1977 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Cal Emery (0-0), Connie Ryan (0-0), Bill Connors (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 113,243, Avg. 1,665

1977 Oklahoma City 89ers Roster

The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The 89ers scored 603 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Bill Nahorodny led Oklahoma City with 17 home runs Jim Morrison drove in 71 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Jim Wright paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.13 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1977 Oklahoma City 89ers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rick Bosetti, Steve Waterbury, Steve Staggs, Manny Seoane, Keith Moreland, Bobby Brown, Dan Warthen, Fred Andrews, John Poff, Jim Morrison, Dan Boitano, Dave Wallace, Bob Johnson, Mike Buskey, Bill Nahorodny, Kerry Dineen, Carl Morton, Warren Brusstar, Dane Iorg, Jim Wright, Fred Beene, Bill Champion, Lonnie Smith and Nardi Contreras.

Cal Emery, Connie Ryan and Bill Connors 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
Jim Wright	14	6	.700	3.13	22	22		10	1	0	161.0	148	68	56	10	42	0	118	2	1	6
Manny Seoane	11	8	.579	3.87	27	22		6	2	0	156.0	157	76	67	11	53	2	100	8	1	6
Carl Morton	9	12	.429	3.32	26	26		5	1	0	168.0	177	80	62	14	46	2	71	2	0	2
Dave Wallace	8	6	.571	4.77	57	0		0	0	15	66.0	69	40	35	11	28	4	53	0	0	5
Larry Kiser	8	11	.421	4.38	31	24		6	3	0	152.0	162	90	74	14	67	2	79	1	0	11
Steve Waterbury	6	3	.667	3.18	16	10		2	1	0	68.0	66	30	24	3	36	0	37	3	0	2
Chuck Kniffin	4	3	.571	2.92	52	0		0	0	5	77.0	69	28	25	4	35	7	70	0	0	3
Dan Boitano	4	8	.333	5.74	29	13		1	0	0	102.0	109	75	65	19	51	2	66	3	0	9
Fred Beene	2	2	.500	4.86	9	7		0	0	1	37.0	51	23	20	2	11	0	23	0	0	2
Bill Champion	2	5	.286	7.20	29	7		1	0	1	85.0	113	79	68	7	44	5	49	2	0	4
Todd Brenizer	1	0	1.000	6.39	16	1		0	0	0	31.0	39	24	22	5	24	1	21	2	0	6
Dan Warthen	1	1	.500	9.00	7	4		0	0	0	16.0	12	17	16	2	28	0	23	0	0	7
Nardi Contreras	0	0		0.00	6	0		0	0	3	7.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	0	0		1.12	3	0		0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	6	0	8	0	0	1
Warren Brusstar	0	1	.000	1.50	2	0		0	0	0	6.0	3	3	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
Totals	70	66	.515	4.23	332	136	0	31	8	25	1140.0	1186	634	536	102	479	25	728	23	2	64	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
Jim Morrison	127	505	452	72	133	23	4	12	71	14	10	37	69	.294	.349	.442	.791	200		5	3	8
Lonnie Smith	125	533	477	91	132	14	10	4	41	45	7	49	63	.277	.347	.373	.720	178		3	2	2
Fred Andrews	106	426	390	59	113	22	5	7	51	1	4	31	60	.290	.347	.426	.772	166		3	2	0
Mike Buskey	135	517	465	46	109	12	9	8	54	14	4	41	75	.234	.296	.351	.647	163		2	4	5
Bill Nahorodny	115	437	386	52	101	16	4	17	69	7	2	40	72	.262	.330	.456	.786	176		3	1	7
Bobby Brown	79	331	312	53	98	12	5	4	22	36	7	18	41	.314	.352	.423	.775	132		0	1	0
Jack Bastable	113	392	358	26	78	12	0	4	45	9	11	25	58	.218	.272	.285	.557	102		3	2	4
John Poff	69	261	225	37	69	9	7	5	36	4	2	33	43	.307	.394	.476	.869	107		0	2	1
Bill Dancy	87	191	177	17	55	8	4	1	29	0	5	12	22	.311	.353	.418	.771	74		0	1	1
Daniel Fitzgerald	76	219	192	24	42	8	0	3	19	9	6	22	61	.219	.298	.307	.605	59		1	1	3
Kerry Dineen	33	97	91	10	26	5	1	1	13	7	2	6	8	.286	.330	.396	.726	36		0	0	0
Manny Lantigua	42	102	96	12	24	1	0	0	8	0	0	6	17	.250	.294	.260	.555	25		0	0	0
