Detroit Stars History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 Detroit Stars	82	80	.506	3^rd	17	83-79	-1	.248	3.56	X		2,800,795	$62,690,907	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Hal Newhouser	1
Ozzie Award	Bobby Richardson (2B)	1
All-Star	Nate Colbert, Carl Everett, Brian Gordon, Fats Jenkins, Charles Johnson, Hal Newhouser, Buck O'Brien, Ed Stone	8
Player of the Week	Hal Newhouser (Apr 10), Tim Wakefield (Aug 14)	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+
1B	Nate Colbert	22	162	638	155	23	8	39	103	96	49	8	0	9	172	5	1	.243	.301	.487	.789	2.8	119
LF	Fats Jenkins	28	147	554	134	12	24	3	42	92	80	9	7	3	25	80	12	.242	.345	.366	.712	4.2	102
3B	Maury Wills	35	140	544	158	9	6	2	58	65	50	3	5	8	42	30	25	.290	.349	.340	.689	2.0	96
SS	Bert Campaneris	32	149	517	134	22	4	6	48	49	40	0	8	1	72	22	12	.259	.312	.352	.664	2.4	88
CF	Carl Everett	30	133	467	134	16	4	23	70	61	38	11	0	5	80	11	9	.287	.351	.486	.837	4.1	135
RF	Ed Stone	31	118	416	105	7	2	27	70	60	29	9	4	1	46	4	8	.252	.314	.474	.788	2.4	120
2B	Bobby Richardson	27	119	386	99	18	3	4	40	31	24	1	4	2	16	3	0	.256	.300	.350	.650	1.5	84
C	Charles Johnson	27	101	370	81	14	0	19	57	43	37	3	0	6	91	0	0	.219	.291	.411	.702	2.2	97
LF	Floyd Robinson	29	104	247	66	11	1	2	23	32	35	3	0	1	23	0	0	.267	.364	.344	.708	0.8	102
2B	Emil Batch	29	94	230	60	14	0	0	16	24	18	1	2	1	41	3	2	.261	.316	.322	.638	0.4	81
C	Javier Valentin	29	65	205	54	7	1	5	33	20	18	0	0	1	20	0	0	.263	.321	.380	.702	1.2	98
LF	Tracy Jones	26	75	196	60	9	1	2	12	13	15	1	0	1	18	10	7	.306	.357	.393	.750	0.3	113
2B	Mike Lowell	27	51	108	28	3	0	4	19	14	12	0	0	2	10	0	0	.259	.328	.398	.726	0.4	105
P	Hal Newhouser	26	36	85	16	6	0	0	6	6	6	0	20	0	20	0	0	.188	.242	.259	.501	-0.6	42
LF	Gus J Williams	35	63	95	20	0	0	3	9	21	9	1	1	0	15	14	4	.211	.286	.305	.591	-0.3	68
P	Tim Wakefield	29	40	78	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	16	0	31	0	0	.051	.119	.077	.196	-1.4	-43
P	Buck O'Brien	28	37	85	10	2	0	0	5	5	3	0	10	1	28	0	0	.118	.146	.141	.287	-1.2	-18
P	Curt Schilling	42	24	54	8	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	9	0	22	0	0	.148	.164	.185	.349	-0.7	-1
2B	Ed Konetchy	35	37	45	7	1	0	2	7	5	3	1	2	3	7	0	0	.156	.212	.311	.523	-0.3	46
C	Rudy York	34	18	40	3	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	.075	.116	.075	.191	-0.6	-44
P	John Malarkey	27	12	25	3	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	.120	.154	.280	.434	-0.2	20
P	Hi West	23	26	14	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	6	0	0	.214	.267	.357	.624	0.0	75
P	Dave Stewart	32	39	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	-0.2	-24
LF	Jay Bruce	29	6	13	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	.308	.357	.308	.665	-0.2	91
2B	Ray Durham	25	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	-0.0	4
RF	Pepe Mangual	34	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	42
P	Johan Santana	21	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Brian Gordon	29	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Brooks Kieschnick	35	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1	314
P	Jeff Keener	37	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Aaron Sele	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Blake Treinen	31	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Junichi Tazawa	30	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
33 Players		29.0	1933	5453	1351	178	56	142	627	651	478	53	101	46	816	182	80	.248	.312	.379	.691	18.8	94
NL Rank				4	5	6	1	3	3	3	3	4	1	2	3	1	1	5	5	3	4	5
ABBA Rank				9	9	12	2	8	8	8	8	8	1	6	8	1	1	9	9	8	9	8

