1978 Buffalo Bisons Index Page

1978 Buffalo Bisons

Record: 106-56
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 770
Runs Allowed: 540
Exp W-L: 106-56

Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,032,367
Manager: Alex Lamabe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-62, 4th in the Frick League
AA: 60-78, 11th in the Frick League
A: 68-70, 5th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 1-3 to Des Moines Kernels

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
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
1B	Clue Heywood	31	152	604	90	149	18	2	43	104	0	0	39	146	.247	.297	.497	.793	90.8	18.3	2.2
SS	Marcel Sandoval	28	155	607	98	146	34	7	36	96	32	12	32	156	.241	.290	.498	.787	88.2	18.0	8.2
SS	Sam Tuttle	27	138	482	65	131	17	1	17	63	16	6	39	112	.272	.334	.417	.751	65.6	13.5	5.0
LF	*Davey Mellor	31	139	431	63	114	21	6	22	58	21	18	32	51	.265	.318	.494	.812	62.5	12.9	3.4
C	*William Wright	27	124	407	60	102	21	5	18	66	5	2	44	33	.251	.324	.459	.783	59.4	12.6	4.7
LF	Jim Betoni	35	122	383	56	98	28	4	17	53	1	0	44	58	.256	.331	.483	.814	63.1	14.9	2.4
2B	Cravin Moorhead	24	132	381	62	93	28	8	6	31	47	7	40	94	.244	.317	.407	.724	55.5	12.0	3.9
LF	#Izzy Vaughn	32	121	342	47	81	13	2	12	50	2	1	61	88	.237	.357	.392	.749	50.3	10.6	3.2
2B	Pete Madewald	31	109	313	45	75	23	3	11	43	13	4	19	61	.240	.284	.438	.722	40.1	7.9	2.9
CF	Carlton McFee	31	102	301	50	84	16	1	14	44	10	3	12	61	.279	.310	.478	.789	44.0	9.8	2.3
3B	*Rex Cutler	33	90	236	23	42	11	2	4	27	0	0	34	67	.178	.287	.292	.580	21.0	1.7	2.5
RF	*Walter Wambold	31	71	219	40	53	9	1	23	43	3	2	14	51	.242	.288	.607	.895	37.7	8.5	1.7
C	Tony Quinn	28	65	189	16	60	6	0	2	24	1	0	10	30	.317	.348	.381	.729	25.0	5.6	2.2
CF	*Bobby Rayburn	36	50	102	13	27	8	1	3	18	7	4	8	24	.265	.315	.451	.766	14.1	2.7	1.0
P	#Chuck Delong	31	33	95	9	9	6	0	0	4	1	0	5	40	.095	.140	.158	.298	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Todd Adams	26	33	95	7	12	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	43	.126	.162	.168	.330	0.6	0.0	0.0
LF	Carlos Herrera	30	37	92	10	23	6	2	1	9	2	1	4	18	.250	.281	.391	.673	8.4	1.3	0.7
P	Voo Fowler	33	35	84	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	36	.048	.070	.060	.129	-4.7	0.0	0.0
P	Michael Hick	33	27	70	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	18	.043	.082	.057	.139	-4.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Ace Holder	30	16	36	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.167	.211	.194	.405	1.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Jeff Rosenrosen	36	15	40	4	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	12	.150	.171	.275	.446	1.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Mickey Ford	27	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.8	0.0	0.0
P	Louis Mattison	28	43	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2	0.0	0.0
P	#Reynaldo Carlino	34	47	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0.5	0.2	0.0
P	Homer Belanger	28	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Rudi Stein	34	62	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0.9	0.3	0.0
P	*Jay Lombardo	26	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Efren Sachs	25	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Marty McGraw	27	79	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.1	2056	5535	770	1322	275	45	230	748	161	62	449	1220	.239	.299	.429	.729	720.2	151.1	46.4
	Rank among 12 FL teams			8	1	9	5	7	1	1	6	7	5	10	9	9	1	3	3
* - 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
Chuck Delong	31	17	10	.630	33	33	0	272.3	245	72	14	22	159	2.38	22.5
Todd Adams	26	17	7	.708	33	33	0	243.0	235	81	26	42	223	3.00	17.7
Voo Fowler	33	16	10	.615	35	35	0	233.7	204	75	8	39	337	2.89	14.7
Michael Hick	33	16	8	.667	27	27	0	197.0	210	87	8	39	133	3.97	6.6
*Ace Holder	30	7	4	.636	16	16	0	117.0	93	32	6	50	104	2.46	9.6
*Jeff Rosenrosen	36	9	3	.750	15	15	0	107.0	92	44	6	26	60	3.70	6.0
Marty McGraw	27	9	4	.692	79	0	2	77.0	44	20	5	32	72	2.34	9.7
Rudi Stein	34	5	1	.833	62	0	39	66.3	26	6	3	18	65	0.81	19.4
Louis Mattison	28	3	1	.750	43	0	3	46.3	34	10	0	11	37	1.94	6.3
Reynaldo Carlino	34	3	4	.429	47	0	3	37.3	38	16	4	6	22	3.86	2.8
*Mickey Ford	27	2	2	.500	15	9	0	29.3	34	12	1	11	13	3.68	1.1
*Jay Lombardo	26	1	0	1.000	22	0	0	25.0	12	2	2	10	20	0.72	3.6
Homer Belanger	28	1	1	.500	11	7	0	18.3	20	9	2	2	8	4.42	0.6
*Efren Sachs	25	0	1	.000	11	0	0	11.0	15	9	3	5	11	7.36	0.0
Team Totals	29.9	106	56	.654	449	175	47	1480.6	1302	475	88	313	1264	2.89	120.5
Rank among 12 FL teams				1	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	5	1
* - 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
W.Wright	1026.7	111	121	865	48	9	2	.990	26.5
T.Quinn	454.0	51	55	422	24	4	0	.991	19.7
Team Total	1480.7	162	176	1287	72	13	2	.991	24.1
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.85
C.Heywood	1349.7	148	148	1214	66	9	90	.993	8.54
S.Tuttle	73.0	8	8	78	5	1	6	.988	10.23
R.Cutler	49.0	5	6	50	4	0	6	1.000	9.92
P.Madewald	9.0	1	1	8	2	0	1	1.000	10.00
Team Total	1480.7	162	163	1350	77	10	103	.993	8.67
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	4.84
C.Moorhead	800.3	92	99	129	241	6	51	.984	4.16
P.Madewald	667.3	70	97	107	198	5	35	.984	4.11
S.Tuttle	11.0	0	6	0	5	0	1	1.000	4.09
C.McFee	2.0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	13.50
Team Total	1480.7	162	203	238	445	11	88	.984	4.15
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	2.59
S.Tuttle	948.0	103	112	64	184	13	16	.950	2.35
R.Cutler	511.7	58	65	22	106	7	8	.948	2.25
C.Moorhead	9.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
M.Sandoval	6.0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
D.Mellor	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
C.Herrera	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1480.7	162	184	87	293	20	24	.950	2.31
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.18
M.Sandoval	1361.7	148	150	182	368	11	62	.980	3.64
S.Tuttle	80.0	9	9	7	17	1	6	.960	2.70
C.Moorhead	39.0	5	5	6	10	1	1	.941	3.69
Team Total	1480.7	162	164	195	395	13	69	.978	3.59
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	1.99
I.Vaughn	816.3	87	108	251	2	4	1	.984	2.79
C.McFee	264.3	29	39	60	2	3	1	.954	2.11
C.Herrera	165.0	20	23	36	1	1	0	.974	2.02
D.Mellor	157.0	18	21	34	1	0	1	1.000	2.01
J.Betoni	55.0	6	9	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
W.Wambold	9.5	1	2	4	0	1	0	.800	3.79
Team Total	1467.2	161	202	396	6	9	3	.978	2.47

