1976 Clinton Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 59-70
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (59-70)
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 35,425, Avg. 549
The Clinton Pilots of the Midwest League ended the 1976 season with a record of 59 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Pilots tallied 579 runs and conceded 648 runs. Tim Doerr recorded 76 runs batted in. Eugene Quirk led all regular batters by hitting .290. Kent Hunziker topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Willie Mueller played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Clinton Pilots to do so.
Bob Hartsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Hunziker | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.95 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 168.0 | 144 | 79 | 55 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 137 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Paul Vavruska | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.68 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 82 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jackie Uhey | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.94 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 121 | 63 | 46 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Buford | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.20 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 133 | 74 | 62 | 6 | 75 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Tom King | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.26 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 167 | 88 | 63 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Elders | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.0 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Wood | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.82 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 86 | 66 | 55 | 1 | 102 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Michael Vaughn | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.95 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73.0 | 68 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| James Burress | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.33 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 60 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Mike Bigusiak | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.70 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 56 | 35 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kerry Getter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Carlson | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Juan Gonzalez | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Willie Mueller | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Miguel Garcia | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Johnson | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Steve Reed | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 62 | .475 | 3.90 | 254 | 122 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 998.0 | 1014 | 593 | 432 | 44 | 530 | 17 | 591 | 35 | 9 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Doerr | 128 | 545 | 494 | 72 | 143 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 40 | 55 | .289 | .342 | .403 | .745 | 199 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Freeman Evans | 125 | 573 | 492 | 95 | 141 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 79 | 18 | 71 | 55 | .287 | .379 | .337 | .717 | 166 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Julian Ditto | 129 | 542 | 469 | 75 | 132 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 71 | 34 | 9 | 63 | 76 | .281 | .370 | .403 | .773 | 189 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eugene Quirk | 123 | 538 | 451 | 63 | 131 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 22 | 8 | 66 | 40 | .290 | .377 | .361 | .739 | 163 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Phil Bauer | 125 | 543 | 458 | 69 | 116 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 26 | 4 | 68 | 55 | .253 | .358 | .303 | .661 | 139 | 8 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Ward Wilson | 88 | 330 | 283 | 31 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 28 | .244 | .314 | .311 | .625 | 88 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Ken Bolek | 53 | 205 | 147 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 31 | .286 | .473 | .361 | .833 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Leland Byrd | 82 | 283 | 225 | 27 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 40 | .178 | .324 | .244 | .568 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Denzil Palmer | 46 | 169 | 149 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .208 | .290 | .282 | .572 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence Walbring | 39 | 137 | 122 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .205 | .287 | .262 | .549 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Malvin Washington | 21 | 94 | 79 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .266 | .372 | .392 | .765 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Davis | 25 | 90 | 81 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .198 | .278 | .198 | .475 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pompilio Fermin | 17 | 60 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | .158 | .186 | .246 | .432 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Fletcher | 26 | 84 | 66 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27 | .106 | .289 | .121 | .410 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Kline | 7 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .129 | .129 | .129 | .258 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Vaughn | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1035 | 4229 | 3607 | 521 | 927 | 136 | 29 | 26 | 413 | 209 | 49 | 509 | 533 | .257 | .351 | .332 | .683 | 1199 | 0 | 31 | 44 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Ditto | 1B | 129 | 1231 | 62 | 18 | 98 | .986 | 1.023 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | 2B | 124 | 256 | 363 | 38 | 66 | .942 | 4.992 | ||||
| Freeman Evans | 2B | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Denzil Palmer | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | 2B | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | 3B | 67 | 60 | 124 | 21 | 13 | .898 | 2.746 | ||||
| Denzil Palmer | 3B | 37 | 37 | 81 | 16 | 7 | .881 | 3.189 | ||||
| Tim Doerr | 3B | 24 | 24 | 57 | 11 | 3 | .880 | 3.375 | ||||
| Silvano Robles | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Freeman Evans | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | C | 58 | 278 | 31 | 11 | 4 | .966 | 5.328 | 9 | |||
| Eugene Quirk | OF | 123 | 281 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .963 | 2.333 | ||||
| Freeman Evans | OF | 122 | 218 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .946 | 1.877 | ||||
| Ken Bolek | OF | 53 | 84 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.698 | ||||
| Malvin Washington | OF | 21 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .853 | 1.381 | ||||
| Lawrence Walbring | OF | 19 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.211 | ||||
| Ward Wilson | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | OF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Don Fletcher | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Greg Kline | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Elders | P | 31 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .484 | ||||
| David Wood | P | 29 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| Bobby Buford | P | 26 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 1.192 | ||||
| Tom King | P | 24 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
| Kent Hunziker | P | 24 | 9 | 41 | 6 | 4 | .893 | 2.083 | ||||
| Jackie Uhey | P | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Gonzalez | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Bigusiak | P | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| James Burress | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Paul Vavruska | P | 13 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Michael Vaughn | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Willie Mueller | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Carlson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kerry Getter | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Joseph Johnson | P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Miguel Garcia | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Reed | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Doerr | SS | 104 | 171 | 336 | 28 | 51 | .948 | 4.875 | ||||
| Pompilio Fermin | SS | 17 | 21 | 37 | 18 | 10 | .763 | 3.412 | ||||
| Denzil Palmer | SS | 7 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .818 | 3.857 | ||||
| Leland Byrd | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | SS | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1201 | 2810 | 1344 | 224 | 279 | .949 | 3.459 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
