1977 Visalia Oaks Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-75
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Roy McMillan (65-75)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 44,747, Avg. 639

1977 Visalia Oaks Roster

The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1977 season with a record of 65 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Oaks scored 920 runs and conceded 978 runs. Rick Sofield led Visalia with 27 home runs, while Richard Green, Rick Duncan and John Castino each walloped 15 or more, too. Rick Sofield and Richard Green each drove in 107 runs. Rick Sofield paced all regular batters with a .328 average. Vincent Titus topped the squad with 11 wins, and Tim Costello recorded a 5.02 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1977 Visalia Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Castino, Rick Sofield, Kevin Stanfield, Ray Smith and Jim Gideon.

Roy McMillan 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
Vincent Titus	11	10	.524	5.34	37	16		6	2	2	150.0	179	110	89	16	63	0	81	2	1	9
Tim Costello	9	8	.529	5.02	32	22		8	1	0	163.0	196	106	91	13	74	2	84	2	1	15
Kevin Stanfield	9	8	.529	5.72	27	17		8	1	0	129.0	174	101	82	12	40	0	77	4	0	6
Frank Quintero	9	9	.500	5.98	36	20		5	1	1	149.0	186	122	99	7	93	1	82	5	3	24
Charles Renneau	8	5	.615	6.15	46	4		1	1	5	117.0	128	102	80	10	88	2	101	5	0	20
Dean Olson	5	6	.455	4.86	14	14		2	0	0	74.0	63	55	40	4	58	0	48	2	1	11
Robert Carroll	5	12	.294	6.42	28	23		3	0	0	129.0	179	112	92	14	61	3	69	5	1	19
Dwight Lewis	4	2	.667	3.83	23	0		0	0	6	47.0	48	26	20	2	13	2	56	3	1	2
Kevin Meistickle	2	1	.667	6.43	18	0		0	0	2	56.0	61	43	40	6	22	0	39	1	0	2
Carlos Lopez	2	3	.400	5.29	8	8		0	0	0	34.0	40	32	20	3	16	0	11	2	1	2
Dean Moranda	1	0	1.000	14.25	5	3		0	0	0	12.0	22	23	19	2	17	0	7	0	0	2
John Altman	0	1	.000	8.15	16	4		0	0	1	53.0	72	56	48	10	32	1	31	3	2	8
Sabah Mendez	0	2	.000	7.88	8	0		0	0	0	16.0	23	25	14	4	15	1	9	1	1	6
Jim Gideon	0	2	.000	13.50	2	1		0	0	0	6.0	10	11	9	1	9	1	4	0	0	3
Robert Border	0	3	.000	9.86	6	4		0	0	0	21.0	35	28	23	3	22	0	11	1	1	1
Steven Hypes	0	3	.000	12.50	5	4		0	0	0	18.0	34	26	25	4	7	0	9	1	0	1
Totals	65	75	.464	6.06	311	140	0	33	6	17	1174.0	1450	978	791	111	630	13	719	37	13	131	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
Richard Green	133	589	502	92	146	23	3	16	107	1	0	75	65	.291	.381	.444	.825	223		2	3	7
Rick Duncan	116	504	449	87	138	14	2	18	83	9	3	45	45	.307	.369	.468	.837	210		2	3	5
Rick Sofield	108	478	403	106	132	22	8	27	107	10	4	67	93	.328	.421	.623	1.043	251		2	0	6
Steve Benson	132	598	499	99	132	29	4	14	82	35	8	88	79	.265	.375	.423	.798	211		3	3	5
Glenn Purvis	111	430	362	62	95	12	9	7	58	18	4	57	135	.262	.370	.403	.773	146		6	3	2
John Castino	72	311	275	54	90	14	5	16	54	13	4	31	53	.327	.395	.589	.984	162		1	2	2
Joseph Stewart	91	410	323	75	88	11	1	4	45	12	2	76	81	.272	.416	.350	.766	113		5	4	2
Rick Cyburt	75	333	288	51	80	4	0	0	31	4	3	32	23	.278	.352	.292	.644	84		2	9	2
