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1978 Burlington Bees

1978 > Class A > 1978 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 69-69
Scored 717 runs, Allowed 646 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-62

Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers-AL
Manager: Lee Sigman
Represented: Burlington, IA
Ballpark: Community Field (Burlington, IA)
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 Humberto Acosta* 21 37 83 68 16 11 4 0 0 5 6 1 15 13 .162 .313 .221 .534 15 0 0 0
2 Kevin Bass# 19 129 557 499 81 132 27 5 18 69 36 10 40 63 .265 .327 .447 .774 223 10 1 7
3 Manuel Betemit 20 14 51 44 10 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 12 .114 .220 .159 .379 7 1 1 0
4 Terry Bevington 21 63 206 179 22 43 14 0 4 23 8 2 22 31 .240 .325 .385 .711 69 2 0 3
5 Chris Carstensen* 23 98 361 307 50 77 15 3 5 43 19 4 46 58 .251 .352 .368 .720 113 3 3 2
6 Columbus Duncan 21 55 222 196 28 54 11 3 6 32 0 0 21 43 .276 .353 .454 .807 89 3 1 1
7 Brian Fisher 19 9 25 20 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .150 .320 .200 .520 4 1 0 0
8 Bill Foley 21 118 476 409 84 130 31 1 34 93 0 1 53 85 .318 .403 .648 1.051 265 9 0 5
9 Edward Gilliam 24 65 267 222 37 55 9 2 6 40 13 7 36 35 .248 .351 .387 .738 86 2 2 5
10 Tim Jordan* 19 37 91 75 8 17 0 0 0 3 6 1 13 8 .227 .341 .227 .568 17 0 3 0
11 Doug Loman* 20 125 484 409 67 100 23 4 9 63 14 5 59 80 .244 .343 .386 .729 158 5 6 5
12 Melvin Manning 20 125 474 394 60 86 20 2 9 45 11 3 64 82 .218 .331 .348 .679 137 5 6 5
13 Ivan Rodriguez 20 133 504 459 58 115 12 1 5 66 4 4 36 66 .251 .307 .314 .621 144 3 3 3
14 Terence Shoebridge 20 46 156 129 19 31 5 0 2 14 0 1 24 23 .240 .359 .326 .685 42 1 0 2
15 John Skorochocki* 19 107 425 385 62 116 17 5 1 50 9 4 31 48 .301 .353 .379 .732 146 2 3 4
16 Bobby Smith* 22 129 562 512 95 172 26 15 3 47 44 26 43 51 .336 .386 .463 .849 237 2 0 5
17 Franklin Thomas 21 39 132 116 15 25 2 2 0 10 3 1 13 12 .216 .292 .267 .560 31 0 2 1
17 Players 20.6 138 5079 4424 717 1173 217 44 102 608 173 70 527 713 .265 .346 .403 .750 1784 49 31 48 14
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 Daryl Bailey 22 5 2 .714 2.03 37 0 0 0 8 62.0 47 23 14 2 25 4 39 1 0 6 1.161 6.8 0.3 3.6 5.7 1.56
2 Timothy Bannister 23 3 4 .429 5.77 23 3 0 0 0 64.0 68 52 41 11 42 1 42 3 0 4 1.719 9.6 1.5 5.9 5.9 1.00
3 Randall Boyce* 21 1 1 .500 0.69 8 0 0 0 2 13.0 4 1 1 0 8 0 10 0 0 2 0.923 2.8 0.0 5.5 6.9 1.25
4 Thomas DeRosa 22 1 1 .500 7.39 7 3 0 0 0 28.0 37 26 23 1 17 0 24 0 0 4 1.929 11.9 0.3 5.5 7.7 1.41
5 William Dick* 22 1 3 .250 2.45 8 0 0 0 1 11.0 11 5 3 0 5 2 12 0 0 3 1.455 9.0 0.0 4.1 9.8 2.40
6 Frank DiPino* 21 5 4 .556 4.70 15 14 2 0 0 88.0 98 58 46 11 36 0 68 0 0 7 1.523 10.0 1.1 3.7 7.0 1.89
7 Alvin Edge 21 2 4 .333 5.01 18 12 1 0 0 70.0 73 56 39 5 38 0 56 6 1 9 1.586 9.4 0.6 4.9 7.2 1.47
8 Larry Edwards* 19 2 7 .222 4.92 23 8 1 1 1 75.0 82 55 41 8 38 1 44 1 0 8 1.600 9.8 1.0 4.6 5.3 1.16
9 Jeffrey Harryman* 20 6 5 .545 4.15 21 18 4 0 1 117.0 113 61 54 6 52 1 76 3 0 10 1.410 8.7 0.5 4.0 5.8 1.46
10 Jerry Jenkins 19 9 6 .600 3.47 20 18 5 1 0 114.0 104 56 44 7 75 2 82 1 0 3 1.570 8.2 0.6 5.9 6.5 1.09
11 Dave LaPoint* 18 12 12 .500 4.02 25 23 10 1 0 161.0 177 98 72 20 41 1 134 1 2 7 1.354 9.9 1.1 2.3 7.5 3.27
12 Larry Montgomery 20 4 6 .400 3.66 15 14 5 1 1 86.0 81 50 35 7 30 0 67 1 0 5 1.291 8.5 0.7 3.1 7.0 2.23
13 Richard Nicholson 22 4 2 .667 3.06 8 6 2 0 0 47.0 36 18 16 2 20 0 40 3 0 3 1.191 6.9 0.4 3.8 7.7 2.00
14 Steve Reed 23 4 5 .444 1.70 39 0 0 0 4 74.0 57 26 14 3 29 1 64 3 0 9 1.162 6.9 0.4 3.5 7.8 2.21
15 William Roden? -- 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
16 Weldon Swift 20 10 7 .588 2.91 23 19 5 1 0 130.0 93 61 42 8 93 0 94 4 1 7 1.431 6.4 0.6 6.4 6.5 1.01
16 Players 20.6 69 69 .500 3.82 138 138 103 35 6 18 1143.0 1081 646 485 91 549 13 855 27 4 87 1.426 8.5 0.7 4.3 6.7 1.56

