1978 Montreal Blazers Index Page

1978 Montreal Blazers

Record: 96-66
Finish: 2nd in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 744
Runs Allowed: 545
Exp W-L: 103-59

Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 3,901,922
Manager: James Patterson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-76, 9th in the Frick League
AA: 72-66, 6th in the Frick League
A: 91-47, 1st in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 1-4 to Washington Bobwhites
Won FL Cartwright Cup 4-0 over Des Moines Kernels
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Seattle Storm

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
2B	Todd Elison	31	155	639	89	192	34	7	18	91	9	5	25	50	.300	.329	.460	.789	93.2	19.5	4.3
1B	Zachary Johnson	36	156	612	103	177	18	6	24	73	3	1	40	138	.289	.335	.456	.791	89.6	18.0	2.2
RF	Steve Clockmer	30	155	577	90	145	32	15	32	113	14	3	60	135	.251	.321	.525	.847	97.9	20.6	2.6
3B	Leroy Jeffcoat	31	157	578	104	169	37	7	24	84	21	2	52	36	.292	.352	.505	.857	98.3	21.8	5.2
SS	Yogi Zimmer	33	155	561	81	143	42	9	11	78	4	3	51	113	.255	.320	.421	.741	70.1	12.4	7.4
C	Harry Harris	30	142	514	67	132	32	8	13	76	5	2	54	76	.257	.333	.426	.759	69.8	13.0	9.8
LF	Drew McGinley	25	143	442	52	122	23	5	3	49	4	4	36	58	.276	.331	.371	.702	52.1	9.3	2.6
CF	*Shelton Stone	33	136	390	47	104	27	5	6	50	11	9	27	71	.267	.320	.408	.728	47.4	8.2	3.2
LF	Damon Shiznit	26	91	231	21	52	12	3	0	16	15	6	11	64	.225	.266	.303	.569	17.8	1.2	1.9
3B	Ramon Villegas	26	93	150	10	25	9	0	2	19	0	0	8	38	.167	.213	.267	.479	7.2	0.0	0.9
2B	Hugh Thornsberry	31	71	142	15	34	4	6	0	19	4	4	10	18	.239	.288	.352	.641	15.2	1.7	0.8
C	*Andy Polski	34	64	142	15	35	2	1	2	24	0	1	8	41	.246	.292	.317	.609	12.4	0.8	2.0
P	*Roy Hobbs, Jr.	33	39	112	12	17	2	1	1	5	0	0	5	44	.152	.188	.214	.402	3.7	0.0	0.0
LF	*Robert Otto	23	78	98	14	21	5	0	0	9	2	0	16	27	.214	.342	.265	.607	9.9	1.0	0.5
P	Kurt Stallwith	33	39	93	7	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	50	.086	.115	.108	.222	-2.5	0.0	0.0
1B	*Hans Heywood	31	59	81	6	17	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	15	.210	.281	.222	.503	4.9	0.0	0.2
P	*Robert Quinton	24	37	66	4	10	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	23	.152	.164	.242	.407	1.9	0.0	0.0
P	Ebby Calvin Laloosh	34	26	58	5	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	.155	.169	.190	.359	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Lonny Lehay	35	27	51	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25	.020	.057	.020	.076	-3.2	0.0	0.0
CF	*Robert Cohee	30	11	27	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.222	.300	.259	.559	1.2	0.0	0.2
P	*Alvin Barela	28	37	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0.0	0.0	0.0
P	Willy Bodfish	37	55	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Frank Northern	27	56	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Rudy Sparrow	24	61	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Horace Horton	35	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.4	2102	5579	744	1421	291	73	136	720	93	41	420	1055	.255	.310	.406	.716	686.9	127.5	43.7
	Rank among 12 FL teams			5	4	5	2	1	4	2	12	2	9	3	6	7	4	4	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
*Roy Hobbs, Jr.	33	28	7	.800	39	39	0	314.7	237	85	14	53	401	2.43	31.1
Kurt Stallwith	33	19	13	.594	39	39	0	291.3	262	81	11	48	288	2.50	23.4
Robert Quinton	24	12	12	.500	37	35	0	210.3	192	78	13	71	159	3.34	13.4
Lonny Lehay	35	8	9	.471	27	26	1	179.0	171	78	20	35	107	3.92	6.5
Ebby Calvin Laloosh	34	12	7	.632	26	23	0	161.7	166	58	15	26	158	3.23	10.8
*Frank Northern	27	3	1	.750	56	0	0	61.0	50	28	6	9	41	4.13	3.8
Rudy Sparrow	24	3	2	.600	61	0	20	58.7	44	17	0	20	69	2.61	11.9
Horace Horton	35	5	5	.500	59	0	13	58.0	61	15	1	24	57	2.33	8.3
Willy Bodfish	37	1	5	.167	55	0	0	55.0	63	30	6	24	25	4.91	0.5
*David Smythe	33	4	3	.571	44	0	5	42.0	41	14	4	9	29	3.00	4.6
*Alvin Barela	28	1	2	.333	37	0	2	39.0	43	15	1	6	29	3.46	2.5
Team Totals	31.2	96	66	.593	480	162	41	1470.6	1330	499	91	325	1363	3.05	116.8
Rank among 12 FL teams				2	2	6	2	4	5	2	2	2	3	2
* - 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
H.Harris	1213.7	133	139	1152	94	10	1	.992	36.5
A.Polski	257.0	29	30	249	16	3	0	.989	25.7
Team Total	1470.7	162	169	1401	110	13	1	.991	34.7
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.85
Z.Johnson	1335.7	148	151	1283	108	15	96	.989	9.37
H.Heywood	101.0	10	14	88	7	2	12	.979	8.47
R.Villegas	34.0	4	6	27	0	2	4	.931	7.15
Team Total	1470.7	162	171	1398	115	19	112	.988	9.26
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	4.84
T.Elison	1235.7	138	139	231	367	19	79	.969	4.36
H.Thornsberry	235.0	24	30	42	77	4	12	.967	4.56
Team Total	1470.7	162	169	273	444	23	91	.969	4.39
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	2.59
L.Jeffcoat	1297.7	143	148	69	283	12	20	.967	2.44
R.Villegas	173.0	19	23	8	42	0	2	1.000	2.60
Team Total	1470.7	162	171	77	325	12	22	.971	2.46
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.18
Y.Zimmer	1346.7	152	152	178	430	23	71	.964	4.06
T.Elison	108.0	10	13	23	32	2	8	.965	4.58
L.Jeffcoat	16.0	0	7	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1470.7	162	172	203	464	25	79	.964	4.08
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	1.99
D.McGinley	1145.0	136	139	233	4	2	0	.992	1.86
D.Shiznit	175.7	17	28	34	0	1	0	.971	1.74
R.Otto	140.0	9	34	29	1	0	0	1.000	1.93
T.Elison	6.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
H.Thornsberry	3.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
H.Heywood	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1470.7	162	205	297	5	3	0	.990	1.85

