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1976 Niagara Falls Pirates

1976 > Class Short-Season A > 1976 New York-Pennsylvania League
Overall: 35-34
Scored 350 runs, Allowed 362 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 33-36

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Glenn Ezell
Represented: Niagara Falls, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1975 / 1977

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Mark Batchko	22	25	94	73	3	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	16	22	.178	.330	.192	.521	14	1	3	1
2	Tom Burke	22	10	34	29	8	9	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	1	.310	.382	.448	.831	13	1	0	1
3	James Burkett*	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
4	Jorge Carty	19	52	198	174	26	39	3	2	1	13	13	4	17	18	.224	.303	.282	.584	49	3	3	1
5	Steven Fleming	19	41	145	104	22	20	3	1	3	16	3	2	40	28	.192	.421	.327	.748	34	1	0	0
6	Jeffrey Greenhalgh*	23	24	90	61	11	7	1	0	1	5	2	2	26	25	.115	.393	.180	.574	11	2	1	0
7	Rick Honeycutt*	22	59	240	186	35	56	9	0	4	25	5	4	53	29	.301	.458	.414	.872	77	1	0	0
8	Richard Howard	22	62	251	193	34	52	7	3	2	31	6	2	53	41	.269	.423	.368	.791	71	0	3	2
9	Allen Leech	22	41	170	138	20	27	4	0	1	12	3	0	21	37	.196	.313	.246	.560	34	4	4	3
10	Bob Long	21	3	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1	0
11	Charles Rouse*	19	55	245	215	25	52	5	3	0	20	8	2	28	43	.242	.332	.293	.625	63	1	1	0
12	Willie Royster	22	53	234	196	30	46	7	1	8	35	10	2	30	51	.235	.341	.403	.744	79	3	2	3
13	Luis Salazar	20	42	169	151	18	36	3	4	1	17	7	2	7	26	.238	.274	.331	.606	50	2	5	4
14	Simon Santana*	18	64	297	250	34	49	5	2	0	25	5	3	33	45	.196	.294	.232	.526	58	2	11	1
15	Philip Scaffidi	20	33	99	83	12	23	0	1	0	12	1	0	11	11	.277	.368	.301	.670	25	1	4	0
16	Richard Walterhouse*	23	69	315	258	46	79	9	2	4	42	18	5	48	23	.306	.415	.403	.818	104	2	4	3
17	Robert Weismiller	24	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
18	Jerome Yandrick*	22	41	182	161	23	48	11	2	3	28	2	1	18	22	.298	.370	.447	.817	72	1	1	1
	18 Players	20.9	69	2769	2277	350	557	68	23	28	291	83	30	404	425	.245	.362	.332	.693	755	25	43	20	23

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	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
1	James Burkett	19	3	2	.600	2.37	19	1		0	0	2	38.0	31	16	10	0	26	1	21	1	0	2	1.500	7.3	0.0	6.2	5.0	0.81
2	Don Cain	20	1	1	.500	2.57	11	0		0	0	0	21.0	13	9	6	0	4	0	13	1	0	3	0.810	5.6	0.0	1.7	5.6	3.25
3	Rick Honeycutt*	22	5	3	.625	2.60	13	12		7	1	1	97.0	91	36	28	5	20	0	98	4	0	2	1.144	8.4	0.5	1.9	9.1	4.90
4	Mark Howard	22	0	3	.000	2.79	12	3		0	0	0	29.0	30	13	9	0	21	1	16	0	0	0	1.759	9.3	0.0	6.5	5.0	0.76
5	Laurence Kienzle*	22	4	2	.667	3.53	18	6		3	0	2	51.0	34	29	20	2	42	0	43	4	0	9	1.490	6.0	0.4	7.4	7.6	1.02
6	Bob Long	21	3	5	.375	4.10	11	11		3	1	0	68.0	74	44	31	1	35	1	32	1	0	6	1.603	9.8	0.1	4.6	4.2	0.91
7	Jim Parke	18	7	4	.636	4.50	13	13		4	0	0	84.0	100	65	42	2	42	2	40	2	0	5	1.690	10.7	0.2	4.5	4.3	0.95
8	Rick Peterson*	21	1	0	1.000	4.20	5	2		0	0	1	15.0	14	12	7	1	15	0	16	0	0	2	1.933	8.4	0.6	9.0	9.6	1.07
9	Stephen Prentice	19	0	3	.000	5.28	17	1		0	0	1	46.0	55	38	27	5	20	0	32	3	1	3	1.630	10.8	1.0	3.9	6.3	1.60
10	James Rogers	20	5	2	.714	2.78	14	5		0	0	1	55.0	50	32	17	2	28	1	22	2	0	9	1.418	8.2	0.3	4.6	3.6	0.79
11	Brian Schwerman	19	1	3	.250	4.75	7	7		0	0	0	36.0	41	24	19	2	22	0	15	2	0	4	1.750	10.2	0.5	5.5	3.8	0.68
12	Robert Semerano	--	0	0		9.00	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	5	1	3	0	0	1	2.500	11.2	0.0	11.2	6.8	0.60
13	Robert Weismiller	24	5	6	.455	3.46	19	8		1	0	2	65.0	66	40	25	1	19	1	60	1	0	2	1.308	9.1	0.1	2.6	8.3	3.16
	13 Players	20.7	35	34	.507	3.63	69	69	51	18	2	10	607.0	604	362	245	21	299	8	411	21	1	48	1.488	9.0	0.3	4.4	6.1	1.37

