1976 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-74
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Napier (56-74)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 55,398, Avg. 852
1976 Appleton Foxes RosterTeam Record: 56-74
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Napier (56-74)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 55,398, Avg. 852
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1976 season with a record of 56 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Foxes scored 572 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Curt Etchandy led Appleton with 14 home runs and drove in 70 runs. Harry Chappas paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .262. Jay Attardi and Mitch Lukevics topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Mitch Lukevics registered a 3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Fred Howard and Harry Chappas both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Napier served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Lukevics | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.00 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 126.0 | 104 | 51 | 42 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jay Attardi | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.00 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 196 | 89 | 72 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Roy Coulter | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.34 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 93 | 71 | 54 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Michael Farrell | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.50 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 103.0 | 103 | 58 | 40 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tom Joyce | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.23 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 157 | 91 | 62 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Lehman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.65 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 78.0 | 66 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Handley | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.14 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 117 | 62 | 48 | 3 | 52 | 5 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Kim Girkins | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.50 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Sturgeon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Kautzer | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 84 | 58 | 44 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ricky Evans | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Thoren | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.22 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 87 | 47 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Marshal Harper | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Howard | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Randy Seltzer | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curt Ramstack | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.47 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Madden | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Nored | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 21 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 74 | .431 | 4.36 | 320 | 130 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 1097.0 | 1160 | 693 | 532 | 41 | 597 | 41 | 703 | 54 | 7 | 60 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Etchandy | 129 | 529 | 447 | 77 | 115 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 70 | 22 | 11 | 65 | 97 | .257 | .358 | .412 | .770 | 184 | 8 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ed Olszta | 128 | 510 | 429 | 73 | 109 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 21 | 9 | 77 | 117 | .254 | .367 | .413 | .780 | 177 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Harry Chappas | 102 | 438 | 378 | 61 | 99 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 40 | 20 | 54 | 55 | .262 | .356 | .360 | .716 | 136 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Pete Maropis | 123 | 496 | 428 | 65 | 98 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 63 | 14 | 57 | 94 | .229 | .321 | .266 | .587 | 114 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 117 | 464 | 396 | 48 | 95 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 10 | 56 | 61 | .240 | .328 | .311 | .638 | 123 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Marshal Harper | 112 | 411 | 367 | 51 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 37 | .245 | .309 | .283 | .592 | 104 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Toman | 99 | 390 | 305 | 51 | 78 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 57 | 14 | 69 | 41 | .256 | .404 | .328 | .732 | 100 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Ken Hamann | 57 | 239 | 215 | 24 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 20 | .316 | .371 | .419 | .790 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Smith | 74 | 227 | 209 | 11 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 53 | .206 | .260 | .301 | .561 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Philip Nerone | 49 | 168 | 141 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 36 | .191 | .317 | .333 | .651 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Ward | 38 | 117 | 99 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 17 | .253 | .362 | .313 | .675 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harris Price | 27 | 83 | 71 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .282 | .354 | .352 | .706 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Edward Yesenchak | 31 | 89 | 77 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | .234 | .310 | .325 | .635 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ted Schultz | 38 | 128 | 103 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 20 | .155 | .315 | .204 | .519 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Candy Mercado | 35 | 58 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | .204 | .328 | .204 | .532 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Attardi | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Pasillas | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Madden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Handley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Coulter | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1185 | 4378 | 3742 | 523 | 913 | 130 | 43 | 41 | 427 | 256 | 108 | 535 | 690 | .244 | .341 | .335 | .676 | 1252 | 0 | 31 | 41 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hamann | 1B | 50 | 462 | 30 | 3 | 38 | .994 | 9.840 | ||||
| Mike Smith | 1B | 36 | 258 | 24 | 7 | 25 | .976 | 7.833 | ||||
| Ted Schultz | 1B | 25 | 219 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | 1B | 24 | 203 | 10 | 4 | 20 | .982 | 8.875 | ||||
| James Ward | 1B | 6 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 8.667 | ||||
| Pete Maropis | 2B | 121 | 301 | 366 | 40 | 88 | .943 | 5.512 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | 2B | 8 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 4.875 | ||||
| Candy Mercado | 2B | 6 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 3.833 | ||||
| Ted Schultz | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 3B | 129 | 110 | 278 | 34 | 21 | .919 | 3.008 | ||||
| Candy Mercado | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ted Schultz | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ken Hamann | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Yesenchak | C | 28 | 144 | 16 | 6 | 4 | .964 | 5.714 | 8 | |||
| Andy Pasillas | C | 15 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 2.467 | 0 | |||
| Harris Price | C | 14 | 92 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 7.643 | 1 | |||
| Ed Olszta | OF | 114 | 182 | 14 | 13 | 1 | .938 | 1.719 | ||||
| Marshal Harper | OF | 109 | 175 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .944 | 1.688 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | OF | 67 | 118 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 1.896 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | OF | 57 | 89 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .939 | 1.614 | ||||
| Philip Nerone | OF | 35 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.171 | ||||
| James Ward | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Ted Schultz | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Candy Mercado | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Lehman | P | 49 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .286 | ||||
| Michael Farrell | P | 37 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .889 | .865 | ||||
| Roy Coulter | P | 32 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .906 | ||||
| Jay Attardi | P | 31 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .960 | 1.548 | ||||
| Tom Joyce | P | 27 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .926 | ||||
| Jim Handley | P | 24 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .625 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 22 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Rick Thoren | P | 19 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Kim Girkins | P | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Bill Kautzer | P | 13 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 2.385 | ||||
| Bill Sturgeon | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Curt Ramstack | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Michael Nored | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Ricky Evans | P | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Fred Howard | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Madden | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Marshal Harper | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Randy Seltzer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Chappas | SS | 92 | 125 | 304 | 43 | 58 | .909 | 4.663 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | SS | 32 | 58 | 86 | 21 | 22 | .873 | 4.500 | ||||
| Candy Mercado | SS | 21 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 5 | .903 | 3.095 | ||||
| Totals | 1327 | 2784 | 1467 | 243 | 334 | .946 | 3.203 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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