1977 Fresno Giants Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: John Van Ornum (83-57)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 65,533, Avg. 936

1977 Fresno Giants Roster

The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1977 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Giants scored 954 runs and allowed 790 runs. William Young led Fresno with 24 home runs, while Steve Wilkins and Chris Bourjos walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Wilkins drove in 112 runs. Joe Strain paced all regular batters with a .338 average. David Mendoza topped the team with 16 wins, and John Henry Johnson earned a 3.38 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1977 Fresno Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Henry Johnson, Chris Bourjos, Jose Barrios and Joe Strain.

John Van Ornum served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
David Mendoza	16	8	.667	3.65	26	26		12	3	0	195.0	174	98	79	14	76	0	143	1	2	5
John Henry Johnson	14	2	.875	3.38	23	22		6	1	0	149.0	142	79	56	9	64	0	155	1	0	6
Doug Schaefer	13	9	.591	5.43	26	26		9	1	0	164.0	160	115	99	18	89	0	113	3	1	14
Ted Barnicle	11	13	.458	4.47	26	26		11	3	0	173.0	188	105	86	10	91	2	179	8	0	3
Steve Watson	6	5	.545	5.59	30	17		1	1	2	111.0	135	86	69	4	79	1	100	2	0	6
Mike Glinatsis	6	5	.545	5.62	30	10		1	0	1	88.0	105	70	55	5	63	0	74	3	0	3
Pat Roy	5	3	.625	4.10	48	0		0	0	8	90.0	94	61	41	7	52	2	60	3	0	8
Martin Flores	5	6	.455	5.14	26	8		2	0	2	84.0	96	64	48	10	41	3	78	3	1	8
Steve Pearce	3	1	.750	6.88	10	5		0	0	0	34.0	34	29	26	2	29	0	20	3	0	3
Rick Steen	2	4	.333	4.88	27	0		0	0	3	59.0	72	38	32	7	24	2	36	1	1	2
Steven Sherman	1	0	1.000	6.43	17	0		0	0	3	28.0	32	22	20	3	17	1	29	0	0	1
Stan Moline	1	1	.500	13.80	10	0		0	0	0	15.0	25	23	23	3	19	0	8	1	0	0
Totals	83	57	.593	4.79	299	140	0	42	9	19	1190.0	1257	790	634	92	644	11	995	29	5	59	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
Joe Strain	136	652	556	124	188	33	3	7	88	42	8	82	17	.338	.426	.446	.872	248		6	4	4
Mike Rex	127	547	458	105	143	27	3	11	77	19	3	77	39	.312	.413	.456	.869	209		5	2	5
James Elrod	126	526	466	85	141	28	3	12	71	0	2	48	49	.303	.370	.453	.823	211		5	2	5
Steve Wilkins	132	582	448	92	133	21	3	21	112	4	2	116	90	.297	.443	.498	.941	223		9	0	9
Jose Barrios	123	512	469	73	132	28	1	12	79	0	0	37	97	.281	.337	.422	.759	198		3	1	2
Mark Woodbrey	130	616	467	108	128	16	9	9	84	26	7	125	80	.274	.429	.405	.834	189		7	10	7
William Young	117	484	437	75	127	35	1	24	106	0	0	40	52	.291	.348	.540	.888	236		1	1	5
Wayne Pechek	107	466	377	105	109	17	6	1	44	31	7	84	29	.289	.420	.374	.794	141		2	2	1
Wayne Cato	85	367	320	50	89	10	4	4	48	4	0	32	18	.278	.355	.372	.727	119		9	1	5
Chris Bourjos	57	247	215	53	67	7	2	15	62	8	0	26	34	.312	.385	.572	.957	123		2	0	4
Billy Prather	64	245	219	35	52	11	2	3	33	2	0	23	36	.237	.313	.347	.660	76		1	2	0
Steven Grimes	82	279	241	32	45	5	3	1	21	2	2	33	59	.187	.281	.245	.525	59		0	1	4
Bryan Boyne	24	81	65	14	18	1	0	0	10	3	2	13	6	.277	.388	.292	.680	19		0	1	2
Gregory Chandler	12	35	30	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.200	.286	.233	.519	7		0	0	1
Pat Roy	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1370	5640	4769	954	1378	240	40	120	837	141	33	740	613	.289	.386	.432	.818	2058	0	50	27	54	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Barrios	1B	112	926	48	17	89	.983	8.696
William Young	1B	31	266	11	4	22	.986	8.935
Steven Grimes	1B	6	26	6	0	3	1.000	5.333
Wayne Pechek	1B	1	6	0	0	2	1.000	6.000
Joe Strain	2B	136	309	396	24	91	.967	5.184
Steven Grimes	2B	3	7	7	1	3	.933	4.667
Mike Rex	2B	2	3	4	0	2	1.000	3.500
James Elrod	3B	117	69	217	32	21	.899	2.444
Steven Grimes	3B	23	15	51	5	4	.930	2.870
Steve Wilkins	3B	4	2	8	3	1	.769	2.500
Wayne Cato	C	74	538	35	22	4	.963	7.743	5
Billy Prather	C	59	412	31	14	3	.969	7.508	8
Gregory Chandler	C	11	67	4	0	0	1.000	6.455	0
Steve Wilkins	OF	126	189	18	9	1	.958	1.643
Mark Woodbrey	OF	125	283	10	7	3	.977	2.344
Wayne Pechek	OF	97	135	4	7	0	.952	1.433
Chris Bourjos	OF	46	69	2	4	0	.947	1.543
Steven Grimes	OF	27	24	3	2	0	.931	1.000
William Young	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
James Elrod	OF	4	6	0	1	0	.857	1.500
Wayne Cato	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Pat Roy	P	48	7	16	3	2	.885	.479
Steve Watson	P	30	3	16	4	1	.826	.633
Mike Glinatsis	P	30	4	14	1	2	.947	.600
Rick Steen	P	27	4	14	1	1	.947	.667
Doug Schaefer	P	26	2	24	2	1	.929	1.000
David Mendoza	P	26	10	30	3	1	.930	1.538
Martin Flores	P	26	3	13	2	0	.889	.615
Ted Barnicle	P	26	4	26	2	1	.938	1.154
John Henry Johnson	P	23	9	22	0	2	1.000	1.348
Steven Sherman	P	17	0	2	0	0	1.000	.118
Steve Pearce	P	10	2	2	1	0	.800	.400
Stan Moline	P	10	0	1	1	0	.500	.100
Mike Rex	SS	121	152	353	44	74	.920	4.174
Bryan Boyne	SS	20	16	55	11	9	.866	3.550
Totals		1451	3573	1443	227	343	.957	3.457	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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