Hartford Whalers History - 1978 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1978 Hartford Whalers	83	79	.512	2^nd	11	85-77	-2	.265	4.21			2,186,168	$31,860,152	$42,161,560

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Pale Ale Pitcher Award	Fernando Asencio	1
Defense With Integrity (DWI) Award	Johnny Pugh (SS)	1
All-Star	Joe Aguilara, Neil Hildebrand, Julián McAchounich, Henry Stafford	4
Pitcher of the Month	Dan Jones (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Ángelo Opio (May 1), Neil Hildebrand (Jul 3), Montez Dardon (Sep 18)	3

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+
2B	Neil Hildebrand	23	152	555	165	19	4	27	99	103	125	0	0	6	90	16	2	.297	.423	.492	.915	6.7	146
RF	Montez Dardon	24	157	619	153	31	3	23	87	105	49	10	0	6	145	23	10	.247	.310	.418	.728	1.0	94
LF	Marv Snyder	23	152	534	140	20	5	9	82	65	85	6	0	7	85	4	2	.262	.366	.369	.734	1.1	99
3B	Henry Stafford	24	151	540	143	36	5	21	87	87	72	2	4	5	60	0	2	.265	.351	.467	.817	3.2	118
DH	Ángelo Opio	23	141	513	124	38	5	17	81	65	43	4	0	3	114	3	1	.242	.304	.435	.738	1.5	96
CF	Félix Montas	26	144	477	130	12	5	2	42	58	53	8	1	2	72	37	16	.273	.354	.331	.685	1.5	86
SS	Tim Moher	19	137	385	114	32	4	8	48	64	56	1	2	4	77	6	9	.296	.383	.462	.846	3.1	127
C	Harry Elliott	24	113	394	110	18	0	10	46	47	34	2	0	1	80	0	3	.279	.339	.401	.740	1.8	99
1B	Ed Marcus	35	126	362	95	20	1	13	49	63	35	5	0	8	77	0	0	.262	.329	.431	.760	0.6	103
3B	Pancho Mareira	26	87	296	79	22	2	4	26	29	21	6	0	3	64	2	0	.267	.325	.395	.720	0.8	93
C	Frank McGee	27	85	235	64	11	1	2	22	30	12	1	1	4	47	3	0	.272	.306	.353	.659	0.4	77
SS	Harry Railey	33	70	228	67	5	3	2	26	34	19	1	0	3	44	28	7	.294	.347	.368	.715	1.3	93
1B	Hidalgo Vidriales	22	57	199	47	11	0	7	25	19	9	0	0	2	72	2	0	.236	.267	.397	.664	-0.2	76
DH	Frank Donegan	20	55	168	41	4	3	7	25	22	15	2	0	0	39	7	2	.244	.314	.429	.742	0.7	98
CF	Chris Wallace	21	47	74	12	2	1	0	4	5	8	0	0	1	19	3	2	.162	.241	.216	.457	-0.6	25
3B	Johnny Pugh	22	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1	-23
1B	Glen Reagan	23	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	171
P	Bill Waller	25	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.250	.333	.583	-0.0	56
P	Anselmo Mapalo	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Dan Jones	22	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	José Cassillas	24	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.2	-100
P	Joe Montalban	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jim Botting	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Mack McMurdo	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
24 Players		24.6	1695	5605	1488	281	42	152	750	798	636	48	9	56	1091	134	56	.265	.342	.412	.754	22.5	103
DL Rank				6	6	2	5	7	6	6	1	1	8	2	8	6	4	7	3	6	6	6
BLB Rank				9	7	6	8	9	6	6	1	1	18	2	15	13	10	8	3	7	6	11

