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1978 Cedar Rapids Giants

1978 > Class A > 1978 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 53-82
Scored 560 runs, Allowed 676 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-79

Affiliation: San Francisco Giants-NL
Manager: Jack Mull
Represented: Cedar Rapids, IA
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium (I) (Cedar Rapids, 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 Darnell Baker 22 13 29 24 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 14 .167 .286 .417 .702 10 0 1 0
2 Dale Baldwin 22 53 211 185 22 43 6 3 0 16 0 1 21 21 .232 .311 .297 .608 55 1 2 2
3 James Blythe 22 64 191 169 26 43 9 2 4 20 0 0 16 45 .254 .337 .402 .739 68 5 1 0
4 Jeffrey Borruel 21 19 41 39 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14 .128 .171 .128 .299 5 0 0 0
5 Raymundo Cosio 21 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
6 Chili Davis# 18 124 467 424 63 119 18 5 16 73 15 7 36 103 .281 .342 .460 .802 195 4 2 1
7 Richard Doss 21 61 220 200 18 43 6 0 2 21 2 3 17 38 .215 .279 .275 .554 55 1 1 1
8 Kenneth Feinberg 22 113 461 399 63 117 15 3 14 66 2 5 48 64 .293 .375 .451 .826 180 7 2 5
9 Alfonso Gonzalez* 22 91 331 300 32 80 8 3 4 38 5 3 24 50 .267 .328 .353 .682 106 4 2 1
10 Craig Hedrick* 22 106 376 330 44 82 18 1 5 39 2 1 32 73 .248 .324 .355 .678 117 7 2 5
11 Robert Henderson# 23 74 226 180 20 39 7 0 2 21 2 0 39 33 .217 .368 .289 .657 52 4 3 0
12 Bob Kearney 21 28 97 89 8 24 3 0 1 15 0 0 7 15 .270 .330 .337 .667 30 1 0 0
13 Craig Landis 19 131 529 442 79 125 22 4 5 52 20 3 74 51 .283 .394 .385 .779 170 9 1 3
14 John Laubhan 23 75 312 289 36 78 20 1 1 19 2 7 19 53 .270 .321 .356 .677 103 3 0 1
15 Henry Macias 22 64 263 225 35 55 5 1 2 22 3 1 29 18 .244 .332 .302 .634 68 2 4 3
16 Venice Murray 22 96 335 298 36 68 12 2 2 41 8 3 30 59 .228 .303 .302 .605 90 3 2 2
17 Juan Oppenheimer 18 9 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 2 0 1 0
18 Kean Rich 19 6 19 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .063 .211 .125 .336 2 0 0 0
19 Francisco Rojas* 20 31 97 90 12 22 2 0 1 9 0 3 6 19 .244 .292 .300 .592 27 0 1 0
20 John Smith 23 129 481 383 49 77 17 2 2 34 3 2 84 79 .201 .343 .272 .615 104 0 12 2
21 Frankie Thon 18 15 43 36 6 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 12 .167 .279 .194 .474 7 4 0 1
22 George Torassa 19 22 66 60 3 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 25 .150 .215 .183 .399 11 0 1 0
22 Players 21.3 135 4828 4205 560 1042 172 27 63 492 64 41 503 802 .248 .334 .346 .681 1457 55 38 27 11
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 Pat Alexander* 22 6 10 .375 3.78 21 21 10 1 0 143.0 122 76 60 12 55 0 88 1 1 9 1.238 7.7 0.8 3.5 5.5 1.60
2 DeWayne Buice 20 3 5 .375 1.70 36 0 0 0 4 74.0 58 30 14 1 41 2 68 3 0 5 1.338 7.1 0.1 5.0 8.3 1.66
3 Raymundo Cosio 21 5 9 .357 5.92 28 13 5 2 0 108.0 135 95 71 9 55 0 68 5 0 10 1.759 11.2 0.8 4.6 5.7 1.24
4 Steven Duckhorn 21 1 0 1.000 0.60 6 0 0 0 1 15.0 6 1 1 1 7 0 8 2 0 1 0.867 3.6 0.6 4.2 4.8 1.14
5 Robert Henderson 23 1 3 .250 3.96 12 3 1 1 1 50.0 52 34 22 3 21 0 38 3 0 1 1.460 9.4 0.5 3.8 6.8 1.81
6 Steven Holman 21 4 6 .400 5.77 15 5 0 0 0 53.0 60 48 34 4 44 0 42 5 1 4 1.962 10.2 0.7 7.5 7.1 0.95
7 Javier Lopez 18 0 0 5.00 5 0 0 0 0 18.0 22 10 10 1 13 0 6 1 1 1 1.944 11.0 0.5 6.5 3.0 0.46
8 Lou Marietta 19 3 5 .375 3.44 37 0 0 0 7 68.0 61 28 26 5 51 1 52 3 0 7 1.647 8.1 0.7 6.8 6.9 1.02
9 Dennis Miller 20 2 2 .500 5.95 11 9 0 0 0 56.0 67 45 37 2 48 0 34 4 0 15 2.054 10.8 0.3 7.7 5.5 0.71
10 Robert Omo* 23 9 11 .450 2.89 28 22 9 2 1 162.0 145 76 52 12 61 1 147 3 0 8 1.272 8.1 0.7 3.4 8.2 2.41
11 Ronald Pisel 19 6 3 .667 2.71 12 12 2 0 0 73.0 62 30 22 2 41 0 68 4 0 12 1.411 7.6 0.2 5.1 8.4 1.66
12 Jeffrey Stadler 18 8 14 .364 4.56 25 25 6 2 0 154.0 142 103 78 20 77 0 106 5 0 8 1.422 8.3 1.2 4.5 6.2 1.38
13 Jeff Stember 20 5 14 .263 5.59 27 25 4 0 1 132.0 118 100 82 13 97 1 94 9 2 7 1.629 8.0 0.9 6.6 6.4 0.97
13 Players 20.4 53 82 .393 4.15 135 135 98 37 10 15 1104.0 1050 676 509 85 611 5 819 48 5 88 1.505 8.6 0.7 5.0 6.7 1.34