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
Bill Foley 69 424 52 9 3 .981 6.90 10
Terence Shoebridge 45 253 35 9 2 .970 6.40 2
Terry Bevington 41 226 17 8 3 .968 5.93 5

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Edward Gilliam 48 382 24 12 29 .971 8.46
Chris Carstensen 46 370 20 3 35 .992 8.48
Columbus Duncan 41 325 11 7 27 .980 8.20
Tim Jordan 5 60 0 1 2 .984 12.00
John Skorochocki 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Skorochocki 94 207 206 24 48 .945 4.39
Franklin Thomas 28 57 65 5 5 .961 4.36
Manuel Betemit 12 26 23 8 3 .860 4.08
Brian Fisher 8 6 13 1 2 .950 2.38

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Melvin Manning 122 95 249 39 17 .898 2.82
John Skorochocki 9 8 16 1 3 .960 2.67
Chris Carstensen 4 1 4 1 1 .833 1.25
Franklin Thomas 3 4 6 0 1 1.000 3.33

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ivan Rodriguez 133 161 362 45 54 .921 3.93
Melvin Manning 4 5 11 1 1 .941 4.00
Franklin Thomas 2 2 7 2 1 .818 4.50
John Skorochocki 1 1 4 1 0 .833 5.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kevin Bass 129 281 14 11 1 .964 2.29
Doug Loman 123 221 14 8 4 .967 1.91
Bobby Smith 109 145 7 10 0 .938 1.39
Chris Carstensen 32 46 5 2 0 .962 1.59
Humberto Acosta 28 35 2 2 0 .949 1.32
Tim Jordan 26 26 4 1 0 .968 1.15

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steve Reed 39 5 7 2 0 .857 0.31
Daryl Bailey 37 7 17 0 2 1.000 0.65
Dave LaPoint 25 5 20 2 0 .926 1.00
Timothy Bannister 23 3 10 0 1 1.000 0.57
Larry Edwards 23 2 12 1 1 .933 0.61
Weldon Swift 23 4 13 2 0 .895 0.74
Jeffrey Harryman 21 2 10 2 1 .857 0.57
Jerry Jenkins 20 9 21 1 1 .968 1.50
Alvin Edge 18 4 15 4 0 .826 1.06
Frank DiPino 15 3 19 0 1 1.000 1.47
Larry Montgomery 15 8 19 0 2 1.000 1.80
Randall Boyce 8 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.75
William Dick 8 0 4 1 0 .800 0.50
Richard Nicholson 8 2 2 1 1 .800 0.50
Thomas DeRosa 7 2 8 1 1 .909 1.43
William Roden 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Humberto Acosta 21 L L 5' 8.0" 165 1957
Daryl Bailey 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1956
Timothy Bannister 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 1955
Kevin Bass 19 S R 6' 0.0" 183 May 12, 1959 Redwood City, CA, US
Manuel Betemit 20 R R 5' 10.0" 150 1958
Terry Bevington 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jul 7, 1956 Akron, OH, US
Randall Boyce 21 L L 6' 4.0" 200 1957
Chris Carstensen 23 L R 6' 2.0" 180 1955
Thomas DeRosa 22 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1956
William Dick 22 L L 6' 3.0" 175 Apr 9, 1956
Frank DiPino 21 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Oct 22, 1956 Syracuse, NY, US
Columbus Duncan 21 R R 6' 1.0" 200 1957
Alvin Edge 21 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jan 7, 1957
Larry Edwards 19 R L 6' 3.0" 197 Nov 18, 1958
Brian Fisher 19 R R 5' 10.0" 160 1959
Bill Foley 21 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Sep 2, 1956
Edward Gilliam 24 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1954
Jeffrey Harryman 20 L L 6' 2.0" 185 1958
Jerry Jenkins 19 R R 6' 4.0" 195 1959
Tim Jordan 19 L L 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 8, 1958 Lewiston, ME, US
Dave LaPoint 18 L L 6' 3.0" 205 Jul 29, 1959 Glens Falls, NY, US
Doug Loman 20 L L 5' 11.0" 185 May 9, 1958 Bakersfield, CA, US
Melvin Manning 20 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1958
Larry Montgomery 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Mar 18, 1958
Richard Nicholson 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 1956
Steve Reed 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1955
William Roden -- Unknown
Ivan Rodriguez 20 R R 6' 2.0" 175 1958
Terence Shoebridge 20 R R 6' 1.0" 190 1958
John Skorochocki 19 L R 5' 11.0" 165 1959
Bobby Smith 22 L L 5' 9.0" 175 Jan 23, 1956
Weldon Swift 20 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Feb 17, 1958
Franklin Thomas 21 R R 5' 11.0" 175 1957

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