1977 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 23-46
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Greg Riddoch (23-46)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 25,655, Avg. 744
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1977 season with a record of 23 wins and 46 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Mustangs scored 392 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 518 runs. Bill Kuchar drove in 48 runs. Jim McArdle led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Joe Price topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Joe Price and Tom Foley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Greg Riddoch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Price | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.73 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 83 | 50 | 39 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Larry Jensen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 64 | 50 | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Doug Neuenschwander | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.97 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 77.0 | 70 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Ricky Arnold | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Greg Hughes | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.95 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 74 | 57 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Roger Glynn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nelson Torres | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.35 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 42 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Larry Jackson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11.84 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.08 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 92 | 63 | 50 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rickey Lear | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eugene Norman | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Maximo Severino | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Paul Tarango | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Wells | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.24 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kelly Becker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.34 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Umdenstock | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.70 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 46 | .333 | 5.57 | 193 | 69 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 567.0 | 646 | 518 | 351 | 39 | 382 | 8 | 502 | 23 | 5 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McArdle | 64 | 293 | 247 | 45 | 74 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 42 | 40 | .300 | .399 | .405 | .803 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Ventress | 64 | 270 | 227 | 38 | 65 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 44 | .286 | .396 | .441 | .837 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Halasz | 58 | 273 | 242 | 49 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 49 | .264 | .339 | .302 | .641 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Kuchar | 60 | 253 | 202 | 40 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 55 | .272 | .415 | .421 | .836 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Foley | 59 | 253 | 209 | 37 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 43 | .254 | .371 | .325 | .696 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tad Venger | 48 | 187 | 156 | 24 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 48 | .301 | .403 | .442 | .846 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jack Hudson | 42 | 184 | 158 | 29 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 23 | .272 | .361 | .361 | .721 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Goodman | 41 | 174 | 152 | 22 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 21 | .270 | .358 | .329 | .687 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Morrison | 48 | 188 | 168 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 28 | .244 | .314 | .292 | .605 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tony Walker | 50 | 200 | 154 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 72 | .214 | .390 | .286 | .676 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose LaPorte | 36 | 131 | 104 | 22 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 30 | .298 | .431 | .346 | .777 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Corbett | 43 | 161 | 139 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 47 | .187 | .288 | .252 | .539 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Nelson | 19 | 63 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .133 | .371 | .200 | .571 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Pizer | 12 | 46 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .152 | .391 | .182 | .573 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Wixson | 10 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .115 | .233 | .231 | .464 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Chrisman | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 655 | 2710 | 2266 | 392 | 587 | 98 | 18 | 22 | 321 | 85 | 25 | 388 | 528 | .259 | .372 | .347 | .719 | 787 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kuchar | 1B | 57 | 426 | 36 | 26 | 32 | .947 | 8.105 | ||||
| Jeffrey Nelson | 1B | 15 | 88 | 7 | 5 | 9 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Charles Morrison | 2B | 42 | 75 | 116 | 21 | 17 | .901 | 4.548 | ||||
| Jose LaPorte | 2B | 30 | 49 | 69 | 13 | 7 | .901 | 3.933 | ||||
| Jim McArdle | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tad Venger | 3B | 37 | 35 | 55 | 33 | 4 | .732 | 2.432 | ||||
| Tom Foley | 3B | 32 | 15 | 45 | 12 | 1 | .833 | 1.875 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Charles Morrison | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McArdle | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Hudson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Chrisman | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ray Corbett | C | 42 | 300 | 31 | 17 | 3 | .951 | 7.881 | 38 | |||
| Jack Hudson | C | 19 | 130 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 7.526 | 12 | |||
| David Goodman | C | 11 | 101 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .939 | 9.727 | 13 | |||
| Jim McArdle | OF | 58 | 84 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .925 | 1.483 | ||||
| John Halasz | OF | 58 | 76 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .922 | 1.431 | ||||
| Michael Ventress | OF | 53 | 83 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .880 | 1.660 | ||||
| Jack Hudson | OF | 18 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.556 | ||||
| Scott Wixson | OF | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | OF | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Charles Morrison | OF | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tad Venger | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Jeffrey Nelson | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Nelson Torres | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Bob Umdenstock | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .412 | ||||
| Roger Glynn | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Kelly Becker | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Greg Hughes | P | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| Joe Price | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .867 | ||||
| Doug Neuenschwander | P | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Jeff Mihlbachler | P | 14 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.429 | ||||
| Chris Wells | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Maximo Severino | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Larry Jackson | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Larry Jensen | P | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ricky Arnold | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Paul Tarango | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Eugene Norman | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rickey Lear | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Tony Walker | SS | 45 | 100 | 114 | 32 | 26 | .870 | 4.756 | ||||
| Tom Foley | SS | 27 | 38 | 64 | 12 | 4 | .895 | 3.778 | ||||
| Totals | 771 | 1701 | 673 | 233 | 109 | .911 | 3.079 | 63 | 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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