1977 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 53-80
Finished 4th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Ed Napoleon (53-80)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 47,003, Avg. 707
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 53 wins and 80 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Yankees scored 534 runs and gave up 659 runs, most in the circuit. Jim McDonald drove in 70 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .242 average. Mark Softy paced the team with 9 wins, while Donald Fisk recorded a 3.71 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Ted Wilborn, Roger Holt, Mike Fischlin, Joe Lefebvre, Juan Espino, Willie Upshaw, Pat Tabler and Jim Beattie were all players from the 1977 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ed Napoleon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Softy | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.09 | 26 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 174.0 | 173 | 92 | 79 | 6 | 80 | 8 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Kibbee | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.72 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 104.0 | 104 | 53 | 43 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Paul Givens | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 88 | 46 | 28 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jose Alcantara | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.03 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 | 110 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Donald Fisk | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.71 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 111 | 73 | 52 | 5 | 74 | 6 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Scott Delgatti | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 159 | 82 | 66 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gene McElwain | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31.0 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Gaube | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.45 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 122 | 73 | 63 | 5 | 53 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tony Cameron | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.86 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Wright | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.28 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 57 | 40 | 34 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Taylor | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Saleski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lysgaard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.73 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Beattie | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.92 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 52 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Calvin Riggar | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.83 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 81 | 44 | 37 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Don Hogestyn | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 80 | .398 | 4.23 | 278 | 133 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 14 | 1120.0 | 1205 | 659 | 526 | 36 | 561 | 40 | 673 | 29 | 6 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McDonald | 124 | 513 | 458 | 50 | 111 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 67 | .242 | .299 | .358 | .657 | 164 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Pat Tabler | 110 | 440 | 391 | 35 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 62 | .238 | .311 | .269 | .580 | 105 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Willie Upshaw | 87 | 382 | 335 | 38 | 92 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 50 | .275 | .356 | .382 | .738 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Crawford | 80 | 304 | 253 | 36 | 77 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 60 | .304 | .400 | .399 | .799 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Buck Showalter | 56 | 237 | 196 | 32 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 13 | .362 | .458 | .429 | .886 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Thiel | 80 | 293 | 249 | 19 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 25 | .273 | .372 | .337 | .710 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Roger Holt | 76 | 338 | 271 | 46 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 36 | .244 | .387 | .280 | .667 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Fischlin | 53 | 235 | 201 | 28 | 59 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 27 | .294 | .385 | .363 | .748 | 73 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Guess | 82 | 287 | 239 | 27 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 45 | .247 | .354 | .356 | .710 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Don Hogestyn | 85 | 308 | 257 | 31 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 66 | .230 | .353 | .339 | .691 | 87 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Lefebvre | 48 | 194 | 172 | 20 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | .308 | .366 | .483 | .849 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roland Keys | 47 | 201 | 179 | 29 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 31 | .285 | .333 | .346 | .680 | 62 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wilborn | 84 | 272 | 223 | 39 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 58 | .215 | .349 | .269 | .619 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jose Paulino | 68 | 238 | 205 | 33 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 38 | .229 | .319 | .273 | .592 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Pat Callahan | 39 | 135 | 119 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | .252 | .336 | .336 | .672 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Espino | 52 | 161 | 141 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | .199 | .270 | .255 | .526 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mark Burlingame | 33 | 127 | 111 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 25 | .180 | .266 | .198 | .464 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Terry Bevington | 23 | 68 | 60 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .217 | .284 | .283 | .567 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aurin Matos | 12 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .237 | .341 | .263 | .604 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Ortiz | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Lobaton | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1323 | 4987 | 4280 | 534 | 1085 | 139 | 43 | 35 | 463 | 61 | 61 | 572 | 756 | .254 | .344 | .331 | .675 | 1415 | 0 | 41 | 52 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McDonald | 1B | 88 | 757 | 64 | 17 | 35 | .980 | 9.330 | ||||
| Willie Upshaw | 1B | 38 | 344 | 30 | 11 | 26 | .971 | 9.842 | ||||
| Thomas Guess | 1B | 11 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .969 | 5.727 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Mark Thiel | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Hogestyn | 2B | 54 | 110 | 125 | 10 | 23 | .959 | 4.352 | ||||
| Roland Keys | 2B | 46 | 114 | 117 | 11 | 25 | .955 | 5.022 | ||||
| Roger Holt | 2B | 26 | 75 | 89 | 7 | 25 | .959 | 6.308 | ||||
| Aurin Matos | 2B | 6 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .871 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | 2B | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pedro Lobaton | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 3B | 105 | 87 | 209 | 35 | 4 | .894 | 2.819 | ||||
| Don Hogestyn | 3B | 29 | 36 | 52 | 7 | 5 | .926 | 3.034 | ||||
| Mark Burlingame | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Espino | C | 52 | 266 | 40 | 9 | 1 | .971 | 5.885 | 6 | |||
| Mark Thiel | C | 51 | 238 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 5.137 | 8 | |||
| Pat Callahan | C | 38 | 173 | 34 | 7 | 4 | .967 | 5.447 | 11 | |||
| Terry Bevington | C | 12 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 6.250 | 4 | |||
| Ted Wilborn | OF | 72 | 168 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.431 | ||||
| Johnny Crawford | OF | 72 | 105 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .949 | 1.542 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | OF | 62 | 104 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .916 | 1.758 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | OF | 55 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 1.782 | ||||
| Thomas Guess | OF | 55 | 73 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.491 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | OF | 45 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.778 | ||||
| Willie Upshaw | OF | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.154 | ||||
| Tom Kibbee | P | 47 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .846 | .468 | ||||
| Donald Fisk | P | 28 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.179 | ||||
| Mark Softy | P | 26 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Scott Delgatti | P | 26 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Gerald Gaube | P | 22 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| Dave Wright | P | 21 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Gene McElwain | P | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .400 | ||||
| Calvin Riggar | P | 18 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Paul Givens | P | 17 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Tony Cameron | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Jose Alcantara | P | 14 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.643 | ||||
| Jim Beattie | P | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Steve Taylor | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Lysgaard | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Stan Saleski | P | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Hogestyn | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Holt | SS | 51 | 78 | 159 | 25 | 22 | .905 | 4.647 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 51 | 78 | 176 | 14 | 28 | .948 | 4.980 | ||||
| Mark Burlingame | SS | 28 | 41 | 90 | 9 | 23 | .936 | 4.679 | ||||
| Aurin Matos | SS | 5 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 6.000 | ||||
| Pedro Lobaton | SS | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1413 | 3358 | 1521 | 234 | 255 | .954 | 3.453 | 29 | 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.
