1978 California Crusaders
Record: 79-83
Finish: 3rd in JL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 584
Runs Allowed: 571
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: South Pacific Field
Attendance: 3,630,758
Manager: Dennis Tank

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-57, 3rd in the Johnson League
AA: 66-72, 10th in the Johnson League
A: 61-77, 11th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B  Jon McNecirty 30 155 594 61 169 19 7 14 73 10 0 39 85 .285 .327 .411 .737 77.2 12.6 4.7
LF  Gene Howard 36 147 580 76 160 15 8 4 43 25 14 51 121 .276 .343 .350 .693 71.2 11.4 3.0
2B  Tim Riener 34 146 561 59 156 20 3 12 63 5 1 30 109 .278 .316 .389 .705 64.6 9.5 5.8
RF *Robert Roten 27 147 552 79 147 23 7 32 91 1 0 40 80 .266 .322 .507 .829 85.7 16.7 1.7
SS #Lewis Brundage 25 154 461 37 118 23 2 5 42 11 2 31 113 .256 .308 .347 .655 47.7 6.0 7.1
LF  Dan Wilson 33 126 367 34 72 13 1 5 29 2 2 74 102 .196 .333 .278 .611 42.9 4.5 1.6
C *Sandy Alvarez 31 125 374 33 72 21 0 4 28 1 0 26 113 .193 .246 .281 .527 24.7 0.2 5.6
RF *Joel Olivares 29 100 271 22 66 3 4 3 20 3 1 32 76 .244 .330 .317 .647 31.0 4.5 1.1
2B  Manuel Padilla 28 128 257 30 58 10 5 6 25 3 1 31 45 .226 .312 .374 .685 27.8 3.0 3.3
1B  Donald Silber 34 114 249 30 61 12 0 7 39 0 0 25 39 .245 .315 .378 .693 29.3 4.1 0.9
C  Antonio Casarez 29 66 200 17 51 7 0 1 22 0 0 26 41 .255 .346 .305 .651 21.5 3.0 2.9
CF  Dale McCall 32 76 181 23 54 15 1 3 17 9 1 13 35 .298 .352 .442 .794 25.8 5.2 0.8
CF  Jose Cardenal 33 75 146 20 32 10 2 0 11 2 0 6 26 .219 .250 .315 .565 9.8 0.3 0.7
P  Ron Vivero 33 36 101 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 50 .050 .077 .059 .136 -5.8 0.0 0.0
RF *Dexter Camden 33 35 99 20 27 6 1 4 11 0 0 10 19 .273 .345 .475 .820 15.5 3.1 0.6
P  Brent Beemings 32 34 94 5 19 1 0 0 6 0 1 3 41 .202 .227 .213 .440 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Narciso Jarilla 33 37 82 7 11 5 0 0 7 0 1 5 37 .134 .182 .195 .377 1.9 0.0 0.0
RF #Elby Brigazi 35 36 84 13 16 4 1 2 12 1 0 1 21 .190 .218 .333 .552 5.8 0.2 0.3
P  Paul Millbauer 32 28 73 7 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 35 .082 .139 .110 .249 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joaquin Contraveras 35 26 65 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 23 .031 .074 .031 .104 -3.6 0.0 0.0
3B  Margarito Fabrizio 32 60 56 3 10 3 0 3 7 0 0 11 15 .179 .324 .393 .716 8.3 1.3 0.8
1B *Jaime Bearden 27 11 30 3 10 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 2 .333 .412 .367 .778 4.4 1.0 0.1
C  Gail Headen 31 9 26 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .192 .192 .269 .462 0.6 0.0 0.3
C  Mark Maxwell 28 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Kareem Aquilar 27 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ricky Earl 32 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Damon Lombardi 32 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cleo Mendoza 26 52 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Branstetter 34 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Neil Berkowitz 27 44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Jethro Wilbury 32 55 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2134 5536 584 1329 216 42 105 565 73 24 470 1246 .240 .303 .351 .654 586.4 86.7 41.4
  Rank among 12 JL teams 7 11 11 12 10 11 11 11 1 7 11 11 10 12 11 11  
* - 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
