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1978 Charlotte Knights
Record: 85-77
Finish: 3rd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 765
Runs Allowed: 696
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Dr. Rosenrosen Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,043,461
Manager: Ron Churches

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 6th in the Johnson League
AA: 68-70, 8th in the Johnson League
A: 63-75, 9th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF *Norman Grindstaff 26 153 612 97 196 22 12 19 66 52 20 42 101 .320 .368 .489 .857 103.6 22.5 3.8
1B  Willy Moore 23 154 556 78 162 35 5 3 58 1 3 62 65 .291 .365 .388 .754 75.7 13.9 1.8
2B  Kevin Cisler 33 157 537 86 137 20 6 21 79 4 2 60 39 .255 .351 .432 .783 83.0 15.2 5.0
3B  Karl Samuels 21 148 561 78 158 29 5 22 86 3 0 29 103 .282 .315 .469 .784 79.0 14.3 4.7
SS *Michael Cruz 33 156 520 77 147 24 11 11 85 13 4 43 82 .283 .332 .435 .766 75.5 13.4 3.1
2B #John Ganzel 25 154 510 59 136 25 6 7 57 5 1 50 122 .267 .333 .380 .713 62.4 10.2 6.0
C  Bobby Lerner 36 135 467 48 122 16 2 8 64 1 0 47 68 .261 .333 .355 .689 56.6 8.6 3.9
CF  Michael Hawkins 27 114 312 49 84 13 2 3 27 12 7 15 64 .269 .330 .353 .683 36.1 5.4 1.9
RF *Walter Wambold 31 79 303 45 69 9 3 21 45 4 2 24 92 .228 .287 .485 .772 41.3 6.3 1.9
RF  Jose Primo 24 61 170 23 38 9 1 4 19 4 0 17 54 .224 .307 .359 .666 19.7 2.7 1.0
1B *Bo Jordan 33 115 163 33 47 3 2 10 34 2 2 11 45 .288 .355 .515 .871 29.8 6.0 0.3
C  Raymond Barrett 28 69 154 27 41 10 1 11 33 0 0 19 44 .266 .347 .558 .905 28.5 6.1 1.1
2B  Frank Guitierrez 27 103 134 14 39 4 2 5 24 0 0 13 18 .291 .351 .463 .814 22.0 4.5 0.9
3B *Peter Fowler 33 49 88 7 20 3 1 1 12 1 1 9 13 .227 .324 .318 .642 9.5 0.9 0.8
LF *Tony Reyes 28 58 89 14 27 5 0 2 14 0 0 11 12 .303 .380 .427 .807 13.9 2.9 0.4
P *Todd Terry 34 37 90 5 11 1 1 1 7 0 1 2 53 .122 .141 .189 .330 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Albert Ramos 27 38 84 3 10 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 34 .119 .149 .179 .328 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Aaron Alfonso 37 33 69 3 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 36 .087 .110 .145 .255 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Gorton 33 18 54 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 27 .037 .088 .037 .125 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Robert Sparling 31 20 42 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 20 .119 .159 .143 .302 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Mickey Ford 27 16 38 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .132 .190 .184 .375 1.4 0.0 0.0
SS  Anthony Jenks 27 7 21 3 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 2.3 0.5 0.2
P #Cal Iacocca 35 56 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
SS *Joseph Drewes 35 14 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 -0.5 0.0 0.1
1B  Maximo Vargas 24 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.1 0.3 0.0
2B  Choo Choo Webster 34 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Manson 37 39 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Jay Lombardo 26 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Floyd Vega 32 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Cedric Larosa 27 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Beguine 33 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2137 5602 763 1473 241 61 149 728 103 45 469 1129 .263 .326 .408 .733 738.0 133.7 37.0
  Rank among 12 JL teams 4 4 3 7 2 5 4 7 6 8 7 3 4 4 4 4  
* - 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
