1976 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 36-35
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: James Hoff (36-35)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 34,673, Avg. 977
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1976 season with a record of 36 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the PL.
The Mustangs scored 354 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 424 runs. Paul Herring drove in 47 runs. Tom Sohns topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .293 clip. Laurence Frakes led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 1.53 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1976 Billings Mustangs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Dawley, Eddie Milner and Paul Householder.
James Hoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Frakes | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.53 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 59.0 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Dawley | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.77 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 62 | 42 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bill Kelly | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 97 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Odum | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.34 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Meyer | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.09 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 48 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mark King | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 69 | 63 | 38 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Randall Binkley | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rickey Lear | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Niewczyk | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Breitenbach | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.74 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Stryker | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.51 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 69 | 42 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Hillas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kevin Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jean Marquis | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Gosse | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Clarence Syers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.88 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Adams | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.88 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 45 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 35 | .507 | 4.21 | 171 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 603.0 | 612 | 424 | 282 | 33 | 315 | 5 | 460 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sohns | 71 | 302 | 263 | 41 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 21 | .293 | .370 | .384 | .754 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Paul Herring | 70 | 289 | 254 | 32 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 34 | .283 | .344 | .417 | .761 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Greg Jackson | 61 | 247 | 218 | 25 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .275 | .346 | .326 | .671 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Milner | 67 | 290 | 231 | 51 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 49 | 23 | .255 | .389 | .368 | .757 | 85 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Jensen | 50 | 174 | 150 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 45 | .267 | .362 | .387 | .749 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Householder | 50 | 173 | 149 | 23 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 33 | .255 | .355 | .342 | .697 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Meade | 46 | 179 | 138 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 34 | .268 | .416 | .370 | .785 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Kopsky | 61 | 205 | 173 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 62 | .214 | .320 | .295 | .615 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Robie | 43 | 128 | 115 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 34 | .217 | .283 | .235 | .518 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Dimino | 39 | 146 | 124 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 34 | .202 | .292 | .266 | .558 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alfred Welch | 39 | 117 | 95 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 31 | .211 | .345 | .295 | .640 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Norko | 29 | 86 | 67 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 27 | .269 | .410 | .328 | .738 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Pimentel | 38 | 112 | 97 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | .186 | .268 | .216 | .484 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Law | 29 | 91 | 63 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 12 | .238 | .427 | .270 | .697 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gilberto Alicea | 28 | 69 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .188 | .246 | .250 | .496 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Rodriguez | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .333 | .467 | .417 | .883 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Bonnell | 8 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .294 | .312 | .607 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Deal | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marti Wolever | 20 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .105 | .292 | .105 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis McQuay | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 766 | 2685 | 2265 | 354 | 565 | 88 | 15 | 23 | 279 | 97 | 34 | 348 | 476 | .249 | .349 | .332 | .681 | 752 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jackson | 1B | 61 | 500 | 22 | 10 | 41 | .981 | 8.557 | ||||
| Kevin Jensen | 1B | 16 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .978 | 5.625 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | 2B | 71 | 160 | 146 | 23 | 33 | .930 | 4.310 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | 2B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .600 | ||||
| Louis McQuay | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Kopsky | 3B | 60 | 51 | 114 | 23 | 13 | .878 | 2.750 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | 3B | 12 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | .794 | 2.250 | ||||
| Randy Law | 3B | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Paul Householder | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Alfred Welch | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Meade | C | 28 | 189 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .973 | 7.607 | 12 | |||
| Thomas Norko | C | 24 | 114 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .953 | 5.042 | 13 | |||
| Gilberto Alicea | C | 24 | 133 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .955 | 6.125 | 5 | |||
| Stephen Deal | C | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Jensen | C | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 3 | |||
| Eddie Milner | OF | 67 | 149 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 2.403 | ||||
| Paul Herring | OF | 67 | 105 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .934 | 1.687 | ||||
| Paul Householder | OF | 46 | 72 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.674 | ||||
| Alfred Welch | OF | 29 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.241 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | OF | 14 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Marti Wolever | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Miguel Rodriguez | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Laurence Frakes | P | 21 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .667 | ||||
| Ron Stryker | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .545 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Odum | P | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark King | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Bill Kelly | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Dawley | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .762 | 1.231 | ||||
| Randall Binkley | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Robert Adams | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Greg Meyer | P | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Mark Breitenbach | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Antonio Ortiz | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| John Gosse | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Clarence Syers | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rickey Lear | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| James Niewczyk | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jean Marquis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Jensen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Hillas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Thomas Dimino | SS | 38 | 40 | 108 | 17 | 10 | .897 | 3.895 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | SS | 23 | 26 | 53 | 10 | 9 | .888 | 3.435 | ||||
| Randy Law | SS | 16 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 7 | .853 | 4.000 | ||||
| Glenn Bonnell | SS | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 3.800 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 819 | 1807 | 706 | 184 | 129 | .932 | 3.068 | 35 | 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.
