 132 | 124 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .202 | .231 | .258 | .489 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edward Lynch | 42 | 121 | 92 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .239 | .398 | .326 | .724 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Stan Floyd | 20 | 83 | 76 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .197 | .241 | .289 | .530 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wesley Hair | 12 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .225 | .311 | .375 | .686 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin MacDonald | 25 | 58 | 52 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .154 | .241 | .173 | .414 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Merulla | 9 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .280 | .364 | .644 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ruben Brito | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shoaf | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Ganch | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1198 | 4221 | 3685 | 501 | 838 | 115 | 25 | 23 | 399 | 136 | 62 | 446 | 536 | .227 | .314 | .291 | .605 | 1072 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Federici | 1B | 107 | 657 | 41 | 11 | 51 | .984 | 6.523 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 14 | 107 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .949 | 8.000 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | 1B | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| John Macauley | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Casey Clark | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Stuper | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Hibbett | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wascar Reyes | 2B | 96 | 157 | 170 | 25 | 36 | .929 | 3.406 | ||||
| Victor Marte | 2B | 14 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Macauley | 2B | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Casey Clark | 3B | 42 | 28 | 83 | 15 | 5 | .881 | 2.643 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 3B | 35 | 18 | 44 | 10 | 3 | .861 | 1.771 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | 3B | 22 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .933 | 2.545 | ||||
| Kevin MacDonald | 3B | 18 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.056 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | 3B | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Victor Marte | 3B | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Floyd | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Macauley | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Patrick Rubino | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Patrick Rubino | C | 49 | 168 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .964 | 3.857 | 10 | |||
| Junior Ortiz | C | 40 | 198 | 44 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 6.050 | 22 | |||
| Edward Lynch | C | 30 | 119 | 13 | 8 | 1 | .943 | 4.400 | 18 | |||
| Stan Floyd | C | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 7 | |||
| Tony Merulla | C | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 1 | |||
| Ruben Brito | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | 2 | |||
| Gino Gentile | OF | 117 | 214 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .973 | 1.880 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | OF | 77 | 67 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .897 | 1.013 | ||||
| Gary Hibbett | OF | 40 | 53 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .921 | 1.450 | ||||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | OF | 40 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.450 | ||||
| Anthony Nicely | OF | 35 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.600 | ||||
| Stanton Brown | OF | 31 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.161 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Richard Federici | OF | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Stan Floyd | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Kevin MacDonald | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Wascar Reyes | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Chuck Powell | P | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .089 | ||||
| Luis Jimenez | P | 38 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .263 | ||||
| Douglas Britt | P | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .235 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 21 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Timothy Ganch | P | 20 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .769 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Dravecky | P | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .684 | ||||
| John Stuper | P | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Brian Schwerman | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Paul Rudiman | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Cline | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Bryan Clark | P | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Brian Lucas | P | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Shoaf | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Jeff Pinkus | P | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Lance Dodd | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Frank Miloszewski | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Nedelisky | P | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Michael Pill | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Robert Davis | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Angel Barez | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Angel Perez | P | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Stanton Brown | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Rios | SS | 45 | 68 | 101 | 24 | 15 | .876 | 3.756 | ||||
| John Macauley | SS | 41 | 61 | 85 | 15 | 16 | .907 | 3.561 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | SS | 27 | 26 | 56 | 9 | 11 | .901 | 3.037 | ||||
| Victor Marte | SS | 19 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 6 | .865 | 2.368 | ||||
| Kevin MacDonald | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 2329 | 967 | 202 | 167 | .942 | 2.420 | 60 | 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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