1977 El Paso Diablos Statistics
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Buck Rodgers (78-52)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 217,346, Avg. 3,344
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, El Paso Diablos 0
The El Paso Diablos of the Texas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Diablos scored 960 runs, best in the league. El Paso yielded 726 runs. Steve Stroughter led the squad with 25 home runs, while James Peters, Ken Landreaux, Jim Anderson and Carney Lansford each walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Stroughter accounted for 116 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .336. Jim Dorsey paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 5 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1977 El Paso Diablos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Stroughter, Carney Lansford, Dave Schuler, Ralph Botting, Buck Rodgers, Danny Boone, Chuck Porter, Bob Ferris, Floyd Rayford, Gil Kubski, Ken Schrom, Jim Dorsey, Jim Anderson, Pat Kelly and Ken Landreaux.
Buck Rodgers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dorsey | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.00 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 167 | 105 | 80 | 17 | 70 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Porter | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.87 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 106 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Schuler | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.70 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 88 | 42 | 37 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Ferris | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.71 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 102.0 | 103 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Billy Wilson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.54 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 94.0 | 106 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lesslie | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.78 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 111 | 78 | 61 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carlos Perez | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.42 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71.0 | 83 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Ralph Botting | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.08 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 120 | 67 | 57 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Racanelli | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.45 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Kelley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 7.64 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 83 | 53 | 45 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Danny Boone | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.83 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 45 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Quigley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Roslund | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.76 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 74 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Sealy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.68 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 63 | 45 | 35 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Steck | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8.71 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 46 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ken Schrom | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Peters | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kenny Califano | 0 | 0 | 5.73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steve Brisbin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.95 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Brust | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.91 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 52 | .600 | 4.73 | 333 | 130 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 1141.0 | 1343 | 726 | 600 | 106 | 469 | 23 | 649 | 37 | 5 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Kubski | 123 | 586 | 546 | 114 | 177 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 90 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 67 | .324 | .362 | .434 | .796 | 237 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Steve Stroughter | 117 | 515 | 467 | 94 | 157 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 116 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 96 | .336 | .390 | .593 | .983 | 277 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carney Lansford | 120 | 529 | 443 | 98 | 147 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 94 | 20 | 3 | 72 | 82 | .332 | .428 | .506 | .933 | 224 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bob Slater | 114 | 558 | 470 | 107 | 141 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 30 | 20 | 78 | 76 | .300 | .397 | .411 | .808 | 193 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| James Peters | 117 | 496 | 430 | 92 | 128 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 80 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 89 | .298 | .383 | .542 | .925 | 233 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Smith | 90 | 370 | 344 | 65 | 126 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 35 | .366 | .407 | .558 | .965 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Anderson | 120 | 502 | 417 | 87 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 73 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 57 | .285 | .390 | .477 | .867 | 199 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Terry Stupy | 109 | 463 | 397 | 74 | 118 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 35 | .297 | .382 | .418 | .800 | 166 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Pat Kelly | 107 | 414 | 365 | 73 | 99 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 105 | .271 | .352 | .463 | .815 | 169 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Floyd Rayford | 79 | 366 | 320 | 65 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 60 | .297 | .369 | .472 | .841 | 151 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Landreaux | 57 | 249 | 209 | 57 | 74 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 36 | 28 | .354 | .446 | .703 | 1.149 | 147 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Scott Moffitt | 20 | 82 | 77 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .273 | .309 | .390 | .698 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rush | 16 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .230 | .299 | .443 | .741 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Whitehead | 20 | 66 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 23 | .196 | .364 | .451 | .815 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Schuler | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Perez | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1257 | 5265 | 4599 | 960 | 1426 | 268 | 44 | 162 | 839 | 119 | 78 | 563 | 775 | .310 | .386 | .493 | .880 | 2268 | 0 | 37 | 23 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Stupy | 1B | 59 | 535 | 25 | 7 | 69 | .988 | 9.492 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 1B | 42 | 374 | 30 | 5 | 31 | .988 | 9.619 | ||||
| Steve Stroughter | 1B | 15 | 105 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 7.133 | ||||
| Larry Rush | 1B | 12 | 109 | 10 | 4 | 8 | .967 | 9.917 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | 1B | 9 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 12 | .990 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bob Slater | 2B | 103 | 240 | 302 | 11 | 74 | .980 | 5.262 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 2B | 21 | 44 | 65 | 4 | 22 | .965 | 5.190 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | 2B | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 5.750 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | 2B | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Anderson | 2B | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Carney Lansford | 3B | 116 | 110 | 210 | 15 | 16 | .955 | 2.759 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | 3B | 12 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | C | 98 | 505 | 55 | 22 | 7 | .962 | 5.714 | 10 | |||
| Terry Stupy | C | 43 | 225 | 21 | 5 | 6 | .980 | 5.721 | 3 | |||
| Gil Kubski | OF | 113 | 195 | 19 | 8 | 4 | .964 | 1.894 | ||||
| James Peters | OF | 90 | 179 | 11 | 12 | 3 | .941 | 2.111 | ||||
| Thomas Smith | OF | 83 | 169 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 2.108 | ||||
| Steve Stroughter | OF | 55 | 82 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 1.636 | ||||
| Ken Landreaux | OF | 53 | 117 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .953 | 2.321 | ||||
| Scott Moffitt | OF | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Rush | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Billy Wilson | P | 50 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .955 | .420 | ||||
| John Roslund | P | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .032 | ||||
| Carlos Perez | P | 30 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Jim Dorsey | P | 25 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .840 | ||||
| Danny Boone | P | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Bob Lesslie | P | 20 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
| Ralph Botting | P | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Dave Schuler | P | 17 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .941 | ||||
| Bob Ferris | P | 17 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Quigley | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Chuck Porter | P | 14 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.786 | ||||
| Randy Sealy | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Steve Kelley | P | 11 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Steve Brisbin | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Ken Schrom | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Jerry Brust | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| David Steck | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .444 | .571 | ||||
| John Racanelli | P | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenny Califano | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| James Peters | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Anderson | SS | 120 | 232 | 374 | 27 | 93 | .957 | 5.050 | ||||
| Steve Whitehead | SS | 16 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 11 | .914 | 3.312 | ||||
| Floyd Rayford | SS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1420 | 3431 | 1416 | 172 | 395 | .966 | 3.413 | 13 | 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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