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1978 Frick League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Atlantic
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Buffalo	106	56	.654	--
Montreal	96	66	.593	10
Brooklyn	76	86	.469	30
Manhattan	66	96	.407	40

Midwest
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Des Moines	88	74	.543	--
Austin	82	80	.506	6
Birmingham	78	84	.481	10
New Orleans	74	88	.457	14

Pacific
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Seattle	92	71	.564	--
Salt Lake City	91	72	.558	1
Calgary	66	96	.407	25.5
Las Vegas	58	104	.358	33.5

Post-Season Results
Landis Memorial Series (4-1)	Washington Bobwhites over Montreal Blazers
FL Cartwright Cup (4-0)	Montreal Blazers over Des Moines Kernels
FL Doubleday Series (3-2)	Montreal Blazers over Seattle Storm
FL Doubleday Series (3-1)	Des Moines Kernels over Buffalo Bisons

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
BUF	4.8	770	162	5535	1322	275	45	230	449	1220	.239	.296	.429	.725
DM	4.6	752	162	5688	1587	295	48	126	443	1139	.279	.331	.414	.745
MON	4.6	744	162	5579	1421	291	73	136	420	1055	.255	.307	.406	.713
SEA	4.6	748	163	5676	1511	287	68	111	379	1046	.266	.312	.399	.712
SLC	4.5	741	163	5627	1475	270	52	158	459	1186	.262	.318	.413	.731
AUS	4.2	683	162	5575	1439	232	42	107	465	1063	.258	.315	.372	.688
CLG	4.2	680	162	5556	1418	284	63	102	462	1251	.255	.312	.384	.696
BIR	3.9	633	162	5653	1414	270	40	147	441	1142	.250	.304	.390	.694
NO	3.8	608	162	5518	1359	192	41	92	522	1071	.246	.311	.346	.657
LV	3.7	600	162	5477	1306	241	41	114	425	1071	.238	.293	.360	.653
MAN	3.6	576	162	5557	1299	259	69	94	365	1457	.234	.281	.356	.637
BRK	3.5	566	162	5476	1286	216	36	105	398	1164	.235	.287	.345	.632
Totals	4.2	8101	1946	66917	16837	3112	618	1522	5228	13865	.252	.306	.385	.691
Average		675	162	5576	1403	259	52	127	436	1155

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
BUF	3.3	540	162	2.89	1480.3	1302	8.0	313	1.9	1264	7.8	47
MON	3.4	545	162	3.05	1470.3	1330	8.2	325	2.0	1363	8.4	41
BIR	3.8	616	162	3.36	1483.7	1291	8.0	385	2.4	1162	7.2	37
SEA	3.9	634	163	3.49	1483.3	1286	7.9	585	3.6	1368	8.4	40
SLC	3.9	636	163	3.33	1466.3	1410	8.7	340	2.1	963	5.9	40
BRK	3.9	638	162	3.41	1464.3	1324	8.2	408	2.5	1233	7.6	41
AUS	4.2	683	162	3.90	1458.3	1425	8.8	411	2.5	1332	8.2	43
NO	4.3	701	162	3.83	1461.0	1507	9.3	420	2.6	937	5.8	43
MAN	4.6	738	162	3.95	1469.0	1415	8.7	569	3.5	871	5.4	35
DM	4.6	743	162	4.23	1451.7	1495	9.2	424	2.6	1062	6.6	48
CLG	4.6	746	162	4.16	1438.3	1506	9.3	398	2.5	928	5.7	24
LV	5.4	881	162	5.04	1438.3	1547	9.5	650	4.0	1382	8.5	35
Totals	4.2	8101	1946	3.71	17565.0	16838	8.7	5228	2.7	13865	7.1	474
Average		675	162		1464	1403		436		1155		40

