1977 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Mike Compton (67-73)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 27,381, Avg. 391

1977 Spartanburg Phillies Roster

The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Phillies scored 633 runs and yielded 706 runs. Joe Jones led Spartanburg with 17 home runs and recorded 71 runs batted in. Nicholas Popovich topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .288 average. Marty Bystrom paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.38 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1977 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Marty Bystrom, Jay Loviglio, Ozzie Virgil and Bob Walk.

Mike Compton 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
Marty Bystrom	13	11	.542	3.38	27	27		12	2	0	184.0	199	83	69	16	49	1	99	7	2	2
James Nickerson	10	3	.769	2.71	29	0		0	0	3	73.0	77	28	22	1	24	2	53	1	0	7
Sammye Welborn	10	11	.476	4.08	26	26		9	2	0	181.0	161	93	82	16	107	3	132	7	1	12
James Lasek	8	4	.667	3.82	52	0		0	0	8	73.0	82	40	31	2	38	3	39	4	1	8
Ricky Burdette	7	11	.389	3.95	23	23		8	1	0	146.0	156	73	64	9	82	2	69	2	4	10
Bob Walk	6	9	.400	3.64	15	15		7	1	0	99.0	90	55	40	9	46	0	66	1	1	7
Henry Mack	5	10	.333	5.23	24	24		1	0	0	141.0	142	93	82	8	112	4	87	7	2	17
Armand Abreu	4	1	.800	4.76	36	1		0	0	1	51.0	54	37	27	6	25	1	33	2	0	7
Brent Adams	3	1	.750	5.26	30	3		1	0	0	77.0	68	56	45	9	48	3	44	3	2	8
Richard Whaley	1	2	.333	8.59	8	3		0	0	0	22.0	44	26	21	4	13	2	13	0	2	2
Michael Benfield	0	0		3.38	8	0		0	0	0	16.0	19	7	6	2	9	0	5	0	0	2
Brian Watts	0	2	.000	6.71	26	6		0	0	0	63.0	84	56	47	5	59	4	30	3	0	10
Wallace Nunn	0	8	.000	8.17	12	12		0	0	0	54.0	70	59	49	10	39	0	29	2	0	7
Totals	67	73	.479	4.46	316	140	0	38	6	12	1180.0	1246	706	585	97	651	25	699	39	15	99	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
Nicholas Popovich	123	481	437	51	126	22	1	4	58	8	2	33	55	.288	.343	.371	.714	162		5	3	3
Elijah Bonaparte	136	547	461	74	124	12	7	3	40	30	17	76	57	.269	.375	.345	.720	159		4	3	3
Jeff Kraus	129	518	470	66	106	21	1	7	36	17	8	36	102	.226	.285	.319	.605	150		5	3	4
Ozzie Virgil	107	408	365	53	103	21	1	14	54	2	3	39	64	.282	.352	.460	.812	168		1	2	1
Ronald Mattson	97	420	377	61	102	10	4	1	30	14	6	38	25	.271	.336	.326	.662	123		0	3	2
Kenneth Berger	100	382	336	54	101	14	6	7	39	25	9	39	63	.301	.373	.440	.813	148		1	4	2
Joe Jones	87	357	318	64	98	23	2	17	71	6	3	34	46	.308	.374	.553	.927	176		1	1	3
Arnaldo Muriel	97	356	329	33	83	15	2	1	44	2	0	16	29	.252	.286	.319	.605	105		1	6	4
John Daynor	62	251	223	26	59	13	5	4	35	2	0	24	31	.265	.343	.422	.764	94		3	0	1
Norberto Roman	81	276	234	33	57	11	1	2	18	14	2	37	54	.244	.349	.325	.674	76		2	1	2
Pablo Minier	78	286	247	32	50	7	1	10	35	2	2	32	83	.202	.302	.360	.662	89		4	1	2
