1978 BILLINGS MUSTANGS

| Level: Rk

Location: Billings,MT
Team Record: 50-18 .735
Result: 1st in Pioneer League
Affiliate: Cincinnati Reds
Manager(s): Jim Hoff
Stadium: Cobb Field
Attendance: 58,750
Playoffs: League Champions

Cincinnati Reds affiliate history

Oldest Player: Gary Redus (21)
Youngest Player: Charles McKinney (17)
Top Hitter: Gary Redus (1)
Top Pitcher: Les Straker (7)

Pioneer League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Billings	50	18	.735	--
Idaho Falls	41	27	.603	9.0
Calgary	37	32	.536	13.5
Great Falls	33	34	.493	16.5
Lethbridge	33	35	.485	17.0
Helena	30	38	.441	20.0
Medicine Hat	28	40	.412	22.0
Butte	19	47	.288	30.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Skeeter Barnes	3b-1b	2	21	1978-16-407	MLB	68	277	66	102	22	5	3	76	21	3	29	27	1		1	6		.368	.422	.516	938	143	314	185	-	-	.391
-	Lee Hover	of	11	-	1978-25-608	A	68	275	69	88	10	1	2	23	35	7	43	40	2		4	3		.320	.412	.385	797	106	327	201	-	-	.364
-	Tom Lawless	2b-3b	18	21	1978-17-433	MLB	63	254	64	70	5	7	5	35	16	3	45	50	2		4	1		.276	.387	.409	797	104	306	192	-	-	.325
-	Gary Redus	of-1b	1	21	1978-15-381	MLB	68	253	100	117	19	6	17	62	42	6	62	31	1		3	6		.462	.559	.787	1346	199	325	151	-	-	.474
-	Charles Engel	p	4	-	1978-34-732	A	68	241	48	81	16	3	1	69	15	0	56	52	0		7	4		.336	.455	.440	895	106	308	171	-	-	.417
-	Esky Viltz	of	30	-	1978-3-69	AA	63	221	31	55	7	3	0	29	11	2	24	50	5		5	2		.249	.333	.308	641	68	257	175	-	-	.318
-	Nick Esasky	1b-3b	23	18	1978-1-17	MLB	64	213	38	65	10	5	4	48	8	0	43	59	2		3	3		.305	.421	.455	877	97	264	154	-	-	.399
-	Dan Sarrett	c	61	-	1978-5-118	AA	49	169	28	47	6	1	4	32	1	1	17	45	2		2	1		.278	.349	.396	746	67	191	126	-	-	.355
-	Gregory McKinney		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	44	103	16	24	0	0	1	10	6	1	17	36	0		0	1		.233	.339	.262	601	27	121	81	-	-	.343
-	Wilson Mateo		-	-	UDFA: 1978	A-	34	67	11	15	4	0	0	4	1	1	5	33	0		0	0		.224	.278	.284	561	19	72	53	-	-	.441
-	James Taylor	of	-	-	1978-20-507	A+	32	63	10	13	1	2	0	11	3	3	18	19	1		0	2		.206	.381	.286	667	18	84	55	-	-	.283
-	Michael Sullivan		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AA	18	31	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	1		2	0		.226	.368	.290	659	9	40	26	-	-	.412
-	Chris Stropolo	of	-	-	1978-10-251	A-	12	30	7	7	1	0	0	6	0	2	4	4	0		0	0		.233	.324	.267	590	8	34	25	-	-	.269
-	Jeff Mihlbachler	p	43	19	1977-25-628	A	13	23	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	10	0		6	0		.087	.160	.087	247	2	31	28	-	-	.154
-	Wayne Guinn	p	-	-	1978-1-16	A	12	23	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	11	0		3	0		.087	.125	.087	212	2	27	24	-	-	.167
-	Steven Skaggs		45	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	11	19	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	7	0		5	0		.211	.286	.316	602	6	26	20	-	-	.333
-	Charles McKinney	p	-	17	UDFA: 1978	A	16	11	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	0		1	0		.182	.357	.182	539	2	15	10	-	-	.222
-	Alex Neely	p	-	-	1978-29-673	AA	25	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		2	0		.111	.200	.111	311	1	12	10	-	-	.167
-	Charley Noble	p	-	19	UDFA: 1978	A+	8	9	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	0		1	0		.222	.462	.333	795	3	14	8	-	-	.333
-	Chris Wells	p	-	-	1977-14-362	RK	18	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		0	0		.143	.400	.143	543	1	10	6	-	-	.250
-	Ben Hayes	p	-	20	UDFA: 1978	MLB	17	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0		0	0		.143	.333	.143	476	1	9	6	-	-	.200
-	Byron Jackson	p	-	18	1978-13-329	A-	20	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		1	0		.167	.286	.167	452	1	8	6	-	-	.200
-	Les Straker	p	-	18	UDFA: 1977	MLB	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		0	0		.000	.143	.000	143	0	7	6	-	-	.000
-	John LoCasio	p	-	-	UDFA: 1979	A+	21	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0		1	0		.167	.444	.167	611	1	10	6	-	-	.200
-	Cary Homaman	of	-	-	1978-32-715	A-	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		0	0		.000	.250	.000	250	0	4	3	-	-	.000
-	Larry Jackson	p	-	-	1977-13-336	A+	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (26 players)							68	2328	507	708	106	33	37	420	164	30	393	507	17	0	51	29		.304	.404	.426	830	991	2818	1730	--	--	.370

