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1978 California League

1978 > Class A > League History
Overall: 559 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1977 / 1979

League Standings

Regular Season

April 13, 1978 to August 31, 1978 · 140 games

North Division

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Lodi Dodgers LAD 85 55 .607 --
Stockton Mariners SEA 63 77 .450 22
Reno Silver Sox SDP 62 78 .443 23
Modesto A's OAK 61 79 .436 24

South Division

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Visalia Oaks MIN 97 42 .698 --
Salinas Angels CAL 84 56 .600 13.5
Fresno Giants SFG 59 80 .424 38
Bakersfield Outlaws 48 92 .343 49.5

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Visalia Oaks MIN 22.1 7.24 139 5700 4682 1007 1409 228 42 130 879 134 49 827 807 .301 .408 .451 .859 2111 63 71 57 30
Reno Silver Sox SDP 21.7 6.49 140 5535 4667 909 1363 185 45 92 781 194 64 732 863 .292 .388 .410 .798 1914 32 58 46 36
Lodi Dodgers LAD 21.8 6.46 140 5444 4613 904 1352 200 40 110 781 149 82 680 740 .293 .387 .425 .813 1962 55 56 40 28
Bakersfield Outlaws 22.8 5.50 140 5371 4647 770 1338 203 28 75 660 217 92 611 696 .288 .372 .392 .764 1822 35 36 42 20
Salinas Angels CAL 22.5 5.21 140 5438 4666 730 1286 175 38 84 624 152 54 642 805 .276 .365 .383 .749 1789 39 52 39 28
Fresno Giants SFG 22.6 4.96 139 5420 4593 690 1160 189 35 70 597 126 46 694 815 .253 .353 .355 .708 1629 45 48 40 28
Modesto A's OAK 20.7 4.80 140 5345 4632 672 1228 207 29 58 569 143 75 610 749 .265 .352 .360 .712 1667 31 38 34 19
Stockton Mariners SEA 21.0 4.49 140 5198 4548 628 1183 172 42 51 525 198 66 549 771 .260 .341 .350 .691 1592 25 41 35 24
League Totals 21.9 5.64 1118 43451 37048 6310 10319 1559 299 670 5416 1313 528 5345 6246 .279 .371 .391 .762 14486 325 400 333 213

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Salinas Angels CAL 21.8 4.34 84 56 .600 3.67 140 140 99 41 11 20 1196.0 1214 607 488 56 561 40 777 33 15 39 1.484 9.1 0.4 4.2 5.8 1.39
Stockton Mariners SEA 22.0 4.72 63 77 .450 3.77 140 140 90 50 12 13 1185.0 1146 661 497 59 662 34 891 37 6 112 1.526 8.7 0.4 5.0 6.8 1.35
Visalia Oaks MIN 22.0 4.88 97 42 .698 3.96 139 139 88 51 6 23 1206.0 1335 679 530 76 471 10 704 32 7 81 1.498 10.0 0.6 3.5 5.3 1.49
Lodi Dodgers LAD 22.1 4.96 85 55 .607 4.39 140 140 107 33 6 27 1178.0 1183 694 574 90 670 32 743 27 16 88 1.573 9.0 0.7 5.1 5.7 1.11
Fresno Giants SFG 22.3 5.34 59 80 .424 4.58 139 139 113 26 6 17 1186.0 1328 742 604 92 584 29 837 32 5 92 1.612 10.1 0.7 4.4 6.4 1.43
Modesto A's OAK 20.4 5.96 61 79 .436 4.64 140 140 111 29 9 22 1200.0 1297 834 619 95 707 12 828 31 14 86 1.670 9.7 0.7 5.3 6.2 1.17
Reno Silver Sox SDP 21.4 7.11 62 78 .443 5.90 140 140 102 38 6 13 1165.0 1450 995 764 109 707 13 711 59 8 116 1.852 11.2 0.8 5.5 5.5 1.01
Bakersfield Outlaws 23.4 7.84 48 92 .343 6.20 140 140 93 47 6 9 1170.0 1366 1098 806 88 983 43 755 72 17 137 2.008 10.5 0.7 7.6 5.8 0.77
League Totals 21.9 5.64 559 559 .500 4.63 1118 1118 803 315 62 144 9486.0 10319 6310 4882 665 5345 213 6246 323 88 751 1.651 9.8 0.6 5.1 5.9 1.17

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Fresno Giants SFG 139 3558 1532 192 127 .964 30 John Van Ornum
Salinas Angels CAL 140 3588 1606 194 139 .964 18 Chuck Cottier
Lodi Dodgers LAD 140 3534 1588 205 119 .962 21 Stan Wasiak
Stockton Mariners SEA 140 3555 1571 214 112 .960 46 Bobby Floyd
Visalia Oaks MIN 139 3617 1587 219 132 .960 20 n/a
Reno Silver Sox SDP 140 3495 1630 269 135 .950 48 Eddie Watt
Bakersfield Outlaws 140 3509 1559 291 119 .946 55 George Culver
Modesto A's OAK 140 3599 1436 295 115 .945 27 Gaylen Pitts
League Totals 1118 28455 12509 1879 998 .956 265