1976 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Mike Ferraro (77-62)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 52,290, Avg. 752
Playoffs - Tampa Tarpons 2 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1976 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Yankees plated 527 runs and surrendered 504 runs. Rick Stenholm paced Fort Lauderdale with 15 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Nate Chapman led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .279 average. Jose Alcantara and Greg Diehl topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Douglas Melvin registered a 2.41 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Dámaso García, Randy Niemann, Jesús Figueroa, Mike Heath, Juan Espino, Jerry Narron, Roger Slagle, Domingo Ramos and Willie Upshaw were all players from the 1976 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Mike Ferraro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Diehl | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.89 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 112.0 | 110 | 47 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jose Alcantara | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.56 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 162.0 | 144 | 54 | 46 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 86 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Randy Niemann | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.84 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 190.0 | 173 | 74 | 60 | 3 | 73 | 6 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Dave Wright | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 59.0 | 43 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Curnal | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.75 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 72.0 | 52 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Fleshman | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.95 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 60.0 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.25 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 86 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Douglas Melvin | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.41 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 137 | 61 | 38 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jim Lysgaard | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 71 | 46 | 36 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tim Lewis | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.45 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 53 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Kruppa | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Martin Caffrey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.31 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 64 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Julio Robles | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Heath | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scott Delgatti | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Trotter | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 62 | .554 | 2.96 | 256 | 139 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 17 | 1157.0 | 1063 | 504 | 381 | 37 | 448 | 29 | 639 | 46 | 11 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Chapman | 120 | 474 | 430 | 58 | 120 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 37 | 40 | .279 | .338 | .351 | .689 | 151 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dámaso García | 124 | 456 | 412 | 55 | 109 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 30 | 60 | .265 | .323 | .345 | .668 | 142 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 129 | 510 | 448 | 51 | 104 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 58 | .232 | .318 | .333 | .651 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Narron | 119 | 465 | 412 | 35 | 101 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 37 | .245 | .317 | .330 | .647 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rick Stenholm | 108 | 437 | 365 | 51 | 100 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 64 | .274 | .371 | .474 | .845 | 173 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Jesús Figueroa | 108 | 445 | 385 | 50 | 95 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 43 | 31 | .247 | .336 | .275 | .611 | 106 | 9 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Domingo Ramos | 103 | 372 | 328 | 34 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 41 | .241 | .319 | .293 | .611 | 96 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Heath | 80 | 285 | 267 | 28 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 43 | .266 | .302 | .371 | .673 | 99 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Willie Upshaw | 84 | 300 | 263 | 20 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 31 | .228 | .313 | .285 | .598 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Benjamin Perez | 97 | 317 | 281 | 31 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | .214 | .264 | .224 | .488 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Darnell Waters | 65 | 201 | 171 | 34 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 47 | .216 | .325 | .287 | .612 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Antonio Bautista | 37 | 127 | 112 | 16 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | .286 | .357 | .357 | .714 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Juan Espino | 39 | 136 | 118 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 | .254 | .333 | .449 | .782 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Garry Smith | 16 | 59 | 52 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .404 | .458 | .635 | 1.092 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Drake Hogestyn | 20 | 80 | 59 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | .322 | .475 | .356 | .831 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Edward Kuchar | 8 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .111 | .304 | .111 | .415 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reymundo Estevez | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Caffrey | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wright | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1386 | 4945 | 4365 | 525 | 1096 | 167 | 34 | 45 | 453 | 102 | 59 | 444 | 604 | .251 | .325 | .336 | .661 | 1466 | 0 | 51 | 49 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McDonald | 1B | 128 | 1127 | 63 | 19 | 114 | .984 | 9.297 | ||||
| Jerry Narron | 1B | 13 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 8.308 | ||||
| Dámaso García | 2B | 124 | 273 | 353 | 21 | 83 | .968 | 5.048 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 2B | 10 | 31 | 35 | 6 | 7 | .917 | 6.600 | ||||
| Drake Hogestyn | 2B | 10 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 3.800 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 3B | 79 | 59 | 138 | 18 | 13 | .916 | 2.494 | ||||
| Antonio Bautista | 3B | 33 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 5 | .930 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Heath | 3B | 22 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | .891 | 2.591 | ||||
| Drake Hogestyn | 3B | 11 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Edward Kuchar | 3B | 8 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Darnell Waters | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Narron | C | 92 | 460 | 51 | 7 | 7 | .986 | 5.554 | 10 | |||
| Juan Espino | C | 36 | 170 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 5.278 | 6 | |||
| Mike Heath | C | 18 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .967 | 4.889 | 7 | |||
| Nate Chapman | OF | 118 | 252 | 14 | 9 | 2 | .967 | 2.254 | ||||
| Jesús Figueroa | OF | 108 | 226 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 2.194 | ||||
| Rick Stenholm | OF | 73 | 109 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .944 | 1.603 | ||||
| Darnell Waters | OF | 43 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.535 | ||||
| Garry Smith | OF | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Willie Upshaw | OF | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Dave Wright | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Wright | P | 36 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .278 | ||||
| Greg Diehl | P | 29 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .931 | ||||
| Randy Niemann | P | 25 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 4 | .948 | 2.200 | ||||
| Kenneth Kruppa | P | 23 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .348 | ||||
| Douglas Melvin | P | 22 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 1 | .854 | 1.864 | ||||
| Jose Alcantara | P | 22 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.318 | ||||
| Martin Caffrey | P | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Jim Lysgaard | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 14 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Tim Lewis | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| James Curnal | P | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Richard Fleshman | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Julio Robles | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Trotter | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Scott Delgatti | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Heath | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Domingo Ramos | SS | 103 | 150 | 343 | 35 | 57 | .934 | 4.786 | ||||
| Mike Heath | SS | 26 | 47 | 72 | 6 | 18 | .952 | 4.577 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | SS | 10 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 8 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Reymundo Estevez | SS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1415 | 3467 | 1478 | 191 | 359 | .963 | 3.495 | 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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