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Jeff Mihlbachler	10	19	1977-25-628	A	6	5	3.24	13	13	3	0		0	86.0	96	51	31	7	26	60	1		1.42	10.05	0.73	2.72	6.28	0.43
-	Wayne Guinn	9	-	1978-1-16	A	7	4	3.82	12	12	3	1		0	73.0	61	37	31	1	35	55	2		1.32	7.52	0.12	4.32	6.78	0.64
-	Les Straker	7	18	UDFA: 1977	MLB	7	2	2.35	12	12	1	1		0	69.0	46	29	18	0	37	54	3		1.20	6.00	0.00	4.83	7.04	0.69
-	Steven Skaggs	43	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	5	0	1.83	11	7	2	1		0	54.0	30	17	11	0	35	39	5		1.20	5.00	0.00	5.83	6.50	0.90
-	Alex Neely	23	-	1978-29-673	AA	8	0	2.77	25	0	0	0		3	52.0	36	21	16	2	37	50	4		1.40	6.23	0.35	6.40	8.65	0.74
-	Charles McKinney	64	17	UDFA: 1978	A	1	3	5.14	15	7	2	0		0	49.0	53	38	28	3	42	54	8		1.94	9.73	0.55	7.71	9.92	0.78
-	Charley Noble	-	19	UDFA: 1978	A+	2	1	4.50	8	8	0	0		0	40.0	42	30	20	1	19	26	2		1.53	9.45	0.23	4.27	5.85	0.73
-	Ben Hayes	46	20	UDFA: 1978	MLB	2	0	3.55	16	2	1	0		5	38.0	31	16	15	0	23	49	2		1.42	7.34	0.00	5.45	11.61	0.47
-	Byron Jackson	47	18	1978-13-329	A-	3	1	3.89	20	0	0	0		3	37.0	36	20	16	1	29	31	2		1.76	8.76	0.24	7.05	7.54	0.94
-	John LoCasio	33	-	UDFA: 1979	A+	2	1	2.00	21	3	0	0		3	36.0	30	15	8	2	19	35	4		1.36	7.50	0.50	4.75	8.75	0.54
-	Chris Wells	61	-	1977-14-362	RK	6	1	5.29	18	0	0	0		1	34.0	29	20	20	1	37	26	1		1.94	7.68	0.26	9.79	6.88	1.42
-	Larry Jackson	-	-	1977-13-336	A+	1	0	6.43	8	2	0	0		0	14.0	5	14	10	0	17	18	3		1.57	3.21	0.00	10.93	11.57	0.94
-	Roger Glynn	-	-	1977-16-414	A-	0	0	1.13	2	2	0	0		0	8.0	9	8	1	1	5	7	0		1.75	10.13	1.13	5.63	7.88	0.71
-	Charles Engel	-	-	1978-34-732	A	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	0		0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	1		1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	3.00	2.00
Totals: (26 players)						50	18	3.43	68	68	12	3	56	15	593	507	317	226	37	363	505	38		1.86	7.69	0.29	5.51	7.66	0.72

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Sarrett	C	48		343	40	8	4	.980	0.00
James Taylor	C	23		126	11	2	4	.986	0.00
Michael Sullivan	C	15		60	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Charles Engel	1B	68		580	31	21	38	.967	0.00
James Taylor	1B	5		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dan Sarrett	1B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Skeeter Barnes	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ben Hayes	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Redus	2B	67		124	185	28	25	.917	0.00
Skeeter Barnes	2B	3		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Lawless	2B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Nick Esasky	3B	61		62	88	22	6	.872	0.00
Skeeter Barnes	3B	10		3	18	12	0	.636	0.00
Michael Sullivan	3B	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Lawless	SS	62		116	184	24	34	.926	0.00
Skeeter Barnes	SS	9		5	19	1	1	.960	0.00
Esky Viltz	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lee Hover	OF	67		80	8	6	1	.936	0.00
Esky Viltz	OF	61		132	10	8	2	.947	0.00
Skeeter Barnes	OF	43		45	7	3	1	.945	0.00
Charles McKinney	OF	24		28	2	3	0	.909	0.00
Wilson Mateo	OF	21		18	0	2	1	.900	0.00
Chris Stropolo	OF	9		9	1	1	0	.909	0.00
Cary Homaman	OF	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alex Neely	P	25		1	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
John LoCasio	P	21		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Byron Jackson	P	20		1	10	2	0	.846	0.00
Chris Wells	P	18		5	5	3	1	.769	0.00
Ben Hayes	P	16		1	5	1	0	.857	0.00
Charles McKinney	P	15		4	7	4	0	.733	0.00
Jeff Mihlbachler	P	13		2	19	0	1	1.000	0.00
Wayne Guinn	P	12		6	14	0	1	1.000	0.00
Les Straker	P	12		6	12	1	2	.947	0.00
Steven Skaggs	P	11		4	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Jackson	P	8		0	3	2	0	.600	0.00
Charley Noble	P	8		1	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Roger Glynn	P	2		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00

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