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1978 Billings Mustangs

1978 > Class Rookie > 1978 Pioneer League
Overall: 50-18
Scored 507 runs, Allowed 317 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-20

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: James Hoff
Represented: Billings, MT
Ballpark: n/a
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Skeeter Barnes	21	68	314	277	66	102	22	5	3	76	21	3	29	27	.368	.422	.516	.938	143	1	1	6
2	Charlie Engel	22	68	308	241	48	81	16	3	1	69	15	0	56	52	.336	.455	.440	.895	106	0	7	4
3	Nick Esasky	18	64	264	213	38	65	10	5	4	48	8	0	43	59	.305	.421	.455	.877	97	2	3	3
4	Wayne Guinn	18	12	27	23	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	11	.087	.125	.087	.212	2	0	3	0
5	Ben Hayes	20	17	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	0
6	Cary Hornaman	21	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
7	Lee Hover	22	68	327	275	69	88	10	1	2	23	35	7	43	40	.320	.412	.385	.797	106	2	4	3
8	Byron Jackson	18	20	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	1	0
9	Larry Jackson	18	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
10	Tom Lawless	21	63	306	254	64	70	5	7	5	35	16	3	45	50	.276	.387	.409	.797	104	2	4	1
11	John LoCascio*	18	21	10	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	.167	.444	.167	.611	1	0	1	0
12	Wilson Mateo	18	34	72	67	11	15	4	0	0	4	1	1	5	33	.224	.278	.284	.561	19	0	0	0
13	Chuck McKinney	17	16	15	11	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	.182	.357	.182	.539	2	0	1	0
14	Greg McKinney*	19	44	121	103	16	24	0	0	1	10	6	1	17	36	.233	.339	.262	.601	27	0	0	1
15	Jeff Mihlbachler	19	13	31	23	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	10	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	0	6	0
16	Alex Neely	21	25	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	2	0
17	Charley Noble*	19	8	14	9	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.222	.462	.333	.795	3	0	1	0
18	Gary Redus	21	68	325	253	100	117	19	6	17	62	42	6	62	31	.462	.559	.787	1.346	199	1	3	6
19	Dan Sarrett	20	49	191	169	28	47	6	1	4	32	1	1	17	45	.278	.349	.396	.746	67	2	2	1
20	Steve Skaggs	20	11	26	19	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	7	.211	.286	.316	.602	6	0	5	0
21	Les Straker	18	12	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
22	Chris Stropolo*	18	12	34	30	7	7	1	0	0	6	0	2	4	4	.233	.324	.267	.590	8	0	0	0
23	Mike Sullivan	18	18	40	31	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.226	.368	.290	.659	9	1	2	0
24	Jim Taylor	18	32	84	63	10	13	1	2	0	11	3	3	18	19	.206	.381	.286	.667	18	1	0	2
25	Eski Viltz#	18	63	257	221	31	55	7	3	0	29	11	2	24	50	.249	.333	.308	.641	68	5	5	2
26	Chris Wells	19	18	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.143	.400	.143	.543	1	0	0	0
	26 Players	20.0	68	2818	2328	507	708	106	33	37	420	164	30	393	507	.304	.404	.426	.830	991	17	51	29	32

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Charlie Engel	22	0	0		3.00	3	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
2	Roger Glynn*	21	0	0		1.12	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	9	8	1	1	5	0	7	1	0	0	1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	7.9	1.40
3	Wayne Guinn	18	7	4	.636	3.82	12	12		3	1	0	73.0	61	37	31	1	35	0	55	2	0	2	1.315	7.5	0.1	4.3	6.8	1.57
4	Ben Hayes	20	2	0	1.000	3.55	16	2		1	0	5	38.0	31	16	15	0	23	1	49	1	0	2	1.421	7.3	0.0	5.4	11.6	2.13
5	Byron Jackson	18	3	1	.750	3.89	20	0		0	0	3	37.0	36	20	16	1	29	1	31	1	0	2	1.757	8.8	0.2	7.1	7.5	1.07
6	Larry Jackson	18	1	0	1.000	6.43	8	2		0	0	0	14.0	5	14	10	0	17	0	18	1	0	3	1.571	3.2	0.0	10.9	11.6	1.06
7	John LoCascio*	18	2	1	.667	2.00	21	3		0	0	3	36.0	30	15	8	2	19	2	35	1	0	4	1.361	7.5	0.5	4.8	8.8	1.84
8	Chuck McKinney	17	1	3	.250	5.14	15	7		2	0	0	49.0	53	38	28	3	42	0	54	1	0	8	1.939	9.7	0.6	7.7	9.9	1.29
9	Jeff Mihlbachler	19	6	5	.545	3.24	13	13		3	0	0	86.0	96	51	31	7	26	3	60	1	0	1	1.419	10.0	0.7	2.7	6.3	2.31
10	Alex Neely	21	8	0	1.000	2.77	25	0		0	0	3	52.0	36	21	16	2	37	3	50	2	0	4	1.404	6.2	0.3	6.4	8.7	1.35
11	Charley Noble*	19	2	1	.667	4.50	8	8		0	0	0	40.0	42	30	20	1	19	0	26	0	0	2	1.525	9.4	0.2	4.3	5.8	1.37
12	Steve Skaggs	20	5	0	1.000	1.83	11	7		2	1	0	54.0	30	17	11	0	35	0	39	1	1	5	1.204	5.0	0.0	5.8	6.5	1.11
13	Les Straker	18	7	2	.778	2.35	12	12		1	1	0	69.0	46	29	18	0	37	0	54	1	2	3	1.203	6.0	0.0	4.8	7.0	1.46
14	Chris Wells	19	6	1	.857	5.29	18	0		0	0	1	34.0	29	20	20	1	37	0	26	0	0	1	1.941	7.7	0.3	9.8	6.9	0.70
	14 Players	18.9	50	18	.735	3.44	68	68	56	12	6	15	592.0	507	317	226	19	363	10	505	13	3	38	1.470	7.7	0.3	5.5	7.7	1.39

