1976 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Loren Babe (68-68)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 124,575, Avg. 1,832
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Oaks scored 592 runs and allowed 620 runs. Sam Ewing led Iowa with 15 home runs and recorded 81 runs batted in. Nyls Nyman paced all regular batters by connecting at a .282 clip. Greg Terlecky topped the squad with 10 wins, while Jim Otten earned a 2.91 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ken Kravec, Greg Terlecky, Morris Nettles, Bob Coluccio, Kevin Bell, Jerry Hairston, Tony LaRussa, Bill Moran, Gene Hiser, Tom McMillan, Phil Roof, Nyls Nyman, Tim Stoddard, Sam Ewing, Wayne Nordhagen, Mike Squires, Alan Bannister, Jim York, George Enright, Roy Thomas, Jack Kucek, Hugh Yancy, Sonny Jackson, Blue Moon Odom, Jim Otten, Steve Blateric and Chris Knapp were all players from the 1976 Iowa Oaks who played in the Majors during their careers.
Loren Babe 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 Terlecky | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.05 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 132.0 | 144 | 92 | 74 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.68 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 88.0 | 91 | 44 | 36 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.33 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 131.0 | 103 | 68 | 63 | 13 | 89 | 4 | 142 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chris Knapp | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.56 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 63 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.54 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 117.0 | 120 | 59 | 46 | 11 | 38 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jim Otten | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.91 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 133.0 | 140 | 51 | 43 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.75 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 167 | 89 | 70 | 15 | 72 | 6 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Jack Kucek | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.21 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 130 | 68 | 58 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Blue Moon Odom | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Best | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Moran | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.38 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 47 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mike Squires | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Komadina | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.85 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim York | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Stoddard | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.59 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 68 | .500 | 4.09 | 341 | 137 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 27 | 1152.0 | 1165 | 620 | 524 | 106 | 497 | 48 | 773 | 30 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Ewing | 101 | 385 | 350 | 51 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 43 | .351 | .398 | .560 | .958 | 196 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Nyls Nyman | 104 | 419 | 380 | 60 | 107 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 42 | .282 | .341 | .413 | .754 | 157 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Hairston | 94 | 398 | 325 | 53 | 94 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 8 | 8 | 68 | 41 | .289 | .411 | .428 | .839 | 139 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Manny Estrada | 117 | 421 | 368 | 50 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 45 | .247 | .326 | .348 | .674 | 128 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Bob Coluccio | 125 | 423 | 356 | 55 | 87 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 23 | 6 | 61 | 62 | .244 | .355 | .419 | .773 | 149 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 107 | 380 | 332 | 53 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 43 | .259 | .340 | .328 | .669 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Squires | 124 | 394 | 336 | 37 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 50 | 32 | .253 | .348 | .330 | .678 | 111 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Hugh Yancy | 73 | 296 | 258 | 31 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 26 | .283 | .360 | .388 | .747 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| George Enright | 108 | 316 | 271 | 29 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 47 | .251 | .338 | .325 | .662 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Sonny Jackson | 84 | 243 | 220 | 32 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | .273 | .333 | .350 | .683 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Bell | 51 | 187 | 165 | 24 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 44 | .285 | .366 | .430 | .796 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Bannister | 32 | 143 | 118 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 19 | .246 | .369 | .373 | .742 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Morris Nettles | 48 | 117 | 100 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 15 | .190 | .308 | .300 | .608 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McMillan | 23 | 91 | 82 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .207 | .270 | .232 | .501 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dlugach | 34 | 58 | 51 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .294 | .368 | .314 | .682 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 27 | 65 | 55 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .255 | .328 | .345 | .673 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phil Roof | 10 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .269 | .520 | .789 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Knapp | 11 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .240 | .286 | .240 | .526 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jim Otten | 39 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Erickson | 18 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .286 | .240 | .526 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 30 | 53 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .109 | .109 | .109 | .217 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kucek | 22 | 46 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .093 | .091 | .093 | .184 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 35 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .075 | .159 | .125 | .284 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim York | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blue Moon Odom | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 58 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 38 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .061 | .114 | .091 | .205 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Moran | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Best | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Reed | 14 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Patterson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Stoddard | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Komadina | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1611 | 4729 | 4114 | 558 | 1061 | 205 | 25 | 65 | 501 | 95 | 53 | 512 | 654 | .258 | .340 | .367 | .707 | 1511 | 0 | 11 | 64 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Squires | 1B | 112 | 823 | 47 | 4 | 69 | .995 | 7.768 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 1B | 39 | 279 | 26 | 8 | 21 | .974 | 7.821 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 1B | 7 | 53 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 8.143 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 1B | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Michael Dlugach | 1B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 2B | 70 | 122 | 160 | 11 | 27 | .962 | 4.029 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 58 | 115 | 165 | 9 | 39 | .969 | 4.828 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 18 | 38 | 45 | 2 | 13 | .976 | 4.611 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Dlugach | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 3B | 56 | 45 | 97 | 14 | 9 | .910 | 2.536 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | 3B | 50 | 39 | 100 | 16 | 7 | .897 | 2.780 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | 3B | 26 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 2.269 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 3B | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 3B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | 3B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Dlugach | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Enright | C | 104 | 529 | 56 | 13 | 5 | .978 | 5.625 | 10 | |||
| Sam Ewing | C | 28 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 2.500 | 3 | |||
| Michael Dlugach | C | 17 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Erickson | C | 14 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.071 | 0 | |||
| Phil Roof | C | 8 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.750 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Nordhagen | C | 4 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 7.750 | 1 | |||
| Bob Coluccio | OF | 113 | 228 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 2.133 | ||||
| Nyls Nyman | OF | 98 | 194 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.010 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | OF | 82 | 143 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 1.805 | ||||
| Morris Nettles | OF | 36 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Sam Ewing | OF | 36 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.083 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | OF | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 58 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Jim Otten | P | 38 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 38 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .605 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 35 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .882 | .857 | ||||
| Roy Thomas | P | 27 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Best | P | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Jack Kucek | P | 22 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .273 | ||||
| Tim Stoddard | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Chris Knapp | P | 11 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Paul Patterson | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Jim York | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Blue Moon Odom | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tony Komadina | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Squires | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Manny Estrada | SS | 36 | 70 | 115 | 12 | 28 | .939 | 5.139 | ||||
| Sonny Jackson | SS | 35 | 55 | 100 | 8 | 20 | .951 | 4.429 | ||||
| Alan Bannister | SS | 32 | 64 | 106 | 9 | 22 | .950 | 5.312 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | SS | 23 | 33 | 72 | 3 | 9 | .972 | 4.565 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | SS | 11 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 3.364 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | SS | 7 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .815 | 3.143 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | SS | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerry Hairston | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1522 | 3327 | 1433 | 152 | 300 | .969 | 3.127 | 15 | 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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