1978 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 30-40
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Wrigley Division
Manager: Donald Colpoys (0-0), Michael McGuire (0-0)
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 20,304, Avg. 580
1978 Niagara Falls Pirates RosterTeam Record: 30-40
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Wrigley Division
Manager: Donald Colpoys (0-0), Michael McGuire (0-0)
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 20,304, Avg. 580
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1978 season with a record of 30 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Wrigley Division.
The Pirates scored 371 runs and surrendered 434 runs. Michael McGuire accounted for 57 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .305 average. Scott Gleckel paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.16 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Eddie Vargas played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Niagara Falls Pirates to do so.
Donald Colpoys and Michael McGuire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Gleckel | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 75 | 43 | 23 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ignacio Martinez | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.61 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 74 | 61 | 41 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Michael Hopkins | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.47 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 70 | 62 | 44 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Herb Bleck | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 94 | 60 | 40 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | |||
| Robert Haddad | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.62 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 56 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Cristian Martinez | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.42 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 55 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Dan Johns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Robert Mettler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.42 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 52 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Alan Nesbitt | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael McGuire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John Walters | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Dubeau | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Patry | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Hage | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mike Bigusiak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael O'Connor | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 35 | .435 | 4.55 | 136 | 64 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 524.0 | 551 | 380 | 265 | 32 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael McGuire | 70 | 296 | 259 | 35 | 79 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 38 | .305 | .378 | .456 | .834 | 118 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Pleto | 68 | 291 | 250 | 43 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 38 | .288 | .379 | .368 | .747 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richard Oliveri | 58 | 232 | 202 | 31 | 57 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | .282 | .361 | .406 | .767 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nicholas Forese | 56 | 263 | 214 | 45 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 41 | .238 | .368 | .336 | .704 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Mitchell | 58 | 213 | 184 | 34 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 19 | .272 | .357 | .293 | .651 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Vargas | 57 | 235 | 205 | 35 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 50 | .229 | .323 | .351 | .675 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Poff | 43 | 160 | 137 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 29 | .285 | .384 | .387 | .771 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mahon | 40 | 145 | 136 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .265 | .299 | .404 | .703 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arthur Carlisi | 38 | 162 | 120 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 21 | .267 | .447 | .317 | .764 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Ferchen | 44 | 157 | 134 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .224 | .312 | .276 | .588 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sean O'Leary | 33 | 112 | 102 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .265 | .324 | .402 | .726 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Conboy | 24 | 97 | 83 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 33 | .265 | .354 | .482 | .836 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Nycz | 15 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .225 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Herb Bleck | 28 | 46 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .214 | .283 | .286 | .568 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Hage | 40 | 76 | 56 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | .161 | .373 | .161 | .534 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Ayers | 15 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .182 | .280 | .227 | .507 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 7 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .167 | .310 | .292 | .602 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Girardo | 8 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .103 | .133 | .103 | .237 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin VanRemmen | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .750 | .500 | 1.250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Merulla | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Johns | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Hopkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 708 | 2646 | 2265 | 367 | 585 | 87 | 25 | 28 | 312 | 53 | 28 | 327 | 422 | .258 | .354 | .356 | .710 | 806 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 54 | 468 | 25 | 14 | 33 | .972 | 9.130 | ||||
| Michael McGuire | 1B | 16 | 130 | 20 | 2 | 15 | .987 | 9.375 | ||||
| Herb Bleck | 1B | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 8.000 | ||||
| Sean O'Leary | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Joseph Hage | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Mitchell | 2B | 40 | 73 | 89 | 11 | 18 | .936 | 4.050 | ||||
| James Poff | 2B | 28 | 56 | 58 | 4 | 7 | .966 | 4.071 | ||||
| Vince Girardo | 2B | 7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| Kevin VanRemmen | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard Oliveri | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richard Oliveri | 3B | 50 | 48 | 84 | 20 | 20 | .868 | 2.640 | ||||
| James Poff | 3B | 18 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 3 | .930 | 2.944 | ||||
| James Mitchell | 3B | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Mark Pleto | 3B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Vince Girardo | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Mahon | C | 35 | 194 | 27 | 10 | 1 | .957 | 6.314 | 5 | |||
| Sean O'Leary | C | 27 | 135 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .944 | 5.667 | 7 | |||
| Jeffrey Ayers | C | 15 | 94 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 6.867 | 1 | |||
| Dan Johns | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Mark Pleto | OF | 64 | 151 | 6 | 7 | 4 | .957 | 2.453 | ||||
| Richard Ferchen | OF | 41 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .959 | 1.707 | ||||
| Arthur Carlisi | OF | 37 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 1.216 | ||||
| Joseph Hage | OF | 28 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .857 | 1.071 | ||||
| Richard Conboy | OF | 23 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.087 | ||||
| Nicholas Forese | OF | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
| Herb Bleck | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Frank Nycz | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Michael Hopkins | P | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Alan Nesbitt | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Bleck | P | 15 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 2.133 | ||||
| Scott Gleckel | P | 14 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ignacio Martinez | P | 13 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Robert Mettler | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Cristian Martinez | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Robert Haddad | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Walters | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael O'Connor | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Dan Johns | P | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| John Dubeau | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Patry | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Bigusiak | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Hage | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael McGuire | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nicholas Forese | SS | 41 | 76 | 96 | 25 | 18 | .873 | 4.195 | ||||
| James Mitchell | SS | 13 | 27 | 35 | 17 | 3 | .785 | 4.769 | ||||
| Totals | 737 | 1797 | 658 | 157 | 141 | .940 | 3.331 | 13 | 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.
