1977 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 43-26
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (43-26)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 27,410, Avg. 794
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1977 season with a record of 43 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Tigers topped the circuit with just 299 runs allowed. Bristol scored 375 runs. Joe Rothwell drove in 55 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .350. Charles Irving paced the team with 9 wins, while Bert Geiger recorded a 2.01 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Bruce Robbins played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bristol Tigers to do so.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Irving | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.81 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 71 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Steffen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.49 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bert Geiger | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.01 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 53 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Flynn | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.89 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 46 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Shea | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.02 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Ward | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.94 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31.0 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Richards | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Glaum | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.62 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40.0 | 45 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Beecroft | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence Bradley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Rivera | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.33 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Janton | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Dietz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Robbins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 27 | .614 | 3.85 | 168 | 70 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 570.0 | 530 | 299 | 244 | 37 | 279 | 13 | 455 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Wilder | 68 | 275 | 260 | 35 | 90 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 22 | .346 | .368 | .427 | .795 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Joe Rothwell | 70 | 295 | 243 | 42 | 85 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 16 | .350 | .451 | .527 | .977 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Michael Bateman | 66 | 262 | 242 | 32 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 31 | .281 | .320 | .368 | .688 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Larry Randel | 65 | 283 | 241 | 48 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 35 | 56 | .270 | .364 | .307 | .671 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Raphael Hampton | 68 | 289 | 239 | 55 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 40 | 54 | .251 | .361 | .389 | .750 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Marsh | 63 | 239 | 196 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 39 | .235 | .362 | .301 | .663 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Gonzalez | 35 | 124 | 114 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .263 | .311 | .351 | .662 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ted Dasen | 16 | 69 | 58 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .431 | .522 | .672 | 1.194 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Vaughan | 40 | 102 | 84 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 20 | .286 | .394 | .393 | .787 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Murphy | 33 | 104 | 88 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .261 | .375 | .352 | .727 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Champagne | 32 | 68 | 59 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .373 | .456 | .525 | .981 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 33 | 107 | 88 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .239 | .352 | .273 | .625 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Fitten | 25 | 95 | 85 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .235 | .298 | .294 | .592 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Taylor | 31 | 97 | 83 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .217 | .295 | .289 | .584 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dale Jones | 25 | 67 | 58 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .259 | .358 | .448 | .806 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Hall | 17 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .226 | .314 | .419 | .734 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gabriel Hernandez | 25 | 38 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .194 | .237 | .417 | .654 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Schwartz | 11 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen DiBenedetto | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .312 | .154 | .466 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 735 | 2586 | 2237 | 375 | 631 | 106 | 12 | 33 | 308 | 102 | 27 | 283 | 384 | .282 | .365 | .384 | .750 | 860 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Rothwell | 1B | 70 | 558 | 27 | 12 | 41 | .980 | 8.357 | ||||
| Gabriel Hernandez | 1B | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | 2B | 65 | 136 | 170 | 13 | 15 | .959 | 4.708 | ||||
| Stephen DiBenedetto | 2B | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Larry Marsh | 2B | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Larry Marsh | 3B | 53 | 38 | 92 | 16 | 5 | .890 | 2.453 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 3B | 15 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Schwartz | 3B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Stephen Vaughan | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Murphy | C | 32 | 203 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 7.156 | 6 | |||
| Scott Johnson | C | 31 | 188 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .982 | 7.000 | 6 | |||
| Kurt Hall | C | 15 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 2.733 | 0 | |||
| Dale Jones | C | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 2 | |||
| Gary Fitten | C | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.000 | 0 | |||
| Raphael Hampton | OF | 68 | 146 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .949 | 2.191 | ||||
| Clifton Wilder | OF | 52 | 60 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .779 | 1.154 | ||||
| Stephen Vaughan | OF | 33 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.152 | ||||
| Donald Taylor | OF | 31 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.032 | ||||
| Jorge Gonzalez | OF | 31 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.516 | ||||
| Gary Champagne | OF | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .950 | ||||
| David Schwartz | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steve Glaum | P | 26 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .500 | ||||
| John Ward | P | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .182 | ||||
| Charles Irving | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| George Rivera | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Kevin Richards | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Bert Geiger | P | 13 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Kenneth Shea | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| John Flynn | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Steffen | P | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Robert Dietz | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lawrence Bradley | P | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Beecroft | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Janton | P | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Randel | SS | 63 | 92 | 158 | 20 | 32 | .926 | 3.968 | ||||
| Larry Marsh | SS | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .920 | 3.286 | ||||
| Stephen DiBenedetto | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Michael Bateman | SS | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 791 | 1714 | 678 | 121 | 115 | .952 | 3.024 | 14 | 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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