1976 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-79
Finished 3rd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (63-79)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 127,361, Avg. 1,794
1976 West Palm Beach Expos RosterTeam Record: 63-79
Finished 3rd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (63-79)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 127,361, Avg. 1,794
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1976 season with a record of 63 wins and 79 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Expos scored 484 runs and allowed 522 runs. Dale McMullen drove in 46 runs. Art Miles topped hitters with significant playing time with a .248 average. Hal Dues led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.06 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1976 West Palm Beach Expos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Ratzer, Dan Schatzeder, Hal Dues and Bobby Ramos.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Dues | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.06 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 162.0 | 120 | 57 | 37 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 114 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Mike Finlayson | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.42 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 118 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.42 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.0 | 112 | 50 | 38 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Horn | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.41 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 148.0 | 132 | 71 | 56 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||
| David MacQuarrie | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.45 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 133.0 | 109 | 63 | 51 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Dan Schatzeder | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.67 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 49 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Gerdes | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.20 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 104.0 | 106 | 50 | 37 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robert Tenenini | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.03 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 104.0 | 104 | 53 | 35 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Lindell | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.64 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jose Bastian | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.30 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 55 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Ewell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Hill | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.60 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 70 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Horstmann | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Hanna | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 79 | .444 | 3.07 | 268 | 142 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 12 | 1148.0 | 1052 | 522 | 391 | 40 | 450 | 12 | 676 | 30 | 12 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Gingrich | 116 | 489 | 421 | 55 | 103 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 45 | 30 | .245 | .332 | .287 | .619 | 121 | 12 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Art Miles | 122 | 470 | 407 | 49 | 101 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 52 | 56 | .248 | .333 | .319 | .652 | 130 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Eddie Gates | 118 | 440 | 368 | 48 | 91 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 67 | .247 | .361 | .361 | .722 | 133 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dale McMullen | 120 | 464 | 410 | 41 | 89 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 78 | .217 | .292 | .341 | .633 | 140 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Ramos | 101 | 351 | 297 | 29 | 81 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 63 | .273 | .375 | .347 | .722 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Bengston | 102 | 385 | 334 | 44 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 51 | .234 | .322 | .332 | .654 | 111 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Godfrey Evans | 109 | 382 | 338 | 29 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 45 | .231 | .299 | .243 | .541 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Bill Welsh | 110 | 351 | 294 | 32 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 44 | 39 | .224 | .329 | .293 | .622 | 86 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Clay Westlake | 42 | 158 | 150 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .280 | .297 | .420 | .717 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| LaMart Harris | 62 | 204 | 188 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 37 | .213 | .264 | .255 | .519 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Goodman | 54 | 194 | 167 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 49 | .234 | .311 | .371 | .682 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Guy Krause | 53 | 208 | 163 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39 | .215 | .369 | .331 | .700 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Cunningham | 58 | 192 | 166 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .169 | .253 | .223 | .476 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| William Wood | 32 | 118 | 111 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .207 | .248 | .261 | .509 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julio Perez | 43 | 140 | 121 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 6 | .182 | .283 | .207 | .489 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ron Sorey | 22 | 95 | 80 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .262 | .379 | .400 | .779 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Gavillan | 33 | 97 | 90 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .222 | .263 | .233 | .496 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lloyd Thompson | 26 | 97 | 80 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | .200 | .319 | .200 | .519 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Staggs | 25 | 90 | 77 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .169 | .289 | .273 | .562 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitch Cipolla | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David MacQuarrie | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1376 | 4942 | 4275 | 484 | 990 | 139 | 24 | 47 | 422 | 120 | 40 | 510 | 695 | .232 | .320 | .308 | .628 | 1318 | 0 | 60 | 64 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bengston | 1B | 89 | 749 | 50 | 7 | 54 | .991 | 8.978 | ||||
| Guy Krause | 1B | 25 | 209 | 10 | 3 | 15 | .986 | 8.760 | ||||
| Ronald Staggs | 1B | 15 | 137 | 11 | 4 | 11 | .974 | 9.867 | ||||
| Bobby Goodman | 1B | 10 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.600 | ||||
| Clay Westlake | 1B | 6 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | 1B | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Bill Welsh | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Art Miles | 2B | 64 | 127 | 149 | 19 | 29 | .936 | 4.312 | ||||
| Gary Gingrich | 2B | 49 | 105 | 140 | 10 | 30 | .961 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | 2B | 23 | 43 | 56 | 3 | 8 | .971 | 4.304 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | 2B | 12 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 4.250 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | 3B | 44 | 40 | 50 | 6 | 5 | .938 | 2.045 | ||||
| Mark Cunningham | 3B | 34 | 20 | 59 | 2 | 3 | .975 | 2.324 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 3B | 29 | 23 | 42 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 2.241 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | 3B | 21 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Richard Bengston | 3B | 14 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 2.071 | ||||
| Guy Krause | 3B | 8 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 2.875 | ||||
| Bobby Ramos | C | 86 | 417 | 60 | 15 | 6 | .970 | 5.547 | 15 | |||
| Pedro Gavillan | C | 31 | 154 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .988 | 5.516 | 5 | |||
| Bobby Goodman | C | 27 | 117 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 4.963 | 5 | |||
| Mitch Cipolla | C | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 2 | |||
| Richard Bengston | C | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 0 | |||
| Dale McMullen | OF | 111 | 167 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Bill Welsh | OF | 106 | 195 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 1.934 | ||||
| Eddie Gates | OF | 92 | 145 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .957 | 1.674 | ||||
| LaMart Harris | OF | 54 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.852 | ||||
| Art Miles | OF | 21 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| Guy Krause | OF | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.850 | ||||
| William Wood | OF | 19 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Ron Sorey | OF | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.938 | ||||
| Gary Gingrich | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Steve Ratzer | P | 57 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .386 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 43 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .628 | ||||
| Larry Horn | P | 25 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.400 | ||||
| Hal Dues | P | 24 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .904 | 1.958 | ||||
| Mike Finlayson | P | 22 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| David MacQuarrie | P | 21 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.286 | ||||
| Bob Gerdes | P | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| William Hill | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jose Bastian | P | 9 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.778 | ||||
| Richard Lindell | P | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gary Horstmann | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mark Ewell | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Don Hanna | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Gingrich | SS | 58 | 91 | 113 | 15 | 19 | .932 | 3.517 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | SS | 56 | 101 | 151 | 14 | 24 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Art Miles | SS | 33 | 49 | 95 | 23 | 17 | .862 | 4.364 | ||||
| Lloyd Thompson | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1461 | 3454 | 1373 | 192 | 274 | .962 | 3.304 | 27 | 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.
