1977 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Tim Murtaugh (0-0), Johnny Lipon (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 457,251, Avg. 6,532
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1977 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Clippers scored 682 runs and conceded 708 runs. Mike Easler and Dale Berra led Columbus with 18 home runs apiece., while Jim Nettles and Bob Oliver walloped 15 or more also. Bob Oliver drove in 85 runs. Mike Easler paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .302 clip. Timothy Jones topped the team with 15 wins, and Ed Whitson recorded a 3.34 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Greg Terlecky, Bob Johnson, Jim Sadowski, Bob Oliver, Steve Nicosia, John Morlan, Chris Batton, Timothy Jones, Rod Scurry, Nelson Norman, Ellie Rodríguez, Mike Edwards, Dale Berra, Gary Hargis, Ed Whitson, Jim Nettles, Don Robinson, Mike Easler, Rafael Vásquez, Ken Macha, Dave Pagan, Miguel Diloné, Fred Scherman, Alberto Lois, Lowell Palmer, Dave Augustine, Al Holland and Mickey Scott were all players from the 1977 Columbus Clippers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tim Murtaugh and Johnny Lipon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Jones | 15 | 6 | .714 | 4.12 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 190.0 | 207 | 99 | 87 | 19 | 62 | 2 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.88 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 131 | 62 | 58 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ed Whitson | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.34 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 175 | 74 | 65 | 9 | 68 | 3 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randolph Hopkins | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.47 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 158 | 73 | 65 | 10 | 59 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al Holland | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.56 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86.0 | 83 | 44 | 34 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fred Scherman | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.90 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90.0 | 97 | 53 | 39 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.17 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 63 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rich Standart | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.44 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59.0 | 49 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.62 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.79 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Batton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.91 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 49 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Scott | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 55.0 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Gonzalez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Vásquez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Morlan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 48 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 17.25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Raymond Price | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.59 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 49 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 72 | .474 | 4.59 | 343 | 139 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 1146.0 | 1283 | 677 | 584 | 129 | 462 | 28 | 633 | 35 | 11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Edwards | 133 | 575 | 531 | 77 | 157 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 62 | 11 | 23 | 59 | .296 | .322 | .369 | .691 | 196 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||
| Mike Easler | 127 | 536 | 451 | 83 | 136 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 75 | 12 | 7 | 76 | 76 | .302 | .403 | .508 | .911 | 229 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Oliver | 126 | 510 | 489 | 54 | 134 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 85 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 90 | .274 | .293 | .450 | .743 | 220 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dale Berra | 125 | 492 | 438 | 68 | 127 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 67 | .290 | .357 | .486 | .843 | 213 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 123 | 489 | 409 | 89 | 116 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 45 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 54 | .284 | .395 | .474 | .870 | 194 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 127 | 454 | 406 | 52 | 93 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 55 | .229 | .291 | .345 | .636 | 140 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Gary Hargis | 104 | 379 | 349 | 39 | 88 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 37 | .252 | .278 | .355 | .634 | 124 | 0 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Ken Macha | 76 | 306 | 254 | 51 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 33 | .335 | .424 | .551 | .976 | 140 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Harry Saferight | 80 | 288 | 261 | 30 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 32 | .295 | .350 | .490 | .840 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 88 | 265 | 240 | 34 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 50 | .250 | .293 | .433 | .726 | 104 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Alberto Lois | 42 | 161 | 142 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 31 | .282 | .352 | .408 | .761 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Miguel Diloné | 38 | 163 | 144 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 15 | .215 | .292 | .264 | .556 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ellie Rodríguez | 49 | 163 | 134 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 17 | .224 | .356 | .313 | .669 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Norman | 28 | 96 | 90 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | .233 | .263 | .278 | .541 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Nicosia | 25 | 101 | 85 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | .212 | .320 | .412 | .732 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Thomas | 19 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .236 | .391 | .345 | .737 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oswaldo Olivares | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .438 | .400 | .838 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Whitson | 27 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luther Wrenn | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 29 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Scott | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Holland | 27 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Hopkins | 36 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Standart | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Scurry | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Scherman | 49 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chris Batton | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Sadowski | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Robinson | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Price | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Nelson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1634 | 5180 | 4594 | 681 | 1243 | 206 | 55 | 122 | 628 | 194 | 59 | 446 | 701 | .271 | .336 | .419 | .755 | 1925 | 0 | 29 | 61 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 106 | 955 | 48 | 6 | 90 | .994 | 9.462 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 32 | 251 | 14 | 7 | 27 | .974 | 8.281 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 1B | 11 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | 2B | 133 | 280 | 426 | 17 | 94 | .976 | 5.308 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 2B | 8 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 3.750 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 2B | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dale Berra | 3B | 124 | 95 | 239 | 29 | 28 | .920 | 2.694 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 3B | 15 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 6 | .926 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ken Macha | 3B | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Harry Saferight | C | 70 | 357 | 26 | 12 | 2 | .970 | 5.471 | 1 | |||
| Ellie Rodríguez | C | 47 | 197 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .982 | 4.638 | 3 | |||
| Steve Nicosia | C | 24 | 132 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 6.167 | 4 | |||
| Ken Macha | C | 8 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 1 | |||
| Dave Augustine | C | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Nettles | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 98 | 172 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.816 | ||||
| Mike Easler | OF | 88 | 171 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 2.023 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | OF | 77 | 161 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .988 | 2.169 | ||||
| Ken Macha | OF | 53 | 77 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .920 | 1.528 | ||||
| Alberto Lois | OF | 38 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 2.447 | ||||
| Miguel Diloné | OF | 35 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 2.943 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 32 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.469 | ||||
| William Thomas | OF | 18 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 2.222 | ||||
| Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Harry Saferight | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fred Scherman | P | 49 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .286 | ||||
| Rich Standart | P | 36 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Randolph Hopkins | P | 35 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| Mickey Scott | P | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | P | 28 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
| Al Holland | P | 27 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .370 | ||||
| Ed Whitson | P | 26 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.346 | ||||
| Lowell Palmer | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 19 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Jim Sadowski | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Raymond Price | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Bob Johnson | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rod Scurry | P | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Dave Pagan | P | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Chris Batton | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Douglas Nelson | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| John Morlan | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Gonzalez | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Don Robinson | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gary Hargis | SS | 85 | 125 | 252 | 16 | 38 | .959 | 4.435 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | SS | 31 | 51 | 67 | 15 | 15 | .887 | 3.806 | ||||
| Nelson Norman | SS | 28 | 49 | 84 | 5 | 14 | .964 | 4.750 | ||||
| Dale Berra | SS | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1530 | 3578 | 1504 | 158 | 352 | .970 | 3.322 | 9 | 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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