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1978 San Jose Missions

1978 > Class AAA > 1978 Pacific Coast League (East)
Overall: 53-87
Scored 625 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-84

Affiliation: Seattle Mariners-AL
Manager: Rene Lachemann
Represented: San Jose, CA
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium (San Jose, CA)
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 Archie Amerson 23 41 143 130 12 30 5 0 2 10 3 2 9 15 .231 .286 .315 .601 41 1 3 0
2 Charlie Beamon* 24 134 572 518 89 170 25 4 5 62 39 13 41 77 .328 .377 .421 .797 218 4 1 8
3 Juan Bernhardt 24 25 104 95 13 26 3 0 2 16 5 1 6 13 .274 .317 .368 .686 35 1 0 2
4 Greg Biagini 26 20 85 76 10 16 3 1 3 6 1 0 8 14 .211 .282 .395 .677 30 0 0 1
5 Tom Brown 28 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
6 Ed Crosby* 29 117 483 430 50 125 17 3 2 39 4 3 47 47 .291 .360 .358 .718 154 0 5 1
7 William Daves 24 45 163 135 20 33 6 1 1 11 0 0 26 33 .244 .366 .326 .692 44 0 2 0
8 Puchy Delgado# 24 136 610 539 83 136 19 7 2 49 49 18 55 79 .252 .325 .325 .650 175 6 4 6
9 Rick Down 27 5 16 14 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 .357 .438 .714 1.152 10 0 0 0
10 Andrew Dyes 24 86 361 331 66 107 18 5 13 51 21 7 27 76 .323 .378 .526 .903 174 2 1 0 Stats for 2 teams
11 Jose Elguezabal 24 124 489 443 49 109 19 1 4 41 11 7 32 85 .246 .298 .321 .618 142 2 9 3
12 Manny Estrada 26 131 538 475 53 133 28 5 4 64 14 13 49 41 .280 .346 .385 .731 183 2 6 6
13 Frankie George 25 61 241 210 33 45 8 0 6 25 8 4 29 30 .214 .311 .338 .649 71 1 0 1
14 Pedro Ithier 22 4 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 0 0
15 Rick Jones* 23 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
16 Tom McMillan 26 103 359 324 38 83 13 3 1 27 21 8 27 64 .256 .313 .324 .637 105 0 7 1
17 George Mitterwald 33 21 83 68 8 11 1 0 1 7 1 0 11 25 .162 .277 .221 .498 15 1 0 3
18 Tom Paciorek 31 16 66 57 7 16 1 2 3 17 2 2 7 14 .281 .364 .526 .890 30 1 0 1
19 Kevin Pasley 24 98 387 360 32 94 19 1 3 43 0 5 22 24 .261 .303 .344 .648 124 1 1 3
20 Larry Patterson 22 9 31 26 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 7 .192 .323 .192 .515 5 0 0 0
21 Jack Pierce* 29 77 323 275 44 90 20 1 10 61 2 1 43 71 .327 .421 .516 .937 142 3 0 2
22 Bill Plummer 31 24 92 78 9 14 2 0 2 8 0 0 13 18 .179 .304 .282 .586 22 1 0 0
23 Herb Pryor 25 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
24 Royle Stillman* 27 54 230 182 27 53 12 1 6 29 0 4 45 32 .291 .428 .467 .895 85 0 1 2
25 Gary Wheelock 26 22 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
25 Players 25.6 140 5311 4706 625 1277 214 34 65 558 177 89 499 757 .271 .342 .373 .714 1754 25 41 40 30
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 Santo Alcala 25 5 2 .714 5.05 15 10 1 0 0 57.0 61 35 32 5 31 0 30 3 0 1 1.614 9.6 0.8 4.9 4.7 0.97
2 Rick Baldwin 25 3 5 .375 5.03 24 3 1 0 0 59.0 63 37 33 3 38 1 31 4 1 6 1.712 9.6 0.5 5.8 4.7 0.82
3 Greg Biercevicz 22 5 5 .500 4.30 14 14 3 0 0 88.0 91 48 42 8 44 2 57 3 0 3 1.534 9.3 0.8 4.5 5.8 1.30
4 Roy Branch 24 0 3 .000 10.06 4 4 0 0 0 17.0 19 19 19 3 14 0 7 4 0 2 1.941 10.1 1.6 7.4 3.7 0.50
5 Tom Brown 28 7 8 .467 3.70 46 0 0 0 9 90.0 87 43 37 8 32 5 65 4 0 3 1.322 8.7 0.8 3.2 6.5 2.03
6 Steve Burke 23 1 1 .500 6.18 25 0 0 0 0 67.0 87 61 46 7 52 1 22 2 0 5 2.075 11.7 0.9 7.0 3.0 0.42
7 Joe Decker 31 6 13 .316 3.93 43 17 6 1 5 151.0 160 82 66 3 76 4 85 3 0 9 1.563 9.5 0.2 4.5 5.1 1.12
