1978 New Orleans Crawdads
Record: 74-88
Finish: 4th in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 608
Runs Allowed: 701
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Karen Huckfeldt Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,798,528
Manager: Jerimy Kopra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-76, 8th in the Frick League
AA: 54-84, 12th in the Frick League
A: 58-80, 11th in the Frick 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 *Ruppert Pena 29 154 582 75 167 16 7 1 47 25 17 49 87 .287 .345 .344 .689 68.6 12.7 3.3
2B  Roy Weeb 31 157 594 51 131 16 6 7 53 5 5 35 106 .221 .265 .303 .568 43.8 1.9 4.0
1B #Jerome McDunnell 32 151 501 70 139 15 10 18 77 15 5 101 76 .277 .399 .455 .854 96.9 24.1 2.3
2B  Booker Kengos 38 144 510 42 130 9 0 7 63 3 6 62 105 .255 .332 .314 .646 55.7 7.9 5.2
C  Matthew Callahan 25 144 516 44 126 15 1 3 34 2 5 28 16 .244 .288 .295 .583 40.0 2.9 7.2
RF  Jeff Jarrett 33 129 442 56 125 25 6 7 53 10 5 51 90 .283 .361 .414 .775 64.1 14.5 2.3
2B #Benjamin Caldwell 22 109 435 56 132 17 2 2 31 20 9 38 75 .303 .363 .366 .728 59.0 13.0 3.5
LF  Theo Reckley 27 105 377 49 87 14 3 19 63 2 1 24 100 .231 .277 .435 .712 44.3 6.6 1.3
CF #Pat Lorenzen 33 120 249 40 72 13 0 13 40 8 2 16 62 .289 .339 .498 .837 40.9 9.5 1.0
C  Rey Ditch 27 111 194 19 48 8 0 3 21 0 0 13 11 .247 .292 .335 .627 19.2 2.5 1.5
LF #Moses Cepeda 29 51 192 18 48 15 1 1 19 13 6 6 24 .250 .275 .354 .629 17.7 2.1 0.8
1B  Samuel Montoya 25 76 154 14 28 4 0 5 21 0 0 16 46 .182 .256 .305 .561 12.9 0.7 0.7
LF  Thomas Ready 35 72 108 19 27 6 0 0 15 0 0 42 38 .250 .467 .306 .773 21.9 5.4 0.4
3B  Chris Normand 32 63 120 19 32 8 0 2 15 0 1 9 37 .267 .315 .383 .699 13.8 2.4 1.3
P  Mark Fidrych 22 33 88 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 35 .068 .146 .068 .214 -2.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Mark Holejoe 32 44 71 6 13 3 1 2 4 0 0 5 24 .183 .237 .338 .575 4.8 0.1 0.5
3B *George Herrero 25 24 72 4 16 2 1 0 4 4 2 4 22 .222 .263 .278 .541 5.2 0.2 0.7
P *Paul Khalil 25 27 64 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25 .000 .030 .000 .030 -6.1 0.0 0.0
P  Rawly Eastwick 26 31 58 8 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 6 18 .190 .266 .276 .541 3.9 0.0 0.0
P *David Meiners 23 25 51 4 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 3 16 .157 .200 .255 .455 2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Chico Knickerbocker 26 26 44 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 .045 .087 .068 .155 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Fernandez 32 35 29 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 .034 .033 .103 .137 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Gorton 33 15 18 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 .222 .263 .333 .596 1.6 0.3 0.0
2B *Paul Beerman 34 16 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606 0.7 0.1 0.3
2B  Bill Froehlich 28 7 10 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .500 .700 1.2 0.1 0.2
P *Xavier Clem 30 68 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Allen Tasker 26 79 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Braggo Franco 23 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Cordell Tidwell 23 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Rafe Lustig 37 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Fabian Gonzalez 26 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Raybeck 33 34 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Beguine 33 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2160 5518 608 1359 192 41 92 582 107 66 522 1071 .246 .313 .346 .659 604.4 107.1 36.5
