1978 San Jose Missions Statistics
Team Record: 53-87
Finished 5th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rene Lachemann (53-87)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 67,037, Avg. 958
The San Jose Missions of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 53 wins and 87 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Missions scored 625 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 782 runs. Jack Pierce paced San Jose with 10 home runs Manny Estrada drove in 64 runs. Charlie Beamon topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. Tom Brown and Rick Jones led the team with 7 wins each, while Rick Jones recorded a 3.87 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1978 San Jose Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Baldwin, Tom McMillan, Ed Crosby, Steve Burke, Charlie Beamon, Kevin Pasley, Mike Kekich, Gary Wheelock, George Mitterwald, Royle Stillman, Frank MacCormack, Dick Pole, Joe Decker, Juan Bernhardt, Santo Alcalá, Byron McLaughlin, Bill Plummer, Tom Brown, Roy Branch, Jack Pierce, Luis Delgado, Rick Jones and Tom Paciorek.
Rene Lachemann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brown | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.70 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90.0 | 87 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Jones | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.87 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 135.0 | 151 | 63 | 58 | 8 | 59 | 2 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Joe Decker | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.93 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 151.0 | 160 | 82 | 66 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Byron McLaughlin | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.50 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 45 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Santo Alcalá | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.05 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 61 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Biercevicz | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.30 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 91 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank MacCormack | 4 | 12 | .250 | 6.31 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 156 | 105 | 94 | 11 | 95 | 5 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rick Baldwin | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.03 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 63 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.66 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 103 | 58 | 43 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Burke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 87 | 61 | 46 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.46 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 56 | 43 | 34 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Wheelock | 1 | 12 | .077 | 6.98 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 | 170 | 102 | 90 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Mike Kekich | 42 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Delgado | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herb Pryor | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roy Branch | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.06 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Pole | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 48 | 85 | .361 | 5.05 | 335 | 139 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 1148.0 | 1305 | 751 | 644 | 84 | 598 | 24 | 652 | 34 | 4 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Beamon | 134 | 572 | 518 | 89 | 170 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 39 | 13 | 41 | 77 | .328 | .377 | .421 | .797 | 218 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Luis Delgado | 136 | 610 | 539 | 83 | 136 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 49 | 18 | 55 | 79 | .252 | .325 | .325 | .650 | 175 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Manny Estrada | 131 | 538 | 475 | 53 | 133 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 41 | .280 | .346 | .385 | .731 | 183 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ed Crosby | 117 | 483 | 430 | 50 | 125 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 47 | .291 | .360 | .358 | .718 | 154 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jose Elguezabal | 124 | 489 | 443 | 49 | 109 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 85 | .246 | .298 | .321 | .618 | 142 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Pasley | 98 | 387 | 360 | 32 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 24 | .261 | .303 | .344 | .648 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jack Pierce | 77 | 323 | 275 | 44 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 71 | .327 | .421 | .516 | .937 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom McMillan | 103 | 359 | 324 | 38 | 83 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 64 | .256 | .312 | .324 | .637 | 105 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Royle Stillman | 54 | 230 | 182 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 32 | .291 | .428 | .467 | .895 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frankie George | 61 | 241 | 210 | 33 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 30 | .214 | .311 | .338 | .649 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Daves | 45 | 163 | 135 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 33 | .244 | .366 | .326 | .692 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Archie Amerson | 41 | 143 | 130 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | .231 | .286 | .315 | .601 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Juan Bernhardt | 25 | 104 | 95 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .274 | .317 | .368 | .686 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Paciorek | 16 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | .281 | .364 | .526 | .890 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Biagini | 20 | 85 | 76 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .211 | .282 | .395 | .677 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Plummer | 24 | 92 | 78 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | .179 | .304 | .282 | .586 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Mitterwald | 21 | 83 | 68 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .162 | .277 | .221 | .498 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick Down | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .357 | .438 | .714 | 1.152 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Patterson | 9 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .192 | .323 | .192 | .515 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wheelock | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Ithier | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Jones | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Pryor | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Brown | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1355 | 5033 | 4453 | 582 | 1196 | 201 | 31 | 58 | 521 | 160 | 83 | 477 | 694 | .269 | .340 | .367 | .707 | 1633 | 0 | 24 | 39 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Beamon | 1B | 90 | 781 | 62 | 9 | 75 | .989 | 9.367 | ||||
| Jack Pierce | 1B | 33 | 253 | 25 | 4 | 28 | .986 | 8.424 | ||||
| William Daves | 1B | 16 | 134 | 10 | 2 | 13 | .986 | 9.000 | ||||
| Juan Bernhardt | 1B | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Kevin Pasley | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Rick Jones | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Down | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 2B | 127 | 312 | 382 | 25 | 92 | .965 | 5.465 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 2B | 13 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.154 | ||||
| Pedro Ithier | 2B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | 2B | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jose Elguezabal | 3B | 120 | 90 | 215 | 18 | 20 | .944 | 2.542 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 3B | 23 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 2.565 | ||||
| Kevin Pasley | C | 93 | 494 | 79 | 10 | 7 | .983 | 6.161 | 20 | |||
| Bill Plummer | C | 18 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 6 | .982 | 6.111 | 4 | |||
| William Daves | C | 18 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .961 | 4.056 | 3 | |||
| Larry Patterson | C | 8 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.125 | 1 | |||
| George Mitterwald | C | 7 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 7.286 | 3 | |||
| Luis Delgado | OF | 133 | 335 | 9 | 8 | 3 | .977 | 2.586 | ||||
| Frankie George | OF | 57 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 1.930 | ||||
| Royle Stillman | OF | 50 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.660 | ||||
| Charlie Beamon | OF | 39 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 2.000 | ||||
| Archie Amerson | OF | 39 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 2.308 | ||||
| Greg Biagini | OF | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Juan Bernhardt | OF | 18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 15 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.200 | ||||
| Rick Down | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jose Elguezabal | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Brown | P | 46 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .326 | ||||
| Joe Decker | P | 43 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .951 | .907 | ||||
| Mike Kekich | P | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Burke | P | 25 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Rick Baldwin | P | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Frank MacCormack | P | 23 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.609 | ||||
| Gary Wheelock | P | 21 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.762 | ||||
| Herb Pryor | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Rick Jones | P | 20 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 15 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Santo Alcalá | P | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Byron McLaughlin | P | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Steve Hamrick | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dick Pole | P | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Roy Branch | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Luis Delgado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom McMillan | SS | 90 | 155 | 255 | 35 | 52 | .921 | 4.556 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | SS | 60 | 96 | 158 | 10 | 37 | .962 | 4.233 | ||||
| Pedro Ithier | SS | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1430 | 3524 | 1503 | 158 | 368 | .970 | 3.515 | 31 | 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.
