1978 Seattle Storm
Record: 92-71
Finish: 1st in FL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 748
Runs Allowed: 634
Exp W-L: 94-69
 
Ballpark: King County Complex
Attendance: 3,116,863
Manager: A.J. Holz

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-61, 2nd in the Frick League
AA: 60-78, 10th in the Frick League
A: 55-83, 12th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Montreal Blazers
 
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
CF *Sam Hell 34 156 616 95 191 33 5 26 100 0 3 40 30 .310 .356 .506 .862 102.2 21.6 8.1
SS  Austin Purkey 27 156 624 81 193 29 7 4 61 26 8 30 79 .309 .346 .397 .743 85.0 16.7 5.2
CF  Josh Doran 33 153 566 94 143 35 8 18 78 39 9 33 82 .253 .294 .438 .732 74.4 12.2 6.3
1B *James Jordan 31 144 532 61 133 49 1 18 81 0 1 29 156 .250 .293 .447 .741 67.5 10.9 3.6
3B *Hershel Abernethy 29 149 519 69 163 18 9 5 53 3 2 40 67 .314 .362 .412 .775 73.9 14.5 3.2
C  Jeff Gould 30 138 473 74 126 27 10 10 67 3 6 60 106 .266 .349 .429 .778 68.6 12.6 3.8
LF *Francesco Rivera 28 146 483 71 145 14 5 8 66 2 7 39 42 .300 .353 .400 .753 66.9 12.0 4.7
SS  Christopher Williams 26 139 404 64 118 27 12 5 53 55 16 28 97 .292 .342 .455 .797 62.6 12.7 4.6
2B  Ricky Gonzalvo 34 114 339 36 76 13 4 8 39 5 4 24 91 .224 .275 .357 .632 32.4 2.9 3.9
RF  Ramon Palazzo 28 128 327 40 95 16 1 1 31 0 0 19 36 .291 .334 .355 .689 34.4 5.2 2.2
1B  Malcolm Jordan 33 99 173 19 45 11 2 5 34 0 0 10 34 .260 .299 .434 .732 19.7 2.8 1.0
C *Brendon Yagi 29 76 144 17 22 1 1 0 9 11 5 14 23 .153 .230 .174 .403 5.6 0.0 1.2
P  Jackie Varela 28 36 93 1 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 48 .086 .095 .118 .213 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P #Jerry Syed 26 35 82 5 12 3 0 1 7 0 0 0 32 .146 .145 .220 .364 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Denny Estrada 35 34 83 3 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 35 .157 .176 .181 .357 1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Adam Abramowitz 28 23 45 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 19 .089 .146 .133 .279 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Alonso Cruz 28 21 57 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 .105 .105 .140 .246 -1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Quentin Rolando 23 19 27 6 5 0 1 2 5 1 0 5 8 .185 .313 .481 .794 4.8 0.9 0.2
P *Edward Bussell 30 8 18 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .056 .105 .111 .216 -0.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Jesse Williams 28 17 20 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 .200 .190 .300 .490 1.4 0.0 0.4
P  Nick Sixx 37 14 15 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Bernard Silas 36 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Donald Frenette 33 47 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Joseph Muniz 30 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Margarito Escobar 28 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Robb Ripper 35 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Sarmiento 37 21 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Everett 21 37 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *John Heavener 28 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Anthony Baker 36 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Casper Monoghan 35 61 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2112 5676 748 1511 287 68 111 704 145 63 379 1046 .266 .314 .399 .713 697.6 125.2 48.4
  Rank among 12 FL teams 2 3 2 3 3 7 5 7 8 11 1 2 5 5 5 4  
* - 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
 Jackie Varela 28 10 15 .400 36 36 0 273.0 189 100 27 158 266 3.30 15.3
*Jerry Syed 26 18 11 .621 35 35 0 243.7 221 71 9 72 249 2.62 20.9
 Denny Estrada 35 16 12 .571 34 34 0 228.7 212 98 28 85 231 3.86 11.6
*Alonso Cruz 28 12 4 .750 21 21 0 158.0 109 45 7 65 144 2.56 14.2
*Adam Abramowitz 28 10 8 .556 23 23 0 158.0 168 73 8 58 153 4.16 6.6
*Robb Ripper 35 6 4 .600 66 0 35 66.3 38 14 6 15 34 1.90 16.9
 Casper Monoghan 35 4 3 .571 61 0 4 58.7 47 19 3 31 65 2.92 6.4
 Edward Bussell 30 5 2 .714 8 8 0 54.3 48 25 8 11 34 4.14 2.1
 Donald Frenette 33 1 0 1.000 47 0 0 53.7 48 26 7 23 49 4.36 2.3
 Nick Sixx 37 4 2 .667 14 6 0 47.0 58 29 5 9 35 5.55 0.5
 Mark Everett 21 3 3 .500 37 0 0 46.3 44 24 7 14 49 4.66 2.1
*Anthony Baker 36 0 0 .000 29 0 0 38.0 41 19 4 16 17 4.50 1.2
*Juan Sarmiento 37 0 2 .000 21 0 1 24.0 25 14 2 15 12 5.25 0.0
 Margarito Escobar 28 3 3 .500 24 0 0 23.3 22 8 2 5 20 3.09 2.3
*John Heavener 28 0 2 .000 9 0 0 10.7 16 10 2 8 10 8.44 0.0
Team Totals 31.0 92 71 .564 465 163 40 1483.6 1286 575 125 585 1368 3.49 102.3
Rank among 12 FL teams 3 3 8 3 2 1 6 6 11 2 6  
* - 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
J.Gould 1165.3 127 130 1088 61 17 4 .985 20.9
B.Yagi 317.3 36 38 301 16 2 1 .994 24.5
J.Muniz 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1483.7 163 169 1390 77 19 5 .987 21.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.85
J.Jordan 1184.3 132 140 1065 76 8 85 .993 8.67
M.Jordan 282.3 31 39 262 18 2 15 .993 8.93