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.56
D.Mellor	848.0	92	105	248	4	8	2	.969	2.67
C.McFee	281.3	31	31	98	1	1	1	.990	3.17
B.Rayburn	267.0	29	37	84	0	2	0	.977	2.83
C.Herrera	51.0	7	7	16	2	1	1	.947	3.18
I.Vaughn	24.0	3	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.88
W.Wambold	3.9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.31
Team Total	1475.2	162	184	452	7	12	4	.975	2.80
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	2.06
J.Betoni	880.3	99	103	204	3	5	1	.976	2.12
W.Wambold	474.7	60	66	128	5	1	0	.993	2.52
C.McFee	98.0	11	12	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.30
D.Mellor	10.0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
B.Rayburn	10.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
C.Herrera	6.0	0	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1479.0	170	194	359	9	6	1	.984	2.24
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.85
C.Delong	272.3	33	33	14	39	0	0	1.000	1.75
T.Adams	243.0	33	33	10	32	1	2	.977	1.56
V.Fowler	233.7	35	35	9	17	3	4	.897	1.00
M.Hick	197.0	27	27	7	26	3	1	.917	1.51
A.Holder	117.0	16	16	6	14	0	2	1.000	1.54
J.Rosenrosen	107.0	15	15	5	15	1	2	.952	1.68
M.McGraw	77.0	0	79	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.75
R.Stein	66.3	0	62	2	8	0	0	1.000	1.36
L.Mattison	46.3	0	43	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.75
R.Carlino	37.3	0	47	2	6	1	1	.889	1.93
M.Ford	29.3	9	15	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.53
J.Lombardo	25.0	0	22	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.44
H.Belanger	18.3	7	11	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.45
E.Sachs	11.0	0	11	4	0	0	0	1.000	3.27
Team Total	1480.6	175	449	67	187	9	13	.966	1.54

