1978 Marquette Suns
Record: 109-53
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 833
Runs Allowed: 589
Exp W-L: 106-56
 
Ballpark: Solar Eclipse Stadium
Attendance: 3,492,495
Manager: Peter Pete

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-57, 2nd in the Johnson League
AA: 67-71, 9th in the Johnson League
A: 68-70, 6th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 2-4 to Washington Bobwhites
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Vancouver Mounties
 
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
RF *Peter Pete 38 151 607 124 193 17 14 12 58 67 23 68 99 .318 .392 .451 .844 112.0 25.7 6.3
LF  Joe Gillstrom 33 152 518 97 144 28 5 22 103 3 3 127 122 .278 .419 .479 .898 107.1 24.4 5.4
2B #Hayfu Sobah 35 153 538 116 147 48 7 32 101 5 5 97 36 .273 .390 .567 .957 108.5 25.3 5.8
C #Deris Millon 26 145 569 93 202 35 3 4 75 2 5 39 78 .355 .407 .448 .855 92.1 21.7 0.3
3B  Archibald Rawlings 28 132 396 45 99 17 3 15 85 0 1 37 91 .250 .319 .422 .741 54.3 8.9 5.3
SS #Ricardo Tubbs 23 140 391 48 91 14 1 1 24 25 11 43 98 .233 .315 .281 .596 37.5 3.7 7.2
1B #Eddie Jarman 35 134 375 59 96 20 0 25 73 0 1 43 80 .256 .333 .509 .842 61.3 12.3 2.5
CF  Remy Gauthreaux 32 82 327 45 102 25 2 7 56 8 7 24 51 .312 .358 .465 .823 48.7 10.0 3.2
SS  Dan Chase 32 114 299 42 77 23 5 8 43 0 0 41 69 .258 .351 .448 .799 46.3 9.4 2.9
1B *Dood Walters 38 107 242 22 48 7 0 7 36 1 0 41 68 .198 .324 .314 .638 29.1 3.2 1.6
CF  Renfred Washington 32 70 239 29 57 16 5 5 34 7 0 16 62 .238 .287 .410 .697 27.4 3.9 3.3
C  Bernard Liles 29 108 210 35 80 11 0 2 33 3 0 14 29 .381 .430 .462 .892 36.6 9.2 0.1
2B #Tommy Esker 37 97 165 16 40 9 0 5 30 2 5 10 41 .242 .296 .388 .684 17.4 1.7 3.4
CF  Keith Neberjall 32 45 111 16 25 2 2 7 28 0 0 7 25 .225 .269 .468 .737 13.6 1.7 1.2
P  Johan Schmatzhagen 35 35 97 9 15 3 0 1 4 2 1 2 42 .155 .168 .216 .385 2.5 0.0 0.0
P #Anthony Ball 33 32 84 9 15 3 0 1 6 1 0 3 32 .179 .205 .250 .455 4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Kirk Dirt 33 30 87 7 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 4 33 .092 .129 .115 .244 -1.6 0.0 0.0
CF  Clyde Baldwin 38 27 75 8 17 3 1 1 4 3 1 4 21 .227 .266 .333 .599 6.5 0.6 0.7
P *Alexander Everett 26 23 61 5 11 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 22 .180 .231 .230 .460 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Brock Rutherford 36 20 58 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 36 .121 .164 .138 .302 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Glenn Bowerman 31 22 32 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 16 .063 .118 .094 .211 -1.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Bob Veltman 24 19 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .125 .250 .125 .375 0.2 0.0 0.2
P  Jose Abbey 38 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0 0.0
2B  Choo Choo Webster 34 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762 1.0 0.2 0.1
P *Jeffrey McDuffie 29 46 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Clardy 25 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lou Yeron 37 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
RF #Albert Valdovinos 26 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Guadalupe Sanchez 28 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Denman 35 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Davey Cantoni 32 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.9 2109 5550 835 1482 286 49 155 805 130 66 634 1176 .267 .346 .420 .766 803.1 161.9 49.6
  Rank among 12 JL teams 6 2 2 1 4 3 1 5 10 1 9 2 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Johan Schmatzhagen 35 22 6 .786 35 35 0 256.0 208 67 14 49 286 2.36 23.6
