1978 Evansville Triplets Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-58
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Les Moss (78-58)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 109,106, Avg. 1,604

1978 Evansville Triplets Roster

The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Triplets led the league with just 571 runs allowed. Evansville scored 675 runs. Dave Stegman paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Rick Peters topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .276 clip. Sheldon Burnside paced the squad with 14 wins, while Kip Young earned a 3.02 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1978 Evansville Triplets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Glynn, Dave Tobik, Pat Underwood, Jerry Manuel, Rick Peters, Mark DeJohn, Sheldon Burnside, John Doherty, Jim Crawford, Charlie Spikes, Kip Young, Dan Petry, Mike Chris, Dave Stegman, Bruce Taylor, Bob Sykes, Steve Baker, Chuck Scrivener, Bruce Kimm, Fernando Arroyo, Boots Day, Tom Brookens, Dan Gonzales, Glenn Gulliver, Bob Adams and Al Greene.

Les Moss served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Sheldon Burnside	14	5	.737	3.52	41	18		4	0	1	161.0	184	82	63	16	51	9	100	2	2	7
Kip Young	11	3	.786	3.02	20	20		9	0	0	140.0	128	52	47	14	41	1	88	5	3	3
Steve Baker	8	1	.889	3.21	16	16		4	3	0	101.0	93	39	36	3	53	0	87	5	0	4
John Murphy	5	1	.833	3.21	13	12		2	0	0	70.0	55	28	25	4	26	0	49	0	1	1
Dave Tobik	5	4	.556	3.42	33	0		0	0	9	79.0	71	43	30	9	26	4	70	0	0	4
Pat Underwood	5	5	.500	4.15	20	18		2	0	0	104.0	116	57	48	6	31	3	73	1	0	4
Bob Sykes	4	0	1.000	1.41	4	4		3	1	0	32.0	26	7	5	2	9	0	12	1	1	0
Dan Petry	4	3	.571	4.56	13	13		2	1	0	71.0	59	38	36	4	33	1	50	2	0	2
Garry Grafton	4	6	.400	3.94	37	0		0	0	5	80.0	76	39	35	7	36	1	56	1	1	3
Bruce Taylor	4	7	.364	4.57	41	0		0	0	9	65.0	55	42	33	3	41	9	53	7	2	2
Fernando Arroyo	4	10	.286	4.11	20	19		3	0	0	105.0	124	56	48	7	30	2	45	2	1	4
Ed Glynn	3	2	.600	3.32	27	0		0	0	3	38.0	32	14	14	3	32	11	28	1	1	5
Mike Chris	3	3	.500	3.07	8	7		2	0	0	41.0	38	23	14	3	23	1	21	2	1	1
Ralph Treuel	2	3	.400	5.91	7	4		1	0	0	32.0	46	23	21	5	10	1	6	3	0	2
Stephen Viefhaus	1	1	.500	9.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Crawford	1	2	.333	7.50	5	3		0	0	0	18.0	29	15	15	5	8	1	12	0	0	0
Boots Day	0	2	.000	2.40	14	2		1	0	0	30.0	27	12	8	3	17	1	21	0	0	1
Totals	78	58	.574	3.69	321	136	0	33	5	27	1168.0	1160	571	479	94	468	45	771	33	13	43	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
Rick Peters	135	576	463	92	128	28	8	2	48	25	14	92	52	.276	.401	.384	.786	178		7	10	4
Dave Stegman	135	564	462	95	122	30	1	14	67	17	8	87	85	.264	.386	.424	.810	196		7	4	4
Jerry Manuel	114	490	430	65	113	18	5	7	50	8	10	50	83	.263	.346	.377	.722	162		5	4	1
Dan Gonzales	107	420	364	54	111	25	4	6	66	11	1	45	37	.305	.386	.445	.831	162		4	5	2
Steve Patchin	98	350	305	41	95	18	2	13	62	2	2	42	53	.311	.394	.511	.906	156		1	0	2
Bruce Kimm	127	445	389	61	94	16	1	8	49	8	9	45	48	.242	.327	.350	.677	136		5	5	1
Chuck Scrivener	93	372	328	52	86	21	3	9	46	4	3	32	63	.262	.327	.427	.754	140		2	5	5
Boots Day	105	365	313	42	74	14	1	3	40	2	1	39	54	.236	.318	.316	.634	99		2	3	8
Bob Adams	105	391	353	42	72	13	3	5	40	2	0	31	46	.204	.276	.300	.576	106		5	0	2
Mark DeJohn	100	327	289	25	68	3	2	1	27	2	2	28	46	.235	.302	.270	.572	78		1	6	3
