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1978 Lethbridge Dodgers

1978 > Class Rookie > 1978 Pioneer League
Overall: 33-35
Scored 488 runs, Allowed 417 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 39-29

Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers-NL
Manager: Jim Lefebvre
Represented: Lethbridge, AB, CA
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	Dann Bilardello	19	42	148	133	21	33	8	1	2	20	0	0	9	17	.248	.290	.368	.658	49	0	3	3
2	James Burton	--	13	53	42	11	14	2	0	0	10	4	0	10	4	.333	.453	.381	.834	16	0	0	1
3	John Bush	19	14	55	47	10	13	4	1	0	7	0	0	7	14	.277	.364	.404	.768	19	0	0	1
4	Chris Gandy	21	60	248	221	41	66	17	2	3	33	5	2	20	50	.299	.363	.434	.797	96	4	0	3
5	Joseph Herbert	18	17	34	25	6	6	1	0	0	3	1	0	7	7	.240	.382	.280	.662	7	0	0	2
6	Ernest Holguin*	--	23	50	35	7	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	15	9	.200	.440	.200	.640	7	0	0	0
7	Jeffrey Kopjo*	18	5	14	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.167	.286	.250	.536	3	0	0	0
8	Candy Maldonado	17	57	240	210	45	61	15	5	12	48	2	3	22	48	.290	.349	.581	.930	122	0	2	6
9	John Malkin	17	28	83	73	12	27	5	0	3	15	0	2	9	10	.370	.446	.562	1.007	41	1	0	0
10	Stephen Maples	17	17	38	31	5	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	7	12	.194	.342	.290	.632	9	0	0	0
11	Mike Marshall	18	65	294	256	48	83	15	2	12	70	2	0	32	62	.324	.395	.539	.934	138	1	0	5
12	Joseph Pocoroba	18	52	210	191	23	49	10	2	1	26	1	0	18	26	.257	.319	.346	.665	66	0	0	1
13	German Rivera	17	66	284	252	61	79	15	2	7	47	5	2	23	47	.313	.375	.472	.847	119	4	1	4
14	John Robbins*	20	53	208	161	45	50	6	3	0	14	10	3	44	16	.311	.461	.385	.846	62	1	2	0
15	Dave Sax	19	44	169	145	31	39	10	2	4	31	0	1	20	22	.269	.353	.448	.802	65	0	2	2
16	Steve Sax	18	39	150	131	24	43	6	3	0	21	0	2	16	20	.328	.405	.420	.825	55	1	2	0
17	Greg Schultz	19	8	19	16	5	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	.250	.368	.438	.806	7	0	0	0
18	Clay Smith*	17	28	128	118	24	45	9	2	2	17	2	2	9	12	.381	.430	.542	.972	64	1	0	0
19	Juan Villaescusa*	18	14	57	50	10	14	1	2	0	8	0	0	6	5	.280	.351	.380	.731	19	0	0	1
20	Mitch Webster#	19	55	234	182	58	58	5	1	0	18	18	3	45	22	.319	.457	.357	.814	65	2	4	1
	20 Players	18.4	68	2716	2331	488	699	131	29	47	393	53	20	324	409	.300	.384	.441	.826	1029	15	16	30	17

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	Roberto Alexander	18	9	2	.818	3.86	12	11		1	0	0	77.0	97	44	33	4	30	2	41	5	1	7	1.649	11.3	0.5	3.5	4.8	1.37
2	Thomas Banducci	19	1	2	.333	5.40	8	3		0	0	0	20.0	28	15	12	3	15	1	13	0	0	2	2.150	12.6	1.4	6.8	5.8	0.87
3	Larry Ferst	21	7	1	.875	3.19	10	9		3	0	0	62.0	57	27	22	3	31	1	36	2	0	7	1.419	8.3	0.4	4.5	5.2	1.16
4	Douglas Hogan	22	0	1	.000	4.09	5	0		0	0	0	11.0	11	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	1.182	9.0	0.0	1.6	3.3	2.00
5	Kent Johnson	19	0	1	.000	1.80	5	0		0	0	0	5.0	6	6	1	0	7	0	8	0	0	2	2.600	10.8	0.0	12.6	14.4	1.14
6	David LaPointe	19	0	2	.000	4.72	22	0		0	0	3	40.0	47	28	21	0	21	3	29	5	0	2	1.700	10.6	0.0	4.7	6.5	1.38
7	Kenneth Likewise*	19	1	0	1.000	12.00	12	0		0	0	0	12.0	17	20	16	1	21	2	6	0	0	4	3.167	12.8	0.8	15.8	4.5	0.29
8	Jack Littrell	19	4	5	.444	4.58	17	6		1	0	1	53.0	62	35	27	5	33	4	27	0	0	8	1.792	10.5	0.8	5.6	4.6	0.82
9	Timothy O'Neill	22	2	3	.400	5.57	19	4		2	0	6	63.0	81	44	39	4	14	2	47	2	0	2	1.508	11.6	0.6	2.0	6.7	3.36
10	Larry Powers	--	4	3	.571	5.55	12	11		2	0	0	60.0	56	44	37	2	45	3	39	0	0	7	1.683	8.4	0.3	6.8	5.8	0.87
11	Joseph Purpura*	19	0	0		12.00	1	1		0	0	0	3.0	4	5	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	2.667	12.0	0.0	12.0	6.0	0.50
12	Warren Reeh*	19	1	0	1.000	6.75	10	2		0	0	0	16.0	24	14	12	3	4	0	13	3	1	1	1.750	13.5	1.7	2.2	7.3	3.25
13	Mathew Reeves*	19	0	3	.000	9.00	4	4		0	0	0	15.0	28	20	15	1	8	2	15	1	0	1	2.400	16.8	0.6	4.8	9.0	1.88
14	Robert White*	--	0	4	.000	7.67	14	2		0	0	0	27.0	35	29	23	0	22	1	30	0	0	5	2.111	11.7	0.0	7.3	10.0	1.36
15	Francis Wilczewski	18	1	3	.250	7.62	8	4		0	0	0	26.0	34	25	22	3	14	2	15	0	0	1	1.846	11.8	1.0	4.8	5.2	1.07
16	Larry Wright	21	3	5	.375	4.91	11	11		1	0	0	66.0	84	56	36	5	36	3	38	6	1	5	1.818	11.5	0.7	4.9	5.2	1.06
	16 Players	19.7	33	35	.485	5.28	68	68	58	10	1	10	554.0	671	417	325	34	307	26	363	24	3	56	1.765	10.9	0.6	5.0	5.9	1.18

