1977 Appleton Foxes Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-84
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Gordy Lund (54-84)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 65,584, Avg. 950

1977 Appleton Foxes Roster

The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 54 wins and 84 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Foxes scored 571 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 761 runs, most in the circuit. Ed Olszta recorded 52 runs batted in. Leo Sutherland paced all regular hitters by hitting .264. Robert Madden topped the team with 9 wins, while John Martin recorded a 3.26 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1977 Appleton Foxes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ross Baumgarten, Lorenzo Gray, Fred Howard, Mark Esser, Steve Trout, Chris Nyman, Harold Baines, Leo Sutherland, Marv Foley and Dewey Robinson.

Gordy Lund served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Robert Madden	9	11	.450	5.28	27	25		6	0	0	138.0	138	97	81	7	115	2	113	21	1	18
John Martin	8	12	.400	3.26	27	23		8	1	0	171.0	152	95	62	13	74	1	139	12	0	6
Steve Trout	6	8	.429	4.05	21	18		3	1	0	111.0	113	66	50	4	66	0	101	2	1	6
Jackie Smith	5	1	.833	1.98	6	6		4	1	0	50.0	43	11	11	3	13	1	46	1	0	3
Gregory Herman	5	4	.556	4.38	32	3		1	0	2	74.0	73	41	36	8	45	1	54	5	1	4
Marshal Harper	5	4	.556	6.45	31	0		0	0	6	67.0	79	56	48	12	34	5	57	0	1	11
Dave Overstreet	3	2	.600	2.92	14	0		0	0	1	37.0	41	20	12	1	18	1	22	4	0	2
Mark Esser	3	4	.429	7.80	12	8		0	0	0	45.0	41	44	39	4	46	1	53	5	0	3
Ross Baumgarten	3	6	.333	3.75	17	12		4	1	1	84.0	82	48	35	10	37	0	65	4	0	5
Rick Thoren	3	8	.273	6.09	30	15		2	1	2	102.0	110	78	69	9	70	2	91	11	1	7
Fred Howard	2	5	.286	2.14	9	8		5	0	1	63.0	48	25	15	4	18	1	52	1	0	3
Paul Soth	1	2	.333	4.61	11	8		1	0	0	41.0	39	32	21	0	40	1	35	3	0	2
Mike Tulacz	1	4	.200	6.10	12	2		0	0	0	31.0	33	29	21	4	28	2	16	2	0	1
Candy Mercado	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Phil Bauer	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dewey Robinson	0	0		2.40	10	0		0	0	4	15.0	10	5	4	3	7	0	19	0	0	1
Robert Combs	0	1	.000	4.74	12	0		0	0	0	19.0	17	16	10	1	19	1	18	3	0	2
Clay Hicks	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0		0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	0	4	0	5	2	1	3
Roy Coulter	0	2	.000	10.06	7	3		0	0	0	17.0	28	23	19	4	17	0	10	0	0	4
Michael Sivik	0	2	.000	12.75	6	1		0	0	0	12.0	22	19	17	1	11	0	14	0	0	2
Kent Hunziker	0	3	.000	5.82	4	2		2	0	0	17.0	21	16	11	1	7	1	17	4	1	1
Randy Seltzer	0	4	.000	7.84	10	4		0	0	0	31.0	43	34	27	2	25	0	14	1	0	3
Totals	54	84	.391	4.69	304	138	0	36	5	17	1140.0	1148	761	594	91	696	20	943	81	7	87	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
Leo Sutherland	125	520	439	66	116	13	4	0	36	49	10	75	96	.264	.373	.312	.685	137		2	2	2
Orestes Minoso	95	379	325	58	86	13	4	8	40	6	4	44	46	.265	.358	.403	.761	131		5	2	3
Andy Pasillas	80	290	261	22	83	15	1	4	36	1	1	17	29	.318	.357	.429	.786	112		2	4	6
Ed Olszta	119	469	369	54	83	20	5	7	52	11	7	89	118	.225	.376	.363	.739	134		4	1	6
Carlos Rios	102	380	355	30	78	3	7	3	33	11	4	19	62	.220	.259	.293	.552	104		1	2	3
Joel Perez	89	341	313	34	77	13	3	5	42	4	1	21	61	.246	.293	.355	.648	111		1	3	3
Phil Bauer	89	366	308	33	67	12	0	1	25	8	6	47	40	.218	.323	.266	.589	82		3	4	4
Chris Nyman	59	233	213	30	64	11	1	5	17	7	2	18	32	.300	.361	.432	.792	92		2	0	0
Curt Etchandy	71	286	243	42	60	12	4	8	41	4	1	41	58	.247	.357	.428	.785	104		1	0	1
Harold Baines	69	264	222	37	58	11	2	5	29	2	0	38	62	.261	.369	.396	.765	88		1	1	2
A. J. Hill	54	233	211	30	47	3	2	1	14	20	6	19	29	.223	.287	.270	.557	57		0	3	0
