1977 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 29-40
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: J. R. Miner (29-40)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 27,200, Avg. 788
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1977 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Orioles plated 347 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 345 runs. Dan Logan paced Bluefield with 14 home runs and recorded 56 runs batted in. John Denman led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Mark Smith topped the team with 7 wins, while Michael Rachuba registered a 2.45 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1977 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Smith, Vic Rodríguez, Drungo Hazewood, Dave Huppert and John Shelby.
J. R. Miner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.03 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 75 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Rachuba | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.45 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 54 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Coneys | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.50 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 87 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chris Olsen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.75 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 59 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Lindal | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.75 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 77 | 54 | 51 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Will George | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.91 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 56 | 52 | 44 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rowland George | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.68 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 53 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Lerner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Peralta | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.09 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gary Gronowski | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.03 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Lesser | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.67 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Robert Welch | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jorge Diaz | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Felix Castillo | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 37 | .464 | 4.32 | 152 | 70 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 586.0 | 589 | 340 | 281 | 52 | 345 | 14 | 447 | 29 | 3 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Logan | 69 | 288 | 258 | 40 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 30 | .302 | .365 | .543 | .907 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Denman | 68 | 274 | 233 | 49 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 51 | .305 | .399 | .425 | .823 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Russell Brett | 70 | 266 | 244 | 32 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 63 | .250 | .308 | .451 | .759 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Eaton | 67 | 305 | 247 | 45 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 40 | 31 | .227 | .337 | .287 | .624 | 71 | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Vic Rodríguez | 53 | 204 | 188 | 28 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .293 | .316 | .436 | .752 | 82 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| John Shelby | 60 | 224 | 211 | 28 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 44 | .256 | .288 | .308 | .596 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Whitfield | 63 | 246 | 225 | 26 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 31 | .231 | .277 | .307 | .584 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dave Huppert | 51 | 153 | 125 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 31 | .232 | .360 | .408 | .768 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Drungo Hazewood | 51 | 162 | 141 | 21 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 55 | .184 | .284 | .340 | .624 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Marrero | 39 | 109 | 101 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .238 | .287 | .416 | .703 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Polan | 37 | 133 | 107 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 28 | .215 | .346 | .280 | .627 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Sherman | 23 | 77 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .169 | .355 | .220 | .576 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Lankster | 12 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .242 | .297 | .242 | .540 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Moore | 16 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .200 | .282 | .257 | .539 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Contreras | 40 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .162 | .279 | .243 | .522 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Ramirez | 12 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .125 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Emala | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 732 | 2595 | 2269 | 346 | 564 | 89 | 18 | 55 | 296 | 77 | 37 | 261 | 481 | .249 | .327 | .376 | .703 | 854 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Logan | 1B | 69 | 565 | 21 | 2 | 46 | .997 | 8.493 | ||||
| Russell Brett | 1B | 9 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.889 | ||||
| Tom Eaton | 2B | 67 | 157 | 174 | 10 | 46 | .971 | 4.940 | ||||
| David Lankster | 2B | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Russell Brett | 3B | 38 | 28 | 70 | 11 | 4 | .899 | 2.579 | ||||
| Steve Polan | 3B | 36 | 17 | 62 | 6 | 10 | .929 | 2.194 | ||||
| Vic Rodríguez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dave Huppert | C | 51 | 292 | 46 | 6 | 4 | .983 | 6.627 | 7 | |||
| Paul Contreras | C | 24 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.875 | 2 | |||
| Richard Moore | C | 16 | 79 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .948 | 5.750 | 5 | |||
| Michael Sherman | C | 6 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 6.500 | 2 | |||
| John Denman | OF | 65 | 138 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 2.262 | ||||
| John Shelby | OF | 55 | 90 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .936 | 1.855 | ||||
| Drungo Hazewood | OF | 42 | 65 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .870 | 1.595 | ||||
| William Marrero | OF | 30 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.567 | ||||
| Russell Brett | OF | 21 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.810 | ||||
| Russell Ramirez | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Luis Peralta | P | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Stephen Lesser | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Rachuba | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Gary Gronowski | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 14 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Coneys | P | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Michael Lindal | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Will George | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Olsen | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Rowland George | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jorge Diaz | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Felix Castillo | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Welch | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Lerner | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Jones | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | SS | 63 | 81 | 163 | 15 | 28 | .942 | 3.873 | ||||
| David Lankster | SS | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 5 | .926 | 3.571 | ||||
| Vic Rodríguez | SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 769 | 1765 | 710 | 98 | 162 | .962 | 3.218 | 16 | 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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