1976 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 81-54
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Bob Miller (81-54)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 76,799, Avg. 1,138
Playoffs - Amarillo Gold Sox 3 games, Shreveport Captains 2
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 81 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Gold Sox plated 776 runs and yielded 615 runs. Don Reynolds paced Amarillo with 19 home runs Eugene Delyon drove in 90 runs. Don Reynolds led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Galen McSpadden topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.25 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1976 Amarillo Gold Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Owchinko, Tucker Ashford, Bob Shirley, Don Reynolds, Juan Eichelberger, Rick Sweet, Steve Mura, Victor Bernal, Craig Stimac, Rusty Gerhardt, Chuck Baker, Jim Wilhelm, Jay Franklin and Joe Goddard.
Bob Miller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galen McSpadden | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.25 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 132 | 55 | 48 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.62 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 140 | 67 | 59 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Shirley | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.32 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 113 | 55 | 41 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roger Coe | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.73 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 135 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Allen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.52 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 82.0 | 85 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jay Franklin | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 94 | 49 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Owchinko | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.26 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 86 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Clifton Butcher | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.14 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | 56 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Lentz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.47 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 53 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Victor Bernal | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 68.0 | 65 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Steve Mura | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.59 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 48 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Alfano | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 54 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Stewart | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.61 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 72 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Eichelberger | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.59 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 77 | 50 | 41 | 8 | 45 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Chuck Baker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bradley Rehn | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| William Joseph | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Bovee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 81 | 54 | .600 | 3.98 | 272 | 135 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 25 | 1152.0 | 1235 | 615 | 510 | 78 | 464 | 16 | 674 | 20 | 3 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Delyon | 128 | 566 | 475 | 83 | 157 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 90 | 15 | 5 | 83 | 85 | .331 | .427 | .467 | .894 | 222 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Wilhelm | 132 | 558 | 495 | 92 | 154 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 53 | .311 | .379 | .446 | .826 | 221 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Don Reynolds | 125 | 551 | 453 | 94 | 151 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 85 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 72 | .333 | .436 | .532 | .968 | 241 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 131 | 610 | 519 | 95 | 148 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 11 | 12 | 69 | 37 | .285 | .366 | .339 | .705 | 176 | 2 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Tucker Ashford | 132 | 589 | 519 | 91 | 141 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 55 | 77 | .272 | .341 | .397 | .738 | 206 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Gene Menees | 113 | 445 | 375 | 59 | 117 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 43 | .312 | .398 | .413 | .811 | 155 | 2 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Rick Sweet | 117 | 482 | 412 | 63 | 116 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 41 | .282 | .374 | .388 | .762 | 160 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| William Hamilton | 122 | 514 | 433 | 76 | 116 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 70 | 6 | 4 | 72 | 66 | .268 | .375 | .434 | .809 | 188 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Baker | 109 | 421 | 385 | 44 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 67 | .270 | .320 | .356 | .676 | 137 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rocky Craig | 83 | 338 | 294 | 55 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 42 | .255 | .346 | .364 | .710 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Stimac | 31 | 96 | 86 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .291 | .337 | .465 | .802 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Alfano | 50 | 74 | 62 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .242 | .286 | .323 | .608 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 10 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .310 | .474 | .345 | .819 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clifton Butcher | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Shirley | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Coe | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Goddard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1368 | 5292 | 4545 | 776 | 1330 | 229 | 49 | 76 | 685 | 91 | 55 | 617 | 624 | .293 | .377 | .415 | .792 | 1885 | 0 | 27 | 55 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Hamilton | 1B | 61 | 617 | 33 | 10 | 56 | .985 | 1.656 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | 1B | 48 | 428 | 30 | 6 | 41 | .987 | 9.542 | ||||
| Rick Sweet | 1B | 23 | 203 | 9 | 4 | 16 | .981 | 9.217 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | 1B | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 7.000 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rocky Craig | 1B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Gene Menees | 2B | 112 | 216 | 368 | 16 | 84 | .973 | 5.214 | ||||
| Kurt Wittmayer | 2B | 10 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 5 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Chuck Baker | 2B | 10 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2B | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tucker Ashford | 3B | 122 | 100 | 274 | 34 | 33 | .917 | 3.066 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3B | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Rick Sweet | 3B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Baker | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rick Sweet | C | 84 | 420 | 35 | 15 | 13 | .968 | 5.417 | 7 | |||
| William Hamilton | C | 41 | 220 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 5.780 | 9 | |||
| Craig Stimac | C | 13 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 4.615 | 2 | |||
| Jim Wilhelm | OF | 128 | 317 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .976 | 2.531 | ||||
| Don Reynolds | OF | 119 | 201 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .964 | 1.782 | ||||
| Rocky Craig | OF | 70 | 135 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.971 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 68 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 1.794 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | OF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Chuck Baker | OF | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Victor Bernal | P | 44 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .341 | ||||
| Donnie Alfano | P | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .179 | ||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | P | 24 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
| Clifton Butcher | P | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .217 | ||||
| Roger Coe | P | 20 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.600 | ||||
| Galen McSpadden | P | 19 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Jay Franklin | P | 17 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.294 | ||||
| Bob Shirley | P | 16 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Mike Allen | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Robert Stewart | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Bob Owchinko | P | 13 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Mike Lentz | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Juan Eichelberger | P | 11 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 1.545 | ||||
| Steve Mura | P | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rod Bovee | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Bradley Rehn | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Joseph | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Baker | SS | 86 | 130 | 315 | 32 | 58 | .933 | 5.174 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | SS | 45 | 68 | 116 | 19 | 23 | .906 | 4.089 | ||||
| Tucker Ashford | SS | 8 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1373 | 3418 | 1534 | 188 | 362 | .963 | 3.607 | 18 | 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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