1978 Salem Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Jim Mahoney (72-63)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 51,096, Avg. 757
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1978 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Pirates plated 636 runs and yielded 556 runs. Charles Valley paced Salem with 19 home runs, and Rick Lancellotti walloped 15 or more also. Charles Valley accounted for 77 RBI. Luis Salazar led hitters with significant playing time with a .292 average. Ben Wiltbank and Pascual Pérez topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Pascual Pérez registered a 2.61 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bob Long, Pascual Pérez, Luis Salazar, Rick Lancellotti, Steve Farr, Alberto Lois and Vance Law were all players from the 1978 Salem Pirates who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Mahoney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascual Pérez | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.61 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 152.0 | 133 | 70 | 44 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 126 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Ben Wiltbank | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.92 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 151.0 | 111 | 73 | 49 | 7 | 127 | 1 | 123 | 6 | 2 | 31 | ||
| Juan Arias | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 73.0 | 56 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Rock | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.37 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 142.0 | 155 | 77 | 69 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Long | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.81 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 93.0 | 74 | 42 | 29 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marc Gelinas | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.89 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 144 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 105 | 4 | 146 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Philip Cyburt | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.98 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 130 | 64 | 46 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Steve Farr | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.56 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.89 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19.0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ricky Evans | 2 | 5 | .286 | 1.80 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 60.0 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Frank Miloszewski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luis Jimenez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Busby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Rick | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 51 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Peterson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.50 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 57 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 63 | .533 | 3.30 | 268 | 135 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 19 | 1116.0 | 1027 | 556 | 409 | 65 | 574 | 20 | 880 | 38 | 10 | 100 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Salazar | 126 | 512 | 472 | 55 | 138 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 55 | .292 | .335 | .371 | .705 | 175 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Charles Valley | 135 | 562 | 456 | 83 | 126 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 94 | 80 | .276 | .397 | .456 | .853 | 208 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Rick Lancellotti | 133 | 513 | 439 | 67 | 106 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 64 | .241 | .345 | .392 | .737 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry McDonald | 83 | 381 | 318 | 67 | 103 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 53 | 23 | .324 | .421 | .472 | .893 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 80 | 328 | 308 | 40 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .302 | .343 | .377 | .719 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 99 | 365 | 332 | 46 | 91 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 86 | .274 | .338 | .446 | .784 | 148 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Allen Leech | 113 | 419 | 379 | 48 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 107 | .198 | .258 | .285 | .543 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| George Hill | 101 | 369 | 298 | 52 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 20 | .235 | .350 | .299 | .649 | 89 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Vance Law | 60 | 261 | 213 | 48 | 68 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 41 | .319 | .430 | .474 | .904 | 101 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Stan Floyd | 78 | 306 | 279 | 29 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 67 | .204 | .254 | .351 | .605 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | 47 | 168 | 150 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .213 | .293 | .247 | .540 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Lois | 24 | 97 | 88 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .284 | .351 | .398 | .748 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Gaines | 37 | 116 | 98 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 26 | .214 | .328 | .235 | .562 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Young | 23 | 80 | 67 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .254 | .362 | .373 | .736 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Parsons | 33 | 117 | 89 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | .180 | .362 | .213 | .576 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Pinkney | 16 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .279 | .404 | .302 | .706 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ponciano Cruz | 15 | 64 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .197 | .234 | .197 | .431 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Busby | 16 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .385 | .414 | .500 | .914 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brent Hillenga | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1224 | 4755 | 4131 | 617 | 1072 | 163 | 35 | 79 | 514 | 77 | 35 | 522 | 673 | .260 | .344 | .373 | .717 | 1542 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Valley | 1B | 131 | 1151 | 116 | 12 | 86 | .991 | 9.672 | ||||
| Brent Hillenga | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | 2B | 82 | 132 | 252 | 21 | 34 | .948 | 4.683 | ||||
| Robert Parsons | 2B | 24 | 41 | 57 | 1 | 14 | .990 | 4.083 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 2B | 23 | 37 | 47 | 4 | 10 | .955 | 3.652 | ||||
| Jerry Gaines | 2B | 10 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Allen Leech | 3B | 51 | 36 | 81 | 10 | 10 | .921 | 2.294 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 43 | 31 | 69 | 13 | 2 | .885 | 2.326 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 3B | 31 | 20 | 44 | 9 | 10 | .877 | 2.065 | ||||
| Jerry Gaines | 3B | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Parsons | 3B | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ponciano Cruz | 3B | 6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | C | 90 | 607 | 53 | 26 | 7 | .962 | 7.333 | 19 | |||
| Stan Floyd | C | 28 | 179 | 16 | 9 | 3 | .956 | 6.964 | 6 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 22 | 118 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 6.045 | 6 | |||
| Luis Salazar | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Rick Lancellotti | OF | 133 | 198 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .942 | 1.602 | ||||
| George Hill | OF | 98 | 110 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.184 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | OF | 83 | 128 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 1.602 | ||||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | OF | 46 | 79 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .944 | 1.826 | ||||
| Stan Floyd | OF | 25 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Alberto Lois | OF | 24 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 2.292 | ||||
| Charles Pinkney | OF | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Jimmy Busby | OF | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.429 | ||||
| Brent Hillenga | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Long | P | 33 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Evans | P | 32 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .469 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 25 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .906 | 1.920 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 24 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .872 | 1.417 | ||||
| Pascual Pérez | P | 24 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Marc Gelinas | P | 24 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.792 | ||||
| Juan Arias | P | 22 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .818 | ||||
| Philip Cyburt | P | 17 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 2.647 | ||||
| Rick Peterson | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Dean Rick | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jimmy Busby | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Mazur | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Frank Miloszewski | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Luis Jimenez | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Allen Leech | SS | 64 | 102 | 169 | 19 | 21 | .934 | 4.234 | ||||
| Vance Law | SS | 60 | 96 | 180 | 22 | 35 | .926 | 4.600 | ||||
| Ponciano Cruz | SS | 9 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry Gaines | SS | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .667 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1401 | 3327 | 1465 | 223 | 267 | .956 | 3.420 | 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.
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