1978 Modesto A's Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (61-79)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 55,794, Avg. 797

1978 Modesto A's Roster

The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The A's scored 672 runs and surrendered 834 runs. Bruce Fournier led Modesto with 10 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI. Mike Davis paced hitters with significant playing time with a .335 average. Dave Beard topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.92 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Beard, Mike Patterson, Mike Davis, Shooty Babitt, Brian Kingman, Bobby Moore and Ernie Camacho were all players from the 1978 Modesto A's who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gaylen Pitts 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
Dave Beard	12	6	.667	2.92	25	25		11	5	0	185.0	161	94	60	17	64	0	142	6	0	9
Dennis Wyszynski	7	6	.538	3.48	17	13		4	0	0	101.0	108	55	39	7	51	0	76	2	1	3
Donald Schubert	7	7	.500	3.22	31	11		5	2	6	109.0	116	60	39	5	52	1	64	1	0	9
Kenneth Palmer	6	8	.429	4.59	33	2		1	0	2	100.0	127	64	51	12	31	4	41	2	0	3
David Fuqua	5	7	.417	4.74	20	2		0	0	2	57.0	66	42	30	10	21	2	36	0	0	3
Craig Harris	5	8	.385	6.59	23	18		3	1	0	116.0	152	109	85	9	77	1	69	6	2	6
David McCarthy	4	8	.333	4.26	35	16		2	0	4	131.0	145	82	62	7	65	0	108	2	2	8
Donald VanMarter	3	4	.429	4.65	11	9		1	0	0	62.0	59	46	32	3	44	0	28	4	1	2
Michael McLellan	3	8	.273	5.93	27	14		1	1	2	82.0	105	77	54	7	85	1	46	2	2	14
Bart Braun	2	0	1.000	2.42	15	0		0	0	5	26.0	24	13	7	2	7	0	15	0	0	0
Brian Kingman	2	2	.500	2.37	10	9		0	0	0	38.0	27	13	10	1	29	0	43	1	1	2
Randall Cashore	2	3	.400	5.79	12	0		0	0	1	28.0	40	20	18	1	12	0	17	1	0	3
Bobby Moore	2	10	.167	6.69	23	21		1	0	0	117.0	102	104	87	7	136	1	123	2	4	21
Douglas Hunt	1	2	.333	8.38	15	0		0	0	0	29.0	45	38	27	5	19	0	12	1	1	1
Ernie Camacho	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Fournier	0	0		6.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
John Lavery	0	0		10.38	9	0		0	0	0	13.0	18	15	15	1	13	2	2	1	0	1
Totals	61	79	.436	4.64	308	140	0	29	9	22	1199.0	1297	834	618	95	708	12	828	31	14	86	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
Mike Davis	106	472	406	74	136	12	4	2	35	33	16	55	62	.335	.415	.399	.814	162		3	5	3
Bruce Fournier	98	419	354	53	113	27	1	10	69	7	6	57	32	.319	.411	.486	.897	172		1	3	4
Paul Mize	124	493	419	43	106	14	1	1	54	9	7	57	51	.253	.350	.298	.649	125		8	5	4
Shooty Babitt	109	452	388	70	102	20	4	6	55	18	5	52	40	.263	.351	.381	.733	148		3	5	4
Mike Patterson	96	404	354	58	99	24	10	8	54	13	5	45	68	.280	.360	.472	.832	167		1	1	3
Pat Dempsey	106	416	388	50	98	12	1	2	40	4	1	23	37	.253	.295	.304	.600	118		1	3	1
John Kniss	85	327	289	48	76	12	1	2	29	12	1	33	42	.263	.344	.332	.676	96		3	1	1
Donald Morris	69	294	253	35	67	11	1	2	24	6	11	36	47	.265	.356	.340	.696	86		1	2	2
Robert Klebba	96	379	330	39	65	14	0	3	31	4	3	40	45	.197	.288	.267	.555	88		3	4	2
Jim Bennett	67	244	223	33	62	13	2	6	29	9	3	20	55	.278	.336	.435	.771	97		0	0	1
Eric Attaway	61	217	173	26	44	12	0	0	16	4	3	39	31	.254	.393	.324	.716	56		1	3	1
Dana Berry	46	173	167	20	41	8	0	4	21	4	2	6	50	.246	.272	.365	.637	61		0	0	0
Tadeusz Nowakowski	60	213	189	24	41	9	0	4	22	3	4	21	59	.217	.299	.328	.627	62		1	2	0
