1976 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 50-20
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Dick Berardino (50-20)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 45,045, Avg. 1,287
The Elmira Pioneer Red Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1976 season with a record of 50 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.
The Pioneer Red Sox topped the league with just 303 runs allowed. Elmira scored 431 runs. Gary LaTorre drove in 50 runs. Mike Ongarato led all regular batters with a .358 average. Mike Howard paced the team with 8 wins, while Danny Parks recorded a 2.28 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1976 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chico Walker, Dennis Burtt, Wade Boggs, Reid Nichols, Bruce Hurst and Glenn Hoffman.
Dick Berardino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Howard | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.06 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 67 | 37 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Tagliarino | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.0 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Danny Parks | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.28 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 68 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Burtt | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Schoppee | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.35 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 44 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven Miller | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Schneck | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.80 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.0 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Hurst | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.00 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Fox | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Trask | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Smith | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.70 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carlos Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronny Patrick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry King | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.88 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Carlander | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.91 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stephen Serwon | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antonio DeLeon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.71 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 20 | .710 | 3.35 | 186 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 586.0 | 487 | 303 | 218 | 21 | 360 | 20 | 462 | 20 | 4 | 41 | 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 Ongarato | 62 | 249 | 226 | 38 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 23 | .358 | .413 | .469 | .882 | 106 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary LaTorre | 63 | 257 | 215 | 52 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .335 | .417 | .456 | .872 | 98 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Carlton Steele | 62 | 268 | 201 | 53 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 53 | 17 | .303 | .451 | .333 | .785 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Dave Denton | 61 | 241 | 204 | 43 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 25 | .260 | .348 | .368 | .715 | 75 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Hoffman | 60 | 223 | 191 | 29 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | .272 | .353 | .377 | .730 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Wade Boggs | 57 | 212 | 179 | 29 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | .263 | .364 | .296 | .660 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Hyman | 49 | 192 | 150 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 34 | .280 | .424 | .513 | .937 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ronnie Harrington | 52 | 195 | 154 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 22 | .253 | .383 | .409 | .793 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jack Sauer | 42 | 162 | 129 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 16 | .287 | .415 | .364 | .779 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Brad Hawkins | 29 | 99 | 77 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 7 | .260 | .412 | .286 | .698 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reid Nichols | 23 | 67 | 53 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | .340 | .448 | .358 | .806 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Twogood | 35 | 118 | 91 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 35 | .176 | .342 | .275 | .617 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Happy Vincent | 22 | 57 | 43 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .302 | .456 | .465 | .921 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Noel Roman | 18 | 54 | 48 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .271 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Edwards | 18 | 70 | 51 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .255 | .412 | .412 | .824 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Faccinto | 21 | 59 | 44 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | .205 | .375 | .227 | .602 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rosendo Rentas | 17 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .190 | .292 | .190 | .482 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Fisher | 13 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .188 | .316 | .344 | .660 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chico Walker | 22 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | .179 | .410 | .357 | .767 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kidd | 13 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .132 | .298 | .211 | .508 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edwing Verhelst | 17 | 41 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .105 | .150 | .132 | .282 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 756 | 2738 | 2234 | 429 | 614 | 84 | 18 | 33 | 368 | 88 | 20 | 416 | 313 | .275 | .388 | .373 | .761 | 833 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary LaTorre | 1B | 63 | 506 | 44 | 6 | 38 | .989 | 8.730 | ||||
| Happy Vincent | 1B | 18 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 4.722 | ||||
| Dave Denton | 2B | 61 | 118 | 150 | 9 | 30 | .968 | 4.393 | ||||
| Chico Walker | 2B | 11 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .900 | 2.455 | ||||
| Reid Nichols | 2B | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | 2B | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Noel Roman | 2B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wade Boggs | 3B | 57 | 36 | 75 | 16 | 5 | .874 | 1.947 | ||||
| John Faccinto | 3B | 21 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .854 | 1.667 | ||||
| Reid Nichols | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Happy Vincent | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Noel Roman | 3B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ronnie Harrington | C | 46 | 270 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 6.435 | 5 | |||
| Edwing Verhelst | C | 16 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 4.688 | 5 | |||
| Rosendo Rentas | C | 16 | 74 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 5.250 | 6 | |||
| John Edwards | C | 11 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.273 | 0 | |||
| Carlton Steele | OF | 60 | 108 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .958 | 1.900 | ||||
| Mike Ongarato | OF | 60 | 97 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .936 | 1.700 | ||||
| Jack Sauer | OF | 37 | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .917 | 1.486 | ||||
| Mark Twogood | OF | 34 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .865 | 1.324 | ||||
| Brad Hawkins | OF | 28 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.429 | ||||
| John Kidd | OF | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Hyman | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Reid Nichols | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Schneck | P | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .364 | ||||
| John Tagliarino | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jimmy Fox | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Danny Parks | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mike Howard | P | 14 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Douglas Smith | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Dave Schoppee | P | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| James Trask | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
| Carlos Lopez | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .545 | ||||
| Steven Miller | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Bruce Hurst | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Carlander | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Ronny Patrick | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Burtt | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Antonio DeLeon | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jerry King | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stephen Serwon | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Glenn Hoffman | SS | 59 | 71 | 139 | 17 | 18 | .925 | 3.559 | ||||
| Noel Roman | SS | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 5 | .795 | 2.818 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | SS | 10 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .864 | 3.800 | ||||
| Totals | 841 | 1760 | 678 | 124 | 137 | .952 | 2.899 | 16 | 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.
