1978 MODESTO A'S

| Level: A+

Location: Modesto,CA
Team Record: 61-79 .436
Result: 4th in California League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics
Manager(s): Gaylen Pitts
Stadium: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 55,794
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Brian Kingman (23)
Youngest Player: Dave Beard (18)
Top Hitter: Michael Davis (28)
Top Pitcher: Dave Beard (2)

California League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
Lodi	85	55	.607	--
Stockton	63	77	.450	22.0
Reno	62	78	.443	23.0
Modesto	61	79	.436	24.0

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
-	Paul Mize	2b	42	-	1977-14-355	AAA	124	419	43	106	14	1	1	54	9	7	57	51	8		5	4		.253	.350	.298	649	125	493	329	-	-	.283
-	Michael Davis	ss-of	28	-	1977-33-736	AAA	106	406	74	136	12	4	2	35	33	16	55	62	3	0	5	3	0	.335	.415	.399	814	162	472	294	75	6.9	.388
-	Mike Davis	of-rf	-	19	1980-4-79	MLB	106	406	74	136	12	4	2	35	33	16	55	62	3		5	3		.335	.415	.399	814	162	472	294	-	-	.388
-	Shooty Babitt	2b	33	19	1977-25-623	MLB	109	388	70	102	20	4	6	55	18	5	52	40	3		5	4		.263	.351	.381	733	148	452	300	-	-	.277
-	Pat Dempsey	c	-	21	1977-2-43	AAA	106	388	50	98	12	1	2	40	4	1	23	37	1		3	1		.253	.295	.304	600	118	416	295	-	-	.274
-	Bruce Fournier	3b	50	20	UDFA: 1978	AAA	98	354	53	113	27	1	10	69	7	6	57	32	1		3	4		.319	.411	.486	897	172	419	254	-	-	.326
-	Mike Patterson	of	36	20	UDFA: 1975	MLB	96	354	58	99	24	10	8	54	13	5	45	68	1		1	3		.280	.360	.472	832	167	404	264	-	-	.324
-	Rob Klebba	3b	-	22	1977-23-578	AA	96	330	39	65	14	0	3	31	4	3	40	45	3		4	2		.197	.288	.267	555	88	379	274	-	-	.218
-	John Kniss	of	-	-	1976-20-480	A+	85	289	48	76	12	1	2	29	12	1	33	42	3		1	1		.263	.344	.332	676	96	327	216	-	-	.301
-	Donald Morris	of	-	-	1978-17-420	AA	69	253	35	67	11	1	2	24	6	11	36	47	1		2	2		.265	.356	.340	696	86	294	201	-	-	.316
-	Jim Bennett	of	-	20	1976-12-288	AAA	67	223	33	62	13	2	6	29	9	3	20	55	0		0	1		.278	.336	.435	771	97	244	165	-	-	.344
-	Ted Nowakowski	c	-	-	1977-12-303	AA	60	189	24	41	9	0	4	22	3	4	21	59	1		2	0		.217	.299	.328	627	62	213	154	-	-	.294
-	Eric Attaway	1b-of	-	20	UDFA: 1978	AA	61	173	26	44	12	0	0	16	4	3	39	31	1		3	1		.254	.393	.324	716	56	217	136	-	-	.308
-	Dana Berry	1b	-	-	1977-4-95	A+	46	167	20	41	8	0	4	21	4	2	6	50	0		0	0		.246	.272	.365	637	61	173	128	-	-	.327
-	Thomas Eagan	3b	-	-	1977-2-27	A+	52	137	21	38	4	1	1	18	1	3	34	19	1		2	0		.277	.424	.343	767	47	174	104	-	-	.316
-	Donald Eagan	3b	-	21	1977-2-27	AAA	52	137	21	38	4	1	1	18	1	3	34	19	1		2	0		.277	.424	.343	767	47	174	104	-	-	.316
-	Allan Minker	1b	-	20	1976-3-72	AA	38	135	19	39	5	0	6	27	0	1	26	35	1		1	1		.289	.405	.459	864	62	164	99	-	-	.347
-	Howard Robinson	3b-ss	-	20	1975-21-498	A+	38	125	20	27	1	1	0	7	7	1	15	31	0		0	0		.216	.300	.240	540	30	140	99	-	-	.287
-	David Gallino	ss	-	22	1975-4-72	AAA	31	94	16	24	3	0	1	8	7	1	18	8	1		1	1		.255	.377	.319	696	30	115	73	-	-	.267
-	Michael Kennedy	ss	-	-	1978-7-150	A+	30	89	11	25	0	2	0	18	1	1	9	14	0		0	4		.281	.333	.326	659	29	102	69	-	-	.316
-	Robert Markham	1b	-	-	1977-10-251	AA	28	82	10	17	4	0	0	9	3	1	13	17	1		0	2		.207	.316	.256	572	21	98	68	-	-	.254
-	Greg Darichuk	1b-of	-	21	UDFA: 1978	A+	16	37	1	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	1		1	0		.216	.256	.270	527	10	40	30	-	-	.258
-	Michael McLellan	p	-	-	1974-33-642	A+	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (23 players)							140	5175	767	1402	223	34	61	622	179	94	689	830	35	0	46	37	0	.271	.358	.363	721	1876	5982	3950	777	5.3	.310

