1978 Johnson League
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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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Atlantic
Team W L WPct GB
Washington 107 55 .660 --
Louisville 90 72 .556 17
Charlotte 85 77 .525 22
Jacksonville 67 95 .414 40
Midwest
Team W L WPct GB
Marquette 109 53 .673 --
Phoenix 72 90 .444 37
Chicago 71 91 .438 38
Omaha 55 107 .340 54
Pacific
Team W L WPct GB
Vancouver 88 74 .543 --
Honolulu 82 80 .506 6
California 79 83 .488 9
Valencia 67 95 .414 21
Post-Season Results
Landis Memorial Series (4-1) Washington Bobwhites over Montreal Blazers
JL Cartwright Cup (4-2) Washington Bobwhites over Marquette Suns
JL Doubleday Series (3-0) Washington Bobwhites over Louisville Sluggers
JL Doubleday Series (3-1) Marquette Suns over Vancouver Mounties
League Batting Stats     Help
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
WAS 5.2 837 162 5511 1493 274 46 141 550 929 .271 .337 .414 .751
MRQ 5.1 833 162 5544 1480 286 49 155 633 1175 .267 .342 .420 .762
LOU 4.7 768 162 5504 1407 224 34 165 573 1014 .256 .326 .399 .724
CHA 4.7 765 162 5608 1475 241 61 149 470 1130 .263 .320 .407 .727
VAN 4.7 756 162 5552 1445 282 54 154 487 1160 .260 .320 .414 .734
PHX 4.3 693 162 5531 1380 244 66 122 412 1103 .250 .302 .384 .685
HON 4.3 693 162 5606 1439 255 46 146 496 1076 .257 .317 .397 .714
VAL 4.2 684 162 5550 1380 231 44 166 514 1213 .249 .312 .396 .708
CHI 4.1 665 162 5533 1390 230 41 139 386 1048 .251 .300 .383 .683
JAX 3.9 636 162 5669 1472 262 43 86 438 1106 .260 .313 .367 .679
CAL 3.6 584 162 5536 1329 216 42 105 470 1246 .240 .300 .351 .651
OMA 3.5 571 162 5468 1256 233 42 129 399 1256 .230 .282 .358 .641
Totals 4.4 8485 1944 66612 16946 2978 568 1657 5828 13456 .254 .314 .391 .705
Average   707 162 5551 1412 248 47 138 486 1121  
League Pitching Stats     Help
Team R/G R G ERA IP H H/G BB BB/G SO SO/G SV
CAL 3.5 571 162 3.20 1481.0 1332 8.2 442 2.7 1289 8.0 33
MRQ 3.6 589 162 3.21 1470.0 1262 7.8 395 2.4 1115 6.9 57
LOU 3.8 621 162 3.44 1452.7 1338 8.3 418 2.6 1362 8.4 38
WAS 4.3 694 162 3.92 1448.0 1509 9.3 320 2.0 1225 7.6 55
CHA 4.3 696 162 3.93 1458.7 1455 9.0 450 2.8 1076 6.6 43
JAX 4.3 701 162 3.80 1470.0 1335 8.2 498 3.1 992 6.1 30
VAN 4.5 721 162 4.02 1447.7 1349 8.3 569 3.5 1030 6.4 39
HON 4.6 741 162 4.13 1469.0 1571 9.7 432 2.7 1210 7.5 46
CHI 4.7 756 162 4.31 1438.0 1362 8.4 671 4.1 952 5.9 38
PHX 4.7 758 162 4.22 1439.7 1417 8.7 550 3.4 1166 7.2 41
VAL 4.9 790 162 4.38 1446.0 1443 8.9 556 3.4 1128 7.0 30
OMA 5.2 847 162 4.87 1447.0 1574 9.7 527 3.3 911 5.6 27
Totals 4.4 8485 1944 3.95 17467.6 16947 8.7 5828 3.0 13456 6.9 477
