Birmingham Black Barons History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 Birmingham Black Barons	99	63	.611	1^st	-	99-63	0	.271	3.32	X		3,219,203	$61,796,974	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Tommy Leach	1
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Kirk Gibson	1
Ozzie Award	Bob Watson (1B), Buddy Bell (3B)	2
All-Star	Buddy Bell, Willie Mitchell, CC Sabathia, Jean Segura	4
Pitcher of the Month	CC Sabathia (Apr)	1
Batter of the Month	Leon Roberts (Sep)	1
Rookie of the Month	Kirk Gibson (May, Jun), Josh Beckett (Jul), Kirk Gibson (Aug), Josh Beckett (Sep)	5
Player of the Week	Tommy Leach (Jun 12), Jean Segura (Jun 19), Bob Watson (Jul 31), Jean Segura (Aug 21), Leon Roberts (Sep 25)	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+
CF	Tommy Leach	29	160	647	214	32	4	24	80	117	65	1	17	1	90	43	14	.331	.392	.504	.896	7.5	145
1B	Bob Watson	31	162	627	177	28	5	27	104	90	65	11	1	4	77	11	5	.282	.358	.472	.830	3.8	127
3B	Buddy Bell	26	157	647	185	30	9	23	107	84	25	2	0	10	40	5	1	.286	.310	.467	.777	5.0	111
SS	Jean Segura	29	146	570	180	26	4	15	80	79	26	11	2	7	51	26	10	.316	.353	.454	.808	5.7	121
2B	Willie Randolph	40	122	406	110	8	1	3	43	53	59	4	1	0	44	1	0	.271	.369	.318	.687	2.1	91
RF	Leon Roberts	29	98	337	102	18	3	11	45	51	40	5	0	3	64	3	2	.303	.382	.472	.854	2.5	134
LF	Kirk Gibson	23	85	290	85	15	3	17	49	54	28	3	1	5	49	5	3	.293	.356	.541	.897	3.2	143
2B	Tony Phillips	40	98	247	48	15	3	5	30	30	47	0	0	6	56	3	1	.194	.317	.340	.657	0.2	81
RF	Dan Ford	26	94	269	67	14	4	7	29	29	20	5	0	0	50	3	3	.249	.313	.409	.722	0.9	97
C	Ellie Rodriguez	25	75	251	52	16	1	0	26	22	29	8	0	1	39	0	1	.207	.308	.279	.587	0.4	63
C	Bruce Petway	37	73	241	56	8	1	4	19	27	20	3	5	2	24	2	4	.232	.297	.324	.621	0.5	71
LF	Lyman Bostock	41	100	219	70	10	0	6	29	31	22	4	0	2	15	4	3	.320	.389	.447	.836	2.0	130
2B	Andrelton Simmons	26	76	155	41	10	1	2	9	15	11	3	0	0	6	1	0	.265	.325	.381	.706	1.0	94
RF	Brandon Moss	31	63	149	41	4	1	11	33	29	18	0	0	1	34	0	1	.275	.351	.537	.888	0.9	141
P	CC Sabathia	31	40	100	13	1	0	3	7	6	2	0	18	0	28	0	0	.130	.147	.230	.377	-1.1	2
P	Willie Mitchell	24	28	71	8	3	0	0	1	4	4	0	12	0	18	0	0	.113	.160	.155	.315	-0.9	-13
C	Chris Stewart	30	24	70	17	1	0	1	11	8	7	3	0	3	7	1	0	.243	.325	.300	.625	0.4	74
P	Josh Beckett	24	36	70	9	1	0	0	2	4	2	0	8	1	27	0	0	.129	.151	.143	.294	-0.9	-19
P	Rick Reuschel	30	27	56	6	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	11	0	21	0	0	.107	.107	.143	.250	-1.0	-32
P	Jim Archer	33	31	27	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	0	11	0	0	.259	.310	.259	.570	-0.2	59
P	Dutch Ruether	32	19	24	3	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	7	0	9	0	0	.125	.192	.167	.359	-0.3	0
SS	Freddie Patek	25	36	28	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	.321	.345	.321	.666	-0.0	85
P	Bob Brown	27	15	23	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	.174	.208	.261	.469	-0.2	28
CF	Kiddo Davis	34	20	26	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	-0.1	24
2B	John Atz	30	5	12	3	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	.333	.333	.667	-0.1	84
P	Jesse Stovall	33	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0.0	227
P	Josh D Fields	35	68	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Steve Rachunok	36	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Craig Stammen	26	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Frank Barrett	28	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
