1977 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 85-53
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (85-53)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 60,154, Avg. 872
Playoffs - Lakeland Tigers 2 games, Miami Orioles 0
Finals - Lakeland Tigers 3 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 1
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 85 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Tigers scored 550 runs and yielded 435 runs. Curtis Morgan drove in 63 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .288. Mike Chris led the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.01 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1977 Lakeland Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Roger Weaver, Mike Chris, Dan Petry, Darrell Brown and Al Greene.
Jim Leyland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Chris | 18 | 5 | .783 | 2.01 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 188.0 | 150 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 99 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Roger Weaver | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.58 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 97.0 | 65 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ralph Treuel | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.77 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 133 | 59 | 45 | 5 | 84 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dan Petry | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.41 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 139 | 68 | 55 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Corr | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.29 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 103 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Theodore Blair | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.44 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 67 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Garry Grafton | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.23 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joseph Janton | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.72 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 59 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dale Reis | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.88 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Vavruska | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.83 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 108.0 | 108 | 60 | 46 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mike Elders | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 2.68 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| John Ward | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lawrence Bradley | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Dwyer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 53 | .610 | 2.70 | 308 | 136 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 1155.7 | 1010 | 435 | 347 | 30 | 521 | 28 | 634 | 37 | 5 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Jackson | 128 | 563 | 496 | 76 | 137 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 54 | 53 | .276 | .347 | .319 | .666 | 158 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 130 | 489 | 422 | 60 | 113 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 75 | .268 | .359 | .382 | .740 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Curtis Morgan | 117 | 449 | 382 | 57 | 110 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 70 | .288 | .378 | .403 | .781 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Al Greene | 124 | 458 | 384 | 53 | 100 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 41 | .260 | .374 | .393 | .767 | 151 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dexter Redd | 115 | 402 | 366 | 47 | 99 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 47 | .270 | .312 | .339 | .651 | 124 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Daniel LaNoue | 114 | 417 | 343 | 48 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 65 | 61 | .254 | .367 | .324 | .691 | 111 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Les Filkins | 113 | 437 | 389 | 56 | 86 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 37 | 40 | .221 | .289 | .283 | .571 | 110 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Gary Armstrong | 66 | 236 | 183 | 26 | 55 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 18 | .301 | .437 | .383 | .820 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 52 | 183 | 161 | 18 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | .317 | .376 | .410 | .786 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| James Draper | 90 | 294 | 251 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 25 | .191 | .295 | .251 | .546 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Darrell Brown | 59 | 184 | 166 | 13 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 15 | .265 | .320 | .301 | .622 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Martinez | 99 | 198 | 179 | 18 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 35 | .207 | .253 | .268 | .521 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Vince Diaz | 57 | 167 | 140 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16 | .207 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Herbert Krul | 49 | 146 | 132 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .212 | .257 | .235 | .492 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ted Dasen | 33 | 123 | 115 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .235 | .285 | .270 | .554 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Blakeley | 37 | 101 | 87 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .195 | .287 | .253 | .540 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Romero | 19 | 54 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .184 | .245 | .184 | .429 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Johnson | 11 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Hakala | 8 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .095 | .167 | .190 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1421 | 4945 | 4285 | 550 | 1081 | 134 | 52 | 27 | 475 | 111 | 58 | 536 | 573 | .252 | .335 | .327 | .662 | 1400 | 0 | 21 | 53 | 50 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel LaNoue | 1B | 111 | 1011 | 50 | 26 | 93 | .976 | 9.559 | ||||
| Gordon Blakeley | 1B | 24 | 211 | 12 | 5 | 22 | .978 | 9.292 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 1B | 7 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 5 | .967 | 8.429 | ||||
| Curtis Morgan | 1B | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Scott Johnson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Draper | 2B | 88 | 203 | 241 | 6 | 55 | .987 | 5.045 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | 2B | 52 | 107 | 150 | 7 | 26 | .973 | 4.942 | ||||
| John Romero | 2B | 9 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .974 | 4.111 | ||||
| Keith Hakala | 2B | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 3B | 127 | 92 | 296 | 22 | 41 | .946 | 3.055 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | 3B | 13 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 3B | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .826 | 1.727 | ||||
| Gordon Blakeley | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Vince Diaz | C | 54 | 248 | 36 | 5 | 6 | .983 | 5.259 | 11 | |||
| Ted Brazell | C | 48 | 230 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 5.375 | 5 | |||
| Herbert Krul | C | 47 | 169 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .966 | 4.277 | 3 | |||
| Scott Johnson | C | 9 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.111 | 3 | |||
| Al Greene | OF | 113 | 171 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .957 | 1.566 | ||||
| Les Filkins | OF | 113 | 213 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 1.929 | ||||
| Dexter Redd | OF | 107 | 155 | 7 | 9 | 4 | .947 | 1.514 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 88 | 110 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.318 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | OF | 55 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Roger Weaver | P | 52 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Theodore Blair | P | 29 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .897 | ||||
| Ralph Treuel | P | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.269 | ||||
| Mike Chris | P | 26 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
| Dan Petry | P | 25 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 2 | .870 | 1.600 | ||||
| Paul Vavruska | P | 24 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Garry Grafton | P | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Dennis Zimmerman | P | 23 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .478 | ||||
| Dale Reis | P | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Larry Corr | P | 17 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| Mike Elders | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Joseph Janton | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| John Ward | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Michael Dwyer | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Lawrence Bradley | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Don Thomas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mel Jackson | SS | 127 | 220 | 394 | 52 | 59 | .922 | 4.835 | ||||
| John Romero | SS | 7 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 5.143 | ||||
| Keith Hakala | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Gary Armstrong | SS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1548 | 3465 | 1615 | 182 | 354 | .965 | 3.282 | 22 | 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.
