1978 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Mike Ryan (62-74)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 172,996, Avg. 2,544
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The 89ers scored 721 runs and surrendered 743 runs. John Poff led Oklahoma City with 20 home runs, while Keith Moreland and Orlando Álvarez walloped 15 or more also. Keith Moreland accounted for 98 RBI. Kerry Dineen paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. Dan Warthen topped the squad with 13 wins, and Fred Beene recorded a 3.71 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1978 Oklahoma City 89ers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Buskey, Dan Boitano, John Poff, Jim Morrison, Kevin Saucier, Dan Warthen, Fred Beene, Todd Cruz, Larry Anderson, Lonnie Smith, Nardi Contreras, Don McCormack, Ramón Avilés, Butch Metzger, Jackson Todd, Kerry Dineen, Jim Wright, Orlando González, Keith Moreland, Mike Anderson, Steve Waterbury, Orlando Álvarez, John Vukovich, José Moreno, Mike Wallace and Bobby Brown.
Mike Ryan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Warthen | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.09 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 181 | 116 | 89 | 21 | 110 | 4 | 144 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Fred Beene | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.71 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 153.0 | 140 | 75 | 63 | 16 | 50 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.24 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70.0 | 71 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 57 | 5 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dan Boitano | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.99 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 133.0 | 152 | 88 | 59 | 16 | 67 | 4 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Saucier | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.58 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 173.0 | 200 | 108 | 88 | 17 | 57 | 2 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 5 | 12 | .294 | 6.73 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 160 | 105 | 95 | 14 | 82 | 3 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jackson Todd | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.61 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 94 | 56 | 41 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.50 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 74 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Kniffin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.09 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 49 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wallace | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.47 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.0 | 94 | 52 | 48 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Klein | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 72 | .455 | 4.58 | 303 | 128 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 18 | 1138.0 | 1237 | 718 | 579 | 119 | 538 | 27 | 659 | 37 | 10 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonnie Smith | 125 | 566 | 480 | 103 | 151 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 79 | 79 | .315 | .411 | .421 | .832 | 202 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Keith Moreland | 130 | 560 | 501 | 73 | 145 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 98 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 32 | .289 | .342 | .451 | .793 | 226 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Kerry Dineen | 116 | 462 | 391 | 68 | 135 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 62 | 38 | .345 | .434 | .402 | .835 | 157 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| John Poff | 125 | 525 | 436 | 79 | 131 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 75 | 79 | .300 | .407 | .544 | .950 | 237 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Todd Cruz | 121 | 488 | 459 | 58 | 120 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 71 | .261 | .289 | .390 | .679 | 179 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Orlando Álvarez | 105 | 403 | 377 | 57 | 103 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 71 | .273 | .313 | .467 | .780 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ramón Avilés | 90 | 374 | 341 | 41 | 92 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 41 | .270 | .323 | .367 | .690 | 125 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Vukovich | 126 | 482 | 429 | 49 | 90 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 62 | .210 | .282 | .301 | .583 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Orlando González | 74 | 309 | 260 | 49 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 27 | .296 | .393 | .377 | .770 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Brown | 50 | 228 | 216 | 31 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 28 | .287 | .314 | .444 | .759 | 96 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Anderson | 49 | 199 | 176 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 | .312 | .387 | .568 | .955 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Morrison | 54 | 224 | 189 | 37 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 39 | .275 | .374 | .476 | .850 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Don McCormack | 40 | 159 | 147 | 19 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 24 | .313 | .365 | .503 | .868 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| José Moreno | 16 | 75 | 67 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .239 | .320 | .388 | .708 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert DeMeo | 21 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .200 | .250 | .320 | .570 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Buskey | 9 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .188 | .188 | .344 | .531 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Beene | 33 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Saucier | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dancy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wallace | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 | .273 | .125 | .398 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Warthen | 27 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .091 | .312 | .091 | .403 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Boitano | 40 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackson Todd | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Metzger | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Kniffin | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Klein | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wright | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1558 | 5239 | 4631 | 721 | 1302 | 215 | 41 | 118 | 659 | 144 | 62 | 502 | 681 | .281 | .351 | .422 | .773 | 1953 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Poff | 1B | 114 | 968 | 88 | 15 | 83 | .986 | 9.263 | ||||
| Orlando González | 1B | 12 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 13 | .991 | 9.333 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 1B | 4 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 13.000 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | 1B | 4 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.750 | ||||
| Jim Morrison | 1B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | 2B | 78 | 188 | 211 | 9 | 49 | .978 | 5.115 | ||||
| Jim Morrison | 2B | 44 | 105 | 111 | 6 | 28 | .973 | 4.909 | ||||
| José Moreno | 2B | 15 | 33 | 40 | 3 | 9 | .961 | 4.867 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 2B | 6 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 4.500 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 3B | 115 | 104 | 227 | 18 | 25 | .948 | 2.878 | ||||
| Jim Morrison | 3B | 10 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | 3B | 8 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 3.000 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | C | 109 | 588 | 72 | 12 | 10 | .982 | 6.055 | 10 | |||
| Don McCormack | C | 17 | 88 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .949 | 5.529 | 3 | |||
| Robert DeMeo | C | 16 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 3.438 | 0 | |||
| Lonnie Smith | OF | 122 | 274 | 21 | 12 | 5 | .961 | 2.418 | ||||
| Kerry Dineen | OF | 96 | 188 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 2.094 | ||||
| Orlando Álvarez | OF | 60 | 105 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.900 | ||||
| Orlando González | OF | 49 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.735 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 42 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 2.405 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | OF | 36 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.694 | ||||
| John Poff | OF | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 44 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .295 | ||||
| Dan Boitano | P | 40 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .946 | .875 | ||||
| Mike Wallace | P | 36 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chuck Kniffin | P | 34 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .382 | ||||
| Fred Beene | P | 33 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .727 | ||||
| Dan Warthen | P | 27 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.111 | ||||
| Kevin Saucier | P | 27 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.111 | ||||
| Steve Waterbury | P | 24 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.042 | ||||
| Jackson Todd | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Butch Metzger | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Mark Klein | P | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Todd Cruz | SS | 119 | 209 | 379 | 40 | 69 | .936 | 4.941 | ||||
| Mike Buskey | SS | 8 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | SS | 7 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 5 | .900 | 3.857 | ||||
| John Vukovich | SS | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1415 | 3475 | 1440 | 165 | 323 | .968 | 3.473 | 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.