  Rank among 12 FL teams 9 9 8 12 10 12 9 11 9 1 4 8 6 11 9 9  
* - 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
 Mark Fidrych 22 12 14 .462 33 33 0 267.3 240 66 3 51 101 2.22 22.9
 Paul Khalil 25 8 15 .348 28 27 0 194.0 188 72 11 54 130 3.34 8.7
 Rawly Eastwick 26 14 6 .700 31 31 0 188.7 190 88 12 64 94 4.20 9.2
*David Meiners 23 9 12 .429 25 25 0 155.7 159 80 19 52 116 4.63 3.7
 Chico Knickerbocker 26 7 13 .350 26 22 0 137.3 190 92 17 43 100 6.03 0.0
*Pedro Fernandez 32 5 4 .556 35 11 0 106.0 119 42 11 40 66 3.57 3.9
*Allen Tasker 26 6 2 .750 79 0 4 102.7 92 31 10 21 75 2.72 10.8
*Xavier Clem 30 4 3 .571 68 0 3 90.0 72 29 15 25 49 2.90 9.0
 Larry Gorton 33 4 6 .400 15 13 1 66.3 94 39 14 12 67 5.29 0.4
*Cordell Tidwell 23 1 5 .167 59 0 31 59.3 51 25 5 19 57 3.79 8.5
*Paul Raybeck 33 0 6 .000 30 0 2 34.7 39 19 1 13 17 4.93 0.0
*Fabian Gonzalez 26 2 0 1.000 17 0 0 23.3 35 20 3 13 24 7.72 0.0
 Ben Beguine 33 2 1 .667 27 0 1 23.0 24 13 4 7 24 5.09 0.8
 Braggo Franco 23 0 1 .000 4 4 1 12.7 14 5 1 6 17 3.55 0.5
Team Totals 27.2 74 88 .457 477 166 43 1461.0 1507 621 126 420 937 3.83 78.4
Rank among 12 FL teams 9 9 3 9 8 11 8 7 8 10 7  
* - 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
M.Callahan 1171.0 130 133 805 81 12 3 .987 33.1
R.Ditch 286.0 32 34 158 19 2 0 .989 24.4
P.Lorenzen 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.0 162 168 965 100 14 3 .987 31.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.85
J.McDunnell 1269.7 144 150 1462 120 18 134 .989 11.21
S.Montoya 133.3 13 22 149 12 1 11 .994 10.87
P.Lorenzen 31.0 3 4 27 7 1 3 .971 9.87
T.Reckley 17.9 1 3 22 1 2 5 .920 11.56
Team Total 1451.9 161 179 1660 140 22 153 .988 11.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.84
B.Kengos 894.3 102 103 222 341 8 80 .986 5.67
C.Normand 285.3 32 41 76 98 4 23 .978 5.49
B.Caldwell 164.6 17 19 37 68 1 11 .991 5.74
P.Beerman 30.3 2 12 10 17 1 3 .964 8.02
B.Froehlich 21.7 2 4 13 8 0 3 1.000 8.73
M.Holejoe 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1397.2 155 180 360 532 14 120 .985 5.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
B.Caldwell 770.5 85 89 50 207 11 22 .959 3.00
B.Kengos 224.3 26 26 12 52 5 5 .928 2.57
G.Herrero 191.3 24 24 18 50 3 3 .958 3.20
S.Montoya 164.0 17 21 12 36 1 2 .980 2.63
M.Holejoe 162.7 15 32 5 38 0 1 1.000 2.38
C.Normand 11.0 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Lustig 8.0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1531.8 168 202 97 388 20 34 .960 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.18
R.Weeb 1335.7 150 151 189 472 27 100 .961 4.45
B.Kengos 111.7 12 12 9 36 1 3 .978 3.63
P.Lorenzen 11.7 0 2 1 3 1 1 .800 3.09
C.Normand 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Froehlich 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 167 200 512 29 104 .961 4.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.99
T.Reckley 771.4 89 94 146 5 3 1 .981 1.76
M.Cepeda 403.1 48 51 88 2 1 1 .989 2.01
T.Ready 241.0 27 34 51 1 1 1 .981 1.94
P.Lorenzen 19.0 0 7 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42
R.Pena 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
M.Callahan 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Ditch 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Raybeck 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.5 164 193 290 8 6 3 .980 1.85
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.56