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Bill Waller	25	34	34	14	11	0	4.59	227.3	245	124	116	36	87	210	0	3	0	1.46	.314	1.9	98
Dan Jones	22	34	34	17	8	0	3.40	219.7	185	89	83	33	64	245	0	1	0	1.13	.276	3.7	132
Mack McMurdo	30	34	34	10	11	0	4.24	201.7	217	100	95	16	49	110	0	1	1	1.32	.299	3.3	106
Anselmo Mapalo	25	27	27	11	9	0	4.68	169.3	195	106	88	14	48	133	0	0	0	1.44	.333	3.5	96
José Cassillas	24	26	25	7	14	0	5.22	153.3	187	90	89	25	37	63	0	5	1	1.46	.302	0.2	86
Joe Aguilara	25	78	0	5	3	5	3.12	118.3	104	46	41	6	36	118	15	0	0	1.18	.305	2.1	144
Joe Fuerte	35	72	0	6	5	4	3.83	103.3	110	50	44	4	36	89	11	0	0	1.41	.335	1.8	117
Jim Botting	25	42	0	3	3	1	4.22	64.0	65	41	30	12	20	46	5	0	0	1.33	.262	-0.5	106
Julián McAchounich	24	54	0	2	7	34	2.96	48.7	44	25	16	4	19	43	3	0	0	1.29	.282	0.5	152
Joe Montalban	32	37	2	6	3	2	4.82	46.7	39	25	25	7	22	34	6	0	0	1.31	.239	-0.3	93
Fernando Asencio	24	7	6	1	2	0	4.91	36.7	33	21	20	0	24	27	0	0	0	1.55	.289	0.7	91
Hideki Kudo	30	24	0	0	1	2	4.31	31.3	37	16	15	5	15	23	0	0	0	1.66	.320	-0.4	104
Chris Lee	23	18	0	1	2	0	5.21	19.0	29	16	11	2	5	5	2	0	0	1.79	.351	-0.1	86
Bob Edgington	24	2	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.7	3	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	.64	.154	-0.0	116
14 Pitchers	26.1	489	162	83	79	48	4.21	1444.0	1493	751	675	165	462	1148	42	10	2	1.35	.303	16.3	110
DL Rank		4	1	5	5	3	4	5	6	5	3	8	1	5	2	8	6	3	5	7
BLB Rank		13	1	11	9	7	14	14	15	14	12	18	6	10	7	11	11	12	13	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Waller	34	34	19	48	1	69	2	.971	227.3	2.65	-0.2
D. Jones	34	34	9	24	0	34	1	.971	219.7	1.35	-0.8
M. McMurdo	34	34	16	25	1	43	2	.953	201.7	1.83	-0.7
A. Mapalo	27	27	11	30	2	42	1	.976	169.3	2.18	-0.5
J. Cassillas	26	25	14	33	2	48	1	.979	153.3	2.76	2.7
J. Aguilara	78	0	5	20	1	26	1	.962	118.3	1.90	-0.3
J. Fuerte	72	0	5	17	0	22	0	1.000	103.3	1.92	-0.6
J. Botting	42	0	4	10	1	16	2	.875	64.0	1.97	0.0
J. McAchounich	54	0	3	6	0	10	1	.900	48.7	1.66	0.3
J. Montalban	37	2	5	8	1	13	0	1.000	46.7	2.51	-0.1
F. Asencio	7	6	1	7	0	10	2	.800	36.7	1.96	-0.3
H. Kudo	24	0	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	31.3	2.30	-0.4
C. Lee	18	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	19.0	1.42	-0.3
B. Edgington	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.7	0.00	0.7
Totals	489	162	93	238	9	344	13	.962	1444.0	2.06	-0.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
H. Elliott	109	107	782	44	2	830	4	.995	939.7	7.91	0.4	5	24.2
F. McGee	62	55	416	25	2	447	6	.987	504.3	7.87	-1.2	2	19.4
Totals	171	162	1198	69	4	1277	10	.992	1444.0	7.90	-0.9	7	22.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Marcus	109	94	863	66	61	936	7	.993	856.0	9.77	0.0
H. Vidriales	44	42	322	25	33	347	0	1.000	354.3	8.81	0.0
P. Mareira	27	26	248	8	18	266	10	.962	222.7	10.35	0.0
G. Reagan	6	0	10	1	1	11	0	1.000	11.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	186	162	1443	100	113	1560	17	.989	1444.0	9.62	0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Hildebrand	151	149	266	363	84	635	6	.991	1327.0	4.27	0.0
T. Moher	9	8	16	13	7	32	3	.906	67.0	3.90	0.0
H. Railey	8	5	12	17	2	30	1	.967	50.0	5.22	0.0
Totals	168	162	294	393	93	697	10	.986	1444.0	4.28	0.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Stafford	109	106	74	244	17	327	9	.972	945.7	3.03	0.0
P. Mareira	46	45	29	103	3	143	11	.923	379.7	3.13	0.0
T. Moher	20	10	12	19	3	33	2	.939	110.7	2.52	0.0
J. Pugh	1	1	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	176	162	118	367	23	507	22	.957	1444.0	3.02	0.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Moher	86	71	109	228	44	344	7	.980	653.3	4.64	0.0
H. Railey	61	58	86	170	27	267	11	.959	490.0	4.70	0.0
H. Stafford	35	32	44	95	20	141	2	.986	292.7	4.27	0.0
J. Pugh	1	1	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.62	0.0
Totals	183	162	240	497	92	757	20	.974	1444.0	4.59	0.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Snyder	145	140	263	6	1	272	3	.989	1259.0	1.92	0.0
�. Opio	22	22	35	1	0	37	1	.973	185.0	1.75	0.0
Totals	167	162	298	7	1	309	4	.987	1444.0	1.90	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Montas	137	128	277	7	1	288	4	.986	1106.0	2.31	0.0
C. Wallace	39	19	51	2	2	53	0	1.000	194.0	2.46	0.0
F. Donegan	17	11	22	2	0	24	0	1.000	107.3	2.01	0.0
M. Dardon	6	4	10	2	1	12	0	1.000	36.7	2.95	0.0
Totals	199	162	360	13	4	377	4	.989	1444.0	2.32	0.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Dardon	152	151	273	9	0	285	3	.989	1341.0	1.89	0.0
�. Opio	13	8	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	74.0	1.34	0.0
F. Montas	6	3	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	29.0	1.24	0.0
Totals	171	162	288	9	0	300	3	.990	1444.0	1.85	0.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Neil Hildebrand	.297
On-Base Percentage	Neil Hildebrand	.423
Slugging Percentage	Neil Hildebrand	.492
OPS	Neil Hildebrand	.915
Games	Montez Dardon	157
At-Bats	Montez Dardon	619
Runs	Montez Dardon	105
Hits	Neil Hildebrand	165
Doubles	Ángelo Opio	38
Triples	4 Players Tied	5
Home Runs	Neil Hildebrand	27
Runs Batted In	Neil Hildebrand	99
Stolen Bases	Félix Montas	37
Caught Stealing	Félix Montas	16
Walks	Neil Hildebrand	125
Strikeouts	Montez Dardon	145

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Dan Jones	17
Losses	José Cassillas	14
Saves	Julián McAchounich	34
Games	Joe Aguilara	78
Games Started	Bill Waller, Dan Jones, Mack McMurdo	34
Complete Games	José Cassillas	5
Shutouts	Mack McMurdo, José Cassillas	1
Innings Pitched	Bill Waller	227.3
Hits Allowed	Bill Waller	245
Home Runs Allowed	Bill Waller	36
Strikeouts	Dan Jones	245
Walks Allowed	Bill Waller	87
Earned Run Average	Dan Jones	3.40
Walks + Hits per IP	Dan Jones	1.13
BABIP	Dan Jones	.276