1978 WESTERN CAROLINA LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: A
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| 1 | Jim Barbe | 1B | Retired | Asheville | 131 | 478 | 91 | 143 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | .299 | .395 | .456 | 851 |
| 2 | Daniel Johnson | | Retired | Spartanburg | 134 | 470 | 82 | 125 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 21 | 16 | 87 | 75 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | .266 | .383 | .411 | 794 |
| 3 | Reggie Waller | OF | Retired | Shelby | 128 | 430 | 84 | 112 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 70 | 1 | 10 | 3 | | .260 | .401 | .416 | 817 |
| 4 | John Dyer | P | Retired | Greenwood | 133 | 554 | 85 | 137 | 30 | 6 | 9 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 4 | | .247 | .311 | .372 | 683 |
| 5 | Steve Hammond | OF | Retired | Greenwood | 125 | 435 | 81 | 133 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 70 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | .306 | .402 | .375 | 777 |
| 6 | Jose Castro | SS | Minor league assistant hitting coordinator - Kansas City Royals (2013) | Spartanburg | 130 | 465 | 65 | 130 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 5 | 6 | | .280 | .363 | .402 | 765 |
| 7 | Ronald Carney | OF | Retired | Asheville | 118 | 403 | 58 | 121 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 41 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 7 | | .300 | .366 | .447 | 813 |
| 8 | Michael Pace | OF | Retired | Spartanburg | 122 | 436 | 83 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 35 | 12 | 92 | 86 | 11 | 3 | 2 | | .255 | .396 | .319 | 715 |
| 9 | Joe Baciotti | OF | Retired | Gastonia | 130 | 463 | 88 | 119 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 99 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 5 | | .257 | .389 | .302 | 691 |
| 10 | Bob Porter | OF | Retired | Greenwood | 133 | 504 | 69 | 128 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | .254 | .339 | .331 | 670 |
| 11 | Walt Pierce | 3B | Retired | Gastonia | 136 | 481 | 57 | 119 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 4 | | .247 | .331 | .356 | 687 |
| 12 | Donald Carr | P-OF | Retired | Shelby | 124 | 453 | 60 | 115 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 5 | | .254 | .353 | .340 | 693 |
| 13 | George Ramos | 3B-OF | Retired | Greenwood | 114 | 391 | 80 | 103 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 42 | 6 | 83 | 56 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | .263 | .396 | .332 | 728 |
| 14 | Manny McDonald | IF | Retired | Spartanburg | 125 | 436 | 52 | 117 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 5 | | .268 | .297 | .339 | 636 |
| 15 | Wascar Reyes | | Retired | Charlotte | 116 | 422 | 64 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 60 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | | .265 | .364 | .320 | 684 |
| 16 | Thomas Watkins | | Retired | Shelby | 120 | 427 | 59 | 95 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 16 | 1 | 38 | 63 | 4 | 7 | 8 | | .222 | .287 | .330 | 617 |
| 17 | Alvin Moore | OF | Retired | Greenwood | 119 | 414 | 70 | 107 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | .258 | .375 | .302 | 677 |
| 18 | Leroy Grossini | SS | Retired | Gastonia | 132 | 457 | 48 | 103 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 71 | 1 | 12 | 5 | | .225 | .304 | .298 | 602 |
| 19 | Tom Foley | SS-2B | Third Base Coach - Tampa Bay Rays (2013) | Shelby | 124 | 424 | 55 | 98 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | .231 | .315 | .295 | 610 |
| 21 | Bill Kuchar | OF | Retired | Shelby | 111 | 362 | 41 | 81 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | .224 | .337 | .356 | 693 |
| 22 | Scott Thayer | OF | Retired | Greenwood | 93 | 283 | 63 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 7 | | .258 | .394 | .442 | 836 |
| 23 | Richard Federici | OF-1B | Retired | Charlotte | 118 | 433 | 56 | 101 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 27 | 8 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 5 | | .233 | .296 | .275 | 571 |
| 24 | George Wright | OF | Retired | Asheville | 110 | 335 | 66 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 70 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 3 | | .248 | .384 | .310 | 694 |
| 25 | Greg Walker | 1B | Hitting Coach - Atlanta Braves (2013) | Spartanburg | 100 | 341 | 51 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 3 | | .208 | .319 | .364 | 683 |
| 26 | John Lohse | 3B | Retired | Spartanburg | 96 | 296 | 45 | 72 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 3 | | .243 | .340 | .328 | 668 |
