1976 Charleston Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 59-80
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Mike Ryan (59-80)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 34,249, Avg. 493
The Charleston Patriots of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 59 wins and 80 losses, finishing third in the WCL.
The Patriots scored 631 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 776 runs, most in the circuit. Alfred Rein led Charleston with 17 home runs, and Dale Berra walloped 15 or more, too. Dale Berra drove in 89 runs. Dan DeBattista paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .304 clip. Don Robinson topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.24 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Nelson Norman, Dale Berra, Mike Ryan, Albert Williams, Don Robinson, Rafael Vásquez, Bryan Clark and Tony Peña were all players from the 1976 Charleston Patriots who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mike Ryan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Robinson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.24 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 172.0 | 146 | 79 | 62 | 12 | 64 | 2 | 132 | 7 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.99 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 158 | 88 | 74 | 6 | 111 | 2 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Jeff Pinkus | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.40 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 125 | 86 | 66 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Ricky Martin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.16 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 75.0 | 88 | 55 | 43 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Donald Presser | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.92 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 136 | 77 | 71 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 67 | 9 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Albert Williams | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.70 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46.0 | 39 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Schwartz | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.40 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 59 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Hudson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Rafael Vásquez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.64 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jakubowski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.97 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.0 | 37 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pete Summers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Vincent Frye | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Reavis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.0 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bryan Clark | 1 | 13 | .071 | 6.12 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 97 | 87 | 70 | 1 | 104 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 31 | ||
| Martin Rivas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Howard | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Burkett | 0 | 0 | 11.45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Russell Seabol | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Tapia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Stadnika | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.97 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Isaac | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.44 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 45 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 80 | .424 | 4.90 | 301 | 139 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 13 | 1167.0 | 1147 | 776 | 636 | 78 | 700 | 27 | 756 | 57 | 26 | 139 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Berra | 139 | 578 | 527 | 78 | 157 | 28 | 5 | 16 | 89 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 98 | .298 | .345 | .461 | .806 | 243 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Nelson Norman | 128 | 579 | 544 | 88 | 151 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 42 | .278 | .313 | .320 | .633 | 174 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dan DeBattista | 127 | 542 | 493 | 81 | 150 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 67 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 50 | .304 | .361 | .412 | .773 | 203 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Robbins | 137 | 601 | 502 | 58 | 143 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 72 | .285 | .389 | .410 | .800 | 206 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Busby | 128 | 504 | 446 | 65 | 128 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 25 | 11 | 50 | 40 | .287 | .361 | .406 | .766 | 181 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jerry McDonald | 124 | 567 | 475 | 70 | 115 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 73 | 34 | .242 | .351 | .316 | .667 | 150 | 8 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Alfred Rein | 125 | 482 | 428 | 57 | 112 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 144 | .262 | .333 | .435 | .768 | 186 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jimmy Brady | 103 | 404 | 337 | 44 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 58 | 77 | .249 | .364 | .374 | .738 | 126 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Leonardo Ortiz | 43 | 155 | 144 | 15 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 29 | .278 | .309 | .431 | .740 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Candido Ventura | 48 | 143 | 135 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .252 | .279 | .319 | .597 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Olson | 56 | 190 | 165 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 48 | .188 | .291 | .279 | .570 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Wick | 27 | 110 | 96 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .219 | .299 | .323 | .622 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Woods | 25 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .211 | .256 | .276 | .532 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Carty | 21 | 68 | 63 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .190 | .250 | .254 | .504 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Peña | 14 | 55 | 49 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .224 | .309 | .327 | .636 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Baker | 9 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .308 | .400 | .462 | .862 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 7 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .304 | .360 | .348 | .708 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 13 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .167 | .300 | .310 | .610 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ryan | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Clark | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Schwartz | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Isaac | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Fulton | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .000 | .636 | .000 | .636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hudson | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Howard | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Heyward Edrington | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Robinson | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1401 | 5207 | 4600 | 631 | 1231 | 195 | 30 | 85 | 548 | 105 | 51 | 491 | 744 | .268 | .342 | .378 | .721 | 1741 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Robbins | 1B | 137 | 1129 | 101 | 19 | 97 | .985 | 8.978 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | 1B | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 5.750 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | 2B | 102 | 225 | 278 | 24 | 59 | .954 | 4.931 | ||||
| Jeffrey Woods | 2B | 21 | 35 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.714 | ||||
| Candido Ventura | 2B | 17 | 39 | 43 | 3 | 9 | .965 | 4.824 | ||||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 2B | 7 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 3.429 | ||||
| Dale Berra | 3B | 139 | 129 | 269 | 41 | 27 | .907 | 2.863 | ||||
| Larry Olson | C | 47 | 244 | 32 | 8 | 7 | .972 | 5.872 | 15 | |||
| Leonardo Ortiz | C | 43 | 240 | 27 | 10 | 4 | .964 | 6.209 | 8 | |||
| Roger Wick | C | 27 | 194 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 7.667 | 8 | |||
| Tony Peña | C | 14 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 5.071 | 3 | |||
| Richard Baker | C | 9 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 5.556 | 7 | |||
| Dan DeBattista | C | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 6 | |||
| Jimmy Busby | OF | 128 | 249 | 18 | 9 | 4 | .967 | 2.086 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | OF | 124 | 285 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 2.363 | ||||
| Alfred Rein | OF | 122 | 200 | 8 | 15 | 5 | .933 | 1.705 | ||||
| Jorge Carty | OF | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Candido Ventura | OF | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 12 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Larry Olson | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Gary Fulton | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dan DeBattista | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Ricky Martin | P | 31 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .484 | ||||
| Albert Williams | P | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
| Don Robinson | P | 25 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 1.720 | ||||
| Robert Mazur | P | 24 | 14 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 1.917 | ||||
| Jeff Pinkus | P | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .767 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Jakubowski | P | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Bryan Clark | P | 22 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .682 | ||||
| Donald Presser | P | 21 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .935 | 2.048 | ||||
| Paul Reavis | P | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .250 | ||||
| Dennis Schwartz | P | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Pete Summers | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joseph Isaac | P | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Richard Hudson | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Robert Stadnika | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Tapia | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Howard | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| James Burkett | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Vincent Frye | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Russell Seabol | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Martin Rivas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nelson Norman | SS | 128 | 193 | 381 | 39 | 50 | .936 | 4.484 | ||||
| Candido Ventura | SS | 14 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 2.714 | ||||
| Heyward Edrington | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1445 | 3504 | 1452 | 224 | 296 | .957 | 3.430 | 47 | 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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