1977 Calgary Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 34-36
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: John Lewis (34-36)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Burns Stadium
Attendance: 27,774, Avg. 794
The Calgary Cardinals of the Pioneer League ended the 1977 season with a record of 34 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Cardinals paced the league with 582 runs, spearheaded by 58 home runs. Calgary yielded 535 runs. Larry Silver led the team with 10 home runs Ty Waller recorded 77 runs batted in. James Reeves topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .376 clip. Dennis Morton and Wayne Anderson paced the squad with 5 wins each, while Dennis Morton recorded a 4.56 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1977 Calgary Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Andy Rincon, Ty Waller, Jim Gott, Jeff Doyle and Joe DeSa.
John 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Morton | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.56 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 89 | 61 | 40 | 6 | 58 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Wayne Anderson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 8.27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 82 | 67 | 57 | 5 | 55 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Brown | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.35 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 61 | 53 | 40 | 6 | 60 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.92 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Donald Moore | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.86 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Vasche | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 67 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jim Gott | 3 | 4 | .429 | 9.55 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 71 | 82 | 69 | 7 | 83 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| William Thomas | 3 | 8 | .273 | 7.88 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 82 | 74 | 63 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Vaughn Yadao | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Pope | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.71 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 57 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gregory Shafer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.02 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43.0 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ramon Baez | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.07 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 36 | .486 | 6.38 | 171 | 70 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 603.3 | 705 | 535 | 428 | 61 | 475 | 32 | 415 | 23 | 6 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Waller | 70 | 333 | 300 | 77 | 96 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 40 | .320 | .377 | .470 | .847 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Reeves | 61 | 281 | 226 | 70 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 37 | .376 | .493 | .584 | 1.077 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Silver | 61 | 269 | 227 | 53 | 85 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 33 | .374 | .465 | .630 | 1.095 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe DeSa | 70 | 337 | 279 | 65 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 43 | .272 | .392 | .358 | .750 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| LeRoy Grossini | 62 | 287 | 235 | 54 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 47 | 47 | .302 | .420 | .426 | .845 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Cirbo | 54 | 225 | 181 | 46 | 66 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 42 | .365 | .476 | .635 | 1.111 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Doyle | 36 | 165 | 131 | 37 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 13 | .313 | .442 | .519 | .961 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Paul Tomini | 53 | 207 | 157 | 40 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 44 | .248 | .425 | .401 | .826 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darnell Barnett | 41 | 164 | 135 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 44 | .244 | .372 | .289 | .661 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Keck | 50 | 195 | 154 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 59 | .188 | .349 | .286 | .634 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Murray | 21 | 101 | 88 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .250 | .323 | .386 | .710 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rick Cheshire | 22 | 85 | 67 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 12 | .299 | .447 | .433 | .880 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Puckett | 34 | 123 | 95 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 30 | .168 | .331 | .200 | .531 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Claudio Brito | 26 | 81 | 69 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .203 | .309 | .261 | .570 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Fuentes | 25 | 76 | 70 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | .186 | .250 | .271 | .521 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Cheesman | 10 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .207 | .281 | .241 | .523 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Bush | 23 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .100 | .156 | .133 | .290 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Hightower | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 726 | 3003 | 2479 | 581 | 715 | 146 | 20 | 58 | 490 | 88 | 22 | 457 | 537 | .288 | .403 | .434 | .837 | 1075 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 70 | 607 | 37 | 10 | 65 | .985 | 9.200 | ||||
| Darnell Barnett | 1B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Randy Puckett | 2B | 32 | 54 | 68 | 8 | 13 | .938 | 3.812 | ||||
| Jeff Doyle | 2B | 27 | 69 | 81 | 7 | 22 | .955 | 5.556 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 2B | 16 | 31 | 33 | 3 | 10 | .955 | 4.000 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | 2B | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.364 | ||||
| Ty Waller | 3B | 69 | 72 | 142 | 25 | 17 | .895 | 3.101 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 3B | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dennis Cirbo | C | 44 | 249 | 30 | 8 | 1 | .972 | 6.341 | 11 | |||
| Rick Cheshire | C | 21 | 138 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .969 | 7.333 | 9 | |||
| Barry Cheesman | C | 9 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 5.222 | 7 | |||
| Frank Fuentes | C | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 3.000 | 2 | |||
| James Reeves | OF | 57 | 89 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.789 | ||||
| Larry Silver | OF | 55 | 83 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .912 | 1.691 | ||||
| Paul Keck | OF | 50 | 102 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 2.220 | ||||
| Paul Tomini | OF | 42 | 80 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .933 | 1.976 | ||||
| Darnell Barnett | OF | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.353 | ||||
| Alvin Bush | OF | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Andrew Hightower | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Gregory Shafer | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Dennis Morton | P | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Vaughn Yadao | P | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Wayne Anderson | P | 18 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.056 | ||||
| Stephen Brown | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| Michael Pope | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Vasche | P | 13 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.615 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Donald Moore | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| William Anderson | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Ramon Baez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| LeRoy Grossini | SS | 58 | 72 | 165 | 29 | 31 | .891 | 4.086 | ||||
| Claudio Brito | SS | 22 | 20 | 41 | 14 | 6 | .813 | 2.773 | ||||
| Richard Murray | SS | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ty Waller | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 805 | 1809 | 799 | 167 | 185 | .940 | 3.240 | 29 | 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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