 Kirk Dirt 33 16 10 .615 30 30 0 232.7 200 73 19 31 173 2.82 16.9
 Anthony Ball 33 20 8 .714 32 32 0 231.0 190 80 27 55 90 3.12 17.4
*Alexander Everett 26 14 4 .778 23 23 0 167.3 171 69 14 40 103 3.71 10.4
 Brock Rutherford 36 12 5 .706 20 20 0 155.0 99 49 16 62 138 2.85 11.8
 Glenn Bowerman 31 8 5 .615 22 13 0 100.7 98 46 11 35 77 4.11 4.3
 Davey Cantoni 32 4 4 .500 67 0 49 65.7 57 19 6 3 59 2.60 13.8
 Jose Abbey 38 3 4 .429 11 8 0 55.3 63 37 4 43 41 6.02 0.0
*Jeffrey McDuffie 29 1 2 .333 46 0 3 55.0 38 18 2 23 52 2.95 5.2
*Lou Yeron 37 2 1 .667 42 0 1 45.3 46 15 3 9 22 2.98 4.2
*Jerry Clardy 25 5 1 .833 45 0 4 41.3 26 9 3 7 35 1.96 8.1
 Mark Denman 35 1 0 1.000 29 0 0 34.3 37 21 4 19 18 5.51 0.0
 Guadalupe Sanchez 28 0 1 .000 11 1 0 16.3 16 11 4 8 8 6.06 0.0
 Mark Williams 36 1 2 .333 16 0 0 14.0 13 10 4 11 13 6.43 0.0
 Kip Beichman 37 0 0 .000 6 0 0 6.7 11 4 1 3 3 5.40 0.0
*Timmy Carpenter 32 0 2 .000 8 0 0 4.7 5 3 1 4 1 5.79 0.0
Team Totals 32.7 109 55 .665 443 162 57 1481.3 1278 531 133 402 1119 3.23 115.4
Rank among 12 JL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 2 2 7 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 .991 27.9
D.Millon 1189.0 128 142 914 30 14 1 .985 16.2
B.Liles 281.0 34 35 223 12 1 0 .996 30.8
Team Total 1470.0 162 177 1137 42 15 1 .987 19.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.80
E.Jarman 890.3 98 121 968 80 3 82 .997 10.59
D.Walters 573.7 64 78 627 52 7 48 .990 10.65
A.Valdovinos 6.0 0 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 204 1605 132 10 130 .994 10.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
R.Tubbs 1022.7 125 126 174 382 7 72 .988 4.89
T.Esker 444.3 37 87 83 175 5 29 .981 5.23
H.Sobah 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Webster 2.5 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 10.80
K.Neberjall 0.6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1473.1 162 218 260 558 12 102 .986 5.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.58
A.Rawlings 915.0 99 125 61 225 10 10 .966 2.81
D.Chase 531.0 63 76 28 123 12 10 .926 2.56
R.Tubbs 24.0 0 11 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.63
Team Total 1470.0 162 212 90 354 22 20 .953 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.26
H.Sobah 1293.3 143 148 180 415 19 82 .969 4.14
D.Chase 168.7 19 23 20 48 3 6 .958 3.63
T.Esker 8.0 0 3 4 3 0 3 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1470.0 162 174 204 466 22 91 .968 4.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
J.Gillstrom 1332.7 147 147 268 13 6 1 .979 1.90
R.Gauthreaux 89.7 10 10 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
C.Baldwin 70.0 8 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
K.Neberjall 64.6 7 8 13 0 1 0 .929 1.81
R.Washington 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Valdovinos 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1559.3 172 175 320 14 7 1 .979 1.93
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.64
P.Pete 700.3 76 81 177 5 4 3 .978 2.34
R.Washington 567.7 66 68 155 3 0 0 1.000 2.50
R.Gauthreaux 226.7 25 25 63 1 3 1 .955 2.54
K.Neberjall 102.1 10 14 29 1 1 0 .968 2.64
C.Baldwin 41.3 4 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.09
B.Veltman 37.0 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
A.Rawlings 17.0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
D.Millon 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Liles 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Tubbs 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Valdovinos 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1713.2 187 210 447 10 8 4 .983 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
P.Pete 588.0 66 67 137 1 1 1 .993 2.11
