1976 Phoenix Giants Statistics
Team Record: 75-67
Finished 2nd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (75-67)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 151,207, Avg. 2,130
The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 75 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Giants scored 732 runs and conceded 708 runs. Horace Speed led Phoenix with 18 home runs, while Gary Alexander, Tom Heintzelman and Jack Clark each walloped 15 or more also. Tom Heintzelman accounted for 103 RBI. Jack Clark paced all regular batters by hitting .323. Ed Plank topped the team with 15 wins, and Bob Knepper recorded a 4.3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1976 Phoenix Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Knepper, Larry Herndon, Tom Heintzelman, Greg Minton, Terry Cornutt, Ron Bryant, Frank Riccelli, Bob Gallagher, Gary Alexander, Skip James, Johnnie LeMaster, Ed Plank, Mike Eden, Jack Clark, Mike Wegener, Bruce Miller, Horace Speed, Tommy Toms, Don Hahn, Rob Dressler and Bruce Christensen.
Rocky Bridges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Plank | 15 | 10 | .600 | 5.12 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 174.0 | 213 | 112 | 99 | 14 | 43 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Knepper | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.30 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 205.0 | 209 | 105 | 98 | 21 | 64 | 1 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.93 | 30 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.0 | 181 | 110 | 91 | 9 | 114 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.29 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 92 | 49 | 41 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97.0 | 90 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 48 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rob Dressler | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.54 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 117.0 | 132 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 37 | 10 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Greg Minton | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.59 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 91 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tommy Toms | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.12 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 72.0 | 68 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Wegener | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.05 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 110 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 55 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 1 | 6 | .143 | 9.75 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 53 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Bryant | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 4.51 | 311 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 1173.0 | 1285 | 684 | 588 | 71 | 485 | 39 | 613 | 17 | 7 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Clark | 131 | 544 | 470 | 111 | 152 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 86 | 16 | 10 | 72 | 73 | .323 | .412 | .562 | .973 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Heintzelman | 136 | 559 | 502 | 92 | 139 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 103 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 86 | .277 | .335 | .458 | .793 | 230 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Skip James | 130 | 533 | 456 | 78 | 136 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 71 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 50 | .298 | .388 | .452 | .840 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Alexander | 109 | 408 | 360 | 59 | 115 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 100 | .319 | .395 | .578 | .972 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bob Gallagher | 125 | 491 | 442 | 65 | 114 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 70 | .258 | .326 | .357 | .683 | 158 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Horace Speed | 134 | 535 | 448 | 75 | 109 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 73 | 128 | .243 | .358 | .429 | .786 | 192 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Johnnie LeMaster | 105 | 421 | 380 | 60 | 94 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 67 | .247 | .314 | .342 | .656 | 130 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Miller | 87 | 376 | 351 | 44 | 92 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .262 | .306 | .339 | .645 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Hahn | 70 | 297 | 267 | 49 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 43 | .303 | .370 | .472 | .842 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Eden | 56 | 245 | 212 | 34 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 13 | .325 | .408 | .415 | .823 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Christensen | 89 | 320 | 287 | 25 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 21 | .240 | .309 | .268 | .578 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joey Martin | 71 | 253 | 230 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | .252 | .315 | .287 | .602 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Scott Wolfe | 33 | 129 | 112 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .161 | .242 | .196 | .439 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Herndon | 14 | 62 | 57 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .246 | .306 | .368 | .675 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Knepper | 35 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Mull | 8 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .130 | .231 | .174 | .405 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Toms | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Riccelli | 31 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .375 | .597 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Cornutt | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Plank | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Minton | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1529 | 5249 | 4643 | 732 | 1268 | 212 | 75 | 96 | 667 | 73 | 43 | 539 | 757 | .273 | .349 | .413 | .762 | 1918 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip James | 1B | 120 | 1144 | 62 | 9 | 117 | .993 | 1.050 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 1B | 15 | 121 | 15 | 1 | 9 | .993 | 9.067 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | 1B | 11 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gary Alexander | 1B | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 2B | 95 | 223 | 303 | 11 | 83 | .980 | 5.537 | ||||
| Bruce Miller | 2B | 35 | 77 | 121 | 6 | 26 | .971 | 5.657 | ||||
| Bruce Christensen | 2B | 14 | 31 | 43 | 3 | 9 | .961 | 5.286 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | 2B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bruce Christensen | 3B | 59 | 37 | 107 | 7 | 17 | .954 | 2.441 | ||||
| Bruce Miller | 3B | 44 | 27 | 102 | 6 | 7 | .956 | 2.932 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | 3B | 26 | 23 | 49 | 5 | 7 | .935 | 2.769 | ||||
| Mike Eden | 3B | 14 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 2.071 | ||||
| Jack Clark | 3B | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Gary Alexander | C | 88 | 387 | 62 | 13 | 3 | .972 | 5.102 | 11 | |||
| Joey Martin | C | 52 | 244 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 5.154 | 8 | |||
| Jack Mull | C | 8 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 1 | |||
| Horace Speed | OF | 134 | 268 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .959 | 2.090 | ||||
| Jack Clark | OF | 111 | 187 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 1.766 | ||||
| Bob Gallagher | OF | 77 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 1.818 | ||||
| Don Hahn | OF | 70 | 140 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .967 | 2.086 | ||||
| Mike Eden | OF | 21 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.952 | ||||
| Larry Herndon | OF | 14 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.929 | ||||
| Skip James | OF | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
| Tommy Toms | P | 51 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 45 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .400 | ||||
| Terry Cornutt | P | 41 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .537 | ||||
| Mike Wegener | P | 32 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .656 | ||||
| Frank Riccelli | P | 30 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ed Plank | P | 29 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Knepper | P | 29 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 1.759 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 18 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | .944 | ||||
| Greg Minton | P | 13 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Ron Bryant | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Dressler | P | 6 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 104 | 151 | 349 | 26 | 66 | .951 | 4.808 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 31 | 40 | 118 | 8 | 26 | .952 | 5.097 | ||||
| Bruce Miller | SS | 19 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.842 | ||||
| Bruce Christensen | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Heintzelman | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1501 | 3574 | 1658 | 146 | 403 | .973 | 3.486 | 20 | 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.