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
Dann Bilardello	41	210	36	7	5	.972	6.00	11
John Malkin	25	93	12	4	0	.963	4.20	13
Stephen Maples	16	74	10	5	2	.944	5.25	2
Joseph Herbert	9	13	0	1	0	.929	1.44	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Marshall	35	284	15	5	20	.984	8.54
Chris Gandy	34	247	13	6	16	.977	7.65
Ernest Holguin	4	12	2	1	0	.933	3.50
John Robbins	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Sax	29	78	74	10	11	.938	5.24
Clay Smith	25	47	58	9	8	.921	4.20
James Burton	12	40	31	4	6	.947	5.92
Greg Schultz	5	5	9	1	0	.933	2.80
Joseph Pocoroba	1	3	6	0	2	1.000	9.00
John Robbins	1	4	6	0	1	1.000	10.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
German Rivera	58	50	120	12	9	.934	2.93
Joseph Pocoroba	9	7	18	6	0	.806	2.78
Dave Sax	6	1	4	3	0	.625	0.83
Greg Schultz	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joseph Pocoroba	42	66	126	14	11	.932	4.57
Steve Sax	20	21	40	9	4	.871	3.05
Juan Villaescusa	13	17	43	7	5	.896	4.62
German Rivera	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Dave Sax	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Candy Maldonado	54	112	6	8	2	.937	2.19
Mitch Webster	54	77	3	0	0	1.000	1.48
John Robbins	51	88	2	3	0	.968	1.76
Mike Marshall	23	24	1	2	0	.926	1.09
Ernest Holguin	15	13	3	4	0	.800	1.07
Chris Gandy	14	18	1	2	1	.905	1.36
John Bush	13	22	1	1	0	.958	1.77
Joseph Herbert	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.25

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David LaPointe	22	2	6	1	0	.889	0.36
Timothy O'Neill	19	5	19	1	0	.960	1.26
Jack Littrell	17	5	14	0	1	1.000	1.12
Robert White	14	2	3	2	0	.714	0.36
Roberto Alexander	12	3	15	2	1	.900	1.50
Kenneth Likewise	12	0	0	0	0		0.00
Larry Powers	12	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.83
Larry Wright	11	3	7	3	0	.769	0.91
Larry Ferst	10	8	10	0	0	1.000	1.80
Warren Reeh	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.30
Thomas Banducci	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.38
Francis Wilczewski	8	3	2	0	0	1.000	0.63
Douglas Hogan	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.60
Kent Johnson	5	0	1	2	0	.333	0.20
Mathew Reeves	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25
Joseph Purpura	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Roberto Alexander	18	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	1960
Thomas Banducci	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	1959
Dann Bilardello	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 26, 1959	Santa Cruz, CA, US
James Burton	--	R	R			Unknown
John Bush	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Feb 28, 1959
Larry Ferst	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1957
Chris Gandy	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	197	1957
Joseph Herbert	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	197	1960
Douglas Hogan	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1956
Ernest Holguin	--	L	L			Unknown
Kent Johnson	19		R	5' 11.0"	175	1959
Jeffrey Kopjo	18	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	1960
David LaPointe	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1959
Kenneth Likewise	19	R	L	6' 1.0"	195	1959
Jack Littrell	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1959
Candy Maldonado	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 5, 1960	Humacao, PR
John Malkin	17	R	R	6' 3.0"	209	Aug 28, 1960	New York, NY, US
Stephen Maples	17	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 21, 1960
Mike Marshall	18	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Jan 12, 1960	Libertyville, IL, US
Timothy O'Neill	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1956
Joseph Pocoroba	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1960
Larry Powers	--		R			Unknown
Joseph Purpura	19	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	1959
Warren Reeh	19	L	L	6' 4.0"	195	1959
Mathew Reeves	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	1959
German Rivera	17	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 6, 1960	Santurce, PR
John Robbins	20	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	1958
Dave Sax	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 22, 1958	Sacramento, CA, US
Steve Sax	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 29, 1960	Sacramento, CA, US
Greg Schultz	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	1959
Clay Smith	17	L	R	6' 0.0"	178	Aug 31, 1960
Juan Villaescusa	18	L	R	6' 0.0"	176	May 30, 1960	San Luis, MX
Mitch Webster	19	S	L	6' 0.0"	185	May 16, 1959	Larned, KS, US
Robert White	--	R	L			Unknown
Francis Wilczewski	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Apr 1, 1960
Larry Wright	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	1957

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