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1978 Arkansas Travelers

1978 > Class AA > 1978 Texas League (East)
Overall: 77-55
Scored 715 runs, Allowed 553 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-51

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Thomas Thompson
Represented: Little Rock, AR
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field (Little Rock, AR)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1977 / 1979

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jorge Aranzamendi 24 55 144 127 20 33 6 1 0 12 1 4 16 20 .260 .343 .323 .665 41 0 1 0
2 Earl Bass 25 12 18 17 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .176 .222 .176 .399 3 0 0 0
3 Dave Bialas 24 92 392 327 76 103 20 3 6 50 10 3 58 43 .315 .419 .450 .869 147 3 1 3
4 David Boyer 22 78 278 255 27 58 12 3 2 35 3 2 19 40 .227 .288 .322 .609 82 3 0 1
5 Glenn Brummer 23 44 110 92 11 25 2 0 0 11 3 1 9 15 .272 .368 .293 .661 27 5 4 0
6 Mike Calise 21 28 111 98 23 29 7 1 8 24 2 2 12 26 .296 .369 .633 1.002 62 0 0 1
7 Pat Darcy* 28 16 19 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 0 1 0
8 Raymond Donaghu 22 18 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0
9 Gene Dotson 24 132 554 446 82 113 29 6 10 67 23 12 100 117 .253 .392 .413 .805 184 3 3 2
10 Leon Durham* 20 102 428 367 72 116 21 5 12 70 13 8 53 61 .316 .404 .499 .903 183 4 0 4
11 Joe Edelen 22 9 13 10 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .500 1.000 5 0 1 0
12 Neil Fiala* 21 43 184 162 19 44 3 0 0 13 4 3 13 23 .272 .335 .290 .625 47 3 5 1
13 John Fulgham 22 27 35 27 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 .148 .303 .185 .488 5 0 2 0
14 Nelson Garcia# 27 33 97 88 10 25 4 1 0 11 1 1 6 15 .284 .320 .352 .672 31 0 0 3
15 R.J. Harrison* 24 16 19 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .118 .167 .118 .284 2 0 1 0
16 Tom Herr# 22 89 399 335 70 98 23 4 3 45 30 7 58 50 .293 .395 .412 .807 138 1 2 3
17 Brett Houser 22 32 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
18 Frank Hunsaker 24 49 194 169 15 55 11 0 1 42 0 0 20 21 .325 .389 .408 .797 69 0 1 4
19 Terry Kennedy* 22 69 281 239 55 69 14 0 10 54 1 1 37 35 .289 .388 .473 .861 113 3 0 2
20 Mark Klein 24 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
21 Ryan Kurosaki 25 28 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0
22 Jim Lentine 23 30 132 117 18 34 4 1 1 13 12 2 13 7 .291 .366 .368 .734 43 1 1 0
23 John Littlefield 24 50 12 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 2 0 2 0
