1978 Tucson Toros Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rich Donnelly (69-71)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Ballpark: Hi Corbett Field
Attendance: 120,744, Avg. 1,725

1978 Tucson Toros Roster

The Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1978 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Toros led the league with 941 runs. Tucson allowed 861 runs, most in the circuit. Pat Putnam paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Billy Sample walloped 15 or more, too. Billy Sample drove in 99 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .352 average. Jackie Brown paced the squad with 12 wins, and Paul Mirabella registered a 3.97 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1978 Tucson Toros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Hughes, Don Kainer, Stan Thomas, Len Barker, Gary Gray, Jackie Brown, Dan Duran, Bob Babcock, Greg Mahlberg, Nelson Norman, LaRue Washington, Chris Smith, Billy Sample, Rusty Torres, Keith Smith, Tommy Toms, Paul Mirabella, Bobby Cuellar, Bill Fahey, Mike Bacsik, Danny Darwin and Pat Putnam.

Rich Donnelly 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
Jackie Brown	12	10	.545	5.10	29	28		13	2	0	203.0	256	140	115	11	74	3	103	9	1	13
Paul Mirabella	9	6	.600	3.97	22	22		4	0	0	143.0	158	77	63	9	68	2	85	0	4	5
Danny Darwin	8	9	.471	6.26	23	23		4	0	0	125.0	147	100	87	7	83	0	126	6	0	8
Stan Thomas	6	12	.333	6.47	37	16		3	1	1	146.0	195	119	105	14	80	6	77	6	0	3
Myrl Smith	5	3	.625	5.80	28	6		0	0	1	76.0	95	60	49	2	38	1	55	0	1	2
Mike Bacsik	5	8	.385	5.35	18	16		3	1	0	101.0	116	75	60	8	40	1	50	3	1	3
Len Barker	4	0	1.000	1.04	8	3		0	0	1	26.0	22	8	3	1	16	0	16	0	0	2
David Crutcher	4	1	.800	6.00	7	7		1	0	0	39.0	43	28	26	1	21	0	19	2	1	4
Bobby Cuellar	4	8	.333	4.38	39	1		0	0	6	76.0	90	45	37	6	39	3	36	0	0	3
Stan Jakubowski	3	2	.600	3.54	13	0		0	0	1	28.0	25	14	11	2	9	3	20	2	0	2
Don Bright	3	3	.500	5.80	42	1		0	0	4	76.0	99	56	49	5	37	4	32	3	0	4
Dave Moharter	2	1	.667	6.00	13	0		0	0	1	30.0	38	22	20	0	5	1	8	3	0	2
Don Kainer	2	4	.333	5.74	9	9		2	0	0	58.0	75	39	37	3	29	1	29	0	1	3
Bob Babcock	1	0	1.000	3.79	10	0		0	0	1	19.0	15	9	8	0	9	0	18	0	0	0
Jim Hughes	1	2	.333	8.10	8	6		0	0	0	30.0	43	32	27	2	24	1	10	0	0	4
Keath Chauncey	0	0		13.50	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Toms	0	1	.000	8.18	8	0		0	0	2	11.0	15	14	10	1	3	0	8	0	0	1
David Harper	0	1	.000	9.60	5	2		0	0	0	15.0	24	20	16	3	11	0	4	0	1	1
Totals	69	71	.493	5.43	321	140	0	30	4	18	1204.0	1459	861	726	75	588	26	696	34	10	60	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
Billy Sample	131	610	483	141	170	27	13	18	99	20	5	109	48	.352	.471	.573	1.045	277		7	3	8
LaRue Washington	130	608	513	112	166	26	12	4	74	50	14	84	71	.324	.417	.444	.861	228		2	3	6
Keith Smith	120	508	466	78	144	24	8	10	69	13	5	25	38	.309	.348	.459	.807	214		6	5	6
Pat Putnam	114	522	447	81	138	25	2	21	96	3	3	67	59	.309	.402	.515	.917	230		5	0	3
Nelson Norman	122	535	469	82	133	17	7	2	76	17	6	51	33	.284	.353	.362	.715	170		2	8	5
Gary Gray	95	427	399	66	126	22	4	13	98	1	2	21	64	.316	.349	.489	.838	195		2	0	5
Mike Bucci	115	465	375	71	124	20	8	4	65	21	7	65	48	.331	.438	.459	.897	172		10	11	4
Keath Chauncey	126	498	409	72	101	12	9	2	55	27	8	71	60	.247	.359	.335	.694	137		2	13	3
Dan Duran	73	308	257	54	84	15	2	10	55	2	6	43	41	.327	.418	.518	.936	133		1	2	5
