1976 Peninsula Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 71-65
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Cal Emery (71-65)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 41,367, Avg. 608
The Peninsula Pilots of the Carolina League ended the 1976 season with a record of 71 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Pilots surrendered 523 runs, least in the league. Peninsula plated 567 runs, worst in the circuit,. Melvin Yearby drove in 62 runs. Bobby Brown led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .349. Don Fowler topped the team with 15 wins, while Peter Manos recorded a 1.16 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1976 Peninsula Pilots who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Len Matuszek, Kevin Saucier, Keith Moreland, Bobby Brown, Don McCormack and Jeff Schneider.
Cal Emery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fowler | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.66 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 169.0 | 152 | 61 | 50 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Frank Ciammachilli | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.36 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 137.0 | 123 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Peter Manos | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.16 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 116.0 | 67 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Larry Wertz | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.21 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 99 | 54 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Angel Hernandez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 93.0 | 85 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Kevin Saucier | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.63 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 73 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.84 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 77 | 43 | 30 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Jeff Schneider | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.93 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 103.0 | 103 | 48 | 45 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Rocky Skalisky | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.35 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 92 | 57 | 44 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gregory Stone | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.91 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88.0 | 76 | 66 | 48 | 7 | 74 | 1 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Greg Bradford | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.02 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 62 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kirkpatrick | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oliver Bell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.76 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 65 | .522 | 3.13 | 281 | 137 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 1170.0 | 1056 | 523 | 407 | 61 | 487 | 33 | 723 | 39 | 13 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Brown | 102 | 428 | 393 | 68 | 137 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 42 | 12 | 33 | 67 | .349 | .398 | .506 | .904 | 199 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Smoak | 131 | 488 | 434 | 74 | 110 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 47 | 80 | .253 | .324 | .341 | .665 | 148 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Melvin Yearby | 113 | 437 | 378 | 50 | 93 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 91 | .246 | .343 | .386 | .729 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Keith Moreland | 78 | 322 | 294 | 38 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | .282 | .323 | .378 | .701 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| German Geigel | 96 | 345 | 314 | 43 | 76 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 51 | .242 | .300 | .303 | .603 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Martin Ryczek | 121 | 391 | 361 | 32 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 67 | .211 | .258 | .233 | .490 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Don McCormack | 94 | 320 | 291 | 29 | 68 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 52 | .234 | .293 | .361 | .654 | 105 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Roly de Armas | 100 | 327 | 298 | 15 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 26 | .228 | .282 | .262 | .543 | 78 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Hughes | 57 | 234 | 205 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 36 | .268 | .356 | .439 | .795 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Skalisky | 83 | 181 | 165 | 25 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .321 | .367 | .442 | .809 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jerome Reedy | 47 | 208 | 178 | 30 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 10 | .287 | .356 | .337 | .693 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Len Matuszek | 47 | 193 | 166 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 23 | .277 | .365 | .398 | .762 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Beck | 62 | 221 | 187 | 20 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .230 | .311 | .305 | .616 | 57 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Manuel DelCarmen | 66 | 218 | 189 | 21 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 40 | .228 | .310 | .265 | .574 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| John Guarnaccia | 61 | 202 | 159 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 44 | .233 | .370 | .415 | .785 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Randy Black | 54 | 182 | 166 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 41 | .217 | .282 | .349 | .631 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Baker | 40 | 136 | 125 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .192 | .244 | .264 | .508 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Felt | 22 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .162 | .250 | .309 | .559 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert DeMeo | 24 | 61 | 55 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .182 | .262 | .200 | .462 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicolas Ysursa | 16 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .158 | .250 | .158 | .408 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arnaldo Muriel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Plante | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Schneider | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Peter Manos | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1501 | 5016 | 4465 | 567 | 1126 | 162 | 46 | 59 | 503 | 146 | 48 | 435 | 735 | .252 | .321 | .349 | .670 | 1557 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roly de Armas | 1B | 62 | 560 | 19 | 6 | 45 | .990 | 9.339 | ||||
| Len Matuszek | 1B | 46 | 426 | 34 | 1 | 27 | .998 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | 1B | 25 | 206 | 11 | 6 | 15 | .973 | 8.680 | ||||
| William Felt | 1B | 17 | 156 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .982 | 9.529 | ||||
| Nicolas Ysursa | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don McCormack | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Beck | 2B | 62 | 125 | 146 | 10 | 32 | .964 | 4.371 | ||||
| Jerome Reedy | 2B | 47 | 114 | 123 | 22 | 25 | .915 | 5.043 | ||||
| Manuel DelCarmen | 2B | 32 | 59 | 72 | 7 | 14 | .949 | 4.094 | ||||
| Roly de Armas | 2B | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Nicolas Ysursa | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Martin Ryczek | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 3B | 78 | 50 | 216 | 26 | 19 | .911 | 3.410 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | 3B | 39 | 30 | 76 | 14 | 7 | .883 | 2.718 | ||||
| Martin Ryczek | 3B | 14 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 2.786 | ||||
| Roly de Armas | 3B | 12 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 2.750 | ||||
| Don McCormack | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Robert DeMeo | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Nicolas Ysursa | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Don McCormack | C | 75 | 389 | 46 | 7 | 7 | .984 | 5.800 | 10 | |||
| David Baker | C | 35 | 199 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.171 | 2 | |||
| Robert DeMeo | C | 22 | 82 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 4.227 | 4 | |||
| John Hughes | C | 20 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.850 | 5 | |||
| James Smoak | OF | 126 | 267 | 6 | 12 | 2 | .958 | 2.167 | ||||
| German Geigel | OF | 93 | 118 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .961 | 1.333 | ||||
| Melvin Yearby | OF | 80 | 98 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .953 | 1.275 | ||||
| John Guarnaccia | OF | 56 | 84 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| Randy Black | OF | 52 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.865 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 41 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 1.585 | ||||
| Rocky Skalisky | OF | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| Peter Manos | P | 51 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .897 | .510 | ||||
| Jeff Schneider | P | 29 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .586 | ||||
| Frank Ciammachilli | P | 27 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
| Gregory Stone | P | 24 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Angel Hernandez | P | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .792 | ||||
| Don Fowler | P | 24 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.333 | ||||
| Larry Wertz | P | 23 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.304 | ||||
| Rocky Skalisky | P | 22 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| Gary Manderbach | P | 16 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Saucier | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Greg Bradford | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jack Taylor | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Oliver Bell | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Kirkpatrick | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Martin Ryczek | SS | 107 | 138 | 360 | 35 | 41 | .934 | 4.654 | ||||
| Manuel DelCarmen | SS | 35 | 40 | 95 | 10 | 19 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| Nicolas Ysursa | SS | 10 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 4.000 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | SS | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1509 | 3511 | 1593 | 198 | 290 | .963 | 3.382 | 21 | 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.