Average   707 162   1456 1412   486   1121   40
League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team ExpW ExpL Diff AS aAS BAW PAW RAW FAW PRF PHrF Attendance   Manager
MRQ 106 56 3 8 18 0 1 0 6 0.97 1.04 3,492,495   Peter Pete
PHX 74 88 -2 4 11 0 0 1 2 1.10 0.83 3,088,242   Puddy McGee
LOU 97 65 -7 3 10 2 0 3 10 1.06 1.08 3,484,182   Jimmy Morris
VAN 85 77 3 3 11 1 2 1 8 1.02 0.95 3,238,031   Eric Schoessler
WAS 95 67 12 3 12 0 11 1 4 1.02 1.03 3,504,159   Allen Rainey
JAX 74 88 -7 2 8 0 0 0 7 1.02 1.21 1,683,481   Walter Browne
CHA 88 74 -3 1 9 1 0 0 10 0.97 1.11 2,043,461   Ron Churches
HON 76 86 6 1 10 2 0 0 1 1.10 1.00 3,466,039   Bob Roget
CAL 83 79 -4 0 12 1 0 1 8 0.80 0.85 3,630,758   Dennis Tank
CHI 72 90 -1 0 9 0 0 0 1 1.08 1.20 2,039,735   Mike Giovacchini
OMA 53 109 2 0 7 2 0 0 4 0.95 0.97 2,619,418   Old Abe
VAL 70 92 -3 0 11 0 0 0 10 0.97 0.97 2,309,387   Lee Honigsfeld
League Win Shares     Help
Team Total Offensive Pitching Fielding C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
MRQ 327 161.89 115.44 49.63 0.38 4.07 10.44 7.62 6.57 20.55
WAS 321 176.87 103.13 40.97 10.81 1.92 7.08 6.71 7.97 6.49
LOU 270 121.86 106.28 41.81 10.63 3.07 7.07 4.65 8.06 8.35
VAN 264 136.95 82.98 44.05 4.09 3.02 6.13 3.48 9.17 18.17
CHA 255 133.72 84.24 36.99 5.01 2.13 5.90 5.48 6.94 11.55
HON 246 107.06 98.94 39.97 8.77 4.08 7.42 4.68 9.86 5.19
CAL 237 86.66 108.93 41.37 8.88 2.60 7.80 5.34 8.55 8.22
PHX 216 100.84 77.64 37.49 3.93 2.88 6.51 4.53 7.64 12.02
CHI 213 96.63 74.33 42.02 9.27 2.47 8.97 3.59 4.92 12.82
VAL 201 110.00 58.36 32.60 8.26 3.05 1.71 4.52 5.41 9.67
JAX 201 79.30 82.86 38.81 9.13 2.07 4.30 3.95 5.08 14.28
OMA 165 84.57 51.40 29.00 6.38 2.24 3.25 2.70 5.47 8.96
League Award Winners
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award: Miles Dalrymple WAS .365, 6 HR, 78 RBI
Super Slugger Award: Oswaldo Gaona LOU .288, 33 HR, 127 RBI
Golden Arm Award: Steve Nebraska WAS 25-3, 1.82, 292.3 IP, 377 K
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award: Davey Cantoni MRQ 4-4, 49 SV, 2.60, 65.7 IP, 59 K
Phenom Award: Tim Lashes VAN .283, 18 HR, 75 RBI
 
Slick Fielder Award Winners
 
P Anthony Ball MRQ .974, 26 PO, 50 A, 2 E
C Gus Sinski WAS .993, 792 PO, 56 A, 6 E
40.7% (33-81) Runners Thrown Out
1B Tim Lashes VAN .995, 1229 PO, 74 A, 6 E
2B Samuel Sanchez PHX .984, 240 PO, 380 A, 10 E
3B Karl Samuels CHA .966, 105 PO, 266 A, 13 E
SS Sanderson Roosevelt VAN .977, 157 PO, 531 A, 16 E
LF Pete Donzaluz VAN 1.000, 275 PO, 7 A, 0 E
CF Kelvin McLish OMA .993, 411 PO, 4 A, 3 E
RF Tony Boyer OMA .982, 358 PO, 14 A, 7 E
League Batting Leaderboards     Help
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.
