1978 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 3rd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (78-60)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 58,067, Avg. 842
Playoffs - Lakeland Tigers 1 game, St. Petersburg Cardinals 0
Finals - Miami Orioles 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Tigers plated 526 runs and yielded 496 runs. Daniel LaNoue paced Lakeland with 12 home runs and drove in 47 runs. Jorge Gonzalez topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Joseph Janton led the squad with 11 wins, while Jeffrey Jackowiak earned a 2.59 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Kirk Gibson, Chris Codiroli, Jerry Ujdur, John Martin, Mark Fidrych, Bruce Robbins, Darrell Brown, Marty Castillo and Dave Rucker were all players from the 1978 Lakeland Tigers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jim Leyland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Janton | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.02 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 161.0 | 159 | 63 | 54 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Steffen | 9 | 4 | .692 | 0.87 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62.0 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Shea | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.75 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 144 | 77 | 60 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.59 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 | 130 | 62 | 46 | 4 | 76 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| David Cassetto | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.00 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 63.0 | 59 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Rucker | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31.0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Ujdur | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.39 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 64.0 | 54 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Vavruska | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.34 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73.0 | 62 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Martin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.80 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Codiroli | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.26 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 93 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| John Flynn | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.08 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 53 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Robbins | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.76 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 92 | 43 | 33 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Charles Irving | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Deneweth | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.35 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Polvi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Fidrych | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Granke | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Battle | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Flannery | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 48 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Zimmerman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 18.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 60 | .565 | 3.09 | 309 | 138 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 22 | 1150.0 | 1089 | 496 | 395 | 29 | 454 | 34 | 566 | 23 | 14 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Dasen | 118 | 454 | 398 | 52 | 110 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 49 | 36 | .276 | .351 | .359 | .710 | 143 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jorge Gonzalez | 105 | 404 | 377 | 31 | 109 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 39 | .289 | .304 | .361 | .665 | 136 | 0 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Daniel LaNoue | 127 | 463 | 416 | 49 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 87 | .250 | .310 | .397 | .707 | 165 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bob Nandin | 121 | 478 | 398 | 53 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 31 | .244 | .347 | .261 | .608 | 104 | 3 | 14 | 2 | ||
| John Upshaw | 121 | 394 | 345 | 36 | 80 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 61 | .232 | .296 | .293 | .588 | 101 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Martinez | 104 | 331 | 279 | 48 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 40 | .254 | .342 | .333 | .675 | 93 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Raphael Hampton | 52 | 234 | 205 | 40 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 32 | .337 | .405 | .468 | .873 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Berti | 94 | 332 | 283 | 24 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 50 | .226 | .304 | .254 | .559 | 72 | 0 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Darrell Brown | 70 | 246 | 224 | 31 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 21 | .250 | .305 | .272 | .577 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Marty Castillo | 67 | 231 | 205 | 24 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 40 | .259 | .322 | .371 | .692 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Clifton Wilder | 72 | 270 | 245 | 26 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 29 | .212 | .270 | .233 | .502 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kirk Gibson | 54 | 204 | 175 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 54 | .240 | .328 | .451 | .780 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Craig Johnson | 53 | 181 | 154 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 30 | .221 | .337 | .318 | .655 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Bateman | 41 | 152 | 133 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 22 | .233 | .315 | .301 | .616 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Darichuk | 28 | 90 | 72 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .347 | .472 | .458 | .930 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Givens | 24 | 70 | 60 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .300 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Portley | 35 | 118 | 99 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 28 | .182 | .281 | .212 | .493 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Crawford | 26 | 70 | 61 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .213 | .294 | .230 | .524 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Leslie | 27 | 79 | 66 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | .121 | .256 | .136 | .393 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Gomez | 7 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jake Battle | 19 | 62 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .060 | .242 | .060 | .302 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Benda | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Marsh | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Robbins | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1387 | 4895 | 4269 | 524 | 1061 | 111 | 30 | 48 | 427 | 120 | 53 | 475 | 678 | .249 | .324 | .322 | .646 | 1376 | 0 | 22 | 85 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel LaNoue | 1B | 124 | 1039 | 82 | 15 | 82 | .987 | 9.040 | ||||
| Richard Givens | 1B | 15 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.800 | ||||
| John Upshaw | 1B | 14 | 96 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .982 | 7.643 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Darichuk | 1B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marty Castillo | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Berti | 2B | 64 | 112 | 179 | 13 | 25 | .957 | 4.547 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 2B | 29 | 51 | 50 | 2 | 9 | .981 | 3.483 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 2B | 28 | 85 | 87 | 11 | 18 | .940 | 6.143 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | 2B | 26 | 70 | 83 | 7 | 13 | .956 | 5.885 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 2B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Clifton Wilder | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marty Castillo | 3B | 61 | 73 | 95 | 9 | 10 | .949 | 2.754 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 3B | 58 | 47 | 110 | 12 | 4 | .929 | 2.707 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | 3B | 13 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.462 | ||||
| Jake Battle | 3B | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Marsh | 3B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Upshaw | C | 111 | 451 | 58 | 13 | 7 | .975 | 4.586 | 16 | |||
| John Crawford | C | 25 | 116 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.120 | 5 | |||
| Richard Givens | C | 8 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.250 | 1 | |||
| Juan Gomez | C | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Jake Battle | C | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 90 | 173 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 2.033 | ||||
| Jorge Gonzalez | OF | 78 | 144 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 1.949 | ||||
| Clifton Wilder | OF | 64 | 109 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .936 | 1.828 | ||||
| Kirk Gibson | OF | 52 | 115 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .951 | 2.250 | ||||
| Raphael Hampton | OF | 51 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 2.118 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | OF | 51 | 106 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 2.255 | ||||
| Craig Johnson | OF | 48 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.417 | ||||
| Gary Leslie | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Steffen | P | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .281 | ||||
| Paul Vavruska | P | 31 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .548 | ||||
| Joseph Janton | P | 26 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 2.154 | ||||
| Kenneth Shea | P | 25 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .889 | .960 | ||||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | P | 24 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.167 | ||||
| John Flynn | P | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Ronald Deneweth | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .600 | .474 | ||||
| Dave Rucker | P | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Timothy Flannery | P | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 16 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.438 | ||||
| Chris Codiroli | P | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.562 | ||||
| David Cassetto | P | 16 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Jerry Ujdur | P | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Charles Irving | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Zimmerman | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Michael Polvi | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Fidrych | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Gary Granke | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jake Battle | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | SS | 91 | 148 | 282 | 22 | 41 | .951 | 4.725 | ||||
| Thomas Berti | SS | 30 | 49 | 110 | 9 | 17 | .946 | 5.300 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | SS | 21 | 32 | 44 | 10 | 6 | .884 | 3.619 | ||||
| Larry Marsh | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3458 | 1500 | 178 | 262 | .965 | 3.308 | 24 | 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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