1977 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 56-74
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Dave Campbell (56-74)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 50,381, Avg. 775
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 56 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Gold Sox scored 595 runs and yielded 735 runs, most in the circuit. Ivan Murrell paced Amarillo with 24 home runs and drove in 98 runs. Broderick Perkins topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. Juan Eichelberger led the squad with 12 wins, while Mark Lee earned a 3.74 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Broderick Perkins, Dave Campbell, Rusty Gerhardt, Ivan Murrell, Mark Lee, Craig Stimac, Juan Eichelberger and Tony Castillo were all players from the 1977 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dave Campbell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Eichelberger | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.11 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 177 | 90 | 74 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mark Lee | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.74 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 113.0 | 121 | 57 | 47 | 3 | 70 | 10 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Greg Wilkes | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.16 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 147.0 | 188 | 88 | 68 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Galen McSpadden | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.50 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 149 | 90 | 61 | 15 | 53 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.53 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 141 | 85 | 67 | 12 | 50 | 5 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Donnie Alfano | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.49 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 94 | 51 | 47 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Mike Lentz | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.79 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 125 | 88 | 63 | 14 | 59 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Marty French | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.26 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92.0 | 127 | 75 | 64 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Fierbaugh | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.19 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 78.0 | 92 | 53 | 45 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Leisle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.91 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Campbell | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Joseph | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.80 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 50 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 74 | .431 | 4.78 | 313 | 130 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 1099.0 | 1298 | 735 | 584 | 99 | 507 | 43 | 575 | 28 | 5 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Murrell | 115 | 486 | 448 | 82 | 153 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 98 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 68 | .342 | .385 | .560 | .945 | 251 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Broderick Perkins | 116 | 483 | 438 | 71 | 151 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 44 | .345 | .396 | .445 | .841 | 195 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Craig Stimac | 127 | 534 | 501 | 61 | 142 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 74 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 82 | .283 | .318 | .431 | .749 | 216 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 119 | 487 | 414 | 74 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 19 | .302 | .389 | .403 | .793 | 167 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Tony Castillo | 112 | 432 | 395 | 47 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 57 | .261 | .318 | .334 | .652 | 132 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul O'Neill | 110 | 426 | 376 | 41 | 94 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 60 | .250 | .317 | .332 | .649 | 125 | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Steve Smith | 109 | 398 | 369 | 36 | 91 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 25 | .247 | .293 | .304 | .596 | 112 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| William Hallstrom | 98 | 394 | 348 | 59 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 36 | 53 | .253 | .328 | .307 | .636 | 107 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Quirk | 83 | 311 | 283 | 35 | 85 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 30 | .300 | .342 | .350 | .692 | 99 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Rodney Leisle | 77 | 263 | 211 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 63 | .227 | .380 | .351 | .731 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 67 | 207 | 178 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 48 | .208 | .296 | .242 | .537 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Alfano | 77 | 140 | 132 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 32 | .212 | .245 | .326 | .570 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Harold Drake | 27 | 106 | 99 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .162 | .217 | .172 | .389 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Eichelberger | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Campbell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1299 | 4674 | 4198 | 579 | 1161 | 161 | 23 | 71 | 515 | 66 | 51 | 371 | 610 | .277 | .338 | .377 | .715 | 1581 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderick Perkins | 1B | 99 | 877 | 64 | 11 | 78 | .988 | 9.505 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | 1B | 15 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .990 | 6.933 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | 1B | 11 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.273 | ||||
| Ivan Murrell | 1B | 7 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.429 | ||||
| Paul O'Neill | 1B | 6 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 9.333 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 2B | 100 | 242 | 333 | 17 | 64 | .971 | 5.750 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | 2B | 29 | 66 | 104 | 3 | 19 | .983 | 5.862 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 2B | 6 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .893 | 4.167 | ||||
| Ivan Murrell | 2B | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Paul O'Neill | 3B | 64 | 71 | 117 | 13 | 12 | .935 | 2.938 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3B | 29 | 23 | 54 | 7 | 6 | .917 | 2.655 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | 3B | 23 | 25 | 55 | 10 | 3 | .889 | 3.478 | ||||
| Ivan Murrell | 3B | 12 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 3B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 1.600 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | 3B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Castillo | C | 109 | 517 | 81 | 14 | 9 | .977 | 5.486 | 14 | |||
| Craig Stimac | C | 23 | 100 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 4.957 | 5 | |||
| Eugene Quirk | OF | 83 | 188 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .985 | 2.373 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 74 | 120 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .935 | 1.757 | ||||
| Ivan Murrell | OF | 73 | 135 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .948 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rodney Leisle | OF | 61 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .933 | 1.377 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | OF | 27 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 1.593 | ||||
| Harold Drake | OF | 26 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .935 | 2.231 | ||||
| Broderick Perkins | OF | 14 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.714 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Juan Eichelberger | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Lee | P | 60 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .935 | .483 | ||||
| Marty French | P | 35 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .912 | .886 | ||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | P | 29 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.207 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | P | 29 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .895 | .586 | ||||
| Randy Fierbaugh | P | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .321 | ||||
| Greg Wilkes | P | 26 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| William Joseph | P | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .346 | ||||
| Juan Eichelberger | P | 25 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .867 | 1.560 | ||||
| Galen McSpadden | P | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .522 | ||||
| Mike Lentz | P | 23 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .826 | ||||
| Rodney Leisle | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Campbell | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | SS | 60 | 140 | 158 | 23 | 34 | .928 | 4.967 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | SS | 54 | 83 | 150 | 12 | 25 | .951 | 4.315 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | SS | 28 | 47 | 58 | 5 | 17 | .955 | 3.750 | ||||
| Steve Smith | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1364 | 3229 | 1484 | 190 | 324 | .961 | 3.455 | 19 | 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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