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
DM	82	80	6	6	14	0	0	0	2	1.10	0.90	3,026,075	Ted Williams
SLC	93	70	-2	5	12	1	1	1	6	0.94	0.95	3,237,951	Duke Sims
BUF	106	56	0	3	11	1	0	0	10	0.96	0.95	3,032,367	Alex Lamabe
MON	103	59	-7	3	9	0	2	1	8	1.02	0.98	3,901,922	James Patterson
BIR	83	79	-5	2	13	1	1	1	7	0.98	0.98	3,571,426	Chris Oxford
CLG	74	88	-8	2	10	4	0	0	5	1.05	0.99	2,938,932	Adrian Gelinas
AUS	81	81	1	1	10	0	0	1	2	0.98	1.07	3,634,292	Don Zimmer
BRK	72	90	4	1	9	1	0	0	2	0.99	1.14	3,366,781	Chris Caliglaris
LV	54	108	4	1	13	0	0	0	1	1.02	1.04	2,819,105	Henry Aaron
SEA	94	69	-2	1	10	0	1	1	6	1.11	1.12	3,116,863	A.J. Holz
MAN	63	99	3	0	7	1	0	0	3	0.93	0.90	3,222,570	Dwayne Gifford
NO	71	91	3	0	10	0	0	1	9	0.93	0.90	3,798,528	Jerimy Kopra

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
BUF	318	151.07	120.50	46.41	6.99	2.51	6.66	6.90	8.74	14.61
MON	288	127.52	116.81	43.65	11.77	2.39	4.27	6.00	8.12	11.11
SEA	276	125.24	102.30	48.43	4.94	4.57	7.59	3.77	5.99	21.58
SLC	273	143.69	89.73	39.55	7.16	2.63	6.91	3.25	10.40	9.22
DM	264	145.03	78.18	40.76	7.26	2.58	5.51	4.64	6.76	14.03
AUS	246	124.78	81.88	39.30	8.74	3.71	5.99	4.34	7.79	8.72
BIR	234	94.54	94.07	45.36	8.57	3.37	7.31	3.90	4.45	17.78
BRK	228	82.50	102.45	43.02	6.02	2.62	7.65	6.55	7.47	12.73
NO	222	107.12	78.38	36.47	8.71	2.55	6.96	4.92	4.32	9.01
MAN	198	94.30	66.05	37.62	7.07	1.97	6.73	3.64	7.02	11.20
CLG	198	105.36	63.44	29.17	7.05	2.36	4.49	3.52	3.70	8.06
LV	174	112.04	40.15	21.76	2.29	1.84	3.65	4.06	6.89	3.05

League Award Winners
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award:	Rod Carew	DM	.395, 9 HR, 79 RBI
Super Slugger Award:	Bombo Vadabonceour	CLG	.317, 28 HR, 122 RBI
Golden Arm Award:	Roy Hobbs, Jr.	MON	28-7, 2.43, 314.7 IP, 401 K
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award:	Rudi Stein	BUF	5-1, 39 SV, 0.81, 66.3 IP, 65 K
Phenom Award:	Mitchell Page	AUS	.311, 18 HR, 89 RBI

Slick Fielder Award Winners

P	Filla Zerndillo	SLC	.986, 24 PO, 48 A, 1 E
C	Harry Harris	MON	.992, 1152 PO, 94 A, 10 E 36.5% (66-181) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Rick Habin	SLC	.995, 1509 PO, 138 A, 9 E
2B	Kirk Valdovinos	CLG	.974, 280 PO, 471 A, 20 E
3B	Luis Abdullah	DM	.949, 83 PO, 268 A, 19 E
SS	Tommy Cuccia	SLC	.979, 174 PO, 467 A, 14 E
LF	Vince Milani	BIR	.987, 293 PO, 10 A, 4 E
CF	Ricky Everett	MAN	.985, 332 PO, 6 A, 5 E
RF	Walter Wambold	BUF	.993, 128 PO, 5 A, 1 E

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(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Carew	DM	.395
Futon	SLC	.340
Abdullah	DM	.338
Masaki	AUS	.327
Vadabonceour	CLG	.317

