1976 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Bobby Cox (82-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 187,397, Avg. 2,696

1976 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Memphis Blues 0
Finals - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Richmond Braves 1

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1976 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the IL.

The Chiefs scored 681 runs and yielded 645 runs. Mickey Klutts led Syracuse with 24 home runs, while Terry Whitfield walloped 15 or more also. Terry Whitfield accounted for 89 RBI. Mickey Klutts paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Ken Clay topped the squad with 11 wins, and Rick Sawyer recorded a 2.75 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1976 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gene Locklear, Dennis Sherrill, Gil Patterson, Rick Anderson, Bob Kammeyer, Juan Bernhardt, Ken Reynolds, Jim York, Tommy Matchick, Rick Bladt, Kerry Dineen, Rick Sawyer, Dell Alston, Ken Clay, Scott McGregor, Billy Parker, Mickey Klutts, Jim Beattie, Domingo Ramos, Terry Whitfield, Ron Guidry, Dave Bergman, George Zeber and Rick Stelmaszek.

Bobby Cox served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ken Clay	11	8	.579	4.12	30	24		8	1	1	168.0	202	94	77	6	67	5	87	2	2	8
Ed Ricks	10	6	.625	4.24	22	18		4	0	0	123.0	129	73	58	13	81	2	68	6	1	7
Rick Sawyer	9	4	.692	2.75	19	18		8	0	0	134.0	125	55	41	10	38	4	65	5	0	4
John Sielicki	8	2	.800	2.96	15	12		1	0	1	82.0	87	38	27	4	32	1	39	1	2	1
Gil Patterson	7	2	.778	2.92	10	10		6	0	0	77.0	71	30	25	1	34	1	40	1	0	2
Jim York	6	1	.857	5.34	22	1		0	0	0	59.0	74	42	35	6	22	3	24	3	0	4
Ron Guidry	5	1	.833	0.68	22	0		0	0	9	40.0	16	5	3	0	13	3	50	0	0	0
Jim Beattie	5	5	.500	6.03	17	17		2	0	0	100.0	106	76	67	8	80	3	74	5	1	7
Neal Mersch	4	3	.571	5.30	20	4		1	0	0	56.0	68	35	33	10	27	6	27	1	1	2
Bob Polinsky	4	8	.333	3.29	46	1		0	0	13	93.0	83	44	34	5	49	9	67	3	1	2
Doug Heinold	4	9	.308	4.73	17	16		4	0	0	97.0	128	59	51	7	33	2	30	2	0	4
Bob Kammeyer	3	1	.750	4.07	10	6		2	0	1	42.0	49	21	19	5	16	1	13	1	1	1
Gene McElwain	1	0	1.000	4.09	10	0		0	0	0	22.0	23	12	10	5	16	1	8	1	1	1
Ken Reynolds	1	2	.333	9.82	7	2		0	0	0	11.0	18	14	12	0	14	1	8	0	1	3
Scott McGregor					11						0.0
Tommy Matchick	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Anderson	0	0		3.00	6	0		0	0	1	9.0	5	3	3	0	8	1	4	1	0	1
Scott Delgatti	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0	1	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Billy Parker	0	0		22.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	6	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	2
Totals	78	52	.600	4.04	288	129	0	36	1	27	1119.0	1191	609	502	81	536	43	607	32	11	51	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
Terry Whitfield	138	590	525	81	152	25	6	16	89	2	4	56	71	.290	.361	.451	.812	237		5	0	4
Dell Alston	130	579	516	87	145	26	9	12	66	18	10	56	49	.281	.351	.436	.787	225		0	7	0
Mickey Klutts	119	477	430	75	137	22	3	24	80	3	3	35	87	.319	.371	.551	.922	237		4	2	6
Dave Bergman	134	546	455	68	134	23	2	7	65	17	6	77	73	.295	.393	.400	.793	182		2	4	8
Rick Bladt	130	541	453	81	129	21	4	9	60	10	8	70	59	.285	.385	.408	.794	185		8	4	6
Juan Bernhardt	101	417	380	41	115	24	0	8	57	1	3	22	37	.303	.343	.429	.772	163		5	3	7
George Zeber	118	477	397	59	99	16	2	6	43	4	4	63	60	.249	.357	.345	.702	137		6	6	5
Rick Stelmaszek	74	270	214	30	47	10	0	2	23	0	1	49	26	.220	.365	.294	.659	63		0	7	0
Bill Stearns	74	231	196	23	43	8	0	3	27	0	0	29	28	.219	.319	.306	.625	60		0	5	1
Kerry Dineen	59	206	166	21	42	12	3	0	22	7	3	31	19	.253	.365	.361	.726	60		1	3	5
