1978 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 74-68
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Doug Holmquist (74-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 58,266, Avg. 821
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 74 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Yankees scored 521 runs and surrendered 464 runs. Pat Tabler drove in 70 runs. Kenny Baker led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .289 average. Ronald Luongo topped the squad with 12 wins, while Byron Ballard recorded a 2.55 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1978 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chris Welsh, Pat Tabler, Willie McGee, Rafael Santana, Steve Balboni, Gil Rondón, Paul Boris, Ted Wilborn, Don Cooper and Andy McGaffigan.
Doug Holmquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Luongo | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.97 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 179.0 | 156 | 74 | 59 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Mike McLeod | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.97 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 173.0 | 159 | 72 | 57 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Byron Ballard | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.55 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 134.0 | 107 | 52 | 38 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Paul Boris | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.40 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 90.0 | 92 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jamie Werly | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.52 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 107.0 | 93 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jose Alcantara | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.64 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.44 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy McGaffigan | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.86 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 66.0 | 45 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ricky Burdette | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.07 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 74.0 | 60 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stan Saleski | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.94 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 101 | 48 | 39 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Delgatti | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Cooper | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 52.0 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gil Rondón | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Welsh | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.60 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Riggar | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenny Baker | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alan Nesbitt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 68 | .521 | 2.75 | 252 | 142 | 0 | 63 | 14 | 16 | 1163.0 | 1032 | 464 | 355 | 33 | 397 | 4 | 686 | 33 | 9 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Baker | 131 | 519 | 440 | 65 | 127 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 9 | 6 | 68 | 38 | .289 | .383 | .382 | .765 | 168 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Pat Tabler | 138 | 545 | 455 | 56 | 124 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 69 | .273 | .373 | .347 | .720 | 158 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 131 | 477 | 431 | 37 | 111 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 63 | .258 | .307 | .299 | .607 | 129 | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Willie McGee | 124 | 485 | 423 | 62 | 106 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 50 | 78 | .251 | .331 | .293 | .624 | 124 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Pat Callahan | 122 | 429 | 357 | 32 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 67 | .246 | .342 | .303 | .645 | 108 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Dan Schmitz | 82 | 348 | 274 | 47 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 62 | 18 | .241 | .382 | .274 | .655 | 75 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Jose Paulino | 74 | 264 | 228 | 32 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 40 | .276 | .363 | .329 | .692 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| James Horvath | 87 | 284 | 238 | 22 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 35 | .261 | .339 | .307 | .646 | 73 | 2 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Mark Harris | 114 | 351 | 280 | 32 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 27 | .196 | .310 | .200 | .510 | 56 | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Crawford | 66 | 220 | 190 | 27 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 62 | .279 | .362 | .395 | .757 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Johnston | 68 | 266 | 215 | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 23 | .195 | .330 | .274 | .604 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mark Thiel | 67 | 211 | 182 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .209 | .304 | .264 | .568 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steve Balboni | 60 | 199 | 176 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 47 | .205 | .291 | .250 | .541 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Hemphill | 56 | 171 | 149 | 15 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .221 | .305 | .309 | .614 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rodrigo Bellony | 52 | 125 | 105 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | .257 | .366 | .295 | .661 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wilborn | 41 | 82 | 70 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | .186 | .278 | .200 | .478 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl Gardner | 28 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .103 | .212 | .103 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael O'Reilly | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Saleski | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Salvador | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rex Farrior | 7 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .176 | .000 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Khoury | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1477 | 5053 | 4279 | 523 | 1048 | 108 | 37 | 19 | 450 | 89 | 45 | 594 | 688 | .245 | .339 | .301 | .640 | 1287 | 0 | 35 | 109 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Tabler | 1B | 89 | 825 | 61 | 12 | 54 | .987 | 9.955 | ||||
| Steve Balboni | 1B | 57 | 475 | 19 | 4 | 32 | .992 | 8.667 | ||||
| Michael O'Reilly | 1B | 5 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Carl Gardner | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 2B | 82 | 182 | 294 | 15 | 36 | .969 | 5.805 | ||||
| Mark Harris | 2B | 44 | 82 | 130 | 6 | 20 | .972 | 4.818 | ||||
| Rodrigo Bellony | 2B | 28 | 44 | 77 | 8 | 13 | .938 | 4.321 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 2B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Harris | 3B | 58 | 30 | 79 | 7 | 5 | .940 | 1.879 | ||||
| Kevin Hemphill | 3B | 56 | 31 | 74 | 16 | 9 | .868 | 1.875 | ||||
| James Horvath | 3B | 36 | 23 | 87 | 6 | 6 | .948 | 3.056 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 3B | 19 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 2.053 | ||||
| Rodrigo Bellony | 3B | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .636 | ||||
| Pat Callahan | C | 109 | 566 | 82 | 9 | 6 | .986 | 5.945 | 19 | |||
| Mark Thiel | C | 39 | 178 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 4.821 | 3 | |||
| Kenny Baker | OF | 128 | 169 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .995 | 1.438 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 124 | 243 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 2.056 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | OF | 64 | 88 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .969 | 1.469 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | OF | 57 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.702 | ||||
| James Horvath | OF | 37 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.162 | ||||
| Ted Wilborn | OF | 36 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.194 | ||||
| Carl Gardner | OF | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | OF | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Johnny Crawford | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Thiel | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Khoury | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ricky Burdette | P | 34 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Paul Boris | P | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .344 | ||||
| Mike McLeod | P | 28 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 0 | .872 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ronald Luongo | P | 26 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Byron Ballard | P | 22 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Scott Delgatti | P | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Stan Saleski | P | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Jamie Werly | P | 13 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 10 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 1.500 | ||||
| Calvin Riggar | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Doug Heinold | P | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jose Alcantara | P | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alan Nesbitt | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Welsh | P | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gil Rondón | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 131 | 166 | 372 | 48 | 53 | .918 | 4.107 | ||||
| Mark Harris | SS | 22 | 27 | 56 | 4 | 8 | .954 | 3.773 | ||||
| Julio Salvador | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| James Horvath | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1516 | 3485 | 1612 | 186 | 268 | .965 | 3.362 | 22 | 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.
