1976 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 35-32
Finished 2nd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Joe Lewis (35-32)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 32,498, Avg. 970
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1976 season with a record of 35 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Tigers scored 235 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 244 runs. Gordon Blakeley accounted for 31 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .253. Mike Burns led the team with 7 wins, while Roger Weaver recorded a 1.43 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1976 Bristol Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roger Weaver, Alan Trammell and Dan Petry.
Joe Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Burns | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.78 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 55 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roger Weaver | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.43 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 53 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Corr | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.38 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 84 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Garry Grafton | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.95 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Halstead | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.05 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Zimmerman | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.54 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46.0 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Henderson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.90 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Petry | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.76 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 54 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Lawrence Bradley | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.09 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Rivera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Meyers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Felker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrone Bell | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Melvin Hayes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gregory Black | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Thomas | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 32 | .522 | 3.10 | 155 | 67 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 564.0 | 445 | 244 | 194 | 26 | 272 | 10 | 423 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Blakeley | 67 | 267 | 221 | 27 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 39 | .253 | .375 | .326 | .700 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Davis | 43 | 169 | 137 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 29 | .292 | .417 | .401 | .818 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Brigham | 55 | 219 | 194 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 42 | .206 | .294 | .232 | .526 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Trammell | 41 | 169 | 140 | 27 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 20 | .271 | .386 | .314 | .700 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charles Weinkofsky | 47 | 171 | 145 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 36 | .228 | .341 | .338 | .679 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keith Hakala | 48 | 174 | 147 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 22 | .211 | .322 | .306 | .628 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Vaughan | 51 | 177 | 149 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 45 | .201 | .324 | .255 | .579 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Romero | 45 | 184 | 167 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 25 | .174 | .240 | .246 | .486 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Greg Darichuk | 45 | 143 | 128 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .203 | .280 | .281 | .561 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Carter | 32 | 123 | 107 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 31 | .224 | .325 | .411 | .736 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Diaz | 33 | 117 | 108 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .213 | .267 | .296 | .564 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Castleberry | 41 | 113 | 104 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 30 | .183 | .227 | .212 | .439 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 35 | 120 | 101 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 | .149 | .277 | .178 | .456 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gabriel Hernandez | 26 | 73 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .167 | .247 | .242 | .489 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wiencek | 26 | 88 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .129 | .307 | .229 | .535 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Northrup | 5 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .533 | .632 | .600 | 1.232 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Switzer | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Kopatich | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Hogan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Douglas | 8 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Breivogel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 660 | 2360 | 2025 | 235 | 434 | 61 | 16 | 19 | 194 | 67 | 33 | 296 | 452 | .214 | .319 | .288 | .607 | 584 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Darichuk | 1B | 40 | 351 | 13 | 6 | 21 | .984 | 9.100 | ||||
| Charles Weinkofsky | 1B | 31 | 249 | 11 | 8 | 20 | .970 | 8.387 | ||||
| Gary Wiencek | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Keith Hakala | 2B | 47 | 100 | 140 | 8 | 16 | .968 | 5.106 | ||||
| John Romero | 2B | 16 | 41 | 40 | 3 | 14 | .964 | 5.062 | ||||
| Lawrence Douglas | 2B | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .870 | 2.857 | ||||
| Gordon Blakeley | 3B | 67 | 51 | 127 | 15 | 11 | .922 | 2.657 | ||||
| Keith Hakala | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Johnson | C | 33 | 225 | 23 | 7 | 4 | .973 | 7.515 | 10 | |||
| Vince Diaz | C | 32 | 211 | 35 | 5 | 5 | .980 | 7.688 | 8 | |||
| Gary Wiencek | C | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Carter | C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| James Brigham | OF | 55 | 60 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .899 | 1.127 | ||||
| Stephen Vaughan | OF | 50 | 96 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .942 | 1.960 | ||||
| George Davis | OF | 43 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.302 | ||||
| Robert Castleberry | OF | 40 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gary Wiencek | OF | 20 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| John Northrup | OF | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richard Kopatich | OF | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Zimmerman | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Dan Petry | P | 14 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Larry Corr | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Roger Weaver | P | 13 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .811 | 2.308 | ||||
| Thomas Henderson | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Mike Burns | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.308 | ||||
| David Halstead | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Don Thomas | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Lawrence Bradley | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Kenneth Meyers | P | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Garry Grafton | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| George Rivera | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Melvin Hayes | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tyrone Bell | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gregory Black | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph McLaughlin | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kurt Felker | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Trammell | SS | 41 | 59 | 131 | 12 | 18 | .941 | 4.634 | ||||
| John Romero | SS | 27 | 30 | 83 | 7 | 9 | .942 | 4.185 | ||||
| Gary Wiencek | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 723 | 1687 | 742 | 107 | 127 | .958 | 3.360 | 18 | 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.