Dennis Irwin	29	113	96	12	26	3	1	4	10	1	0	13	18	.271	.360	.448	.808	43		1	2	1
Nelson Pichardo	35	118	109	13	26	3	0	0	8	1	2	2	11	.239	.263	.266	.529	29		2	4	1
Buck Darrow	42	138	112	16	23	3	0	2	12	2	2	21	19	.205	.331	.286	.617	32		0	5	0
Billy Parker	29	101	88	12	19	5	0	0	8	1	0	12	26	.216	.310	.273	.583	24		0	1	0
Gene Locklear	16	71	60	7	18	3	1	2	8	2	0	9	10	.300	.408	.483	.892	29		2	0	0
Domingo Ramos	11	43	39	7	10	2	1	0	8	0	0	4	11	.256	.326	.359	.685	14		0	0	0
Wayne Benson	11	31	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	.160	.300	.160	.460	4		0	1	0
Dennis Sherrill	5	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.231	.000	.231	0		2	0	0
Bob Polinsky	46	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gene McElwain	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob Kammeyer	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ed Ricks	26	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Ron Guidry	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1370	4966	4275	639	1169	206	32	95	586	69	47	555	619	.273	.359	.403	.762	1724	0	38	54	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave Bergman	1B	122	1199	80	10	107	.992	1.484
Juan Bernhardt	1B	18	164	13	0	21	1.000	9.833
Tommy Matchick	1B	4	24	3	0	1	1.000	6.750
George Zeber	2B	114	237	377	19	82	.970	5.386
Buck Darrow	2B	24	41	61	6	15	.944	4.250
Nelson Pichardo	2B	7	11	19	1	5	.968	4.286
Billy Parker	2B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Juan Bernhardt	3B	82	66	174	19	24	.927	2.927
Billy Parker	3B	11	7	19	2	2	.929	2.364
Nelson Pichardo	3B	9	9	14	2	2	.920	2.556
Buck Darrow	3B	8	6	13	4	2	.826	2.375
Mickey Klutts	3B	3	0	3	2	0	.600	1.000
Rick Bladt	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Rick Stelmaszek	C	67	306	35	6	10	.983	5.090	10
Bill Stearns	C	62	242	40	4	5	.986	4.548	13
Dennis Irwin	C	29	145	11	5	0	.969	5.379	4
Terry Whitfield	OF	124	208	13	15	3	.936	1.782
Dell Alston	OF	102	183	6	11	2	.945	1.853
Rick Bladt	OF	99	190	14	4	2	.981	2.061
Kerry Dineen	OF	54	104	3	2	1	.982	1.981
Dave Bergman	OF	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Gene Locklear	OF	8	14	0	2	0	.875	1.750
Bill Stearns	OF	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	.400
Wayne Benson	OF	4	2	0	1	0	.667	.500
Juan Bernhardt	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Polinsky	P	46	6	17	0	0	1.000	.500
Ken Clay	P	30	13	37	4	2	.926	1.667
Jim York	P	22	1	8	1	0	.900	.409
Ed Ricks	P	22	4	17	1	0	.955	.955
Ron Guidry	P	22	3	3	1	1	.857	.273
Neal Mersch	P	20	6	7	0	0	1.000	.650
Rick Sawyer	P	19	11	25	1	2	.973	1.895
Doug Heinold	P	17	10	22	3	2	.914	1.882
Jim Beattie	P	17	9	23	2	2	.941	1.882
John Sielicki	P	15	5	9	1	0	.933	.933
Scott McGregor	P	11						.000
Gil Patterson	P	10	7	16	1	0	.958	2.300
Gene McElwain	P	10	1	2	0	1	1.000	.300
Bob Kammeyer	P	10	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.200
Ken Reynolds	P	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.286
Rick Anderson	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Scott Delgatti	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Billy Parker	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tommy Matchick	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mickey Klutts	SS	114	191	290	28	83	.945	4.219
Nelson Pichardo	SS	11	23	39	4	8	.939	5.636
Domingo Ramos	SS	10	13	20	2	2	.943	3.300
Buck Darrow	SS	6	12	14	4	4	.867	4.333
Dennis Sherrill	SS	5	8	11	0	2	1.000	3.800
Totals		1406	3491	1473	169	393	.967	3.531	27	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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