1978 Austin Riverbats
Record: 82-80
Finish: 2nd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 683
Runs Allowed: 683
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: The Grotto
Attendance: 3,634,292
Manager: Don Zimmer

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 5th in the Frick League
AA: 81-57, 2nd in the Frick League
A: 65-73, 9th in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Woodrow Wilhoite 28 160 586 90 178 18 4 10 58 22 5 62 113 .304 .371 .399 .770 88.6 18.8 2.3
RF *Mitchell Page 25 158 556 73 173 36 1 18 89 10 2 56 68 .311 .371 .477 .848 97.0 21.9 2.3
2B  Jake Bradley 33 154 552 80 146 46 4 11 67 18 3 53 103 .264 .330 .422 .752 74.2 14.1 4.7
CF *George Kobayashi 23 152 521 60 129 17 10 7 69 22 5 42 71 .248 .305 .359 .664 57.1 7.8 3.2
2B  Ryoko Masaki 23 137 523 74 171 28 7 3 55 47 15 18 93 .327 .354 .424 .778 77.5 16.8 6.1
1B  Bradley Malbrough 28 100 358 39 95 14 0 12 55 4 2 40 90 .265 .338 .405 .743 51.1 9.3 2.2
C  Lance Houston 29 110 319 35 72 13 4 4 43 16 19 41 27 .226 .319 .329 .648 32.4 2.8 5.4
3B  Lazaro Lanza 28 94 308 37 86 7 1 6 31 12 2 41 48 .279 .364 .367 .731 44.3 8.6 2.1
SS  Russ Brand 30 73 237 24 51 6 4 7 31 5 8 13 39 .215 .250 .363 .613 20.6 0.5 2.2
1B  Jack Kelly 35 49 176 27 56 7 2 10 27 1 0 11 6 .318 .360 .551 .911 31.7 7.5 1.0
SS *Mickey Dominguez 26 86 147 15 33 5 0 2 15 0 0 17 38 .224 .309 .299 .608 14.3 1.8 1.3
C  Del Heaven 21 44 148 16 43 1 1 2 18 0 1 5 20 .291 .314 .351 .665 15.5 2.2 1.9
RF *Andre Sandoval 26 84 137 11 46 2 1 4 23 0 0 9 22 .336 .376 .453 .828 21.6 4.8 0.5
3B  Frederick Galdamez 29 63 117 16 24 2 0 4 17 0 0 14 40 .205 .293 .325 .618 12.6 1.4 0.6
C  Cordell Quevedo 27 50 124 8 24 4 0 2 12 2 2 5 35 .194 .223 .274 .497 5.9 0.0 1.6
3B  Andy Liquori 34 89 114 19 33 6 1 1 11 2 2 6 22 .289 .322 .386 .708 13.3 2.2 1.1
P  Mike Madorin 31 37 107 4 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 8 55 .056 .122 .084 .206 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Harvey Vitiello 27 37 92 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 34 .076 .105 .098 .203 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vernon Meyer 25 37 90 8 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 36 .044 .094 .056 .149 -3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Jacinto Merino 28 36 88 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 45 .045 .086 .057 .143 -4.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Christian Jovanich 35 24 46 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .239 .260 .261 .521 3.6 0.0 0.3
LF *Nathaniel Ortiz 25 29 36 13 12 5 1 1 2 4 0 1 7 .333 .351 .611 .962 7.1 1.9 0.2
LF #Ken Stroudt 26 11 31 7 9 3 1 1 7 2 1 3 12 .290 .343 .548 .891 6.0 1.3 0.1
P *Ronald Wasser 26 38 30 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .033 .033 .067 .100 -2.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Miguel Lozano 29 17 27 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .222 .250 .259 .509 1.6 0.1 0.2
1B *Luis Felipe 27 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .429 .873 1.5 0.5 0.0
P *Jon Furlow 27 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 1.3 0.2 0.0
P *Raz Nugent 29 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Geraldo Garcia 26 49 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Howell 26 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  George Thrilkil 23 66 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3 0.0
P  Cary Lazarus 33 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Brenton McCullough 32 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 2116 5494 674 1425 233 42 105 649 168 68 462 1050 .259 .317 .374 .692 662.3 124.8 39.3
  Rank among 12 FL teams 10 7 4 10 8 9 7 3 10 2 2 4 3 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Mike Madorin 31 18 12 .600 37 37 0 293.7 290 105 30 32 151 3.22 21.2
 Harvey Vitiello 27 7 16 .304 37 37 0 256.0 247 110 26 95 322 3.87 8.7
