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1978 Louisville Sluggers

Record: 90-72
Finish: 2nd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 768
Runs Allowed: 621
Exp W-L: 97-65

Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,484,182
Manager: Jimmy Morris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-61, 5th in the Johnson League
AA: 82-56, 1st in the Johnson League
A: 87-51, 1st in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 0-3 to Washington Bobwhites

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
LF	*Oswaldo Gaona	28	152	552	105	159	22	6	33	127	3	6	95	29	.288	.394	.529	.923	112.7	23.2	2.1
1B	Bob Oberdorsten	31	156	559	68	171	21	1	11	91	0	0	57	19	.306	.394	.406	.800	89.0	17.0	2.7
LF	#James Beasley	37	136	557	83	169	28	4	13	61	2	1	61	76	.303	.372	.438	.810	87.3	16.8	2.6
3B	Tony Trudeau	30	146	493	74	105	24	5	21	69	0	1	60	39	.213	.297	.410	.706	59.0	6.9	3.1
SS	Andy Zalot	33	130	413	68	98	18	3	14	58	24	10	28	119	.237	.293	.397	.690	48.2	5.5	5.4
RF	*Kevin Haubert	23	90	337	53	105	14	2	3	32	13	4	52	44	.312	.411	.392	.802	57.1	11.1	1.3
2B	Poke Boyette	38	100	290	40	81	12	0	10	37	0	0	25	64	.279	.334	.424	.759	38.4	5.9	3.5
C	Al Janski	35	72	267	36	70	6	1	14	47	0	0	18	56	.262	.310	.449	.760	35.6	5.0	4.3
CF	Bill Melton	31	87	236	38	61	11	1	4	22	0	0	33	51	.258	.349	.364	.714	29.1	4.2	2.0
SS	#Kurdt Crover	32	95	220	35	37	5	1	5	24	10	2	23	28	.168	.275	.268	.543	19.9	0.1	2.6
SS	Monty Vincell	25	50	184	22	42	8	0	1	15	20	4	18	53	.228	.302	.288	.590	19.7	2.0	2.2
CF	*Scotty Ward	36	61	180	25	44	8	1	5	19	0	0	23	38	.244	.328	.383	.712	23.2	3.3	0.9
C	Thad Krueter	33	46	149	23	48	7	4	11	40	0	1	11	32	.322	.368	.644	1.012	32.5	7.2	2.8
C	Walton Siegrist	28	46	141	13	35	5	0	3	16	3	0	8	32	.248	.289	.348	.636	13.6	1.2	2.4
2B	James Zhang	27	68	116	11	31	7	2	1	12	0	0	14	33	.267	.344	.388	.731	15.2	2.3	1.4
P	*Kevin Robinson	26	36	96	11	14	1	0	0	4	1	0	6	42	.146	.194	.156	.350	2.8	0.0	0.0
P	Lorenzo Diaz	29	37	96	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	4	53	.063	.100	.125	.225	-2.0	0.0	0.0
P	Jacob Butler	33	36	88	5	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	4	50	.114	.152	.148	.300	-0.6	0.0	0.0
CF	Tom Laverriere	23	23	95	13	27	7	0	2	9	11	1	1	30	.284	.292	.421	.713	11.5	1.9	0.5
1B	Tom Allnit	35	54	79	8	17	2	0	3	10	0	0	5	19	.215	.267	.354	.622	6.6	0.1	0.3
P	#Gustavo Aranda	31	36	70	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	41	.057	.120	.071	.191	-2.0	0.0	0.0
C	#Eric Berman	33	20	69	11	21	2	0	6	14	0	0	4	14	.304	.360	.594	.954	13.1	2.7	1.2
RF	Lauren Carson	32	42	50	7	20	7	0	0	3	5	0	8	8	.400	.475	.540	1.015	12.8	3.2	0.1
P	Sol Hernandez	27	38	39	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	.103	.167	.128	.295	0.0	0.0	0.0
LF	*Stanley Spadowski	33	25	40	4	9	1	0	1	3	3	1	2	8	.225	.262	.325	.587	3.2	0.1	0.1
1B	#James Iverson	26	25	40	4	10	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	4	.250	.268	.425	.693	4.0	0.4	0.2
2B	Andrew Kyser	29	5	15	1	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	6	.400	.444	.667	1.111	4.2	1.2	0.1
P	*Desmond Morgan	33	44	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.2	0.0	0.0
C	Robert Johnson	36	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	-0.1	0.0	0.1
P	#Wallace Chilsen	31	60	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	1.5	0.5	0.0
P	Mitch Mandoon	30	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	#Pasquale Morales	33	24	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	1.1	0.3	0.0
P	Mo Ostin	31	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Xavier Vasquez	32	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Mariano Bourassa	28	50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Skeeter Snipes	36	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.9	2099	5505	768	1407	224	34	165	738	96	32	573	1014	.256	.331	.399	.729	734.5	121.9	41.8
	Rank among 12 JL teams			11	3	7	11	12	2	3	9	3	2	2	7	3	5	5	5
* - 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
*Kevin Robinson	26	22	7	.759	36	35	0	279.0	261	87	18	51	225	2.81	25.9
Lorenzo Diaz	29	19	11	.633	37	36	0	278.7	233	70	14	45	305	2.26	28.1
Jacob Butler	33	15	11	.577	36	36	0	248.3	227	106	15	76	236	3.84	14.2
Gustavo Aranda	31	14	13	.519	36	36	0	217.0	188	105	28	79	263	4.35	8.6
Sol Hernandez	27	7	8	.467	38	16	0	126.7	135	61	8	57	77	4.33	5.3
Wallace Chilsen	31	1	6	.143	60	0	37	62.7	61	21	7	8	53	3.02	10.8
*Desmond Morgan	33	2	6	.250	43	3	0	60.0	59	25	7	15	32	3.75	2.8
*Xavier Vasquez	32	2	4	.333	56	0	1	53.0	55	30	4	33	54	5.09	1.6
*Mariano Bourassa	28	1	2	.333	48	0	0	52.0	38	14	3	17	47	2.42	5.4
Pasquale Morales	33	3	2	.600	24	0	0	29.7	32	13	4	11	25	3.94	2.2
Skeeter Snipes	36	0	1	.000	26	0	0	28.0	37	16	4	17	23	5.14	0.2
Mitch Mandoon	30	4	2	.667	19	0	0	24.3	25	14	1	13	31	5.18	1.3
Mo Ostin	31	0	0	.000	6	0	0	7.0	10	7	2	2	3	9.00	0.0
Team Totals	30.8	90	73	.552	465	162	38	1466.3	1361	569	115	424	1374	3.49	106.3
Rank among 12 JL teams				3	3	8	3	5	5	3	3	3	1	3
* - 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
A.Janski	550.7	61	66	567	25	2	0	.997	30.6
T.Krueter	378.0	42	46	355	19	1	0	.997	37.0
W.Siegrist	337.3	38	42	310	22	3	1	.991	36.1
E.Berman	170.0	19	20	135	13	1	0	.993	56.3
R.Johnson	17.0	2	2	12	1	0	0	1.000	33.3
Team Total	1453.0	162	176	1379	80	7	1	.995	36.1
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.80
B.Oberdorsten	1308.7	147	153	1288	98	10	117	.993	9.53
T.Allnit	83.2	8	14	76	11	1	4	.989	9.41
J.Iverson	78.6	20	21	80	6	1	6	.989	9.85
A.Kyser	3.3	0	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	10.81
K.Crover	2.0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1475.8	175	190	1449	116	12	128	.992	9.54
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	4.96
P.Boyette	699.0	78	95	145	230	7	50	.982	4.83
M.Vincell	438.0	50	50	81	149	2	34	.991	4.73
J.Zhang	279.3	30	44	54	90	4	24	.973	4.64
A.Kyser	29.0	4	4	4	5	0	0	1.000	2.79
K.Crover	3.7	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.46
B.Melton	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
T.Allnit	1.9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.74
J.Iverson	1.6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.63
Team Total	1454.5	162	197	285	476	13	108	.983	4.71
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.960	2.58
T.Trudeau	1153.0	130	142	75	214	11	13	.963	2.26
B.Melton	294.0	32	40	26	76	1	5	.990	3.12
J.Zhang	6.0	0	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	6.00
S.Spadowski	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1453.8	162	185	101	294	12	18	.971	2.45
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.26
A.Zalot	943.0	103	122	126	321	16	68	.965	4.27
K.Crover	502.0	59	69	58	162	7	28	.969	3.94
J.Zhang	4.0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	6.75
L.Carson	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
T.Allnit	1.9	0	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	14.21
Team Total	1452.9	162	195	187	487	23	97	.967	4.18
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	1.99
O.Gaona	880.7	99	101	158	3	0	2	1.000	1.65
J.Beasley	491.0	54	55	93	2	4	1	.960	1.74
S.Ward	46.0	5	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.57
S.Spadowski	37.5	4	5	8	1	0	0	1.000	2.16
L.Carson	3.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
T.Krueter	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1459.5	162	169	267	6	4	3	.986	1.68

