1976 Berkshire Brewers Statistics
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 3rd in the EL's North Division
Manager: John Felske (68-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 23,561, Avg. 346
The Berkshire Brewers of the Eastern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Brewers plated 559 runs, tops in the circuit. Berkshire gave up 589 runs. Dan Thomas paced the team with 29 home runs, and Dick Davis walloped 15 or more, too. Dan Thomas drove in 83 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .325 clip. Barry Cort led the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1976 Berkshire Brewers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lafayette Currence, Jim Gantner, Gary Holle, Dick Davis, Lary Sorensen, Sam Hinds, Barry Cort, Greg Erardi, Gary Beare and Dan Thomas.
John Felske 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Cort | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.80 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 144 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Sam Hinds | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.95 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 180.0 | 177 | 87 | 79 | 15 | 68 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Gary Beare | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.98 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 138 | 55 | 46 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.26 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 102.0 | 91 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Carl Austerman | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.14 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 138 | 79 | 60 | 10 | 46 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.62 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lafayette Currence | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.68 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 | 88 | 47 | 40 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| William McLaurine | 3 | 8 | .273 | 2.44 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 81.0 | 76 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Jensen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 79 | 47 | 46 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Morris | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.23 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.0 | 67 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Wrona | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.00 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Neil Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Mantlo | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lary Sorensen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10.55 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 43 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 68 | .500 | 4.08 | 325 | 136 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 1119.0 | 1173 | 589 | 507 | 70 | 494 | 23 | 582 | 31 | 16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Davis | 126 | 501 | 470 | 70 | 136 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 51 | .289 | .317 | .447 | .763 | 210 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Billy Severns | 129 | 535 | 463 | 66 | 130 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 55 | .281 | .364 | .359 | .722 | 166 | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Duane Espy | 134 | 565 | 504 | 76 | 126 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 42 | 63 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 168 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 115 | 450 | 381 | 78 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 78 | .325 | .414 | .614 | 1.028 | 234 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Gantner | 126 | 489 | 403 | 56 | 118 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 25 | 12 | 74 | 50 | .293 | .404 | .395 | .799 | 159 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dave Lindsey | 130 | 508 | 446 | 49 | 105 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 81 | .235 | .323 | .379 | .702 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Neil Rasmussen | 97 | 305 | 286 | 24 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 48 | .252 | .281 | .311 | .592 | 89 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Kenzie Davis | 66 | 256 | 226 | 31 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 55 | .243 | .316 | .350 | .666 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Raymond Hall | 89 | 299 | 248 | 29 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 42 | .214 | .336 | .246 | .582 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Buffamoyer | 88 | 266 | 240 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 63 | .200 | .270 | .250 | .520 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Roger Danson | 56 | 169 | 150 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 37 | .200 | .286 | .247 | .532 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garry Pyka | 34 | 142 | 132 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .220 | .250 | .295 | .545 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Terry Ervin | 40 | 125 | 114 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 31 | .219 | .288 | .333 | .621 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Jacobs | 27 | 86 | 79 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .266 | .302 | .304 | .606 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Mantlo | 60 | 143 | 130 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .154 | .210 | .208 | .417 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Holle | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1383 | 4858 | 4287 | 559 | 1094 | 166 | 19 | 88 | 505 | 114 | 46 | 432 | 727 | .255 | .328 | .364 | .693 | 1562 | 0 | 53 | 49 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lindsey | 1B | 114 | 1021 | 62 | 11 | 74 | .990 | 9.500 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 1B | 14 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.643 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | 1B | 12 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .988 | 6.667 | ||||
| Gary Holle | 1B | 4 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Mantlo | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Duane Espy | 2B | 126 | 285 | 337 | 22 | 62 | .966 | 4.937 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 2B | 16 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.438 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | 3B | 124 | 118 | 292 | 20 | 18 | .953 | 3.306 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 3B | 13 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 2.538 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Ronald Jacobs | 3B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Buffamoyer | C | 88 | 360 | 52 | 13 | 3 | .969 | 4.682 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Mantlo | C | 48 | 146 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .969 | 3.292 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Jacobs | C | 24 | 114 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 5.083 | 3 | |||
| Billy Severns | OF | 127 | 259 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 2.126 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 83 | 157 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 1.940 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | OF | 65 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 1.923 | ||||
| Kenzie Davis | OF | 54 | 127 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 2.463 | ||||
| Roger Danson | OF | 47 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .959 | 1.979 | ||||
| Terry Ervin | OF | 33 | 72 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .951 | 2.364 | ||||
| Duane Espy | OF | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | P | 61 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .344 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 60 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .917 | .367 | ||||
| Sam Hinds | P | 30 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 1.533 | ||||
| John Morris | P | 25 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .480 | ||||
| Barry Cort | P | 25 | 8 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 1.360 | ||||
| Carl Austerman | P | 23 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.261 | ||||
| Gary Beare | P | 22 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.545 | ||||
| Richard Jensen | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Ron Wrona | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Lary Sorensen | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Mantlo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Lindsey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Raymond Hall | SS | 82 | 124 | 231 | 15 | 47 | .959 | 4.329 | ||||
| Garry Pyka | SS | 34 | 52 | 90 | 13 | 11 | .916 | 4.176 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | SS | 25 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 4 | .951 | 3.080 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1474 | 3363 | 1442 | 148 | 263 | .970 | 3.260 | 15 | 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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