1978 Omaha Barnstormers
Record: 55-107
Finish: 4th in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 571
Runs Allowed: 847
Exp W-L: 53-109
 
Ballpark: The Barn
Attendance: 2,619,418
Manager: Old Abe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-60, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 60-78, 11th in the Johnson League
A: 79-59, 2nd in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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  Robert Thaxton 27 158 595 39 113 19 2 2 42 0 2 24 145 .190 .223 .239 .462 24.4 0.0 5.2
RF #Tony Boyer 34 151 549 59 119 28 0 14 60 3 0 61 115 .217 .300 .344 .644 56.2 6.8 2.7
3B  John Stringer 29 158 531 45 92 11 3 17 56 0 1 40 165 .173 .233 .301 .534 37.0 0.0 2.7
CF #Kelvin McLish 32 154 480 73 114 27 12 27 81 7 8 68 110 .238 .338 .513 .850 82.1 16.6 3.1
C #Harry Drusak 33 146 502 57 139 20 0 19 69 4 2 45 86 .277 .335 .430 .765 71.9 14.2 5.4
LF *Floyd Jackson 36 145 494 60 127 19 7 17 63 0 0 37 83 .257 .310 .427 .738 62.9 10.9 2.0
1B #Randy Spratt 22 141 481 53 156 21 4 8 42 3 0 20 75 .324 .351 .435 .786 67.1 14.4 1.6
1B #James Iverson 26 102 414 57 118 27 9 9 33 7 6 13 63 .285 .312 .459 .771 51.1 9.6 1.4
LF *John Minor 23 139 375 30 115 18 1 5 37 2 3 19 68 .307 .348 .400 .748 48.2 9.9 1.4
2B  Kurt Radkle 31 60 212 25 40 15 1 3 15 1 0 25 69 .189 .279 .311 .590 18.4 1.4 1.2
C  Maxwell Weiss 32 105 167 22 32 3 1 3 15 18 7 17 41 .192 .266 .275 .542 12.8 0.0 1.0
SS #David Shelton 26 50 148 13 21 7 1 2 10 0 1 12 38 .142 .209 .243 .452 6.9 0.0 0.8
2B #Grover Crover 22 24 97 13 22 6 0 2 13 0 0 4 15 .227 .255 .351 .605 8.0 0.5 0.5
P *Micheal Cassidy 27 31 71 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 .099 .111 .141 .252 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Brad Theide 30 31 74 4 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 36 .122 .145 .176 .320 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Gary Nolan 29 27 63 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 26 .111 .164 .159 .323 0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Bobby Carey 27 26 62 7 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 .226 .250 .242 .492 3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Don Wilson 32 23 38 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .105 .103 .132 .234 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Richard Vitiello 28 15 25 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .120 .185 .160 .345 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eduardo Pereira 23 12 26 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 .038 .074 .115 .189 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ozzie Osborn 31 60 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .200 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  James Howard 29 56 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Samuel 32 48 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Miguel Trujillo 26 51 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Mulford 27 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Powell 20 44 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Nabaro 34 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Steven Chance 30 9 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2023 5468 571 1256 233 42 129 546 45 31 399 1256 .230 .285 .358 .643 545.3 84.6 29.0
  Rank among 12 JL teams 12 12 12 8 9 9 12 12 2 11 12 12 12 11 12 12  
* - 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
*Micheal Cassidy 27 7 10 .412 31 31 0 228.0 217 87 16 36 226 3.43 14.2
*Brad Theide 30 5 20 .200 31 31 0 215.7 280 124 29 57 93 5.17 1.6
 Gary Nolan 29 7 18 .280 27 27 0 178.0 202 118 37 31 50 5.97 0.0
 Bobby Carey 27 7 7 .500 26 25 0 166.3 139 53 16 54 162 2.87 15.3
 Don Wilson 32 3 16 .158 23 23 0 118.0 160 93 14 76 49 7.09 0.0
 Richard Vitiello 28 4 5 .444 15 10 0 81.3 75 40 6 51 39 4.43 3.4
 Eduardo Pereira 23 4 7 .364 12 12 0 80.0 72 35 11 19 44 3.94 3.7
 Ozzie Osborn 31 3 4 .429 60 0 0 71.0 101 48 1 45 48 6.08 0.0
 James Howard 29 3 1 .750 56 0 1 64.3 53 28 8 27 57 3.92 4.5
 Miguel Trujillo 26 3 2 .600 51 0 1 58.3 62 51 15 44 24 7.87 0.0
 Ernie Nabaro 34 2 8 .200 48 0 24 53.3 51 26 2 23 23 4.39 7.1
 Mike Powell 20 2 4 .333 44 0 1 50.7 53 31 11 30 43 5.51 0.4
*Ken Samuel 32 5 3 .625 45 0 0 43.7 59 27 5 24 24 5.57 0.9
 Paul Mulford 27 0 2 .000 9 3 0 28.3 39 15 4 2 23 4.77 0.2
 Steven Chance 30 0 0 .000 9 0 0 11.3 11 7 2 8 6 5.56 0.0
Team Totals 28.3 55 107 .340 487 162 27 1448.3 1574 783 177 527 911 4.87 51.4
Rank among 12 JL teams 12 12 12 12 9 12 11 12 8 12 12  
* - 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
H.Drusak 1169.3 129 139 772 69 9 1 .989 29.4
M.Weiss 279.0 33 35 184 7 3 0 .985 17.9
Team Total 1448.3 162 174 956 76 12 1 .989 26.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.80
J.Iverson 826.1 80 84 841 64 6 65 .993 9.86
R.Spratt 558.7 64 64 573 52 5 55 .992 10.07
D.Shelton 35.0 4 5 37 2 2 3 .951 10.03
M.Weiss 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1420.8 148 154 1452 118 13 124 .992 9.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
K.Radkle 518.0 60 60 91 204 4 35 .987 5.13
J.Stringer 288.3 32 34 54 99 4 23 .975 4.78
G.Crover 207.7 24 24 35 87 1 13 .992 5.29
R.Spratt 164.3 18 18 39 41 5 10 .941 4.38
D.Shelton 149.7 17 17 31 50 4 16 .953 4.87
F.Jackson 76.0 7 9 20 24 1 7 .978 5.21
J.Minor 18.0 2 3 4 11 0 0 1.000 7.50
J.Iverson 16.4 2 2 4 8 1 3 .923 6.59
R.Thaxton 8.3 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1446.7 162 170 280 527 20 107 .976 5.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.58
J.Stringer 1042.0 121 122 81 216 7 14 .977 2.57
R.Spratt 296.0 30 42 22 52 4 2 .949 2.25
D.Shelton 106.7 11 15 6 18 0 2 1.000 2.03
K.McLish 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Minor 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 181 109 287 11 18 .973 2.46
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.26
R.Thaxton 1360.0 153 155 209 463 16 92 .977 4.45
D.Shelton 88.3 9 12 13 20 0 2 1.000 3.36
Team Total 1448.3 162 167 222 483 16 94 .978 4.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980