1977 Evansville Triplets Statistics
Team Record: 65-68
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Les Moss (65-68)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 110,663, Avg. 1,664
The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 65 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Triplets tallied 719 runs and allowed 660 runs. Lance Parrish paced Evansville with 25 home runs, while John Valle and Bob Molinaro walloped 15 or more also. Bob Molinaro drove in 91 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .303 clip. Milt Wilcox and Roric Harrison paced the team with 9 wins each, and Milt Wilcox recorded a 2.44 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jerry Manuel, Gene Lamont, Art James, Gary Christenson, Tim Corcoran, Dave Tobik, Jack Morris, Bob Molinaro, Ed Glynn, Milt Wilcox, Pat Underwood, Kip Young, Roric Harrison, George Cappuzzello, Mark Wagner, Tommy Bianco, Vern Ruhle, Dave Stegman, Bruce Taylor, Marv Lane, Tom Brookens, Lance Parrish, Boots Day, Ray Bare, Dan Gonzales, Ike Brookens, Bob Adams and Glenn Gulliver were all players from the 1977 Evansville Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.
Les Moss 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milt Wilcox | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.44 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 89 | 38 | 29 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
Roric Harrison | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.29 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 82.0 | 60 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 52 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Jack Morris | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.60 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 135.0 | 141 | 68 | 54 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
Ed Glynn | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.96 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 163 | 97 | 86 | 15 | 71 | 1 | 125 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
Ray Bare | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.42 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 103.0 | 112 | 71 | 62 | 15 | 48 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
George Cappuzzello | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.46 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 138 | 72 | 61 | 12 | 56 | 4 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
Bruce Taylor | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.22 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.0 | 60 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Frank Harris | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.93 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 100 | 65 | 60 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dave Tobik | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Kip Young | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.03 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 58.0 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Pat Underwood | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.22 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 57 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
Boots Day | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ike Brookens | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Vern Ruhle | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.86 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Meyerrose | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Tim Corcoran | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Christenson | 0 | 0 | 8.18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Julio Alonso | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bill VanBommel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.85 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 49 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Totals | 65 | 68 | .489 | 4.32 | 365 | 133 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 1154.0 | 1186 | 660 | 554 | 102 | 503 | 32 | 823 | 27 | 10 | 78 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Molinaro | 125 | 512 | 455 | 85 | 138 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 91 | 23 | 2 | 43 | 30 | .303 | .362 | .479 | .841 | 218 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
Tom Brookens | 118 | 477 | 440 | 70 | 127 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 27 | 73 | .289 | .331 | .416 | .747 | 183 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
Art James | 116 | 487 | 437 | 73 | 126 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 43 | 56 | .288 | .355 | .426 | .780 | 186 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lance Parrish | 115 | 478 | 416 | 74 | 116 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 105 | .279 | .366 | .519 | .885 | 216 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Jerry Manuel | 110 | 427 | 375 | 52 | 102 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 55 | .272 | .355 | .368 | .723 | 138 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
John Valle | 85 | 312 | 283 | 53 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 56 | .276 | .343 | .534 | .877 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Adams | 62 | 245 | 230 | 42 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 33 | .330 | .354 | .530 | .884 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Mark Wagner | 64 | 247 | 222 | 33 | 68 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 37 | .306 | .377 | .455 | .831 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dan Gonzales | 79 | 250 | 234 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .239 | .281 | .376 | .657 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Glenn Gulliver | 83 | 284 | 228 | 26 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 27 | .241 | .375 | .329 | .704 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Boots Day | 85 | 231 | 203 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 32 | .266 | .338 | .414 | .752 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Tim Corcoran | 39 | 169 | 136 | 27 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | .346 | .467 | .625 | 1.092 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dave Stegman | 50 | 183 | 153 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 46 | .222 | .346 | .418 | .764 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Marv Lane | 58 | 177 | 144 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 32 | .229 | .373 | .438 | .810 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Eschen | 44 | 161 | 120 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 15 | .233 | .399 | .342 | .740 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
