1978 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 69-91
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 574
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 65-95
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 1,957,733
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 6th in the American League
AA: 73-64, 5th in the American League
A: 63-74, 11th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
SS *Ken Oberkfell 22 152 578 64 156 21 3 2 44 9 6 51 15 .270 .328 .327 .655 60.6 7.2 8.5
DH #Rusty Torres 29 155 539 58 114 18 1 11 42 3 2 78 100 .212 .312 .310 .622 52.1 3.8 2.3
DH  Ken Harrelson 36 145 552 59 116 10 2 21 74 1 0 41 111 .210 .264 .350 .614 47.9 1.8 0.0
CF  Leroy Stanton 32 154 495 57 124 17 2 7 40 3 3 52 101 .251 .324 .335 .660 53.1 6.2 3.8
3B  Pete Mackanin 26 152 509 46 103 19 8 14 42 9 3 12 81 .202 .221 .354 .575 38.2 0.2 3.5
C  Gary Alexander 25 135 436 47 108 16 3 12 51 1 3 41 97 .248 .316 .381 .697 50.5 6.1 7.9
1B *Joe Pepitone 37 127 436 21 100 9 0 0 35 0 6 20 78 .229 .263 .250 .513 22.7 0.0 2.0
1B #Wes Parker 38 120 336 29 111 19 0 5 52 5 2 28 37 .330 .383 .432 .814 49.9 10.1 2.0
2B  Mike Edwards 25 121 340 31 74 8 1 0 22 6 1 16 24 .218 .255 .247 .502 18.0 0.0 2.9
C  Carlton Fisk 30 122 268 29 72 14 2 8 46 0 0 25 21 .269 .328 .425 .753 35.0 5.4 3.8
2B  Paul Molitor 21 54 222 34 65 6 2 4 18 10 2 22 7 .293 .359 .392 .751 32.3 6.1 2.1
CF  Mickey Stanley 35 84 215 19 45 6 1 3 26 5 1 15 25 .209 .260 .288 .548 16.6 0.3 1.5
C  Larry Howard 33 85 181 19 52 13 1 3 20 0 0 23 42 .287 .366 .420 .786 26.2 4.8 1.0
3B #Pete Rose 37 86 186 11 33 5 1 0 14 0 0 15 47 .177 .238 .215 .453 6.9 0.0 1.5
1B  Jerry Martin 29 64 110 19 24 9 1 4 12 2 0 5 23 .218 .250 .427 .677 11.7 1.1 0.7
1B  Ossie Blanco 32 33 94 8 25 0 1 0 7 0 0 9 17 .266 .327 .287 .614 9.8 1.0 0.6
2B #Horace Clarke 38 71 83 22 25 1 0 0 7 1 0 5 6 .301 .341 .313 .654 8.3 1.0 0.9
C  Bo Diaz 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.6 1865 5581 573 1347 191 29 94 552 55 29 458 832 .241 .299 .336 .636 539.7 55.2 45.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 11 11 11 11 9 11 11 3 11 11 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Jim Slaton 28 9 18 .333 37 37 0 282.7 304 128 13 113 142 4.08 17.1
*Jon Matlack 28 11 18 .379 32 32 0 260.0 267 107 23 69 118 3.70 20.2
*Rusty Gerhardt 27 8 17 .320 35 35 0 254.7 271 122 16 85 94 4.31 13.5
 Lary Sorensen 22 15 9 .625 27 27 0 218.0 204 73 12 43 51 3.01 23.2
 Craig Swan 27 4 9 .308 20 20 0 143.0 143 61 11 36 46 3.84 10.6
 Mark Lee 25 13 13 .500 53 1 10 91.3 105 40 9 32 31 3.94 10.0
 Warren Brusstar 26 3 0 1.000 35 0 3 66.0 75 38 1 23 29 5.18 2.8
*Pablo Torrealba 30 1 1 .500 16 1 0 49.3 48 16 4 18 13 2.92 4.9
 John Miller 37 1 1 .500 20 1 0 44.0 52 22 4 25 13 4.50 2.4
 Jim Beattie 23 1 3 .250 6 6 0 37.0 52 28 1 10 7 6.81 0.0
 Frank Linzy 37 3 2 .600 9 0 1 15.0 18 5 2 4 7 3.00 2.1
Team Totals 28.2 69 91 .431 290 160 14 1461.0 1539 640 96 458 551 3.94 106.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 12 10 3 11 3 6 2 12 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 .987 32.1
G.Alexander 992.0 122 124 400 59 6 1 .987 40.2
C.Fisk 440.0 37 90 193 22 1 1 .995 36.1
L.Howard 24.0 1 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 25.0
B.Diaz 5.0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1461.0 160 224 604 83 7 2 .990 39.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
W.Parker 750.3 74 110 1022 90 6 106 .995 13.34
L.Howard 379.0 48 53 465 38 3 45 .994 11.94
O.Blanco 253.0 32 33 319 17 1 26 .997 11.95
L.Stanton 33.7 3 7 50 7 2 3 .966 15.24
J.Martin 32.0 2 8 55 4 0 3 1.000 16.59
J.Pepitone 9.0 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00
P.Rose 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1461.0 160 215 1924 156 12 183 .994 12.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
M.Edwards 781.7 97 98 173 329 12 70 .977 5.78
P.Molitor 472.7 49 54 130 211 7 50 .980 6.49
H.Clarke 129.0 9 39 37 51 0 17 1.000 6.14
P.Rose 63.0 5 18 17 42 1 10 .983 8.43
K.Oberkfell 9.7 0 4 2 5 0 0 1.000 6.52
P.Mackanin 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Torres 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.0 160 215 360 640 20 147 .980 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
P.Mackanin 1310.0 151 151 99 390 20 30 .961 3.36
M.Stanley 76.0 6 16 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.96
P.Rose 63.0 3 20 4 16 2 1 .909 2.86
H.Clarke 7.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Martin 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Edwards 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50
G.Alexander 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 160 192 112 428 22 32 .961 3.33
