1978 Salt Lake City Gulls Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Deron Johnson (72-65)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 207,440, Avg. 3,028
1978 Salt Lake City Gulls Roster

Playoffs - Albuquerque Dukes 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 0

The Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Gulls scored 784 runs and surrendered 794 runs. Willie Aikens led Salt Lake City with 29 home runs, and Steve Stroughter walloped 15 or more also. Willie Aikens drove in 110 runs and topped all regular batters with a .326 average. Jim Dorsey paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.34 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1978 Salt Lake City Gulls who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Willie Aikens, Kim Allen, Jim Anderson, Mike Barlow, Danny Boone, John Caneira, Stan Cliburn, Tom Donohue, Jim Dorsey, Bob Ferris, Al Fitzmorris, Gil Flores, Dave Frost, Ike Hampton, Bob Jones, Ed Kirkpatrick, Gil Kubski, Dave Machemer, Pepe Mangual, Rance Mulliniks, Mike Overy, Chuck Porter, Orlando Ramírez, Dave Schuler, Steve Stroughter and Dickie Thon.

Deron Johnson 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
Jim Dorsey117.6113.341919800132.01185749877483402
John Caneira104.7143.761818600115.01105348550078207
Bob Ferris810.4445.722221210118.013692758701715011
Dave Frost64.6003.96131330091.01005040832053106
Mike Barlow65.5453.16440001777.081422733811384010
John Racanelli69.4006.792020000106.0159102801243325106
Mike Overy51.8334.00491001099.0995444856358108
Carlos Perez58.3856.173511202124.0162100851168765418
Danny Boone41.8004.4026000143.0522421210221004
Billy Wilson43.5714.9025410168.0894137520122208
Robert Millsop43.5717.52111110061.0825651728328606
Pat Cristelli32.6007.659600040.0563634327010204
Al Fitzmorris007.20110005.09440303000
Gil Kubski0018.00200002.00440401000
Dave Schuler01.0009.396400023.04128242824102
Rickey Foley02.00016.503300012.02522224806102
Chuck Porter05.0009.758500024.034292601207403
Totals7265.5265.303111370231311140.013537946718655437573381870

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
Willie Aikens1335594708215319029110557755.326.419.551.970259408
Steve Stroughter132535458921493581585617168.325.419.535.954245402
Bob Jones1225214607914131614102114770.307.369.491.8602264010
Dave Machemer97446376871222345403696132.324.421.447.868168342
Dickie Thon130508439671131731471525163.257.341.317.657139837
Thomas Smith96393347551102151168833548.317.379.501.881174407
Tom Donohue9834531351911941057212278.291.336.473.809148235
Gil Kubski97350306578194442533569.265.342.359.702110252
Gil Flores763252834879452331273432.279.361.350.71199413
Ed Kirkpatrick692622094368110238524711.325.452.407.85985312
Jim Anderson722782483664131532332537.258.330.379.70994221
Rance Mulliniks34157127343962321022911.307.439.457.89658100
Stan Cliburn47169148183141316011827.209.290.311.60146003
Ike Hampton31117105152642318401125.248.316.410.72643001
Pepe Mangual2811094142351511611326.245.336.479.81545102
Kim Allen15564621031094186.217.327.326.65315011
Orlando Ramírez628233501042032.217.308.304.6127020
Mike Barlow44110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Carlos Perez36550000000003.000.000.000.0000000
Jim Dorsey19110000000000.000.000.000.0000000
Al Fitzmorris2440000000004.000.000.000.0000000
Billy Wilson25220000000002.000.000.000.0000000
Totals14095172446578313052244811273311442587669.292.376.439.815196104222560


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Willie Aikens1B11810298325115.9789.424
Bob Jones1B1916310319.9839.105
Ed Kirkpatrick1B190021.0009.000
Dickie Thon2B871932651766.9645.264
Dave Machemer2B224560613.9464.773
Jim Anderson2B213751314.9674.190
Kim Allen2B9162315.9754.333
Gil Kubski2B341243.8005.333
Tom Donohue2B123011.0005.000
Dave Machemer3B74521341114.9442.514
Tom Donohue3B30194823.9712.233
Ed Kirkpatrick3B23103232.9331.826
Thomas Smith3B1291550.8282.000
Ike Hampton3B21360.4002.000
Tom DonohueC551963673.9714.21810
Stan CliburnC452252835.9885.6224
Ed KirkpatrickC361612634.9845.1945
Ike HamptonC1045272.8704.7000
Bob JonesOF90181320.9892.044
Steve StroughterOF82149850.9691.915
Thomas SmithOF782081054.9782.795
Gil FloresOF76174381.9572.329
Gil KubskiOF70100620.9811.514
Pepe MangualOF2767220.9722.556
Willie AikensOF210001.000.500
Tom DonohueOF110001.0001.000
Mike OveryP49511021.000.327
Mike BarlowP4462214.966.636
Carlos PerezP3592513.971.971
Danny BooneP2603001.000.115
Billy WilsonP25313011.000.640
Bob FerrisP22918001.0001.227
John RacanelliP20112522.9471.800
Jim DorseyP199910.947.947
John CaneiraP183920.857.667
Dave FrostP1361110.9441.308
Robert MillsopP11310011.0001.182
Pat CristelliP936021.0001.000
Chuck PorterP826001.0001.000
Dave SchulerP604001.000.667
Rickey FoleyP310001.000.333
Gil KubskiP20000.000
Al FitzmorrisP111001.0002.000
Jim AndersonSS53871931944.9365.283
Dickie ThonSS43801151931.9114.535
Rance MulliniksSS34651091220.9355.118
Orlando RamírezSS6132419.9746.167
Dave MachemerSS33611.9003.000
Totals144434161483190396.9633.3931900

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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