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Tim Wakefield	29	40	39	13	20	0	4.15	290.7	270	150	134	43	88	108	0	11	4	1.23	.240	-0.4	90
Hal Newhouser	26	36	36	20	7	0	2.36	282.7	212	76	74	13	115	241	0	18	7	1.16	.264	7.5	159
Buck O'Brien	28	37	37	11	15	0	3.19	279.0	255	107	99	17	90	156	0	12	1	1.24	.272	5.0	117
Curt Schilling	42	24	24	11	8	0	3.73	171.3	190	76	71	29	17	79	0	8	2	1.21	.282	1.3	100
Dave Stewart	32	39	5	9	8	2	3.97	88.3	91	44	39	2	34	59	1	2	1	1.42	.309	1.8	94
John Malarkey	27	12	12	0	4	0	3.17	88.0	79	34	31	8	32	27	0	1	0	1.26	.250	0.6	118
Hi West	23	26	6	4	1	3	4.67	71.3	68	43	37	1	30	30	0	0	0	1.37	.275	0.9	80
Brian Gordon	29	49	0	7	7	12	3.15	71.3	83	28	25	3	9	16	1	0	0	1.29	.291	1.5	119
Junichi Tazawa	30	24	0	2	4	2	4.19	34.3	31	19	16	3	11	14	1	0	0	1.22	.248	-0.0	89
Johan Santana	21	11	3	1	2	0	4.33	27.0	29	14	13	6	11	9	1	0	0	1.48	.267	-0.5	86
Jeff Keener	37	16	0	0	1	0	5.48	23.0	26	14	14	3	11	18	1	0	0	1.61	.324	-0.0	68
Brooks Kieschnick	35	15	0	3	3	1	5.06	21.3	18	12	12	3	5	7	2	0	0	1.08	.221	-0.2	74
Aaron Sele	34	6	0	1	0	0	5.56	11.3	16	7	7	0	4	3	0	0	0	1.76	.364	0.1	67
Blake Treinen	31	6	0	0	0	0	8.71	10.3	13	11	10	2	7	7	1	0	0	1.94	.333	-0.2	43
Matt Keough	24	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
15 Pitchers	29.7	342	162	82	80	20	3.56	1471.0	1381	635	582	133	464	774	9	52	15	1.25	.268	17.3	111
NL Rank		4	1	3	4	5	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	2	3	2	4	3	5
ABBA Rank		7	2	7	7	11	4	4	8	5	4	5	5	10	5	5	3	4	7	9

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Wakefield	40	39	29	41	1	74	4	.946	290.7	2.17	0.6
H. Newhouser	36	36	12	25	4	39	2	.949	282.7	1.18	0.9
B. O'Brien	37	37	22	41	6	67	4	.940	279.0	2.03	-0.4
C. Schilling	24	24	7	24	2	32	1	.969	171.3	1.63	-0.2
D. Stewart	38	5	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	88.3	0.82	0.1
J. Malarkey	12	12	4	15	0	19	0	1.000	88.0	1.94	0.2
H. West	26	6	5	18	2	24	1	.958	71.3	2.90	0.7
B. Gordon	48	0	5	7	0	12	0	1.000	71.3	1.51	0.1
J. Tazawa	23	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	34.3	1.05	0.6
J. Santana	11	3	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	27.0	3.00	0.1
J. Keener	15	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	23.0	1.96	0.6
B. Kieschnick	15	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	21.3	2.11	0.0
A. Sele	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	11.3	0.79	0.0
B. Treinen	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	10.3	1.74	0.0
M. Keough	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	338	162	95	194	15	301	12	.960	1471.0	1.77	3.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Johnson	101	101	470	42	10	521	9	.983	905.7	5.09	-0.3	6	39.0
J. Valentin	54	50	270	24	1	296	2	.993	466.3	5.67	-0.8	5	35.3
R. York	11	10	46	4	3	52	2	.962	90.0	5.00	-1.1	3	0.0
C. Everett	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.1	0	0.0
G. Williams	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	168	162	790	70	14	873	13	.985	1471.0	5.26	-2.3	14	34.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Colbert	162	162	1530	111	154	1660	19	.989	1459.0	10.12	0.4
E. Konetchy	4	0	13	0	1	13	0	1.000	12.0	9.75	0.0
Totals	166	162	1543	111	155	1673	19	.989	1471.0	10.12	0.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Richardson	107	102	235	325	87	562	2	.996	918.3	5.49	7.7
E. Batch	31	30	60	104	35	167	3	.982	264.0	5.59	-1.3
M. Lowell	20	19	43	61	12	106	2	.981	164.3	5.70	-1.7
E. Konetchy	20	7	17	31	5	49	1	.980	90.3	4.78	-0.6
R. Durham	4	4	7	10	1	17	0	1.000	34.0	4.50	0.5
Totals	182	162	362	531	140	901	8	.991	1471.0	5.46	4.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Wills	138	135	96	302	27	411	13	.968	1210.7	2.96	1.3
E. Batch	26	19	13	33	3	47	1	.979	180.3	2.30	-0.2
M. Lowell	7	6	4	18	1	23	1	.957	54.0	3.67	0.2
B. Richardson	7	2	1	6	1	7	0	1.000	26.0	2.42	0.6
Totals	178	162	114	359	32	488	15	.969	1471.0	2.89	1.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Campaneris	149	146	218	433	106	664	13	.980	1290.7	4.54	2.9
E. Batch	23	11	16	33	6	49	0	1.000	125.0	3.53	0.4
B. Richardson	5	4	8	17	5	25	0	1.000	38.0	5.92	0.5
M. Wills	2	1	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	12.0	5.25	-0.0
M. Lowell	3	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	5.3	5.06	-0.0
Totals	182	162	244	491	117	748	13	.983	1471.0	4.50	3.7