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.56
S.Stone	998.7	109	133	269	3	0	0	1.000	2.45
D.Shiznit	362.0	44	47	101	4	1	1	.991	2.61
R.Cohee	76.7	9	10	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.35
R.Otto	21.0	0	9	7	0	1	0	.875	3.00
A.Polski	6.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
S.Clockmer	4.3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
H.Heywood	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1470.7	162	202	397	7	3	1	.993	2.47
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	2.06
S.Clockmer	1332.0	147	152	251	4	5	3	.981	1.72
D.Shiznit	59.0	7	8	21	1	0	0	1.000	3.36
R.Otto	57.0	7	7	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.58
D.McGinley	12.7	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.71
S.Stone	5.7	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.18
H.Thornsberry	4.3	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.16
Team Total	1470.7	162	172	287	5	5	3	.983	1.79
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.85
R.Hobbs, Jr.	314.7	39	39	13	30	1	2	.977	1.23
K.Stallwith	291.3	39	39	20	30	3	0	.943	1.54
R.Quinton	210.3	35	37	12	27	2	3	.951	1.67
L.Lehay	179.0	26	27	13	29	1	0	.977	2.11
E.Laloosh	161.7	23	26	7	23	0	1	1.000	1.67
F.Northern	61.0	0	56	3	8	1	1	.917	1.62
R.Sparrow	58.7	0	61	7	2	1	0	.900	1.38
H.Horton	58.0	0	59	0	8	0	1	1.000	1.24
W.Bodfish	55.0	0	55	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.64
D.Smythe	42.0	0	44	0	8	1	1	.889	1.71
A.Barela	39.0	0	37	2	4	2	1	.750	1.38
Team Total	1470.6	162	480	81	175	12	10	.955	1.57