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
James Blythe 53 287 40 13 5 .962 6.17 12
Chili Davis 49 291 41 22 3 .938 6.78 22
Bob Kearney 26 182 23 2 2 .990 7.88 6
George Torassa 21 111 22 5 1 .964 6.33 7

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Venice Murray 66 458 35 14 41 .972 7.47
Kenneth Feinberg 65 488 26 7 44 .987 7.91
Craig Hedrick 13 103 8 4 9 .965 8.54
James Blythe 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Henry Macias 59 120 124 13 27 .949 4.14
Dale Baldwin 53 132 116 8 29 .969 4.68
Venice Murray 18 30 22 10 6 .839 2.89
Frankie Thon 15 16 33 3 7 .942 3.27

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Henderson 62 47 120 13 13 .928 2.69
Richard Doss 61 48 135 16 9 .920 3.00
Jeffrey Borruel 18 14 24 6 0 .864 2.11
Kenneth Feinberg 4 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.25
Venice Murray 2 3 5 2 0 .800 4.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Smith 127 162 333 40 59 .925 3.90
Venice Murray 5 6 16 2 1 .917 4.40
Henry Macias 4 4 8 2 0 .857 3.00
John Laubhan 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Craig Landis 127 194 12 8 3 .963 1.62
Craig Hedrick 71 97 4 7 1 .935 1.42
John Laubhan 60 130 8 5 0 .965 2.30
Kenneth Feinberg 50 90 7 5 1 .951 1.94
Chili Davis 41 74 4 3 0 .963 1.90
Alfonso Gonzalez 32 67 3 9 0 .886 2.19
Francisco Rojas 28 54 2 4 0 .933 2.00
Darnell Baker 10 16 2 1 0 .947 1.80
Juan Oppenheimer 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.38
Kean Rich 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lou Marietta 37 8 12 1 1 .952 0.54
DeWayne Buice 36 0 3 3 0 .500 0.08
Raymundo Cosio 28 8 15 2 1 .920 0.82
Robert Omo 28 6 19 4 0 .862 0.89
Jeff Stember 27 6 15 2 0 .913 0.78
Jeffrey Stadler 25 5 19 6 0 .800 0.96
Pat Alexander 21 11 34 2 0 .957 2.14
Steven Holman 15 5 3 4 0 .667 0.53
Robert Henderson 12 3 2 6 0 .455 0.42
Ronald Pisel 12 7 7 2 0 .875 1.17
Dennis Miller 11 5 5 0 1 1.000 0.91
Steven Duckhorn 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Javier Lopez 5 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Pat Alexander 22 R L 6' 0.0" 190 Jan 28, 1956
Darnell Baker 22 R R 6' 1.0" 165 1956
Dale Baldwin 22 R R 5' 10.0" 170 1956
James Blythe 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1956
Jeffrey Borruel 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 5, 1956
DeWayne Buice 20 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 20, 1957 Lynwood, CA, US
Raymundo Cosio 21 R R 6' 3.0" 200 1957
Chili Davis 18 S R 6' 3.0" 195 Jan 17, 1960 Kingston, JM
Richard Doss 21 R R 6' 1.0" 185 1957
Steven Duckhorn 21 R R 6' 0.0" 170 1957
Kenneth Feinberg 22 R R 6' 3.0" 180 1956
Alfonso Gonzalez 22 L L 5' 8.0" 178 1956
Craig Hedrick 22 L R 6' 2.0" 185 1956
Robert Henderson 23 S R 6' 3.0" 190 1955
Steven Holman 21 R R 6' 0.0" 165 1957
Bob Kearney 21 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 3, 1956 San Antonio, TX, US
Craig Landis 19 R R 6' 2.0" 197 Dec 29, 1958 Richmond, CA, US
John Laubhan 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1955
Javier Lopez 18 R R 6' 2.0" 155 1960
Henry Macias 22 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Sep 14, 1955 San Diego, CA, US
Lou Marietta 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 29, 1958 Ventura, CA, US
Dennis Miller 20 R R 6' 3.0" 185 1958
Venice Murray 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Nov 3, 1955
Robert Omo 23 S L 6' 0.0" 185 1955
Juan Oppenheimer 18 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 20, 1959 Santurce, PR
Ronald Pisel 19 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 17, 1958
Kean Rich 19 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1959
Francisco Rojas 20 L L 5' 11.0" 185 May 4, 1958
John Smith 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 1955
Jeffrey Stadler 18 R R 6' 2.0" 192 Oct 22, 1959
Jeff Stember 20 R R 6' 5.0" 220 Mar 2, 1958 Elizabeth, NJ, US
Frankie Thon 18 R R 5' 11.0" 165 1960
George Torassa 19 R R 6' 0.0" 187 1959

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