1978 Phoenix Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (72-68)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 157,044, Avg. 2,243

1978 Phoenix Giants Roster

The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Giants scored 675 runs and yielded 686 runs. Art Gardner drove in 88 runs. Joe Strain led batters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Jeff Little topped the squad with 11 wins, while Rob Dressler recorded a 3.54 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Vic Harris, Phil Nastu, Ed Plank, Bob Tufts, Greg Minton, Jeff Little, Mike Rowland, Skip James, Rob Dressler, Art Gardner, Rich Murray, Greg Johnston, Don Carrithers, Guy Sularz, Dennis Littlejohn, Casey Parsons, Terry Cornutt, Tom Heintzelman and Joe Strain were all players from the 1978 Phoenix Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rocky Bridges 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
Jeff Little	11	7	.611	4.11	29	28		2	0	0	175.0	189	96	80	14	77	0	74	4	0	5
Rob Dressler	9	8	.529	3.54	20	20		6	3	0	140.0	132	66	55	8	58	2	80	1	0	5
Phil Nastu	9	8	.529	4.67	26	26		4	2	0	160.0	157	94	83	7	91	2	114	7	2	3
Terry Cornutt	8	5	.615	3.87	44	1		0	0	6	86.0	79	51	37	3	52	11	37	0	0	4
Randy Hammon	8	5	.615	3.90	22	8		4	0	0	97.0	111	47	42	5	43	5	53	0	4	10
Ed Plank	8	8	.500	2.10	57	0		0	0	24	90.0	80	29	21	1	43	14	35	2	0	3
Greg Minton	7	4	.636	4.50	14	13		2	0	0	92.0	97	54	46	3	38	1	32	2	2	7
Don Carrithers	7	8	.467	4.62	34	16		3	0	2	144.0	164	85	74	5	78	6	75	7	0	11
Bob Tufts	3	2	.600	5.25	8	8		2	0	0	48.0	70	32	28	0	20	1	6	1	0	3
Kyle Hypes	1	5	.167	3.76	30	1		0	0	1	67.0	65	33	28	3	57	6	21	7	0	16
Mike Rowland	1	8	.111	7.50	27	19		1	0	1	114.0	141	99	95	14	66	3	63	7	0	6
Tom Heintzelman	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	72	68	.514	4.36	313	140	0	24	5	34	1215.0	1285	686	589	63	624	51	590	38	8	73	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
Joe Strain	138	636	561	88	171	37	4	3	52	35	10	69	30	.305	.383	.401	.784	225		3	1	2
Greg Johnston	133	573	519	64	142	21	6	6	68	34	12	43	70	.274	.329	.372	.701	193		3	2	6
Guy Sularz	130	523	463	67	140	24	7	2	63	11	3	45	47	.302	.370	.397	.767	184		7	4	4
Art Gardner	128	542	494	74	132	21	16	8	88	37	11	40	69	.267	.322	.423	.745	209		2	1	5
Rich Murray	117	491	442	66	124	23	6	5	58	10	2	41	101	.281	.342	.394	.736	174		3	0	5
Casey Parsons	135	575	489	83	124	15	8	1	34	23	12	72	59	.254	.356	.323	.679	158		8	2	4
Rick Bradley	107	425	382	48	101	17	4	6	51	6	2	35	63	.264	.329	.377	.706	144		4	0	4
Wendell Kim	76	294	265	23	83	5	1	0	34	6	0	21	36	.313	.364	.340	.704	90		2	3	3
Tom Heintzelman	66	290	239	43	65	11	7	5	41	9	1	39	39	.272	.367	.439	.806	105		1	4	7
Dennis Littlejohn	78	279	223	28	57	12	1	4	31	2	3	51	63	.256	.397	.372	.769	83		2	2	1
Rick Sanderlin	51	151	140	24	42	6	3	2	25	0	1	9	16	.300	.347	.429	.775	60		1	1	0
Skip James	55	216	158	31	41	8	5	1	24	3	2	54	24	.259	.440	.392	.832	62		0	0	4
Howard Mitchell	34	130	110	13	28	2	0	0	8	2	2	19	21	.255	.364	.273	.637	30		0	1	0
Mike Cash	35	132	121	11	23	1	5	0	9	2	0	9	14	.190	.250	.281	.531	34		1	0	1
Vic Harris	20	89	81	11	21	2	3	2	12	1	2	5	12	.259	.295	.432	.728	35		0	1	2
Randy Hammon	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1325	5347	4688	674	1294	205	76	45	598	181	63	552	664	.276	.354	.381	.735	1786	0	37	22	48	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rich Murray	1B	116	1109	64	13	155	.989	1.112
Skip James	1B	15	165	12	2	17	.989	11.800
Rick Bradley	1B	8	69	2	2	9	.973	8.875
Tom Heintzelman	1B	2	19	3	1	1	.957	11.000
Rick Sanderlin	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dennis Littlejohn	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joe Strain	2B	138	336	493	23	141	.973	6.007
Tom Heintzelman	2B	2	4	8	1	5	.923	6.000
Wendell Kim	2B	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000
Tom Heintzelman	3B	52	38	109	9	14	.942	2.827
Howard Mitchell	3B	34	20	63	8	9	.912	2.441
Mike Cash	3B	26	15	41	6	2	.903	2.154
Wendell Kim	3B	21	10	23	2	4	.943	1.571
Rick Bradley	3B	6	2	7	4	2	.692	1.500
Rick Sanderlin	3B	5	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.400
Guy Sularz	3B	4	1	6	3	1	.700	1.750
Vic Harris	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Bradley	C	73	311	53	5	6	.986	4.986	8
Dennis Littlejohn	C	70	325	61	6	9	.985	5.514	11
Casey Parsons	OF	134	225	7	12	0	.951	1.731
Greg Johnston	OF	133	279	8	8	2	.973	2.158
Art Gardner	OF	127	313	10	8	3	.976	2.543
Rick Sanderlin	OF	39	62	2	0	1	1.000	1.641
Skip James	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Vic Harris	OF	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ed Plank	P	57	13	21	1	0	.971	.596
Terry Cornutt	P	44	4	11	3	1	.833	.341
Don Carrithers	P	34	11	30	0	3	1.000	1.206
Kyle Hypes	P	30	4	9	1	2	.929	.433
Jeff Little	P	29	9	26	4	1	.897	1.207
Mike Rowland	P	27	5	7	2	0	.857	.444
Phil Nastu	P	26	11	22	0	0	1.000	1.269
Randy Hammon	P	22	3	16	0	4	1.000	.864
Rob Dressler	P	20	8	14	2	1	.917	1.100
Greg Minton	P	14	7	20	1	3	.964	1.929
Bob Tufts	P	8	4	15	1	1	.950	2.375
Tom Heintzelman	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Guy Sularz	SS	126	229	471	28	131	.962	5.556
Tom Heintzelman	SS	11	19	41	0	8	1.000	5.455
Vic Harris	SS	6	8	18	6	3	.812	4.333
Totals		1468	3647	1704	162	540	.971	3.645	19	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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