30 Players		30.4	1960	5573	1512	247	40	160	716	746	496	66	95	47	784	108	49	.271	.335	.416	.752	31.2	105
NL Rank				2	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				5	1	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	3	5	10	3	4	1	4	4	4	1

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
CC Sabathia	31	40	40	18	14	0	3.11	315.0	273	115	109	35	59	189	0	16	6	1.05	.253	5.2	124
Willie Mitchell	24	28	28	18	5	0	2.35	226.0	187	60	59	10	63	192	0	12	3	1.11	.288	7.6	164
Josh Beckett	24	36	29	15	7	1	3.08	224.7	175	87	77	19	71	157	0	6	1	1.09	.241	4.2	125
Rick Reuschel	30	27	27	11	9	0	3.68	185.7	193	78	76	12	44	80	0	7	0	1.28	.285	3.2	105
Jim Archer	33	31	13	7	4	0	2.95	122.0	105	46	40	14	23	46	3	0	0	1.05	.231	0.8	130
Josh D Fields	35	68	0	11	10	31	3.50	92.7	78	38	36	10	43	57	3	0	0	1.31	.248	-0.3	110
Dutch Ruether	32	19	11	5	2	0	3.44	89.0	79	41	34	9	25	42	0	2	0	1.17	.245	0.8	112
Bob Brown	27	15	12	4	4	0	5.63	76.7	87	51	48	8	45	30	0	1	0	1.72	.297	-0.1	68
Frank Barrett	28	41	1	4	5	5	4.41	49.0	56	25	24	5	21	22	4	0	0	1.57	.309	-0.0	87
Steve Rachunok	36	28	0	2	2	2	2.87	37.7	26	12	12	2	18	30	0	0	0	1.17	.247	0.6	134
Craig Stammen	26	21	0	3	0	2	4.67	27.0	30	14	14	3	8	16	0	0	0	1.41	.307	0.1	83
Jesse Stovall	33	12	1	1	0	0	4.07	24.3	30	11	11	2	6	12	0	0	0	1.48	.326	0.2	95
Andrelton Simmons	26	1	0	0	1	0	16.20	1.7	5	7	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	6.00	.455	-0.3	24
13 Pitchers	29.0	367	162	99	63	41	3.32	1471.3	1324	585	543	129	431	873	10	44	10	1.19	.265	21.8	121
NL Rank		2	1	1	6	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	4	4	2	2	3
ABBA Rank		3	2	1	12	1	2	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	2	7	6	2	4	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Sabathia	40	40	20	35	2	55	0	1.000	315.0	1.57	1.1
W. Mitchell	28	28	10	33	0	45	2	.956	226.0	1.71	0.9
J. Beckett	36	29	21	13	3	37	3	.919	224.7	1.36	0.8
R. Reuschel	27	27	9	22	1	32	1	.969	185.7	1.50	-0.2
J. Archer	31	13	5	18	0	27	4	.852	122.0	1.70	-0.7
J. Fields	67	0	3	10	1	14	1	.929	92.7	1.26	-0.4
D. Ruether	19	11	5	13	1	18	0	1.000	89.0	1.82	0.2
B. Brown	15	12	4	9	1	14	1	.929	76.7	1.53	-0.4
F. Barrett	40	1	3	6	1	9	0	1.000	49.0	1.65	0.1
S. Rachunok	28	0	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	37.7	1.91	0.1
C. Stammen	21	0	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	27.0	3.00	0.1
J. Stovall	12	1	2	9	0	11	0	1.000	24.3	4.07	0.1
A. Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	365	162	89	178	10	279	12	.957	1471.3	1.63	1.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Rodriguez	74	72	367	59	8	429	3	.993	653.0	5.87	-1.1	8	38.9
B. Petway	72	70	396	36	3	435	3	.993	633.3	6.14	1.6	3	39.2
C. Stewart	23	20	128	11	2	139	0	1.000	185.0	6.76	0.7	1	54.5
Totals	169	162	891	106	13	1003	6	.994	1471.3	6.10	1.1	12	40.5

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	163	162	1504	105	130	1621	12	.993	1448.3	10.00	3.8
T. Phillips	3	0	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	12.0	9.75	0.0
B. Moss	1	0	11	0	3	12	1	.917	8.0	12.38	-0.5
W. Randolph	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
L. Bostock	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	1531	105	133	1649	13	.992	1471.3	10.01	3.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Randolph	106	99	225	291	70	526	10	.981	871.3	5.33	-0.8
T. Phillips	37	32	71	81	18	155	3	.981	278.7	4.91	-1.2
A. Simmons	53	28	69	83	21	154	2	.987	255.3	5.36	3.3
J. Atz	3	3	3	10	3	14	1	.929	22.0	5.32	-0.5
B. Bell	9	0	6	7	2	13	0	1.000	21.0	5.57	-0.0
F. Patek	9	0	3	9	2	13	1	.923	13.0	8.31	-0.5
