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1978 Pawtucket Red Sox

1978 > Class AAA > 1978 International League
Overall: 81-59
Scored 642 runs, Allowed 558 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-61

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Joe Morgan
Represented: Pawtucket, RI
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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Gary Allenson 23 133 530 445 82 133 31 3 20 76 3 2 71 75 .299 .397 .517 .913 230 5 3 6
2 Richard Berg* 23 121 442 396 53 112 18 2 6 41 5 4 39 37 .283 .349 .384 .733 152 2 4 1
3 Sam Bowen 25 89 326 266 46 67 15 1 12 49 5 3 51 86 .252 .369 .451 .820 120 0 6 3
4 Dave Coleman 27 132 544 485 84 131 29 6 24 83 2 1 50 88 .270 .341 .503 .844 244 3 4 2
5 Ronald Evans 24 56 194 159 21 38 9 0 4 26 4 1 28 46 .239 .347 .371 .718 59 1 1 5
6 Leo Foster 27 48 196 176 21 42 6 0 3 15 1 3 10 19 .239 .304 .324 .628 57 7 2 1
7 Otis Foster 24 54 213 176 24 52 8 0 6 36 0 1 34 32 .295 .408 .443 .852 78 1 0 2
8 Garry Hancock* 24 84 329 310 41 94 15 4 8 44 0 4 13 20 .303 .327 .455 .782 141 0 2 4
9 Wayne Harer# 26 136 532 445 68 110 14 4 3 40 5 6 74 34 .247 .357 .317 .673 141 5 2 6
10 Glenn Hoffman 19 131 446 411 27 116 17 1 2 48 4 0 23 51 .282 .322 .343 .665 141 2 8 2
11 Kenneth Huizenga 24 73 217 190 17 46 6 0 3 21 1 2 21 30 .242 .310 .321 .631 61 0 1 5
12 Buddy Hunter 30 111 418 356 42 80 16 1 5 31 0 2 52 50 .225 .329 .317 .646 113 4 4 2
13 Ed Jurak 20 23 56 46 9 12 1 1 0 6 0 0 9 14 .261 .382 .326 .708 15 0 1 0
14 Dave Koza 23 23 66 59 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 11 .237 .318 .254 .572 15 1 0 0
15 Andy Merchant* 27 58 135 118 12 31 3 0 0 14 1 1 14 11 .263 .341 .288 .629 34 1 0 2
16 Gary Purcell 24 23 84 71 6 13 2 0 4 9 0 0 12 16 .183 .301 .380 .681 27 0 1 0
17 Dave Stapleton 24 113 474 432 69 112 26 3 11 49 0 3 37 45 .259 .315 .410 .725 177 0 1 4
17 Players 24.5 140 5202 4541 642 1203 217 27 112 593 31 33 544 665 .265 .345 .399 .743 1810 32 40 45 45
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 Mike Burns 23 10 9 .526 4.00 32 22 8 1 1 153.0 142 89 68 13 80 9 81 5 1 17 1.451 8.4 0.8 4.7 4.8 1.01
2 Joel Finch 21 11 8 .579 3.18 28 25 7 2 2 167.0 145 67 59 11 97 8 101 7 0 4 1.449 7.8 0.6 5.2 5.4 1.04
3 Glenn Hoffman 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 John LaRose* 26 10 5 .667 1.60 51 1 0 0 15 73.0 61 16 13 3 24 8 44 3 0 2 1.164 7.5 0.4 3.0 5.4 1.83
5 Andy Merchant 27 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 John Poloni* 24 1 6 .143 4.63 15 5 1 0 1 70.0 82 46 36 6 25 8 45 1 0 5 1.529 10.5 0.8 3.2 5.8 1.80
7 Chuck Rainey 23 13 7 .650 2.91 24 23 5 3 0 170.0 169 71 55 9 75 4 104 7 1 9 1.435 8.9 0.5 4.0 5.5 1.39
8 Win Remmerswaal 24 8 6 .571 4.47 34 20 6 1 3 155.0 149 82 77 17 96 9 108 6 5 7 1.581 8.7 1.0 5.6 6.3 1.13
9 Allen Ripley 25 2 2 .500 5.59 11 3 1 0 0 37.0 42 24 23 3 17 4 28 0 1 1 1.595 10.2 0.7 4.1 6.8 1.65
10 Bobby Sprowl* 22 7 4 .636 4.15 15 11 3 0 0 78.0 72 38 36 9 38 2 69 3 2 2 1.410 8.3 1.0 4.4 8.0 1.82
11 Kevin Stephenson 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
12 William Suter 25 11 6 .647 3.24 31 18 4 2 2 136.0 117 56 49 10 76 5 138 8 0 8 1.419 7.7 0.7 5.0 9.1 1.82
13 John Tudor* 24 7 4 .636 3.09 26 12 4 0 1 105.0 100 46 36 3 56 7 83 4 0 2 1.486 8.6 0.3 4.8 7.1 1.48
14 Richard Waller 24 1 2 .333 3.31 35 0 0 0 5 49.0 37 19 18 6 35 5 52 2 0 2 1.469 6.8 1.1 6.4 9.6 1.49
14 Players 23.7 81 59 .579 3.55 140 140 101 39 12 30 1197.0 1120 558 472 90 620 70 854 46 10 59 1.454 8.4 0.7 4.7 6.4 1.38

