1978 Union Laguna Algodoneros Statistics
Team Record: 79-72
Finished 2nd in the ML's Northwest Division
Manager: Moises Camacho (79-72)
Location: Torreon, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Estadio Laguna
Attendance: 207,661, Avg. 2,750
Playoffs - Union Laguna Algodoneros 4 games, Saltillo Saraperos 1
Playoffs - Union Laguna Algodoneros 4 games, Monterrey Sultanes 3
Finals - Aguascalientes Rieleros 4 games, Union Laguna Algodoneros 1
The Union Laguna Algodoneros of the Mexican League ended the 1978 season with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the league's Northwest Division.
The Algodoneros plated 616 runs and allowed 581 runs.
Craig Caskey played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Union Laguna Algodoneros to do so.
Moises Camacho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Pollorena | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.57 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 189.0 | 181 | 70 | 54 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guadalupe Salinas | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.04 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 225.0 | 226 | 102 | 76 | 10 | 51 | 8 | 98 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Craig Caskey | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.50 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 173.0 | 172 | 59 | 48 | 6 | 72 | 3 | 112 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Adolfo De La Torre | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.26 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 163.0 | 169 | 54 | 41 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Francisco Maytorena | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.66 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 91.0 | 88 | 47 | 37 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eleazar Beltran | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.33 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 146.0 | 127 | 78 | 54 | 7 | 78 | 5 | 97 | 14 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.81 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 118.0 | 124 | 60 | 50 | 9 | 43 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Victor Agundez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ismael Oquendo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Herminio Dominguez | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Humberto Valdez | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Francisco Ontiveros | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.19 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Salvador Sanchez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Linnert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rigoberto Meza | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.03 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 47 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 66 | .535 | 3.08 | 321 | 146 | 0 | 60 | 15 | 17 | 1223.0 | 1233 | 549 | 419 | 56 | 399 | 39 | 604 | 35 | 5 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blas Santana | 151 | 632 | 598 | 75 | 196 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 40 | .328 | .341 | .411 | .753 | 246 | 3 | 14 | 5 | ||
| Raul Sanchez | 143 | 572 | 495 | 68 | 149 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 62 | 60 | .301 | .385 | .356 | .740 | 176 | 6 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Manuel Lazaro | 143 | 551 | 497 | 63 | 134 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 53 | .270 | .330 | .318 | .648 | 158 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Ismael Oquendo | 145 | 577 | 471 | 92 | 130 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 96 | 14 | 5 | 94 | 70 | .276 | .396 | .493 | .888 | 232 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Christiansen | 128 | 487 | 423 | 58 | 125 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 60 | .296 | .374 | .428 | .802 | 181 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Humberto Garcia | 146 | 559 | 492 | 54 | 111 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 99 | .226 | .306 | .390 | .697 | 192 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Victor Felix | 92 | 383 | 340 | 52 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 61 | .241 | .316 | .294 | .610 | 100 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Perez | 122 | 377 | 343 | 34 | 76 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 53 | .222 | .278 | .268 | .546 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Carlos Esqueda | 129 | 397 | 362 | 33 | 73 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 84 | .202 | .253 | .227 | .480 | 82 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Juan Contreras | 92 | 258 | 242 | 22 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 54 | .260 | .282 | .326 | .608 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Juan Sanchez | 36 | 100 | 89 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .270 | .330 | .315 | .645 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Juan Hernandez | 62 | 144 | 135 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .141 | .165 | .178 | .343 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Chavarria | 17 | 51 | 46 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .283 | .327 | .283 | .609 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Villaran | 9 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .033 | .065 | .033 | .098 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Salvador Sanchez | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adolfo De La Torre | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eleno Cuen | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1483 | 5125 | 4569 | 582 | 1196 | 164 | 26 | 64 | 515 | 66 | 61 | 419 | 666 | .262 | .327 | .351 | .678 | 1604 | 0 | 36 | 74 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael Oquendo | 1B | 92 | 843 | 44 | 6 | 70 | .993 | 9.641 | ||||
| Humberto Garcia | 1B | 62 | 507 | 34 | 1 | 39 | .998 | 8.726 | ||||
| David Christiansen | 1B | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Alfredo Perez | 1B | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Manuel Lazaro | 2B | 143 | 285 | 352 | 19 | 76 | .971 | 4.455 | ||||
| Juan Hernandez | 2B | 15 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 3.733 | ||||
| Miguel Villaran | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Carlos Esqueda | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Blas Santana | 3B | 151 | 183 | 377 | 21 | 30 | .964 | 3.709 | ||||
| Juan Contreras | 3B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Christiansen | C | 111 | 525 | 71 | 19 | 9 | .969 | 5.369 | 3 | |||
| Juan Sanchez | C | 36 | 127 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .962 | 4.194 | 6 | |||
| Raul Sanchez | OF | 142 | 245 | 20 | 13 | 3 | .953 | 1.866 | ||||
| Alfredo Perez | OF | 104 | 218 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 2.212 | ||||
| Victor Felix | OF | 77 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 1.974 | ||||
| Ismael Oquendo | OF | 42 | 77 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .943 | 1.976 | ||||
| Humberto Garcia | OF | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Miguel Chavarria | OF | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Miguel Villaran | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Francisco Maytorena | P | 48 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .354 | ||||
| Guadalupe Salinas | P | 33 | 10 | 50 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 1.818 | ||||
| Eleazar Beltran | P | 33 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 0 | .848 | .848 | ||||
| Adolfo De La Torre | P | 30 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.233 | ||||
| Craig Caskey | P | 29 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.103 | ||||
| Antonio Pollorena | P | 28 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.393 | ||||
| Herminio Dominguez | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eleno Cuen | P | 22 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Rigoberto Meza | P | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .350 | ||||
| Salvador Sanchez | P | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Francisco Ontiveros | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .250 | ||||
| Victor Agundez | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Thomas Linnert | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Humberto Valdez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ismael Oquendo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Esqueda | SS | 126 | 199 | 322 | 31 | 58 | .944 | 4.135 | ||||
| Juan Hernandez | SS | 44 | 49 | 95 | 16 | 22 | .900 | 3.273 | ||||
| Miguel Villaran | SS | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Blas Santana | SS | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1524 | 3578 | 1622 | 165 | 331 | .969 | 3.412 | 9 | 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.
