1977 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 27-42
Finished 5th in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Luther Quinn (27-42)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 35,495, Avg. 1,029
1977 Niagara Falls Pirates RosterTeam Record: 27-42
Finished 5th in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Luther Quinn (27-42)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 35,495, Avg. 1,029
The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1977 season with a record of 27 wins and 42 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Pirates scored 264 runs and conceded 308 runs. Richard Federici paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .262 average. Ben Wiltbank and Jean-Pierre Leduc topped Niagara Falls with 6 wins each, while Jean-Pierre Leduc earned a 2.19 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Steve Farr played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Niagara Falls Pirates to do so.
Luther Quinn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.19 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 54 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ben Wiltbank | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.08 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 50 | 43 | 26 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Casey Hagan | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.82 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 79 | 45 | 31 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Randy Cooney | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Arcadio Cruz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.05 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Semerano | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 39 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cristian Martinez | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.50 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 49 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Ferguson | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.21 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 61 | 38 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Fiesthumel | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.48 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Farr | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.98 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 53 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Timothy Ganch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Victor Ramos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul Rudiman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.77 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 42 | .391 | 3.53 | 132 | 69 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 569.0 | 485 | 308 | 223 | 15 | 355 | 9 | 425 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Federici | 62 | 231 | 202 | 25 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 23 | .262 | .352 | .272 | .624 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hibbett | 53 | 220 | 184 | 26 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 41 | .283 | .382 | .457 | .839 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Domingo Balbuena | 51 | 191 | 176 | 19 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 38 | .244 | .289 | .358 | .647 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Maronic | 60 | 219 | 186 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 21 | .226 | .327 | .263 | .591 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Woods | 56 | 198 | 178 | 14 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 37 | .230 | .291 | .275 | .566 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 51 | 198 | 174 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 52 | .224 | .313 | .328 | .641 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Macauley | 53 | 209 | 171 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 30 | .222 | .361 | .269 | .630 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | 29 | 127 | 111 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .324 | .390 | .441 | .832 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Mayorga | 52 | 174 | 156 | 22 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 54 | .218 | .299 | .327 | .626 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Casey Clark | 43 | 168 | 147 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 24 | .224 | .315 | .279 | .594 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Goodrich | 41 | 147 | 127 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 27 | .244 | .336 | .268 | .603 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Nicely | 25 | 98 | 89 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | .236 | .299 | .303 | .602 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Hill | 16 | 70 | 55 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | .309 | .443 | .455 | .897 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Velasco | 22 | 73 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .220 | .333 | .237 | .571 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gino Gentile | 6 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .348 | .423 | .435 | .858 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Fulton | 18 | 65 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .106 | .354 | .106 | .460 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Jones | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .190 | .227 | .286 | .513 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 8 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .150 | .250 | .150 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Semerano | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Ganch | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Mercedes | 7 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .053 | .000 | .053 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Casey Hagan | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Cooney | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Fiesthumel | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 714 | 2487 | 2152 | 264 | 513 | 60 | 25 | 15 | 223 | 92 | 31 | 286 | 458 | .238 | .330 | .310 | .641 | 668 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Federici | 1B | 50 | 391 | 25 | 4 | 33 | .990 | 8.320 | ||||
| Gary Hibbett | 1B | 14 | 107 | 7 | 4 | 5 | .966 | 8.143 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | 1B | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jeffrey Woods | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Daniel Velasco | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Roberto Mayorga | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Woods | 2B | 48 | 94 | 112 | 9 | 18 | .958 | 4.292 | ||||
| Kevin Maronic | 2B | 10 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 2B | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 2.857 | ||||
| Roberto Mayorga | 2B | 6 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| George Goodrich | 2B | 6 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| John Macauley | 2B | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Casey Clark | 3B | 39 | 34 | 61 | 9 | 7 | .913 | 2.436 | ||||
| Kevin Maronic | 3B | 18 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | .805 | 1.833 | ||||
| Roberto Mayorga | 3B | 8 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 3.625 | ||||
| Jeffrey Woods | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | C | 47 | 310 | 35 | 8 | 5 | .977 | 7.340 | 16 | |||
| Daniel Velasco | C | 19 | 121 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 7.158 | 3 | |||
| Jessie Jones | C | 7 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 6.286 | 4 | |||
| Gary Hibbett | OF | 37 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.432 | ||||
| Roberto Mayorga | OF | 31 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .933 | 1.355 | ||||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | OF | 28 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Anthony Nicely | OF | 25 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 2.440 | ||||
| Domingo Balbuena | OF | 22 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .846 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kevin Maronic | OF | 21 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| George Hill | OF | 16 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 2.312 | ||||
| Gary Fulton | OF | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .867 | ||||
| Richard Federici | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Hector Mercedes | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .833 | ||||
| Gino Gentile | OF | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| George Goodrich | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Robert Semerano | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Robert Ferguson | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 12 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Victor Ramos | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Cristian Martinez | P | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Casey Hagan | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Randy Cooney | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Thomas Fiesthumel | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Arcadio Cruz | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Rudiman | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Timothy Ganch | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Macauley | SS | 50 | 78 | 134 | 13 | 18 | .942 | 4.240 | ||||
| George Goodrich | SS | 10 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 3 | .744 | 3.200 | ||||
| Kevin Maronic | SS | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .850 | 3.400 | ||||
| Casey Clark | SS | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Jeffrey Woods | SS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 718 | 1713 | 647 | 131 | 132 | .947 | 3.287 | 23 | 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.
