1976 Midland Cubs Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (62-74)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 66,457, Avg. 977

1976 Midland Cubs Roster

The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Cubs plated 636 runs and conceded 717 runs. Wayne Tyrone, William Huisman and Mike Gordon paced Midland with 10 home runs apiece. Mike Gordon drove in 61 runs. William Huisman topped all regular hitters with a .313 average. Wayne Doland led the squad with 13 wins, while Chuck Rogers recorded a 3.77 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1976 Midland Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Sember, George Riley, Keith Drumright, Jim Kremmel, Mike Gordon, Dave Geisel, Scot Thompson, Wayne Tyrone, Karl Pagel, José Ortiz and Ed Putman.

Denny Sommers 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
Wayne Doland	13	6	.684	4.53	29	26		4	1	0	163.0	173	95	82	16	61	2	70	4	0	7
Steve Hamrick	11	11	.500	4.23	29	29		7	2	0	185.0	172	104	87	13	112	3	132	1	1	3
Chuck Rogers	11	16	.407	3.77	28	28		15	1	0	196.0	238	107	82	14	54	5	97	4	0	4
Bernie Beckman	7	4	.636	5.40	26	12		1	1	0	95.0	119	77	57	9	63	2	61	5	0	10
Dave Geisel	5	8	.385	3.70	20	16		4	0	0	107.0	114	59	44	1	45	3	59	1	0	3
Vernon Temple	4	3	.571	2.59	36	0		0	0	14	59.0	52	26	17	0	34	6	47	1	0	2
Darrell Turner	4	12	.250	5.20	25	14		6	0	0	123.0	144	83	71	12	66	5	57	1	1	8
Gary Junge	3	2	.600	3.66	41	0		0	0	8	64.0	70	35	26	5	28	6	32	0	0	0
Lawrence Groover	2	0	1.000	4.93	29	3		1	0	1	84.0	99	70	46	9	53	3	38	2	0	4
George Riley	1	5	.167	6.51	8	8		1	0	0	47.0	61	37	34	1	36	0	29	3	0	0
Jim Kremmel	1	7	.125	4.36	15	0		0	0	1	33.0	26	25	16	2	29	3	22	1	0	3
Totals	62	74	.456	4.38	286	136	0	39	5	24	1156.0	1268	718	562	82	581	38	644	23	2	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
William Huisman	116	493	428	70	134	19	6	10	58	15	4	56	35	.313	.390	.456	.846	195		0	6	3
Scot Thompson	116	470	425	47	121	11	2	7	54	9	5	35	58	.285	.337	.369	.706	157		1	4	5
Mike Umfleet	97	429	348	55	106	14	2	4	48	5	1	73	60	.305	.425	.391	.815	136		1	5	2
Mike Gordon	120	486	430	47	106	23	3	10	61	0	0	46	104	.247	.322	.384	.705	165		3	4	3
Bobby Hrapmann	126	486	438	49	106	12	3	3	36	5	3	32	75	.242	.294	.304	.598	133		1	14	1
José Ortiz	109	468	361	67	103	10	2	5	30	25	8	93	42	.285	.432	.366	.797	132		3	7	4
Ed Putman	97	392	331	48	97	18	0	7	54	1	1	50	42	.293	.386	.411	.797	136		4	1	6
Earle Chew	99	378	339	47	88	10	8	4	45	9	4	38	79	.260	.334	.372	.706	126		0	1	0
Steven Verban	78	246	217	31	57	6	2	3	22	3	1	27	44	.263	.341	.350	.692	76		0	0	2
Tony Franklin	67	273	232	32	55	8	3	2	20	15	4	35	29	.237	.336	.323	.659	75		0	5	1
Keith Drumright	42	183	163	22	52	3	1	0	14	5	4	18	9	.319	.385	.350	.734	57		0	1	1
Wayne Tyrone	50	218	180	35	50	6	1	10	36	2	0	37	31	.278	.399	.489	.888	88		0	0	1
Bill Droege	40	181	155	33	48	12	2	5	28	3	1	19	27	.310	.385	.510	.895	79		2	2	3