 Jacinto Merino 28 14 12 .538 36 36 0 241.7 204 95 24 83 293 3.54 13.9
 Vernon Meyer 25 10 13 .435 36 36 0 232.3 242 120 36 37 219 4.65 4.0
*Ronald Wasser 26 4 4 .500 38 12 1 96.3 111 61 13 51 70 5.70 0.0
 George Thrilkil 23 4 7 .364 66 0 32 64.0 66 24 6 20 37 3.38 9.7
*Jose Higa 27 7 4 .636 60 0 8 59.0 61 20 7 13 55 3.05 8.4
 Geraldo Garcia 26 7 4 .636 49 0 0 57.0 57 32 11 30 49 5.05 1.9
 Brenton McCullough 32 4 5 .444 55 0 2 50.7 47 20 4 17 33 3.55 4.8
 Christopher Howell 26 3 0 1.000 34 0 0 46.3 38 16 2 11 56 3.11 4.4
 Cary Lazarus 33 2 1 .667 32 0 0 33.0 20 10 4 9 29 2.73 3.8
*Jon Furlow 27 0 2 .000 2 2 0 14.7 24 11 2 2 8 6.75 0.0
*Raz Nugent 29 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 10.7 12 5 2 6 6 4.22 0.5
*Oscar Desjardins 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.0 6 3 1 1 3 9.00 0.0
 Peter Gomez 28 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 0.00 0.5
*Ian Lewis 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.8 82 80 .506 489 162 43 1459.6 1425 632 168 411 1332 3.90 81.9
Rank among 12 FL teams 6 6 4 6 9 8 12 8 7 4 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 27.2
L.Houston 831.0 94 97 794 57 8 1 .991 38.5
D.Heaven 336.3 36 44 308 19 4 0 .988 25.6
C.Quevedo 283.0 32 37 249 12 4 0 .985 20.6
F.Galdamez 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Liquori 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1454.3 162 180 1353 88 16 1 .989 31.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.85
B.Malbrough 828.0 86 95 804 80 4 64 .995 9.61
J.Kelly 381.8 46 47 398 28 4 33 .991 10.04
F.Galdamez 185.0 20 30 179 16 0 8 1.000 9.49
C.Quevedo 40.3 3 11 39 5 0 4 1.000 9.82
L.Houston 3.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
A.Liquori 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
A.Sandoval 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.1 155 188 1426 129 8 109 .995 9.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.84
J.Bradley 1252.3 142 150 230 355 9 59 .985 4.20
A.Liquori 140.0 13 27 28 45 1 9 .986 4.69
C.Jovanich 45.0 5 8 5 22 0 2 1.000 5.40
M.Dominguez 43.0 5 7 9 14 0 4 1.000 4.81
B.Malbrough 15.4 1 1 4 5 0 2 1.000 5.26
M.Lozano 12.0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75
L.Lanza 11.2 0 4 2 4 1 1 .857 4.82
Team Total 1518.9 167 200 280 448 11 77 .985 4.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
L.Lanza 742.6 79 84 42 157 13 8 .939 2.41
R.Brand 438.3 51 52 32 91 4 5 .969 2.53
M.Dominguez 127.0 13 18 6 29 3 2 .921 2.48
A.Liquori 108.0 10 24 7 25 1 1 .970 2.67
F.Galdamez 30.0 4 4 1 8 1 0 .900 2.70
M.Lozano 20.0 2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1465.9 159 187 90 313 22 16 .948 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.18
R.Masaki 1119.7 127 133 149 372 18 66 .967 4.19
R.Brand 162.0 19 21 22 50 3 7 .960 4.00
M.Dominguez 125.7 12 30 21 38 1 6 .983 4.23
C.Jovanich 41.0 5 5 3 7 2 0 .833 2.20
M.Lozano 22.3 2 6 4 5 0 2 1.000 3.63
L.Lanza 3.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.86
L.Houston 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Liquori 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Bradley 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.4 165 200 200 476 24 81 .966 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.99
W.Wilhoite 1273.0 143 153 245 9 6 0 .977 1.80
A.Sandoval 62.0 7 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
K.Stroudt 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
M.Page 21.3 0 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
N.Ortiz 15.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
L.Felipe 8.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13
Team Total 1405.3 156 181 273 9 7 0 .976 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.56
G.Kobayashi 1228.7 139 144 321 9 0 2 1.000 2.42
N.Ortiz 63.0 7 13 19 0 1 0 .950 2.71
K.Stroudt 39.3 4 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 1.60
W.Wilhoite 19.0 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.79
