
1977 Medicine Hat A's Statistics
Team Record: 29-41
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Orlando Gomez (29-41)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 26,665, Avg. 762
The Medicine Hat A's of the Pioneer League ended the 1977 season with a record of 29 wins and 41 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.
The A's plated 468 runs and allowed 550 runs, most in the league. Dana Berry paced Medicine Hat with 11 home runs and drove in 46 runs. Mike Davis led batters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Richard Cooper topped the team with 5 wins, while Donald Schubert registered a 4.11 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1977 Medicine Hat A's who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dave Beard, Mike Davis, Shooty Babitt and Bobby Moore.
Orlando Gomez 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Cooper | 5 | 3 | .625 | 7.38 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 66 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Michael Yesenchak | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.84 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 67 | 50 | 37 | 3 | 52 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Douglas Hunt | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.69 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39.0 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Donald Schubert | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 63 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
Dave Beard | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.56 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 79 | 50 | 36 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Stephen Rice | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.73 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott Imbach | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.74 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 56 | 60 | 49 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Craig Harris | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jack Holmes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.59 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 54 | 37 | 25 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Frederick Lund | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.50 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 47 | 40 | 26 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
Donald VanMarter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.00 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 58 | 52 | 40 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Clyde Patterson | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Timothy Spaulding | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.24 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.0 | 57 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bobby Moore | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.40 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 55 | 59 | 37 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
Totals | 29 | 41 | .414 | 6.02 | 182 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 594.0 | 695 | 550 | 397 | 37 | 466 | 37 | 399 | 28 | 10 | 44 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Davis | 59 | 260 | 213 | 53 | 67 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 46 | 40 | .315 | .438 | .394 | .833 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Bennett | 63 | 261 | 228 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 43 | .294 | .372 | .487 | .858 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Al Minker | 54 | 236 | 179 | 47 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 31 | .363 | .508 | .547 | 1.056 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dana Berry | 54 | 230 | 191 | 36 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 52 | .288 | .400 | .524 | .924 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Shooty Babitt | 50 | 204 | 180 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 23 | .300 | .363 | .411 | .774 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
Robert Klebba | 50 | 223 | 183 | 43 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 22 | .279 | .401 | .454 | .854 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Howard Robinson | 49 | 200 | 175 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 44 | .217 | .296 | .246 | .542 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Dave Hornacek | 40 | 154 | 140 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 46 | .250 | .307 | .357 | .664 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bruce Fournier | 47 | 165 | 127 | 30 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 21 | .268 | .426 | .449 | .875 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Al Armstead | 35 | 95 | 78 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 16 | .359 | .462 | .500 | .962 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Robert Markham | 42 | 147 | 122 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 33 | .221 | .349 | .279 | .628 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Manny Ramirez | 42 | 142 | 120 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 28 | .208 | .309 | .225 | .534 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Dan Donovan | 36 | 137 | 110 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 21 | .218 | .353 | .273 | .626 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
John Kniss | 30 | 84 | 65 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 8 | .354 | .488 | .446 | .934 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bartholomew Lally | 32 | 105 | 93 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .247 | .327 | .269 | .596 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Eric Attaway | 31 | 93 | 62 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | .258 | .478 | .290 | .769 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Tadeusz Nowakowski | 23 | 89 | 82 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .183 | .247 | .317 | .564 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Moore | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 746 | 2827 | 2350 | 468 | 647 | 101 | 27 | 42 | 373 | 120 | 30 | 414 | 486 | .275 | .387 | .395 | .782 | 928 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dana Berry | 1B | 31 | 235 | 14 | 12 | 16 | .954 | 8.032 | ||||
Al Minker | 1B | 30 | 228 | 25 | 4 | 17 | .984 | 8.433 | ||||
Eric Attaway | 1B | 17 | 112 | 9 | 3 | 8 | .976 | 7.118 | ||||
Mike Davis | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Howard Robinson | 2B | 47 | 109 | 95 | 31 | 18 | .868 | 4.340 | ||||
Robert Klebba | 2B | 22 | 44 | 57 | 7 | 5 | .935 | 4.591 | ||||
John Kniss | 2B | 12 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | 2B | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
Bobby Moore | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 2.000 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | 3B | 38 | 32 | 67 | 19 | 3 | .839 | 2.605 | ||||
Dave Hornacek | 3B | 32 | 30 | 43 | 19 | 2 | .793 | 2.281 | ||||
John Kniss | 3B | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.750 | ||||
Robert Klebba | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Dan Donovan | C | 29 | 175 | 25 | 8 | 3 | .962 | 6.897 | 16 | |||
Bartholomew Lally | C | 26 | 138 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .957 | 6.000 | 22 | |||
Tadeusz Nowakowski | C | 20 | 128 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 6.950 | 15 | |||
Jim Bennett | OF | 61 | 106 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .933 | 1.836 | ||||
Mike Davis | OF | 56 | 81 | 6 | 15 | 0 | .853 | 1.554 | ||||
Bruce Fournier | OF | 41 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.171 | ||||
Robert Markham | OF | 38 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .865 | 1.684 | ||||
Al Armstead | OF | 27 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.778 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | OF | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
Eric Attaway | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Bartholomew Lally | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Dana Berry | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Douglas Hunt | P | 25 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .640 | ||||
Michael Yesenchak | P | 24 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
Richard Cooper | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .714 | .625 | ||||
Timothy Spaulding | P | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
Jack Holmes | P | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
Scott Imbach | P | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
Donald VanMarter | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .250 | ||||
Dave Beard | P | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
Donald Schubert | P | 9 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
Bobby Moore | P | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .625 | 1.111 | ||||
Frederick Lund | P | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Craig Harris | P | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
Stephen Rice | P | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
Clyde Patterson | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Manny Ramirez | SS | 42 | 53 | 106 | 31 | 14 | .837 | 3.786 | ||||
Robert Klebba | SS | 35 | 50 | 77 | 9 | 12 | .934 | 3.629 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | SS | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .821 | 4.600 | ||||
John Kniss | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .250 | ||||
Totals | 827 | 1754 | 749 | 240 | 115 | .913 | 3.027 | 53 | 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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