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
Gary Allenson 121 735 86 7 5 .992 6.79 10
Andy Merchant 33 137 13 2 3 .987 4.55 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Wayne Harer 127 1027 74 7 112 .994 8.67
Gary Allenson 13 28 4 0 2 1.000 2.46
Otis Foster 12 90 8 0 9 1.000 8.17
Dave Stapleton 8 52 4 1 5 .982 7.00
Dave Coleman 4 41 3 0 5 1.000 11.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Buddy Hunter 110 244 282 16 77 .970 4.78
Dave Stapleton 32 57 85 2 17 .986 4.44
Leo Foster 4 8 9 1 3 .944 4.25

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Stapleton 70 41 129 17 17 .909 2.43
Leo Foster 33 17 58 8 3 .904 2.27
Ronald Evans 29 17 51 4 8 .944 2.34
Dave Coleman 18 15 24 5 0 .886 2.17
Ed Jurak 9 2 14 6 1 .727 1.78

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Glenn Hoffman 130 211 391 45 87 .930 4.63
Leo Foster 14 7 13 5 2 .800 1.43
Ed Jurak 10 9 20 2 2 .935 2.90
Dave Stapleton 8 5 6 1 1 .917 1.38

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Coleman 118 199 10 6 2 .972 1.77
Sam Bowen 89 194 9 4 2 .981 2.28
Garry Hancock 83 146 11 6 1 .963 1.89
Kenneth Huizenga 69 123 2 2 1 .984 1.81
Richard Berg 59 69 1 3 0 .959 1.19
Gary Purcell 23 29 1 2 0 .938 1.30
Wayne Harer 20 17 3 0 0 1.000 1.00
Dave Koza 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60
Ronald Evans 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John LaRose 51 6 8 1 1 .933 0.27
Richard Waller 35 2 9 0 1 1.000 0.31
Win Remmerswaal 34 7 9 4 2 .800 0.47
Mike Burns 32 13 33 2 4 .958 1.44
William Suter 31 9 6 2 1 .882 0.48
Joel Finch 28 9 29 2 5 .950 1.36
John Tudor 26 8 27 0 3 1.000 1.35
Chuck Rainey 24 8 36 5 3 .898 1.83
John Poloni 15 1 13 1 2 .933 0.93
Bobby Sprowl 15 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.67
Allen Ripley 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.64
Glenn Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Andy Merchant 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kevin Stephenson 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Gary Allenson 23 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Feb 4, 1955 Culver City, CA, US
Richard Berg 23 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 13, 1955
Sam Bowen 25 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Sep 18, 1952 Brunswick, GA, US
Mike Burns 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Aug 19, 1954 Jackson, MI, US
Dave Coleman 27 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 26, 1950 Dayton, OH, US
Ronald Evans 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 16, 1953
Joel Finch 21 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Aug 20, 1956 South Bend, IN, US
Leo Foster 27 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Feb 2, 1951 Covington, KY, US
Otis Foster 24 R R 6' 0.0" 210 Nov 19, 1953
Garry Hancock 24 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Jan 23, 1954 Tampa, FL, US
Wayne Harer 26 S L 5' 11.0" 185 May 28, 1952 Evanston, IL, US
Glenn Hoffman 19 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Jul 7, 1958 Orange, CA, US
Kenneth Huizenga 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 4, 1953
Buddy Hunter 30 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Aug 9, 1947 Omaha, NE, US
Ed Jurak 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Oct 24, 1957 Hollywood, CA, US
Dave Koza 23 R L 6' 2.0" 195 Sep 16, 1954 Norfolk, VA, US
John LaRose 26 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 25, 1951 Pawtucket, RI, US
Andy Merchant 27 L R 5' 11.0" 185 Aug 30, 1950 Mobile, AL, US
John Poloni 24 L L 6' 5.0" 210 Feb 28, 1954 Dearborn, MI, US
Gary Purcell 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Feb 7, 1954 Galesburg, IL, US
Chuck Rainey 23 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Jul 14, 1954 San Diego, CA, US
Win Remmerswaal 24 R R 6' 2.0" 160 Mar 8, 1954 The Hague, NL
Allen Ripley 25 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Oct 18, 1952 Norwood, MA, US
Bobby Sprowl 22 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 14, 1956 Sandusky, OH, US
Dave Stapleton 24 R R 6' 1.0" 178 Jan 16, 1954 Fairhope, AL, US
Kevin Stephenson 24 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Apr 4, 1954 Ann Arbor, MI, US
William Suter 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Oct 2, 1952
John Tudor 24 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Feb 2, 1954 Schenectady, NY, US
Richard Waller 24 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Apr 7, 1954 Passaic, NJ, US

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