1978 Great Falls Giants Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-34
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Ernie Rodriguez (33-34)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 47,912, Avg. 1,430

1978 Great Falls Giants Roster

The Great Falls Giants of the Pioneer League ended the 1978 season with a record of 33 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

The Giants scored 390 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 391 runs. Craig Robinson accounted for 35 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .341 clip. Greg Moyer led the team with 7 wins, while Mike Tucker recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Rob Deer and John Rabb both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ernie Rodriguez 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
Greg Moyer	7	4	.636	4.90	13	12		8	0	0	90.0	94	58	49	2	29	3	77	2	0	6
Mike Tucker	6	2	.750	2.08	12	12		4	1	0	91.0	85	36	21	3	19	0	75	4	0	8
Glenn Fisher	6	4	.600	3.08	16	8		4	0	2	76.0	66	40	26	1	31	2	80	2	1	2
Rick Kittrell	3	1	.750	3.41	4	4		1	1	0	29.0	28	17	11	1	8	0	22	2	0	6
Matthew Sutherland	3	6	.333	4.45	13	13		1	0	0	87.0	98	67	43	4	42	0	83	4	2	7
Charles Zopfi	2	1	.667	3.00	10	0		0	0	0	18.0	23	8	6	0	2	1	10	0	0	1
Bradley Kelley	2	1	.667	3.86	9	0		0	0	0	14.0	19	12	6	2	7	2	8	0	0	0
Kelly Anderson	2	7	.222	6.00	11	11		2	0	0	66.0	75	59	44	6	50	4	51	2	0	9
Javier Lopez	1	2	.333	6.23	10	1		0	0	0	26.0	27	25	18	3	16	1	11	1	2	1
Robert Murphy	1	4	.200	4.93	13	3		1	0	2	42.0	37	28	23	2	26	4	36	0	0	1
John Fenwick	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Steven Holman	0	0		8.50	6	1		0	0	0	18.0	12	19	17	2	15	2	12	3	0	1
David Wiggins	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Claude	0	2	.000	4.71	7	2		0	0	0	21.0	25	19	11	1	10	1	17	0	0	3
Totals	33	34	.493	4.29	127	67	0	21	2	4	581.0	593	391	277	27	258	20	484	20	5	45	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
Craig Robinson	48	202	182	34	62	9	7	2	35	1	1	18	29	.341	.406	.500	.906	91		2	0	0
John Rabb	54	201	184	32	52	5	3	8	32	7	2	15	40	.283	.343	.473	.816	87		2	0	0
David Wiggins	49	202	160	31	49	5	1	6	33	3	2	37	16	.306	.428	.462	.890	74		0	1	4
Frankie Thon	49	185	166	23	48	6	1	0	20	2	4	14	16	.289	.344	.337	.682	56		1	2	2
John Fenwick	50	192	165	29	43	3	5	1	26	10	5	21	34	.261	.346	.358	.703	59		2	1	3
Keith Brooks	44	169	155	22	41	2	4	0	13	14	5	13	20	.265	.321	.329	.650	51		0	1	0
David Showalter	46	157	135	18	38	7	1	2	16	2	2	22	20	.281	.382	.393	.775	53		0	0	0
Leotis Butler	43	137	120	23	36	3	6	0	13	7	2	15	21	.300	.387	.425	.812	51		2	0	0
Rob Deer	48	171	137	20	34	6	5	0	18	2	1	30	58	.248	.379	.365	.744	50		0	2	2
Francisco Rojas	43	141	108	23	33	5	1	0	15	1	1	28	20	.306	.449	.370	.820	40		1	3	1
Bob Cummings	41	163	141	22	33	7	2	0	10	1	0	18	28	.234	.333	.312	.645	44		3	1	0
Ned Raines	41	117	98	30	29	4	4	2	15	11	2	18	11	.296	.410	.480	.890	47		1	0	0
Jeffrey Borruel	37	102	89	10	25	1	2	0	8	1	0	13	20	.281	.373	.337	.710	30		0	0	0
Jeffrey Ahlert	33	103	91	13	25	4	2	0	13	0	0	10	17	.275	.359	.363	.722	33		2	0	0
Philip Sutton	34	118	104	11	22	1	2	1	12	3	2	11	13	.212	.297	.288	.585	30		2	0	1
Juan Oppenheimer	25	86	81	9	20	4	0	1	11	0	0	5	6	.247	.291	.333	.624	27		0	0	0
Mike Fox	19	63	56	15	17	2	1	0	4	7	1	7	11	.304	.381	.375	.756	21		0	0	0
Darnell Baker	23	74	61	10	16	2	2	0	12	4	1	12	11	.262	.378	.361	.739	22		0	0	1
