Chicago Federals History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 Chicago Federals	54	108	.333	6^th	45	54-108	0	.256	5.20			1,963,974	$58,729,059	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Buddy Lewis	1
Player of the Week	Buddy Lewis (May 22), Jacoby Ellsbury (Jul 17)	2

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
RF	Tony Gwynn	30	158	683	225	22	13	4	46	85	34	1	2	2	47	22	18	.329	.361	.417	.778	3.8	88
1B	Carl Yastrzemski	34	158	593	157	22	1	18	77	84	84	6	0	5	67	3	2	.265	.359	.396	.755	3.1	83
SS	Bobby Wallace	29	157	611	182	38	8	5	57	73	44	5	5	1	141	9	5	.298	.349	.411	.760	5.3	83
2B	Buddy Lewis	32	158	601	177	40	7	6	63	63	53	7	2	3	49	2	2	.295	.357	.414	.771	4.2	86
LF	Jeff Burroughs	25	142	533	132	8	0	30	91	68	64	1	0	9	126	0	0	.248	.325	.432	.756	3.1	81
CF	Curt Flood	25	153	558	144	25	2	11	68	48	21	7	0	2	50	3	2	.258	.293	.369	.662	1.5	59
3B	Mike Moustakas	36	115	417	97	18	0	12	40	47	35	8	1	4	56	0	0	.233	.302	.362	.664	1.1	60
C	Pete LaForest	30	92	319	56	11	0	3	23	22	22	0	1	4	84	0	0	.176	.226	.238	.464	-1.2	12
C	Jim Lawrence	27	57	211	46	8	4	3	29	16	12	1	0	0	38	0	0	.218	.263	.336	.600	0.2	44
1B	Mox McQuery	28	92	143	41	7	1	1	17	18	11	0	0	2	21	1	3	.287	.333	.371	.704	0.3	70
CF	Jacoby Ellsbury	24	36	143	39	5	3	1	7	18	11	1	0	1	14	7	2	.273	.327	.371	.698	0.6	68
2B	John J Anderson	37	78	139	31	6	0	0	17	14	7	1	1	1	10	0	0	.223	.264	.266	.530	-0.7	29
P	Larry Jackson	34	42	96	7	1	0	0	2	4	3	1	9	1	24	0	0	.073	.109	.083	.192	-1.4	-53
P	Bob Forsch	28	44	90	18	2	2	3	11	11	4	0	12	0	37	0	0	.200	.234	.367	.601	-0.3	43
1B	Mickey Vernon	22	32	86	23	3	1	1	8	9	5	0	0	2	16	2	3	.267	.301	.360	.662	-0.1	59
LF	Joe Charboneau	26	39	73	14	3	0	1	6	3	4	1	0	1	15	0	0	.192	.241	.274	.514	-0.6	24
CF	Chris Singleton	31	43	73	13	2	1	1	5	6	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	.178	.211	.274	.484	-0.3	16
P	Alex Hardy	27	26	47	6	0	1	0	5	8	4	0	4	0	10	0	0	.128	.196	.170	.366	-0.6	-10
P	Brett Myers	23	18	33	2	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	7	0	19	0	0	.061	.088	.061	.149	-0.5	-63
P	A J Griffin	24	20	28	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	9	1	12	0	0	.071	.129	.071	.200	-0.7	-50
P	Jack McFetridge	26	49	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	4	0	8	0	0	.038	.167	.038	.205	-0.3	-47
3B	Howie Schultz	28	19	24	4	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	-0.3	18
P	Old Hoss Radbourn	36	55	16	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	-0.1	-9
P	Mark Souza	26	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Steve Waterbury	32	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	143
P	Jerry Casale	26	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Osiris Matos	35	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		29.6	1854	5548	1421	222	44	101	577	608	424	44	62	39	873	49	37	.256	.312	.367	.679	16.3	63
NL Rank				3	3	3	3	6	6	5	6	5	6	5	1	4	4	3	6	6	6	6
ABBA Rank				6	6	9	4	12	11	10	12	11	6	11	6	9	9	7	10	11	11	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Bob Forsch	28	44	44	12	24	0	4.75	297.3	320	173	157	24	97	110	0	10	1	1.40	.287	3.2	92
Larry Jackson	34	42	42	11	20	0	4.36	291.0	307	148	141	49	71	112	0	9	1	1.30	.267	0.4	101
Alex Hardy	27	26	26	6	10	0	4.38	162.3	182	92	79	16	65	52	0	6	1	1.52	.292	0.4	100
Jack McFetridge	26	49	14	6	15	4	5.77	149.7	179	108	96	9	102	59	2	2	0	1.88	.322	-0.7	76
Brett Myers	23	18	18	5	11	0	6.14	117.3	143	84	80	19	53	55	0	5	2	1.67	.315	-0.4	71
A J Griffin	24	20	18	5	10	1	5.90	114.3	128	78	75	24	33	51	0	3	0	1.41	.271	-0.7	74
Old Hoss Radbourn	36	55	0	3	3	2	6.40	108.3	134	80	77	23	39	37	1	0	0	1.60	.298	-2.8	69
Jung Bong	22	28	0	0	1	1	5.63	38.3	52	27	24	6	20	26	0	0	0	1.88	.362	-0.4	78
Jerry Casale	26	24	0	1	8	6	4.68	32.7	30	17	17	2	28	18	1	0	0	1.78	.280	-0.5	94
John Singleton	34	31	0	4	5	2	5.57	32.3	34	20	20	7	19	12	3	0	0	1.64	.252	-1.4	79
Osiris Matos	35	17	0	1	0	0	4.68	25.0	32	13	13	4	6	10	0	0	0	1.52	.304	-0.2	94
Steve Waterbury	32	18	0	0	1	0	4.84	22.3	25	12	12	1	11	9	0	0	0	1.61	.320	-0.1	91
Mark Souza	26	12	0	0	0	0	7.78	19.7	32	17	17	2	7	7	0	0	0	1.98	.395	-0.1	56
Chet Falk	31	9	0	0	0	1	7.59	10.7	15	9	9	1	5	7	0	0	0	1.87	.378	-0.0	58
Keith Shepherd	28	3	0	0	0	0	11.57	4.7	8	7	6	2	1	2	0	0	0	1.93	.400	-0.3	38
John Edelman	19	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	3.00	.333	0.0	49
16 Pitchers	28.9	397	162	54	108	17	5.20	1427.0	1622	886	824	189	559	568	7	35	5	1.53	.294	-3.6	87
NL Rank		1	1	6	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	6
ABBA Rank		2	2	11	2	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	8	12	7	11	11	12	13	13

