1976 Tacoma Twins Statistics
Team Record: 76-69
Finished 2nd in the PCL's West Division
Manager: Cal Ermer (76-69)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 192,758, Avg. 2,659
The Tacoma Twins of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 76 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Twins led the league with just 654 runs allowed. Tacoma scored 733 runs. Bob Gorinski paced the team with 28 home runs, while Mike Poepping, Randy Bass, Rick Renick and Willie Norwood each walloped 15 or more also. Bob Gorinski drove in 110 runs. Willie Norwood topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .303 average. Mark Wiley paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Al Woods, Mike Poepping, Mike Pazik, Bob Gorinski, Tom Johnson, Randy Bass, Dave McKay, Pete Redfern, Jim Gideon, Eddie Bane, Rick Renick, Willie Norwood, Jerry Garvin, Rob Wilfong, Mark Wiley, Luis Gómez, Larry Cox and Bill Butler were all players from the 1976 Tacoma Twins who played in the Majors during their careers.
Cal Ermer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Wiley | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.70 | 34 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 219.0 | 267 | 116 | 90 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 96 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mike Pazik | 14 | 5 | .737 | 4.14 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 152.0 | 134 | 73 | 70 | 14 | 76 | 6 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Juan Veintidos | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.81 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 155 | 82 | 69 | 17 | 107 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave May | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 50 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Johnson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 1.82 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 89.0 | 75 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Garvin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.09 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 52 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Bane | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.69 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 79 | 49 | 32 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Butler | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.84 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 103.0 | 104 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 64 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gregg Bemis | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.07 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pete Redfern | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.67 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Bethke | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.24 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Gideon | 18 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Seberger | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Renick | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Ausman | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Poepping | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Maneely | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.50 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 39 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 60 | .545 | 3.94 | 296 | 125 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 20 | 1064.0 | 1086 | 552 | 466 | 95 | 500 | 31 | 588 | 27 | 4 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gorinski | 138 | 588 | 544 | 93 | 155 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 110 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 130 | .285 | .326 | .485 | .811 | 264 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Willie Norwood | 128 | 498 | 439 | 84 | 133 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 72 | .303 | .372 | .462 | .835 | 203 | 7 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Randy Bass | 141 | 567 | 451 | 73 | 126 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 91 | .279 | .417 | .466 | .883 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jack Maloof | 130 | 577 | 445 | 94 | 125 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 116 | 51 | .281 | .433 | .355 | .788 | 158 | 5 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Larry Cox | 135 | 510 | 457 | 61 | 121 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 58 | .265 | .335 | .414 | .748 | 189 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Al Woods | 121 | 462 | 416 | 60 | 118 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 40 | .284 | .336 | .382 | .718 | 159 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Rick Renick | 77 | 307 | 255 | 50 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 47 | .314 | .422 | .541 | .963 | 138 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Poepping | 122 | 395 | 342 | 47 | 77 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 79 | .225 | .321 | .424 | .745 | 145 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rob Wilfong | 69 | 268 | 220 | 41 | 67 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 22 | .305 | .405 | .409 | .814 | 90 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jim VanWyck | 83 | 277 | 244 | 28 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .254 | .326 | .291 | .617 | 71 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dave McKay | 63 | 244 | 211 | 31 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 42 | .246 | .324 | .327 | .651 | 69 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Tom Epperly | 64 | 177 | 155 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 41 | .239 | .324 | .387 | .711 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dale Soderholm | 59 | 185 | 159 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 42 | .214 | .313 | .270 | .584 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Sain | 45 | 164 | 155 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .194 | .232 | .342 | .574 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Roderick | 37 | 122 | 110 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | .255 | .308 | .336 | .645 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Luis Gómez | 12 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .188 | .212 | .219 | .431 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1424 | 5374 | 4635 | 733 | 1251 | 163 | 40 | 134 | 669 | 74 | 34 | 605 | 765 | .270 | .357 | .409 | .767 | 1896 | 0 | 45 | 56 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Maloof | 1B | 89 | 650 | 53 | 8 | 78 | .989 | 7.899 | ||||
| Randy Bass | 1B | 67 | 569 | 51 | 3 | 61 | .995 | 9.254 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rob Wilfong | 2B | 69 | 163 | 191 | 6 | 51 | .983 | 5.130 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 2B | 52 | 95 | 122 | 10 | 39 | .956 | 4.173 | ||||
| Jim VanWyck | 2B | 30 | 51 | 58 | 3 | 13 | .973 | 3.633 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Barry Roderick | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave McKay | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave McKay | 3B | 62 | 38 | 123 | 10 | 13 | .942 | 2.597 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 3B | 41 | 39 | 79 | 11 | 8 | .915 | 2.878 | ||||
| Tom Epperly | 3B | 26 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 5 | .918 | 2.577 | ||||
| Rick Renick | 3B | 24 | 22 | 55 | 5 | 2 | .939 | 3.208 | ||||
| Barry Roderick | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Cox | C | 134 | 641 | 104 | 23 | 15 | .970 | 5.560 | 9 | |||
| Tom Epperly | C | 17 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 3.588 | 3 | |||
| Willie Norwood | OF | 126 | 274 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .972 | 2.222 | ||||
| Bob Gorinski | OF | 114 | 199 | 8 | 13 | 1 | .941 | 1.816 | ||||
| Al Woods | OF | 113 | 219 | 11 | 9 | 3 | .962 | 2.035 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | OF | 104 | 203 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 2.010 | ||||
| Jack Maloof | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Tom Johnson | P | 45 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Bill Butler | P | 38 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Mark Wiley | P | 34 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Veintidos | P | 26 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| Mike Pazik | P | 22 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jim Gideon | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Bemis | P | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .278 | ||||
| Rick Bethke | P | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .824 | ||||
| Dave May | P | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Mike Seberger | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Bane | P | 14 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .783 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bob Maneely | P | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Paul Ausman | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jerry Garvin | P | 7 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Pete Redfern | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Renick | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Poepping | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dale Soderholm | SS | 57 | 108 | 154 | 22 | 28 | .923 | 4.596 | ||||
| Jim VanWyck | SS | 56 | 80 | 173 | 8 | 38 | .969 | 4.518 | ||||
| Barry Roderick | SS | 32 | 48 | 103 | 9 | 31 | .944 | 4.719 | ||||
| Luis Gómez | SS | 11 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 8 | .967 | 5.364 | ||||
| Dave McKay | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1537 | 3578 | 1539 | 181 | 412 | .966 | 3.329 | 12 | 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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