1977 Cedar Rapids Giants Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jack Mull (74-66)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 96,763, Avg. 1,382
Playoffs - Burlington Bees 1 game, Cedar Rapids Giants 0
The Cedar Rapids Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Giants scored 711 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Bob Brenly led Cedar Rapids with 22 home runs, while Kenneth Feinberg, John Sylvester and Rich Murray each walloped 15 or more as well. Rich Murray drove in 94 runs. John Sylvester paced all regular batters by connecting at a .296 clip. Dan Hartwig, Phil Nastu and Michael Wardlow topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Phil Nastu recorded a 1.88 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1977 Cedar Rapids Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Tufts, Gorman Heimueller, Bob Brenly, Phil Nastu, Chris Bourjos and Rich Murray.
Jack Mull 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Nastu | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.88 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 82 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Michael Wardlow | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.57 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 140.0 | 90 | 54 | 40 | 6 | 79 | 0 | 133 | 8 | 0 | 13 | ||
Dan Hartwig | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.28 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 170.0 | 150 | 77 | 62 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
David Myers | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.36 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 116 | 77 | 63 | 12 | 82 | 2 | 124 | 10 | 3 | 9 | ||
David Anderson | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.17 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 148 | 85 | 69 | 13 | 62 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
Brian Moulton | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.46 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 111.0 | 115 | 69 | 55 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
Drew Nickerson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.88 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.0 | 95 | 60 | 49 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
Bob Tufts | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.27 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 59 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steven Sherman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 1.39 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 71.0 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Ray Cosio | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.74 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 51 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
John Hillas | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jonathan Harper | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bart Bass | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.56 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 40 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steve Pearce | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.85 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Henry Macias | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
James Guy | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Gareth Ledbetter | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gorman Heimueller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.73 | 278 | 140 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 27 | 1200.0 | 1076 | 632 | 497 | 92 | 595 | 21 | 949 | 45 | 9 | 62 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Murray | 129 | 542 | 494 | 72 | 136 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 94 | 20 | 4 | 38 | 101 | .275 | .327 | .457 | .785 | 226 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
Bob Brenly | 136 | 595 | 499 | 85 | 135 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 73 | 6 | 3 | 90 | 108 | .271 | .381 | .439 | .820 | 219 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Mark Kuecker | 133 | 531 | 473 | 68 | 125 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 80 | .264 | .336 | .391 | .727 | 185 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
John Laubhan | 134 | 582 | 495 | 76 | 122 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 16 | 13 | 71 | 112 | .246 | .342 | .392 | .734 | 194 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||
John Sylvester | 109 | 444 | 382 | 75 | 113 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 51 | 23 | 4 | 59 | 85 | .296 | .392 | .500 | .892 | 191 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ken Barton | 109 | 442 | 387 | 56 | 105 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 57 | .271 | .342 | .411 | .753 | 159 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
Kenneth Feinberg | 121 | 459 | 389 | 58 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 70 | .226 | .335 | .404 | .738 | 157 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||
Chris Bourjos | 65 | 280 | 261 | 53 | 86 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 36 | .330 | .363 | .556 | .919 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
Henry Macias | 91 | 366 | 304 | 44 | 74 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 59 | .243 | .361 | .326 | .687 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Gareth Ledbetter | 104 | 343 | 263 | 36 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 47 | .270 | .416 | .346 | .762 | 91 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||
Joe Ward | 45 | 189 | 161 | 26 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 27 | .317 | .418 | .472 | .890 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Shourds | 76 | 282 | 232 | 28 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 72 | .216 | .335 | .297 | .632 | 69 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
James Pryor | 63 | 197 | 169 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | .237 | .312 | .296 | .608 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
Michael Wardlow | 43 | 90 | 79 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .190 | .267 | .354 | .621 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Totals | 1358 | 5342 | 4588 | 709 | 1211 | 194 | 26 | 144 | 630 | 104 | 43 | 623 | 891 | .264 | .355 | .412 | .767 | 1889 | 0 | 43 | 53 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Murray | 1B | 126 | 1149 | 54 | 16 | 105 | .987 | 9.548 | ||||
Kenneth Feinberg | 1B | 18 | 151 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .969 | 8.611 | ||||
Ken Barton | 2B | 101 | 198 | 268 | 16 | 48 | .967 | 4.614 | ||||
Henry Macias | 2B | 53 | 111 | 127 | 21 | 33 | .919 | 4.491 | ||||
Bob Brenly | 3B | 123 | 89 | 263 | 31 | 21 | .919 | 2.862 | ||||
Michael Wardlow | 3B | 13 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 4 | .884 | 2.923 | ||||
Kenneth Feinberg | 3B | 4 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
Gareth Ledbetter | C | 102 | 618 | 58 | 11 | 8 | .984 | 6.627 | 17 | |||
James Pryor | C | 55 | 357 | 24 | 10 | 5 | .974 | 6.927 | 6 | |||
John Laubhan | OF | 133 | 180 | 20 | 10 | 8 | .952 | 1.504 | ||||
John Sylvester | OF | 107 | 211 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 2.056 | ||||
Kenneth Feinberg | OF | 83 | 124 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.614 | ||||
Jeff Shourds | OF | 51 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.157 | ||||
Chris Bourjos | OF | 25 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .889 | 1.920 | ||||
Joe Ward | OF | 24 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
Henry Macias | OF | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
Bob Brenly | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Steven Sherman | P | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .182 | ||||
Brian Moulton | P | 31 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.226 | ||||
Drew Nickerson | P | 26 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Dan Hartwig | P | 25 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.160 | ||||
David Myers | P | 23 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .828 | 1.043 | ||||
David Anderson | P | 23 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .912 | 1.348 | ||||
Michael Wardlow | P | 22 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.682 | ||||
Phil Nastu | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
Jonathan Harper | P | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .133 | ||||
Ray Cosio | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
Steve Pearce | P | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
Bob Tufts | P | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
Gorman Heimueller | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
John Hillas | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bart Bass | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
James Guy | P | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Henry Macias | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Gareth Ledbetter | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Mark Kuecker | SS | 133 | 165 | 405 | 42 | 75 | .931 | 4.286 | ||||
Henry Macias | SS | 11 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 6 | .878 | 3.273 | ||||
Totals | 1452 | 3587 | 1517 | 210 | 342 | .960 | 3.515 | 23 | 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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