Mike Sember	54	222	187	25	47	2	2	3	23	9	3	31	42	.251	.353	.332	.684	62		0	1	3
Joe Hernandez	40	174	157	19	44	6	5	1	15	3	0	16	21	.280	.345	.401	.746	63		0	0	1
Duane Gustavson	17	63	54	4	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	7	16	.185	.290	.222	.513	12		1	1	0
Karl Pagel	15	50	43	3	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	21	.186	.286	.256	.542	11		0	1	0
Dave Geisel	20	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4		0	0	0
Darrell Turner	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Kremmel	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Karl Gordon	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Totals	1346	5219	4494	636	1233	162	42	76	551	109	39	620	736	.274	.362	.380	.742	1707	0	16	53	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Scot Thompson	1B	83	734	47	11	68	.986	9.410
Ed Putman	1B	32	258	9	6	18	.978	8.344
Duane Gustavson	1B	14	113	10	1	12	.992	8.786
Wayne Tyrone	1B	12	79	3	2	9	.976	6.833
Mike Gordon	1B	2	20	1	0	1	1.000	1.500
Steven Verban	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tony Franklin	2B	56	145	174	18	41	.947	5.696
William Huisman	2B	51	115	174	11	28	.963	5.667
Keith Drumright	2B	36	92	106	9	20	.957	5.500
Karl Gordon	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Umfleet	3B	96	84	185	22	15	.924	2.802
William Huisman	3B	36	32	57	6	9	.937	2.472
Wayne Tyrone	3B	5	4	11	1	1	.938	3.000
Bobby Hrapmann	3B	2	5	2	0	1	1.000	3.500
Tony Franklin	3B	2	2	4	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Gordon	C	109	588	69	13	8	.981	6.028	9
Ed Putman	C	30	104	13	3	3	.975	3.900	2
Duane Gustavson	C	4	23	2	1	0	.962	6.250	0
Earle Chew	OF	95	187	9	9	3	.956	2.063
José Ortiz	OF	90	102	8	8	1	.932	1.222
Steven Verban	OF	76	113	3	3	1	.975	1.526
Joe Hernandez	OF	40	103	6	1	0	.991	2.725
Bill Droege	OF	40	70	3	5	0	.936	1.825
Mike Sember	OF	24	35	1	2	0	.947	1.500
Scot Thompson	OF	20	32	3	1	0	.972	1.750
Wayne Tyrone	OF	19	27	5	0	0	1.000	1.684
Karl Pagel	OF	15	22	5	1	0	.964	1.800
Ed Putman	OF	11	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.727
Bobby Hrapmann	OF	7	8	1	1	0	.900	1.286
Gary Junge	P	41	5	4	1	0	.900	.220
Vernon Temple	P	36	5	14	0	0	1.000	.528
Steve Hamrick	P	29	15	34	3	2	.942	1.690
Lawrence Groover	P	29	2	5	3	0	.700	.241
Wayne Doland	P	29	17	31	3	1	.941	1.655
Chuck Rogers	P	28	14	29	3	1	.935	1.536
Bernie Beckman	P	26	1	13	0	0	1.000	.538
Darrell Turner	P	25	4	19	3	1	.885	.920
Dave Geisel	P	20	2	9	1	0	.917	.550
Jim Kremmel	P	15	4	7	2	0	.846	.733
George Riley	P	8	6	12	3	0	.857	2.250
Bobby Hrapmann	SS	101	167	302	42	58	.918	4.644
Mike Sember	SS	27	36	85	16	14	.883	4.481
Tony Franklin	SS	11	18	31	1	9	.980	4.455
Totals		1434	3413	1510	216	325	.958	3.433	11	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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