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.990	2.64
J.Beasley	688.0	76	80	170	9	5	3	.973	2.34
S.Ward	340.0	37	38	81	1	1	0	.988	2.17
B.Melton	195.0	22	27	51	1	1	0	.981	2.40
T.Laverriere	188.0	23	23	58	1	4	0	.937	2.82
S.Spadowski	17.4	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.07
L.Carson	11.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.64
Team Total	1439.4	160	174	366	12	11	3	.972	2.36
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.978	2.02
K.Haubert	788.3	89	89	151	6	8	0	.952	1.79
O.Gaona	457.0	50	51	75	2	1	2	.987	1.52
L.Carson	53.7	6	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.34
B.Melton	45.0	5	5	7	0	1	0	.875	1.40
S.Ward	44.0	5	6	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.61
A.Janski	34.3	4	4	10	1	2	0	.846	2.88
A.Zalot	30.7	3	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.05
S.Spadowski	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1453.6	162	166	260	10	12	2	.957	1.67
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.962	1.88
K.Robinson	279.0	35	36	23	42	1	2	.985	2.10
L.Diaz	278.7	36	37	11	28	3	2	.929	1.26
J.Butler	248.3	36	36	19	32	1	4	.981	1.85
G.Aranda	217.0	36	36	15	35	2	1	.962	2.07
S.Hernandez	126.7	16	38	7	18	0	0	1.000	1.78
W.Chilsen	62.7	0	60	5	7	0	0	1.000	1.72
D.Morgan	60.0	3	43	5	9	3	1	.824	2.10
X.Vasquez	53.0	0	56	3	9	0	1	1.000	2.04
M.Bourassa	52.0	0	48	3	9	1	2	.923	2.08
P.Morales	29.7	0	24	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.82
S.Snipes	28.0	0	26	2	4	0	1	1.000	1.93
M.Mandoon	24.3	0	19	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.74
M.Ostin	7.0	0	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1466.3	162	465	93	201	11	15	.964	1.80

