1977 Utica Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 43-28
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Duane Larson (43-28)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 49,398, Avg. 1,391
The Utica Blue Jays of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1977 season with a record of 43 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Blue Jays scored 415 runs and conceded 368 runs. Greg Wells paced Utica with 13 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .339. Chuck Fore topped the team with 7 wins, and Randy Wiens recorded a 2.95 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1977 Utica Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jesse Barfield, Greg Wells and Paul Hodgson.
Duane Larson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Fore | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.08 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Rohm | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.45 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 104 | 63 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scott Gregory | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.91 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 64 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Rosario | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.26 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 47 | 36 | 31 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Thomas DeJak | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.97 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 56 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy Wiens | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.95 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 58.0 | 63 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.44 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 88 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 41 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jay Robertson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.46 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.0 | 43 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Miguel Gomez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Remo Cardinale | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Oravec | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.00 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Carlos Williams | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack Hollis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 28 | .606 | 4.09 | 149 | 71 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 603.0 | 597 | 368 | 274 | 58 | 336 | 17 | 421 | 17 | 7 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 71 | 310 | 286 | 49 | 97 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 30 | .339 | .377 | .584 | .961 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Hertel | 70 | 313 | 277 | 54 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 27 | 61 | .256 | .317 | .343 | .660 | 95 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Pete Rowe | 67 | 283 | 243 | 49 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 24 | .267 | .355 | .387 | .741 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ron Sorey | 70 | 293 | 225 | 57 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 33 | 8 | 61 | 50 | .262 | .418 | .471 | .889 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rocket Wheeler | 67 | 279 | 238 | 42 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 25 | .231 | .339 | .307 | .646 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Barfield | 70 | 283 | 234 | 37 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 78 | .226 | .341 | .355 | .695 | 83 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tom Goffena | 60 | 230 | 200 | 32 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 39 | .255 | .335 | .280 | .615 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dwayne Wright | 67 | 259 | 218 | 37 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 32 | .234 | .335 | .344 | .679 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Daryl Hill | 57 | 208 | 178 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 27 | .247 | .322 | .281 | .603 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| George Mitchell | 47 | 167 | 120 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 19 | .225 | .398 | .292 | .689 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Kevin Knuth | 34 | 82 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .284 | .338 | .351 | .689 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Hodgson | 7 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .474 | .630 | .579 | 1.209 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Perez | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 693 | 2748 | 2324 | 416 | 606 | 90 | 23 | 44 | 354 | 110 | 45 | 340 | 403 | .261 | .355 | .376 | .731 | 874 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 1B | 70 | 646 | 35 | 14 | 49 | .980 | 9.729 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Knuth | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daryl Hill | 2B | 56 | 125 | 151 | 27 | 36 | .911 | 4.929 | ||||
| George Mitchell | 2B | 14 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 3.643 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 2B | 9 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .930 | 4.444 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 3B | 61 | 48 | 113 | 22 | 8 | .880 | 2.639 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 3B | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| George Mitchell | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Luis Perez | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Paul Hodgson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dwayne Wright | C | 40 | 251 | 36 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 7.175 | 13 | |||
| Pete Rowe | C | 34 | 206 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 6.912 | 4 | |||
| Ron Sorey | OF | 69 | 108 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .933 | 1.623 | ||||
| Jesse Barfield | OF | 67 | 122 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .908 | 1.910 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | OF | 58 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .960 | 1.638 | ||||
| Kevin Knuth | OF | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
| Paul Hodgson | OF | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| George Mitchell | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Wiens | P | 25 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .600 | ||||
| Jay Robertson | P | 19 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .895 | ||||
| David Rohm | P | 15 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.067 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | P | 14 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jose Rosario | P | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Scott Gregory | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .636 | .538 | ||||
| Thomas DeJak | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Remo Cardinale | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Oravec | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Chuck Fore | P | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Jack Hollis | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Miguel Gomez | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Carlos Williams | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Goffena | SS | 59 | 90 | 170 | 19 | 30 | .932 | 4.407 | ||||
| George Mitchell | SS | 19 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 9 | .936 | 3.842 | ||||
| Totals | 759 | 1817 | 759 | 144 | 161 | .947 | 3.394 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
