1978 Quad Cities Angels Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Cotton Nash (67-70)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 124,288, Avg. 1,814

1978 Quad Cities Angels Roster

Playoffs - Burlington Bees 2 games, Quad Cities Angels 0

The Quad Cities Angels of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Angels scored 664 runs and conceded 627 runs. Brian Harper led Quad Cities with 24 home runs, while Mike Bishop and Daryl Sconiers walloped 15 or more, too. Brian Harper drove in 101 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .293 clip. Brad Havens paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.66 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1978 Quad Cities Angels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Bishop, Brad Havens, Daryl Sconiers, Brian Harper and Alan Wiggins.

Cotton Nash 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
Brad Havens	13	10	.565	2.66	26	26		17	2	0	200.0	171	80	59	11	74	3	197	3	0	12
Mark Miller	9	9	.500	4.07	22	22		6	1	0	135.0	122	84	61	8	85	0	106	4	2	15
Robert Border	8	4	.667	3.39	20	11		5	1	0	93.0	79	43	35	3	37	1	66	1	1	2
Douglas Thomson	7	4	.636	2.93	15	11		2	0	1	92.0	88	53	30	6	30	0	66	5	3	6
Mike Heaton	7	9	.438	3.30	26	15		8	0	3	120.0	147	62	44	7	39	0	52	2	2	4
Monte Mendenhall	6	1	.857	3.86	14	9		1	0	1	56.0	37	28	24	2	32	0	52	2	0	6
Jeff Conner	4	9	.308	4.68	22	21		6	0	0	146.0	147	86	76	11	42	1	85	3	0	8
Michael Stover	3	3	.500	1.88	27	0		0	0	6	43.0	37	14	9	0	21	4	37	1	0	5
Johannes Blyleven	3	4	.429	5.71	10	9		1	1	0	52.0	67	44	33	3	26	0	24	1	0	4
Gary Balla	3	7	.300	5.96	14	9		2	0	1	74.0	90	59	49	8	49	0	48	3	1	9
James Vallone	2	1	.667	2.47	30	0		0	0	5	51.0	50	20	14	1	18	0	41	2	1	3
Guy Jones	2	8	.200	5.80	21	4		1	0	1	59.0	65	44	38	5	17	0	41	5	1	6
Richard Rommel	0	0		3.60	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
David Hollifield	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andy Rodriguez	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1		0	0	0	4.0	5	5	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	67	70	.489	3.84	253	138	0	49	5	18	1131.0	1114	627	482	65	479	9	822	32	11	81	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
Brian Harper	129	553	508	80	149	31	2	24	101	1	0	37	66	.293	.345	.504	.849	256		5	0	3
Jeff Bertoni	138	600	504	97	134	22	7	4	45	41	16	80	83	.266	.372	.361	.734	182		8	4	4
Daryl Sconiers	126	516	466	88	133	35	7	19	86	5	1	44	101	.285	.349	.513	.862	239		3	0	3
Melvin Quarles	122	484	429	67	113	24	1	9	56	13	3	42	65	.263	.333	.387	.720	166		5	3	5
Donny Jones	124	490	457	49	109	25	5	5	47	17	5	26	77	.239	.285	.348	.633	159		4	2	1
Gregory Ris	126	466	366	56	82	10	2	3	41	12	5	92	75	.224	.378	.287	.665	105		1	3	4
Mike Bishop	80	341	279	56	75	15	1	19	64	1	0	53	79	.269	.384	.534	.918	149		3	0	6
Steven Van Deren	88	334	275	37	68	10	2	6	36	0	0	51	62	.247	.366	.364	.730	100		3	1	4
Steve Oliva	76	268	249	28	60	7	1	3	25	11	4	16	57	.241	.291	.313	.604	78		2	0	1
Dennis Gilbert	47	189	164	23	49	11	4	7	27	1	0	23	45	.299	.383	.543	.926	89		0	1	1
Wade Schexnayder	57	187	166	16	36	7	1	2	16	1	0	21	57	.217	.305	.307	.612	51		0	0	0
Alan Wiggins	49	209	169	30	34	3	0	1	12	26	7	37	15	.201	.341	.237	.578	40		0	1	2
Jon Riffel	31	116	101	8	22	4	1	1	9	0	0	14	25	.218	.310	.307	.617	31		0	0	1
Samuel Taves	43	148	125	18	20	9	0	3	13	0	0	22	51	.160	.291	.304	.595	38		1	0	0
Arturo Bonitto	22	70	67	9	16	3	1	2	10	1	1	2	10	.239	.257	.403	.660	27		0	0	1
Gregory Miller	9	27	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	6	.100	.333	.150	.483	3		1	0	0
Totals	1267	4998	4345	663	1102	217	35	108	589	130	42	566	874	.254	.342	.394	.736	1713	0	36	15	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Daryl Sconiers	1B	126	1194	52	16	106	.987	9.889
Steven Van Deren	1B	13	95	4	1	9	.990	7.615
Melvin Quarles	2B	77	184	212	22	58	.947	5.143
Alan Wiggins	2B	49	96	130	12	30	.950	4.612
Steve Oliva	2B	15	16	32	2	1	.960	3.200
Mike Bishop	3B	80	49	164	20	17	.914	2.662
Melvin Quarles	3B	33	24	61	13	7	.867	2.576
Wade Schexnayder	3B	25	15	52	7	1	.905	2.680
Donny Jones	C	71	426	50	11	4	.977	6.704	14
Brian Harper	C	70	430	46	16	5	.967	6.800	18
Gregory Ris	OF	125	236	16	13	4	.951	2.016
Steven Van Deren	OF	65	65	4	2	0	.972	1.062
Steve Oliva	OF	58	98	11	5	2	.956	1.879
Dennis Gilbert	OF	47	68	8	10	1	.884	1.617
Samuel Taves	OF	41	57	0	6	0	.905	1.390
Jon Riffel	OF	28	33	2	2	0	.946	1.250
Wade Schexnayder	OF	23	22	1	1	0	.958	1.000
Arturo Bonitto	OF	21	28	0	3	0	.903	1.333
Melvin Quarles	OF	11	18	1	1	0	.950	1.727
Gregory Miller	OF	8	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
James Vallone	P	30	5	18	2	2	.920	.767
Michael Stover	P	27	0	4	0	0	1.000	.148
Mike Heaton	P	26	8	38	3	4	.939	1.769
Brad Havens	P	26	4	33	4	2	.902	1.423
Mark Miller	P	22	4	16	2	0	.909	.909
Jeff Conner	P	22	5	37	3	2	.933	1.909
Guy Jones	P	21	6	7	1	0	.929	.619
Robert Border	P	20	4	15	4	0	.826	.950
Douglas Thomson	P	15	5	20	3	1	.893	1.667
Monte Mendenhall	P	14	3	8	0	1	1.000	.786
Gary Balla	P	14	1	9	1	0	.909	.714
Johannes Blyleven	P	10	3	5	1	0	.889	.800
Richard Rommel	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Andy Rodriguez	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
David Hollifield	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeff Bertoni	SS	138	188	500	34	81	.953	4.986
Totals		1377	3403	1558	221	338	.957	3.603	32	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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