Bruce Oliver	13	43	35	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	14	.229	.372	.257	.629	9		0	0	0
Christopher Barbone	11	32	24	9	7	1	0	1	7	0	0	7	8	.292	.438	.458	.896	11		0	0	1
Dale Baldwin	6	14	11	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.273	.308	.273	.580	3		0	1	1
Richard Doss	3	13	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0	0
Mike Tucker	13	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0	0
Bruce Claude	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	781	2689	2320	390	644	79	49	24	320	76	31	323	420	.278	.368	.385	.753	893	0	18	12	16	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Craig Robinson	1B	44	367	27	4	34	.990	8.955
Juan Oppenheimer	1B	20	148	6	7	7	.957	7.700
David Wiggins	1B	3	33	3	1	3	.973	12.000
Bruce Oliver	1B	3	20	1	0	2	1.000	7.000
Jeffrey Ahlert	1B	3	15	3	2	2	.900	6.000
John Rabb	1B	1	11	1	0	0	1.000	12.000
Frankie Thon	2B	48	88	107	20	26	.907	4.062
Mike Fox	2B	16	22	27	5	8	.907	3.062
Ned Raines	2B	7	15	12	2	2	.931	3.857
Dale Baldwin	2B	5	7	5	2	1	.857	2.400
Philip Sutton	2B	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jeffrey Borruel	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
John Rabb	2B	1	4	2	0	1	1.000	6.000
Jeffrey Borruel	3B	35	26	51	11	1	.875	2.200
David Showalter	3B	34	22	71	15	6	.861	2.735
John Rabb	3B	6	7	7	1	2	.933	2.333
Richard Doss	3B	3	5	6	1	0	.917	3.667
Philip Sutton	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Christopher Barbone	3B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Frankie Thon	3B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Bruce Oliver	3B	1	0	1	2	0	.333	1.000
John Fenwick	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Cummings	C	34	249	32	11	0	.962	8.265	27
John Rabb	C	29	160	13	5	0	.972	5.966	14
Jeffrey Ahlert	C	14	85	9	6	0	.940	6.714	6
Rob Deer	OF	46	83	3	4	0	.956	1.870
David Wiggins	OF	39	67	3	6	0	.921	1.795
Keith Brooks	OF	34	43	5	3	1	.941	1.412
Leotis Butler	OF	32	35	2	5	1	.881	1.156
Francisco Rojas	OF	27	33	3	4	1	.900	1.333
Darnell Baker	OF	21	25	0	2	0	.926	1.190
Ned Raines	OF	11	6	0	0	0	1.000	.545
John Rabb	OF	10	7	1	0	0	1.000	.800
Bruce Oliver	OF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
Christopher Barbone	OF	6	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.333
Jeffrey Ahlert	OF	5	7	1	1	0	.889	1.600
Juan Oppenheimer	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Fisher	P	16	5	10	4	1	.789	.938
Matthew Sutherland	P	13	3	22	2	3	.926	1.923
Robert Murphy	P	13	3	11	1	0	.933	1.077
Greg Moyer	P	13	5	19	2	1	.923	1.846
Mike Tucker	P	12	5	21	1	2	.963	2.167
Kelly Anderson	P	11	3	15	3	2	.857	1.636
Charles Zopfi	P	10	1	6	0	0	1.000	.700
Javier Lopez	P	10	1	2	0	1	1.000	.300
Bradley Kelley	P	9	2	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Bruce Claude	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Steven Holman	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Rick Kittrell	P	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
John Fenwick	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
David Wiggins	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Fenwick	SS	47	65	109	24	16	.879	3.702
Philip Sutton	SS	30	29	92	16	16	.883	4.033
Totals		760	1739	731	173	140	.935	3.250	47	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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