1977 Geneva Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 31-40
Finished 4th in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (31-40)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Geneva, New York
Ballpark: McDonough Park
Attendance: 25,918, Avg. 730
The Geneva Cubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1977 season with a record of 31 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Cubs plated 277 runs and yielded 346 runs. David Obal drove in 36 runs. James Messmer led batters with significant playing time with a .289 average. Richard McClure topped the team with 6 wins, while Raymond Dimick registered a 2.55 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dan Rohn played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Geneva Cubs to do so.
Bob Hartsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard McClure | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.97 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 91 | 58 | 53 | 15 | 37 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Raymond Dimick | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.55 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 67.0 | 64 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Charles Tewell | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.38 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 67 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Stethers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.63 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Butler | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.00 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Reiter | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.30 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 42 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Miguel Barreto | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.00 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.0 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Herendeen | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.18 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Lucchesi | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.40 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 63 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Lowe | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 45 | 39 | 30 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Wood | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.09 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Melvin Godard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.88 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Obal | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Avallone | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vince Valentini | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.52 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 40 | .437 | 4.22 | 151 | 71 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 601.0 | 605 | 346 | 282 | 51 | 302 | 17 | 371 | 22 | 5 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Messmer | 70 | 289 | 249 | 41 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 35 | .289 | .383 | .398 | .781 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Obal | 71 | 287 | 258 | 26 | 67 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 55 | .260 | .322 | .380 | .701 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Douglas McCracken | 64 | 274 | 217 | 39 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 49 | 22 | .276 | .419 | .318 | .737 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edwin Mohr | 65 | 274 | 244 | 33 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 56 | .242 | .315 | .324 | .639 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Carl Spikes | 57 | 232 | 217 | 23 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 46 | .258 | .302 | .286 | .587 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Peoples | 68 | 264 | 242 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 43 | .211 | .270 | .260 | .530 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Philip Rossi | 43 | 154 | 135 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 7 | .274 | .346 | .333 | .680 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Obal | 44 | 167 | 133 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 12 | .211 | .348 | .263 | .611 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Hartin | 35 | 135 | 116 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 27 | .216 | .295 | .259 | .554 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dewey Minton | 35 | 141 | 123 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .195 | .277 | .228 | .504 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Javier Fierro | 29 | 117 | 100 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .170 | .284 | .270 | .554 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Rohn | 21 | 96 | 72 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 3 | .208 | .375 | .250 | .625 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gordy Hodgson | 32 | 99 | 85 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .153 | .265 | .212 | .477 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Veenema | 19 | 64 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | .096 | .238 | .192 | .430 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Panella | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Stethers | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Lucchesi | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 684 | 2606 | 2254 | 277 | 531 | 83 | 12 | 15 | 229 | 89 | 34 | 295 | 371 | .236 | .326 | .303 | .629 | 683 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hartin | 1B | 35 | 305 | 17 | 4 | 31 | .988 | 9.200 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | 1B | 29 | 250 | 20 | 3 | 26 | .989 | 9.310 | ||||
| David Obal | 1B | 4 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 9.500 | ||||
| Lawrence Panella | 1B | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Kenneth Veenema | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dewey Minton | 2B | 35 | 98 | 88 | 2 | 19 | .989 | 5.314 | ||||
| Dan Rohn | 2B | 21 | 66 | 63 | 5 | 17 | .963 | 6.143 | ||||
| Kenneth Veenema | 2B | 15 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 9 | .919 | 4.533 | ||||
| James Messmer | 3B | 49 | 40 | 109 | 15 | 10 | .909 | 3.041 | ||||
| Mark Obal | 3B | 15 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 2.333 | ||||
| Gordy Hodgson | 3B | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Philip Rossi | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Charles Peoples | C | 66 | 374 | 52 | 8 | 7 | .982 | 6.455 | 6 | |||
| David Obal | C | 6 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.167 | 0 | |||
| Edwin Mohr | OF | 65 | 151 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .982 | 2.492 | ||||
| Douglas McCracken | OF | 63 | 93 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 1.556 | ||||
| Carl Spikes | OF | 57 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.596 | ||||
| Gordy Hodgson | OF | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Philip Rossi | OF | 14 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Veenema | OF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| James Messmer | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Reiter | P | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Miguel Barreto | P | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Raymond Dimick | P | 16 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Charles Tewell | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .333 | ||||
| Richard McClure | P | 14 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Joseph Stethers | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Jeffrey Lucchesi | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .667 | ||||
| Buddy Lowe | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Herendeen | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| David Wood | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Melvin Godard | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Vince Valentini | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| Tom Butler | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Avallone | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Obal | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Obal | SS | 29 | 52 | 97 | 11 | 17 | .931 | 5.138 | ||||
| Philip Rossi | SS | 25 | 29 | 62 | 7 | 15 | .929 | 3.640 | ||||
| James Messmer | SS | 21 | 25 | 55 | 12 | 13 | .870 | 3.810 | ||||
| Totals | 736 | 1808 | 746 | 112 | 190 | .958 | 3.470 | 6 | 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.