Ed Glynn | 28 | 65 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .214 | .267 | .268 | .535 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Milt Wilcox | 15 | 43 | 38 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .289 | .325 | .553 | .878 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Roric Harrison | 44 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .375 | .400 | .625 | 1.025 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Jack Morris | 20 | 53 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .157 | .170 | .216 | .385 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bill Flowers | 15 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .176 | .211 | .176 | .387 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Frank Harris | 20 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .161 | .161 | .290 | .452 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
George Cappuzzello | 39 | 39 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .156 | .171 | .219 | .390 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
Kip Young | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .267 | .353 | .600 | .953 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Pat Underwood | 16 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .286 | .552 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill VanBommel | 9 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Bare | 38 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .115 | .115 | .192 | .308 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Michael Meyerrose | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Lamont | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Tobik | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Taylor | 43 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ike Brookens | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Christenson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Vern Ruhle | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Julio Alonso | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1601 | 5062 | 4449 | 710 | 1213 | 228 | 48 | 130 | 663 | 101 | 37 | 497 | 759 | .273 | .347 | .433 | .780 | 1927 | 0 | 30 | 49 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Valle | 1B | 45 | 370 | 23 | 6 | 31 | .985 | 8.733 | ||||
Tim Corcoran | 1B | 37 | 297 | 21 | 8 | 35 | .975 | 8.595 | ||||
Bob Adams | 1B | 34 | 326 | 17 | 5 | 32 | .986 | 1.088 | ||||
Boots Day | 1B | 28 | 200 | 15 | 3 | 14 | .986 | 7.679 | ||||
Marv Lane | 1B | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
Jerry Manuel | 2B | 69 | 143 | 199 | 12 | 38 | .966 | 4.957 | ||||
Tom Brookens | 2B | 44 | 74 | 107 | 7 | 25 | .963 | 4.114 | ||||
Jim Eschen | 2B | 37 | 84 | 105 | 9 | 26 | .955 | 5.108 | ||||
Tommy Bianco | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Tom Brookens | 3B | 78 | 58 | 143 | 18 | 15 | .918 | 2.577 | ||||
Glenn Gulliver | 3B | 39 | 20 | 63 | 5 | 6 | .943 | 2.128 | ||||
John Valle | 3B | 14 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 2.143 | ||||
Jim Eschen | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Bob Adams | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
Lance Parrish | C | 113 | 722 | 82 | 11 | 10 | .987 | 7.115 | 21 | |||
Bob Adams | C | 24 | 136 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .975 | 6.375 | 2 | |||
Gene Lamont | C | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
Bob Molinaro | OF | 122 | 196 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .967 | 1.705 | ||||
Art James | OF | 108 | 213 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .960 | 2.019 | ||||
Dan Gonzales | OF | 66 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.121 | ||||
Dave Stegman | OF | 45 | 99 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .945 | 2.289 | ||||
Marv Lane | OF | 35 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.600 | ||||
Boots Day | OF | 27 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.444 | ||||
John Valle | OF | 21 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.190 | ||||
Bill Flowers | OF | 9 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.556 | ||||
Tim Corcoran | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Bruce Taylor | P | 43 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .372 | ||||
Roric Harrison | P | 41 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .512 | ||||
George Cappuzzello | P | 39 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
Ray Bare | P | 38 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .789 | ||||
Ed Glynn | P | 28 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.393 | ||||
Kip Young | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .800 | .571 | ||||
Jack Morris | P | 20 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 1.350 | ||||
Frank Harris | P | 20 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Boots Day | P | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
Pat Underwood | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
Milt Wilcox | P | 14 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
Julio Alonso | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Dave Tobik | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
Vern Ruhle | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Bill VanBommel | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
Michael Meyerrose | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Ike Brookens | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Gary Christenson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Tim Corcoran | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Mark Wagner | SS | 61 | 97 | 189 | 13 | 32 | .957 | 4.689 | ||||
Jerry Manuel | SS | 45 | 55 | 105 | 5 | 14 | .970 | 3.556 | ||||
Glenn Gulliver | SS | 40 | 51 | 104 | 11 | 17 | .934 | 3.875 | ||||
Tom Brookens | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Totals | 1518 | 3448 | 1466 | 168 | 324 | .967 | 3.237 | 23 | 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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