1977 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 68-64
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Harry Dunlop (68-64)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 132,488, Avg. 2,007
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1977 season with a record of 68 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Aeros plated 646 runs and gave up 629 runs. Mike Adams paced Wichita with 23 home runs, while Jim Dwyer walloped 15 or more as well. Mike Adams drove in 91 runs. Jim Dwyer topped all regular batters with a .332 average. Dennis Lamp and Chuck Rogers led the squad with 11 wins each, and Dennis Lamp recorded a 2.93 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1977 Wichita Aeros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ken Frailing, Ed Crosby, Ed Putman, Dennis Lamp, Bobby Darwin, Donnie Moore, Scot Thompson, Gaylen Pitts, Larry Anderson, Mike Sember, Oscar Zamora, Mike Gordon, Gerry Pirtle, Joe Decker, Jim Dwyer, Willie Prall, Keith Drumright, George Riley, Jim Todd, Mike Adams, Pete Broberg, Dave Schneck, Rick Jones and Dave Geisel.
Harry Dunlop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lamp | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.93 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 129.0 | 116 | 54 | 42 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Rogers | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.39 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 168.0 | 192 | 96 | 82 | 17 | 44 | 3 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.39 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 80.0 | 81 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pete Broberg | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.38 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 91 | 61 | 52 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.22 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98.0 | 106 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.87 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 137 | 91 | 73 | 18 | 72 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Decker | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.70 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 94 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Donnie Moore | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.91 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 68 | 38 | 36 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.40 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 95 | 49 | 46 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Todd | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27.0 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Willie Prall | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.60 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 66 | 49 | 44 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.30 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Riley | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.54 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 63 | .515 | 4.46 | 328 | 129 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 30 | 1083.0 | 1127 | 616 | 537 | 110 | 408 | 15 | 638 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dwyer | 130 | 588 | 464 | 113 | 154 | 38 | 12 | 18 | 70 | 28 | 13 | 108 | 40 | .332 | .459 | .582 | 1.041 | 270 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Scot Thompson | 124 | 500 | 446 | 77 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 42 | .305 | .369 | .455 | .824 | 203 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Mike Adams | 120 | 465 | 371 | 77 | 119 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 91 | 24 | 5 | 80 | 70 | .321 | .438 | .596 | 1.034 | 221 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Kent Jacobson | 118 | 448 | 397 | 48 | 113 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 54 | .285 | .353 | .423 | .776 | 168 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dave Schneck | 118 | 443 | 391 | 57 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 77 | .240 | .317 | .402 | .719 | 157 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Sember | 103 | 367 | 322 | 46 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 107 | .245 | .326 | .342 | .668 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Keith Drumright | 84 | 288 | 268 | 37 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | .287 | .329 | .354 | .683 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Gordon | 112 | 403 | 337 | 46 | 77 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 74 | .228 | .344 | .383 | .727 | 129 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ed Crosby | 70 | 252 | 228 | 29 | 67 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 28 | .294 | .361 | .404 | .765 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Putman | 82 | 275 | 234 | 31 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 39 | .265 | .363 | .402 | .764 | 94 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Stodgel | 66 | 185 | 161 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | .236 | .320 | .385 | .706 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Umfleet | 48 | 147 | 126 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 23 | .214 | .303 | .262 | .565 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Darwin | 25 | 100 | 79 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 26 | .266 | .410 | .557 | .967 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Rogers | 28 | 67 | 57 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .211 | .246 | .351 | .597 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Lamp | 20 | 54 | 42 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .214 | .327 | .238 | .565 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Pete Broberg | 14 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .242 | .265 | .515 | .780 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Moore | 11 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .240 | .269 | .360 | .629 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Decker | 14 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Prall | 22 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .278 | .350 | .333 | .683 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 28 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 27 | 48 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .114 | .184 | .114 | .298 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 59 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Droege | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gaylen Pitts | 5 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .167 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 53 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Jones | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Riley | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Todd | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Obal | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1538 | 4862 | 4162 | 646 | 1126 | 199 | 43 | 120 | 589 | 84 | 40 | 567 | 715 | .271 | .359 | .426 | .785 | 1771 | 0 | 28 | 69 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scot Thompson | 1B | 98 | 884 | 60 | 6 | 93 | .994 | 9.633 | ||||
| Ed Putman | 1B | 35 | 313 | 20 | 1 | 27 | .997 | 9.514 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 1B | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Mike Umfleet | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Keith Drumright | 2B | 76 | 148 | 226 | 11 | 49 | .971 | 4.921 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 2B | 45 | 97 | 113 | 6 | 26 | .972 | 4.667 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 2B | 24 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 10 | .963 | 3.292 | ||||
| Mike Umfleet | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 3B | 62 | 41 | 124 | 6 | 8 | .965 | 2.661 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 3B | 39 | 24 | 62 | 6 | 7 | .935 | 2.205 | ||||
| Mike Umfleet | 3B | 38 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 1 | .925 | 2.579 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | 3B | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Gaylen Pitts | 3B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Gordon | C | 102 | 529 | 48 | 12 | 9 | .980 | 5.657 | 3 | |||
| Ed Putman | C | 32 | 150 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 5.312 | 6 | |||
| Douglas Stodgel | C | 7 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 2 | |||
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 130 | 245 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .969 | 1.931 | ||||
| Dave Schneck | OF | 112 | 202 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .977 | 1.893 | ||||
| Kent Jacobson | OF | 109 | 163 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .965 | 1.505 | ||||
| Bobby Darwin | OF | 24 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.917 | ||||
| Scot Thompson | OF | 22 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.727 | ||||
| Mike Adams | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ed Putman | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Droege | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 59 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .390 | ||||
| Gerry Pirtle | P | 53 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .453 | ||||
| Chuck Rogers | P | 28 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 5 | .961 | 1.750 | ||||
| Dave Geisel | P | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .643 | ||||
| Steve Hamrick | P | 27 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Willie Prall | P | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Dennis Lamp | P | 20 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jim Todd | P | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Ken Frailing | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .467 | ||||
| Joe Decker | P | 14 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Pete Broberg | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donnie Moore | P | 11 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 2.364 | ||||
| George Riley | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Jones | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Sember | SS | 99 | 143 | 296 | 24 | 67 | .948 | 4.434 | ||||
| Ed Crosby | SS | 35 | 54 | 99 | 12 | 25 | .927 | 4.371 | ||||
| Mark Obal | SS | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3290 | 1437 | 139 | 348 | .971 | 3.267 | 11 | 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.
