1978 Jersey City A's Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 54-83
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: John Kennedy (54-83)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
Ballpark: Roosevelt Stadium
Attendance: 28,969, Avg. 423

1978 Jersey City A's Roster

The Jersey City A's of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 54 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The A's plated 577 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Ray Cosey paced Jersey City with 11 home runs and recorded 87 runs batted in. Rickey Henderson topped all regular batters by hitting .310. Greg Cochran and Jeff Jones led the squad with 10 wins each, while Rick Lysander recorded a 2.55 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1978 Jersey City A's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rickey Henderson, Kelvin Moore, Ray Cosey, Scott Meyer, Rick Lysander, Jeff Jones, Chuck Hockenbery, Mike Norris, Phil Huffman, Darrell Woodard, Jeff Cox and Mike Patterson.

John Kennedy 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 Cochran	10	13	.435	3.47	28	28		14	3	0	192.0	184	104	74	14	54	4	121	7	1	11
Jeff Jones	10	13	.435	3.72	29	29		11	1	0	191.0	187	102	79	10	84	8	121	2	2	5
Rick Lysander	9	6	.600	2.55	17	17		10	3	0	127.0	128	58	36	3	40	4	58	3	0	7
Kelly Jensen	6	7	.462	4.42	46	0		0	0	6	59.0	73	40	29	6	29	1	33	2	0	1
Randy Green	5	3	.625	2.00	9	9		5	3	0	72.0	51	20	16	1	17	1	35	1	0	0
Chuck Hockenbery	4	8	.333	2.90	15	12		3	1	0	87.0	72	35	28	2	33	1	39	4	0	4
Phil Huffman	3	0	1.000	2.18	5	5		1	1	0	33.0	27	8	8	4	3	0	10	1	0	1
Bart Braun	2	2	.500	3.55	15	1		1	0	1	33.0	35	19	13	4	12	6	18	1	0	2
John Tronerud	2	5	.286	4.76	21	4		1	0	1	68.0	67	37	36	2	36	3	37	2	0	2
Mike Norris	2	6	.250	3.41	9	9		5	0	0	66.0	58	35	25	5	36	1	51	3	1	5
Bobby Salas	1	7	.125	5.79	18	6		0	0	0	70.0	75	47	45	10	42	2	43	1	0	1
Patrick Corcoran	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Chandler	0	2	.000	2.12	4	4		1	0	0	17.0	16	7	4	0	12	0	12	1	1	2
Patrick O'Brien	0	2	.000	5.50	19	0		0	0	1	18.0	22	13	11	2	17	2	16	1	0	2
Frederick Lund	0	9	.000	6.07	21	13		2	0	1	83.0	118	78	56	6	41	4	37	4	1	10
Totals	54	83	.394	3.70	258	137	0	54	12	10	1119.0	1115	603	460	69	456	37	631	33	6	53	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
Rickey Henderson	133	561	455	81	141	14	4	0	34	81	28	83	67	.310	.417	.358	.775	163		3	16	4
Ray Cosey	127	517	477	62	127	25	8	11	87	12	5	28	62	.266	.314	.421	.735	201		6	4	2
LeRoy Robbins	129	510	422	61	111	22	3	10	68	0	1	66	96	.263	.372	.400	.772	169		10	7	5
Darrell Woodard	108	483	410	79	104	15	3	0	23	53	14	58	50	.254	.351	.305	.656	125		4	10	1
Ron McNeely	100	392	341	34	98	13	3	0	42	3	5	42	21	.287	.369	.343	.712	117		3	4	2
Mack Harrison	136	466	407	40	92	8	6	1	32	20	9	37	80	.226	.288	.283	.571	115		0	18	4
Michael Rodriguez	111	425	359	45	78	13	3	8	43	6	6	48	112	.217	.319	.337	.656	121		7	8	3
