1976 Reading Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 3rd in the EL's South Division
Manager: Bob Wellman (0-0), Granny Hamner (0-0)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 71,152, Avg. 1,046
The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Phillies scored 475 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 518 runs. Gary Begnaud paced Reading with 23 home runs, while Daniel Fitzgerald walloped 15 or more also. Gary Begnaud drove in 78 runs. John Poff topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .260. Jim Wright led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.39 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
John Poff, Keith Moreland, John Vukovich, Jesús Hernáiz, Nardi Contreras, Tim Blackwell, Todd Cruz, Warren Brusstar and Jim Wright were all players from the 1976 Reading Phillies who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bob Wellman and Granny Hamner 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 Wright | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.39 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 147.0 | 124 | 51 | 39 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Warren Brusstar | 10 | 17 | .370 | 2.71 | 27 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 199.0 | 167 | 83 | 60 | 4 | 90 | 12 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Dan Greenhalgh | 5 | 14 | .263 | 3.21 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 | 157 | 70 | 57 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Oliver Bell | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.90 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Todd Brenizer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.00 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63.0 | 58 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Chuck Kniffin | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.44 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 77 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Klein | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.70 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 107.0 | 108 | 53 | 44 | 6 | 35 | 6 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Gibson | 4 | 11 | .267 | 6.39 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 130 | 83 | 76 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.72 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jesús Hernáiz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.96 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas White | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.37 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 78 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Goose Gregson | 0 | 6 | .000 | 2.69 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 67.0 | 62 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 82 | .397 | 3.41 | 263 | 136 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 13 | 1110.0 | 1061 | 518 | 420 | 45 | 483 | 56 | 662 | 39 | 4 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Begnaud | 134 | 529 | 458 | 68 | 118 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 79 | .258 | .348 | .465 | .814 | 213 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Poff | 124 | 494 | 443 | 47 | 115 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 56 | .260 | .320 | .370 | .690 | 164 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Daniel Fitzgerald | 133 | 509 | 438 | 64 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 59 | 25 | 10 | 60 | 134 | .226 | .326 | .425 | .751 | 186 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Todd Cruz | 123 | 442 | 424 | 34 | 98 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 76 | .231 | .257 | .297 | .554 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tim Blackwell | 91 | 347 | 299 | 29 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 44 | .247 | .343 | .314 | .657 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | 96 | 339 | 298 | 28 | 72 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 47 | .242 | .325 | .295 | .621 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Dancy | 59 | 257 | 238 | 45 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 19 | .273 | .316 | .395 | .711 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Russell Klobas | 66 | 262 | 228 | 31 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 39 | .254 | .347 | .408 | .755 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Keith Moreland | 61 | 226 | 199 | 7 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | .261 | .329 | .286 | .615 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Guarnaccia | 68 | 255 | 219 | 28 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 59 | .205 | .314 | .365 | .679 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Vukovich | 47 | 183 | 171 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 27 | .240 | .290 | .380 | .670 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Gonzalez | 45 | 196 | 171 | 25 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 29 | .240 | .325 | .304 | .629 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Gardner | 48 | 181 | 154 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 24 | .240 | .339 | .299 | .638 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Hughes | 49 | 158 | 144 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .201 | .253 | .257 | .510 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| German Geigel | 26 | 92 | 83 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .265 | .322 | .289 | .611 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Baker | 35 | 121 | 107 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .159 | .242 | .206 | .447 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Salter | 17 | 58 | 52 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .135 | .211 | .154 | .364 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Terrence Jones | 18 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .102 | .159 | .136 | .294 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gibson | 31 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .227 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Manderbach | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Klein | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Greenhalgh | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Brusstar | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Brenizer | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas White | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1431 | 4749 | 4218 | 475 | 1001 | 150 | 24 | 88 | 417 | 79 | 44 | 446 | 712 | .237 | .313 | .347 | .660 | 1463 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Begnaud | 1B | 131 | 1144 | 89 | 10 | 88 | .992 | 9.412 | ||||
| John Hughes | 1B | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 5.250 | ||||
| John Poff | 1B | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Bill Dancy | 2B | 58 | 132 | 171 | 18 | 36 | .944 | 5.224 | ||||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | 2B | 40 | 76 | 98 | 6 | 6 | .967 | 4.350 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 2B | 36 | 60 | 115 | 5 | 14 | .972 | 4.861 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 2B | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Keith Moreland | 3B | 58 | 54 | 93 | 12 | 2 | .925 | 2.534 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | 3B | 57 | 48 | 124 | 8 | 18 | .956 | 3.018 | ||||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | 3B | 19 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .932 | 2.158 | ||||
| Gary Begnaud | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Vukovich | 3B | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Tim Blackwell | C | 87 | 425 | 64 | 10 | 6 | .980 | 5.621 | 7 | |||
| David Baker | C | 26 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 6.077 | 3 | |||
| Robert Salter | C | 17 | 89 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 5.647 | 0 | |||
| John Hughes | C | 12 | 56 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 5.083 | 4 | |||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | C | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Fitzgerald | OF | 131 | 249 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .955 | 1.962 | ||||
| John Poff | OF | 108 | 162 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .950 | 1.593 | ||||
| John Guarnaccia | OF | 68 | 140 | 11 | 6 | 4 | .962 | 2.221 | ||||
| Jerry Gardner | OF | 43 | 87 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .949 | 2.163 | ||||
| Ernest Gonzalez | OF | 19 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| German Geigel | OF | 15 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | OF | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terrence Jones | OF | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 2.500 | ||||
| Russell Klobas | OF | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Tim Blackwell | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Goose Gregson | P | 43 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .349 | ||||
| Todd Brenizer | P | 39 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .462 | ||||
| Warren Brusstar | P | 27 | 24 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 2.259 | ||||
| Dan Greenhalgh | P | 24 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Mark Klein | P | 22 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.045 | ||||
| John Gibson | P | 22 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jim Wright | P | 20 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.650 | ||||
| Thomas White | P | 20 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .700 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chuck Kniffin | P | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Gary Manderbach | P | 8 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jesús Hernáiz | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Oliver Bell | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Todd Cruz | SS | 123 | 203 | 388 | 53 | 62 | .918 | 4.805 | ||||
| John Vukovich | SS | 9 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Eudaldo Oliveros | SS | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Bill Dancy | SS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1371 | 3338 | 1499 | 192 | 271 | .962 | 3.528 | 14 | 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.
