1977 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 32-38
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Fred Waters (32-38)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 18,263, Avg. 522
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1977 season with a record of 32 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Twins tallied 399 runs and conceded 407 runs. Lance Hallberg paced Elizabethton with 12 home runs and accounted for 49 RBI, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .338 clip. Rubio Malone and Abner Johnson topped the team with 5 wins each, and Rubio Malone recorded a 3.33 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mark Funderburk and Ray Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Fred Waters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubio Malone | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 81.0 | 68 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Abner Johnson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.29 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 84 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Warren Mertens | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.19 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 118 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dean Moranda | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.23 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 68 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| David Ingram | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.29 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 73 | 54 | 44 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Allen Hedberg | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.68 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shawn Kuhn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Angulo | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.00 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Nemo Lingerman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Schupp | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| David Cammack | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Barstad | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Dobberstein | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brett Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bart Nieuwenhuis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.38 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 34 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 38 | .433 | 5.19 | 139 | 70 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 576.0 | 610 | 398 | 332 | 33 | 342 | 13 | 419 | 20 | 4 | 33 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Hallberg | 64 | 285 | 237 | 54 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 41 | .338 | .432 | .578 | 1.010 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ray Smith | 63 | 276 | 234 | 50 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 10 | .303 | .396 | .457 | .854 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ray Bozich | 60 | 289 | 211 | 54 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 71 | 36 | .256 | .449 | .398 | .847 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Adair | 55 | 237 | 197 | 35 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 42 | .259 | .372 | .411 | .783 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mark Funderburk | 47 | 191 | 177 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 30 | .277 | .330 | .446 | .776 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Cannon | 60 | 241 | 209 | 24 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 42 | .225 | .317 | .258 | .575 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gary Bishop | 51 | 224 | 174 | 35 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 25 | .247 | .393 | .368 | .761 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Christensen | 37 | 141 | 130 | 13 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .292 | .343 | .385 | .727 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Gustave | 44 | 147 | 138 | 15 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .275 | .315 | .326 | .641 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilbert Ramirez | 35 | 142 | 129 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .240 | .289 | .364 | .653 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Warren Allen | 31 | 125 | 106 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | .245 | .333 | .321 | .654 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Savage | 20 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .292 | .405 | .369 | .774 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Slembecker | 35 | 129 | 98 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 26 | .194 | .352 | .214 | .567 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Paul Croft | 19 | 81 | 66 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .258 | .395 | .348 | .744 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Tarver | 29 | 96 | 70 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 29 | .200 | .400 | .414 | .814 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steven Dracup | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .286 | .318 | .333 | .652 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 13 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .208 | .323 | .250 | .573 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 670 | 2738 | 2286 | 398 | 608 | 102 | 10 | 54 | 338 | 89 | 12 | 384 | 385 | .266 | .373 | .390 | .763 | 892 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bishop | 1B | 50 | 458 | 15 | 11 | 43 | .977 | 9.460 | ||||
| Ray Smith | 1B | 19 | 160 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .988 | 8.526 | ||||
| Steven Dracup | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | 2B | 59 | 172 | 173 | 12 | 48 | .966 | 5.847 | ||||
| Warren Allen | 2B | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 4.143 | ||||
| James Christensen | 2B | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| Lance Hallberg | 3B | 57 | 29 | 109 | 22 | 9 | .862 | 2.421 | ||||
| Warren Allen | 3B | 8 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .774 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ray Smith | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Christensen | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ray Smith | C | 29 | 208 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 8.241 | 12 | |||
| Gilbert Ramirez | C | 23 | 131 | 17 | 8 | 0 | .949 | 6.435 | 6 | |||
| Timothy Savage | C | 19 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 6.474 | 1 | |||
| Stan Cannon | OF | 60 | 107 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .921 | 1.933 | ||||
| Gary Adair | OF | 51 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.392 | ||||
| Mark Funderburk | OF | 47 | 61 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .913 | 1.340 | ||||
| Michael Gustave | OF | 42 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.976 | ||||
| Paul Croft | OF | 19 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .884 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rubio Malone | P | 16 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Warren Mertens | P | 14 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Ingram | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| Dean Moranda | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .923 | ||||
| Abner Johnson | P | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.154 | ||||
| Nemo Lingerman | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Shawn Kuhn | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Bart Nieuwenhuis | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Allen Hedberg | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Ken Angulo | P | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Schupp | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Cammack | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerome Hoffman | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Brett Williams | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Dobberstein | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Barstad | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Slembecker | SS | 35 | 49 | 103 | 16 | 21 | .905 | 4.343 | ||||
| Joseph Tarver | SS | 25 | 26 | 77 | 13 | 11 | .888 | 4.120 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | SS | 13 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 8 | .923 | 2.769 | ||||
| Warren Allen | SS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ray Smith | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Bozich | SS | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Totals | 717 | 1760 | 742 | 144 | 158 | .946 | 3.490 | 19 | 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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