Al Minker	38	164	135	19	39	5	0	6	27	0	1	26	35	.289	.405	.459	.864	62		1	1	1
Donald Eagan	52	174	137	21	38	4	1	1	18	1	3	34	19	.277	.424	.343	.767	47		1	2	0
Howard Robinson	38	140	125	20	27	1	1	0	7	7	1	15	31	.216	.300	.240	.540	30		0	0	0
Michael Kennedy	30	102	89	11	25	0	2	0	18	1	1	9	14	.281	.333	.326	.659	29		0	0	4
David Gallino	31	115	94	16	24	3	0	1	8	7	1	18	8	.255	.377	.319	.696	30		1	1	1
Robert Markham	28	98	82	10	17	4	0	0	9	3	1	13	17	.207	.316	.256	.572	21		1	0	2
Greg Darichuk	16	40	37	1	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.216	.256	.270	.527	10		1	1	0
Michael McLellan	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1385	5336	4632	672	1228	207	29	58	569	145	75	600	749	.265	.351	.360	.711	1667	0	31	39	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Eric Attaway	1B	48	361	37	6	37	.985	8.292
Al Minker	1B	38	279	14	4	27	.987	7.711
Dana Berry	1B	38	300	27	12	25	.965	8.605
Greg Darichuk	1B	15	86	8	4	5	.959	6.267
Bruce Fournier	1B	7	37	1	1	4	.974	5.429
Pat Dempsey	1B	4	24	4	2	0	.933	7.000
Mike Davis	1B	4	24	2	0	2	1.000	6.500
John Kniss	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Robert Klebba	2B	82	183	220	13	42	.969	4.915
Howard Robinson	2B	37	72	76	12	17	.925	4.000
Paul Mize	2B	23	65	67	6	17	.957	5.739
John Kniss	2B	5	11	6	4	1	.810	3.400
Shooty Babitt	2B	1	3	3	1	1	.857	6.000
Bruce Fournier	3B	87	84	140	26	11	.896	2.575
Shooty Babitt	3B	34	36	61	11	7	.898	2.853
Robert Klebba	3B	12	12	22	2	2	.944	2.833
David Gallino	3B	9	10	14	4	2	.857	2.667
John Kniss	3B	6	6	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Paul Mize	3B	5	4	7	1	0	.917	2.200
Pat Dempsey	C	102	652	81	26	9	.966	7.186	14
Tadeusz Nowakowski	C	45	226	40	9	3	.967	5.911	13
Mike Patterson	OF	93	161	6	7	0	.960	1.796
Mike Davis	OF	91	177	8	13	0	.934	2.033
Donald Morris	OF	68	158	8	8	0	.954	2.441
Jim Bennett	OF	61	121	8	8	4	.942	2.115
Donald Eagan	OF	45	48	5	4	1	.930	1.178
John Kniss	OF	36	49	8	6	1	.905	1.583
Robert Markham	OF	28	55	3	8	1	.879	2.071
Shooty Babitt	OF	16	20	3	4	0	.852	1.438
Eric Attaway	OF	9	12	2	1	1	.933	1.556
Paul Mize	OF	1	1	0	2	0	.333	1.000
David McCarthy	P	35	12	27	1	1	.975	1.114
Kenneth Palmer	P	33	4	10	3	0	.824	.424
Donald Schubert	P	31	4	21	0	1	1.000	.806
Michael McLellan	P	27	9	8	11	0	.607	.630
Dave Beard	P	25	6	21	3	0	.900	1.080
Bobby Moore	P	23	9	14	2	0	.920	1.000
Craig Harris	P	23	7	14	2	2	.913	.913
David Fuqua	P	20	2	13	0	1	1.000	.750
Dennis Wyszynski	P	17	5	12	5	0	.773	1.000
Douglas Hunt	P	15	4	3	1	0	.875	.467
Bart Braun	P	15	2	5	0	0	1.000	.467
Randall Cashore	P	12	0	5	0	3	1.000	.417
Donald VanMarter	P	11	4	2	2	0	.750	.545
Brian Kingman	P	10	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Lavery	P	9	1	2	2	0	.600	.333
Bruce Fournier	P	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ernie Camacho	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Mize	SS	96	147	262	38	43	.915	4.260
Michael Kennedy	SS	30	52	72	12	14	.912	4.133
David Gallino	SS	22	43	58	10	12	.910	4.591
John Kniss	SS	2	1	5	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals		1509	3598	1446	297	298	.944	3.343	27	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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