Q.Rolando 9.0 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Abernethy 7.0 0 3 10 1 0 1 1.000 14.14
B.Yagi 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1483.7 163 187 1348 95 10 101 .993 8.75
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.84
R.Gonzalvo 802.3 83 102 151 238 10 46 .975 4.36
C.Williams 679.3 80 81 129 213 5 34 .986 4.53
M.Jordan 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1483.7 163 184 280 454 15 80 .980 4.45
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
H.Abernethy 1190.7 134 139 100 224 9 14 .973 2.45
C.Williams 273.0 29 38 19 55 7 4 .914 2.44
B.Yagi 19.0 0 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Jordan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1483.7 163 187 120 281 16 18 .962 2.43
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.18
A.Purkey 1358.7 154 156 147 373 24 61 .956 3.44
C.Williams 67.0 6 13 9 21 0 3 1.000 4.03
J.Williams 54.0 3 16 6 20 1 3 .963 4.33
B.Yagi 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Jordan 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1483.7 163 187 162 416 25 67 .959 3.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.99
F.Rivera 1031.7 120 124 208 5 0 1 1.000 1.86
R.Palazzo 415.7 42 62 70 5 6 1 .926 1.62
S.Hell 11.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
H.Abernethy 10.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Gonzalvo 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Yagi 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Doran 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Q.Rolando 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1483.7 163 199 281 10 6 2 .980 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.56
S.Hell 1343.3 148 148 378 15 10 10 .975 2.63
R.Palazzo 85.0 9 9 21 1 1 1 .957 2.33
F.Rivera 29.3 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
Q.Rolando 26.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
Team Total 1483.7 163 163 411 16 11 11 .975 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
J.Doran 1274.7 150 150 316 8 9 3 .973 2.29
R.Palazzo 141.3 11 36 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
F.Rivera 51.7 1 19 20 0 1 0 .952 3.48
Q.Rolando 11.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
H.Abernethy 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Williams 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1483.7 163 210 371 9 10 3 .974 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
J.Varela 273.0 36 36 14 32 3 6 .939 1.52
J.Syed 243.7 35 35 6 29 0 1 1.000 1.29
D.Estrada 228.7 34 34 10 35 0 1 1.000 1.77
A.Abramowitz 158.0 23 23 2 22 1 1 .960 1.37
A.Cruz 158.0 21 21 11 28 0 1 1.000 2.22
R.Ripper 66.3 0 66 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.36
C.Monoghan 58.7 0 61 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.69
E.Bussell 54.3 8 8 3 10 0 2 1.000 2.15
D.Frenette 53.7 0 47 6 2 1 0 .889 1.34
N.Sixx 47.0 6 14 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.77
M.Everett 46.3 0 37 4 6 1 0 .909 1.94
A.Baker 38.0 0 29 5 9 2 1 .875 3.32
J.Sarmiento 24.0 0 21 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.38
M.Escobar 23.3 0 24 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.39
J.Heavener 10.7 0 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1483.6 163 465 74 198 8 14 .971 1.65
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Abernethy .314
On-Base Pct Abernethy .362
Slugging Pct Hell .506
OPS Hell .862
XR Hell 102.2
Games Purkey, Hell 156
At-Bats Purkey 624
Runs Hell 95
Hits Purkey 193
Total Bases Hell 312
Singles Purkey 153
Doubles Jordan 49
Triples Williams 12
Homeruns Hell 26
RBIs Hell 100
Stolen Bases Williams 55
Caught Stealing Williams 16
Walks Gould 60
Strikeouts Jordan 156
ERA Syed 2.62
Wins Syed 18
Losses Varela 15
Winning Pct Cruz .750
Saves Ripper 35
Games Pitched Ripper 66
Games Started Varela 36
Complete Games Varela 9
Shutouts Bussell, Syed 2
Innings Pitched Varela 273.0
Hits Allowed Syed 221
Homeruns Allowed Estrada 28
Strikeouts Varela 266
Walks Allowed Varela 158
Walks per 9IP Syed 2.7
Hits per 9IP Varela 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Syed 9.2
WHiP Syed 1.20
OAVG Varela .194
OOBP Varela .305
OSLG Syed .321
OOPS Syed .627
Team All-Stars
Sam Hell
Player Salaries
Sam Hell $ 8,750,000
Denny Estrada $ 8,500,000
Robb Ripper $ 7,000,000
Ricky Gonzalvo $ 6,500,001
James Jordan $ 5,000,000
Nick Sixx $ 4,500,000
Jackie Varela $ 4,091,786
Casper Monoghan $ 3,900,000
Colin McDowell $ 3,600,000
Josh Doran $ 3,000,000
Jeff Gould $ 3,000,000
Malcolm Jordan $ 2,500,000
Juan Sarmiento $ 2,500,000
Anthony Baker $ 2,000,000
Edward Bussell $ 1,000,000
Donald Frenette $ 950,000
Francesco Rivera $ 936,429
Joshua Jackson $ 550,000
Margarito Escobar $ 461,429
Adam Abramowitz $ 300,000
Alonso Cruz $ 300,000
Jesse Williams $ 300,000
Christopher Williams $ 300,000
Jerry Syed $ 300,000
Joseph Muniz $ 300,000
John Heavener $ 300,000
Quentin Rolando $ 300,000
Hershel Abernethy $ 300,000
Brendon Yagi $ 300,000
Austin Purkey $ 300,000
Ramon Palazzo $ 300,000
Mark Everett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Aurelio Gracia Horace Flutie
Fred Marten