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Jenkins	76	75	197	2	0	203	4	.980	668.0	2.68	4.9
F. Robinson	40	38	90	0	0	94	4	.957	333.3	2.43	-1.9
T. Jones	29	25	76	2	1	79	1	.987	232.3	3.02	-1.0
G. Williams	20	11	34	1	1	35	0	1.000	122.7	2.57	-1.9
C. Everett	12	12	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	105.7	1.36	-0.2
J. Bruce	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	9.0	0.00	-1.5
Totals	178	162	413	5	2	428	10	.977	1471.0	2.56	-1.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Everett	97	94	290	5	1	298	3	.990	858.0	3.09	-1.4
F. Jenkins	60	60	165	4	1	169	0	1.000	541.3	2.81	1.1
T. Jones	9	7	11	1	1	12	0	1.000	63.0	1.71	-4.0
J. Bruce	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.8
P. Mangual	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	468	10	3	481	3	.994	1471.0	2.92	-5.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Stone	103	102	235	8	4	243	0	1.000	915.7	2.39	1.7
F. Robinson	25	22	52	1	0	53	0	1.000	198.3	2.41	-0.7
T. Jones	13	13	29	0	0	29	0	1.000	114.0	2.29	-0.4
G. Williams	15	8	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	83.7	1.51	-1.7
F. Jenkins	9	8	18	1	0	19	0	1.000	73.0	2.34	-0.3
C. Everett	8	8	19	2	0	21	0	1.000	71.3	2.65	0.4
J. Bruce	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.0
P. Mangual	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	7.0	6.43	-0.1
Totals	177	162	374	12	4	386	0	1.000	1471.0	2.36	-1.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Maury Wills	.290
On-Base Percentage	Carl Everett	.351
Slugging Percentage	Nate Colbert	.487
OPS	Carl Everett	.837
Games	Nate Colbert	162
At-Bats	Nate Colbert	638
Runs	Nate Colbert	96
Hits	Maury Wills	158
Doubles	Nate Colbert	23
Triples	Fats Jenkins	24
Home Runs	Nate Colbert	39
Runs Batted In	Nate Colbert	103
Stolen Bases	Fats Jenkins	80
Caught Stealing	Maury Wills	25
Walks	Fats Jenkins	80
Strikeouts	Nate Colbert	172

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Hal Newhouser	20
Losses	Tim Wakefield	20
Saves	Brian Gordon	12
Games	Brian Gordon	49
Games Started	Tim Wakefield	39
Complete Games	Hal Newhouser	18
Shutouts	Hal Newhouser	7
Innings Pitched	Tim Wakefield	290.7
Hits Allowed	Tim Wakefield	270
Home Runs Allowed	Tim Wakefield	43
Strikeouts	Hal Newhouser	241
Walks Allowed	Hal Newhouser	115
Earned Run Average	Hal Newhouser	2.36
Walks + Hits per IP	Hal Newhouser	1.16
BABIP	Tim Wakefield	.240

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
October 31st	3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Boston Americans for	P Jerry DiPoto
December 31st	SS Bert Campaneris	to the Boston Americans for	LF Von Joshua 3rd Round Draft Pick