| 27 | Randy Howell | OF | Retired | Gastonia | 83 | 297 | 57 | 82 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | .276 | .352 | .455 | 807 |
| 28 | Mike Jirschele | SS | Manager - Omaha (2012) | Asheville | 72 | 203 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 50 | 70 | 7 | 6 | 1 | | .192 | .368 | .286 | 654 |
| 29 | Jerry Poston | 1B-OF | Retired | Gastonia | 103 | 345 | 58 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 5 | | .267 | .375 | .391 | 766 |
| 30 | Bruce Tonascia | OF-C | Retired | Greenwood | 100 | 314 | 47 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 6 | | .264 | .375 | .411 | 786 |
| 31 | Tom Mee | SS-P | Retired | Greenwood | 96 | 295 | 47 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | .261 | .380 | .353 | 733 |
| 32 | Carlos Pimentel | OF | Retired | Shelby | 112 | 389 | 54 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 76 | 1 | 12 | 1 | | .260 | .326 | .324 | 650 |
| 33 | James McIntyre | | Retired | Gastonia | 105 | 377 | 45 | 94 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | .249 | .309 | .324 | 633 |
| 34 | Jim Capowski | SS | Retired | Asheville | 101 | 317 | 34 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | | .221 | .339 | .312 | 651 |
| 35 | Steve Christmas | C | Retired | Shelby | 106 | 352 | 53 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 6 | | .250 | .351 | .355 | 706 |
| 36 | Mike Ibarra | C | Retired | Spartanburg | 97 | 300 | 46 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | .237 | .349 | .310 | 659 |
| 37 | Kelly Paris | 3B-2B | Retired | Gastonia | 79 | 297 | 48 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 4 | | .253 | .354 | .323 | 677 |
| 38 | Arnold McCrary | OF | Retired | Asheville | 78 | 170 | 33 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | | .271 | .386 | .318 | 704 |
| 39 | Joseph Carroll | OF | Retired | Asheville | 74 | 196 | 29 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | .255 | .364 | .439 | 803 |
| 40 | Bruce Humphrey | 1B | Retired | Spartanburg | 70 | 246 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | .248 | .355 | .329 | 684 |
| 41 | David Hibner | SS | Retired | Asheville | 57 | 160 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 2 | | .187 | .386 | .262 | 648 |
| 42 | Colin Sullivan | OF | Retired | Spartanburg | 81 | 250 | 34 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 5 | | .196 | .306 | .320 | 626 |
| 43 | Gene Gentile | OF | Retired | Charlotte | 117 | 357 | 57 | 91 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 59 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | .255 | .359 | .291 | 650 |
| 44 | Jimmy Tolleson | | Retired | Asheville | 70 | 212 | 35 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | .269 | .385 | .297 | 682 |
| 45 | Billy Haslerig | OF | Retired | Greenwood | 50 | 191 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | .293 | .387 | .382 | 769 |
| 46 | Pablo Minier | | Retired | Spartanburg | 44 | 138 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | .188 | .274 | .413 | 687 |
| 47 | Jose Brito | P | Retired | Shelby | 30 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | | .000 | .136 | .000 | 136 |
| 48 | Michael Wolters | | Retired | Gastonia | 96 | 352 | 49 | 97 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | | .276 | .353 | .372 | 725 |
| 49 | Anthony Nicely | OF | Retired | Charlotte | 35 | 122 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | .221 | .319 | .320 | 639 |
| 50 | Mark Lucas | IF | Retired | Greenwood | 41 | 128 | 30 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | | .359 | .420 | .430 | 850 |
| 51 | Andres Romero | OF-1B | Retired | Spartanburg | 89 | 272 | 44 | 67 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | .246 | .364 | .349 | 713 |
| 52 | Steve Righetti | 3B | Retired | Asheville | 75 | 248 | 33 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | | .246 | .299 | .359 | 658 |
| 53 | Michael Ventress | | Retired | Shelby | 70 | 180 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | | .217 | .412 | .317 | 729 |
| 54 | Harold Witt | SS-3B | Retired | Gastonia | 63 | 203 | 30 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | .241 | .352 | .409 | 761 |
| 55 | Robert Hallgren | OF | Retired | Asheville | 59 | 186 | 34 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | .242 | .356 | .392 | 748 |
| 56 | George Bjorkman | C | Retired | Gastonia | 46 | 152 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | | .257 | .346 | .447 | 793 |
| 57 | Rafael Ramirez | SS | Retired | Greenwood | 81 | 282 | 54 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 4 | | .273 | .365 | .411 | 776 |
| 58 | Julian Gutierrez | | Retired | Gastonia | 37 | 138 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | .217 | .294 | .341 | 635 |