1978 Reno Silver Sox Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-78
Finished 3rd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Eddie Watt (62-78)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 32,570, Avg. 465

1978 Reno Silver Sox Roster

The Reno Silver Sox of the California League ended the 1978 season with a record of 62 wins and 78 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Silver Sox tallied 909 runs and yielded 995 runs. John Alvarez paced Reno with 16 home runs Gary Ashby drove in 112 runs. Curt Reed topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Mike Lentz and George Stablein led the team with 8 wins each, while Mike Lentz recorded a 5.35 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1978 Reno Silver Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included George Stablein, Tim Flannery, Floyd Chiffer and Eddie Watt.

Eddie Watt 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
George Stablein	8	4	.667	4.45	14	13		9	3	0	91.0	104	54	45	7	47	0	42	1	0	8
Mike Lentz	8	11	.421	5.35	26	26		9	0	0	158.0	210	127	94	17	65	0	80	3	0	10
Joe Carroll	6	3	.667	3.65	11	11		3	1	0	79.0	75	45	32	3	42	1	64	4	0	6
Floyd Chiffer	6	5	.545	5.33	15	14		4	1	0	103.0	127	76	61	7	38	3	80	3	0	9
Troy Dixon	6	8	.429	6.50	25	20		2	1	1	108.0	142	90	78	10	62	0	63	6	2	9
James Haight	5	3	.625	5.71	28	4		1	0	0	82.0	106	76	52	7	52	3	39	4	1	6
William Joseph	5	4	.556	3.92	28	0		0	0	3	39.0	53	34	17	2	23	2	17	1	0	2
Daniel Keen	5	11	.312	7.78	26	22		1	0	0	125.0	156	134	108	23	105	1	102	15	2	13
Timothy Kelly	4	4	.500	3.64	34	0		0	0	8	47.0	55	24	19	5	27	2	37	1	0	7
Donald Johnson	4	4	.500	4.04	24	12		5	0	0	107.0	125	65	48	8	42	1	56	2	0	13
Robert Sherwood	4	7	.364	6.15	31	3		1	0	1	79.0	105	73	54	9	48	0	54	0	0	5
Mark Boggs	1	7	.125	5.62	10	9		3	0	0	56.0	68	48	35	3	38	0	29	7	1	5
Kevin Skahan					5						0.0
John Alvarez	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Watt	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Michael Vint	0	0		7.20	5	1		0	0	0	15.0	18	13	12	3	17	0	3	3	1	5
Ronald James	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Ashby	0	0		36.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Randal Miller	0	1	.000	7.56	13	0		0	0	0	25.0	33	27	21	1	17	0	15	1	1	2
Tim Flannery	0	1	.000	135.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.3	3	6	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
James Stehle	0	5	.000	17.50	16	4		0	0	0	36.0	55	87	70	2	69	0	19	7	0	13
Totals	62	78	.443	5.90	317	140	0	38	6	13	1155.3	1441	986	757	108	698	13	704	59	8	113	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 Ashby	136	600	517	109	160	28	7	12	112	21	8	68	97	.309	.387	.460	.847	238		2	5	8
Curt Reed	125	559	459	91	147	28	6	2	65	9	10	87	80	.320	.428	.420	.849	193		4	3	6
John Alvarez	135	592	514	98	143	22	2	16	89	11	1	56	54	.278	.344	.422	.766	217		1	11	10
John Almon	135	588	472	107	138	13	6	12	80	29	14	104	165	.292	.421	.422	.843	199		2	9	1
Robert Blakley	129	533	475	89	129	14	6	8	63	44	9	49	111	.272	.343	.377	.720	179		3	6	0
Tim Flannery	84	403	340	65	119	11	5	2	49	20	8	51	20	.350	.438	.429	.868	146		4	6	2
William Wilborn	77	297	275	56	83	7	3	4	31	17	2	18	39	.302	.347	.393	.740	108		1	3	0
Bradley Shames	64	280	206	41	74	6	0	3	50	1	1	68	26	.359	.511	.432	.943	89		1	0	5
Tod Olson	85	355	281	63	74	7	4	6	46	9	4	67	54	.263	.406	.381	.787	107		2	3	2
Jeff Ellison	54	226	164	38	59	7	1	5	37	7	2	59	17	.360	.527	.506	1.033	83		0	2	1
Frank Hardy	40	156	136	28	47	15	1	4	26	1	1	16	16	.346	.417	.559	.975	76		2	0	2
Glynn Tschirhart	41	178	157	26	45	3	0	3	20	1	2	15	13	.287	.343	.363	.706	57		0	3	3
Larry Bowie	65	231	187	38	45	10	0	9	47	9	1	37	65	.241	.372	.439	.811	82		4	0	3
Mark Spatz	42	146	135	17	30	3	2	0	12	4	0	8	19	.222	.266	.274	.540	37		0	3	0
Ronald James	47	153	136	19	30	3	0	4	22	1	0	11	50	.221	.291	.331	.622	45		3	2	1
Steve Smith	29	120	111	11	20	3	1	1	15	4	0	6	6	.180	.233	.252	.486	28		2	0	1
