1976 Salt Lake City Gulls Statistics
Team Record: 90-54
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (90-54)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 239,321, Avg. 3,324
Playoffs - Hawaii Islanders 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 2
The Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 90 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Gulls paced the league with 852 runs. Salt Lake City surrendered 703 runs. Ike Hampton led the squad with 15 home runs Carlos López drove in 88 runs and topped all regular batters with a .350 average. Gary Wheelock paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.81 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Paul Dade, Chuck Hockenbery, Ike Hampton, Luis Quintana, Bob Allietta, Dan Briggs, Chuck Dobson, Mike Miley, John Verhoeven, Butch Alberts, Wayne Simpson, Ron Jackson, Julio Cruz, Dick Lange, Orlando Álvarez, Carlos López, Dave Collins, Charlie Hudson, Billy Smith, Gary Wheelock, Orlando Ramírez, Skip Pitlock, Gary Ryerson, Mike Overy, John Doherty, Mike Barlow and Gil Flores were all players from the 1976 Salt Lake City Gulls who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jimy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Wheelock | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.81 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 201.0 | 206 | 100 | 85 | 15 | 54 | 1 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Simpson | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.24 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 174.0 | 189 | 98 | 82 | 19 | 72 | 5 | 131 | 13 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Dick Lange | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.01 | 30 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 193.0 | 216 | 102 | 86 | 17 | 65 | 5 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Pat Cristelli | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5.72 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137.0 | 161 | 101 | 87 | 20 | 72 | 1 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Mike Overy | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.05 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 79.0 | 54 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.25 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60.0 | 53 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.0 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Hockenbery | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.04 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 109.0 | 134 | 76 | 61 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Luis Quintana | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.38 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Dobson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.46 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 74 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ryerson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.04 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skip Pitlock | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Hudson | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Stumpp | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lamar Wright | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 52 | .618 | 4.28 | 334 | 144 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 1155.0 | 1248 | 649 | 549 | 113 | 471 | 35 | 823 | 32 | 14 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos López | 123 | 493 | 448 | 95 | 157 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 88 | 30 | 16 | 36 | 49 | .350 | .396 | .507 | .903 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gil Flores | 112 | 517 | 468 | 88 | 151 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 40 | 18 | 43 | 39 | .323 | .383 | .402 | .785 | 188 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frankie George | 113 | 485 | 421 | 79 | 124 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 74 | 17 | 9 | 54 | 56 | .295 | .373 | .447 | .820 | 188 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Paul Dade | 91 | 379 | 320 | 66 | 116 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 28 | .362 | .432 | .481 | .913 | 154 | 1 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Billy Smith | 115 | 471 | 396 | 64 | 114 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 60 | 22 | 9 | 53 | 45 | .288 | .373 | .396 | .769 | 157 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Orlando Álvarez | 93 | 402 | 357 | 64 | 113 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 16 | 7 | 40 | 63 | .317 | .382 | .473 | .856 | 169 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mike Miley | 119 | 495 | 394 | 75 | 108 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 28 | 9 | 86 | 65 | .274 | .401 | .421 | .823 | 166 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Ike Hampton | 118 | 444 | 364 | 77 | 97 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 20 | 2 | 71 | 105 | .266 | .390 | .459 | .848 | 167 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ed Kurpiel | 83 | 316 | 263 | 42 | 69 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 53 | .262 | .380 | .426 | .806 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Briggs | 56 | 248 | 219 | 41 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 33 | .301 | .371 | .489 | .860 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Buck Darrow | 78 | 297 | 268 | 35 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 36 | .205 | .255 | .261 | .516 | 70 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Dave Collins | 35 | 160 | 136 | 28 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 14 | .360 | .433 | .515 | .948 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 31 | 121 | 106 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .302 | .364 | .434 | .798 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marty Martinson | 53 | 167 | 152 | 18 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | .211 | .261 | .237 | .497 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Fred Frazier | 37 | 141 | 123 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | .252 | .321 | .374 | .695 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Allietta | 36 | 127 | 115 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | .252 | .323 | .357 | .679 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Cruz | 20 | 77 | 69 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .246 | .312 | .333 | .645 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Jackson | 10 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .364 | .476 | .606 | 1.082 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Ramírez | 8 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .185 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Farkas | 7 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wheelock | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .300 | .500 | .300 | .800 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Barlow | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Cristelli | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Dobson | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Verhoeven | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Overy | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Simpson | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Hockenbery | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1580 | 5460 | 4721 | 845 | 1388 | 228 | 72 | 83 | 730 | 259 | 94 | 601 | 672 | .294 | .374 | .426 | .799 | 2009 | 0 | 36 | 39 | 63 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Briggs | 1B | 44 | 371 | 34 | 6 | 31 | .985 | 9.205 | ||||
| Ed Kurpiel | 1B | 43 | 345 | 33 | 7 | 44 | .982 | 8.791 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 1B | 38 | 333 | 16 | 4 | 36 | .989 | 9.184 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 1B | 10 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 8 | .927 | 7.600 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 1B | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 7.000 | ||||
| Carlos López | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Buck Darrow | 2B | 78 | 164 | 248 | 11 | 48 | .974 | 5.282 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | 2B | 33 | 60 | 129 | 7 | 30 | .964 | 5.727 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 2B | 19 | 35 | 40 | 2 | 17 | .974 | 3.947 | ||||
| Julio Cruz | 2B | 15 | 26 | 46 | 1 | 12 | .986 | 4.800 | ||||
| Paul Dade | 2B | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.571 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Paul Dade | 3B | 78 | 41 | 122 | 11 | 18 | .937 | 2.090 | ||||
| Billy Smith | 3B | 30 | 14 | 51 | 3 | 5 | .956 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 3B | 26 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 2 | .804 | 1.731 | ||||
| Ron Jackson | 3B | 10 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 3B | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Julio Cruz | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | C | 76 | 475 | 49 | 17 | 9 | .969 | 6.895 | 16 | |||
| Marty Martinson | C | 49 | 274 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 5.980 | 3 | |||
| Bob Allietta | C | 33 | 204 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 6.606 | 3 | |||
| Frankie George | OF | 106 | 192 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 1.887 | ||||
| Gil Flores | OF | 100 | 219 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 2.270 | ||||
| Carlos López | OF | 98 | 123 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 1.347 | ||||
| Orlando Álvarez | OF | 80 | 127 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 1.650 | ||||
| Dave Collins | OF | 30 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.767 | ||||
| Dan Briggs | OF | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | OF | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.636 | ||||
| Paul Dade | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Smith | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Julio Cruz | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Overy | P | 39 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .256 | ||||
| Skip Pitlock | P | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Hockenbery | P | 31 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.065 | ||||
| Dick Lange | P | 30 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 1.433 | ||||
| John Verhoeven | P | 28 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Wayne Simpson | P | 28 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.464 | ||||
| Gary Wheelock | P | 27 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.741 | ||||
| Pat Cristelli | P | 27 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.111 | ||||
| Mike Barlow | P | 25 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .440 | ||||
| Chuck Dobson | P | 23 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .478 | ||||
| Luis Quintana | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Lamar Wright | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gary Ryerson | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Charlie Hudson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Stumpp | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Miley | SS | 118 | 211 | 359 | 29 | 90 | .952 | 4.831 | ||||
| Billy Smith | SS | 22 | 33 | 63 | 2 | 9 | .980 | 4.364 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | SS | 8 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1529 | 3572 | 1555 | 185 | 390 | .965 | 3.353 | 22 | 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.
