1977 Midwest League

1977 > Class A > League History
Overall: 555 games, 8 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1976 / 1978
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1976 / 1978

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1976 / 1978

League Standings

Regular Season

140 games

North Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Waterloo Indians	CLE	80	58	0	.580	--
Wisconsin Rapids Twins	MIN	66	72	0	.478	14
Wausau Mets	NYM	55	83	1	.399	25
Appleton Foxes	CHW	54	84	0	.391	26

South Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Clinton Dodgers	LAD	79	59	0	.572	--
Quad Cities Angels	CAL	75	64	0	.540	4.5
Cedar Rapids Giants	SFG	74	66	0	.529	6
Burlington Bees	MIL	71	68	1	.511	8.5

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Waterloo Indians	CLE	21.7	5.93	138	5286	4416	819	1183	218	24	143	716	125	79	735	891	.268	.377	.425	.802	1878	60	37	38	12
Burlington Bees	MIL	21.2	5.11	140	5183	4420	715	1191	205	26	94	626	123	52	616	749	.269	.360	.391	.752	1730	42	52	53	21
Cedar Rapids Giants	SFG	21.1	5.08	140	5347	4590	711	1211	194	26	144	630	104	43	626	897	.264	.355	.412	.767	1889	43	53	35	17
Wausau Mets	NYM	20.7	4.92	139	5174	4460	684	1117	181	19	121	589	156	60	576	996	.250	.342	.381	.723	1699	61	44	33	29
Quad Cities Angels	CAL	21.1	4.78	139	5188	4486	665	1142	212	38	79	584	156	56	577	903	.255	.342	.372	.714	1667	41	47	37	20
Clinton Dodgers	LAD	20.9	4.72	138	5072	4319	651	1126	190	28	65	534	154	75	617	768	.261	.355	.363	.718	1567	38	60	38	37
Wisconsin Rapids Twins	MIN	22.1	4.64	138	5161	4426	640	1145	178	20	100	552	99	62	623	902	.259	.354	.376	.729	1663	42	43	27	22
Appleton Foxes	CHW	20.6	4.14	138	5025	4353	571	1072	172	42	62	482	138	54	572	876	.246	.335	.348	.683	1514	30	33	37	11
League Totals		21.2	4.92	1110	41436	35470	5456	9187	1550	223	808	4713	1055	481	4942	6982	.259	.353	.384	.736	13607	357	369	298	169

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Clinton Dodgers	LAD	20.9	4.50	79	59	.572	3.98	138	138	93	45	5	23	1156.0	1129	621	511	74	709	9	861	28	18	119	1.590	8.8	0.6	5.5	6.7	1.21
Quad Cities Angels	CAL	20.5	4.50	75	64	.540	3.83	139	139	95	44	10	19	1181.0	1028	625	503	75	688	29	837	46	11	107	1.453	7.8	0.6	5.2	6.4	1.22
Cedar Rapids Giants	SFG	20.8	4.53	74	66	.529	3.73	140	140	99	41	8	27	1198.0	1076	634	497	93	595	23	949	45	9	62	1.395	8.1	0.7	4.5	7.1	1.60
Waterloo Indians	CLE	21.3	4.94	80	58	.580	4.43	138	138	103	35	12	25	1157.0	1168	682	569	116	597	26	838	52	11	74	1.525	9.1	0.9	4.6	6.5	1.40
Wisconsin Rapids Twins	MIN	21.5	5.01	66	72	.478	4.47	138	138	95	43	8	17	1158.0	1237	692	575	114	549	12	774	38	4	81	1.542	9.6	0.9	4.3	6.0	1.41
Burlington Bees	MIL	20.6	5.14	71	68	.511	4.45	140	140	106	34	4	21	1155.0	1171	720	571	128	512	26	837	36	8	57	1.457	9.1	1.0	4.0	6.5	1.63
Wausau Mets	NYM	20.2	5.19	55	83	.399	4.26	139	139	115	24	5	22	1165.0	1230	721	552	117	596	24	945	31	10	82	1.567	9.5	0.9	4.6	7.3	1.59
Appleton Foxes	CHW	21.0	5.51	54	84	.391	4.69	138	138	102	36	5	17	1143.0	1148	761	595	91	696	20	941	81	7	87	1.613	9.0	0.7	5.5	7.4	1.35
League Totals		20.8	4.92	554	554	.500	4.23	1110	1110	808	302	57	171	9313.0	9187	5456	4373	808	4942	169	6982	357	78	669	1.517	8.9	0.8	4.8	6.7	1.41

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Wisconsin Rapids Twins	MIN	138	3474	1618	181	137	.966	26	Carlos Pascual, Red Robbins and Jim Rantz
Quad Cities Angels	CAL	139	3543	1623	198	123	.963	48	Chuck Cottier
Clinton Dodgers	LAD	138	3468	1481	194	156	.962	23	Dick McLaughlin
Cedar Rapids Giants	SFG	140	3594	1518	210	132	.961	23	Jack Mull
Waterloo Indians	CLE	138	3470	1607	235	143	.956	23	Woody Smith
Burlington Bees	MIL	140	3464	1472	250	109	.952	9	Denis Menke
Appleton Foxes	CHW	138	3430	1495	252	109	.951	37	Gordy Lund
Wausau Mets	NYM	139	3495	1479	260	126	.950	34	Tom Egan
League Totals		1110	27938	12293	1780	1035	.958	223

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