1978 Pawtucket Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Joe Morgan (81-59)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium
Attendance: 123,310, Avg. 1,762
Playoffs - Pawtucket Red Sox 3 games, Toledo Mud Hens 2
Finals - Richmond Braves 4 games, Pawtucket Red Sox 3
The Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Red Sox paced the circuit with just 558 runs allowed. Pawtucket scored 642 runs. Dave Coleman led the squad with 24 home runs, while Gary Allenson walloped 15 or more, too. Dave Coleman drove in 83 runs. Gary Allenson topped all regular batters by connecting at a .299 clip. Chuck Rainey paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.91 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Glenn Hoffman, Garry Hancock, Ed Jurak, John Tudor, Joel Finch, Win Remmerswaal, Chuck Rainey, Sam Bowen, Dave Stapleton, John Poloni, John LaRose, Allen Ripley, Dave Coleman, Leo Foster, Gary Allenson, Bobby Sprowl, Buddy Hunter and Andy Merchant were all players from the 1978 Pawtucket Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Rainey | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.91 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 170.0 | 169 | 71 | 55 | 9 | 75 | 4 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Burke Suter | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.24 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 136.0 | 117 | 56 | 49 | 10 | 76 | 5 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Joel Finch | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.18 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 167.0 | 145 | 67 | 59 | 11 | 97 | 8 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John LaRose | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.60 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 73.0 | 61 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Burns | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.00 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 153.0 | 142 | 89 | 68 | 13 | 80 | 9 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Win Remmerswaal | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.47 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 155.0 | 149 | 82 | 77 | 17 | 96 | 9 | 108 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| John Tudor | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.09 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 100 | 46 | 36 | 3 | 56 | 7 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 72 | 38 | 36 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Allen Ripley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.59 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Waller | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49.0 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Poloni | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.63 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Glenn Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Merchant | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 59 | .579 | 3.55 | 305 | 140 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 1197.0 | 1120 | 558 | 472 | 90 | 620 | 70 | 854 | 46 | 10 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Allenson | 133 | 530 | 445 | 82 | 133 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 75 | .299 | .397 | .517 | .913 | 230 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dave Coleman | 132 | 544 | 485 | 84 | 131 | 29 | 6 | 24 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 88 | .270 | .341 | .503 | .844 | 244 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Hoffman | 131 | 446 | 411 | 27 | 116 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 51 | .282 | .322 | .343 | .665 | 141 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Richard Berg | 121 | 442 | 396 | 53 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 37 | .283 | .349 | .384 | .733 | 152 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dave Stapleton | 113 | 474 | 432 | 69 | 112 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 45 | .259 | .315 | .410 | .725 | 177 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Harer | 136 | 532 | 445 | 68 | 110 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 34 | .247 | .357 | .317 | .673 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Garry Hancock | 84 | 329 | 310 | 41 | 94 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | .303 | .327 | .455 | .782 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 111 | 418 | 356 | 42 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 50 | .225 | .329 | .317 | .646 | 113 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Sam Bowen | 89 | 326 | 266 | 46 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 86 | .252 | .369 | .451 | .820 | 120 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Otis Foster | 54 | 213 | 176 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 32 | .295 | .408 | .443 | .852 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Huizenga | 73 | 217 | 190 | 17 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 30 | .242 | .310 | .321 | .631 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Leo Foster | 48 | 196 | 176 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | .239 | .304 | .324 | .628 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Evans | 56 | 194 | 159 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 46 | .239 | .347 | .371 | .718 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Andy Merchant | 58 | 135 | 118 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | .263 | .341 | .288 | .629 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Koza | 23 | 66 | 59 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .237 | .318 | .254 | .572 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Purcell | 23 | 84 | 71 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .183 | .301 | .380 | .681 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Jurak | 23 | 56 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .261 | .382 | .326 | .708 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1408 | 5202 | 4541 | 626 | 1203 | 217 | 26 | 111 | 593 | 31 | 33 | 544 | 665 | .265 | .345 | .397 | .742 | 1805 | 0 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Harer | 1B | 127 | 1027 | 74 | 7 | 112 | .994 | 8.669 | ||||
| Gary Allenson | 1B | 13 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.462 | ||||
| Otis Foster | 1B | 12 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.167 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 1B | 8 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .982 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 1B | 4 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 110 | 244 | 282 | 16 | 77 | .970 | 4.782 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 2B | 32 | 57 | 85 | 2 | 17 | .986 | 4.438 | ||||
| Leo Foster | 2B | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 3B | 70 | 41 | 129 | 17 | 17 | .909 | 2.429 | ||||
| Leo Foster | 3B | 33 | 17 | 58 | 8 | 3 | .904 | 2.273 | ||||
| Ronald Evans | 3B | 29 | 17 | 51 | 4 | 8 | .944 | 2.345 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 3B | 18 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | .886 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | 3B | 9 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .727 | 1.778 | ||||
| Gary Allenson | C | 121 | 735 | 86 | 7 | 5 | .992 | 6.785 | 10 | |||
| Andy Merchant | C | 33 | 137 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .987 | 4.545 | 1 | |||
| Dave Coleman | OF | 118 | 199 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .972 | 1.771 | ||||
| Sam Bowen | OF | 89 | 194 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 2.281 | ||||
| Garry Hancock | OF | 83 | 146 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .963 | 1.892 | ||||
| Ken Huizenga | OF | 69 | 123 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.812 | ||||
| Richard Berg | OF | 59 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.186 | ||||
| Gary Purcell | OF | 23 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Wayne Harer | OF | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Koza | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Ronald Evans | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John LaRose | P | 51 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .275 | ||||
| Richard Waller | P | 35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .314 | ||||
| Win Remmerswaal | P | 34 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .800 | .471 | ||||
| Mike Burns | P | 32 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .958 | 1.438 | ||||
| Burke Suter | P | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .484 | ||||
| Joel Finch | P | 28 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| John Tudor | P | 26 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.346 | ||||
| Chuck Rainey | P | 24 | 8 | 36 | 5 | 3 | .898 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| John Poloni | P | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Allen Ripley | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Kevin Stephenson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Merchant | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Hoffman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Hoffman | SS | 130 | 211 | 391 | 45 | 87 | .930 | 4.631 | ||||
| Leo Foster | SS | 14 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .800 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 10 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 2.900 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | SS | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Totals | 1560 | 3592 | 1496 | 169 | 387 | .968 | 3.262 | 11 | 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.