Jerry Johnson	30	98	84	13	17	5	1	1	19	5	1	12	23	.202	.306	.321	.628	27		1	0	1
Troy Dixon	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
James Stehle	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Floyd Chiffer	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
George Stablein	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Robert Sherwood	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Haight	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Daniel Keen	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Joseph	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Donald Johnson	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Irby	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1536	5532	4664	909	1362	185	45	92	783	193	64	733	862	.292	.388	.410	.799	1913	0	32	57	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Ashby	1B	125	1130	92	19	104	.985	9.776
Frank Hardy	1B	14	147	10	2	14	.987	11.214
Ronald James	1B	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333
John Irby	1B	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
James Haight	1B	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Tim Flannery	2B	83	213	269	19	66	.962	5.807
Jeff Ellison	2B	21	36	55	5	6	.948	4.333
Tod Olson	2B	13	27	46	3	9	.961	5.615
Mark Spatz	2B	12	21	29	2	6	.962	4.167
Curt Reed	2B	8	13	22	4	4	.897	4.375
Jerry Johnson	2B	3	9	7	2	1	.889	5.333
Steve Smith	2B	1	5	3	0	0	1.000	8.000
Robert Sherwood	2B	1	1	3	1	1	.800	4.000
John Alvarez	3B	131	115	280	38	23	.912	3.015
Tod Olson	3B	7	4	20	2	3	.923	3.429
Jerry Johnson	3B	4	4	1	2	0	.714	1.250
Jeff Ellison	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Floyd Chiffer	3B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
John Almon	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Bradley Shames	C	64	363	37	5	4	.988	6.250	11
Ronald James	C	37	178	16	11	3	.946	5.243	17
Larry Bowie	C	37	199	25	9	4	.961	6.054	16
Jerry Johnson	C	4	25	4	0	0	1.000	7.250	4
John Almon	OF	135	325	27	12	4	.967	2.607
Robert Blakley	OF	128	172	10	10	2	.948	1.422
Curt Reed	OF	93	87	18	9	0	.921	1.129
William Wilborn	OF	68	100	4	9	0	.920	1.529
Gary Ashby	OF	9	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.222
Jerry Johnson	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Donald Johnson	OF	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Ronald James	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Troy Dixon	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Timothy Kelly	P	34	3	11	0	3	1.000	.412
Robert Sherwood	P	31	5	9	0	1	1.000	.452
William Joseph	P	28	2	2	0	0	1.000	.143
James Haight	P	28	4	16	1	0	.952	.714
Mike Lentz	P	26	9	22	2	1	.939	1.192
Daniel Keen	P	26	7	18	4	0	.862	.962
Troy Dixon	P	25	7	16	3	0	.885	.920
Donald Johnson	P	24	3	18	1	2	.955	.875
James Stehle	P	16	4	3	3	0	.700	.438
Floyd Chiffer	P	15	5	13	2	0	.900	1.200
George Stablein	P	14	7	24	2	0	.939	2.214
Randal Miller	P	13	2	6	0	1	1.000	.615
Joe Carroll	P	11	6	16	5	0	.815	2.000
Mark Boggs	P	10	6	19	3	2	.893	2.500
Michael Vint	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Kevin Skahan	P	5						.000
Eddie Watt	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ronald James	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tim Flannery	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gary Ashby	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Alvarez	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tod Olson	SS	43	55	149	24	26	.895	4.744
Glynn Tschirhart	SS	39	62	133	17	22	.920	5.000
Mark Spatz	SS	30	52	82	19	15	.876	4.467
Steve Smith	SS	28	44	88	14	20	.904	4.714
Jeff Ellison	SS	3	3	4	0	1	1.000	2.333
George Stablein	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
John Alvarez	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1472	3493	1634	269	348	.950	3.483	48	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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