1978 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (69-71)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 116,685, Avg. 1,667
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Tides scored 605 runs and allowed 602 runs. Dan Norman paced Tidewater with 18 home runs Fred Andrews drove in 75 runs. Dan Norman led batters with significant playing time by hitting .281. Roy Lee Jackson topped the squad with 11 wins, while Juan Berenguer registered a 3.67 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1978 Tidewater Tides who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Bruhert, Tom Hausman, Paul Siebert, Dan Norman, Luis Rosado, Jim Burton, Pepe Mangual, Bill Greif, Dwight Bernard, John Pacella, Mardie Cornejo, Bob Myrick, Sergio Ferrer, Marshall Brant, Roy Lee Jackson, Gil Flores, Juan Berenguer, Marty Perez, Fred Andrews, Mario Ramirez, Kevin Kobel, Alex Treviño, Mike Scott and Neil Allen.
Frank Verdi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Lee Jackson | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.73 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 176.0 | 176 | 91 | 73 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Juan Berenguer | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.67 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 147.0 | 117 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Mike Scott | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.94 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 192.0 | 196 | 105 | 84 | 13 | 83 | 13 | 93 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Daniel Smith | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.68 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Hausman | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 64 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dwight Bernard | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.64 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Myrick | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.83 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 94.0 | 107 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Pacella | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.03 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 110 | 71 | 57 | 12 | 40 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mardie Cornejo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.55 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 66.0 | 77 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Bruhert | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Van De Casteele | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.96 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 88 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Kobel | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Siebert | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.80 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Neil Allen | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.42 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 65 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Solari | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.68 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.0 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Greif | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Burton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.48 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 3.66 | 300 | 140 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 1194.0 | 1208 | 602 | 486 | 93 | 476 | 75 | 722 | 22 | 10 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Norman | 132 | 531 | 473 | 69 | 133 | 31 | 5 | 18 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 65 | .281 | .354 | .482 | .836 | 228 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fred Andrews | 120 | 512 | 469 | 53 | 128 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 68 | .273 | .316 | .414 | .729 | 194 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Ed Cipot | 129 | 478 | 427 | 59 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 69 | .262 | .329 | .415 | .744 | 177 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Marshall Brant | 119 | 442 | 389 | 50 | 102 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 76 | .262 | .341 | .445 | .786 | 173 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Luis Rosado | 105 | 407 | 363 | 42 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 40 | .270 | .330 | .372 | .702 | 135 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Mario Ramirez | 126 | 427 | 389 | 43 | 81 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 105 | .208 | .259 | .303 | .562 | 118 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Pepe Mangual | 100 | 422 | 330 | 67 | 79 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 81 | 87 | .239 | .391 | .373 | .764 | 123 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Rich Miller | 120 | 436 | 354 | 45 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 85 | .223 | .350 | .336 | .686 | 119 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Alex Treviño | 87 | 296 | 262 | 44 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 31 | .294 | .351 | .416 | .767 | 109 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 106 | 372 | 316 | 32 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 44 | .222 | .322 | .326 | .648 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Marty Perez | 69 | 272 | 234 | 29 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 33 | .261 | .354 | .316 | .671 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sergio Ferrer | 67 | 229 | 199 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 33 | .241 | .336 | .327 | .663 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Rogers | 69 | 216 | 186 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 40 | .242 | .324 | .355 | .679 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gil Flores | 26 | 117 | 100 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | .270 | .365 | .340 | .705 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Scott | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Lane | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1407 | 5163 | 4497 | 604 | 1142 | 210 | 37 | 99 | 552 | 74 | 41 | 538 | 789 | .254 | .335 | .383 | .719 | 1723 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | 1B | 93 | 736 | 51 | 10 | 63 | .987 | 8.462 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | 1B | 55 | 457 | 24 | 4 | 48 | .992 | 8.745 | ||||
| Luis Rosado | 1B | 9 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Fred Andrews | 2B | 115 | 260 | 320 | 16 | 69 | .973 | 5.043 | ||||
| Marty Perez | 2B | 15 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 7 | .961 | 4.933 | ||||
| Sergio Ferrer | 2B | 11 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.818 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 2B | 5 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 3B | 56 | 29 | 102 | 9 | 8 | .936 | 2.339 | ||||
| Marty Perez | 3B | 48 | 38 | 97 | 9 | 8 | .938 | 2.812 | ||||
| Sergio Ferrer | 3B | 38 | 25 | 68 | 6 | 11 | .939 | 2.447 | ||||
| Alex Treviño | 3B | 20 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 4 | .902 | 1.850 | ||||
| Luis Rosado | C | 83 | 476 | 50 | 11 | 12 | .980 | 6.337 | 4 | |||
| Alex Treviño | C | 64 | 293 | 41 | 7 | 4 | .979 | 5.219 | 6 | |||
| Manny Lantigua | C | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Lane | C | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| Dan Norman | OF | 129 | 243 | 6 | 9 | 2 | .965 | 1.930 | ||||
| Rich Miller | OF | 113 | 247 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .970 | 2.274 | ||||
| Pepe Mangual | OF | 96 | 149 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .944 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ed Cipot | OF | 75 | 142 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .967 | 1.973 | ||||
| Gil Flores | OF | 26 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.038 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | OF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Mardie Cornejo | P | 33 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .576 | ||||
| Bob Myrick | P | 31 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .548 | ||||
| Mike Scott | P | 29 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.621 | ||||
| Michael Van De Casteele | P | 27 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .815 | ||||
| Roy Lee Jackson | P | 27 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .963 | ||||
| Dwight Bernard | P | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .280 | ||||
| Juan Berenguer | P | 24 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| John Pacella | P | 19 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .625 | .789 | ||||
| Daniel Smith | P | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Kevin Kobel | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Tom Hausman | P | 10 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jim Burton | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Neil Allen | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Paul Siebert | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Dennis Solari | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Bruhert | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Greif | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mario Ramirez | SS | 121 | 176 | 382 | 46 | 70 | .924 | 4.612 | ||||
| Sergio Ferrer | SS | 21 | 32 | 61 | 3 | 12 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Marty Perez | SS | 8 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 1.875 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1519 | 3562 | 1527 | 184 | 356 | .965 | 3.350 | 10 | 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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