24 Dan O'Brien 24 17 25 24 2 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .292 .320 .375 .695 9 0 0 0
25 Al Olmsted 21 14 20 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .105 .211 2 0 1 0
26 Dave Penniall 23 91 384 336 68 102 17 4 6 59 14 4 38 65 .304 .379 .432 .810 145 5 1 4
27 Mike Potter 27 7 29 22 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 3 .227 .414 .227 .641 5 1 0 0
28 Jim Riggleman 25 59 222 174 34 51 8 1 4 34 2 3 43 39 .293 .425 .420 .845 73 0 1 4
29 Len Strelitz 22 29 26 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .048 .200 .048 .248 1 0 1 0
30 Randall Thomas 23 116 429 384 52 98 9 1 0 32 7 9 40 71 .255 .325 .284 .609 109 0 5 0
31 Freddie Tisdale* 22 109 420 368 49 106 17 5 3 55 7 8 47 40 .288 .364 .386 .750 142 0 0 5
31 Players 22.8 133 4994 4283 715 1194 211 36 66 641 133 71 607 729 .279 .370 .391 .761 1675 32 35 37 24
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age 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
1 Earl Bass 25 9 3 .750 2.69 12 12 5 1 0 77.0 63 28 23 3 20 0 64 1 0 0 1.078 7.4 0.4 2.3 7.5 3.20
2 Pat Darcy 28 7 6 .538 3.09 16 16 2 1 0 96.0 104 41 33 3 27 3 41 2 0 8 1.365 9.8 0.3 2.5 3.8 1.52
3 Raymond Donaghu 22 2 3 .400 4.32 16 5 2 1 1 50.0 44 28 24 5 32 2 31 1 1 2 1.520 7.9 0.9 5.8 5.6 0.97
4 Joe Edelen 22 5 1 .833 3.40 9 9 3 1 0 53.0 36 24 20 3 28 1 38 3 1 4 1.208 6.1 0.5 4.8 6.5 1.36
5 John Fulgham 22 9 7 .563 4.03 27 24 6 0 1 154.0 160 84 69 11 64 7 119 6 0 12 1.455 9.4 0.6 3.7 7.0 1.86
6 R.J. Harrison 24 4 4 .500 4.15 16 12 5 1 0 89.0 91 52 41 8 34 4 44 2 1 4 1.404 9.2 0.8 3.4 4.4 1.29
7 Brett Houser 22 3 4 .429 4.67 32 0 0 0 3 52.0 54 31 27 5 32 3 44 2 1 2 1.654 9.3 0.9 5.5 7.6 1.38
8 Mark Klein 24 0 1 .000 7.14 15 1 0 0 1 29.0 43 23 23 1 12 3 17 0 1 2 1.897 13.3 0.3 3.7 5.3 1.42
9 Ryan Kurosaki 25 3 5 .375 3.38 28 0 0 0 11 48.0 50 25 18 1 13 2 37 2 0 4 1.312 9.4 0.2 2.4 6.9 2.85
10 John Littlefield 24 9 8 .529 4.36 50 0 0 0 4 97.0 106 50 47 7 36 7 54 5 2 3 1.464 9.8 0.6 3.3 5.0 1.50
11 Dan O'Brien 24 12 3 .800 2.75 17 17 6 2 0 118.0 99 45 36 11 62 4 91 7 0 4 1.364 7.6 0.8 4.7 6.9 1.47
12 Al Olmsted* 21 5 4 .556 3.51 14 14 2 1 0 82.0 84 35 32 6 20 1 37 2 2 7 1.268 9.2 0.7 2.2 4.1 1.85
13 Jim Otten 26 2 0 1.000 1.89 3 3 0 0 0 19.0 20 5 4 1 13 1 19 1 0 2 1.737 9.5 0.5 6.2 9.0 1.46
14 Len Strelitz 22 7 6 .538 4.47 29 20 3 1 1 141.0 153 82 70 7 38 5 71 5 0 2 1.355 9.8 0.4 2.4 4.5 1.87
14 Players 23.5 77 55 .583 3.80 133 133 99 34 14 22 1105.0 1107 553 467 72 431 43 707 39 9 56 1.392 9.0 0.6 3.5 5.8 1.64

