1978 Fort Myers Royals Statistics
Team Record: 71-66
Finished 3rd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Gene Lamont (71-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Ballpark: Terry Park
Attendance: 65,574, Avg. 957
Playoffs - Miami Orioles 1 game, Fort Myers Royals 0
The Fort Myers Royals of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 71 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Royals scored 561 runs and conceded 537 runs. Frank McCann drove in 73 runs. Dennis Webb led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .324 clip. Mike Jones and Mike Morley topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Mike Jones recorded a 3.67 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Fort Myers Royals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Danny Garcia, Onix Concepción, Ron Johnson, Mike Jones, Renie Martin and Darryl Motley.
Gene Lamont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Morley | 13 | 2 | .867 | 1.90 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 109.0 | 97 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Jones | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.67 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 169.0 | 150 | 80 | 69 | 5 | 117 | 1 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Raymond Prince | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.22 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 79 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mickey Reichenbach | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.93 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 86 | 46 | 38 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tony Vila | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.54 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Casbolt | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.76 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49.0 | 46 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Erik Hendricks | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.89 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 30 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 8 | ||
| William Miller | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.60 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 92 | 60 | 40 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Renie Martin | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.05 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 44.0 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Melody | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.45 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 119 | 70 | 60 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Gerald Ako | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.86 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grady Warren | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.55 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 38 | 32 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Elwaine Hardtke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.43 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Engelmeyer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.31 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 73 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Onesi | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Lackey | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Ganger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24.0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melville Lowman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.35 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 3.66 | 275 | 137 | 0 | 47 | 18 | 22 | 1076.0 | 1003 | 537 | 437 | 39 | 588 | 18 | 584 | 32 | 14 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Webb | 126 | 511 | 444 | 79 | 144 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 61 | 19 | 62 | 41 | .324 | .409 | .356 | .765 | 158 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Garcia | 117 | 527 | 439 | 77 | 125 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 32 | 23 | 73 | 43 | .285 | .390 | .323 | .713 | 142 | 4 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Frank McCann | 125 | 487 | 416 | 57 | 110 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 28 | 5 | 57 | 97 | .264 | .352 | .392 | .744 | 163 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Phil Westendorf | 129 | 475 | 406 | 63 | 99 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 72 | .244 | .341 | .374 | .715 | 152 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Wieser | 102 | 340 | 284 | 40 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 37 | .254 | .362 | .324 | .686 | 92 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Marvin Wooten | 103 | 343 | 298 | 37 | 68 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 40 | .228 | .319 | .342 | .661 | 102 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Hoscheidt | 90 | 275 | 245 | 35 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 48 | .224 | .294 | .261 | .555 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Onix Concepción | 79 | 250 | 213 | 29 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 29 | .235 | .324 | .268 | .591 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Daryl Harper | 76 | 233 | 195 | 30 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 28 | .226 | .329 | .267 | .596 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Krattli | 68 | 247 | 209 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 30 | .187 | .297 | .239 | .536 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Haley | 73 | 240 | 208 | 32 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 57 | .183 | .282 | .274 | .556 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Darryl Motley | 49 | 167 | 151 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 31 | .238 | .301 | .285 | .586 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Raul Tovar | 50 | 178 | 153 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 50 | .216 | .316 | .288 | .604 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Hogg | 58 | 200 | 159 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 48 | .170 | .318 | .195 | .513 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| T. J. Johnson | 52 | 151 | 136 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 39 | .191 | .267 | .279 | .546 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 29 | 93 | 78 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .231 | .337 | .321 | .657 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1326 | 4717 | 4034 | 560 | 984 | 124 | 36 | 30 | 464 | 171 | 72 | 564 | 701 | .244 | .340 | .315 | .654 | 1270 | 0 | 38 | 46 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Westendorf | 1B | 128 | 1054 | 70 | 16 | 90 | .986 | 8.781 | ||||
| Marvin Wooten | 1B | 15 | 114 | 12 | 1 | 10 | .992 | 8.400 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Danny Garcia | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dennis Webb | 2B | 123 | 272 | 295 | 33 | 62 | .945 | 4.610 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 2B | 9 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.778 | ||||
| Onix Concepción | 2B | 8 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 2B | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Daryl Harper | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 3B | 117 | 82 | 210 | 17 | 18 | .945 | 2.496 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | 3B | 29 | 22 | 51 | 5 | 6 | .936 | 2.517 | ||||
| John Hoscheidt | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Hogg | C | 57 | 243 | 36 | 8 | 6 | .972 | 4.895 | 15 | |||
| Raul Tovar | C | 46 | 206 | 15 | 19 | 2 | .921 | 4.804 | 14 | |||
| T. J. Johnson | C | 44 | 176 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 4.318 | 9 | |||
| Daniel Wieser | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Danny Garcia | OF | 114 | 193 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .971 | 1.754 | ||||
| John Hoscheidt | OF | 82 | 134 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 1.720 | ||||
| John Haley | OF | 69 | 150 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .969 | 2.261 | ||||
| Tom Krattli | OF | 68 | 115 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .970 | 1.882 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | OF | 49 | 100 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 2.061 | ||||
| Daniel Wieser | OF | 37 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.324 | ||||
| Marvin Wooten | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| T. J. Johnson | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| William Casbolt | P | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Renie Martin | P | 26 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .577 | ||||
| Mike Jones | P | 25 | 12 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .878 | 1.720 | ||||
| Robert Ganger | P | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .292 | ||||
| Raymond Prince | P | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| William Miller | P | 20 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| John Melody | P | 19 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.263 | ||||
| Robert Engelmeyer | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Mickey Reichenbach | P | 15 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 15 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.867 | ||||
| Grady Warren | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Melville Lowman | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Erik Hendricks | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Larry Onesi | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Elwaine Hardtke | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Tony Vila | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| James Lackey | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gerald Ako | P | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Onix Concepción | SS | 74 | 109 | 210 | 24 | 40 | .930 | 4.311 | ||||
| Daryl Harper | SS | 73 | 86 | 189 | 14 | 28 | .952 | 3.767 | ||||
| Totals | 1437 | 3213 | 1360 | 183 | 288 | .962 | 3.182 | 38 | 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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