 Ron Vivero 33 15 13 .536 36 36 0 285.3 239 89 19 77 171 2.81 20.4
 Brent Beemings 32 14 15 .483 34 34 0 267.7 241 93 14 93 240 3.13 18.9
 Narciso Jarilla 33 16 12 .571 36 36 0 242.7 213 89 24 59 286 3.30 17.6
 Paul Millbauer 32 10 10 .500 27 27 0 204.0 183 82 9 79 182 3.62 10.3
 Joaquin Contraveras 35 13 10 .565 26 26 0 191.7 163 70 13 55 209 3.29 12.1
 Damon Lombardi 32 1 5 .167 57 0 33 61.7 44 12 3 12 66 1.75 15.3
 Jethro Wilbury 32 4 4 .500 55 0 0 59.7 75 17 0 4 34 2.56 6.1
 Neil Berkowitz 27 1 2 .333 44 0 0 49.3 49 27 4 16 41 4.93 0.8
*Cleo Mendoza 26 3 2 .600 46 0 0 46.3 41 15 3 6 28 2.91 4.8
 Ricky Earl 32 1 4 .200 35 0 0 37.0 42 11 2 14 21 2.68 2.5
*Michael Branstetter 34 1 4 .200 14 0 0 18.3 23 9 0 16 8 4.42 0.1
 Kareem Aquilar 27 0 2 .000 3 3 0 17.7 19 13 1 11 3 6.63 0.0
Team Totals 31.3 79 83 .488 413 162 33 1481.3 1332 527 92 442 1289 3.20 108.9
Rank among 12 JL teams 7 7 9 7 1 2 1 1 5 2 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 .991 27.9
S.Alvarez 897.7 96 113 784 61 8 1 .991 33.9
A.Casarez 499.3 57 59 457 20 3 0 .994 23.5
G.Headen 61.0 7 9 53 3 1 0 .982 30.0
M.Maxwell 18.7 2 2 12 2 0 0 1.000 66.7
C.Mendoza 2.7 0 1 3 0 1 0 .750 0.0
M.Fabrizio 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1481.3 162 185 1312 86 13 1 .991 31.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.80
D.Wilson 888.0 91 121 821 67 4 58 .996 9.00
D.Silber 511.7 63 71 484 26 2 45 .996 8.97
J.Bearden 72.3 8 10 79 6 1 5 .988 10.58
S.Alvarez 7.7 0 4 12 0 0 1 1.000 14.10
A.Casarez 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1481.3 162 208 1397 99 7 109 .995 9.09
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
T.Riener 1212.3 134 145 237 372 5 73 .992 4.52
M.Padilla 252.0 28 35 51 99 2 15 .987 5.36
M.Fabrizio 17.0 0 6 5 14 0 5 1.000 10.06
Team Total 1481.3 162 186 293 485 7 93 .991 4.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.58
J.McNecirty 1342.0 148 154 68 271 16 19 .955 2.27
M.Padilla 110.0 12 15 6 25 1 0 .969 2.54
M.Fabrizio 20.3 2 4 0 7 0 1 1.000 3.10
S.Alvarez 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cardenal 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1481.3 162 175 74 303 17 20 .957 2.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.26
L.Brundage 1192.0 152 152 172 384 10 58 .982 4.20
M.Padilla 211.0 9 68 37 55 1 15 .989 3.92
M.Fabrizio 73.3 1 21 10 16 2 4 .929 3.19
C.Mendoza 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cardenal 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.3 162 243 220 456 13 77 .981 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
R.Roten 1178.0 133 135 241 5 11 1 .957 1.88
J.Cardenal 197.3 21 28 50 1 1 0 .981 2.33
D.McCall 72.7 7 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Olivares 24.3 1 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 4.07
D.Silber 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Camden 2.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Howard 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
L.Brundage 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1480.7 162 185 318 7 12 1 .964 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.64
G.Howard 1289.3 143 145 377 7 4 4 .990 2.68
D.Camden 175.9 23 25 60 0 0 0 1.000 3.07
J.Cardenal 100.0 12 14 24 2 0 0 1.000 2.34
R.Roten 43.7 4 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Olivares 31.7 2 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
