1976 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jim Bunning (72-63)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 122,287, Avg. 1,812

1976 Oklahoma City 89ers Roster

The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The 89ers scored 701 runs and yielded 586 runs. Bill Nahorodny led Oklahoma City with 23 home runs, while Jim Morrison walloped 15 or more, too. Bill Nahorodny and Wayne Nordhagen each accounted for 78 RBI. Dane Iorg topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .326 clip. John Montague paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1976 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Bosetti, Randy Lerch, Manny Seoane, Rich Coggins, Willie Hernández, Jim Morrison, Dave Wallace, Dan Boitano, Mike Buskey, John Montague, Fred Andrews, Carlos Velazquez, Bob Oliver, Lonnie Smith, Nardi Contreras, Sergio Ferrer, Wayne Nordhagen, Dane Iorg, Bill Nahorodny and Jesús Hernáiz.

Jim Bunning 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
John Montague	14	6	.700	2.64	28	28		11	6	0	194.0	183	72	57	11	51	0	120	2	0	7
Randy Lerch	13	11	.542	3.35	29	29		11	2	0	207.0	203	91	77	10	47	3	152	2	0	7
Manny Seoane	8	7	.533	4.77	21	21		3	0	0	117.0	144	69	62	10	24	1	69	1	0	8
Willie Hernández	8	9	.471	4.53	25	23		3	1	0	135.0	154	82	68	18	30	5	88	2	0	1
Dave Wallace	7	3	.700	4.28	53	0		0	0	4	80.0	69	42	38	10	36	7	58	2	1	4
Quency Hill	5	6	.455	3.90	47	2		0	0	6	67.0	63	34	29	3	36	6	42	3	0	3
Jesús Hernáiz	4	1	.800	4.68	24	4		0	0	1	50.0	55	34	26	3	25	1	27	1	0	4
Larry Kiser	4	5	.444	4.46	21	15		1	0	0	107.0	107	64	53	6	61	6	64	2	1	7
Chuck Kniffin	4	6	.400	4.26	16	13		2	0	0	76.0	79	40	36	13	27	0	40	1	0	1
Dan Boitano	3	5	.375	4.24	50	0		0	0	7	70.0	65	39	33	8	54	7	50	0	1	7
Nardi Contreras	1	2	.333	2.67	25	0		0	0	4	27.0	26	9	8	1	18	3	17	2	0	1
Vernon Temple	1	2	.333	4.50	8	0		0	0	0	10.0	12	5	5	1	8	1	3	0	0	1
Carlos Velazquez	0	0		7.50	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	10	5	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	72	63	.533	3.90	350	135	0	31	9	22	1146.0	1170	586	497	95	418	40	732	18	3	51	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
Rick Bosetti	123	563	504	82	154	25	6	5	52	42	14	43	59	.306	.365	.409	.774	206		6	7	3
Lonnie Smith	134	559	483	93	149	24	9	8	54	26	7	60	73	.308	.390	.445	.835	215		7	5	4
Dane Iorg	120	461	396	65	129	25	11	11	68	1	5	56	48	.326	.408	.528	.936	209		2	3	4
Jim Morrison	126	476	422	79	122	17	6	18	71	17	5	40	83	.289	.355	.486	.841	205		6	3	5
Bill Nahorodny	114	435	391	74	114	22	3	23	78	7	1	34	83	.292	.353	.540	.893	211		5	2	3
Fred Andrews	97	393	360	46	107	20	4	2	48	8	9	27	48	.297	.345	.392	.737	141		1	2	3
Mike Buskey	122	453	387	54	104	25	4	2	45	6	5	49	52	.269	.358	.370	.727	143		7	6	4
Bob Oliver	96	307	295	40	96	17	3	10	55	1	1	9	40	.325	.343	.505	.848	149		0	1	2
Sergio Ferrer	89	271	226	33	60	9	0	1	10	4	3	35	20	.265	.366	.319	.685	72		2	6	2
Jack Bastable	66	194	172	31	47	8	3	5	31	2	3	20	29	.273	.351	.442	.792	76		1	0	1
Rich Coggins	36	138	123	19	31	5	0	2	14	6	2	14	14	.252	.328	.341	.670	42		0	1	0
