1976 Rio Grande Valley White Wings Statistics
Team Record: 32-40
Finished 4th in the GSL
Manager: Ted Uhlaender (32-40)
Location: Harlingen, Texas
Ballpark: Harlingen Baseball Park (Field)
Attendance: 15,996, Avg. 444
The Rio Grande Valley White Wings of the Gulf States League ended the 1976 season with a record of 32 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the GSL.
The White Wings scored 390 runs and conceded 408 runs. Gaylord Gregory accounted for 36 RBI. Arturo Bonitto paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. John Hart topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.55 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Ted Uhlaender played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Rio Grande Valley White Wings to do so.
Ted Uhlaender 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hart | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.55 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 117 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kenneth Saunders | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.62 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 92.0 | 96 | 48 | 37 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jesse Trinidad | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 51 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Gesquiere | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.41 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 96.0 | 90 | 64 | 47 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Gregory Antor | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.61 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 81 | 57 | 41 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ronald Edquist | 3 | 9 | .250 | 5.54 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laconia Graham | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 54 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.97 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Turner Jackson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Hughes | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.87 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.0 | 50 | 44 | 30 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Ernesto Longoria | 0 | 0 | 5.85 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Steven Klein | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 43 | .434 | 4.47 | 138 | 69 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 634.0 | 635 | 411 | 315 | 36 | 334 | 1 | 286 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturo Bonitto | 67 | 279 | 264 | 37 | 78 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 21 | .295 | .327 | .420 | .748 | 111 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John McLish | 71 | 314 | 263 | 46 | 76 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 41 | 27 | .289 | .390 | .335 | .724 | 88 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Ricky Brockway | 70 | 328 | 260 | 70 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 56 | 37 | .262 | .393 | .392 | .785 | 102 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Gaylord Gregory | 68 | 283 | 234 | 37 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 42 | 25 | .269 | .379 | .312 | .691 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Rickey Hill | 34 | 147 | 123 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .350 | .407 | .472 | .878 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Donald Houston | 56 | 224 | 189 | 22 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 52 | .222 | .324 | .286 | .610 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Perry Hill | 57 | 220 | 180 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 49 | .200 | .327 | .272 | .599 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Eliseo Pompa | 32 | 138 | 126 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 9 | .278 | .341 | .325 | .666 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Thomas | 33 | 136 | 116 | 22 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 7 | .259 | .368 | .371 | .738 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Daniel | 41 | 165 | 127 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 33 | 22 | .220 | .380 | .291 | .672 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ted Uhlaender | 25 | 101 | 89 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 6 | .270 | .350 | .382 | .732 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Royce Maynard | 28 | 117 | 99 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 17 | .192 | .272 | .253 | .524 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Jeffrey Barefoot | 19 | 74 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 5 | .267 | .378 | .333 | .712 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Hart | 16 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .206 | .301 | .302 | .603 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ricky Weaver | 15 | 48 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .250 | .205 | .455 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Gesquiere | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Saunders | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 663 | 2651 | 2240 | 368 | 580 | 79 | 18 | 23 | 300 | 83 | 0 | 336 | 314 | .259 | .356 | .341 | .697 | 764 | 0 | 17 | 33 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Daniel | 1B | 41 | 361 | 18 | 4 | 8 | .990 | 9.244 | ||||
| Ricky Weaver | 1B | 15 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 6.667 | ||||
| Gaylord Gregory | 1B | 13 | 115 | 13 | 3 | 7 | .977 | 9.846 | ||||
| Donald Houston | 1B | 3 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 1.667 | ||||
| Perry Hill | 2B | 57 | 113 | 134 | 9 | 13 | .965 | 4.333 | ||||
| Eliseo Pompa | 3B | 25 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 4 | .923 | 2.880 | ||||
| Jeffrey Barefoot | 3B | 17 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .941 | 2.824 | ||||
| Julian Serna | 3B | 16 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 2.688 | ||||
| Paul Thomas | 3B | 14 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Gaylord Gregory | C | 45 | 65 | 31 | 6 | 0 | .941 | 2.133 | 5 | |||
| Donald Houston | C | 27 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 2.370 | 4 | |||
| John McLish | OF | 71 | 187 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 2.761 | ||||
| Arturo Bonitto | OF | 53 | 99 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.981 | ||||
| Rickey Hill | OF | 34 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.412 | ||||
| Royce Maynard | OF | 28 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .816 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ted Uhlaender | OF | 25 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.760 | ||||
| Paul Thomas | OF | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Eliseo Pompa | OF | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mark Gesquiere | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Saunders | P | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .783 | ||||
| Stephen Hughes | P | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Mark Gesquiere | P | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| John Hart | P | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ronald Edquist | P | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gregory Antor | P | 11 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesse Trinidad | P | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Ernesto Longoria | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bob Smith | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Laconia Graham | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Turner Jackson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steven Klein | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ricky Brockway | SS | 70 | 123 | 220 | 25 | 14 | .932 | 4.900 | ||||
| Totals | 707 | 1537 | 643 | 101 | 58 | .956 | 3.083 | 9 | 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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