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Terry Kennedy 64 363 30 7 5 .983 6.14 10
Frank Hunsaker 45 261 18 2 1 .993 6.20 1
Glenn Brummer 39 135 14 3 4 .980 3.82 2

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Leon Durham 102 931 42 8 96 .992 9.54
Freddie Tisdale 30 253 11 1 23 .996 8.80
David Boyer 3 24 1 0 2 1.000 8.33
Jorge Aranzamendi 1 4 0 1 1 .800 4.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom Herr 88 207 280 13 64 .974 5.53
Neil Fiala 43 109 142 3 40 .988 5.84
Jorge Aranzamendi 6 13 14 0 2 1.000 4.50
Freddie Tisdale 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
David Boyer 61 29 87 16 8 .879 1.90
Jim Riggleman 33 16 60 12 5 .864 2.30
Mike Calise 26 18 38 2 2 .966 2.15
Dave Bialas 12 8 34 8 2 .840 3.50
Jorge Aranzamendi 7 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.57

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Randall Thomas 114 200 371 28 77 .953 5.01
Jorge Aranzamendi 27 34 62 9 11 .914 3.56

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene Dotson 130 245 13 11 4 .959 1.98
Dave Penniall 84 124 6 1 0 .992 1.55
Dave Bialas 77 126 4 3 0 .977 1.69
Freddie Tisdale 51 68 6 3 4 .961 1.45
Jim Lentine 30 47 3 1 1 .980 1.67
Nelson Garcia 21 41 3 0 0 1.000 2.10
Jim Riggleman 10 13 0 2 0 .867 1.30
Mike Potter 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Terry Kennedy 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Jorge Aranzamendi 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Mike Calise 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Littlefield 50 3 15 0 0 1.000 0.36
Brett Houser 32 0 8 1 1 .889 0.25
Len Strelitz 29 7 26 6 0 .846 1.14
Ryan Kurosaki 28 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.32
John Fulgham 27 4 24 2 1 .933 1.04
Dan O'Brien 17 4 10 1 4 .933 0.82
Pat Darcy 16 1 12 1 2 .929 0.81
Raymond Donaghu 16 2 10 0 1 1.000 0.75
R.J. Harrison 16 5 22 1 1 .964 1.69
Mark Klein 15 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.53
Al Olmsted 14 2 21 2 0 .920 1.64
Earl Bass 12 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.75
Joe Edelen 9 1 16 1 0 .944 1.89
Jim Otten 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jorge Aranzamendi 24 R R 6' 1.0" 160 Aug 26, 1953 Santurce, PR
Earl Bass 25 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Nov 26, 1952
Dave Bialas 24 R R 6' 1.0" 189 Feb 6, 1954 Houston, TX, US
David Boyer 22 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Dec 28, 1955
Glenn Brummer 23 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Nov 23, 1954 Olney, IL, US
Mike Calise 21 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Mar 16, 1957 Norwalk, CT, US
Pat Darcy 28 L R 6' 3.0" 175 May 12, 1950 Troy, OH, US
Raymond Donaghu 22 R R 6' 3.0" 170 Sep 17, 1955
Gene Dotson 24 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 1, 1953 Savannah, GA, US
Leon Durham 20 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Jul 31, 1957 Cincinnati, OH, US
Joe Edelen 22 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Sep 16, 1955 Durant, OK, US
Neil Fiala 21 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 24, 1956 St. Louis, MO, US
John Fulgham 22 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Jun 9, 1956 St. Louis, MO, US
Nelson Garcia 27 S R 6' 1.0" 143 Sep 16, 1950
R.J. Harrison 24 L R 6' 5.0" 215 Mar 14, 1954
Tom Herr 22 S R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 4, 1956 Lancaster, PA, US
Brett Houser 22 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1956
Frank Hunsaker 24 R R 6' 3.0" 209 1954
Terry Kennedy 22 L R 6' 3.0" 220 Jun 4, 1956 Euclid, OH, US
Mark Klein 24 R R 6' 4.0" Nov 11, 1953
Ryan Kurosaki 25 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Jul 3, 1952 Honolulu, HI, US
Jim Lentine 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 Los Angeles, CA, US
John Littlefield 24 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jan 5, 1954 Covina, CA, US
Dan O'Brien 24 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Apr 22, 1954 St. Petersburg, FL, US
Al Olmsted 21 R L 6' 2.0" 195 Mar 18, 1957 St. Louis, MO, US
Jim Otten 26 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 1, 1951 Lewistown, MT, US
Dave Penniall 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Sep 26, 1954 Coronado, CA, US
Mike Potter 27 R R 6' 1.0" 195 May 16, 1951 Montebello, CA, US
Jim Riggleman 25 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Nov 9, 1952 Fort Dix, NJ, US
Len Strelitz 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Jun 11, 1956
Randall Thomas 23 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Apr 18, 1955 Lynchburg, VA, US
Freddie Tisdale 22 L L 6' 0.0" 165 May 1, 1956

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