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Oberdorsten	.306
On-Base Pct	Gaona	.394
Slugging Pct	Gaona	.529
OPS	Gaona	.923
XR	Gaona	112.7
Games	Oberdorsten	156
At-Bats	Oberdorsten	559
Runs	Gaona	105
Hits	Oberdorsten	171
Total Bases	Gaona	292
Singles	Oberdorsten	138
Doubles	Beasley	28
Triples	Gaona	6
Homeruns	Gaona	33
RBIs	Gaona	127
Stolen Bases	Zalot	24
Caught Stealing	Zalot	10
Walks	Gaona	95
Strikeouts	Zalot	119

ERA	Diaz	2.26
Wins	Robinson	22
Losses	Aranda	13
Winning Pct	Robinson	.759
Saves	Chilsen	37
Games Pitched	Chilsen	60
Games Started	Aranda, Butler, Diaz	36
Complete Games	Robinson	11
Shutouts	Robinson	4
Innings Pitched	Robinson	279.0
Hits Allowed	Robinson	261
Homeruns Allowed	Aranda	28
Strikeouts	Diaz	305
Walks Allowed	Aranda	79
Walks per 9IP	Diaz	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Diaz	7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP	Aranda	10.9
WHiP	Diaz	1.00
OAVG	Diaz	.223
OOBP	Diaz	.259
OSLG	Diaz	.297
OOPS	Diaz	.556

Team All-Stars

Lorenzo Diaz

Oswaldo Gaona

Tony Trudeau

Player Salaries
Poke Boyette	$ 9,000,000
James Beasley	$ 7,501,001
Kevin Robinson	$ 7,500,000
Bob Oberdorsten	$ 7,200,000
Tony Trudeau	$ 6,600,100
Al Janski	$ 6,001,000
Xavier Vasquez	$ 4,900,000
Lorenzo Diaz	$ 4,091,786
Jacob Butler	$ 3,800,000
Andy Zalot	$ 3,800,000
Wallace Chilsen	$ 3,000,000
Gustavo Aranda	$ 2,450,000
Kurdt Crover	$ 2,000,000
Bill Melton	$ 1,250,000
Issac Dolly	$ 1,250,000
Andrew Kyser	$ 1,160,357
Scotty Ward	$ 1,000,000
Stanley Spadowski	$ 1,000,000
Craig Thelen	$ 975,000
Pasquale Morales	$ 900,000
Eric Manuel	$ 800,000
John Landon	$ 700,005
Mitch Mandoon	$ 625,000
Werner Frisch	$ 584,000
Skeeter Snipes	$ 520,000
Sol Hernandez	$ 519,107
Thad Krueter	$ 500,000
Desmond Morgan	$ 480,000
Eric Berman	$ 388,000
Jose Abrego	$ 325,000
Monty Vincell	$ 300,000
Mariano Bourassa	$ 300,000
Walton Siegrist	$ 300,000
Lauren Carson	$ 300,000
Tom Laverriere	$ 300,000
James Zhang	$ 300,000
Oswaldo Gaona	$ 300,000
Kevin Haubert	$ 300,000
James Iverson	$ 300,000
Robert Johnson	$ 300,000
Jack Loder	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
3/2		Jeffrey Geoghegan Dorian Woods		Bill Powers
5/11		Elliott Hallman		Mo Ostin
7/31		Bill Boan		James Iverson
7/31		Tom Allnit Mo Ostin		Stanley Spadowski Werner Frisch