1978 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Nick Leyva (37-33)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 40,053, Avg. 1,144
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1978 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Cardinals tallied 319 runs and surrendered 344 runs. Jimmy Hickman drove in 38 runs and topped all regular batters with a .326 average. Dennis Gadowski and Luis DeLeón led the team with 7 wins each, while Luis DeLeón recorded a 3.32 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
George Bjorkman and Luis DeLeón both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Nick Leyva 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Gadowski | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.75 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 78 | 41 | 39 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.32 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 84 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Vasche | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.08 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 74 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| John Harshbarger | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.79 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Lowes | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Russell | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.61 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kerry Burchett | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Thomas | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.77 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 46 | 35 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Scott Arigoni | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.79 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Hay | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark David | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Anthony Verano | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.97 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 41 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Morton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.86 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 31 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Christopher Lombardo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.62 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 43 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Martin Little | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.45 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 33 | .529 | 4.50 | 171 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 562.0 | 604 | 344 | 281 | 41 | 309 | 6 | 405 | 22 | 12 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Hickman | 67 | 260 | 242 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 24 | .326 | .367 | .471 | .838 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rhadames Mills | 60 | 250 | 218 | 35 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 33 | .294 | .363 | .362 | .725 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bob Hicks | 66 | 262 | 240 | 36 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 53 | .254 | .296 | .408 | .704 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Everette Smith | 64 | 240 | 190 | 42 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 20 | .289 | .408 | .421 | .829 | 80 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Richard Murray | 68 | 260 | 221 | 29 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 18 | .226 | .312 | .308 | .620 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Cirbo | 45 | 170 | 149 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | .322 | .396 | .477 | .873 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Gowan | 50 | 178 | 149 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 13 | .268 | .375 | .302 | .677 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Kable | 57 | 205 | 166 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 54 | .223 | .366 | .410 | .775 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kelly Miller | 58 | 191 | 164 | 17 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18 | .195 | .286 | .226 | .512 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Felix Tejeda | 37 | 111 | 106 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .236 | .255 | .283 | .538 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Claudio Brito | 43 | 120 | 94 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 13 | .255 | .403 | .287 | .691 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Mueller | 39 | 136 | 113 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .159 | .291 | .265 | .557 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Bjorkman | 12 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .268 | .388 | .610 | .998 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Duncan | 12 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .278 | .316 | .278 | .594 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caraballo | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Vega | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 683 | 2466 | 2125 | 318 | 549 | 84 | 18 | 36 | 266 | 87 | 21 | 273 | 316 | .258 | .344 | .366 | .710 | 777 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kable | 1B | 44 | 383 | 10 | 8 | 36 | .980 | 8.932 | ||||
| Jimmy Hickman | 1B | 27 | 214 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .982 | 8.111 | ||||
| Bob Hicks | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Everette Smith | 2B | 57 | 140 | 154 | 6 | 24 | .980 | 5.158 | ||||
| Felix Tejeda | 2B | 15 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 12 | .969 | 4.133 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | 2B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .778 | 2.333 | ||||
| William Johnson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 3B | 41 | 34 | 86 | 3 | 10 | .976 | 2.927 | ||||
| Claudio Brito | 3B | 35 | 20 | 50 | 4 | 5 | .946 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Mueller | C | 35 | 184 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 5.771 | 8 | |||
| Dennis Cirbo | C | 24 | 130 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .952 | 5.833 | 3 | |||
| George Bjorkman | C | 11 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 3 | |||
| Jose Caraballo | C | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
| Juan Vega | C | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 66 | 88 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .910 | 1.379 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 47 | 97 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .943 | 2.128 | ||||
| Jeff Gowan | OF | 44 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .935 | 1.318 | ||||
| Richard Murray | OF | 31 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.452 | ||||
| Jimmy Hickman | OF | 27 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.148 | ||||
| Ricardo Duncan | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Claudio Brito | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dennis Cirbo | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Martin Little | P | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Mark David | P | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Christopher Lombardo | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Thomas Vasche | P | 15 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Dennis Gadowski | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.000 | ||||
| Anthony Verano | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Luis DeLeón | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Robert Russell | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dennis Morton | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .300 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Harshbarger | P | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Michael Lowes | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Kerry Burchett | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Hay | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelly Miller | SS | 58 | 75 | 176 | 20 | 27 | .926 | 4.328 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | SS | 12 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 5 | .923 | 5.000 | ||||
| Claudio Brito | SS | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 773 | 1686 | 705 | 104 | 144 | .958 | 3.093 | 14 | 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.