Randy Lerch	32	87	80	7	21	4	2	1	14	0	0	3	14	.262	.289	.400	.689	32		0	4	0
Terrence Jones	44	89	80	11	18	3	0	0	5	5	1	4	16	.225	.273	.262	.535	21		2	1	2
John Montague	28	76	68	5	12	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	20	.176	.208	.235	.444	16		0	4	1
Bill Dancy	18	42	39	3	9	2	1	0	4	1	0	2	11	.231	.262	.333	.595	13		0	0	1
Larry Kiser	21	39	32	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.188	.235	.219	.454	7		0	5	0
Quency Hill	47	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		0	1	0
Jesús Hernáiz	24	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2		0	0	0
Chuck Kniffin	16	29	23	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.087	.120	.087	.207	2		0	4	1
Willie Hernández	25	33	24	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	.083	.111	.083	.194	2		1	6	2
Manny Seoane	21	43	37	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	23	.054	.079	.135	.214	5		0	5	0
Dan Boitano	50	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Dave Wallace	53	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	2	0
Nardi Contreras	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Vernon Temple	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Carlos Velazquez	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1538	4746	4196	651	1191	208	52	90	570	126	56	404	679	.284	.350	.423	.772	1773	0	40	68	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dane Iorg	1B	87	695	64	10	78	.987	8.724
Bob Oliver	1B	60	451	31	4	42	.992	8.033
Jack Bastable	1B	5	11	0	0	1	1.000	2.200
Bill Nahorodny	1B	1	8	1	0	2	1.000	9.000
Fred Andrews	2B	93	210	231	15	63	.967	4.742
Sergio Ferrer	2B	44	81	113	8	36	.960	4.409
Bill Dancy	2B	12	21	23	3	6	.936	3.667
Jim Morrison	3B	119	100	239	24	22	.934	2.849
Bob Oliver	3B	17	17	44	2	1	.968	3.588
Jack Bastable	3B	4	1	6	1	1	.875	1.750
Bill Nahorodny	C	106	598	49	7	8	.989	6.104	12
Jack Bastable	C	34	184	18	4	0	.981	5.941	6
Dane Iorg	C	1	10	2	1	1	.923	12.000	0
Lonnie Smith	OF	129	200	4	14	1	.936	1.581
Rick Bosetti	OF	123	273	12	9	1	.969	2.317
Rich Coggins	OF	32	46	1	3	1	.940	1.469
Dane Iorg	OF	26	36	2	0	1	1.000	1.462
Terrence Jones	OF	24	40	1	1	0	.976	1.708
Jack Bastable	OF	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.231
Dave Wallace	P	53	6	11	2	1	.895	.321
Dan Boitano	P	50	6	9	1	1	.938	.300
Quency Hill	P	47	2	12	1	0	.933	.298
Randy Lerch	P	29	16	39	1	7	.982	1.897
John Montague	P	28	15	26	0	2	1.000	1.464
Willie Hernández	P	25	2	21	4	1	.852	.920
Nardi Contreras	P	25	2	8	0	0	1.000	.400
Jesús Hernáiz	P	24	6	9	2	2	.882	.625
Manny Seoane	P	21	5	23	2	1	.933	1.333
Larry Kiser	P	21	14	18	2	2	.941	1.524
Chuck Kniffin	P	16	2	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Vernon Temple	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Carlos Velazquez	P	3	1	0	0	1	1.000	.333
Mike Buskey	SS	120	194	379	29	91	.952	4.775
Sergio Ferrer	SS	28	43	69	10	26	.918	4.000
Totals		1428	3312	1472	160	401	.968	3.350	18	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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