 Albert Ramos 27 17 13 .567 38 38 0 258.3 259 111 18 68 154 3.87 14.5
*Todd Terry 34 15 10 .600 37 37 0 249.0 252 97 18 63 190 3.51 15.7
*Aaron Alfonso 37 12 9 .571 33 33 0 206.7 194 86 17 79 170 3.75 11.1
 Larry Gorton 33 10 6 .625 18 16 0 153.0 140 51 22 19 139 3.00 11.1
 Robert Sparling 31 5 10 .333 20 20 0 125.7 139 71 17 61 102 5.09 1.2
*Mickey Ford 27 7 7 .500 16 9 0 123.7 111 40 5 31 101 2.91 9.6
 Cal Iacocca 35 3 2 .600 56 0 2 69.7 73 30 9 11 29 3.88 4.0
 Floyd Vega 32 3 3 .500 59 0 2 59.0 52 34 7 26 42 5.19 2.4
 Matt Manson 37 2 1 .667 39 0 5 50.7 54 20 3 19 26 3.55 4.1
*Jay Lombardo 26 3 2 .600 30 0 8 37.0 43 24 6 13 27 5.84 0.9
*Timmy Carpenter 32 1 5 .167 34 0 4 30.3 34 15 5 10 18 4.45 1.5
 Ben Beguine 33 5 3 .625 32 0 12 28.0 29 16 4 7 32 5.14 3.4
 Cedric Larosa 27 1 3 .250 24 0 9 23.0 17 9 5 7 22 3.52 3.5
*Luis Endres 27 0 0 .000 16 0 1 18.0 19 10 3 9 8 5.00 0.5
 Melvin Daly 24 0 1 .000 8 0 0 5.3 10 10 0 12 5 16.89 0.0
 Jim Myhre 27 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 4.3 5 1 0 2 2 2.08 0.5
 Richard Mark 29 0 0 .000 5 0 0 3.7 3 3 1 4 3 7.38 0.0
 Kip Beichman 37 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.3 2 1 0 1 1 3.86 0.1
 John Ikard 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 3 1 1 1 1 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 85 75 .531 474 153 43 1447.9 1439 630 141 443 1072 3.92 84.2
Rank among 12 JL teams 5 5 4 5 10 8 8 5 6 8 5  
* - 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
B.Lerner 1122.0 124 133 837 65 9 2 .990 25.2
R.Barrett 335.3 38 41 266 14 4 1 .986 11.1
F.Guitierrez 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1459.3 162 175 1105 79 13 3 .989 21.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.80
W.Moore 1241.7 146 152 1215 83 11 113 .992 9.41
B.Jordan 213.7 16 45 205 11 4 18 .982 9.10
M.Hawkins 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1459.3 162 198 1427 94 15 132 .990 9.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
K.Cisler 1279.7 146 147 256 412 13 96 .981 4.70
F.Guitierrez 175.7 16 29 46 59 2 15 .981 5.38
C.Webster 1.5 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1456.8 162 178 303 472 15 112 .981 4.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.58
K.Samuels 1229.0 138 144 105 266 13 25 .966 2.72
P.Fowler 213.3 23 34 11 48 2 6 .967 2.49
J.Ganzel 17.0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1459.3 162 182 117 316 15 31 .967 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.26
J.Ganzel 1290.3 148 149 175 408 20 72 .967 4.07
M.Cruz 92.7 8 17 15 35 3 7 .943 4.86
A.Jenks 48.0 6 6 10 12 0 4 1.000 4.13
J.Drewes 18.3 0 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.42
B.Jordan 5.0 0 1 1 2 1 2 .750 5.40
P.Fowler 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
J.Primo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.3 162 185 203 464 25 85 .964 4.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
M.Hawkins 657.0 75 89 161 7 2 2 .988 2.30
M.Cruz 453.3 50 55 104 4 0 1 1.000 2.14
J.Primo 285.0 33 40 66 1 1 0 .985 2.12
T.Reyes 63.7 4 18 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
W.Wambold 13.4 1 2 6 0 1 0 .857 4.03
Team Total 1472.4 163 204 349 13 4 3 .989 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.64
N.Grindstaff 1285.3 145 149 386 4 7 1 .982 2.73
T.Reyes 96.7 9 18 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.61
M.Hawkins 58.7 6 11 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.22
M.Cruz 18.0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
W.Wambold 5.5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
Team Total 1464.2 162 182 441 8 7 1 .985 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