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Forsch	44	44	27	40	3	71	4	.944	297.3	2.03	-0.4
L. Jackson	42	42	24	42	4	66	0	1.000	291.0	2.04	2.1
A. Hardy	26	26	5	17	2	23	1	.957	162.3	1.22	-1.3
J. McFetridge	48	14	9	23	1	32	0	1.000	149.7	1.92	1.3
B. Myers	18	18	7	22	2	30	1	.967	117.3	2.22	1.8
A. Griffin	20	18	6	20	1	26	0	1.000	114.3	2.05	-0.8
O. Radbourn	53	0	10	17	0	30	3	.900	108.3	2.24	0.7
J. Bong	27	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	38.3	1.88	0.1
J. Casale	24	0	2	3	0	6	1	.833	32.7	1.38	-0.5
J. Singleton	29	0	2	3	0	7	2	.714	32.3	1.39	-0.4
O. Matos	17	0	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	25.0	2.88	0.0
S. Waterbury	17	0	3	2	1	5	0	1.000	22.3	2.01	0.5
M. Souza	12	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	19.7	2.29	0.6
C. Falk	9	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	10.7	2.53	0.5
K. Shepherd	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.7	1.93	0.0
J. Edelman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	390	162	103	206	14	321	12	.963	1427.0	1.95	4.3

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
P. LaForest	91	90	350	60	9	417	7	.983	797.0	4.63	0.5	6	34.7
J. Lawrence	57	57	219	33	4	254	2	.992	499.7	4.54	-0.3	9	38.6
M. McQuery	6	6	25	1	2	27	1	.963	52.0	4.50	-1.3	1	0.0
C. Flood	4	4	11	1	1	12	0	1.000	36.3	2.97	-1.1	2	20.0
M. Vernon	2	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	18.0	3.50	-0.4	1	0.0
C. Singleton	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	-0.6	2	0.0
J. Charboneau	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	-0.3	1	0.0
B. Lewis	1	1	4	1	0	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	0.2	0	100.0
Totals	163	162	620	96	16	726	10	.986	1427.0	4.52	-3.3	22	32.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Yastrzemski	124	124	1108	101	119	1217	8	.993	1090.0	9.98	2.0
M. Vernon	18	17	172	15	14	187	0	1.000	145.3	11.58	0.9
M. McQuery	15	12	97	6	11	103	0	1.000	99.7	9.30	1.9
C. Flood	10	9	90	7	2	101	4	.960	78.0	11.19	-2.0
H. Schultz	3	0	7	1	1	8	0	1.000	8.0	9.00	0.0
J. Anderson	1	0	5	3	0	8	0	1.000	5.7	12.71	0.0
P. LaForest	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.3	27.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	1480	133	147	1625	12	.993	1427.0	10.17	2.9

