1978 Pirates Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 21-32
Finished 6th in the GCL
Manager: Woody Huyke (21-32)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
1978 Pirates RosterTeam Record: 21-32
Finished 6th in the GCL
Manager: Woody Huyke (21-32)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
The Pirates of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 21 wins and 32 losses, finishing sixth in the GCL.
The Pirates scored 193 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 314 runs, most in the circuit. Brent Hillenga paced all regular batters by connecting at a .329 clip, while John Huey earned a 3.14 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Vance Law and Gibson Alba both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Woody Huyke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Siebert | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 45 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Huey | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Angel Barez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 41 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Taylor | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jose Jimenez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sergio Peralta | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.97 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.0 | 37 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Florey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.57 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 58 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jeffery Ehman | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.66 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 54 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gary Witter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Shelton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John McGuckin | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Floyd Saunders | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bret Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Brayan | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joseph Seaver | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Carlos Garcia | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Martin Pacheco | 0 | 0 | 67.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gibson Alba | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Shoaf | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lance Dodd | 0 | 5 | .000 | 14.40 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24 | 47 | 40 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 32 | .396 | 4.91 | 123 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 448.7 | 398 | 314 | 245 | 15 | 319 | 4 | 222 | 26 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Hillenga | 52 | 199 | 149 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 47 | 22 | .329 | .487 | .477 | .964 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wesley Hair | 48 | 193 | 175 | 31 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 29 | .269 | .332 | .343 | .674 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 32 | 127 | 112 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 20 | .357 | .433 | .527 | .960 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Aubin | 44 | 184 | 164 | 24 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 47 | .238 | .317 | .341 | .658 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ruben Brito | 39 | 143 | 128 | 15 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .273 | .350 | .383 | .732 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Dunn | 36 | 145 | 120 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | .258 | .371 | .333 | .704 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Carmelo Bastian | 37 | 151 | 142 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 38 | .162 | .212 | .282 | .494 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hoyle | 30 | 100 | 83 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .241 | .364 | .301 | .665 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Jones | 38 | 143 | 130 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 42 | .146 | .211 | .200 | .411 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Zorrilla | 26 | 79 | 74 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | .216 | .253 | .216 | .469 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Louisinio Perez | 16 | 62 | 55 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .255 | .339 | .291 | .630 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregorio Feliciano | 19 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .286 | .400 | .286 | .686 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Denby | 28 | 91 | 83 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 30 | .133 | .182 | .193 | .375 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Norberto Molina | 12 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .237 | .310 | .289 | .599 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Duyar | 22 | 70 | 66 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .121 | .159 | .136 | .296 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Pacheco | 14 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .172 | .250 | .207 | .457 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Rios | 10 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Cespedes | 11 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .087 | .192 | .087 | .279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vance Law | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McGuckin | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Fiori | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Johnson | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .167 | .100 | .267 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Justo Massaro | 7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Suazo | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 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 | ||
| Jose Jimenez | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 553 | 1926 | 1685 | 193 | 388 | 64 | 15 | 14 | 155 | 79 | 34 | 204 | 366 | .230 | .318 | .311 | .629 | 524 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Bastian | 1B | 34 | 305 | 9 | 6 | 17 | .981 | 9.235 | ||||
| Brent Hillenga | 1B | 16 | 173 | 8 | 1 | 14 | .995 | 11.312 | ||||
| Justo Massaro | 1B | 6 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 6.333 | ||||
| Jeffrey Dunn | 2B | 34 | 83 | 95 | 3 | 15 | .983 | 5.235 | ||||
| Rafael Zorrilla | 2B | 15 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 6 | .954 | 4.133 | ||||
| Ruben Brito | 2B | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Norberto Molina | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | 3B | 43 | 51 | 91 | 19 | 9 | .882 | 3.302 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | 3B | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 3.500 | ||||
| Stephen Denby | 3B | 7 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 3.429 | ||||
| Ruben Brito | C | 32 | 116 | 40 | 11 | 4 | .934 | 4.875 | 15 | |||
| Gary Hoyle | C | 20 | 84 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .921 | 4.650 | 8 | |||
| James Fiori | C | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 1 | |||
| Juan Suazo | C | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 1 | |||
| John McGuckin | C | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 6.333 | 5 | |||
| Tony Merulla | C | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Aubin | OF | 39 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 2.256 | ||||
| Dennis Jones | OF | 38 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .941 | 2.105 | ||||
| Brent Hillenga | OF | 29 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.862 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.316 | ||||
| Gregorio Feliciano | OF | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Louisinio Perez | OF | 14 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 2.286 | ||||
| Rafael Cespedes | OF | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Martin Pacheco | OF | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.333 | ||||
| Donald Johnson | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Sergio Peralta | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Timothy Florey | P | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jeffery Ehman | P | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Lance Dodd | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .300 | ||||
| Angel Barez | P | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 1.400 | ||||
| Thomas Siebert | P | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Jimenez | P | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Huey | P | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Juan Brayan | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| John McGuckin | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Gary Witter | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Michael Shoaf | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Floyd Saunders | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | ||||
| Joseph Seaver | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Pacheco | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Garcia | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rusty Shelton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bret Mitchell | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stephen Denby | SS | 22 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 7 | .914 | 3.364 | ||||
| Pedro Duyar | SS | 20 | 20 | 38 | 15 | 9 | .795 | 2.900 | ||||
| Carlos Rios | SS | 9 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .886 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | SS | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | SS | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rafael Zorrilla | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Vance Law | SS | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 599 | 1346 | 607 | 129 | 107 | .938 | 3.260 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
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