R.Pena 1279.7 148 148 340 15 2 3 .994 2.50
P.Lorenzen 173.0 14 38 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Jarrett 6.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.27
S.Montoya 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 162 189 383 15 2 3 .995 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
J.Jarrett 1101.7 123 128 257 5 4 2 .985 2.14
P.Lorenzen 300.3 34 36 64 2 1 1 .985 1.98
T.Reckley 35.3 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
R.Pena 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Ditch 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
T.Ready 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 160 174 331 7 5 3 .985 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
M.Fidrych 267.3 33 33 20 49 1 6 .986 2.32
P.Khalil 194.0 27 27 15 40 4 2 .932 2.55
R.Eastwick 188.7 31 31 9 36 0 4 1.000 2.15
D.Meiners 155.7 25 25 11 35 0 6 1.000 2.66
C.Knickerbocker 137.3 22 26 13 33 3 5 .939 3.01
P.Fernandez 106.0 11 35 3 24 5 2 .844 2.29
A.Tasker 102.7 0 79 6 15 1 0 .955 1.84
X.Clem 90.0 0 68 8 11 0 1 1.000 1.90
L.Gorton 66.3 13 15 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.17
C.Tidwell 59.3 0 59 4 7 2 1 .846 1.67
P.Raybeck 34.7 0 30 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.12
F.Gonzalez 23.3 0 17 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Beguine 23.0 0 27 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.17
B.Franco 12.7 4 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.13
Team Total 1461.0 166 476 100 277 16 27 .959 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Caldwell .289
On-Base Pct McDunnell .399
Slugging Pct McDunnell .455
OPS McDunnell .854
XR McDunnell 96.9
Games Weeb 157
At-Bats Weeb 594
Runs Pena 75
Hits Pena 167
Total Bases McDunnell 228
Singles Pena 143
Doubles Jarrett 25
Triples McDunnell 10
Homeruns Reckley 19
RBIs McDunnell 77
Stolen Bases Pena 25
Caught Stealing Pena 17
Walks McDunnell 101
Strikeouts Weeb 106
ERA Fidrych 2.22
Wins Eastwick 14
Losses Khalil 15
Winning Pct Eastwick .700
Saves Tidwell 31
Games Pitched Tasker 79
Games Started Fidrych 33
Complete Games Fidrych 16
Shutouts Fidrych 3
Innings Pitched Fidrych 267.3
Hits Allowed Fidrych 240
Homeruns Allowed Meiners 19
Strikeouts Khalil 130
Walks Allowed Eastwick 64
Walks per 9IP Fidrych 1.7
Hits per 9IP Fidrych 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Khalil 6.0
WHiP Fidrych 1.09
OAVG Fidrych .242
OOBP Fidrych .282
OSLG Fidrych .304
OOPS Fidrych .586
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mark Fidrych $ 10,548,296
Booker Kengos $ 7,134,828
Jeff Jarrett $ 5,890,000
Rawly Eastwick $ 5,764,829
Roy Weeb $ 5,200,000
Jerome McDunnell $ 3,510,110
Pat Lorenzen $ 3,125,251
Xavier Clem $ 2,800,000
Pedro Fernandez $ 2,150,000
Ruppert Pena $ 1,296,071
Chris Normand $ 1,110,110
Mark Holejoe $ 1,011,110
Thomas Ready $ 750,000
Matthew Callahan $ 300,000
Moses Cepeda $ 300,000
Rey Ditch $ 300,000
Maximo Vargas $ 300,000
Bill Froehlich $ 300,000
Fabian Gonzalez $ 300,000
George Herrero $ 300,000
Paul Khalil $ 300,000
Cordell Tidwell $ 300,000
Allen Tasker $ 300,000
Chico Knickerbocker $ 300,000
David Meiners $ 300,000
Samuel Montoya $ 300,000
Paul Raybeck $ 300,000
Benjamin Caldwell $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/2 Harland Riles Matt Flanigan
Albert Valenzuela
5/21 Braggo Franco
Brad Nowell
Benjamin Caldwell
5/28 Paul Beerman Mike Manson
7/2 Larry Gorton
Ben Beguine
Maximo Vargas
Seth Holzemer
Robert Marco
Pedro Martinez
7/31 Theo Reckley Steve Blackburn
Moses Cepeda