1976 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 35-34
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Glenn Ezell (35-34)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 45,687, Avg. 1,324
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1976 season with a record of 35 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Pirates scored 350 runs and allowed 362 runs. Dick Walterhouse accounted for 42 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .306 average. Jim Parke led the team with 7 wins, while Rick Honeycutt registered a 2.6 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1976 Niagara Falls Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Long, Willie Royster, Luis Salazar and Rick Honeycutt.
Glenn Ezell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Parke | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.50 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 100 | 65 | 42 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Rogers | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.78 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 50 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Rick Honeycutt | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.60 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 97.0 | 91 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.46 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65.0 | 66 | 40 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Laurence Kienzle | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.53 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51.0 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| James Burkett | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.37 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Long | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 74 | 44 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Cain | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brian Schwerman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.75 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 41 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Semerano | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Howard | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.79 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Prentice | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.28 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 55 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 34 | .507 | 3.62 | 162 | 69 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 609.0 | 604 | 362 | 245 | 21 | 299 | 8 | 411 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Walterhouse | 69 | 315 | 258 | 46 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 5 | 48 | 23 | .306 | .415 | .403 | .818 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Rick Honeycutt | 59 | 240 | 186 | 35 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 29 | .301 | .458 | .414 | .872 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richie Howard | 62 | 251 | 193 | 34 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 41 | .269 | .423 | .368 | .791 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Charles Rouse | 55 | 245 | 215 | 25 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 43 | .242 | .332 | .293 | .625 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Simon Santana | 64 | 297 | 250 | 34 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 45 | .196 | .294 | .232 | .526 | 58 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Jerome Yandrick | 41 | 182 | 161 | 23 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 22 | .298 | .370 | .447 | .817 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willie Royster | 53 | 234 | 196 | 30 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 51 | .235 | .341 | .403 | .744 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jorge Carty | 52 | 198 | 174 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 18 | .224 | .303 | .282 | .584 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Luis Salazar | 42 | 169 | 151 | 18 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | .238 | .274 | .331 | .606 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Allen Leech | 41 | 170 | 138 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 37 | .196 | .313 | .246 | .560 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Phil Scaffidi | 33 | 99 | 83 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .277 | .368 | .301 | .670 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steven Fleming | 41 | 145 | 104 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 28 | .192 | .421 | .327 | .748 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Batchko | 25 | 94 | 73 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .178 | .330 | .192 | .521 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tom Burke | 10 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .310 | .382 | .448 | .831 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Greenhalgh | 24 | 90 | 61 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 25 | .115 | .393 | .180 | .574 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Long | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Burkett | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 678 | 2770 | 2278 | 350 | 557 | 68 | 23 | 28 | 291 | 83 | 30 | 404 | 425 | .245 | .362 | .331 | .693 | 755 | 0 | 25 | 43 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Yandrick | 1B | 41 | 343 | 28 | 7 | 22 | .981 | 9.049 | ||||
| Jeff Greenhalgh | 1B | 24 | 171 | 15 | 6 | 14 | .969 | 7.750 | ||||
| Phil Scaffidi | 1B | 6 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .857 | 7.000 | ||||
| Rick Honeycutt | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Rouse | 2B | 55 | 141 | 130 | 13 | 27 | .954 | 4.927 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 2B | 12 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .927 | 4.250 | ||||
| Phil Scaffidi | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 3B | 55 | 59 | 115 | 18 | 7 | .906 | 3.164 | ||||
| Richie Howard | 3B | 13 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | .816 | 3.077 | ||||
| Willie Royster | C | 49 | 288 | 41 | 9 | 1 | .973 | 6.714 | 13 | |||
| Mark Batchko | C | 22 | 153 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .970 | 7.409 | 5 | |||
| Luis Salazar | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 1 | |||
| Simon Santana | OF | 64 | 132 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .951 | 2.109 | ||||
| Jorge Carty | OF | 49 | 81 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .925 | 1.755 | ||||
| Richie Howard | OF | 43 | 62 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .903 | 1.512 | ||||
| Steven Fleming | OF | 35 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.343 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | OF | 17 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .868 | 1.941 | ||||
| Tom Burke | OF | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Willie Royster | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Weismiller | P | 19 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| James Burkett | P | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .737 | ||||
| Laurence Kienzle | P | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Stephen Prentice | P | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| James Rogers | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Jim Parke | P | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Honeycutt | P | 13 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 2.923 | ||||
| Mark Howard | P | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Bob Long | P | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Don Cain | P | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Brian Schwerman | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Rick Peterson | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Robert Semerano | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Allen Leech | SS | 41 | 59 | 135 | 23 | 23 | .894 | 4.732 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | SS | 19 | 41 | 46 | 12 | 5 | .879 | 4.579 | ||||
| Phil Scaffidi | SS | 15 | 33 | 34 | 7 | 6 | .905 | 4.467 | ||||
| Rick Honeycutt | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 739 | 1812 | 725 | 169 | 122 | .938 | 3.433 | 19 | 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.