8 Puchy Delgado* 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Alan Griffin 26 3 6 .333 4.66 15 10 1 0 0 83.0 103 58 43 4 36 2 57 0 0 3 1.675 11.2 0.4 3.9 6.2 1.58
10 Steve Hamrick* 26 1 4 .200 7.46 8 7 0 0 0 41.0 56 43 34 4 22 1 25 1 0 2 1.902 12.3 0.9 4.8 5.5 1.14
11 Rick Jones* 23 7 8 .467 3.87 20 20 5 2 0 135.0 151 63 58 8 59 2 85 3 2 7 1.556 10.1 0.5 3.9 5.7 1.44
12 Mike Kekich* 33 9 4 .692 5.14 65 1 0 0 7 91.0 108 63 52 5 60 7 59 1 0 4 1.846 10.7 0.5 5.9 5.8 0.98 Stats for 2 teams
13 Frank MacCormack 23 4 12 .250 6.31 23 22 3 0 0 134.0 156 105 94 11 95 5 76 5 0 9 1.873 10.5 0.7 6.4 5.1 0.80
14 Byron McLaughlin 22 5 2 .714 3.50 8 8 2 0 0 54.0 45 23 21 3 32 0 52 1 0 5 1.426 7.5 0.5 5.3 8.7 1.63
15 Dick Pole 27 0 4 .000 4.22 6 5 0 0 0 32.0 31 17 15 2 13 0 19 0 0 5 1.375 8.7 0.6 3.7 5.3 1.46
16 Herb Pryor* 25 0 0 5.48 20 0 0 0 0 23.0 25 15 14 1 11 0 9 0 1 0 1.565 9.8 0.4 4.3 3.5 0.82
17 Gary Wheelock 26 1 12 .077 6.98 21 19 1 0 0 116.0 170 102 90 14 43 1 32 1 0 11 1.836 13.2 1.1 3.3 2.5 0.74
17 Players 26.7 53 87 .379 4.98 140 140 117 23 4 21 1210.0 1360 782 670 85 641 30 700 34 4 73 1.654 10.1 0.6 4.8 5.2 1.09

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
Kevin Pasley 93 494 79 10 7 .983 6.16 20
William Daves 18 67 6 3 1 .961 4.06 3
Bill Plummer 18 101 9 2 6 .982 6.11 4
Larry Patterson 8 42 7 0 1 1.000 6.13 1
George Mitterwald 7 48 3 2 0 .962 7.29 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charlie Beamon 90 781 62 9 75 .989 9.37
Jack Pierce 33 253 25 4 28 .986 8.42
William Daves 16 134 10 2 13 .986 9.00
Juan Bernhardt 2 18 1 0 1 1.000 9.50
Ed Crosby 1 2 1 1 1 .750 3.00
Rick Down 1 6 2 0 0 1.000 8.00
Rick Jones 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00
Kevin Pasley 1 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Manny Estrada 127 312 382 25 92 .965 5.46
Ed Crosby 13 22 32 0 4 1.000 4.15
Pedro Ithier 3 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.00
Tom McMillan 2 5 5 1 1 .909 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Elguezabal 120 90 215 18 20 .944 2.54
Ed Crosby 23 17 42 3 2 .952 2.57
Juan Bernhardt 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tom McMillan 90 155 255 35 52 .921 4.56
Ed Crosby 60 96 158 10 37 .962 4.23
Pedro Ithier 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Puchy Delgado 133 335 9 8 3 .977 2.59
Andrew Dyes 78 135 8 10 0 .935 1.83 Stats for 2 teams
Frankie George 57 103 7 3 1 .973 1.93
Royle Stillman 50 78 5 2 2 .976 1.66
Archie Amerson 39 85 5 2 0 .978 2.31
Charlie Beamon 39 73 5 2 1 .975 2.00
Greg Biagini 20 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
Juan Bernhardt 18 26 3 1 0 .967 1.61
Tom Paciorek 15 32 1 1 0 .971 2.20
Rick Down 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Tom McMillan 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
Jose Elguezabal 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Ed Crosby 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Kekich 65 6 18 0 2 1.000 0.37 Stats for 2 teams
Tom Brown 46 4 11 1 1 .938 0.33
Joe Decker 43 21 18 2 2 .951 0.91
Steve Burke 25 9 10 0 2 1.000 0.76
Rick Baldwin 24 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.25
Frank MacCormack 23 11 26 3 2 .925 1.61
Gary Wheelock 21 9 28 3 2 .925 1.76
Rick Jones 20 6 27 1 4 .971 1.65
Herb Pryor 20 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.25
Santo Alcala 15 7 3 2 1 .833 0.67
Alan Griffin 15 8 13 1 0 .955 1.40
Greg Biercevicz 14 7 7 1 1 .933 1.00