On-Base Pct

Carew	DM	.444
McDunnell	NO	.399
Futon	SLC	.388
Birch	DM	.383
Abdullah	DM	.379

Slugging Pct

Baker	SLC	.585
Milani	BIR	.584
Carew	DM	.565
Futon	SLC	.545
Clockmer	MON	.525

OPS

Carew	DM	1.009
Futon	SLC	.933
Milani	BIR	.915
Baker	SLC	.913
Birch	DM	.900

Carew	DM	123.2
Vadabonceour	CLG	107.4
Birch	DM	105.4
Baker	SLC	103.8
Hell	SEA	102.2

Games

Allen	BRK	162
Wilhoite	AUS	160
Habin	SLC	159
Careter	SLC	158
Page	AUS	158

At-Bats

Allen	BRK	641
Elison	MON	639
Valdovinos	CLG	634
Purkey	SEA	624
Griffin	DM	619

Runs

Jeffcoat	MON	104
Johnson	MON	103
Valdovinos	CLG	100
Baker	SLC	99
Sandoval	BUF	98

Hits

Carew	DM	232
Valdovinos	CLG	198
Purkey	SEA	193
Elison	MON	192
Hell	SEA	191

Total Bases

Carew	DM	332
Baker	SLC	312
Hell	SEA	312
Vadabonceour	CLG	307
Clockmer	MON	303

Singles

Carew	DM	160
Purkey	SEA	153
Abdullah	DM	150
Wilhoite	AUS	146
Pena	NO	143

Doubles

Carew	DM	53
Valdovinos	CLG	51
Jordan	SEA	49
Bradley	AUS	46
Brinkman	CLG	46

Triples

Clockmer	MON	15
Valdovinos	CLG	15
Baker	SLC	14
Rectenjohnson	MAN	12
Williams	SEA	12

Homeruns

Heywood	BUF	43
Baker	SLC	42
Milani	BIR	40
Sandoval	BUF	36
Clockmer	MON	32

RBIs

Vadabonceour	CLG	122
Clockmer	MON	113
Milani	BIR	111
Reckley		106
Heywood	BUF	104

Stolen Bases

Slover	SLC	83
Valdovinos	CLG	74
Everett	MAN	59
Buzzell	BIR	56
Williams	SEA	55

Caught Stealing

Buzzell	BIR	26
Futon	LV	23
Kengos	BRK	21
Cepeda		20
Houston	AUS	19

Walks

McDunnell	NO	101
Hanski	CLG	93
Birch	DM	71
Adkins	MAN	68
Futon	LV	66

Strikeouts

Bilford	MAN	169
Becker	MAN	159
Jordan	SEA	156
Sandoval	BUF	156
Everett	MAN	155

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ERA

Fidrych	NO	2.22
Delong	BUF	2.38
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	2.43
Mangual	DM	2.47
Stallwith	MON	2.50

Wins

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	28
Mangual	DM	21
Calabro	SLC	20
Stallwith	MON	19
Euller	MAN	18

Losses

Chung	MAN	19
Caputo	CLG	17
Perras		17
Ramirez	MAN	17
Ramos	DM	17

Winning Pct

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	.800
Cruz	SEA	.750
Mangual	DM	.750
Adams	BUF	.708
Zerndillo	SLC	.708

Saves

McBearett	DM	44
Stein	BUF	39
Madisson	BRK	38
Jones	SLC	36
Ripper	SEA	35

Games Pitched

McGraw	BUF	79
Tasker	NO	79
Zell	MAN	74
Reuter	BIR	72
Clem	NO	68

Games Started

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	39
Mangual	DM	39
Stallwith	MON	39
Calabro	SLC	38
Chapel	BRK	38

Complete Games

Delong	BUF	20
Madorin	AUS	19
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	17
Fidrych	NO	16
Mooris	BRK	16

Shutouts

Madorin	AUS	8
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	5
Lattimore	SLC	4
Mangual	DM	4
Delong	BUF	3

Innings Pitched

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	314.7
Mooris	BRK	305.7
Mangual	DM	294.7
Calabro	SLC	293.7
Madorin	AUS	293.7