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
-	Dave Beard	2	18	1977-6-147	MLB	12	6	2.92	25	25	11	5		0	185.0	161	94	60	17	64	142	9		1.22	7.83	0.83	3.11	6.91	0.45
-	David McCarthy	31	22	1974-6-122	A+	4	8	4.26	35	16	2	0		4	131.0	145	82	62	7	65	108	8		1.60	9.96	0.48	4.47	7.42	0.60
-	Bobby Moore	33	19	1976-11-264	MLB	2	10	6.69	23	21	1	0		0	117.0	102	104	87	7	136	123	21		2.03	7.85	0.54	10.46	9.46	1.11
-	Craig Harris	54	-	1977-1-17	AA	5	8	6.59	23	18	3	1		0	116.0	152	109	85	9	77	69	6		1.97	11.79	0.70	5.97	5.35	1.12
-	Donald Schubert	34	19	1976-16-384	A+	7	7	3.22	31	11	5	2		6	109.0	116	60	39	5	52	64	9		1.54	9.58	0.41	4.29	5.28	0.81
-	Dennis Wyszynski	-	-	1977-1-17	AA	7	6	3.48	17	13	4	0		0	101.0	108	55	39	7	51	76	3		1.57	9.62	0.62	4.54	6.77	0.67
-	Ken Palmer	42	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	6	8	4.59	33	2	1	0		2	100.0	127	64	51	12	31	41	3		1.58	11.43	1.08	2.79	3.69	0.76
-	Michael McLellan	61	-	1974-33-642	A+	3	8	5.93	27	14	1	1		2	82.0	105	77	54	7	85	46	14		2.32	11.52	0.77	9.33	5.05	1.85
-	Donald Van Marter	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	3	4	4.65	11	9	1	0		0	62.0	59	46	32	3	44	28	2		1.66	8.56	0.44	6.39	4.06	1.57
-	David Fuqua	62	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	5	7	4.74	20	2	0	0		2	57.0	66	42	30	10	21	36	3		1.53	10.42	1.58	3.32	5.68	0.58
-	Brian Kingman	-	23	1973-12-271	MLB	2	2	2.37	10	9	0	0		0	38.0	27	13	10	1	29	43	2		1.47	6.39	0.24	6.87	10.18	0.67
-	Doug Hunt	-	-	1977-3-69	A+	1	2	8.38	15	0	0	0		0	29.0	45	38	27	5	19	12	1		2.21	13.97	1.55	5.90	3.72	1.58
-	Randall Cashore	-	-	1977-7-151	A+	2	3	5.79	12	0	0	0		1	28.0	40	20	18	1	12	17	3		1.86	12.86	0.32	3.86	5.46	0.71
-	Barton Braun	44	-	1976-3-71	AAA	2	0	2.42	15	0	0	0		5	26.0	24	13	7	2	7	15	0		1.19	8.31	0.69	2.42	5.19	0.47
-	John Lavery	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	0	0	10.38	9	0	0	0		0	13.0	18	15	15	1	13	2	1		2.38	12.46	0.69	9.00	1.38	6.50
-	Bruce Fournier	-	20	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	0	6.00	1	0	0	0		0	3.0	2	2	2	1	0	4	1		0.67	6.00	3.00	0.00	12.00	0.00
-	Ernie Camacho	-	23	1976-4-79	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		1.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00
Totals: (23 players)						61	79	4.64	140	140	29	9	111	22	1,199	1297	834	618	61	708	828	86		1.74	9.74	0.71	5.31	6.22	0.86

