1977 New Orleans Pelicans Statistics
Team Record: 57-79
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (57-79)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: The Super Dome
Attendance: 217,957, Avg. 3,205
The New Orleans Pelicans of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 57 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Pelicans scored 585 runs and surrendered 684 runs. Benny Ayala paced New Orleans with 18 home runs, while Jim Riggleman and Mike Potter walloped 15 or more as well. Mike Potter drove in 87 runs. Benny Ayala led batters with significant playing time with a .298 average. Earl Bass topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.56 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1977 New Orleans Pelicans who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Sutton, Tony LaRussa, Manny Castillo, Pat Darcy, John Tamargo, Charlie Chant, Nyls Nyman, Doug Capilla, Bob Galasso, Tom Dettore, Brock Pemberton, Tom McMillan, Buddy Schultz, Mike Potter, Ramón de los Santos, Ken Oberkfell, Dane Iorg, Mike Beard, Randy Wiles, Al Autry, Randy Scarbery, Steve Dunning, Barry Raziano, Rick Bosetti, Orlando Álvarez, Pat Scanlon, Tommy Sandt, Pete Falcone, Eddie Solomon, Benny Ayala and Leon Brown.
Lance Nichols 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Bass | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.56 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 134.0 | 122 | 60 | 53 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Dunning | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.92 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 179.0 | 178 | 89 | 78 | 19 | 58 | 2 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Stan Butkus | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.95 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 82.0 | 89 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Sutton | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.32 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 95.0 | 85 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| William Rothan | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6.16 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 111.0 | 122 | 86 | 76 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Eddie Solomon | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.97 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Doug Capilla | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.50 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 57 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.34 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 70 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.03 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 78 | 64 | 57 | 10 | 58 | 5 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Randy Scarbery | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Falcone | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.91 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 45 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Schultz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Galasso | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Sielicki | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.66 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Wiles | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Drumright | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Barry Raziano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.65 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beard | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 65 | 43 | 40 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 79 | .419 | 4.67 | 340 | 136 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 1130.0 | 1154 | 680 | 586 | 122 | 494 | 26 | 793 | 33 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Ayala | 126 | 488 | 450 | 71 | 134 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 56 | .298 | .341 | .500 | .841 | 225 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mike Potter | 125 | 470 | 429 | 60 | 113 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 65 | .263 | .316 | .445 | .761 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ken Oberkfell | 120 | 485 | 418 | 67 | 105 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 56 | 30 | .251 | .341 | .347 | .688 | 145 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Brock Pemberton | 113 | 439 | 381 | 49 | 92 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 30 | .241 | .323 | .325 | .649 | 124 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Jim Riggleman | 103 | 386 | 346 | 52 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 65 | .240 | .314 | .434 | .748 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Tamargo | 111 | 344 | 284 | 38 | 72 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 29 | .254 | .370 | .419 | .789 | 119 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Sandt | 80 | 310 | 263 | 43 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 38 | .259 | .369 | .433 | .802 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Harmon | 94 | 254 | 239 | 16 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .272 | .303 | .356 | .658 | 85 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Pat Scanlon | 29 | 119 | 91 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22 | .363 | .500 | .615 | 1.115 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Chant | 69 | 216 | 197 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 40 | .157 | .211 | .284 | .496 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 50 | 148 | 128 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 21 | .188 | .297 | .305 | .602 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Parrill | 41 | 120 | 112 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .196 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Dunning | 27 | 68 | 58 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .241 | .323 | .328 | .651 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom McMillan | 24 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .260 | .327 | .360 | .687 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Farkas | 25 | 90 | 76 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .158 | .289 | .211 | .499 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Brown | 22 | 76 | 68 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .162 | .250 | .235 | .485 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Bass | 21 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .191 | .240 | .234 | .474 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Rothan | 25 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .211 | .268 | .237 | .505 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manny Castillo | 13 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .167 | .241 | .188 | .428 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Eddie Solomon | 8 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Capilla | 14 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Autry | 12 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .238 | .300 | .538 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Scarbery | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .400 | .667 | 1.067 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Falcone | 7 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón de los Santos | 27 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Dettore | 25 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .200 | .316 | .516 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Schultz | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beard | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Butkus | 59 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .071 | .133 | .143 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Sutton | 42 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barry Raziano | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Sielicki | 11 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Galasso | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1487 | 4430 | 3911 | 509 | 948 | 177 | 27 | 101 | 496 | 50 | 24 | 426 | 549 | .242 | .318 | .379 | .697 | 1482 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Pemberton | 1B | 110 | 889 | 74 | 9 | 79 | .991 | 8.755 | ||||
| Pat Scanlon | 1B | 16 | 125 | 16 | 3 | 14 | .979 | 8.812 | ||||
| Mike Potter | 1B | 10 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 12 | .988 | 8.400 | ||||
| Ken Oberkfell | 2B | 79 | 146 | 201 | 6 | 55 | .983 | 4.392 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 31 | 59 | 81 | 3 | 18 | .979 | 4.516 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | 2B | 13 | 23 | 44 | 1 | 8 | .985 | 5.154 | ||||
| Manny Castillo | 2B | 13 | 28 | 49 | 2 | 8 | .975 | 5.923 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | 2B | 6 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 2B | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 75 | 63 | 119 | 21 | 22 | .897 | 2.427 | ||||
| Marty Parrill | 3B | 32 | 21 | 56 | 6 | 7 | .928 | 2.406 | ||||
| Pat Scanlon | 3B | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 3B | 10 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.900 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 3B | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 2.167 | ||||
| John Tamargo | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 2.667 | ||||
| Dane Iorg | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Harmon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Tamargo | C | 80 | 480 | 33 | 9 | 6 | .983 | 6.412 | 3 | |||
| Tom Harmon | C | 66 | 378 | 40 | 8 | 4 | .981 | 6.333 | 3 | |||
| Benny Ayala | OF | 116 | 199 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 1.784 | ||||
| Mike Potter | OF | 114 | 183 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 1.649 | ||||
| Charlie Chant | OF | 59 | 112 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .950 | 1.932 | ||||
| Leon Brown | OF | 20 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stan Butkus | P | 59 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .441 | ||||
| John Sutton | P | 42 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Beard | P | 31 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .452 | ||||
| Ramón de los Santos | P | 27 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .852 | ||||
| Tom Dettore | P | 25 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| William Rothan | P | 24 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Dunning | P | 24 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Barry Raziano | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Earl Bass | P | 20 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.500 | ||||
| Doug Capilla | P | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Al Autry | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| John Sielicki | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Eddie Solomon | P | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Pete Falcone | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Randy Scarbery | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Galasso | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Randy Wiles | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Darcy | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Buddy Schultz | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Drumright | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | SS | 66 | 108 | 191 | 11 | 41 | .965 | 4.530 | ||||
| Ken Oberkfell | SS | 42 | 59 | 124 | 11 | 26 | .943 | 4.357 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | SS | 14 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | SS | 14 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 7 | .860 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | SS | 9 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 4.778 | ||||
| Totals | 1378 | 3151 | 1383 | 147 | 332 | .969 | 3.290 | 6 | 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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