Hits Allowed

Madorin	AUS	290
Guillerma	CLG	280
Euller	MAN	269
Mangual	DM	266
Mooris	BRK	266

Homeruns Allowed

Ramos	DM	47
Tostado	BIR	38
Meyer	AUS	36
Madorin	AUS	30
Mooris	BRK	30

Strikeouts

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	401
Fowler	BUF	337
Vitiello	AUS	322
McGraw	BRK	298
Merino	AUS	293

Walks Allowed

Varela	SEA	158
Euller	MAN	140
Chung	MAN	117
Nusbaum	LV	105
Vitiello	AUS	95

Walks per 9IP

Delong	BUF	0.7
Madorin	AUS	1.0
Zerndillo	SLC	1.3
Jumboni	CLG	1.3
Mooris	BRK	1.3

Hits per 9IP

Rogers	MAN	6.2
Varela	SEA	6.2
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	6.8
Aubrey	BIR	7.3
Bucher	BIR	7.3

Strikeouts per 9IP

Fowler	BUF	13.0
McGraw	BRK	12.7
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	11.5
Vitiello	AUS	11.3
Merino	AUS	10.9

WHiP

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	0.92
Delong	BUF	0.98
Rogers	MAN	0.99
Mooris	BRK	1.02
Zerndillo	SLC	1.02

OAVG

Rogers	MAN	.192
Varela	SEA	.194
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	.206
Aubrey	BIR	.222
Bucher	BIR	.222

OOBP

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	.244
Delong	BUF	.249
Rogers	MAN	.258
Mooris	BRK	.259
Fowler	BUF	.265

OSLG

Fidrych	NO	.304
Hobbs, Jr.	MON	.310
Stallwith	MON	.310
Mangual	DM	.310
Syed	SEA	.321

OOPS

Hobbs, Jr.	MON	.554
Fidrych	NO	.586
Mangual	DM	.586
Delong	BUF	.586
Stallwith	MON	.586

League All-Stars
Luis Abdullah	Rube Baker	Davis Birch
Dickey Brinkman	Jesus Calabro	Rod Carew
Chuck Delong	Todd Elison	Elroy Futon
Marquis Futon	Jeffrey Griffin	Sam Hell
Roy Hobbs, Jr.	Leroy Jeffcoat	Cornelius Lattimore
David Lillis	Mike Madorin	Michael Mangual
Vince Milani	Roger Reuter	Marcel Sandoval
Bill Slover	Rudi Stein	Bombo Vadabonceour
Ray Wockenfuss

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Rod Carew	DM	$ 16,000,000
2.	Voo Fowler	BUF	$ 13,750,000
3.	Kurt Stallwith	MON	$ 12,000,000
4.	Rube Baker	SLC	$ 11,100,000
5.	Bulldog Sanders	BRK	$ 11,000,000
	Elroy Futon	LV	$ 11,000,000
7.	Mitchell Page	AUS	$ 10,550,000
8.	Mark Fidrych	NO	$ 10,548,296
9.	Lyman Bostock	BIR	$ 10,123,456
10.	Ace Holder	BUF	$ 10,000,000
	Roy Hobbs, Jr.	MON	$ 10,000,000
	Dick Allen	BRK	$ 10,000,000
13.	Pete Bucher	BIR	$ 9,750,001
14.	Marquis Futon	SLC	$ 9,500,000
15.	Zachary Johnson	MON	$ 9,250,000
16.	Mike Madorin	AUS	$ 9,000,000
	Ricky Vaughn	MAN	$ 9,000,000
18.	Sam Hell	SEA	$ 8,750,000
19.	Denny Estrada	SEA	$ 8,500,000
	Leroy Jeffcoat	MON	$ 8,500,000
	Rudy Ramirez	MAN	$ 8,500,000
22.	Jamaal Jumboni	CLG	$ 7,800,000
23.	Frank Rogers	MAN	$ 7,500,000
24.	Rick Habin	SLC	$ 7,380,000
25.	Booker Kengos	NO	$ 7,134,828