Greg Mahlberg	86	324	265	47	78	20	1	7	53	2	0	45	37	.294	.393	.457	.850	121		2	6	6
Bill Fahey	66	241	212	35	53	7	0	2	19	3	0	22	16	.250	.319	.311	.631	66		1	3	3
Wayne Pinkerton	57	183	161	27	51	8	3	0	24	5	5	16	20	.317	.389	.404	.793	65		3	3	0
Jerome Reedy	59	173	155	27	50	2	3	0	14	4	0	17	12	.323	.390	.374	.764	58		0	1	0
Rusty Torres	30	142	107	32	37	7	7	7	39	2	2	31	17	.346	.493	.738	1.231	79		2	0	2
Chris Smith	19	66	62	5	16	4	0	0	8	1	0	3	12	.258	.288	.323	.610	20		0	0	1
Blair Stouffer	8	37	31	4	11	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	5	.355	.459	.452	.911	14		0	0	0
Brian Nakamoto	8	32	25	7	8	2	1	1	8	0	0	6	8	.320	.438	.600	1.038	15		0	0	1
Dave Moharter	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1372	5680	4837	941	1490	239	81	101	855	171	63	682	589	.308	.394	.454	.848	2194	0	45	58	58	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dan Duran	1B	71	641	42	4	59	.994	9.620
Pat Putnam	1B	47	414	28	8	50	.982	9.404
Gary Gray	1B	28	251	11	7	26	.974	9.357
LaRue Washington	2B	78	163	241	11	60	.973	5.179
Wayne Pinkerton	2B	47	103	115	6	27	.973	4.638
Jerome Reedy	2B	32	49	75	9	11	.932	3.875
Billy Sample	2B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Mike Bucci	3B	95	74	187	21	25	.926	2.747
LaRue Washington	3B	43	37	69	11	9	.906	2.465
Chris Smith	3B	10	2	13	4	0	.789	1.500
Jerome Reedy	3B	8	0	10	3	0	.769	1.250
Greg Mahlberg	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Wayne Pinkerton	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Greg Mahlberg	C	80	401	34	4	5	.991	5.438	16
Bill Fahey	C	63	333	44	5	9	.987	5.984	9
Brian Nakamoto	C	5	23	2	1	0	.962	5.000	0
Mike Bucci	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Billy Sample	OF	129	234	11	5	2	.980	1.899
Keath Chauncey	OF	124	251	21	3	6	.989	2.194
Keith Smith	OF	114	193	6	10	4	.952	1.746
Rusty Torres	OF	30	80	3	1	0	.988	2.767
Mike Bucci	OF	25	38	2	1	0	.976	1.600
Pat Putnam	OF	17	19	0	1	0	.950	1.118
LaRue Washington	OF	5	3	0	1	0	.750	.600
Dan Duran	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Brian Nakamoto	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don Bright	P	42	4	13	0	0	1.000	.405
Bobby Cuellar	P	39	2	6	1	0	.889	.205
Stan Thomas	P	37	8	17	0	1	1.000	.676
Jackie Brown	P	29	16	15	4	0	.886	1.069
Myrl Smith	P	28	2	11	2	1	.867	.464
Danny Darwin	P	23	4	16	6	1	.769	.870
Paul Mirabella	P	22	5	29	5	2	.872	1.545
Mike Bacsik	P	18	9	16	1	1	.962	1.389
Dave Moharter	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Stan Jakubowski	P	13	2	8	0	0	1.000	.769
Bob Babcock	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Don Kainer	P	9	6	12	1	1	.947	2.000
Tommy Toms	P	8	0	2	1	0	.667	.250
Jim Hughes	P	8	1	5	0	0	1.000	.750
Len Barker	P	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Crutcher	P	7	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.286
David Harper	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Keath Chauncey	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Nelson Norman	SS	122	200	376	39	93	.937	4.721
LaRue Washington	SS	10	18	23	2	0	.953	4.100
Blair Stouffer	SS	8	13	23	3	4	.923	4.500
Wayne Pinkerton	SS	5	6	18	1	8	.960	4.800
Jerome Reedy	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1527	3611	1527	183	405	.966	3.365	25	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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