L.Felipe 13.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
E.Dahlen 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1364.0 153 169 360 10 1 3 .997 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
M.Page 1226.0 137 143 250 5 1 2 .996 1.87
A.Sandoval 169.0 19 27 37 2 1 0 .975 2.08
N.Ortiz 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
K.Stroudt 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
W.Wilhoite 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kobayashi 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
L.Felipe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1418.0 158 177 291 7 2 2 .993 1.89
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
M.Madorin 293.7 37 37 22 41 3 2 .955 1.93
H.Vitiello 256.0 37 37 6 31 1 2 .974 1.30
J.Merino 241.7 36 36 12 33 2 1 .957 1.68
V.Meyer 232.3 36 36 17 31 2 0 .960 1.86
R.Wasser 96.3 12 38 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.96
G.Thrilkil 64.0 0 66 9 7 2 1 .889 2.25
J.Higa 59.0 0 60 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.92
G.Garcia 57.0 0 49 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.McCullough 50.7 0 55 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.89
C.Howell 46.3 0 34 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.36
C.Lazarus 33.0 0 32 4 5 1 0 .900 2.45
J.Furlow 14.7 2 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.68
R.Nugent 10.7 2 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
O.Desjardins 3.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
P.Gomez 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
I.Lewis 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.6 162 489 92 191 11 9 .963 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Masaki .327
On-Base Pct Page .371
Slugging Pct Page .477
OPS Page .848
XR Page 97.0
Games Wilhoite 160
At-Bats Wilhoite 586
Runs Wilhoite 90
Hits Wilhoite 178
Total Bases Page 265
Singles Wilhoite 146
Doubles Bradley 46
Triples Kobayashi 10
Homeruns Page 18
RBIs Page 89
Stolen Bases Masaki 47
Caught Stealing Houston 19
Walks Wilhoite 62
Strikeouts Wilhoite 113
ERA Madorin 3.22
Wins Madorin 18
Losses Vitiello 16
Winning Pct Madorin .600
Saves Thrilkil 32
Games Pitched Thrilkil 66
Games Started Madorin, Vitiello 37
Complete Games Madorin 19
Shutouts Madorin 8
Innings Pitched Madorin 293.7
Hits Allowed Madorin 290
Homeruns Allowed Meyer 36
Strikeouts Vitiello 322
Walks Allowed Vitiello 95
Walks per 9IP Madorin 1.0
Hits per 9IP Merino 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Vitiello 11.3
WHiP Madorin 1.10
OAVG Merino .226
OOBP Madorin .280
OSLG Madorin .356
OOPS Madorin .636
Team All-Stars
Mike Madorin
Player Salaries
Mitchell Page $ 10,550,000
Mike Madorin $ 9,000,000
Jack Kelly $ 7,000,000
Jake Bradley $ 2,500,000
Woodrow Wilhoite $ 2,320,714
Mickey Dominguez $ 2,300,000
Harvey Vitiello $ 1,893,214
Jose Higa $ 1,479,286
Russ Brand $ 1,209,214
Andy Liquori $ 1,080,000
Cordell Quevedo $ 850,000
Jason Yother $ 650,000
Jassen Gossago $ 500,000
Lance Houston $ 466,857
Del Heaven $ 300,000
Peter Gomez $ 300,000
Christopher Howell $ 300,000
Frederick Galdamez $ 300,000
Jon Furlow $ 300,000
Luis Felipe $ 300,000
Eric Dahlen $ 300,000
Geraldo Garcia $ 300,000
Vernon Meyer $ 300,000
Ronald Wasser $ 300,000
Alberto Valdes $ 300,000
George Thrilkil $ 300,000
Andre Sandoval $ 300,000
Arturo Rivero $ 300,000
George Kobayashi $ 300,000
Nathaniel Ortiz $ 300,000
Christian Jovanich $ 300,000
Jacinto Merino $ 300,000
Ryoko Masaki $ 300,000
Miguel Lozano $ 300,000
Ian Lewis $ 300,000
Aurelio Bargas $ 300,000
John Kardos $ 300,000
Brian Pratt $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Jamaal Jumboni
John Fillion
Calvin Mah
Ken Stroudt
Thomas Money
Christopher Howell
3/2 Blast Mcbearett Jesus Martinez
6/21 Cary Lazarus
Ferdinand Quintana
Sam Slaughter
7/21 Lazaro Lanza Jeff Wachowski
Nathan Lafayette
7/31 Bradley Malbrough
Percy Hutson
Ken Stroudt
Larry Reynolds
Oscar Desjardins
Jack Kelly
Jon Furlow
Nathaniel Ortiz