1977 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 61-75
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Joe Sparks (61-75)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 124,135, Avg. 1,826
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 61 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Oaks plated 576 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 610 runs. Kevin Bell paced Iowa with 14 home runs Tommy Cruz drove in 59 runs. Mike Squires led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .323 clip. Silvio Martínez topped the squad with 10 wins, while Jack Kucek recorded a 2.54 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
George Enright, John Flannery, Marv Foley, John Verhoeven, Tommy Cruz, Mike Squires, Larry Anderson, Silvio Martínez, Randy Wiles, Jim Fuller, Jack Kucek, Rich Wortham, LaMarr Hoyt, Jim Otten, Tom Spencer, Steve Staggs, Chris Knapp, Nyls Nyman, Ken Kravec, Joe Lis, Greg Terlecky, Dave Frost, Bob Coluccio, Kevin Bell, Lee Richard, Fred Howard, Lloyd Allen, Bill Moran and Steve Trout were all players from the 1977 Iowa Oaks who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvio Martínez | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.50 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 152.0 | 134 | 87 | 76 | 22 | 73 | 3 | 118 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Dave Frost | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.04 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 138 | 69 | 61 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jack Kucek | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.54 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 93 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Otten | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.68 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 114 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bill Moran | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 79 | 48 | 36 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.59 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 46 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Howard | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.99 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 91 | 44 | 43 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Polinsky | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.37 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26.0 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.86 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 44.0 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Wortham | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.71 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 54 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 37 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Wiles | 54 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Squires | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Terlecky | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Knapp | 0 | 4 | .000 | 1.97 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Trout | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.62 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 70 | .421 | 4.15 | 362 | 133 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 990.0 | 989 | 542 | 456 | 104 | 449 | 19 | 711 | 24 | 11 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Richard | 125 | 526 | 497 | 56 | 149 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 58 | .300 | .326 | .414 | .740 | 206 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 130 | 505 | 461 | 63 | 138 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 61 | .299 | .356 | .438 | .795 | 202 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Squires | 126 | 507 | 415 | 67 | 134 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 84 | 37 | .323 | .438 | .419 | .857 | 174 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tom Spencer | 114 | 433 | 394 | 53 | 104 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 60 | .264 | .315 | .404 | .718 | 159 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Wolf | 103 | 329 | 301 | 22 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 48 | .206 | .255 | .282 | .537 | 85 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Sovern | 91 | 291 | 267 | 23 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | .228 | .279 | .348 | .628 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Flannery | 73 | 262 | 233 | 20 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 39 | .249 | .313 | .309 | .622 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Bell | 49 | 214 | 183 | 39 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 39 | .306 | .397 | .596 | .993 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Enright | 85 | 270 | 240 | 21 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 36 | .225 | .302 | .258 | .561 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Fuller | 45 | 183 | 160 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 53 | .231 | .322 | .506 | .829 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Lis | 25 | 93 | 78 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .321 | .419 | .590 | 1.009 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 33 | 71 | 59 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .186 | .310 | .305 | .615 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Frost | 23 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .180 | .176 | .180 | .356 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Silvio Martínez | 34 | 62 | 58 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .155 | .183 | .190 | .373 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kucek | 16 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .190 | .209 | .286 | .495 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manny Estrada | 8 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .231 | .355 | .231 | .586 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A. J. Hill | 9 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .259 | .231 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Otten | 38 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .200 | .226 | .400 | .626 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Donn Seidholz | 13 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .158 | .200 | .184 | .384 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Royal Johnson | 9 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Foley | 10 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .185 | .267 | .407 | .674 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ondina | 16 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .167 | .290 | .292 | .582 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Coluccio | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .300 | .717 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Pasillas | 7 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kravec | 10 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .136 | .182 | .318 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Trout | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Knapp | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Polinsky | 18 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Wortham | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Howard | 18 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .037 | .133 | .074 | .207 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Moran | 34 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greg Terlecky | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1358 | 4226 | 3778 | 438 | 969 | 177 | 34 | 66 | 442 | 60 | 38 | 364 | 667 | .256 | .322 | .374 | .696 | 1412 | 0 | 14 | 41 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Squires | 1B | 97 | 853 | 60 | 7 | 82 | .992 | 9.412 | ||||
| Joe Lis | 1B | 22 | 178 | 9 | 1 | 14 | .995 | 8.500 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | 1B | 7 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.429 | ||||
| Royal Johnson | 1B | 7 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 7.143 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 1B | 6 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jim Fuller | 1B | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | 2B | 60 | 112 | 173 | 10 | 37 | .966 | 4.750 | ||||
| Lee Richard | 2B | 20 | 39 | 42 | 5 | 10 | .942 | 4.050 | ||||
| A. J. Hill | 2B | 7 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 3.571 | ||||
| Manny Estrada | 2B | 7 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 7 | .963 | 7.429 | ||||
| John Flannery | 2B | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Lee Richard | 3B | 95 | 57 | 159 | 22 | 19 | .908 | 2.274 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | 3B | 21 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 2 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | 3B | 13 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 5 | .929 | 3.000 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 3B | 11 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Sovern | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Enright | C | 75 | 416 | 32 | 8 | 3 | .982 | 5.973 | 9 | |||
| Jeff Sovern | C | 64 | 435 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .985 | 7.188 | 5 | |||
| Andy Pasillas | C | 4 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 8.750 | 0 | |||
| Marv Foley | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 119 | 184 | 8 | 9 | 3 | .955 | 1.613 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 91 | 163 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 1.890 | ||||
| Jim Fuller | OF | 41 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.634 | ||||
| Mike Squires | OF | 28 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | OF | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bob Coluccio | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Randy Wiles | P | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Otten | P | 34 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .382 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 34 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| John Verhoeven | P | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .233 | ||||
| Silvio Martínez | P | 26 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 24 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .571 | .333 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 23 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .952 | .870 | ||||
| Bob Polinsky | P | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Fred Howard | P | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Kucek | P | 16 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Rich Wortham | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Trout | P | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Greg Terlecky | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Chris Knapp | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Squires | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Flannery | SS | 68 | 107 | 209 | 12 | 36 | .963 | 4.647 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | SS | 36 | 65 | 118 | 15 | 30 | .924 | 5.083 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | SS | 26 | 37 | 82 | 9 | 15 | .930 | 4.577 | ||||
| Lee Richard | SS | 12 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .915 | 3.583 | ||||
| Totals | 1344 | 3142 | 1252 | 149 | 304 | .967 | 3.269 | 14 | 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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