1977 Bristol Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 4th in the EL's New England Division
Manager: John Kennedy (72-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 57,563, Avg. 828
The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the league's New England Division.
The Red Sox paced the circuit with just 498 runs allowed. Bristol scored 583 runs. Dave Koza and Otis Foster led the squad with 16 home runs apiece. Gary Purcell drove in 81 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .301. Joel Finch paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.22 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave Stapleton, Mike O'Berry, John Tudor, Ed Jurak, Joel Finch, Win Remmerswaal, Chuck Rainey and Mike Smithson were all players from the 1977 Bristol Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
John Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Finch | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.22 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 187.0 | 176 | 77 | 67 | 12 | 62 | 8 | 113 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Win Remmerswaal | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.47 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 140.0 | 132 | 66 | 54 | 11 | 46 | 4 | 108 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jose Caldera | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.19 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 78 | 36 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Burke Suter | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.44 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 149.0 | 128 | 65 | 57 | 16 | 47 | 4 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Poole | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.31 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 58 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Tudor | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.52 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 115.0 | 113 | 57 | 45 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Breen Newcomer | 6 | 16 | .273 | 3.91 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 161 | 82 | 63 | 6 | 56 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard Waller | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.43 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 88.0 | 57 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Rainey | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.29 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 55 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Farias | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.68 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Carlander | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.66 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Al Faust | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Herlihy | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Glenn Fisher | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Smithson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 21.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Stephenson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 67 | .518 | 3.31 | 269 | 139 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 29 | 1139.0 | 1074 | 498 | 419 | 77 | 392 | 38 | 762 | 33 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Purcell | 134 | 525 | 468 | 56 | 141 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 81 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 73 | .301 | .369 | .468 | .836 | 219 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Otis Foster | 136 | 552 | 457 | 64 | 123 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 52 | .269 | .374 | .444 | .818 | 203 | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Ken Huizenga | 135 | 516 | 471 | 39 | 122 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 51 | .259 | .311 | .367 | .678 | 173 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Ed Jurak | 123 | 508 | 441 | 74 | 116 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 74 | .263 | .345 | .333 | .679 | 147 | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Joe Krsnich | 124 | 471 | 403 | 56 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 63 | .275 | .368 | .419 | .787 | 169 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dave Koza | 117 | 446 | 401 | 62 | 104 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 72 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 75 | .259 | .316 | .456 | .773 | 183 | 12 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dave Stapleton | 86 | 340 | 304 | 52 | 93 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 26 | .306 | .366 | .480 | .846 | 146 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Evans | 89 | 378 | 286 | 63 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 49 | .276 | .424 | .469 | .893 | 134 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Mike O'Berry | 125 | 426 | 352 | 46 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 94 | .205 | .316 | .261 | .578 | 92 | 2 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Steve Tarbell | 70 | 218 | 198 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | .217 | .271 | .268 | .539 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Erwin Bryant | 35 | 146 | 135 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | .230 | .261 | .252 | .512 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dave Denton | 39 | 151 | 133 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .203 | .270 | .233 | .503 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mark Buba | 35 | 116 | 103 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .233 | .295 | .243 | .537 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Fisher | 45 | 129 | 113 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .186 | .260 | .257 | .516 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Scott Burk | 13 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .154 | .244 | .154 | .398 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Win Remmerswaal | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Shankle | 7 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .043 | .120 | .087 | .207 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Stephenson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1341 | 4995 | 4330 | 582 | 1116 | 181 | 39 | 91 | 522 | 45 | 43 | 505 | 654 | .258 | .339 | .381 | .719 | 1648 | 0 | 47 | 69 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Foster | 1B | 136 | 1153 | 137 | 15 | 81 | .989 | 9.485 | ||||
| Steve Tarbell | 1B | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
| Mark Buba | 1B | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 2B | 67 | 147 | 163 | 11 | 36 | .966 | 4.627 | ||||
| Dave Denton | 2B | 34 | 74 | 120 | 5 | 28 | .975 | 5.706 | ||||
| Mark Buba | 2B | 20 | 26 | 58 | 2 | 15 | .977 | 4.200 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 2B | 17 | 31 | 38 | 2 | 7 | .972 | 4.059 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | 2B | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ronald Evans | 3B | 89 | 63 | 168 | 23 | 17 | .909 | 2.596 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 3B | 18 | 11 | 48 | 5 | 3 | .922 | 3.278 | ||||
| Scott Burk | 3B | 12 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 2.583 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | 3B | 10 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 1 | .724 | 2.100 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 3B | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.222 | ||||
| Mark Buba | 3B | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Joe Krsnich | 3B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike O'Berry | C | 124 | 682 | 89 | 16 | 10 | .980 | 6.218 | 6 | |||
| Steve Tarbell | C | 30 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.867 | 2 | |||
| Ken Huizenga | OF | 135 | 248 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 1.874 | ||||
| Gary Purcell | OF | 125 | 215 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .953 | 1.792 | ||||
| Joe Krsnich | OF | 93 | 168 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .951 | 1.892 | ||||
| Dave Koza | OF | 62 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .962 | 1.629 | ||||
| James Shankle | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Steve Tarbell | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Richard Waller | P | 43 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .442 | ||||
| Jose Caldera | P | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .467 | ||||
| Joel Finch | P | 28 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 3 | .883 | 1.893 | ||||
| John Tudor | P | 27 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 1.481 | ||||
| Burke Suter | P | 26 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .808 | ||||
| Breen Newcomer | P | 26 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 1.385 | ||||
| Tom Farias | P | 25 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .480 | ||||
| Win Remmerswaal | P | 23 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .826 | ||||
| Bruce Poole | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .818 | ||||
| Al Faust | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Rainey | P | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Kevin Stephenson | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Paul Carlander | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Herlihy | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Smithson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Jurak | SS | 119 | 173 | 345 | 26 | 59 | .952 | 4.353 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | SS | 22 | 29 | 57 | 4 | 13 | .956 | 3.909 | ||||
| Totals | 1419 | 3401 | 1487 | 183 | 302 | .964 | 3.445 | 8 | 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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