1977 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 50-87
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jim Napier (50-87)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 34,938, Avg. 510
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 50 wins and 87 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Sox plated 516 runs and gave up 639 runs. Larry Foster paced Knoxville with 15 home runs Mike Colbern drove in 55 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Rich Wortham and Larry Monroe paced the team with 9 wins each, while Rich Wortham recorded a 2.53 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1977 Knoxville Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Monroe, Bill Moran, Rich Barnes, Jim Bouton, Mike Colbern, Dewey Robinson, Harry Chappas, Marv Foley, Rich Wortham and LaMarr Hoyt.
Jim Napier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Wortham | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.53 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 114.0 | 116 | 62 | 32 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Monroe | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.78 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 143.0 | 133 | 83 | 60 | 12 | 60 | 3 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Harold McClain | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.92 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108.0 | 100 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.75 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 131.0 | 107 | 52 | 40 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Komadina | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.92 | 40 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 117.0 | 125 | 64 | 51 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.23 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 132.0 | 160 | 70 | 62 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Bill Moran | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.68 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37.0 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jay Attardi | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.08 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97.0 | 101 | 51 | 44 | 4 | 47 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Kent Hunziker | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.45 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 95 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Duane Shaffer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42.0 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Barnes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.08 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marshal Harper | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lehman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dewey Robinson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roy Coulter | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.98 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 51 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 61 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jim Bouton | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5.26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 61 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 50 | 87 | .365 | 3.99 | 327 | 137 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 1156.0 | 1170 | 639 | 512 | 77 | 497 | 26 | 680 | 43 | 9 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Maropis | 133 | 561 | 511 | 50 | 138 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 32 | 103 | .270 | .314 | .327 | .641 | 167 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Mike Colbern | 119 | 433 | 407 | 39 | 116 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 78 | .285 | .314 | .432 | .746 | 176 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Toman | 117 | 424 | 359 | 49 | 89 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 53 | 56 | .248 | .352 | .279 | .630 | 100 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Harry Chappas | 123 | 477 | 386 | 51 | 89 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 76 | 86 | .231 | .360 | .293 | .653 | 113 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Donn Seidholz | 94 | 351 | 326 | 35 | 87 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 46 | .267 | .301 | .383 | .685 | 125 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 93 | 340 | 299 | 27 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 70 | .264 | .345 | .344 | .690 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Ondina | 102 | 394 | 334 | 50 | 79 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 93 | .237 | .337 | .404 | .741 | 135 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ken Hamann | 100 | 375 | 335 | 27 | 78 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 41 | .233 | .291 | .272 | .562 | 91 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 83 | 333 | 279 | 40 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 71 | .265 | .367 | .391 | .758 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Marv Foley | 66 | 266 | 226 | 33 | 68 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 28 | .301 | .387 | .465 | .852 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark Naehring | 68 | 265 | 232 | 27 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 46 | .246 | .313 | .418 | .731 | 97 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Larry Foster | 67 | 294 | 221 | 49 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 61 | 53 | .253 | .430 | .502 | .932 | 111 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Curt Etchandy | 58 | 213 | 187 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 54 | .150 | .246 | .262 | .508 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Tipa | 34 | 107 | 100 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | .200 | .219 | .260 | .479 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 32 | 93 | 79 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .139 | .261 | .266 | .527 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Bauer | 17 | 50 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .048 | .167 | .071 | .238 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roy Coulter | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Monroe | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold McClain | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Attardi | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1413 | 4989 | 4335 | 517 | 1072 | 164 | 40 | 72 | 446 | 126 | 74 | 507 | 898 | .247 | .330 | .353 | .683 | 1532 | 0 | 42 | 70 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hamann | 1B | 75 | 683 | 48 | 5 | 60 | .993 | 9.747 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 1B | 38 | 347 | 25 | 2 | 32 | .995 | 9.789 | ||||
| Larry Foster | 1B | 25 | 226 | 10 | 1 | 14 | .996 | 9.440 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | 1B | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Pete Maropis | 2B | 130 | 267 | 413 | 29 | 79 | .959 | 5.231 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | 2B | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | 2B | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Harry Chappas | 2B | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 2B | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .750 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 3B | 57 | 47 | 129 | 11 | 9 | .941 | 3.088 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 3B | 49 | 39 | 116 | 17 | 8 | .901 | 3.163 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 3B | 36 | 28 | 86 | 12 | 6 | .905 | 3.167 | ||||
| Mike Colbern | C | 103 | 572 | 93 | 16 | 10 | .977 | 6.456 | 11 | |||
| Phil Trucks | C | 30 | 127 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .961 | 4.867 | 5 | |||
| Marv Foley | C | 13 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.923 | 0 | |||
| Mark Naehring | C | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 99 | 136 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .937 | 1.505 | ||||
| Tommy Toman | OF | 92 | 163 | 10 | 8 | 3 | .956 | 1.880 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | OF | 84 | 184 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .980 | 2.381 | ||||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | OF | 82 | 142 | 12 | 13 | 2 | .922 | 1.878 | ||||
| Stephen Tipa | OF | 34 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.559 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | OF | 23 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.652 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Mike Colbern | OF | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Komadina | P | 40 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jay Attardi | P | 33 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .576 | ||||
| Harold McClain | P | 29 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .759 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .185 | ||||
| Larry Monroe | P | 27 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | .878 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 27 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .889 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Wortham | P | 22 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 1 | .686 | 1.091 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Kent Hunziker | P | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .632 | ||||
| Roy Coulter | P | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Dewey Robinson | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Bill Lehman | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Bouton | P | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Marshal Harper | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Rich Barnes | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Harry Chappas | SS | 117 | 187 | 327 | 28 | 70 | .948 | 4.393 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | SS | 14 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 4 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | SS | 9 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 3.222 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | SS | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3469 | 1605 | 210 | 323 | .960 | 3.431 | 16 | 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.
