1977 Shelby Reds Statistics
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jim Lett (60-79)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 22,576, Avg. 325
The Shelby Reds of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Reds scored 564 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Paul Herring led Shelby with 16 home runs Butch Harris drove in 82 runs. Paul Herring paced hitters with significant playing time with a .302 average. John Gosse topped the squad with 11 wins, while Bruce Berenyi recorded a 2.3 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1977 Shelby Reds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Paul Householder, Eddie Milner, Bruce Berenyi and Bill Scherrer.
Jim Lett 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 Gosse | 11 | 12 | .478 | 2.53 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 171.0 | 152 | 80 | 48 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Berenyi | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.30 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 102 | 55 | 37 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Bill Scherrer | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.53 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158.0 | 132 | 87 | 62 | 4 | 105 | 2 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Ron Stryker | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.70 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90.0 | 70 | 37 | 27 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| James Niewczyk | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.11 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 68 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Stacy Morrow | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.40 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 90.0 | 67 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Rickey Lear | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Reed | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.02 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 129.0 | 150 | 92 | 72 | 6 | 57 | 4 | 97 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Mark King | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.65 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 85 | 70 | 47 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Sal Ferrara | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.14 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 106 | 82 | 71 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Greg Meyer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.74 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 49 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| James Burress | 0 | 0 | 4.21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 55 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 79 | .432 | 3.92 | 307 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 16 | 1163.0 | 1057 | 674 | 506 | 64 | 650 | 18 | 823 | 24 | 6 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Herring | 138 | 563 | 486 | 77 | 147 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 77 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 72 | .302 | .384 | .455 | .839 | 221 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Butch Harris | 139 | 580 | 514 | 61 | 146 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 50 | .284 | .341 | .401 | .742 | 206 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Donald Carr | 135 | 526 | 482 | 47 | 131 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 72 | .272 | .316 | .332 | .648 | 160 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Paul Householder | 137 | 567 | 500 | 72 | 116 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 22 | 10 | 62 | 130 | .232 | .318 | .358 | .676 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Milner | 110 | 486 | 414 | 62 | 111 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 56 | 46 | .268 | .358 | .365 | .723 | 151 | 3 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Robie | 125 | 435 | 402 | 42 | 104 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 70 | .259 | .302 | .353 | .656 | 142 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Michael Kopsky | 116 | 425 | 375 | 48 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 105 | .235 | .312 | .280 | .592 | 105 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Watkins | 78 | 319 | 270 | 44 | 75 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 38 | .278 | .370 | .419 | .789 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Steve Hughes | 66 | 282 | 248 | 31 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 47 | .198 | .277 | .226 | .503 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Jensen | 57 | 213 | 194 | 26 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 43 | .222 | .272 | .314 | .587 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jay Meade | 66 | 223 | 193 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 47 | .192 | .290 | .264 | .554 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mark Miller | 48 | 176 | 166 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45 | .199 | .240 | .343 | .583 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Griffin | 32 | 109 | 97 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .278 | .352 | .351 | .702 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Theophilus Stokes | 15 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .194 | .286 | .194 | .479 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Ingraham | 20 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .102 | .211 | .204 | .415 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Chrisman | 12 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .130 | .167 | .130 | .297 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1294 | 5021 | 4444 | 565 | 1121 | 151 | 38 | 69 | 486 | 122 | 50 | 463 | 829 | .252 | .323 | .350 | .673 | 1555 | 0 | 22 | 54 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Harris | 1B | 100 | 807 | 31 | 15 | 66 | .982 | 8.380 | ||||
| Kevin Jensen | 1B | 41 | 356 | 16 | 5 | 33 | .987 | 9.073 | ||||
| Donald Carr | 2B | 134 | 266 | 338 | 18 | 70 | .971 | 4.507 | ||||
| Theophilus Stokes | 2B | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 2.250 | ||||
| Richard Chrisman | 2B | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Kopsky | 3B | 112 | 106 | 175 | 34 | 17 | .892 | 2.509 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | 3B | 27 | 26 | 46 | 10 | 3 | .878 | 2.667 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jay Meade | C | 65 | 386 | 50 | 16 | 8 | .965 | 6.708 | 31 | |||
| Mark Miller | C | 48 | 298 | 34 | 10 | 2 | .971 | 6.917 | 9 | |||
| Joe Griffin | C | 32 | 184 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 6.469 | 9 | |||
| Paul Householder | OF | 137 | 278 | 10 | 8 | 4 | .973 | 2.102 | ||||
| Paul Herring | OF | 137 | 200 | 13 | 19 | 4 | .918 | 1.555 | ||||
| Eddie Milner | OF | 106 | 254 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .964 | 2.491 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | OF | 33 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.909 | ||||
| Pat Ingraham | OF | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Ron Stryker | P | 51 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .353 | ||||
| Stacy Morrow | P | 48 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .208 | ||||
| Steve Reed | P | 30 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .567 | ||||
| Bill Scherrer | P | 27 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .932 | 1.519 | ||||
| John Gosse | P | 26 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Bruce Berenyi | P | 25 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .917 | 1.760 | ||||
| Sal Ferrara | P | 23 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 1.087 | ||||
| James Burress | P | 22 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .227 | ||||
| Mark King | P | 20 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .700 | ||||
| James Niewczyk | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .714 | ||||
| Greg Meyer | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Rickey Lear | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Daniel Robie | SS | 76 | 98 | 199 | 37 | 35 | .889 | 3.908 | ||||
| Steve Hughes | SS | 64 | 97 | 179 | 24 | 22 | .920 | 4.312 | ||||
| Richard Chrisman | SS | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Theophilus Stokes | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Donald Carr | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1450 | 3480 | 1342 | 250 | 287 | .951 | 3.326 | 49 | 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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