1976 Tidewater Tides Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Tom Burgess (60-78)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 106,458, Avg. 1,543

1976 Tidewater Tides Roster

The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1976 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.

The Tides plated 566 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 634 runs. Billy Baldwin paced Tidewater with 17 home runs and drove in 72 runs. Brock Pemberton topped all regular hitters by hitting .290. Jackson Todd led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.91 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1976 Tidewater Tides who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Billy Baldwin, Rick Baldwin, Tom Kelley, Tom Makowski, Mark DeJohn, Randy Tate, Hank Webb, Brock Pemberton, Nino Espinosa, Bob Myrick, Leo Foster, John Stearns, Jackson Todd, Jim Dwyer, Jack Heidemann, Dwight Bernard, Mike Bruhert, Leon Brown, Benny Ayala and Jay Kleven.

Tom Burgess 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
Jackson Todd	13	9	.591	2.91	26	26		13	2	0	201.0	204	75	65	6	53	5	125	3	1	3
Rick Baldwin	8	4	.667	2.31	46	0		0	0	14	74.0	53	20	19	1	36	11	35	5	1	2
Nino Espinosa	7	3	.700	2.92	14	14		6	1	0	108.0	106	40	35	6	34	4	66	2	0	0
Randy Tate	7	14	.333	6.20	27	25		4	0	0	122.0	136	96	84	13	93	4	58	10	1	14
Dennis Solari	6	4	.600	2.72	42	1		0	0	7	86.0	84	33	26	3	22	7	45	2	0	2
Dave Klenda	5	4	.556	3.36	25	7		3	1	2	91.0	88	38	34	5	36	4	52	1	1	4
Tom Makowski	3	2	.600	3.78	14	7		2	0	0	50.0	51	24	21	5	25	1	30	1	0	2
Randy Hammon	3	5	.375	5.05	11	10		1	0	0	66.0	74	40	37	7	23	4	30	1	4	1
Jeff Grose	3	12	.200	4.58	26	18		3	0	0	120.0	115	78	61	15	88	1	85	2	4	7
Bob Myrick	2	0	1.000	2.62	13	0		0	0	0	24.0	22	10	7	1	10	0	22	0	0	2
Hank Webb	2	9	.182	6.11	19	14		1	1	1	81.0	104	65	55	9	47	2	50	5	0	9
Dwight Bernard	1	9	.100	6.40	15	13		1	0	0	90.0	109	74	64	9	61	4	47	1	0	3
Tom Kelley	0	1	.000	6.26	7	1		1	0	0	23.0	34	18	16	1	11	0	17	0	0	4
Mike Bruhert	0	2	.000	5.32	7	2		0	0	0	22.0	25	23	13	1	19	0	18	3	1	6
Totals	60	78	.435	4.17	292	138	0	35	5	24	1158.0	1205	634	537	82	558	47	680	36	13	59	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
Brock Pemberton	138	591	520	64	151	26	7	3	58	4	5	58	30	.290	.363	.385	.747	200		4	4	5
Billy Baldwin	133	550	495	66	134	20	5	17	72	18	13	43	61	.271	.327	.434	.762	215		1	6	5
John Stearns	102	410	332	64	103	17	2	10	45	11	8	71	29	.310	.437	.464	.901	154		4	3	0
Ron Diggle	111	431	358	48	94	13	2	9	39	6	6	67	67	.263	.376	.385	.762	138		0	3	3
Randy Trapp	130	471	385	64	90	11	2	11	38	27	8	79	94	.234	.364	.358	.722	138		1	4	2
Luis Lora	72	290	266	34	75	8	5	2	26	19	8	15	32	.282	.315	.372	.687	99		0	4	5
Rich Miller	75	289	253	33	70	11	2	2	15	12	6	29	52	.277	.354	.360	.714	91		2	4	1
Leo Foster	71	252	230	26	66	11	1	5	39	6	3	17	28	.287	.339	.409	.747	94		2	1	2
Benny Ayala	87	323	293	41	66	9	2	12	48	5	0	24	56	.225	.283	.392	.675	115		1	1	4
Mark DeJohn	111	383	332	27	66	10	3	1	22	0	2	37	48	.199	.282	.256	.538	85		2	11	1
Jack Heidemann	37	169	149	26	53	9	1	4	27	4	2	13	19	.356	.412	.510	.922	76		2	4	1
Bill Dancy	42	151	138	10	35	5	2	0	20	1	4	9	20	.254	.295	.319	.614	44		0	2	2
James Kidder	43	124	113	10	28	5	0	2	12	3	2	6	17	.248	.283	.345	.628	39		0	4	1
Jay Kleven	55	176	155	11	27	3	0	1	13	0	1	16	24	.174	.247	.213	.460	33		0	2	3
Ken Perry	28	110	99	15	26	5	2	2	10	3	0	10	20	.263	.336	.414	.751	41		1	0	0
