1978 Reading Phillies Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-57
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Lee Elia (79-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 66,969, Avg. 985

1978 Reading Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Bristol Red Sox 2 games, Reading Phillies 0

The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 79 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Phillies scored 643 runs and conceded 607 runs. John Hughes led Reading with 17 home runs, and Philip Convertino walloped 15 or more also. John Hughes drove in 92 runs. Orlando Isales and John Hughes paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .264. Derek Botelho topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.54 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1978 Reading Phillies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jeff Schneider, Dickie Noles, Jesús Hernáiz, Don McCormack, Luis Aguayo, Len Matuszek, Orlando Sánchez, Derek Botelho, Orlando Isales and José Moreno.

Lee Elia 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
Derek Botelho	15	7	.682	3.54	27	27		13	4	0	178.0	175	77	70	13	65	3	130	2	0	3
Jesús Hernáiz	12	4	.750	4.57	29	17		4	0	1	132.0	139	78	67	15	49	5	82	4	1	8
Dickie Noles	12	8	.600	4.25	27	26		9	1	0	159.0	177	100	75	12	72	5	78	15	0	8
Carlos Arroyo	11	4	.733	4.00	20	20		7	0	0	126.0	123	62	56	14	42	2	60	2	2	5
Peter Manos	8	7	.533	2.11	52	0		0	0	14	94.0	77	30	22	6	24	9	43	2	1	1
Don Fowler	8	7	.533	3.66	20	19		8	0	1	140.0	129	69	57	8	64	6	67	7	1	8
Frank Ciammachilli	5	10	.333	5.04	27	16		1	1	0	109.0	122	73	61	5	61	3	63	9	1	7
Jeff Schneider	4	4	.500	2.83	42	1		1	0	3	86.0	62	32	27	7	47	5	56	2	1	3
Goose Gregson	2	1	.667	6.21	12	1		0	0	0	29.0	39	24	20	2	16	2	9	2	0	6
Larry Wertz	2	4	.333	6.46	18	7		1	0	0	46.0	59	40	33	0	35	1	14	2	0	1
Jack Bastable	0	0		9.00	3	0		0	0	0	3.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Eudaldo Oliveros	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Klein	0	1	.000	18.00	3	2		0	0	0	6.0	12	14	12	0	4	1	1	1	0	0
Totals	79	57	.581	4.09	281	136	0	44	6	19	1110.0	1125	607	505	83	482	42	604	48	7	50	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
John Hughes	125	503	443	69	117	26	5	17	92	2	5	46	62	.264	.329	.460	.790	204		2	2	10
Philip Convertino	119	472	407	62	105	21	10	15	51	7	1	47	76	.258	.335	.469	.805	191		3	10	5
Orlando Isales	112	418	383	53	101	22	3	7	48	9	5	28	54	.264	.313	.392	.705	150		1	3	3
José Moreno	110	429	366	58	95	17	6	6	48	16	9	55	63	.260	.355	.388	.743	142		0	6	2
Kenneth Berger	116	452	393	61	95	18	4	6	46	10	5	49	85	.242	.326	.354	.680	139		2	4	4
Orlando Sánchez	80	305	288	50	84	12	3	14	48	9	4	11	45	.292	.322	.500	.822	144		3	1	2
Len Matuszek	92	332	294	41	80	16	4	5	36	2	3	34	43	.272	.345	.405	.750	119		0	2	2
Don McCormack	78	285	244	34	78	14	1	3	30	0	5	35	37	.320	.410	.422	.832	103		3	2	1
Luis Aguayo	115	440	378	49	74	19	5	4	33	9	7	45	75	.196	.293	.304	.597	115		9	3	5
Jack Bastable	91	300	271	36	72	11	2	7	33	7	0	21	36	.266	.316	.399	.715	108		1	3	4
Pete Dempsey	70	253	221	39	58	9	2	7	32	3	3	24	36	.262	.344	.416	.760	92		4	3	1
Mike Cash	53	211	172	31	50	10	2	8	35	0	1	29	25	.291	.390	.512	.902	88		3	1	6
Eudaldo Oliveros	49	191	157	29	42	7	0	0	19	1	2	29	31	.268	.386	.312	.698	49		2	2	1
Frank Lucy	60	212	187	26	42	11	3	4	22	0	1	22	60	.225	.305	.380	.684	71		0	2	1
John Guarnaccia	11	28	21	5	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	4	5	.190	.346	.286	.632	6		1	2	0
Dickie Noles	27	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Jesús Hernáiz	29	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	3		0	2	0
Peter Manos	52	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Frank Ciammachilli	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1416	4845	4234	643	1099	213	52	103	578	76	53	481	734	.260	.337	.407	.744	1725	0	34	49	47	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Len Matuszek	1B	76	557	57	9	71	.986	8.079
John Hughes	1B	55	465	37	3	38	.994	9.127
Jack Bastable	1B	6	47	4	0	4	1.000	8.500
Frank Lucy	1B	2	25	1	1	0	.963	13.000
Mike Cash	1B	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	9.000
José Moreno	2B	96	241	244	18	60	.964	5.052
Luis Aguayo	2B	43	91	145	6	33	.975	5.488
Eudaldo Oliveros	2B	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.000
Mike Cash	3B	51	36	88	8	10	.939	2.431
Jack Bastable	3B	36	29	50	11	5	.878	2.194
Eudaldo Oliveros	3B	27	14	42	6	5	.903	2.074
Len Matuszek	3B	15	9	28	4	1	.902	2.467
Pete Dempsey	3B	9	5	15	0	2	1.000	2.222
Frank Lucy	3B	4	1	8	0	1	1.000	2.250
Bill Dancy	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don McCormack	C	73	338	44	11	3	.972	5.233	11
Frank Lucy	C	42	181	16	6	2	.970	4.690	6
Jack Bastable	C	25	111	20	1	2	.992	5.240	3
John Hughes	C	3	13	1	3	1	.824	4.667	1
Philip Convertino	OF	115	179	10	10	1	.950	1.643
Kenneth Berger	OF	114	302	7	9	2	.972	2.711
Orlando Isales	OF	111	226	11	13	3	.948	2.135
Orlando Sánchez	OF	65	121	2	10	0	.925	1.892
Jack Bastable	OF	9	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.556
John Guarnaccia	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
Eudaldo Oliveros	OF	6	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.833
Peter Manos	P	52	2	20	3	0	.880	.423
Jeff Schneider	P	42	9	15	3	2	.889	.571
Jesús Hernáiz	P	29	13	20	2	1	.943	1.138
Dickie Noles	P	27	7	19	5	1	.839	.963
Frank Ciammachilli	P	27	8	11	1	1	.950	.704
Derek Botelho	P	27	6	27	3	0	.917	1.222
Don Fowler	P	20	12	17	2	3	.935	1.450
Carlos Arroyo	P	20	6	21	0	0	1.000	1.350
Larry Wertz	P	18	1	9	0	0	1.000	.556
Goose Gregson	P	12	1	4	1	0	.833	.417
Mark Klein	P	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jack Bastable	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Eudaldo Oliveros	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Luis Aguayo	SS	70	107	196	19	37	.941	4.329
Pete Dempsey	SS	60	112	181	15	42	.951	4.883
Eudaldo Oliveros	SS	9	11	25	2	2	.947	4.000
Totals		1413	3331	1402	185	335	.962	3.350	21	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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