1978 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: Rk
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| 1 | Robert Boyce | 3B | Retired | Bluefield | 67 | 242 | 39 | 77 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | .318 | .424 | .446 | 870 |
| 2 | Ron Grout | 1B | Retired | Elizabethton | 66 | 254 | 39 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | .295 | .351 | .488 | 839 |
| 3 | Jimmy Hickman | OF-3B | Retired | Johnson City | 67 | 242 | 39 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | .326 | .367 | .471 | 838 |
| 4 | Todd Ervin | 2B | Retired | Bristol | 68 | 248 | 52 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | | .274 | .394 | .375 | 769 |
| 5 | Eddie Gates | | Retired | Paintsville | 62 | 205 | 49 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 1 | | .307 | .437 | .429 | 866 |
| 6 | Larry Sheets | LF-RF | Retired | Bluefield | 67 | 225 | 32 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | .267 | .362 | .471 | 833 |
| 7 | Stan Cannon | OF | Retired | Elizabethton | 65 | 248 | 50 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 50 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | .262 | .386 | .355 | 741 |
| 8 | Leonel Vargas | OF | Retired | Kingsport | 68 | 262 | 38 | 76 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | .290 | .330 | .439 | 769 |
| 9 | John Shelby | OF-CF | Assistant Coach - Milwaukee Brewers (2013) | Bluefield | 64 | 248 | 49 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 3 | | .282 | .363 | .399 | 762 |
| 10 | Vincent Bienek | OF | Retired | Paintsville | 63 | 216 | 38 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | .338 | .407 | .431 | 838 |
| 11 | Bob Benda | SS | Retired | Bristol | 63 | 227 | 34 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | | .326 | .391 | .423 | 814 |
| 12 | Everette Smith | 2B | Retired | Johnson City | 64 | 190 | 42 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 3 | | .289 | .408 | .421 | 829 |
| 13 | Miles Nelson | 3B | Retired | Elizabethton | 65 | 231 | 36 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | .260 | .396 | .446 | 842 |
| 14 | Bob Hicks | 1B | Retired | Johnson City | 66 | 240 | 36 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | .254 | .296 | .408 | 704 |
| 15 | Ronald Rudd | 3B | Retired | Kingsport | 65 | 274 | 36 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | .310 | .355 | .339 | 694 |
| 16 | Michael Bateman | SS | Retired | Bristol | 64 | 235 | 32 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | .251 | .335 | .391 | 726 |
| 17 | Roy Dixon | SS-OF | Retired | Paintsville | 65 | 203 | 28 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 1 | | .281 | .361 | .419 | 780 |
| 18 | Rich Murray | 1B | Retired | Johnson City | 68 | 221 | 29 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | .226 | .312 | .308 | 620 |
| 19 | Michael Miller | SS | Retired | Kingsport | 69 | 209 | 23 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 2 | | .196 | .306 | .206 | 512 |
| 20 | Vic Rodriguez | 2B-3B | Retired | Bluefield | 59 | 209 | 26 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 4 | | .321 | .339 | .388 | 727 |
| 21 | Rhadames Mills | OF-SS | Retired | Johnson City | 60 | 218 | 35 | 64 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 4 | | .294 | .363 | .362 | 725 |
| 22 | Joseph Tarver | SS | Retired | Elizabethton | 56 | 192 | 36 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | | .219 | .362 | .307 | 669 |
| 23 | Lenny Faedo | SS | Retired | Elizabethton | 55 | 232 | 29 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | .280 | .300 | .349 | 649 |
| 24 | Mike Wright | C | Retired | Bristol | 56 | 212 | 27 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 4 | | .288 | .320 | .406 | 726 |
| 25 | David Kable | 1B | Retired | Johnson City | 57 | 166 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | .223 | .366 | .410 | 776 |
| 26 | Ledell Lowe | 1B | Retired | Kingsport | 55 | 195 | 30 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | | .231 | .327 | .364 | 691 |
| 27 | Ken Scanlon | P | Retired | Kingsport | 61 | 229 | 20 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | | .231 | .333 | .271 | 604 |