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Elison	.300
On-Base Pct	Jeffcoat	.352
Slugging Pct	Clockmer	.525
OPS	Jeffcoat	.857
XR	Jeffcoat	98.3
Games	Jeffcoat	157
At-Bats	Elison	639
Runs	Jeffcoat	104
Hits	Elison	192
Total Bases	Clockmer	303
Singles	Elison	133
Doubles	Zimmer	42
Triples	Clockmer	15
Homeruns	Clockmer	32
RBIs	Clockmer	113
Stolen Bases	Jeffcoat	21
Caught Stealing	Stone	9
Walks	Clockmer	60
Strikeouts	Johnson	138

ERA	Hobbs, Jr.	2.43
Wins	Hobbs, Jr.	28
Losses	Stallwith	13
Winning Pct	Hobbs, Jr.	.800
Saves	Sparrow	20
Games Pitched	Sparrow	61
Games Started	Hobbs, Jr., Stallwith	39
Complete Games	Hobbs, Jr.	17
Shutouts	Hobbs, Jr.	5
Innings Pitched	Hobbs, Jr.	314.7
Hits Allowed	Stallwith	262
Homeruns Allowed	Lehay	20
Strikeouts	Hobbs, Jr.	401
Walks Allowed	Quinton	71
Walks per 9IP	Stallwith	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Hobbs, Jr.	6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP	Hobbs, Jr.	11.5
WHiP	Hobbs, Jr.	0.92
OAVG	Hobbs, Jr.	.206
OOBP	Hobbs, Jr.	.244
OSLG	Hobbs, Jr.	.310
OOPS	Hobbs, Jr.	.554

Team All-Stars

Todd Elison

Roy Hobbs, Jr.

Leroy Jeffcoat

Player Salaries
Kurt Stallwith	$ 12,000,000
Roy Hobbs, Jr.	$ 10,000,000
Zachary Johnson	$ 9,250,000
Leroy Jeffcoat	$ 8,500,000
Steve Clockmer	$ 7,000,000
Horace Horton	$ 6,250,000
Lonny Lehay	$ 6,000,000
Todd Elison	$ 5,860,000
Yogi Zimmer	$ 4,000,000
Harry Harris	$ 2,666,786
Shelton Stone	$ 2,500,000
Willy Bodfish	$ 2,250,000
David Smythe	$ 2,250,000
Andy Polski	$ 2,000,000
Ebby Calvin Laloosh	$ 1,750,000
Alvin Barela	$ 610,714
Frank Northern	$ 300,000
Robert Otto	$ 300,000
Robert Quinton	$ 300,000
Hans Heywood	$ 300,000
Damon Shiznit	$ 300,000
Rudy Sparrow	$ 300,000
Robert Cohee	$ 300,000
Hugh Thornsberry	$ 300,000
Ramon Villegas	$ 300,000
Drew McGinley	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
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