1978 Bristol Red Sox

1978 > Class AA > 1978 Eastern League
Overall: 72-66
Scored 570 runs, Allowed 512 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-62

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Tony Torchia
Represented: Bristol, CT
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	Wade Boggs*	20	109	414	354	63	110	14	2	1	32	1	5	53	25	.311	.400	.370	.770	131	1	4	2
2	Barry Butera*	22	106	401	331	43	85	23	1	12	65	5	3	61	35	.257	.379	.441	.820	146	6	0	3
3	Rick Colbert	18	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
4	David Denton	23	133	550	486	71	127	18	4	4	41	15	6	39	54	.261	.316	.340	.655	165	2	18	5
5	John Edwards	23	9	23	22	4	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.227	.261	.364	.625	8	0	0	0
6	Ronald Evans	24	41	159	140	26	37	5	1	3	16	6	2	19	27	.264	.352	.379	.731	53	0	0	0
7	Otis Foster	24	84	339	293	34	89	15	0	8	49	2	3	40	22	.304	.391	.437	.827	128	3	1	2
8	Ronald Harrington	23	65	221	185	29	37	6	1	4	11	0	1	31	52	.200	.311	.308	.619	57	0	2	3
9	Kenneth Huizenga	24	46	167	153	14	43	5	1	2	17	1	2	12	20	.281	.335	.366	.701	56	1	0	1
10	Bruce Hurst*	20	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
11	Dave Koza	23	75	281	249	31	72	16	4	10	38	0	3	20	40	.289	.361	.506	.867	126	9	1	2
12	John Morgan	22	6	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
13	Mike O'Berry	24	114	400	339	41	80	12	1	6	41	7	4	46	89	.236	.332	.330	.662	112	3	11	1
14	Michael Ongarato	23	111	382	351	51	90	16	3	6	36	6	4	27	64	.256	.311	.370	.681	130	1	2	1
15	Gary Purcell	24	106	388	338	40	78	12	4	8	42	3	3	46	77	.231	.323	.361	.684	122	1	1	2
16	Noel Roman	20	87	299	284	31	67	6	6	1	35	6	4	7	33	.236	.256	.310	.566	88	2	2	4
17	Jack Sauer	22	5	17	12	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	.333	.529	.333	.863	4	0	0	0
18	Bobby Sprowl*	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
19	Carlton Steele	24	119	350	312	37	76	10	1	1	20	8	3	32	51	.244	.318	.292	.610	91	2	4	0
20	Julio Valdez#	22	124	444	396	50	105	13	3	8	56	3	4	23	87	.265	.313	.374	.687	148	7	13	5
	20 Players	22.7	138	4845	4256	570	1108	174	32	74	501	64	47	462	685	.260	.336	.368	.704	1568	38	59	30	28

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	Walter Bigos	21	1	3	.250	4.24	18	1		0	0	0	34.0	45	24	16	1	19	1	18	3	0	7	1.882	11.9	0.3	5.0	4.8	0.95
2	Jose Caldera*	26	1	2	.333	3.63	37	4		1	0	2	52.0	49	26	21	3	32	2	29	3	1	4	1.558	8.5	0.5	5.5	5.0	0.91
3	Tom Farias	27	8	5	.615	3.81	43	0		0	0	9	59.0	56	28	25	2	25	6	57	2	1	2	1.373	8.5	0.3	3.8	8.7	2.28
4	Al Faust	22	2	8	.200	4.35	17	13		2	0	0	91.0	115	48	44	9	18	3	36	1	0	3	1.462	11.4	0.9	1.8	3.6	2.00
5	Gary Givens	21	3	2	.600	2.53	6	5		2	1	0	32.0	31	10	9	0	11	0	23	2	0	2	1.312	8.7	0.0	3.1	6.5	2.09
6	Frank Harris	22	7	6	.538	4.50	28	15		4	0	1	122.0	128	66	61	12	37	2	59	5	0	0	1.352	9.4	0.9	2.7	4.4	1.59
7	Bruce Hurst*	20	1	3	.250	2.73	6	6		0	0	0	33.0	32	15	10	1	17	1	35	2	0	3	1.485	8.7	0.3	4.6	9.5	2.06
8	Danny Parks	23	13	15	.464	2.86	32	28		16	3	0	198.0	172	82	63	7	73	3	124	2	0	12	1.237	7.8	0.3	3.3	5.6	1.70
9	Bruce Poole*	24	0	1	.000	7.20	3	3		0	0	0	10.0	10	8	8	1	6	0	9	0	0	1	1.600	9.0	0.9	5.4	8.1	1.50
10	Steve Schneck	22	15	7	.682	2.15	28	26		18	4	0	205.0	142	66	49	8	106	8	180	12	1	12	1.210	6.2	0.4	4.7	7.9	1.70
11	Mike Smithson	23	11	10	.524	4.56	27	26		8	1	0	160.0	178	92	81	12	76	3	86	9	0	9	1.588	10.0	0.7	4.3	4.8	1.13
12	Bobby Sprowl*	22	9	3	.750	2.71	20	11		9	3	2	103.0	67	38	31	4	33	2	102	2	1	1	0.971	5.9	0.3	2.9	8.9	3.09
13	Richard Waller	24	1	1	.500	2.57	10	0		0	0	0	28.0	25	9	8	2	11	1	14	0	0	1	1.286	8.0	0.6	3.5	4.5	1.27
	13 Players	23.2	72	66	.522	3.39	138	138	78	60	16	14	1130.0	1050	512	426	62	464	32	772	43	4	57	1.340	8.4	0.5	3.7	6.1	1.66

