1978 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 41-28
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Fred Waters (41-28)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 22,173, Avg. 643
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 41 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Twins scored 333 runs, best in the league. Elizabethton yielded 276 runs. Ronald Grout led the squad with 12 home runs and drove in 40 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. Ken Angulo topped the team with 9 wins, and Steve Green recorded a 2.46 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jesse Orosco and Lenny Faedo both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Fred Waters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Angulo | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.43 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 90 | 47 | 37 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 97 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Steve Green | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.46 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 77 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rubio Malone | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.00 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 68 | 41 | 28 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Jesse Orosco | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Riley | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.40 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Mapel | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ted Kromy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.35 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 78.0 | 85 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Manny Abeyta | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.71 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42.0 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Harvey Akers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.91 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sandalio Zabala | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Christopher Geason | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lance McCord | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Hastings | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Barry Jenkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Sevcik | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bart Nieuwenhuis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 28 | .588 | 3.02 | 144 | 68 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 590.0 | 563 | 273 | 198 | 23 | 253 | 12 | 369 | 18 | 13 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Grout | 66 | 282 | 254 | 39 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 34 | .295 | .351 | .488 | .839 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lenny Faedo | 55 | 248 | 232 | 29 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | .280 | .300 | .349 | .649 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Stan Cannon | 65 | 304 | 248 | 50 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 43 | .262 | .386 | .355 | .741 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Miles Nelson | 65 | 283 | 231 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 43 | .260 | .396 | .446 | .842 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Tarver | 56 | 236 | 192 | 36 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 52 | .219 | .362 | .307 | .669 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tarry Boelter | 36 | 141 | 123 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | .333 | .414 | .390 | .805 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Washington | 32 | 138 | 128 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 32 | .289 | .336 | .406 | .742 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Floyd Brennecke | 50 | 202 | 178 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 29 | .191 | .274 | .258 | .532 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Croft | 28 | 111 | 96 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 32 | .312 | .400 | .417 | .817 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Williams | 27 | 108 | 98 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .286 | .346 | .327 | .672 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Holden | 49 | 176 | 135 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 42 | .185 | .362 | .281 | .644 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Bailey | 20 | 66 | 60 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .233 | .273 | .333 | .606 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Waldusky | 28 | 124 | 93 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 20 | .140 | .341 | .215 | .557 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Smith | 10 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .235 | .333 | .382 | .716 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Catanese | 8 | 33 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .219 | .242 | .250 | .492 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rufus Thompson | 12 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .184 | .256 | .184 | .440 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Shumate | 15 | 56 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .143 | .250 | .204 | .454 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alexander Dovalis | 17 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .111 | .169 | .111 | .281 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 639 | 2650 | 2275 | 332 | 564 | 89 | 11 | 40 | 278 | 59 | 13 | 328 | 449 | .248 | .343 | .349 | .693 | 795 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Grout | 1B | 61 | 612 | 31 | 11 | 54 | .983 | 1.541 | ||||
| Robert Waldusky | 1B | 8 | 77 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .966 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Holden | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tarry Boelter | 2B | 33 | 74 | 77 | 7 | 24 | .956 | 4.576 | ||||
| Floyd Brennecke | 2B | 32 | 85 | 96 | 13 | 20 | .933 | 5.656 | ||||
| Miles Nelson | 2B | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Kevin Haeberle | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Miles Nelson | 3B | 58 | 44 | 171 | 13 | 10 | .943 | 3.707 | ||||
| Alexander Dovalis | 3B | 11 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 3.545 | ||||
| Robert Holden | C | 46 | 253 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .993 | 6.152 | 10 | |||
| Jack Shumate | C | 13 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 7.077 | 6 | |||
| Don Smith | C | 10 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .903 | 5.600 | 1 | |||
| Michael Williams | C | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 1 | |||
| Stan Cannon | OF | 65 | 151 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 2.431 | ||||
| Joseph Tarver | OF | 56 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.339 | ||||
| Harold Washington | OF | 29 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
| Paul Croft | OF | 28 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .900 | 1.607 | ||||
| Vincent Bailey | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Rufus Thompson | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Paul Catanese | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Robert Waldusky | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Manny Abeyta | P | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| Jesse Orosco | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Ken Angulo | P | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rubio Malone | P | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Ted Kromy | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Steve Green | P | 13 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Michael Riley | P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Steve Mapel | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Harvey Akers | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bart Nieuwenhuis | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Sandalio Zabala | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Sevcik | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Barry Jenkins | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lance McCord | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Hastings | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Christopher Geason | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lenny Faedo | SS | 53 | 77 | 166 | 22 | 25 | .917 | 4.585 | ||||
| Floyd Brennecke | SS | 16 | 27 | 56 | 8 | 9 | .912 | 5.188 | ||||
| Tarry Boelter | SS | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Totals | 704 | 1794 | 785 | 111 | 166 | .959 | 3.663 | 18 | 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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