Carl Morton	27	68	59	9	14	0	1	3	12	0	0	3	18	.237	.270	.424	.694	25		0	5	1
Gary Begnaud	20	68	57	14	10	1	0	3	9	2	0	11	11	.175	.309	.351	.660	20		0	0	0
Jim Wright	22	62	55	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	28	.127	.200	.145	.345	8		0	2	0
Larry Kiser	31	50	42	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	12	.143	.200	.214	.414	9		0	5	0
Bill Champion	29	27	22	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.227	.320	.318	.638	7		0	2	0
Manny Seoane	27	58	53	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.075	.075	.075	.151	4		0	5	0
Chuck Kniffin	52	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.231	.286	.308	.593	4		0	0	0
Dan Boitano	29	30	24	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	9	.125	.250	.250	.500	6		0	2	0
Dave Wallace	57	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	1	0
Fred Beene	9	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	1	0
Steve Waterbury	16	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	2	0
Keith Moreland	7	14	13	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Warren Brusstar	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Todd Brenizer	16	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dan Warthen	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1461	4463	4013	540	1039	147	50	74	494	148	60	354	726	.259	.320	.376	.696	1508	0	20	44	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Nahorodny	1B	100	825	52	6	76	.993	8.770
Gary Begnaud	1B	18	161	9	3	13	.983	9.444
John Poff	1B	11	51	5	1	2	.982	5.091
Bill Dancy	1B	9	62	3	1	3	.985	7.222
Fred Andrews	2B	104	247	293	18	59	.968	5.192
Bill Dancy	2B	18	21	41	2	9	.969	3.444
Jim Morrison	2B	15	23	36	5	6	.922	3.933
Jim Morrison	3B	106	76	236	20	27	.940	2.943
Bill Dancy	3B	19	16	44	2	2	.968	3.158
Steve Staggs	3B	11	7	23	10	3	.750	2.727
Jack Bastable	C	104	563	62	15	8	.977	6.010	5
Manny Lantigua	C	29	125	16	2	2	.986	4.862	2
Bill Nahorodny	C	13	53	5	0	0	1.000	4.462	2
Keith Moreland	C	2	17	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1
Lonnie Smith	OF	124	231	8	13	2	.948	1.927
Bobby Brown	OF	78	184	6	6	3	.969	2.436
Daniel Fitzgerald	OF	67	89	7	8	1	.923	1.433
John Poff	OF	61	93	5	2	1	.980	1.607
Kerry Dineen	OF	27	26	4	1	0	.968	1.111
Jack Bastable	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Bill Dancy	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Wallace	P	57	7	6	1	0	.929	.228
Chuck Kniffin	P	52	5	18	0	3	1.000	.442
Larry Kiser	P	31	3	24	3	0	.900	.871
Bill Champion	P	29	3	14	3	0	.850	.586
Dan Boitano	P	29	1	18	0	2	1.000	.655
Manny Seoane	P	27	19	19	3	0	.927	1.407
Carl Morton	P	26	24	36	1	5	.984	2.308
Jim Wright	P	22	8	17	2	1	.926	1.136
Steve Waterbury	P	16	3	13	0	0	1.000	1.000
Todd Brenizer	P	16	6	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Fred Beene	P	9	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.111
Dan Warthen	P	7	0	4	0	0	1.000	.571
Nardi Contreras	P	6	0	2	0	1	1.000	.333
Bob Johnson	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Warren Brusstar	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Buskey	SS	135	195	377	30	60	.950	4.237
Bill Dancy	SS	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333
Totals		1391	3155	1415	158	290	.967	3.285	10	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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