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Dan Sarrett	48	343	40	8	4	.980	7.98	23
Jim Taylor	23	126	11	2	4	.986	5.96	6
Mike Sullivan	15	60	5	0	0	1.000	4.33	5

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charlie Engel	68	580	31	21	38	.967	8.99
Jim Taylor	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.20
Dan Sarrett	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Skeeter Barnes	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Ben Hayes	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gary Redus	67	124	185	28	25	.917	4.61
Skeeter Barnes	3	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.67
Tom Lawless	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nick Esasky	61	62	88	22	6	.872	2.46
Skeeter Barnes	10	3	18	12	0	.636	2.10
Mike Sullivan	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Lawless	62	116	184	24	34	.926	4.84
Skeeter Barnes	9	5	19	1	1	.960	2.67
Eski Viltz	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lee Hover	67	80	8	6	1	.936	1.31
Eski Viltz	61	132	10	8	2	.947	2.33
Skeeter Barnes	43	45	7	3	1	.945	1.21
Greg McKinney	24	28	2	3	0	.909	1.25
Wilson Mateo	21	18	0	2	1	.900	0.86
Chris Stropolo	9	9	1	1	0	.909	1.11
Cary Hornaman	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alex Neely	25	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.24
John LoCascio	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.05
Byron Jackson	20	1	10	2	0	.846	0.55
Chris Wells	18	5	5	3	1	.769	0.56
Ben Hayes	16	1	5	1	0	.857	0.38
Chuck McKinney	15	4	7	4	0	.733	0.73
Jeff Mihlbachler	13	2	19	0	1	1.000	1.62
Wayne Guinn	12	6	14	0	1	1.000	1.67
Les Straker	12	6	12	1	2	.947	1.50
Steve Skaggs	11	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.18
Larry Jackson	8	0	3	2	0	.600	0.38
Charley Noble	8	1	6	0	1	1.000	0.88
Charlie Engel	3	0	0	0	0		0.00
Roger Glynn	2	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Skeeter Barnes	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 3, 1957	Cincinnati, OH, US
Charlie Engel	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 26, 1955
Nick Esasky	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Feb 24, 1960	Hialeah, FL, US
Roger Glynn	21	L	L	6' 5.0"	235	1957
Wayne Guinn	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Aug 4, 1959
Ben Hayes	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Aug 4, 1957	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Cary Hornaman	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Feb 25, 1957
Lee Hover	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	155	Oct 31, 1955
Byron Jackson	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Oct 31, 1959
Larry Jackson	18	R	R	6' 7.0"	198	Sep 5, 1959
Tom Lawless	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Dec 19, 1956	Erie, PA, US
John LoCascio	18	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Feb 22, 1960
Wilson Mateo	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	150	1960
Chuck McKinney	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 3, 1960
Greg McKinney	19	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	May 2, 1959
Jeff Mihlbachler	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Jun 30, 1959
Alex Neely	21	R	R	6' 6.0"	230	Jan 15, 1957	Riverton, WY, US
Charley Noble	19	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jan 12, 1959
Gary Redus	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 1, 1956	Tanner, AL, US
Dan Sarrett	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jun 7, 1958
Steve Skaggs	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Aug 1, 1957
Les Straker	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	193	Oct 10, 1959	Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar, VE
Chris Stropolo	18	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 29, 1959
Mike Sullivan	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 16, 1960
Jim Taylor	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 21, 1959
Eski Viltz	18	S	R	5' 10.0"	150	Mar 6, 1960
Chris Wells	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Apr 12, 1959

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