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
Mike O'Berry	113	648	76	13	7	.982	6.41	10
Ronald Harrington	28	151	8	3	0	.981	5.68	2
John Morgan	6	16	1	0	0	1.000	2.83	1
John Edwards	2	9	2	0	0	1.000	5.50	0
Rick Colbert	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Otis Foster	84	685	75	6	51	.992	9.05
Dave Koza	50	423	49	6	28	.987	9.44
Michael Ongarato	6	37	3	0	4	1.000	6.67
John Edwards	2	9	2	0	0	1.000	5.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Denton	131	255	375	29	54	.956	4.81
Wade Boggs	11	15	23	1	2	.974	3.45
Noel Roman	3	3	5	1	1	.889	2.67
Carlton Steele	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Noel Roman	70	50	125	16	9	.916	2.50
Ronald Evans	36	31	65	10	9	.906	2.67
Wade Boggs	30	20	60	5	4	.941	2.67
Barry Butera	11	8	22	0	0	1.000	2.73

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Julio Valdez	122	213	285	39	53	.927	4.08
Wade Boggs	12	16	23	0	2	1.000	3.25
Noel Roman	11	11	10	3	2	.875	1.91

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carlton Steele	112	165	3	7	0	.960	1.50
Gary Purcell	104	192	7	3	0	.985	1.91
Michael Ongarato	101	151	6	7	2	.957	1.55
Barry Butera	78	104	2	6	0	.946	1.36
Kenneth Huizenga	41	70	0	1	0	.986	1.71
Wade Boggs	8	11	1	1	0	.923	1.50
Dave Koza	5	7	0	1	0	.875	1.40
Jack Sauer	4	8	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Noel Roman	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
John Edwards	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Farias	43	7	12	3	0	.864	0.44
Jose Caldera	37	1	5	1	0	.857	0.16
Danny Parks	32	21	43	9	3	.877	2.00
Frank Harris	28	12	14	0	3	1.000	0.93
Steve Schneck	28	21	40	10	2	.859	2.18
Mike Smithson	27	15	35	1	3	.980	1.85
Bobby Sprowl	20	0	19	0	0	1.000	0.95
Walter Bigos	18	4	9	0	2	1.000	0.72
Al Faust	17	5	19	0	1	1.000	1.41
Richard Waller	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.50
Gary Givens	6	1	6	1	0	.875	1.17
Bruce Hurst	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.33
Bruce Poole	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Walter Bigos	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 6, 1956
Wade Boggs	20	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jun 15, 1958	Omaha, NE, US
Barry Butera	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 23, 1956	New Orleans, LA, US
Jose Caldera	26	S	L	6' 0.0"	170	Apr 14, 1952	San Pablo, VE
Rick Colbert	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Sep 14, 1959	Joliet, IL, US
David Denton	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Dec 22, 1954	Las Vegas, NV, US
John Edwards	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Jan 4, 1955
Ronald Evans	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 16, 1953
Tom Farias	27	R	R	5' 10.0"		Feb 5, 1951	New Bedford, MA, US
Al Faust	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 6, 1956
Otis Foster	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Nov 19, 1953
Gary Givens	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 27, 1957	Columbia, SC, US
Ronald Harrington	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 28, 1954
Frank Harris	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Sep 20, 1955	Miami, FL, US
Kenneth Huizenga	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 4, 1953
Bruce Hurst	20	L	L	6' 4.0"	200	Mar 24, 1958	St. George, UT, US
Dave Koza	23	R	L	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 16, 1954	Norfolk, VA, US
John Morgan	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	188	Feb 19, 1956	Boston, MA, US
Mike O'Berry	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 20, 1954	Birmingham, AL, US
Michael Ongarato	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 28, 1955	Los Angeles, CA, US
Danny Parks	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 19, 1954	Huntsville, AL, US
Bruce Poole	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	May 20, 1954
Gary Purcell	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 7, 1954	Galesburg, IL, US
Noel Roman	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jul 31, 1957
Jack Sauer	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 9, 1956
Steve Schneck	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 14, 1956
Mike Smithson	23	R	R	6' 8.0"	215	Jan 21, 1955	Centerville, TN, US
Bobby Sprowl	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 14, 1956	Sandusky, OH, US
Carlton Steele	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 26, 1954
Julio Valdez	22	S	R	6' 2.0"	160	Jun 3, 1956	San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Richard Waller	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Apr 7, 1954	Passaic, NJ, US

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