Steve Hamrick 8 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Byron McLaughlin 8 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.88
Dick Pole 6 3 5 1 0 .889 1.33
Roy Branch 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.50
Puchy Delgado 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Santo Alcala 25 R R 6' 5.0" 195 Dec 23, 1952 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Archie Amerson 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 28, 1955 Wichita Falls, TX, US
Rick Baldwin 25 L R 6' 3.0" 180 Jun 1, 1953 Fresno, CA, US
Charlie Beamon 24 L L 6' 1.0" 183 Dec 4, 1953 Oakland, CA, US
Juan Bernhardt 24 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Aug 31, 1953 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Greg Biagini 26 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Mar 12, 1952 Chicago, IL, US
Greg Biercevicz 22 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 21, 1955 Derby, CT, US
Roy Branch 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 12, 1953 St. Louis, MO, US
Tom Brown 28 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Aug 10, 1949 Lafayette, LA, US
Steve Burke 23 S R 6' 2.0" 200 Mar 5, 1955 Stockton, CA, US
Ed Crosby 29 L R 6' 2.0" 175 May 26, 1949 Long Beach, CA, US
William Daves 24 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Aug 29, 1953
Joe Decker 31 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 16, 1947 Storm Lake, IA, US
Puchy Delgado 24 S L 5' 11.0" 170 Feb 2, 1954 Hatillo, PR
Rick Down 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Dec 14, 1950 Wyandotte, MI, US
Andrew Dyes 24 R R 6' 2.0" 212 Dec 2, 1953 Richmond, CA, US
Jose Elguezabal 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1954
Manny Estrada 26 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Jun 9, 1952 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Frankie George 25 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jun 16, 1953 San Diego, CA, US
Alan Griffin 26 R R 6' 2.0" 170 Feb 15, 1952 Santa Monica, CA, US
Steve Hamrick 26 R L 6' 1.0" 195 Apr 17, 1952
Pedro Ithier 22 R R 5' 10.0" 150 1956
Rick Jones 23 L L 6' 5.0" 190 Apr 16, 1955 Jacksonville, FL, US
Mike Kekich 33 R L 6' 1.0" 196 Apr 2, 1945 San Diego, CA, US
Frank MacCormack 23 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Sep 21, 1954 Jersey City, NJ, US
Byron McLaughlin 22 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Sep 29, 1955 Van Nuys, CA, US
Tom McMillan 26 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Sep 13, 1951 Richmond, VA, US
George Mitterwald 33 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jun 7, 1945 Berkeley, CA, US
Tom Paciorek 31 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Nov 2, 1946 Detroit, MI, US
Kevin Pasley 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 22, 1953 Brooklyn, NY, US
Larry Patterson 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 12, 1955 Seattle, WA, US
Jack Pierce 29 L R 6' 0.0" 210 Jun 2, 1949 Laurel, MS, US
Bill Plummer 31 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Mar 21, 1947 Oakland, CA, US
Dick Pole 27 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Oct 13, 1950 Trout Creek, MI, US
Herb Pryor 25 R L 6' 0.0" 185 1953
Royle Stillman 27 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 2, 1951 Santa Monica, CA, US
Gary Wheelock 26 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Nov 29, 1951 Bakersfield, CA, US

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