1978 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 58-77
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Harry Dunlop (58-77)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 150,840, Avg. 2,235
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1978 season with a record of 58 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Aeros scored 615 runs and yielded 755 runs. Ed Putman paced Wichita with 24 home runs, while Karl Pagel walloped 15 or more, too. Karl Pagel drove in 86 runs. Scot Thompson led all regular batters with a .326 average. Manny Seoane topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.5 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1978 Wichita Aeros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Davis, Randy Martz, Ed Putman, Dennis DeBarr, Scot Thompson, Karl Pagel, Rudy Meoli, Rodney Scott, George Riley, Mike Gordon, Tim Blackwell, Larry Anderson, Mike Sember, Gerry Pirtle, Al Javier, Bill Caudill, Manny Seoane, Jesús Figueroa, Mike Krukow and Dave Geisel.
Harry Dunlop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Seoane | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.50 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 164 | 100 | 87 | 21 | 81 | 3 | 131 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Rogers | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.78 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 194.0 | 217 | 114 | 103 | 32 | 61 | 4 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bill Caudill | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.53 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 151 | 103 | 97 | 21 | 105 | 4 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.96 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 102 | 68 | 59 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Darrell Turner | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.96 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 74 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Andrew Muhlstock | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.80 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90.0 | 105 | 60 | 48 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Riley | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.25 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 47 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Randy Martz | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7.17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 82 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Krukow | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.91 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 51 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Overstreet | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.69 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Anderson | 40 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Martin | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lawrence Groover | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Byron Wilkerson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.64 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47.0 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.66 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 70 | .421 | 5.30 | 317 | 131 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 1034.0 | 1123 | 693 | 609 | 142 | 524 | 23 | 620 | 29 | 11 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scot Thompson | 135 | 581 | 519 | 83 | 169 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 64 | 35 | 12 | 53 | 60 | .326 | .384 | .474 | .858 | 246 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Steve Davis | 135 | 537 | 488 | 59 | 132 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 80 | .270 | .316 | .414 | .730 | 202 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Karl Pagel | 134 | 556 | 462 | 81 | 124 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 91 | 142 | .268 | .389 | .498 | .887 | 230 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ed Putman | 113 | 471 | 381 | 63 | 102 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 82 | .268 | .401 | .530 | .931 | 202 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Sember | 124 | 488 | 410 | 58 | 98 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 13 | 7 | 69 | 143 | .239 | .353 | .400 | .753 | 164 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | 108 | 370 | 347 | 42 | 86 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 39 | .248 | .286 | .366 | .652 | 127 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Al Javier | 91 | 326 | 310 | 36 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 48 | .245 | .269 | .406 | .676 | 126 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Scott | 63 | 287 | 256 | 48 | 67 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 28 | 29 | .262 | .339 | .363 | .702 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Blackwell | 64 | 232 | 184 | 32 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 35 | .293 | .420 | .462 | .882 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Jesús Figueroa | 69 | 216 | 201 | 23 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | .254 | .291 | .303 | .595 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Buckner | 60 | 223 | 207 | 23 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30 | .246 | .296 | .319 | .615 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rudy Meoli | 49 | 205 | 167 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 20 | .293 | .411 | .395 | .806 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Gordon | 70 | 252 | 218 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 47 | .179 | .273 | .339 | .613 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony Pepper | 29 | 88 | 73 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | .260 | .379 | .329 | .708 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manny Seoane | 29 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .238 | .250 | .488 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Drury | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .444 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis DeBarr | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 19 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shepston | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Riley | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Caudill | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Evers | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Krukow | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Rogers | 30 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .056 | .056 | .222 | .278 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Martz | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Turner | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Byron Wilkerson | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Muhlstock | 44 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1506 | 4938 | 4317 | 615 | 1136 | 188 | 41 | 129 | 560 | 135 | 71 | 523 | 826 | .263 | .344 | .415 | .760 | 1793 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scot Thompson | 1B | 87 | 772 | 56 | 10 | 77 | .988 | 9.517 | ||||
| Karl Pagel | 1B | 36 | 331 | 10 | 7 | 25 | .980 | 9.472 | ||||
| Ed Putman | 1B | 14 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.643 | ||||
| Steve Davis | 2B | 113 | 248 | 334 | 9 | 70 | .985 | 5.150 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 2B | 13 | 38 | 36 | 5 | 9 | .937 | 5.692 | ||||
| Mike Sember | 2B | 6 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 5 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Kevin Drury | 2B | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | 2B | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Rudy Meoli | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ed Putman | 3B | 85 | 65 | 155 | 12 | 15 | .948 | 2.588 | ||||
| Rudy Meoli | 3B | 36 | 17 | 70 | 5 | 6 | .946 | 2.417 | ||||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | 3B | 7 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 3.143 | ||||
| Steve Davis | 3B | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Sember | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Gordon | C | 69 | 353 | 48 | 8 | 5 | .980 | 5.812 | 7 | |||
| Tim Blackwell | C | 60 | 351 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .979 | 6.250 | 7 | |||
| Ed Putman | C | 9 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.222 | 0 | |||
| Michael Shepston | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | OF | 82 | 157 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 2.012 | ||||
| Karl Pagel | OF | 81 | 135 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jim Buckner | OF | 55 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.727 | ||||
| Al Javier | OF | 54 | 87 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .899 | 1.648 | ||||
| Scot Thompson | OF | 49 | 101 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 2.122 | ||||
| Rodney Scott | OF | 49 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 2.367 | ||||
| Jesús Figueroa | OF | 46 | 82 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .927 | 1.935 | ||||
| Andrew Muhlstock | P | 44 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Rogers | P | 29 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 1.828 | ||||
| Bill Caudill | P | 29 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.069 | ||||
| Manny Seoane | P | 28 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.643 | ||||
| George Riley | P | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .375 | ||||
| Byron Wilkerson | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
| Dennis DeBarr | P | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Dave Geisel | P | 19 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .737 | ||||
| Darrell Turner | P | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .600 | ||||
| Randy Martz | P | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.636 | ||||
| Gerry Pirtle | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Martin | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dave Overstreet | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Krukow | P | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Lawrence Groover | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Sember | SS | 117 | 148 | 329 | 22 | 64 | .956 | 4.077 | ||||
| Steve Davis | SS | 19 | 25 | 42 | 3 | 10 | .957 | 3.526 | ||||
| Rudy Meoli | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1421 | 3377 | 1397 | 148 | 327 | .970 | 3.360 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