J. Segura	4	0	2	1	1	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70	0.0
Totals	221	162	379	482	117	878	17	.981	1471.3	5.27	0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	158	157	105	312	29	423	6	.986	1396.0	2.69	5.8
T. Leach	9	0	1	6	2	7	0	1.000	21.0	3.00	0.0
T. Phillips	3	2	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	17.3	1.56	0.0
J. Atz	2	1	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	12.0	3.00	-0.5
A. Simmons	2	1	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	10.7	3.37	0.6
F. Patek	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	7.3	2.45	0.0
W. Randolph	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	6.3	4.26	0.0
J. Segura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	108	332	32	446	6	.987	1471.3	2.69	5.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Segura	142	141	163	421	75	587	3	.995	1258.7	4.18	3.0
A. Simmons	21	20	25	55	11	83	3	.964	162.0	4.44	-0.6
F. Patek	14	1	6	11	3	18	1	.944	39.0	3.92	-0.5
T. Leach	5	0	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	11.0	6.55	-0.0
T. Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	183	162	197	492	90	696	7	.990	1471.3	4.21	1.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Gibson	74	74	170	4	0	174	0	1.000	647.7	2.42	3.9
L. Bostock	50	43	124	3	0	127	0	1.000	413.7	2.76	2.9
L. Roberts	31	27	61	2	1	64	1	.984	235.3	2.41	-2.2
D. Ford	18	15	31	4	2	36	1	.972	133.3	2.36	0.4
T. Phillips	9	3	12	0	0	13	1	.923	38.0	2.84	-0.2
K. Davis	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.3	2.70	-0.0
Totals	185	162	399	13	3	415	3	.993	1471.3	2.52	4.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	158	158	414	8	3	424	2	.995	1393.7	2.73	-1.7
K. Davis	12	4	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	44.7	1.41	0.6
L. Roberts	7	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	18.7	1.93	-1.6
D. Ford	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.3	2.45	-0.0
K. Gibson	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
B. Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	185	162	429	8	3	439	2	.995	1471.3	2.67	-2.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Roberts	62	61	141	3	0	145	1	.993	528.3	2.45	-2.0
D. Ford	50	45	118	4	1	125	3	.976	403.0	2.72	-0.3
B. Moss	40	29	74	3	1	81	4	.951	289.0	2.40	-4.9
T. Phillips	29	27	48	3	1	51	0	1.000	242.0	1.90	-2.9
K. Davis	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.0
Totals	186	162	382	13	3	403	8	.980	1471.3	2.42	-10.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tommy Leach	.331
On-Base Percentage	Tommy Leach	.392
Slugging Percentage	Tommy Leach	.504
OPS	Tommy Leach	.896
Games	Bob Watson	162
At-Bats	Tommy Leach, Buddy Bell	647
Runs	Tommy Leach	117
Hits	Tommy Leach	214
Doubles	Tommy Leach	32
Triples	Buddy Bell	9
Home Runs	Bob Watson	27
Runs Batted In	Buddy Bell	107
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	43
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	14
Walks	Tommy Leach, Bob Watson	65
Strikeouts	Tommy Leach	90

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	CC Sabathia, Willie Mitchell	18
Losses	CC Sabathia	14
Saves	Josh D Fields	31
Games	Josh D Fields	68
Games Started	CC Sabathia	40
Complete Games	CC Sabathia	16
Shutouts	CC Sabathia	6
Innings Pitched	CC Sabathia	315.0
Hits Allowed	CC Sabathia	273
Home Runs Allowed	CC Sabathia	35
Strikeouts	Willie Mitchell	192
Walks Allowed	Josh Beckett	71
Earned Run Average	Willie Mitchell	2.35
Walks + Hits per IP	CC Sabathia	1.05
BABIP	Josh Beckett	.241