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Tuttle	.272
On-Base Pct	Tuttle	.334
Slugging Pct	Sandoval	.498
OPS	Heywood	.793
XR	Heywood	90.8
Games	Sandoval	155
At-Bats	Sandoval	607
Runs	Sandoval	98
Hits	Heywood	149
Total Bases	Sandoval	302
Singles	Tuttle	96
Doubles	Sandoval	34
Triples	Moorhead	8
Homeruns	Heywood	43
RBIs	Heywood	104
Stolen Bases	Moorhead	47
Caught Stealing	Mellor	18
Walks	Vaughn	61
Strikeouts	Sandoval	156

ERA	Delong	2.38
Wins	Adams, Delong	17
Losses	Delong, Fowler	10
Winning Pct	Adams	.708
Saves	Stein	39
Games Pitched	McGraw	79
Games Started	Fowler	35
Complete Games	Delong	20
Shutouts	Delong	3
Innings Pitched	Delong	272.3
Hits Allowed	Delong	245
Homeruns Allowed	Adams	26
Strikeouts	Fowler	337
Walks Allowed	Holder	50
Walks per 9IP	Delong	0.7
Hits per 9IP	Fowler	7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP	Fowler	13.0
WHiP	Delong	0.98
OAVG	Fowler	.230
OOBP	Delong	.249
OSLG	Delong	.337
OOPS	Delong	.586

Team All-Stars

Chuck Delong

Marcel Sandoval

Rudi Stein

Player Salaries
Voo Fowler	$ 13,750,000
Ace Holder	$ 10,000,000
Izzy Vaughn	$ 5,500,000
Davey Mellor	$ 5,500,000
Walter Wambold	$ 5,000,000
Rudi Stein	$ 5,000,000
Clue Heywood	$ 3,800,000
Carlton McFee	$ 3,700,000
Pete Madewald	$ 3,500,000
Reynaldo Carlino	$ 3,250,000
Marty McGraw	$ 3,053,571
Jim Betoni	$ 2,500,000
Rex Cutler	$ 2,350,000
Chuck Delong	$ 2,250,000
Michael Hick	$ 1,800,000
Louis Mattison	$ 1,547,143
Luis Persaud	$ 800,000
Carlos Herrera	$ 400,000
Cravin Moorhead	$ 300,000
Bobby Rayburn	$ 300,000
Jay Lombardo	$ 300,000
Marcel Sandoval	$ 300,000
Tony Quinn	$ 300,000
Todd Adams	$ 300,000
Sam Tuttle	$ 300,000
William Wright	$ 300,000
Efren Sachs	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
7/2		Steve Desalvo Cedric Larosa Mickey Ford		Walter Wambold Jay Lombardo Frank Hannifin Justo Lopez
7/11		Homer Belanger		Ace Holder Robert Carpenter