Houston Eagles History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 Houston Eagles	93	69	.574	2^nd	6	102-60	-9	.258	2.85	X		3,216,897	$62,340,108	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Pedro J Martinez (P), Lou Boudreau (SS), Roberto Clemente (LF), Brett Butler (CF)	4
All-Star	Jim Abbott, Lou Boudreau, Brett Butler, Roberto Clemente, Pedro J Martinez, Milt May, Graig Nettles, Ed Seward	8
Pitcher of the Month	Gary Nolan (Jun), Charlie Leibrandt (Aug)	2
Batter of the Month	Graig Nettles (Apr), Roberto Clemente (Jun)	2
Rookie of the Month	Lance Parrish (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Graig Nettles (Apr 17, May 8), Ed Seward (May 29), Roberto Clemente (Jun 5), Kirby Puckett (Jun 26)	5

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+
SS	Lou Boudreau	25	158	651	178	50	5	5	56	84	67	8	8	1	63	1	1	.273	.348	.389	.737	5.4	117
2B	Dan T Murphy	31	158	642	168	48	3	13	72	60	30	4	2	7	39	1	1	.262	.296	.407	.702	2.9	105
LF	Roberto Clemente	35	151	611	198	45	12	19	88	86	50	2	0	3	67	0	0	.324	.375	.530	.906	6.5	163
3B	Graig Nettles	31	153	593	145	30	3	30	88	86	53	7	0	3	99	1	1	.245	.312	.457	.769	4.7	123
CF	Brett Butler	30	156	536	134	20	13	6	58	73	52	1	3	1	45	14	6	.250	.317	.369	.686	3.1	101
1B	George Brett	38	112	399	109	31	2	11	51	48	23	2	0	3	42	4	0	.273	.314	.444	.757	1.9	120
C	Milt May	31	99	335	82	17	1	7	40	34	36	0	1	3	25	1	0	.245	.316	.364	.680	1.9	100
RF	Kirby Puckett	36	74	282	84	16	0	10	39	38	17	3	0	5	34	1	0	.298	.339	.461	.800	1.6	133
C	Lance Parrish	23	74	249	55	13	0	10	29	22	23	3	0	1	67	0	0	.221	.293	.394	.687	1.2	100
1B	Derek Jeter	39	72	251	70	5	0	3	29	23	19	2	1	1	32	0	0	.279	.333	.335	.668	0.5	98
LF	Melky Cabrera	25	68	213	56	14	2	3	35	22	13	0	0	4	25	3	1	.263	.300	.390	.690	0.1	101
RF	Juan Pierre	25	82	150	44	8	3	0	10	28	3	2	1	3	5	8	4	.293	.310	.387	.697	0.7	104
RF	Jackie Brandt	25	56	111	26	4	1	4	8	12	11	0	0	0	22	0	1	.234	.303	.396	.700	0.2	104
P	Ed Seward	26	32	85	9	2	0	0	3	7	5	1	17	2	20	3	0	.106	.161	.129	.291	-1.1	-13
P	Pedro J Martinez	30	33	84	8	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	18	1	29	0	0	.095	.105	.119	.224	-1.3	-34
P	Jim Abbott	24	33	79	12	1	0	0	3	4	5	0	16	0	27	0	0	.152	.202	.165	.367	-0.8	10
P	Gary Nolan	21	31	75	11	3	1	0	3	7	5	0	15	0	36	0	0	.147	.200	.213	.413	-0.8	22
P	Charlie Leibrandt	39	30	67	11	1	0	0	5	2	1	0	16	1	23	0	0	.164	.174	.179	.353	-1.1	4
3B	Brett Wallace	27	51	48	13	3	0	3	8	5	8	0	1	0	12	0	0	.271	.375	.521	.896	0.5	161
2B	Walt Weiss	32	54	44	7	2	0	1	5	4	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	.159	.275	.273	.547	0.3	62
3B	Alfredo Cabrera	35	38	40	7	1	0	1	9	11	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	.175	.205	.275	.480	-0.1	40
RF	Sam Mele	31	13	15	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	.333	.412	.667	1.078	0.3	212
P	Barney Brown	35	18	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Lon Warneke	34	28	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	0.2	228
P	Bob Weiland	26	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0.1	294
P	Mariano Rivera	43	48	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	196