Batting Average
DalrympleWAS.365
MillonMRQ.355
BucherVAN.328
SprattOMA.324
GrindstaffCHA.320
On-Base Pct
DalrympleWAS.450
GillstromMRQ.419
MillonMRQ.407
GaonaLOU.394
OberdorstenLOU.394
Slugging Pct
SobahMRQ.567
GaonaLOU.529
ManeriWAS.527
BucherVAN.515
McLishOMA.513
OPS
SobahMRQ.957
DalrympleWAS.954
GaonaLOU.923
BucherVAN.898
GillstromMRQ.898
XR
DalrympleWAS130.5
BucherVAN114.1
GaonaLOU112.7
PeteMRQ112.0
SobahMRQ108.5
Games
ThelenCHI160
StringerOMA158
ThaxtonOMA158
CalfoPHX157
CislerCHA157
At-Bats
FitzgeraldHON625
GrindstaffCHA612
BucherVAN610
HayesWAS608
PeteMRQ607
Runs
DalrympleWAS128
PeteMRQ124
SobahMRQ116
RooseveltVAN108
BucherVAN107
Hits
DalrympleWAS209
MillonMRQ202
BucherVAN200
GrindstaffCHA196
PeteMRQ193
Total Bases
BucherVAN314
SobahMRQ305
GrindstaffCHA299
GaonaLOU292
RooseveltVAN290
Singles
MillonMRQ160
PeteMRQ150
DalrympleWAS149
CalfoPHX147
EuryJAX143
Doubles
SobahMRQ48
DalrympleWAS46
HackerJAX41
TavaresHON41
ThelenCHI41
Triples
GarciaPHX14
PeteMRQ14
GrindstaffCHA12
McLishOMA12
BucherVAN11
Homeruns
ManeriWAS37
HobbsCHI36
OversonHON34
GaonaLOU33
RotenCAL32
RBIs
GaonaLOU127
DonzaluzVAN120
ManeriWAS118
BivensWAS110
OversonHON105
Stolen Bases
BucherVAN69
PeteMRQ67
GarciaPHX65
DalrympleWAS57
GrindstaffCHA52
Caught Stealing
BucherVAN29
GarciaPHX23
PeteMRQ23
RowePHX23
GrindstaffCHA20
Walks
GillstromMRQ127
SobahMRQ97
GaonaLOU95
ShippeeWAS88
DalrympleWAS85
Strikeouts
StringerOMA165
HobbsCHI164
OversonHON146
MasuttoHON145
ThaxtonOMA145
 
League Pitching Leaderboards     Help
ERA
NebraskaWAS1.82
DiazLOU2.26
ConleyPHX2.28
SchmatzhagenMRQ2.36
SumnerCHI2.37
Wins
NebraskaWAS 25
MessersmithWAS 23
RobinsonLOU 22
SchmatzhagenMRQ 22
BallMRQ 20
Losses
CatronPHX 20
TheideOMA 20
NolanOMA 18
Pump  16
WilsonOMA 16
Winning Pct
NebraskaWAS.893
SchmatzhagenMRQ.786
EverettMRQ.778
RobinsonLOU.759
BallMRQ.714
Saves
CantoniMRQ 49
IavrePHX 41
RayaWAS 40
PoplowskiHON 38
ChilsenLOU 37
Games Pitched
FieldingHON 75
EschetteCHI 74
ArmstrongVAL 71
WellCHI 71
CantoniMRQ 67
Games Started
RamosCHA 38
MessersmithWAS 37
NebraskaWAS 37
TerryCHA 37
ArandaLOU 36
Complete Games
BeemingsCAL 15
GofannonCHI 14
ConleyPHX 13
SzaboJAX 13
DirtMRQ 12
Shutouts
NebraskaWAS 6
BeemingsCAL 5
ConleyPHX 5
RobinsonLOU 4
SchmatzhagenMRQ 4
Innings Pitched
NebraskaWAS292.3
ViveroCAL285.3
MessersmithWAS283.0
SzaboJAX282.3
WilliamsWAS280.3
Hits Allowed
MessersmithWAS 314