Barry Janney	57	196	176	16	41	2	0	1	14	6	1	18	47	.233	.308	.261	.569	46		1	1	0
Luis Rodriguez	56	190	172	23	40	4	2	0	14	6	1	15	29	.233	.298	.279	.577	48		1	2	0
Ronald Smith	46	157	135	13	33	5	0	0	13	12	4	16	24	.244	.325	.281	.606	38		0	6	0
Chris Bouchee	25	86	74	9	21	3	1	2	9	1	0	10	19	.284	.365	.432	.797	32		0	1	1
Jay Loviglio	28	114	101	12	19	2	1	0	3	1	0	9	7	.188	.255	.228	.482	23		0	4	0
Thomas Brunswick	15	46	43	4	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	9	.326	.370	.326	.695	14		1	0	0
Glenn Ballard	17	49	44	6	12	1	1	1	7	0	0	4	5	.273	.327	.409	.736	18		0	0	1
Michael Dixon	10	29	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	.200	.310	.200	.510	5		0	0	0
Totals	1351	5149	4567	632	1194	186	36	74	527	148	58	482	754	.261	.334	.367	.701	1674	0	30	41	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Arnaldo Muriel	1B	44	390	23	5	29	.988	9.386
John Daynor	1B	44	381	26	5	37	.988	9.250
Norberto Roman	1B	32	257	18	2	28	.993	8.594
Joe Jones	1B	26	216	8	1	28	.996	8.615
Pablo Minier	1B	2	13	2	1	0	.938	7.500
Ronald Mattson	2B	97	229	309	18	66	.968	5.546
Nicholas Popovich	2B	40	43	74	5	9	.959	2.925
Jay Loviglio	2B	28	65	86	6	17	.962	5.393
Luis Rodriguez	2B	16	29	42	4	13	.947	4.438
Thomas Brunswick	2B	5	5	2	0	1	1.000	1.400
Barry Janney	3B	53	54	96	22	8	.872	2.830
Arnaldo Muriel	3B	43	33	91	9	9	.932	2.884
Thomas Brunswick	3B	8	4	14	1	2	.947	2.250
Ozzie Virgil	C	97	502	68	18	10	.969	5.876	9
Joe Jones	C	33	175	32	6	3	.972	6.273	13
Glenn Ballard	C	16	74	8	6	0	.932	5.125	4
Michael Dixon	C	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Elijah Bonaparte	OF	135	261	16	14	6	.952	2.052
Jeff Kraus	OF	129	237	13	16	1	.940	1.938
Kenneth Berger	OF	84	142	10	2	1	.987	1.810
Pablo Minier	OF	64	85	12	6	1	.942	1.516
Chris Bouchee	OF	24	31	3	0	0	1.000	1.417
Luis Rodriguez	OF	14	30	5	1	1	.972	2.500
James Lasek	P	52	7	15	0	2	1.000	.423
Armand Abreu	P	36	3	9	2	1	.857	.333
Brent Adams	P	30	3	10	3	0	.812	.433
James Nickerson	P	29	1	5	2	0	.750	.207
Marty Bystrom	P	27	6	30	4	0	.900	1.333
Sammye Welborn	P	26	8	17	3	1	.893	.962
Brian Watts	P	26	3	3	1	1	.857	.231
Henry Mack	P	24	9	15	4	2	.857	1.000
Ricky Burdette	P	23	4	27	2	2	.939	1.348
Bob Walk	P	15	10	19	5	0	.853	1.933
Wallace Nunn	P	12	5	11	6	0	.727	1.333
Richard Whaley	P	8	2	4	0	2	1.000	.750
Michael Benfield	P	8	2	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Nicholas Popovich	SS	77	126	263	19	46	.953	5.052
Ronald Smith	SS	44	57	139	13	28	.938	4.455
Luis Rodriguez	SS	25	36	54	6	12	.938	3.600
Thomas Brunswick	SS	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.000
Totals		1501	3542	1585	218	367	.959	3.416	26	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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