Marv Foley	48	198	162	24	44	6	2	3	21	8	5	33	25	.272	.396	.389	.785	63		1	1	1
Lorenzo Gray	55	201	186	25	44	5	3	2	15	1	2	14	36	.237	.290	.328	.618	61		0	1	0
Edward Yesenchak	57	197	180	18	43	10	1	2	21	0	2	9	32	.239	.281	.339	.620	61		2	5	1
Richard Montoni	43	169	145	22	36	7	1	3	22	0	2	22	35	.248	.345	.372	.718	54		0	1	1
Keith Rokosz	53	216	167	18	34	9	0	1	19	2	0	43	32	.204	.370	.275	.646	46		3	0	3
Stephen Tipa	22	80	72	7	18	2	0	2	7	1	1	8	23	.250	.325	.361	.686	26		0	0	0
Bradley Calhoun	7	22	21	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.238	.273	.286	.558	6		0	0	0
Thomas Bright	13	40	34	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	15	.118	.250	.235	.485	8		1	0	0
Marshal Harper	35	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	4		0	0	0
Roy Coulter	10	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Totals	1295	4895	4236	555	1050	169	40	61	473	135	54	564	839	.248	.338	.350	.688	1482	0	29	30	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chris Nyman	1B	59	474	30	4	41	.992	8.542
Marv Foley	1B	36	310	27	6	28	.983	9.361
Joel Perez	1B	17	146	9	2	11	.987	9.118
Lorenzo Gray	1B	17	121	9	0	12	1.000	7.647
Bradley Calhoun	1B	7	49	5	1	0	.982	7.714
Orestes Minoso	1B	4	23	2	1	2	.962	6.250
Richard Montoni	1B	3	17	3	1	0	.952	6.667
Phil Bauer	2B	77	155	189	22	39	.940	4.468
A. J. Hill	2B	40	85	115	11	19	.948	5.000
Joel Perez	2B	19	39	42	3	9	.964	4.263
Carlos Rios	2B	4	10	5	0	1	1.000	3.750
Curt Etchandy	3B	69	55	147	30	11	.871	2.928
Lorenzo Gray	3B	38	25	58	9	2	.902	2.184
Joel Perez	3B	34	21	61	9	5	.901	2.412
Phil Bauer	3B	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Orestes Minoso	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Candy Mercado	3B	1	1	3	1	0	.800	4.000
Marv Foley	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Andy Pasillas	C	77	533	56	8	7	.987	7.649	20
Edward Yesenchak	C	53	366	43	8	5	.981	7.717	11
Marv Foley	C	13	92	20	0	3	1.000	8.615	4
Ed Olszta	C	3	18	4	1	0	.957	7.333	2
Leo Sutherland	OF	122	191	21	14	5	.938	1.738
Ed Olszta	OF	109	143	12	8	4	.951	1.422
Harold Baines	OF	58	94	10	7	1	.937	1.793
Keith Rokosz	OF	52	73	8	5	1	.942	1.558
Orestes Minoso	OF	32	48	3	3	1	.944	1.594
Richard Montoni	OF	23	21	3	1	0	.960	1.043
Stephen Tipa	OF	22	38	3	1	0	.976	1.864
Thomas Bright	OF	13	10	2	2	0	.857	.923
Marshal Harper	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Roy Coulter	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Gregory Herman	P	32	2	18	0	0	1.000	.625
Marshal Harper	P	31	4	6	2	0	.833	.323
Rick Thoren	P	30	3	17	4	1	.833	.667
John Martin	P	27	5	22	0	1	1.000	1.000
Robert Madden	P	27	10	24	5	3	.872	1.259
Steve Trout	P	21	8	23	8	3	.795	1.476
Ross Baumgarten	P	17	3	24	0	0	1.000	1.588
Dave Overstreet	P	14	1	4	1	1	.833	.357
Mike Tulacz	P	12	0	6	2	0	.750	.500
Mark Esser	P	12	4	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Robert Combs	P	12	2	3	0	0	1.000	.417
Paul Soth	P	11	3	5	3	1	.727	.727
Randy Seltzer	P	10	1	6	0	0	1.000	.700
Dewey Robinson	P	10	1	3	2	0	.667	.400
Fred Howard	P	9	1	8	3	0	.750	1.000
Roy Coulter	P	7	0	3	2	0	.600	.429
Jackie Smith	P	6	2	8	1	3	.909	1.667
Michael Sivik	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Kent Hunziker	P	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
Clay Hicks	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Candy Mercado	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Phil Bauer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Carlos Rios	SS	98	146	310	43	54	.914	4.653
Phil Bauer	SS	4	5	10	1	1	.938	3.750
Joel Perez	SS	1	2	3	1	0	.833	5.000
Totals		1418	3368	1405	237	275	.953	3.366	37	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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