1977 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 75-69
Finished 2nd in the PCL's West Division
Manager: John Felske (75-69)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 133,270, Avg. 1,851
The Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1977 season with a record of 75 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Indians scored 862 runs and gave up 789 runs. Gorman Thomas walloped 36 home runs for Spokane, while Tommie Reynolds and Jim Gantner added 15 or more, too. Gorman Thomas drove in 114 runs. Dick Davis led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .355. Tom Hausman topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.22 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1977 Spokane Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rob Ellis, Ken Sanders, Jim Gantner, Dick Davis, Rich Folkers, Kevin Kobel, George Frazier, Lary Sorensen, Gary Beare, Willie Prall, Greg Erardi, Art Kusnyer, Tommie Reynolds, Dan Thomas, Lenn Sakata, Roger Miller, Bill Sharp, Jack Heidemann, Bob Sheldon, Dave Pagan, Gorman Thomas, Tom Hausman, Sam Hinds and Tommy Moore.
John Felske 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hausman | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.22 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 207.0 | 251 | 113 | 97 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 88 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Kevin Kobel | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.94 | 35 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 153.0 | 175 | 100 | 84 | 8 | 59 | 3 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Roger Miller | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.75 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 108.0 | 148 | 82 | 69 | 7 | 57 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Ruling | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.65 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 153.0 | 192 | 98 | 79 | 9 | 78 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| William McLaurine | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.28 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 92.0 | 102 | 70 | 54 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Beare | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.56 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 81.0 | 78 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lary Sorensen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.62 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 72.0 | 79 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rich Folkers | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.55 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83.0 | 76 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tommy Moore | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.72 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 88 | 63 | 56 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Willie Prall | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.89 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 64 | 39 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sam Hinds | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.89 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Frazier | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Sanders | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.0 | 47 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rob Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duane Espy | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommie Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Erardi | 0 | 0 | 28.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Juan Lopez | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Wrona | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Pagan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.56 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 69 | .521 | 4.93 | 365 | 144 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 26 | 1233.0 | 1435 | 789 | 675 | 80 | 574 | 31 | 607 | 34 | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Davis | 114 | 514 | 476 | 94 | 169 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 51 | .355 | .391 | .523 | .914 | 249 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Tommie Reynolds | 138 | 610 | 534 | 84 | 162 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 107 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 71 | .303 | .370 | .515 | .885 | 275 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Gorman Thomas | 143 | 615 | 500 | 114 | 161 | 41 | 5 | 36 | 114 | 20 | 6 | 105 | 115 | .322 | .436 | .640 | 1.076 | 320 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jim Gantner | 143 | 614 | 541 | 98 | 152 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 62 | 68 | .281 | .355 | .447 | .802 | 242 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ron Diggle | 118 | 475 | 390 | 87 | 123 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 79 | 7 | 5 | 84 | 72 | .315 | .436 | .518 | .954 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Lopez | 115 | 435 | 404 | 60 | 119 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 28 | .295 | .325 | .369 | .694 | 149 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jack Heidemann | 102 | 426 | 372 | 51 | 117 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 45 | .315 | .392 | .414 | .806 | 154 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Sheldon | 84 | 375 | 312 | 59 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 18 | .353 | .442 | .417 | .859 | 130 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Lenn Sakata | 94 | 396 | 345 | 52 | 105 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 17 | 2 | 42 | 43 | .304 | .373 | .417 | .790 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Perry Danforth | 82 | 266 | 250 | 29 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 27 | .296 | .325 | .336 | .661 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Art Kusnyer | 90 | 329 | 293 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 62 | .232 | .294 | .369 | .663 | 108 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Rob Ellis | 77 | 262 | 232 | 30 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 51 | .284 | .350 | .379 | .729 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Duane Espy | 69 | 190 | 170 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | .276 | .349 | .406 | .755 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 38 | 147 | 131 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 41 | .237 | .320 | .344 | .663 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Sharp | 5 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .211 | .318 | .316 | .634 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Wrona | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1419 | 5678 | 4971 | 862 | 1510 | 293 | 51 | 121 | 798 | 109 | 45 | 598 | 716 | .304 | .377 | .456 | .833 | 2268 | 0 | 19 | 34 | 56 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sheldon | 1B | 84 | 793 | 57 | 3 | 79 | .996 | 1.119 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | 1B | 36 | 329 | 25 | 4 | 35 | .989 | 9.833 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | 1B | 22 | 190 | 14 | 2 | 23 | .990 | 9.273 | ||||
| Tommie Reynolds | 1B | 9 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .974 | 8.444 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 1B | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.500 | ||||
| Lenn Sakata | 2B | 94 | 221 | 352 | 13 | 86 | .978 | 6.096 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | 2B | 41 | 100 | 124 | 7 | 18 | .970 | 5.463 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | 2B | 14 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 9 | .968 | 4.357 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | 3B | 143 | 136 | 321 | 31 | 22 | .936 | 3.196 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | 3B | 6 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Art Kusnyer | C | 90 | 402 | 65 | 14 | 10 | .971 | 5.189 | 6 | |||
| Rob Ellis | C | 67 | 274 | 26 | 14 | 3 | .955 | 4.478 | 7 | |||
| Gorman Thomas | OF | 143 | 325 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .980 | 2.364 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 111 | 162 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .977 | 1.523 | ||||
| Ron Diggle | OF | 110 | 189 | 17 | 13 | 6 | .941 | 1.873 | ||||
| Duane Espy | OF | 54 | 83 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.648 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | OF | 29 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.690 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | OF | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Sharp | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jim Gantner | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William McLaurine | P | 50 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .913 | .420 | ||||
| Stephen Ruling | P | 46 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .833 | .652 | ||||
| Rich Folkers | P | 46 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .457 | ||||
| Roger Miller | P | 38 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .879 | .763 | ||||
| Kevin Kobel | P | 35 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .914 | .914 | ||||
| Ken Sanders | P | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Tom Hausman | P | 30 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .939 | 2.067 | ||||
| Gary Beare | P | 16 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Tommy Moore | P | 15 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Lary Sorensen | P | 12 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Willie Prall | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Sam Hinds | P | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| George Frazier | P | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Wrona | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Pagan | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tommie Reynolds | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Lopez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Duane Espy | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Ellis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Lopez | SS | 112 | 170 | 361 | 29 | 82 | .948 | 4.741 | ||||
| Jack Heidemann | SS | 27 | 44 | 81 | 11 | 20 | .919 | 4.630 | ||||
| Perry Danforth | SS | 18 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 9 | .985 | 3.611 | ||||
| Totals | 1595 | 3710 | 1779 | 187 | 429 | .967 | 3.441 | 13 | 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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