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pat Dempsey	C	102		652	81	26	9	.966	0.00
Ted Nowakowski	C	45		226	40	9	3	.967	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric Attaway	1B	48		361	37	6	37	.985	0.00
Dana Berry	1B	38		300	27	12	25	.965	0.00
Allan Minker	1B	38		279	14	4	27	.987	0.00
Greg Darichuk	1B	15		86	8	4	5	.959	0.00
Bruce Fournier	1B	7		37	1	1	4	.974	0.00
Mike Davis	1B	4		24	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Pat Dempsey	1B	4		24	4	2	0	.933	0.00
John Kniss	1B	1		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rob Klebba	2B	82		183	220	13	42	.969	0.00
Howard Robinson	2B	37		72	76	12	17	.925	0.00
Paul Mize	2B	23		65	67	6	17	.957	0.00
John Kniss	2B	5		11	6	4	1	.810	0.00
Shooty Babitt	2B	1		3	3	1	1	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bruce Fournier	3B	87		84	140	26	11	.896	0.00
Shooty Babitt	3B	34		36	61	11	7	.898	0.00
Rob Klebba	3B	12		12	22	2	2	.944	0.00
David Gallino	3B	9		10	14	4	2	.857	0.00
John Kniss	3B	6		6	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Mize	3B	5		4	7	1	0	.917	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Mize	SS	96		147	262	38	43	.915	0.00
Michael Kennedy	SS	30		52	72	12	14	.912	0.00
David Gallino	SS	22		43	58	10	12	.910	0.00
John Kniss	SS	2		1	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Patterson	OF	93		161	6	7	0	.960	0.00
Mike Davis	OF	91		177	8	13	0	.934	0.00
Donald Morris	OF	68		158	8	8	0	.954	0.00
Jim Bennett	OF	61		121	8	8	4	.942	0.00
Thomas Eagan	OF	45		48	5	4	1	.930	0.00
John Kniss	OF	36		49	8	6	1	.905	0.00
Robert Markham	OF	28		55	3	8	1	.879	0.00
Shooty Babitt	OF	16		20	3	4	0	.852	0.00
Eric Attaway	OF	9		12	2	1	1	.933	0.00
Paul Mize	OF	1		1	0	2	0	.333	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David McCarthy	P	35		12	27	1	1	.975	0.00
Ken Palmer	P	33		4	10	3	0	.824	0.00
Donald Schubert	P	31		4	21	0	1	1.000	0.00
Michael McLellan	P	27		9	8	11	0	.607	0.00
Dave Beard	P	25		6	21	3	0	.900	0.00
Craig Harris	P	23		7	14	2	2	.913	0.00
Bobby Moore	P	23		9	14	2	0	.920	0.00
David Fuqua	P	20		2	13	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dennis Wyszynski	P	17		5	12	5	0	.773	0.00
Barton Braun	P	15		2	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Doug Hunt	P	15		4	3	1	0	.875	0.00
Randall Cashore	P	12		0	5	0	3	1.000	0.00
Donald Van Marter	P	11		4	2	2	0	.750	0.00
Brian Kingman	P	10		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Lavery	P	9		1	2	2	0	.600	0.00
Bruce Fournier	P	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00

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