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Willie Royster	49	288	41	9	1	.973	6.71	13
Mark Batchko	22	153	10	5	1	.970	7.41	5
Luis Salazar	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerome Yandrick	41	343	28	7	22	.981	9.05
Jeffrey Greenhalgh	24	171	15	6	14	.969	7.75
Philip Scaffidi	6	35	7	7	2	.857	7.00
Rick Honeycutt	2	12	0	1	1	.923	6.00
Richard Walterhouse	1	10	0	1	1	.909	10.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Rouse	55	141	130	13	27	.954	4.93
Richard Walterhouse	12	26	25	4	5	.927	4.25
Luis Salazar	1	2	1	1	0	.750	3.00
Philip Scaffidi	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Richard Walterhouse	55		59	115	18	7	.906	3.16
Richard Howard	13		12	28	9	1	.816	3.08

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Allen Leech	41	59	135	23	23	.894	4.73
Luis Salazar	19	41	46	12	5	.879	4.58
Philip Scaffidi	15	33	34	7	6	.905	4.47
Rick Honeycutt	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Simon Santana	64	132	3	7	1	.951	2.11
Jorge Carty	49	81	5	7	1	.925	1.76
Richard Howard	43	62	3	7	1	.903	1.51
Steven Fleming	35	46	1	2	0	.959	1.34
Luis Salazar	17	30	3	5	0	.868	1.94
Tom Burke	8	16	1	1	0	.944	2.13
Willie Royster	2	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
James Burkett	19	2	12	1	0	.933	0.74
Robert Weismiller	19	7	8	1	0	.938	0.79
Laurence Kienzle	18	4	4	2	0	.800	0.44
Stephen Prentice	17	4	7	1	0	.917	0.65
James Rogers	14	1	9	1	0	.909	0.71
Rick Honeycutt	13	13	25	3	2	.927	2.92
Jim Parke	13	9	4	3	0	.813	1.00
Mark Howard	12	3	2	1	0	.833	0.42
Don Cain	11	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.55
Bob Long	11	5	8	1	1	.929	1.18
Brian Schwerman	7	4	8	1	0	.923	1.71
Rick Peterson	5	0	2	1	0	.667	0.40
Robert Semerano	3	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Mark Batchko	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	1954
Tom Burke	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	1954
James Burkett	19	L	R			1957
Don Cain	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1956
Jorge Carty	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1957
Steven Fleming	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1957
Jeffrey Greenhalgh	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	1953
Rick Honeycutt	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 29, 1954	Chattanooga, TN, US
Mark Howard	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	1954
Richard Howard	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1954
Laurence Kienzle	22	R	L	5' 9.0"	160	1954
Allen Leech	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1954
Bob Long	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	178	Nov 11, 1954	Jasper, TN, US
Jim Parke	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	1958
Rick Peterson	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 30, 1954	New Brunswick, NJ, US
Stephen Prentice	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	1957
James Rogers	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	1956
Charles Rouse	19	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	1957
Willie Royster	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Apr 11, 1954	Clarksville, VA, US
Luis Salazar	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	180	May 19, 1956	Barcelona, Anzoategui, VE
Simon Santana	18	L	L	5' 11.0"	155	1958
Philip Scaffidi	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1956
Brian Schwerman	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	172	1957
Robert Semerano	--	R	R	6' 5.0"	205	Unknown
Richard Walterhouse	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	1953
Robert Weismiller	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1952
Jerome Yandrick	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	195	1954

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