Leon Brown	21	88	78	14	25	5	0	1	13	4	1	7	6	.321	.384	.423	.807	33		1	2	0
Manny Lantigua	15	41	37	1	10	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	7	.270	.317	.297	.614	11		0	0	1
Jim Dwyer	8	30	26	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.192	.300	.231	.531	6		0	0	0
Dwight Bernard	17	9	9	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.333	.333	.667	1.000	6		0	0	0
Rick Baldwin	46	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.286	.500	.786	3		0	0	1
Randy Hammon	11	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	1	0
Dave Klenda	25	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.222	.333	2		0	0	0
Jackson Todd	27	25	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.048	.167	.048	.214	1		2	1	0
Dennis Solari	42	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Randy Tate	27	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Tom Makowski	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	2	0
Tom Kelley	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Jeff Grose	26	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Nino Espinosa	14	15	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike Bruhert	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Hank Webb	19	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1561	4983	4350	562	1133	172	36	83	506	126	69	512	660	.260	.339	.374	.713	1626	0	23	61	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Brock Pemberton	1B	138	1179	83	13	114	.990	9.145
Benny Ayala	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bill Dancy	2B	42	100	118	5	18	.978	5.190
Mark DeJohn	2B	36	74	116	6	19	.969	5.278
James Kidder	2B	31	72	67	9	19	.939	4.484
Ken Perry	2B	28	62	73	5	28	.964	4.821
Jack Heidemann	2B	4	9	13	1	4	.957	5.500
Leo Foster	2B	2	6	6	0	2	1.000	6.000
Randy Trapp	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy Trapp	3B	97	79	177	12	16	.955	2.639
Leo Foster	3B	22	21	41	3	7	.954	2.818
John Stearns	3B	21	18	39	6	2	.905	2.714
Jack Heidemann	3B	5	3	8	3	1	.786	2.200
James Kidder	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Stearns	C	84	398	61	8	8	.983	5.464	4
Jay Kleven	C	52	277	33	4	4	.987	5.962	8
Manny Lantigua	C	15	58	5	3	0	.955	4.200	2
Billy Baldwin	OF	133	259	11	4	3	.985	2.030
Ron Diggle	OF	82	146	5	2	1	.987	1.841
Rich Miller	OF	65	131	8	4	3	.972	2.138
Luis Lora	OF	57	136	5	3	0	.979	2.474
Benny Ayala	OF	32	45	2	3	0	.940	1.469
Randy Trapp	OF	30	37	5	4	2	.913	1.400
Leon Brown	OF	12	28	0	1	0	.966	2.333
Jim Dwyer	OF	7	14	0	1	0	.933	2.000
Rick Baldwin	P	46	2	17	0	0	1.000	.413
Dennis Solari	P	42	2	15	0	1	1.000	.405
Randy Tate	P	27	7	18	6	2	.806	.926
Jackson Todd	P	26	8	34	3	2	.933	1.615
Jeff Grose	P	26	4	16	1	1	.952	.769
Dave Klenda	P	25	2	18	1	2	.952	.800
Hank Webb	P	19	5	10	1	0	.938	.789
Dwight Bernard	P	15	4	15	1	0	.950	1.267
Tom Makowski	P	14	3	6	0	2	1.000	.643
Nino Espinosa	P	14	2	20	0	0	1.000	1.571
Bob Myrick	P	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	.308
Randy Hammon	P	11	5	9	0	0	1.000	1.273
Tom Kelley	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Mike Bruhert	P	7	0	4	3	0	.571	.571
Mark DeJohn	SS	76	113	221	10	39	.971	4.395
Leo Foster	SS	41	68	113	14	32	.928	4.415
Jack Heidemann	SS	27	40	74	5	8	.958	4.222
Totals		1435	3423	1472	145	340	.971	3.411	14	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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