DunneWAS 286
WilliamsWAS 281
TheideOMA 280
RobinsonLOU 261
Homeruns Allowed
WilliamsWAS 41
NolanOMA 37
GofannonCHI 31
TrinkleVAL 31
SimpsonVAN 30
Strikeouts
NebraskaWAS 377
DiazLOU 305
JarillaCAL 286
SchmatzhagenMRQ 286
DiazVAL 279
Walks Allowed
DiazVAL 125
Pump  125
SimpsonVAN 125
GofannonCHI 102
CatronPHX 100
Walks per 9IP
DirtMRQ1.2
NebraskaWAS1.2
TrinkleVAL1.4
CassidyOMA1.4
DiazLOU1.5
Hits per 9IP
SzaboJAX6.6
NebraskaWAS6.7
SumnerCHI6.7
DiazVAL6.9
HuertasVAN7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
DiazVAL12.3
NebraskaWAS11.6
ArandaLOU10.9
JarillaCAL10.6
SchmatzhagenMRQ10.1
WHiP
NebraskaWAS0.88
DirtMRQ0.99
DiazLOU1.00
SchmatzhagenMRQ1.00
SzaboJAX1.01
OAVG
SzaboJAX.204
NebraskaWAS.204
SumnerCHI.207
DiazVAL.210
HuertasVAN.211
OOBP
NebraskaWAS.253
DirtMRQ.258
DiazLOU.259
SchallerHON.263
SchmatzhagenMRQ.264
OSLG
NebraskaWAS.259
ConleyPHX.288
DiazLOU.297
SzaboJAX.297
SchmatzhagenMRQ.306
OOPS
NebraskaWAS.512
DiazLOU.556
SchmatzhagenMRQ.570
SzaboJAX.576
DirtMRQ.583
   
League All-Stars
Anthony Ball Scott Bucher Shaker Calfo
Davey Cantoni Miles Dalrymple Lorenzo Diaz
Kirk Dirt Pete Donzaluz Diesel Duncan
Paul Eury Oswaldo Gaona Hector Garcia
Norman Grindstaff Steve Iavre Jack Kelly
Andy Messersmith Deris Millon Steve Nebraska
Peter Pete Sanderson Roosevelt Chuck Schaller
Johan Schmatzhagen Hayfu Sobah Tony Trudeau
Lou Yeron  
League Top Salaries
Rank    Name Team Salary  
1.    Steve Nebraska WAS $ 15,600,000  
2.    Brock Rutherford MRQ $ 14,000,000  
3.    Andy Messersmith WAS $ 12,800,000  
4.    Floyd Jackson OMA $ 12,080,000  
5.    Hayfu Sobah MRQ $ 11,300,000  
6.    Pete Maneri WAS $ 11,200,000  
  Splinter Donaher JAX $ 11,200,000  
8.    Sanderson Roosevelt VAN $ 11,000,000  
9.    Johan Schmatzhagen MRQ $ 10,000,000  
10.    Chuck Schaller HON $ 9,700,000  
11.    Jeff Lebertall VAL $ 9,259,750  
12.    Scott Bucher VAN $ 9,000,000  
  Poke Boyette LOU $ 9,000,000  
14.    Peter Pete MRQ $ 8,750,001  
15.    Scott Blundon CHI $ 8,500,000  
  Zachary Sumner CHI $ 8,500,000  
  Joe Gillstrom MRQ $ 8,500,000  
  Mickey Masutto HON $ 8,500,000  
19.    Ryan Dunne WAS $ 8,400,000  
20.    Schmidt Meyer VAN $ 8,000,000  
21.    Buster Hall VAL $ 7,999,999  
22.    Miles Dalrymple WAS $ 7,900,000  
23.    James Beasley LOU $ 7,501,001  
24.    Kevin Robinson LOU $ 7,500,000  
25.    Luther Overson HON $ 7,240,000