W.Wambold 670.3 66 74 181 6 1 1 .995 2.51
M.Cruz 644.0 72 77 148 4 1 2 .993 2.12
J.Primo 132.7 15 19 34 2 1 1 .973 2.44
M.Vargas 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
N.Grindstaff 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1459.0 154 172 366 12 3 4 .992 2.33
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.88
A.Ramos 258.3 38 38 12 47 0 4 1.000 2.06
T.Terry 249.0 37 37 8 34 1 0 .977 1.52
A.Alfonso 206.7 33 33 9 33 2 3 .955 1.83
L.Gorton 153.0 16 18 10 27 0 1 1.000 2.18
R.Sparling 125.7 20 20 8 24 1 4 .970 2.29
M.Ford 123.7 9 16 4 18 1 2 .957 1.60
C.Iacocca 69.7 0 56 5 7 1 1 .923 1.55
F.Vega 59.0 0 59 4 4 1 0 .889 1.22
M.Manson 50.7 0 39 6 8 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Lombardo 37.0 0 30 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.46
T.Carpenter 30.3 0 34 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.67
B.Beguine 28.0 0 32 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.29
C.Larosa 23.0 0 24 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.96
L.Endres 18.0 0 16 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Daly 5.3 0 8 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.07
J.Myhre 4.3 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Mark 3.7 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92
K.Beichman 2.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Ikard 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.9 153 474 74 227 7 18 .977 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Grindstaff .320
On-Base Pct Grindstaff .368
Slugging Pct Grindstaff .489
OPS Grindstaff .857
XR Grindstaff 103.6
Games Cisler 157
At-Bats Grindstaff 612
Runs Grindstaff 97
Hits Grindstaff 196
Total Bases Grindstaff 299
Singles Grindstaff 143
Doubles Moore 35
Triples Grindstaff 12
Homeruns Samuels 22
RBIs Samuels 86
Stolen Bases Grindstaff 52
Caught Stealing Grindstaff 20
Walks Moore 62
Strikeouts Ganzel 122
ERA Terry 3.51
Wins Ramos 17
Losses Ramos 13
Winning Pct Gorton .625
Saves Beguine 12
Games Pitched Vega 59
Games Started Ramos 38
Complete Games Gorton 5
Shutouts Gorton, Ramos, Terry 1
Innings Pitched Ramos 258.3
Hits Allowed Ramos 259
Homeruns Allowed Gorton 22
Strikeouts Terry 190
Walks Allowed Alfonso 79
Walks per 9IP Terry 2.3
Hits per 9IP Alfonso 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Alfonso 7.4
WHiP Terry 1.27
OAVG Alfonso .249
OOBP Terry .309
OSLG Alfonso .365
OOPS Terry .677
Team All-Stars
Norman Grindstaff
Player Salaries
Larry Gorton $ 6,950,000
Aaron Alfonso $ 6,000,000
Bobby Lerner $ 5,500,000
Ben Beguine $ 4,107,518
Kevin Cisler $ 4,000,000
Bo Jordan $ 3,500,000
Norman Grindstaff $ 2,531,071
Todd Terry $ 2,380,000
Michael Cruz $ 2,176,499
Peter Fowler $ 2,110,000
Matt Manson $ 1,750,000
Albert Ramos $ 1,608,214
Floyd Vega $ 1,500,000
Michael Hawkins $ 1,087,071
Robert Sparling $ 1,000,000
Choo Choo Webster $ 548,000
Timmy Carpenter $ 512,000
Tony Reyes $ 352,857
Joseph Drewes $ 350,000
Melvin Daly $ 300,000
Raymond Barrett $ 300,000
Luis Endres $ 300,000
Mickey Ford $ 300,000
John Ganzel $ 300,000
Frank Guitierrez $ 300,000
John Ikard $ 300,000
Anthony Jenks $ 300,000
Cedric Larosa $ 300,000
Willy Moore $ 300,000
Jim Myhre $ 300,000
Jose Primo $ 300,000
Karl Samuels $ 300,000
Cal Iacocca $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Steve Barber Choo Choo Webster
Timmy Carpenter
Kip Beichman
7/2 Maximo Vargas
Seth Holzemer
Robert Marco
Pedro Martinez		 Larry Gorton
Ben Beguine
7/2 Walter Wambold
Jay Lombardo
Frank Hannifin
Justo Lopez		 Steve Desalvo
Cedric Larosa
Mickey Ford
 
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