1977 Holyoke Millers Statistics
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 3rd in the EL's New England Division
Manager: Matt Galante (73-66)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Ballpark: MacKenzie Stadium
Attendance: 61,171, Avg. 880
The Holyoke Millers of the Eastern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's New England Division.
The Millers scored 630 runs and allowed 601 runs. Gary Holle walloped 30 home runs for Holyoke, while Ike Blessitt swatted 15 or more, too. Ike Blessitt drove in 104 runs. Lanny Phillips paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Mark Bomback and George Frazier topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Ron Wrona earned a 3.02 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1977 Holyoke Millers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Frazier, Mark Bomback, Gary Holle, Lafayette Currence, Barry Cort, Greg Erardi, Ike Blessitt, Jeff Yurak, Ed Romero and Doug Clarey.
Matt Galante 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 Bomback | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.53 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 152 | 82 | 73 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| George Frazier | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.31 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 98.0 | 94 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dale Hrovat | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.64 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 102 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Hannon | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.95 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 148.0 | 151 | 75 | 65 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| David Smith | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.58 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 116.0 | 116 | 64 | 59 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ron Wrona | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.02 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 128.0 | 128 | 51 | 43 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ronnie Driver | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Garry Conn | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.04 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71.0 | 62 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Richard Ford | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.08 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 81 | 48 | 44 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gerald Erb | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Dick | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Shubert | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.77 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick O'Keeffe | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Yurak | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barry Cort | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lafayette Currence | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.64 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Widmar | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 55 | .542 | 3.84 | 302 | 126 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 1034.0 | 1040 | 529 | 441 | 59 | 400 | 25 | 623 | 23 | 8 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Blessitt | 133 | 548 | 499 | 70 | 149 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 44 | 88 | .299 | .359 | .481 | .840 | 240 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Severns | 132 | 573 | 470 | 91 | 148 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 87 | 47 | .315 | .424 | .406 | .831 | 191 | 3 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Lanny Phillips | 119 | 499 | 445 | 68 | 143 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 34 | .321 | .381 | .427 | .808 | 190 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Neil Rasmussen | 136 | 528 | 477 | 63 | 125 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 85 | .262 | .321 | .361 | .681 | 172 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gary Holle | 133 | 528 | 471 | 79 | 119 | 25 | 1 | 30 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 119 | .253 | .326 | .501 | .827 | 236 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ed Romero | 121 | 510 | 457 | 63 | 118 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 27 | .258 | .315 | .333 | .648 | 152 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Ronald Jacobs | 108 | 390 | 361 | 40 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 75 | .247 | .277 | .346 | .624 | 125 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Gary LaRocque | 123 | 430 | 364 | 44 | 86 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 49 | 42 | .236 | .327 | .264 | .591 | 96 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Doug Clarey | 70 | 266 | 235 | 37 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 53 | .268 | .321 | .430 | .750 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Eugene Delyon | 64 | 236 | 203 | 25 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 31 | .300 | .377 | .374 | .752 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Yurak | 72 | 221 | 195 | 27 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 36 | .246 | .326 | .369 | .695 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Buffamoyer | 39 | 117 | 100 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .190 | .299 | .240 | .539 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Holmberg | 16 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .186 | .222 | .256 | .478 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Greene | 8 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .154 | .233 | .154 | .387 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bomback | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1297 | 4921 | 4346 | 621 | 1180 | 199 | 37 | 79 | 548 | 61 | 35 | 442 | 678 | .272 | .341 | .389 | .730 | 1690 | 0 | 36 | 62 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Holle | 1B | 131 | 1159 | 52 | 14 | 106 | .989 | 9.244 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | 1B | 9 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.222 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Doug Clarey | 2B | 70 | 166 | 189 | 19 | 39 | .949 | 5.071 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | 2B | 30 | 70 | 91 | 5 | 20 | .970 | 5.367 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | 3B | 118 | 80 | 218 | 26 | 16 | .920 | 2.525 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | 3B | 22 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 3 | .951 | 2.636 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 3B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ronald Jacobs | C | 107 | 588 | 64 | 7 | 6 | .989 | 6.093 | 11 | |||
| John Buffamoyer | C | 37 | 176 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 5.486 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Yurak | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Billy Severns | OF | 132 | 317 | 15 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 2.515 | ||||
| Lanny Phillips | OF | 113 | 171 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .937 | 1.566 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | OF | 72 | 97 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.417 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | OF | 58 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.379 | ||||
| Eugene Delyon | OF | 52 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.519 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Steven Greene | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ike Blessitt | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.600 | ||||
| Gary Holle | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Buffamoyer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Frazier | P | 45 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .422 | ||||
| Garry Conn | P | 36 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Hannon | P | 27 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| David Smith | P | 26 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 1.038 | ||||
| Dale Hrovat | P | 26 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Mark Bomback | P | 23 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.522 | ||||
| Richard Ford | P | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Ron Wrona | P | 16 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 2.625 | ||||
| Rich Shubert | P | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| William Dick | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Tom Widmar | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Ronnie Driver | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Lafayette Currence | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Erb | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Barry Cort | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Romero | SS | 121 | 203 | 372 | 41 | 68 | .933 | 4.752 | ||||
| Neil Rasmussen | SS | 20 | 27 | 56 | 2 | 10 | .976 | 4.150 | ||||
| Totals | 1383 | 3375 | 1332 | 166 | 288 | .966 | 3.403 | 11 | 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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