1978 Springfield Redbirds Statistics
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (70-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 110,301, Avg. 1,622
The Springfield Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Redbirds scored 723 runs and conceded 698 runs. Dane Iorg led Springfield with 24 home runs, while Mike Potter walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Potter drove in 90 runs. Jim Lentine paced batters with significant playing time with a .342 average. William Rothan topped the squad with 10 wins, and Tom Bruno earned a 4.39 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Joe Edelen, Mike Ramsey, Tom Bruno, Manny Castillo, John Tamargo, Bob Coluccio, Jim Lentine, Greg Terlecky, Frank Riccelli, George Frazier, Nyls Nyman, Terry Kennedy, John Urrea, Ken Rudolph, Jim Otten, Benny Ayala, Silvio Martínez, Aurelio López, Tommy Toms, Ryan Kurosaki, Dane Iorg, Ken Oberkfell, José Báez, Rob Dressler, Tom Herr, Mike Potter, Al Autry, John Scott and Dan O'Brien were all players from the 1978 Springfield Redbirds who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jimy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Rothan | 10 | 5 | .667 | 5.56 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 162 | 97 | 89 | 22 | 85 | 7 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.62 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 148 | 88 | 78 | 20 | 49 | 4 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| George Frazier | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.39 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69.0 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aurelio López | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.55 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 76.0 | 72 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 39 | 7 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Silvio Martínez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Otten | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.70 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 90 | 56 | 47 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.39 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 121.0 | 111 | 64 | 59 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.44 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Al Autry | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.26 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 68 | 53 | 45 | 10 | 62 | 3 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.06 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 51 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Earl Bass | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.52 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 73 | 47 | 38 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Urrea | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.80 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.79 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 81 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Toms | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.09 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 52 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.93 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Rudolph | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ron Selak | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 66 | .515 | 4.67 | 305 | 136 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 1165.0 | 1185 | 696 | 604 | 149 | 566 | 48 | 833 | 36 | 10 | 49 | 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 Scott | 121 | 552 | 505 | 84 | 142 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 57 | 50 | 12 | 37 | 83 | .281 | .331 | .406 | .737 | 205 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jim Lentine | 111 | 493 | 406 | 92 | 139 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 19 | 9 | 74 | 45 | .342 | .449 | .525 | .974 | 213 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dane Iorg | 89 | 391 | 345 | 73 | 128 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 37 | .371 | .425 | .638 | 1.062 | 220 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Potter | 114 | 476 | 418 | 78 | 111 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 68 | .266 | .335 | .483 | .819 | 202 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Ronnie Farkas | 109 | 411 | 354 | 55 | 97 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 10 | 5 | 47 | 68 | .274 | .361 | .404 | .765 | 143 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Manny Castillo | 108 | 412 | 382 | 39 | 96 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | .251 | .289 | .327 | .616 | 125 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | 99 | 439 | 382 | 53 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 47 | 48 | .241 | .322 | .298 | .620 | 114 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Terry Kennedy | 64 | 264 | 230 | 35 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 40 | .330 | .417 | .517 | .934 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Oberkfell | 64 | 277 | 242 | 41 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 21 | .285 | .355 | .446 | .802 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| John Tamargo | 65 | 274 | 222 | 35 | 67 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 17 | .302 | .427 | .495 | .923 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Nyls Nyman | 88 | 281 | 261 | 27 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 20 | .245 | .282 | .333 | .615 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Benny Ayala | 47 | 185 | 165 | 16 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | .248 | .321 | .352 | .672 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 36 | 134 | 125 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .248 | .293 | .352 | .645 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| José Báez | 33 | 119 | 105 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | .276 | .361 | .371 | .733 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Herr | 33 | 110 | 86 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | .279 | .421 | .372 | .793 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Rudolph | 42 | 124 | 110 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .200 | .267 | .382 | .648 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bialas | 20 | 85 | 71 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .282 | .400 | .380 | .780 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Coluccio | 12 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .321 | .441 | .393 | .834 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 18 | 47 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .214 | .261 | .262 | .523 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Daves | 12 | 38 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .206 | .289 | .353 | .642 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Calise | 12 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .194 | .216 | .361 | .577 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bruno | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Urrea | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Earl Bass | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Toms | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Rothan | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| George Frazier | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1458 | 5200 | 4563 | 723 | 1283 | 203 | 40 | 124 | 657 | 135 | 56 | 523 | 571 | .281 | .356 | .425 | .780 | 1938 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Iorg | 1B | 81 | 632 | 61 | 12 | 64 | .983 | 8.556 | ||||
| Nyls Nyman | 1B | 23 | 188 | 14 | 3 | 8 | .985 | 8.783 | ||||
| Mike Potter | 1B | 21 | 185 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1.000 | 9.524 | ||||
| Ken Rudolph | 1B | 11 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .959 | 6.455 | ||||
| William Daves | 1B | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 6.400 | ||||
| Terry Kennedy | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Báez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manny Castillo | 2B | 75 | 132 | 190 | 14 | 36 | .958 | 4.293 | ||||
| Tom Herr | 2B | 28 | 45 | 63 | 7 | 15 | .939 | 3.857 | ||||
| Ken Oberkfell | 2B | 24 | 42 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.042 | ||||
| José Báez | 2B | 18 | 37 | 54 | 3 | 8 | .968 | 5.056 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 3B | 63 | 53 | 100 | 13 | 12 | .922 | 2.429 | ||||
| Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 36 | 31 | 56 | 5 | 6 | .946 | 2.417 | ||||
| Manny Castillo | 3B | 23 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.870 | ||||
| John Scott | 3B | 13 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
| Mike Calise | 3B | 10 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.100 | ||||
| Dane Iorg | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Tamargo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terry Kennedy | C | 59 | 327 | 26 | 7 | 2 | .981 | 5.983 | 5 | |||
| John Tamargo | C | 47 | 326 | 23 | 9 | 1 | .975 | 7.426 | 7 | |||
| Ken Rudolph | C | 30 | 153 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 5.533 | 3 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 10 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| William Daves | C | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lentine | OF | 108 | 230 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 2.167 | ||||
| John Scott | OF | 107 | 235 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 2.262 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 79 | 156 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .970 | 2.025 | ||||
| Benny Ayala | OF | 43 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.651 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 36 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 2.194 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | OF | 20 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| Nyls Nyman | OF | 17 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
| Dane Iorg | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Aurelio López | P | 34 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .382 | ||||
| George Frazier | P | 32 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .469 | ||||
| Tommy Toms | P | 28 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .357 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 25 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .925 | 1.480 | ||||
| William Rothan | P | 25 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.720 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 25 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .800 | ||||
| Tom Bruno | P | 21 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 18 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ryan Kurosaki | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 15 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| John Urrea | P | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Earl Bass | P | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Silvio Martínez | P | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Ron Selak | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ken Rudolph | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Ramsey | SS | 94 | 172 | 223 | 41 | 52 | .906 | 4.202 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | SS | 43 | 60 | 131 | 12 | 18 | .941 | 4.442 | ||||
| Ken Oberkfell | SS | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3497 | 1334 | 185 | 271 | .963 | 3.329 | 15 | 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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