D.McCall 14.0 1 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Brigazi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1655.6 185 205 487 10 4 4 .992 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
J.Olivares 617.0 66 79 128 3 3 0 .978 1.91
D.McCall 382.7 48 48 86 3 2 0 .978 2.09
E.Brigazi 187.3 22 28 40 0 0 0 1.000 1.92
D.Camden 57.0 7 8 14 0 1 0 .933 2.21
J.Cardenal 34.0 0 15 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.91
R.Roten 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
N.Jarilla 8.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
M.Padilla 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Fabrizio 2.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50
A.Casarez 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Bearden 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Silber 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Brundage 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1306.0 144 188 282 8 7 0 .976 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.88
R.Vivero 285.3 36 36 18 48 2 2 .971 2.08
B.Beemings 267.7 34 34 14 32 1 3 .979 1.55
N.Jarilla 242.7 36 36 9 30 1 2 .975 1.45
P.Millbauer 204.0 27 27 7 30 1 4 .974 1.63
J.Contraveras 191.7 26 26 9 22 2 1 .939 1.46
D.Lombardi 61.7 0 57 2 10 2 0 .857 1.75
J.Wilbury 59.7 0 55 7 5 0 0 1.000 1.81
N.Berkowitz 49.3 0 44 3 4 1 0 .875 1.28
C.Mendoza 46.3 0 46 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.97
R.Earl 37.0 0 35 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.49
M.Branstetter 18.3 0 14 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.49
K.Aquilar 17.7 3 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.51
Team Total 1481.3 162 413 72 187 11 12 .959 1.57
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McNecirty .285
On-Base Pct Howard .343
Slugging Pct Roten .507
OPS Roten .829
XR Roten 85.7
Games McNecirty 155
At-Bats McNecirty 594
Runs Roten 79
Hits McNecirty 169
Total Bases Roten 280
Singles Howard 133
Doubles Roten, Brundage 23
Triples Howard 8
Homeruns Roten 32
RBIs Roten 91
Stolen Bases Howard 25
Caught Stealing Howard 14
Walks Wilson 74
Strikeouts Howard 121
ERA Vivero 2.81
Wins Jarilla 16
Losses Beemings 15
Winning Pct Jarilla .571
Saves Lombardi 33
Games Pitched Lombardi 57
Games Started Jarilla, Vivero 36
Complete Games Beemings 15
Shutouts Beemings 5
Innings Pitched Vivero 285.3
Hits Allowed Beemings 241
Homeruns Allowed Jarilla 24
Strikeouts Jarilla 286
Walks Allowed Beemings 93
Walks per 9IP Jarilla 2.2
Hits per 9IP Vivero 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Jarilla 10.6
WHiP Vivero 1.11
OAVG Vivero .227
OOBP Vivero .282
OSLG Vivero .334
OOPS Vivero .616
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Damon Lombardi $ 7,000,000
Dexter Camden $ 6,750,000
Joaquin Contraveras $ 5,500,000
Ron Vivero $ 5,250,000
Narciso Jarilla $ 5,000,000
Tim Riener $ 5,000,000
Jon McNecirty $ 5,000,000
Jethro Wilbury $ 4,300,000
Paul Millbauer $ 2,750,000
Ricky Earl $ 2,250,000
Gene Howard $ 2,250,000
Sandy Alvarez $ 500,001
Donald Silber $ 500,000
Joel Olivares $ 347,429
Kareem Aquilar $ 300,000
Jaime Bearden $ 300,000
Brent Beemings $ 300,000
Neil Berkowitz $ 300,000
Elby Brigazi $ 300,000
Lewis Brundage $ 300,000
Gail Headen $ 300,000
Robert Roten $ 300,000
Mark Maxwell $ 300,000
Manuel Padilla $ 300,000
Margarito Fabrizio $ 300,000
Cleo Mendoza $ 300,000
Dale McCall $ 300,000
Antonio Casarez $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Dwain Weddle Bob Hine
7/31 Rob Hunt Dexter Camden