Kelvin Moore	59	228	214	23	58	5	6	2	28	0	1	11	58	.271	.308	.379	.687	81		1	1	1
Patrick Corcoran	85	289	251	31	56	12	1	3	28	0	0	30	47	.223	.307	.315	.622	79		1	6	1
Scott Meyer	48	183	169	18	44	10	0	5	24	0	0	14	29	.260	.317	.408	.725	69		0	0	0
Frank Kolarek	76	243	214	18	44	5	2	3	25	0	0	23	54	.206	.282	.290	.572	62		1	2	3
Daniel Argee	44	163	132	21	42	11	1	1	18	0	0	26	24	.318	.434	.439	.873	58		1	4	0
Denny Haines	63	213	178	28	42	6	3	6	31	1	0	28	34	.236	.336	.404	.741	72		1	2	4
Bob Grandas	25	104	87	14	26	1	2	0	15	0	0	15	12	.299	.408	.356	.764	31		1	1	0
Jeff Cox	28	117	107	14	19	1	0	0	7	3	2	8	14	.178	.239	.187	.426	20		1	0	1
Mike Patterson	20	75	66	6	10	0	0	0	2	3	1	8	21	.152	.243	.152	.395	10		0	1	0
Bobby Salas	18	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1310	4969	4289	577	1092	161	45	50	507	182	72	525	781	.255	.339	.348	.687	1493	0	40	84	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kelvin Moore	1B	59	517	58	11	44	.981	9.746
Daniel Argee	1B	41	296	26	3	31	.991	7.854
Patrick Corcoran	1B	31	271	20	6	19	.980	9.387
LeRoy Robbins	1B	6	52	2	1	8	.982	9.000
Michael Rodriguez	1B	3	27	6	0	1	1.000	11.000
Denny Haines	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Darrell Woodard	2B	108	219	308	18	60	.967	4.880
Jeff Cox	2B	28	65	72	6	18	.958	4.893
Patrick Corcoran	2B	4	8	6	1	2	.933	3.500
Ron McNeely	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Michael Rodriguez	3B	99	65	154	35	12	.862	2.212
LeRoy Robbins	3B	47	26	69	10	9	.905	2.021
Patrick Corcoran	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Frank Kolarek	C	59	245	35	8	3	.972	4.746	15
Scott Meyer	C	46	223	23	3	1	.988	5.348	23
Denny Haines	C	43	185	21	3	3	.986	4.791	8
Rickey Henderson	OF	132	305	15	7	4	.979	2.424
Ray Cosey	OF	120	202	6	10	1	.954	1.733
LeRoy Robbins	OF	66	93	10	4	0	.963	1.561
Ron McNeely	OF	51	90	3	3	2	.969	1.824
Mike Patterson	OF	20	31	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
Patrick Corcoran	OF	17	19	0	3	0	.864	1.118
Bob Grandas	OF	16	34	0	2	0	.944	2.125
Frank Kolarek	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Kelly Jensen	P	46	5	22	1	4	.964	.587
Jeff Jones	P	29	18	23	3	1	.932	1.414
Greg Cochran	P	28	13	28	1	1	.976	1.464
John Tronerud	P	21	9	3	0	0	1.000	.571
Frederick Lund	P	21	7	16	3	0	.885	1.095
Patrick O'Brien	P	19	0	3	0	0	1.000	.158
Bobby Salas	P	18	5	13	1	0	.947	1.000
Rick Lysander	P	17	15	17	1	0	.970	1.882
Chuck Hockenbery	P	15	7	21	1	3	.966	1.867
Bart Braun	P	15	5	6	0	0	1.000	.733
Mike Norris	P	9	2	10	3	1	.800	1.333
Randy Green	P	9	9	14	2	3	.920	2.556
Phil Huffman	P	5	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.200
Jeff Chandler	P	4	1	4	1	0	.833	1.250
Patrick Corcoran	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mack Harrison	SS	136	211	405	48	76	.928	4.529
Michael Rodriguez	SS	9	3	15	2	1	.900	2.000
Totals		1403	3288	1444	201	308	.959	3.373	46	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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