R.Gauthreaux 408.3 44 45 81 3 3 2 .966 1.85
K.Neberjall 62.7 6 9 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.73
C.Baldwin 59.0 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
B.Liles 14.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
B.Veltman 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Valdovinos 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Walters 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1143.0 124 135 250 5 4 3 .985 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.88
J.Schmatzhagen 256.0 35 35 22 37 6 4 .908 2.07
K.Dirt 232.7 30 30 13 38 2 3 .962 1.97
A.Ball 231.0 32 32 26 50 2 2 .974 2.96
A.Everett 167.3 23 23 11 24 1 1 .972 1.88
B.Rutherford 155.0 20 20 7 18 1 2 .962 1.45
G.Bowerman 100.7 13 22 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.07
D.Cantoni 65.7 0 67 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.64
J.Abbey 55.3 8 11 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.30
J.McDuffie 55.0 0 46 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.96
L.Yeron 45.3 0 42 5 7 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Clardy 41.3 0 45 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.74
M.Denman 34.3 0 29 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.84
G.Sanchez 16.3 1 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.65
M.Williams 14.0 0 16 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64
K.Beichman 6.7 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Carpenter 4.7 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1481.3 162 443 97 227 12 17 .964 1.97
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Millon .355
On-Base Pct Gillstrom .419
Slugging Pct Sobah .567
OPS Sobah .957
XR Pete 112.0
Games Sobah 153
At-Bats Pete 607
Runs Pete 124
Hits Millon 202
Total Bases Sobah 305
Singles Millon 160
Doubles Sobah 48
Triples Pete 14
Homeruns Sobah 32
RBIs Gillstrom 103
Stolen Bases Pete 67
Caught Stealing Pete 23
Walks Gillstrom 127
Strikeouts Gillstrom 122
ERA Schmatzhagen 2.36
Wins Schmatzhagen 22
Losses Dirt 10
Winning Pct Schmatzhagen .786
Saves Cantoni 49
Games Pitched Cantoni 67
Games Started Schmatzhagen 35
Complete Games Dirt 12
Shutouts Schmatzhagen 4
Innings Pitched Schmatzhagen 256.0
Hits Allowed Schmatzhagen 208
Homeruns Allowed Ball 27
Strikeouts Schmatzhagen 286
Walks Allowed Rutherford 62
Walks per 9IP Dirt 1.2
Hits per 9IP Schmatzhagen 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Schmatzhagen 10.1
WHiP Dirt 0.99
OAVG Schmatzhagen .217
OOBP Dirt .258
OSLG Schmatzhagen .306
OOPS Schmatzhagen .570
Team All-Stars
Anthony Ball
Davey Cantoni
Kirk Dirt
Deris Millon
Peter Pete
Johan Schmatzhagen
Hayfu Sobah
Lou Yeron
Player Salaries
Brock Rutherford $ 14,000,000
Hayfu Sobah $ 11,300,000
Johan Schmatzhagen $ 10,000,000
Peter Pete $ 8,750,001
Joe Gillstrom $ 8,500,000
Anthony Ball $ 5,400,000
Remy Gauthreaux $ 5,250,000
Mark Denman $ 4,200,000
Lou Yeron $ 3,900,000
Davey Cantoni $ 3,500,001
Kirk Dirt $ 2,100,000
Tommy Esker $ 1,350,000
Eddie Jarman $ 1,000,000
Glenn Bowerman $ 900,000
Mark Williams $ 900,000
Keith Neberjall $ 750,000
Jeffrey McDuffie $ 674,500
Mike Milholm $ 650,000
Dan Chase $ 600,000
Dood Walters $ 528,000
Butch Rempert $ 350,000
Bernard Liles $ 300,000
Archibald Rawlings $ 300,000
Alexander Everett $ 300,000
Guadalupe Sanchez $ 300,000
Ricardo Tubbs $ 300,000
Jerry Clardy $ 300,000
Albert Valdovinos $ 300,000
Deris Millon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/21 Hector Salazar Alex Lopez
5/1 Choo Choo Webster
Timmy Carpenter
Kip Beichman
Steve Barber
6/21 Jose Abbey
Renfred Washington
Alex Lopez
Bob Veltman
Brian Lyght
Brock Rutherford
Keith Neberjall
Remy Gauthreaux