1976 Rhode Island Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 68-70
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Joe Morgan (68-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium
Attendance: 106,052, Avg. 1,537
The Rhode Island Red Sox of the International League ended the 1976 season with a record of 68 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Red Sox scored 632 runs and conceded 647 runs. Jack Baker walloped 36 home runs for Rhode Island, while Butch Hobson and John Balaz added 15 or more also. Jack Baker drove in 80 runs. Buddy Hunter led hitters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Jim Burton topped the squad with 11 wins, and Mark Bomback recorded a 4.05 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1976 Rhode Island Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Aase, Luis Delgado, Rick Jones, Steve Dillard, Bo Díaz, Mike Paxton, Dick Sharon, Butch Hobson, Mark Bomback, Ernie Whitt, John Balaz, Rick Kreuger, Dave Coleman, Jack Baker, Jim Wright, Dave Machemer, John LaRose, Allen Ripley, Tim Blackwell, Ramón Avilés, Kim Andrew, Jim Burton, Chris Coletta, Andy Merchant and Buddy Hunter.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Burton | 11 | 7 | .611 | 5.59 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 167 | 110 | 105 | 19 | 112 | 8 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Mark Barr | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.07 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 146.0 | 165 | 79 | 66 | 10 | 56 | 13 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rick Kreuger | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.04 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 65 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Paxton | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.14 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 108 | 64 | 58 | 10 | 61 | 10 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Wright | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.03 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 136.0 | 162 | 90 | 76 | 13 | 44 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Don Aase | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.33 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 42 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bomback | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.05 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 130 | 60 | 54 | 10 | 60 | 5 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Watkins | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.45 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 55 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Farias | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.86 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105.0 | 105 | 49 | 45 | 10 | 58 | 10 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Allen Ripley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.92 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roswell Brayton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.48 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Spencer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Curran Percival | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 43 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Baker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John LaRose | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick Jones | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.90 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 70 | .493 | 4.44 | 319 | 138 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 18 | 1176.0 | 1201 | 647 | 580 | 100 | 576 | 87 | 694 | 22 | 10 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Coleman | 138 | 572 | 515 | 73 | 143 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 88 | .278 | .340 | .427 | .767 | 220 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 127 | 490 | 424 | 46 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 50 | .290 | .368 | .349 | .717 | 148 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Jack Baker | 133 | 543 | 469 | 72 | 119 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 139 | .254 | .343 | .518 | .861 | 243 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Balaz | 133 | 524 | 480 | 69 | 114 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 120 | .238 | .294 | .431 | .725 | 207 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ramón Avilés | 134 | 478 | 421 | 50 | 108 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 21 | .257 | .331 | .325 | .656 | 137 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Butch Hobson | 90 | 400 | 360 | 56 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 81 | .286 | .341 | .558 | .899 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Kim Andrew | 109 | 419 | 348 | 55 | 100 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 64 | 27 | .287 | .399 | .356 | .755 | 124 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dave Machemer | 108 | 379 | 308 | 57 | 87 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 66 | 31 | .282 | .410 | .351 | .760 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ernie Whitt | 90 | 350 | 304 | 33 | 81 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 32 | .266 | .353 | .401 | .754 | 122 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Andy Merchant | 68 | 261 | 203 | 34 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 18 | .296 | .442 | .399 | .841 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Chris Coletta | 82 | 228 | 209 | 30 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 29 | .273 | .329 | .397 | .726 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Sharon | 77 | 277 | 246 | 28 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 72 | .232 | .309 | .358 | .667 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steve Dillard | 34 | 151 | 135 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 16 | .230 | .277 | .289 | .566 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bo Díaz | 62 | 137 | 117 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .248 | .328 | .359 | .687 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Luis Delgado | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Blackwell | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Wright | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1428 | 5215 | 4544 | 632 | 1213 | 181 | 23 | 135 | 588 | 42 | 33 | 564 | 741 | .267 | .349 | .406 | .755 | 1845 | 0 | 31 | 33 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Baker | 1B | 132 | 1049 | 84 | 9 | 73 | .992 | 8.583 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | 1B | 28 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 3.429 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 1B | 24 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.792 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 96 | 198 | 271 | 16 | 55 | .967 | 4.885 | ||||
| Steve Dillard | 2B | 34 | 87 | 107 | 13 | 16 | .937 | 5.706 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | 2B | 13 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.077 | ||||
| Kim Andrew | 2B | 8 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .946 | 4.375 | ||||
| Butch Hobson | 3B | 88 | 89 | 200 | 14 | 18 | .954 | 3.284 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 3B | 32 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 8 | .963 | 2.469 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | 3B | 18 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 2.222 | ||||
| Kim Andrew | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | C | 70 | 333 | 53 | 6 | 8 | .985 | 5.514 | 3 | |||
| Bo Díaz | C | 58 | 222 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 4.310 | 0 | |||
| Andy Merchant | C | 44 | 214 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.409 | 4 | |||
| Tim Blackwell | C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Dave Coleman | OF | 136 | 275 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .979 | 2.096 | ||||
| John Balaz | OF | 133 | 210 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 1.639 | ||||
| Dick Sharon | OF | 77 | 162 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .955 | 2.221 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | OF | 70 | 72 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chris Coletta | OF | 38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | OF | 18 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.778 | ||||
| Luis Delgado | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Barr | P | 45 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .892 | .733 | ||||
| Tom Farias | P | 43 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .488 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 37 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .811 | ||||
| Rick Kreuger | P | 35 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Jim Burton | P | 28 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.179 | ||||
| Roswell Brayton | P | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Kenneth Watkins | P | 21 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Mike Paxton | P | 19 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.263 | ||||
| Mark Bomback | P | 18 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 2.111 | ||||
| John LaRose | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Don Aase | P | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Curran Percival | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Jerry Spencer | P | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Allen Ripley | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Jones | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jack Baker | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | SS | 134 | 238 | 452 | 35 | 75 | .952 | 5.149 | ||||
| Dave Machemer | SS | 20 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 1.500 | ||||
| Butch Hobson | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1597 | 3532 | 1633 | 152 | 297 | .971 | 3.234 | 7 | 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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