David Long	74	295	257	46	67	15	1	5	46	6	4	32	46	.261	.347	.385	.732	99		3	1	2
Leland Byrd	78	305	245	54	59	7	1	3	25	6	1	48	40	.241	.377	.314	.692	77		7	3	2
Doug Duncan	80	324	254	47	58	13	0	8	44	0	2	65	70	.228	.393	.374	.767	95		4	1	0
William Stone	71	283	242	43	57	6	2	2	34	9	1	30	33	.236	.315	.302	.617	73		0	7	4
James LaFountain	38	175	155	31	52	11	1	9	31	0	1	19	36	.335	.411	.594	1.005	92		1	0	0
Ray Smith	33	142	120	23	43	6	0	1	20	0	3	19	14	.358	.458	.433	.891	52		3	0	0
Thomas Westlake	32	141	127	18	35	1	1	2	20	1	0	10	28	.276	.331	.346	.677	44		1	2	1
Tim Loberg	30	109	95	12	20	2	1	1	10	5	0	13	16	.211	.312	.284	.596	27		1	0	0
Mickey Weeks	15	70	62	10	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	8	16	.210	.300	.226	.526	14		0	0	0
Joseph Bennett	10	44	35	10	11	2	0	0	3	5	0	8	5	.314	.455	.371	.826	13		1	0	0
Totals	1299	5541	4693	920	1316	193	39	133	805	134	40	723	878	.280	.379	.423	.802	1986	0	44	41	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Richard Green	1B	133	1134	69	20	94	.984	9.045
Rick Duncan	1B	7	42	1	3	3	.935	6.143
Tim Loberg	1B	4	35	4	0	2	1.000	9.750
Steve Benson	2B	99	241	300	16	61	.971	5.465
William Stone	2B	32	74	97	13	17	.929	5.344
Joseph Bennett	2B	10	23	21	4	5	.917	4.400
John Castino	3B	72	68	152	13	11	.944	3.056
Leland Byrd	3B	62	45	137	16	9	.919	2.935
Tim Loberg	3B	7	10	13	4	2	.852	3.286
William Stone	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Benson	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Doug Duncan	C	77	415	57	8	5	.983	6.130	14
Rick Duncan	C	52	244	34	11	3	.962	5.346	17
Mickey Weeks	C	15	85	15	5	3	.952	6.667	10
Glenn Purvis	OF	111	248	10	12	1	.956	2.324
Rick Sofield	OF	104	198	15	10	4	.955	2.048
Joseph Stewart	OF	91	143	11	12	1	.928	1.692
David Long	OF	58	93	6	7	0	.934	1.707
Thomas Westlake	OF	32	65	5	3	1	.959	2.188
Rick Duncan	OF	23	36	1	4	0	.902	1.609
Leland Byrd	OF	13	10	0	0	0	1.000	.769
Tim Loberg	OF	12	12	1	0	0	1.000	1.083
Charles Renneau	P	46	7	10	2	1	.895	.370
Vincent Titus	P	37	5	19	1	3	.960	.649
Frank Quintero	P	36	15	26	6	0	.872	1.139
Tim Costello	P	32	7	20	4	4	.871	.844
Robert Carroll	P	28	13	12	3	1	.893	.893
Kevin Stanfield	P	27	4	15	3	0	.864	.704
Dwight Lewis	P	23	2	7	2	0	.818	.391
Kevin Meistickle	P	18	0	7	0	0	1.000	.389
John Altman	P	16	1	14	2	0	.882	.938
Dean Olson	P	14	6	17	2	4	.920	1.643
Sabah Mendez	P	8	1	1	1	0	.667	.250
Carlos Lopez	P	8	2	4	0	1	1.000	.750
Robert Border	P	6	2	2	1	1	.800	.667
Dean Moranda	P	5	0	2	1	1	.667	.400
Steven Hypes	P	5	3	3	1	0	.857	1.200
Jim Gideon	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Cyburt	SS	75	118	244	20	42	.948	4.827
Ray Smith	SS	32	54	101	19	11	.891	4.844
Steve Benson	SS	25	43	79	15	16	.891	4.880
Tim Loberg	SS	7	16	17	4	5	.892	4.714
Leland Byrd	SS	3	1	4	2	1	.714	1.667
Totals		1469	3522	1558	250	313	.953	3.458	41	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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