1977 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 63-67
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Buzzy Keller (0-0), (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 116,695, Avg. 1,795
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Tulsa Drillers 0
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, El Paso Diablos 0
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 63 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Travelers plated 538 runs and surrendered 564 runs. John Young paced Arkansas with 10 home runs and drove in 56 runs. Manny Castillo topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Len Strelitz led the squad with 10 wins, while Dan O'Brien recorded a 3.45 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1977 Arkansas Travelers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dan O'Brien, John Young, Tito Landrum, Víctor Cruz, Ryan Kurosaki, John Littlefield, Ramón de los Santos, Steve Waterbury, Andy Replogle, Leon Brown, Charlie Chant, Glenn Brummer, Joe Edelen, Manny Castillo, Mike Ramsey and Jim Lentine.
Buzzy Keller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Strelitz | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.69 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 147 | 73 | 57 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| John Littlefield | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.19 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 98.0 | 85 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.45 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 133.0 | 140 | 53 | 51 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Replogle | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.47 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 153.0 | 159 | 70 | 59 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.38 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 73 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.62 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 103.0 | 110 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 44 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Murphy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.74 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74.0 | 101 | 53 | 39 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brett Houser | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.87 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 87 | 61 | 53 | 10 | 65 | 1 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Víctor Cruz | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.99 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 83.0 | 79 | 57 | 46 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lawrence Bashaw | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.0 | 75 | 39 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Leyva | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Meek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Donaghu | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Staniland | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 67 | .485 | 3.70 | 300 | 130 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 30 | 1110.3 | 1156 | 564 | 456 | 69 | 431 | 23 | 775 | 33 | 7 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Castillo | 115 | 466 | 430 | 39 | 128 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | .298 | .335 | .367 | .702 | 158 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Mike Ramsey | 121 | 527 | 484 | 51 | 121 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 31 | 43 | .250 | .294 | .316 | .610 | 153 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Leon Lee | 107 | 428 | 377 | 43 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 51 | .286 | .363 | .385 | .748 | 145 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave Bialas | 121 | 410 | 368 | 43 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 33 | .280 | .344 | .375 | .719 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Young | 122 | 495 | 430 | 65 | 101 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 66 | .235 | .330 | .365 | .695 | 157 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 79 | 305 | 274 | 47 | 84 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 41 | .307 | .363 | .394 | .757 | 108 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| John Yeglinski | 98 | 356 | 279 | 43 | 84 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 46 | .301 | .439 | .437 | .876 | 122 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Leon Brown | 78 | 281 | 260 | 28 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 16 | .288 | .332 | .335 | .667 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lentine | 85 | 277 | 243 | 40 | 71 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 36 | .292 | .367 | .457 | .824 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ronnie Farkas | 49 | 194 | 172 | 30 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 24 | .343 | .418 | .471 | .888 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Leyva | 84 | 246 | 213 | 24 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 32 | .268 | .342 | .347 | .689 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 57 | 203 | 177 | 22 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 22 | .277 | .365 | .412 | .777 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Riggleman | 27 | 113 | 93 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | .280 | .387 | .398 | .785 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tito Landrum | 26 | 102 | 84 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | .214 | .343 | .345 | .688 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Chant | 25 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .209 | .358 | .302 | .661 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Brummer | 15 | 59 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .173 | .254 | .192 | .447 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 23 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .318 | .318 | .636 | .955 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Replogle | 25 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .129 | .156 | .129 | .285 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Houser | 26 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Littlefield | 33 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Staniland | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Waterbury | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 52 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .167 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 24 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .074 | .000 | .074 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Víctor Cruz | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Murphy | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bashaw | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Donaghu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1510 | 4720 | 4156 | 522 | 1124 | 198 | 35 | 45 | 456 | 113 | 65 | 451 | 529 | .270 | .344 | .367 | .711 | 1527 | 0 | 28 | 58 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Young | 1B | 111 | 1021 | 62 | 15 | 103 | .986 | 9.757 | ||||
| Leon Lee | 1B | 14 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 6.714 | ||||
| Nick Leyva | 1B | 8 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.625 | ||||
| Frank Hunsaker | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| William Daves | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manny Castillo | 2B | 115 | 239 | 357 | 21 | 83 | .966 | 5.183 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 2B | 12 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 4.833 | ||||
| Nick Leyva | 2B | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Nick Leyva | 3B | 48 | 20 | 84 | 8 | 7 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 3B | 31 | 21 | 63 | 5 | 3 | .944 | 2.710 | ||||
| Leon Lee | 3B | 29 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 2 | .922 | 2.034 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 26 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 9 | .936 | 2.808 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leon Lee | C | 63 | 331 | 34 | 5 | 7 | .986 | 5.794 | 14 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 44 | 292 | 31 | 5 | 5 | .985 | 7.341 | 4 | |||
| Glenn Brummer | C | 13 | 97 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .945 | 7.923 | 2 | |||
| John Yeglinski | OF | 91 | 136 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .986 | 1.593 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | OF | 77 | 113 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.506 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 73 | 159 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 2.288 | ||||
| Jim Lentine | OF | 70 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.757 | ||||
| Leon Brown | OF | 68 | 111 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 1.765 | ||||
| Tito Landrum | OF | 26 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .982 | 2.115 | ||||
| Charlie Chant | OF | 17 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.765 | ||||
| Glenn Brummer | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ryan Kurosaki | P | 52 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .867 | .500 | ||||
| John Littlefield | P | 33 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .515 | ||||
| Michael Murphy | P | 32 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Lawrence Bashaw | P | 28 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Andy Replogle | P | 25 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.560 | ||||
| Len Strelitz | P | 24 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 1.792 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | P | 23 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.043 | ||||
| Brett Houser | P | 23 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Víctor Cruz | P | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .444 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 13 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Waterbury | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .889 | ||||
| Steve Staniland | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Raymond Donaghu | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nick Leyva | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Meek | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Ramsey | SS | 119 | 166 | 317 | 44 | 86 | .917 | 4.059 | ||||
| Nick Leyva | SS | 6 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | SS | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1378 | 3213 | 1371 | 159 | 366 | .966 | 3.327 | 20 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