P	David Phelps	32	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		30.6	1843	5578	1437	319	47	126	643	666	432	37	101	41	728	40	15	.258	.313	.399	.713	26.9	107
NL Rank				1	2	1	2	5	2	2	5	6	1	4	6	5	5	2	3	2	2	2
ABBA Rank				4	5	1	3	10	7	6	11	12	1	9	12	11	11	5	7	6	6	4

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Ed Seward	26	32	32	18	11	0	2.30	277.7	234	75	71	12	99	161	0	17	4	1.20	.263	6.0	157
Jim Abbott	24	33	33	13	14	0	3.13	261.7	246	95	91	15	70	148	0	13	3	1.21	.285	5.3	115
Pedro J Martinez	30	33	33	16	14	0	3.10	261.3	196	94	90	19	43	246	0	12	6	.91	.257	8.2	116
Gary Nolan	21	31	31	16	9	0	3.29	243.3	216	93	89	34	73	146	0	12	4	1.19	.254	1.4	109
Charlie Leibrandt	39	30	30	17	9	0	2.31	238.0	216	72	61	12	51	116	0	12	3	1.12	.265	5.3	156
Mariano Rivera	43	48	0	2	6	34	3.86	51.3	57	22	22	4	8	26	0	0	0	1.27	.308	0.9	93
Lon Warneke	34	28	0	2	0	0	2.81	48.0	39	15	15	6	12	21	1	0	0	1.06	.220	-0.1	128
Barney Brown	35	18	2	1	1	0	2.82	38.3	32	15	12	1	4	15	0	2	1	.94	.238	0.9	128
Tommy Atkins	23	22	0	5	1	0	1.09	24.7	20	3	3	0	13	19	0	0	0	1.34	.282	0.5	329
David Phelps	32	19	0	3	3	0	4.05	20.0	19	11	9	1	9	12	1	0	0	1.40	.286	0.2	89
Bob Weiland	26	2	1	0	1	0	3.27	11.0	6	4	4	2	7	12	0	0	0	1.18	.174	-0.1	110
11 Pitchers	28.7	296	162	93	69	34	2.85	1475.3	1281	499	467	106	389	922	2	68	21	1.13	.265	28.4	132
NL Rank		6	1	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	6	2	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank		11	2	4	9	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	12	3	1	1	3	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Seward	32	32	17	32	6	52	3	.942	277.7	1.59	0.9
J. Abbott	33	33	12	34	0	48	2	.958	261.7	1.58	1.5
P. Martinez	33	33	20	25	0	48	3	.938	261.3	1.55	2.4
G. Nolan	31	31	19	32	1	53	2	.962	243.3	1.89	-0.0
C. Leibrandt	30	30	8	35	2	47	4	.915	238.0	1.63	-2.1
M. Rivera	48	0	5	5	0	10	0	1.000	51.3	1.75	0.1
L. Warneke	28	0	5	7	0	13	1	.923	48.0	2.25	0.6
B. Brown	18	2	3	8	1	11	0	1.000	38.3	2.58	1.6
T. Atkins	21	0	2	2	0	5	1	.800	24.7	1.46	0.0
D. Phelps	19	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	20.0	1.35	0.0
B. Weiland	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	11.0	0.82	0.0
Totals	295	162	92	183	10	291	16	.945	1475.3	1.68	5.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
M. May	95	94	551	48	5	607	8	.987	840.0	6.42	-0.5	4	34.3
L. Parrish	70	68	396	44	9	445	5	.989	635.3	6.23	0.6	4	42.5
Totals	165	162	947	92	14	1052	13	.988	1475.3	6.34	0.1	8	37.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	103	95	881	63	95	953	9	.991	864.3	9.83	0.6
D. Jeter	69	67	627	44	49	675	4	.994	598.7	10.09	0.0
A. Cabrera	4	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	4.7	7.71	0.0
G. Nettles	2	0	7	0	1	7	0	1.000	4.0	15.75	0.0
D. Murphy	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
B. Wallace	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.7	5.40	0.0
Totals	181	162	1521	108	146	1642	13	.992	1475.3	9.94	0.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Murphy	158	158	301	427	111	738	10	.986	1328.3	4.93	-0.1
W. Weiss	42	1	22	32	8	54	0	1.000	99.0	4.91	0.9
A. Cabrera	11	1	6	11	4	17	0	1.000	28.0	5.46	-0.0
D. Jeter	3	2	6	5	1	11	0	1.000	20.0	4.95	-0.0
Totals	214	162	335	475	124	820	10	.988	1475.3	4.94	0.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Nettles	153	153	96	331	36	439	12	.973	1359.0	2.83	4.9