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Lewis	153	153	379	425	112	821	17	.979	1332.0	5.43	-2.2
J. Anderson	11	7	22	29	10	52	1	.981	75.0	6.12	-1.6
J. Burroughs	1	1	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	10.0	4.50	-0.0
C. Yastrzemski	1	1	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	8.0	6.75	-0.0
M. McQuery	1	0	2	2	2	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	407	463	125	888	18	.980	1427.0	5.49	-3.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Moustakas	115	115	83	263	25	355	9	.975	1001.3	3.11	-3.5
C. Yastrzemski	32	31	21	79	5	101	1	.990	274.3	3.28	-1.5
J. Ellsbury	6	6	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	52.0	1.04	-0.5
M. McQuery	4	3	5	6	0	12	1	.917	32.0	3.09	-1.0
J. Charboneau	3	3	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	27.0	1.33	-1.6
J. Anderson	2	2	1	9	0	12	2	.833	18.0	5.00	-1.0
H. Schultz	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	14.3	1.26	-1.1
M. Vernon	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	.333	8.0	1.12	-1.1
Totals	166	162	113	367	30	495	15	.970	1427.0	3.03	-11.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Wallace	157	157	231	488	110	732	13	.982	1376.3	4.70	6.8
J. Charboneau	2	2	3	7	4	11	1	.909	17.0	5.29	-0.5
B. Lewis	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	10.0	1.80	-0.0
M. McQuery	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.0
J. Anderson	1	1	3	2	1	6	1	.833	9.0	5.00	-0.5
H. Schultz	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	5.7	1.59	-0.5
Totals	163	162	240	499	116	755	16	.979	1427.0	4.66	5.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Burroughs	128	128	344	5	1	354	5	.986	1120.7	2.80	4.5
T. Gwynn	12	12	29	0	0	29	0	1.000	104.0	2.51	-1.1
J. Charboneau	12	9	24	2	1	27	1	.963	75.3	3.11	-1.0
J. Anderson	9	7	30	0	0	31	1	.968	64.3	4.20	-1.1
C. Singleton	6	4	15	0	0	15	0	1.000	42.7	3.16	0.6
C. Flood	2	2	3	0	0	4	1	.750	19.0	1.42	-0.0
J. Ellsbury	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	170	162	446	7	2	461	8	.983	1427.0	2.86	1.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Flood	128	128	373	16	7	390	1	.997	1089.3	3.21	2.1
J. Ellsbury	30	30	79	1	0	83	3	.964	261.3	2.76	-0.1
C. Singleton	21	3	32	0	0	32	0	1.000	65.0	4.43	0.1
T. Gwynn	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	11.0	1.64	-0.8
J. Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	183	162	485	18	7	507	4	.992	1427.0	3.17	1.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Gwynn	145	145	341	14	4	359	4	.989	1270.0	2.52	5.3
J. Burroughs	15	12	22	0	0	22	0	1.000	107.0	1.85	0.4
J. Anderson	4	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	27.0	1.67	0.7
C. Flood	2	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	13.0	2.77	-0.1
C. Singleton	2	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	10.0	4.50	-0.1
Totals	168	162	377	14	4	395	4	.990	1427.0	2.47	6.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tony Gwynn	.329
On-Base Percentage	Tony Gwynn	.361
Slugging Percentage	Jeff Burroughs	.432
OPS	Tony Gwynn	.778
Games	Tony Gwynn , Carl Yastrzemski, Buddy Lewis	158
At-Bats	Tony Gwynn	683
Runs	Tony Gwynn	85
Hits	Tony Gwynn	225
Doubles	Buddy Lewis	40
Triples	Tony Gwynn	13
Home Runs	Jeff Burroughs	30
Runs Batted In	Jeff Burroughs	91
Stolen Bases	Tony Gwynn	22
Caught Stealing	Tony Gwynn	18
Walks	Carl Yastrzemski	84
Strikeouts	Bobby Wallace	141

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Bob Forsch	12
Losses	Bob Forsch	24
Saves	Jerry Casale	6
Games	Old Hoss Radbourn	55
Games Started	Bob Forsch	44
Complete Games	Bob Forsch	10
Shutouts	Brett Myers	2
Innings Pitched	Bob Forsch	297.3
Hits Allowed	Bob Forsch	320
Home Runs Allowed	Larry Jackson	49
Strikeouts	Larry Jackson	112
Walks Allowed	Jack McFetridge	102
Earned Run Average	Larry Jackson	4.36
Walks + Hits per IP	Larry Jackson	1.30
BABIP	Larry Jackson	.267

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 23rd	P J R Richard P Webster McDonald 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Washington Senators for	LF Jeff Burroughs P Old Hoss Radbourn 1st Round Draft Pick 2nd Round Draft Pick
October 31st	CF Curt Flood	to the Boston Americans for	C Mike Matheny P Pete Conway P Blake Stein 2nd Round Draft Pick