1978 Miami Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 76-65
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Jimmy Williams (76-65)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 60,118, Avg. 853
Playoffs - Miami Orioles 1 game, Fort Myers Royals 0
Finals - Miami Orioles 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1
The Miami Orioles of the Florida State League ended the 1978 season with a record of 76 wins and 65 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Orioles scored 584 runs and surrendered 553 runs. Vern Thomas led Miami with 10 home runs Dan Logan recorded 76 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Mark Smith paced the team with 15 wins, while Tom Rowe earned a 2.31 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1978 Miami Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Lake, John Shelby, Don Welchel, Mark Smith, Drungo Hazewood and Dave Huppert.
Jimmy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.73 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 186.0 | 177 | 89 | 77 | 11 | 73 | 1 | 110 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Jones | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.46 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 183.0 | 148 | 72 | 50 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 143 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Will George | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.52 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 150.0 | 113 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Michael Rachuba | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.83 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 127.0 | 99 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tom Rowe | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.31 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 199.0 | 188 | 91 | 51 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 110 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Luis Peralta | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.05 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 66.0 | 54 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Russell Pensiero | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Don Welchel | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Noonan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Michael Lindal | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.74 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 74.0 | 68 | 51 | 39 | 7 | 63 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jorge Diaz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 57 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gregory McArthur | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.36 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 57 | 47 | 41 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert Coneys | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 65 | .539 | 3.26 | 256 | 141 | 0 | 65 | 12 | 17 | 1174.0 | 1059 | 553 | 425 | 39 | 581 | 13 | 745 | 32 | 12 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Logan | 117 | 476 | 425 | 38 | 133 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 51 | .313 | .368 | .409 | .778 | 174 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Tom Eaton | 137 | 596 | 499 | 89 | 133 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 50 | 10 | 83 | 58 | .267 | .374 | .297 | .671 | 148 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Vern Thomas | 126 | 525 | 459 | 64 | 126 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 24 | 8 | 53 | 94 | .275 | .350 | .401 | .751 | 184 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Scott Christopher | 97 | 397 | 364 | 62 | 105 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 26 | 43 | .288 | .339 | .357 | .696 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Russell Brett | 103 | 400 | 369 | 45 | 103 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 71 | .279 | .332 | .360 | .693 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Denman | 107 | 422 | 364 | 65 | 98 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 46 | 95 | .269 | .354 | .368 | .722 | 134 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Cook | 118 | 459 | 415 | 51 | 91 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 46 | .219 | .285 | .316 | .601 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Drungo Hazewood | 111 | 414 | 372 | 41 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 119 | .242 | .306 | .360 | .666 | 134 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Whitfield | 107 | 385 | 356 | 40 | 88 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 53 | .247 | .289 | .289 | .579 | 103 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Steve Lake | 69 | 239 | 223 | 19 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 30 | .256 | .284 | .327 | .611 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| David Lankster | 58 | 188 | 173 | 16 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .254 | .306 | .289 | .595 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Huppert | 61 | 224 | 184 | 28 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 40 | .228 | .351 | .310 | .661 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| David Caldwell | 51 | 189 | 159 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 34 | .245 | .356 | .321 | .677 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Marrero | 16 | 54 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .208 | .296 | .229 | .525 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Shelby | 13 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .231 | .333 | .269 | .603 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nave | 18 | 53 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .098 | .302 | .122 | .424 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Moore | 7 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .133 | .000 | .133 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1316 | 5066 | 4490 | 584 | 1169 | 148 | 41 | 42 | 504 | 182 | 60 | 466 | 798 | .260 | .332 | .340 | .672 | 1525 | 0 | 34 | 44 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Logan | 1B | 117 | 995 | 73 | 10 | 107 | .991 | 9.128 | ||||
| Stephen Cook | 1B | 17 | 113 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .968 | 7.059 | ||||
| William Marrero | 1B | 11 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .987 | 7.000 | ||||
| Steve Lake | 1B | 4 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 7.750 | ||||
| Dave Huppert | 1B | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Eaton | 2B | 137 | 300 | 432 | 21 | 86 | .972 | 5.343 | ||||
| Stephen Cook | 2B | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Lankster | 2B | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Russell Brett | 3B | 103 | 67 | 186 | 14 | 8 | .948 | 2.456 | ||||
| Stephen Cook | 3B | 24 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .914 | 2.208 | ||||
| David Lankster | 3B | 18 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 5 | .929 | 2.889 | ||||
| Steve Lake | C | 65 | 300 | 49 | 6 | 0 | .983 | 5.369 | 12 | |||
| Dave Huppert | C | 61 | 375 | 56 | 7 | 7 | .984 | 7.066 | 8 | |||
| Douglas Nave | C | 18 | 87 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 5.278 | 3 | |||
| Richard Moore | C | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Drungo Hazewood | OF | 106 | 188 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .970 | 1.858 | ||||
| John Denman | OF | 91 | 175 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 2.033 | ||||
| Vern Thomas | OF | 75 | 115 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Christopher | OF | 74 | 156 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 2.243 | ||||
| Stephen Cook | OF | 51 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.216 | ||||
| David Caldwell | OF | 22 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.955 | ||||
| John Shelby | OF | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| William Marrero | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Michael Rachuba | P | 30 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .933 | ||||
| Luis Peralta | P | 29 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .483 | ||||
| Tom Rowe | P | 28 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 2 | .830 | 1.393 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 27 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 1.704 | ||||
| Michael Lindal | P | 26 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Larry Jones | P | 24 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jorge Diaz | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Will George | P | 20 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.650 | ||||
| Gregory McArthur | P | 18 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .611 | ||||
| Russell Pensiero | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Coneys | P | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| John Noonan | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Welchel | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | SS | 107 | 200 | 295 | 35 | 73 | .934 | 4.626 | ||||
| David Lankster | SS | 37 | 62 | 105 | 10 | 19 | .944 | 4.514 | ||||
| Stephen Cook | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Scott Christopher | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 3519 | 1539 | 177 | 350 | .966 | 3.542 | 23 | 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.