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
K.Oberkfell 1314.0 147 148 253 631 16 122 .982 6.05
M.Stanley 81.3 7 14 13 43 0 4 1.000 6.20
H.Clarke 63.7 6 13 12 22 0 3 1.000 4.81
G.Alexander 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 160 176 278 696 16 129 .984 6.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
J.Pepitone 960.3 113 121 188 1 3 0 .984 1.77
P.Rose 305.0 35 37 77 2 2 1 .975 2.33
M.Stanley 70.7 6 16 16 2 1 0 .947 2.29
J.Martin 55.7 2 18 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.43
L.Stanton 50.0 4 14 13 0 1 0 .929 2.34
R.Torres 12.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Harrelson 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Edwards 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 160 216 310 6 7 1 .978 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
L.Stanton 1094.0 120 123 303 11 1 5 .997 2.58
R.Torres 199.0 25 26 51 0 1 0 .981 2.31
M.Stanley 61.0 6 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Martin 58.0 6 10 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.33
J.Pepitone 41.0 3 4 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.51
H.Clarke 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Blanco 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Edwards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 160 175 398 12 2 6 .995 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
R.Torres 1080.7 120 121 199 3 9 1 .957 1.68
M.Stanley 220.0 26 27 48 1 3 0 .942 2.00
J.Martin 95.7 10 16 24 1 1 0 .962 2.35
P.Rose 31.0 2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
L.Stanton 26.3 2 8 5 1 2 0 .750 2.05
G.Alexander 5.3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69
K.Harrelson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.0 160 182 284 6 16 1 .948 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
J.Slaton 282.7 37 37 27 55 3 5 .965 2.61
J.Matlack 260.0 32 32 16 40 1 3 .982 1.94
R.Gerhardt 254.7 35 35 22 45 1 4 .985 2.37
L.Sorensen 218.0 27 27 22 47 4 4 .945 2.85
C.Swan 143.0 20 20 7 30 0 2 1.000 2.33
M.Lee 91.3 1 53 3 21 1 2 .960 2.37
W.Brusstar 66.0 0 35 2 12 0 1 1.000 1.91
P.Torrealba 49.3 1 16 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.74
J.Miller 44.0 1 20 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.43
J.Beattie 37.0 6 6 2 11 1 1 .929 3.16
F.Linzy 15.0 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
Team Total 1461.0 160 290 107 279 11 24 .972 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oberkfell .270
On-Base Pct Oberkfell .328
Slugging Pct Alexander .366
OPS Alexander .672
XR Oberkfell 60.6
Games Torres 155
At-Bats Oberkfell 578
Runs Oberkfell 64
Hits Oberkfell 156
Total Bases Harrelson 193
Singles Oberkfell 130
Doubles Oberkfell 21
Triples Mackanin 8
Homeruns Harrelson 21
RBIs Harrelson 74
Stolen Bases Molitor 10
Caught Stealing Oberkfell, Pepitone 6
Walks Torres 78
Strikeouts Harrelson 111
ERA Sorensen 3.01
Wins Sorensen 15
Losses Matlack, Slaton 18
Winning Pct Sorensen .625
Saves Lee 10
Games Pitched Lee 53
Games Started Slaton 37
Complete Games Sorensen 18
Shutouts Sorensen 4
Innings Pitched Slaton 282.7
Hits Allowed Slaton 304
Homeruns Allowed Matlack 23
Strikeouts Slaton 142
Walks Allowed Slaton 113
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.8
Hits per 9IP Sorensen 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Slaton 4.5
WHiP Sorensen 1.13
OAVG Sorensen .250
OOBP Sorensen .288
OSLG Sorensen .346
OOPS Sorensen .633
Team All-Stars
Lary Sorensen
Player Salaries
Jon Matlack $ 4,000,000
Jim Slaton $ 2,564,286
Leroy Stanton $ 2,385,714
Carlton Fisk $ 1,699,000
Craig Swan $ 1,478,571
Wes Parker $ 800,000
Mickey Stanley $ 504,000
John Miller $ 501,000
Rusty Torres $ 500,000
Joe Pepitone $ 444,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 385,714
Larry Howard $ 350,000
Pete Mackanin $ 350,000
Paul Molitor $ 300,000
Ken Oberkfell $ 300,000
Gary Alexander $ 300,000
Frank Linzy $ 300,000
Mark Lee $ 300,000
Pete Rose $ 300,000
Lary Sorensen $ 300,000
Pablo Torrealba $ 300,000
Mike Edwards $ 300,000
Bo Diaz $ 300,000
Horace Clarke $ 300,000
Warren Brusstar $ 300,000
Ossie Blanco $ 300,000
Jim Beattie $ 300,000
Jerry Martin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Al Oliver Pittsburgh Ossie Blanco
2/16 Signed     Carlton Fisk
2/22 Signed     John Miller
2/23 Signed     Joe Pepitone
3/4 Traded Dick Drago Minnesota Dan Larson
Hector Cruz
3/4 Traded Dusty Baker Los Angeles Ron Bryant
3/4 Traded Billy Harris Minnesota Jim Fuller
4/3 Released Jeff Holly    
4/3 Signed     Wes Parker
4/3 Signed     Mickey Stanley
4/3 Signed     Frank Linzy
10/13 Released Ken Harrelson