A. Cabrera	7	5	1	6	0	7	0	1.000	45.0	1.40	0.0
W. Weiss	8	3	2	13	0	15	0	1.000	37.7	3.58	0.7
B. Wallace	4	1	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	22.7	1.59	-0.5
J. Brandt	5	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.0
D. Murphy	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	178	162	101	356	36	469	12	.974	1475.3	2.79	5.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Boudreau	158	158	216	485	103	710	9	.987	1429.3	4.41	6.8
W. Weiss	4	3	4	5	0	9	0	1.000	27.0	3.00	1.0
A. Cabrera	4	1	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	12.0	4.50	-0.0
G. Nettles	3	0	2	3	2	5	0	1.000	7.0	6.43	-0.0
Totals	169	162	224	497	106	730	9	.988	1475.3	4.40	7.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Clemente	103	103	252	10	4	265	3	.989	893.0	2.64	5.6
M. Cabrera	53	50	99	0	0	103	4	.961	406.7	2.19	-4.3
J. Pierre	33	5	32	1	0	33	0	1.000	120.7	2.46	-0.4
J. Brandt	10	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	41.3	1.74	-0.1
S. Mele	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	-0.0
G. Nettles	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.7	4.91	-0.0
D. Murphy	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	206	161	396	11	4	414	7	.983	1475.3	2.48	0.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Butler	155	155	418	11	4	430	1	.998	1358.3	2.84	9.4
J. Pierre	16	5	22	1	1	23	0	1.000	67.3	3.07	0.3
R. Clemente	9	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	25.3	2.13	-0.1
J. Brandt	5	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	24.3	2.59	-0.9
Totals	185	162	453	12	5	466	1	.998	1475.3	2.84	8.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	74	74	156	3	1	160	1	.994	650.7	2.20	-0.1
R. Clemente	48	47	105	4	0	111	2	.982	420.7	2.33	0.6
J. Pierre	24	18	37	1	1	38	0	1.000	188.3	1.82	3.1
J. Brandt	19	15	33	1	1	34	0	1.000	145.7	2.10	0.2
M. Cabrera	9	7	17	2	1	19	0	1.000	59.0	2.90	-0.3
S. Mele	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.3	0.00	0.0
B. Butler	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	348	11	4	362	3	.992	1475.3	2.19	3.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Roberto Clemente	.324
On-Base Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.375
Slugging Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.530
OPS	Roberto Clemente	.906
Games	Lou Boudreau, Dan T Murphy	158
At-Bats	Lou Boudreau	651
Runs	Roberto Clemente, Graig Nettles	86
Hits	Roberto Clemente	198
Doubles	Lou Boudreau	50
Triples	Brett Butler	13
Home Runs	Graig Nettles	30
Runs Batted In	Roberto Clemente, Graig Nettles	88
Stolen Bases	Brett Butler	14
Caught Stealing	Brett Butler	6
Walks	Lou Boudreau	67
Strikeouts	Graig Nettles	99

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Ed Seward	18
Losses	Jim Abbott, Pedro J Martinez	14
Saves	Mariano Rivera	34
Games	Mariano Rivera	48
Games Started	Jim Abbott, Pedro J Martinez	33
Complete Games	Ed Seward	17
Shutouts	Pedro J Martinez	6
Innings Pitched	Ed Seward	277.7
Hits Allowed	Jim Abbott	246
Home Runs Allowed	Gary Nolan	34
Strikeouts	Pedro J Martinez	246
Walks Allowed	Ed Seward	99
Earned Run Average	Ed Seward	2.30
Walks + Hits per IP	Pedro J Martinez	0.91
BABIP	Gary Nolan	.254