1976 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 50-20
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: Buzzy Keller (50-20)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 37,569, Avg. 1,073

1976 Johnson City Cardinals Roster

The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1976 season with a record of 50 wins and 20 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Cardinals paced the circuit with just 218 runs allowed. Johnson City scored 344 runs. Harold Witt led the team with 12 home runs and drove in 40 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .344 average. Terry Gray and Al Olmsted topped the squad with 8 wins each, and Al Olmsted recorded a 1.5 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1976 Johnson City Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Roof, Kelly Paris, John Littlefield, Víctor Cruz and Al Olmsted.

Buzzy Keller served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Terry Gray	8	1	.889	2.85	13	12		5	2	0	82.0	59	31	26	3	35	0	56	2	1	1
Al Olmsted	8	3	.727	1.50	14	13		7	2	0	90.0	55	22	15	2	27	0	79	1	0	1
Kevin Morrissey	6	2	.750	3.26	13	9		3	2	1	69.0	66	25	25	8	31	0	41	1	2	3
John Littlefield	6	3	.667	1.43	14	2		2	1	3	44.0	37	10	7	0	6	1	24	0	0	1
Víctor Cruz	6	3	.667	2.02	12	11		5	3	0	80.0	57	23	18	6	23	0	100	3	1	1
James Propst	5	4	.556	2.74	11	8		1	0	0	46.0	35	25	14	1	27	0	51	1	0	8
Kenneth Grassano	4	0	1.000	3.00	8	7		2	0	0	36.0	31	15	12	0	21	0	26	2	1	5
Glenn Comoletti	3	1	.750	2.94	14	2		0	0	2	49.0	42	23	16	1	24	1	42	1	0	0
Terry Jacob	2	0	1.000	2.18	8	1		1	1	1	33.0	24	10	8	4	9	0	25	0	0	0
William Schopp	1	1	.500	2.70	2	2		0	0	0	10.0	9	5	3	1	13	0	10	0	0	2
Nicolas Decena	1	1	.500	3.00	10	0		0	0	1	21.0	15	11	7	0	15	0	17	2	0	1
Jerry Bugden	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
James Arthur	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Montejano	0	1	.000	4.80	10	3		0	0	0	30.0	28	18	16	2	22	0	20	0	0	3
Totals	50	20	.714	2.52	133	70	0	26	11	8	597.0	462	218	167	28	256	2	493	13	5	26	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
Harold Witt	66	269	224	44	77	10	3	12	40	12	3	31	50	.344	.431	.576	1.007	129		5	7	2
Kelly Paris	70	292	247	40	68	7	3	5	30	20	8	37	28	.275	.368	.389	.756	96		2	1	5
Dave Penniall	45	195	171	33	65	14	4	6	32	10	2	19	19	.380	.433	.614	1.047	105		0	1	4
Dale Brock	66	286	237	42	65	9	3	0	23	13	6	40	25	.274	.379	.338	.716	80		1	6	2
William Bowman	58	223	201	32	58	7	7	5	34	7	2	21	35	.289	.359	.468	.826	94		1	0	0
Charles Diering	55	217	191	23	47	5	5	1	18	6	9	20	33	.246	.316	.340	.657	65		1	2	3
Randy Thomas	40	173	158	31	43	6	1	1	10	14	6	11	16	.272	.320	.342	.662	54		1	1	2
Gene Roof	53	195	174	21	39	4	0	2	28	2	1	10	29	.224	.272	.282	.554	49		3	4	4
Roger Nolan	38	138	120	11	36	3	1	0	17	10	5	14	20	.300	.375	.342	.717	41		1	2	1
Jerry Johnson	49	166	155	15	34	4	1	2	9	2	1	10	33	.219	.267	.297	.563	46		0	1	0
Bret Paris	45	163	143	26	32	4	2	2	16	6	4	17	26	.224	.306	.322	.628	46		0	3	0
Frank Hunsaker	30	106	89	11	29	3	0	1	16	1	0	14	6	.326	.419	.393	.812	35		1	1	1
Felipe Zayas	18	68	59	8	13	3	0	0	7	1	0	7	10	.220	.294	.271	.565	16		0	0	2
Dennis Pritchett	13	33	29	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	.207	.303	.276	.579	8		1	0	0
Radhames Valdez	10	42	40	4	6	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	7	.150	.190	.150	.340	6		0	0	0
Frank Fuentes	4	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	0	0
Glenn Comoletti	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Richard Montejano	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	684	2578	2249	344	620	81	30	37	287	105	48	256	348	.276	.350	.388	.738	872	0	17	30	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kelly Paris	1B	70	621	43	7	57	.990	9.486
Harold Witt	2B	62	130	162	18	42	.942	4.710
Bret Paris	2B	10	23	18	3	1	.932	4.100
Gene Roof	3B	50	35	103	12	11	.920	2.760
Bret Paris	3B	13	7	22	4	4	.879	2.231
Charles Diering	3B	11	8	26	4	4	.895	3.091
Jerry Johnson	C	49	336	26	3	2	.992	7.388	7
Frank Hunsaker	C	21	141	7	3	0	.980	7.048	3
Dennis Pritchett	C	10	46	2	0	0	1.000	4.800	0
Dale Brock	OF	66	127	5	3	0	.978	2.000
William Bowman	OF	44	55	4	1	1	.983	1.341
Charles Diering	OF	41	69	6	4	2	.949	1.829
Dave Penniall	OF	26	24	1	1	0	.962	.962
Roger Nolan	OF	26	34	2	1	1	.973	1.385
Radhames Valdez	OF	8	15	0	1	0	.938	1.875
Bret Paris	OF	3	9	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Gene Roof	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Al Olmsted	P	14	3	26	1	0	.967	2.071
John Littlefield	P	14	3	5	0	0	1.000	.571
Glenn Comoletti	P	14	1	5	0	1	1.000	.429
Kevin Morrissey	P	13	2	4	2	0	.750	.462
Terry Gray	P	13	4	17	0	1	1.000	1.615
Víctor Cruz	P	12	3	11	0	1	1.000	1.167
James Propst	P	11	3	7	1	0	.909	.909
Richard Montejano	P	10	0	3	1	0	.750	.300
Nicolas Decena	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600
Terry Jacob	P	8	1	6	1	1	.875	.875
Kenneth Grassano	P	8	2	13	1	0	.938	1.875
Jerry Bugden	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
William Schopp	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
James Arthur	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Randy Thomas	SS	40	55	135	7	22	.964	4.750
Bret Paris	SS	18	20	50	3	6	.959	3.889
Felipe Zayas	SS	12	10	34	4	6	.917	3.667
Charles Diering	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		715	1788	753	87	163	.967	3.554	10	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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