| 29 | Cal Ripken | SS-3B | Retired | Bluefield | 63 | 239 | 27 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | .264 | .331 | .301 | 632 |
| 30 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SS | Third Base Coach - Kansas City Royals (2013) | Bluefield | 66 | 225 | 25 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | .289 | .325 | .351 | 676 |
| 31 | Daniel Lopez | OF | Retired | Kingsport | 63 | 244 | 31 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | .270 | .330 | .303 | 633 |
| 32 | Clifton Wilder | OF | Retired | Bristol | 42 | 158 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | | .335 | .418 | .449 | 867 |
| 33 | Jose Rodriguez | SS-2B | Retired | Paintsville | 57 | 167 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | .162 | .235 | .180 | 415 |
| 34 | Richard Moore | P | Retired | Bluefield | 41 | 118 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | .203 | .314 | .254 | 568 |
| 35 | Gary Leslie | OF | Retired | Bristol | 50 | 175 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | .269 | .384 | .337 | 721 |
| 36 | Stanley Hendrickson | OF-1B | Retired | Paintsville | 50 | 125 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | .272 | .343 | .400 | 743 |
| 37 | Frank Williams | | Retired | Paintsville | 63 | 221 | 14 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 2 | | .258 | .308 | .290 | 598 |
| 38 | Robert Holden | C | Retired | Elizabethton | 49 | 135 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | .185 | .362 | .281 | 643 |
| 39 | Art Toal | 2B-SS | Retired | Bristol | 52 | 188 | 26 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | .197 | .262 | .319 | 581 |
| 41 | James Mathews | | Retired | Kingsport | 63 | 220 | 26 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | .255 | .321 | .295 | 616 |
| 42 | Eugene Harris | | Retired | Kingsport | 47 | 137 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | | .248 | .391 | .365 | 756 |
| 43 | Cecil Whitehead | OF | Retired | Bluefield | 46 | 140 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | .271 | .393 | .400 | 793 |
| 44 | Jeffrey Gowan | | Retired | Johnson City | 50 | 149 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | .268 | .375 | .302 | 677 |
| 45 | Dennis Cirbo | C | Retired | Johnson City | 45 | 149 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | .322 | .396 | .477 | 873 |
| 46 | Tim Mueller | P | Retired | Johnson City | 39 | 113 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | .159 | .291 | .265 | 556 |
| 47 | Stephen Chandler | | Retired | Paintsville | 48 | 125 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | .272 | .445 | .408 | 853 |
| 48 | Bruce Fields | OF-LF | Hitting Coach - Cleveland Indians (2012) | Bristol | 46 | 159 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | .201 | .262 | .264 | 526 |
| 49 | Bobby Supel | 3B | Retired | Kingsport | 42 | 126 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | .214 | .371 | .325 | 696 |
| 50 | George Bjorkman | C | Retired | Johnson City | 12 | 41 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | .268 | .388 | .610 | 998 |
| 51 | Richard Givens | 1B | Retired | Bristol | 43 | 129 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | .217 | .311 | .380 | 691 |
| 52 | Stanley Loy | 2B | Retired | Paintsville | 49 | 133 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | | .263 | .372 | .331 | 703 |
| 53 | Thomas Kokos | | Retired | Paintsville | 38 | 97 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | | .227 | .345 | .278 | 623 |
| 54 | Don Smith | C | Retired | Elizabethton | 10 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | .235 | .333 | .382 | 715 |
| 55 | Harold Washington | OF | Retired | Elizabethton | 32 | 128 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | .289 | .336 | .406 | 742 |
| 56 | Floyd Brennecke | SS | Retired | Elizabethton | 50 | 178 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | .191 | .274 | .258 | 532 |
| 57 | Robert Waldusly | OF | Retired | Elizabethton | 28 | 93 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | .140 | .341 | .215 | 556 |
| 58 | Kurt Fabrizio | 1B | Retired | Bluefield | 48 | 159 | 19 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | .264 | .333 | .352 | 685 |