Tom Brookens	65	229	206	27	58	11	1	6	25	9	3	21	36	.282	.351	.432	.783	89		1	1	0
John Doherty	68	261	240	30	57	12	1	6	38	3	2	17	22	.238	.286	.371	.657	89		0	2	2
Al Greene	35	140	119	26	34	6	2	11	33	0	0	18	22	.286	.377	.647	1.024	77		0	2	1
Glenn Gulliver	28	100	83	12	23	4	0	4	12	2	1	13	7	.277	.381	.470	.851	39		1	3	0
Charlie Spikes	16	64	50	8	16	3	2	2	11	3	0	9	9	.320	.438	.580	1.018	29		3	0	2
Marvin Garrison	4	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	0	0
Dwight Carter	5	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	2		0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dave Tobik	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pat Underwood	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Garry Grafton	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1471	5114	4411	676	1155	223	36	97	617	99	56	571	668	.262	.350	.395	.744	1741	0	44	51	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Doherty	1B	61	515	32	6	44	.989	8.967
Bob Adams	1B	40	303	17	8	41	.976	8.000
Steve Patchin	1B	33	259	22	6	19	.979	8.515
Boots Day	1B	12	70	6	1	6	.987	6.333
Tom Brookens	1B	7	35	5	1	1	.976	5.714
Marvin Garrison	1B	3	11	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jerry Manuel	2B	113	262	319	20	69	.967	5.142
Chuck Scrivener	2B	15	30	50	0	11	1.000	5.333
Tom Brookens	2B	8	10	12	2	3	.917	2.750
Mark DeJohn	2B	5	8	11	1	3	.950	3.800
Rick Peters	2B	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Bob Adams	3B	54	43	85	17	7	.883	2.370
Tom Brookens	3B	44	31	83	17	9	.870	2.591
Mark DeJohn	3B	33	16	60	1	8	.987	2.303
Glenn Gulliver	3B	24	18	40	4	3	.935	2.417
Rick Peters	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bruce Kimm	C	124	699	75	7	9	.991	6.242	7
Steve Patchin	C	27	101	14	4	1	.966	4.259	10
Bob Adams	C	8	17	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1
Dave Stegman	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dave Stegman	OF	134	297	8	3	0	.990	2.276
Rick Peters	OF	116	198	5	8	2	.962	1.750
Dan Gonzales	OF	98	157	2	3	0	.981	1.622
Boots Day	OF	56	103	9	2	2	.982	2.000
Bob Adams	OF	9	6	0	1	0	.857	.667
Charlie Spikes	OF	7	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.143
Al Greene	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dwight Carter	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Bruce Taylor	P	41	8	10	1	0	.947	.439
Sheldon Burnside	P	41	10	24	0	1	1.000	.829
Garry Grafton	P	37	0	10	2	0	.833	.270
Dave Tobik	P	33	4	10	1	0	.933	.424
Ed Glynn	P	27	0	6	1	0	.857	.222
Kip Young	P	20	7	31	5	3	.884	1.900
Pat Underwood	P	20	6	13	1	0	.950	.950
Fernando Arroyo	P	20	14	15	2	2	.935	1.450
Steve Baker	P	16	6	8	0	0	1.000	.875
Boots Day	P	14	2	6	0	1	1.000	.571
Dan Petry	P	13	10	17	0	4	1.000	2.077
John Murphy	P	13	3	6	4	0	.692	.692
Mike Chris	P	8	3	7	1	0	.909	1.250
Ralph Treuel	P	7	0	5	0	1	1.000	.714
Jim Crawford	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Sykes	P	4	5	10	0	0	1.000	3.750
Stephen Viefhaus	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Chuck Scrivener	SS	79	117	244	16	43	.958	4.570
Mark DeJohn	SS	61	93	167	10	27	.963	4.262
Jerry Manuel	SS	2	2	2	0	1	1.000	2.000
Glenn Gulliver	SS	2	2	3	1	0	.833	2.500
Totals		1506	3504	1457	157	321	.969	3.294	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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