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1977 Oklahoma City 89ers

1977 > Class AAA > 1977 American Association (West)
Overall: 70-66
Scored 603 runs, Allowed 634 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-71

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Cal Emery, Mike Ryan and Bill Connors
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1976 / 1978

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Fred Andrews 25 106 426 390 59 113 22 5 7 51 1 4 31 60 .290 .347 .426 .772 166 3 2 0
2 Jack Bastable 25 113 392 358 26 78 12 0 4 45 9 11 25 58 .218 .272 .285 .557 102 3 2 4
3 Fred Beene# 34 9 15 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 1 0
4 Gary Begnaud 24 20 68 57 14 10 1 0 3 9 2 0 11 11 .175 .309 .351 .660 20 0 0 0
5 Dan Boitano 24 29 30 24 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 9 .125 .250 .250 .500 6 0 2 0
6 Rick Bosetti 23 81 357 323 61 100 17 5 7 21 23 10 30 40 .310 .370 .458 .828 148 2 0 2 Stats for 2 teams
7 Todd Brenizer# 25 16 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
8 Bobby Brown# 23 79 331 312 53 98 12 5 4 22 36 7 18 41 .314 .352 .423 .775 132 0 1 0
9 Warren Brusstar 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
10 Mike Buskey 28 135 517 465 46 109 12 9 8 54 14 4 41 75 .234 .296 .351 .647 163 2 4 5
11 Bill Champion 29 29 27 22 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .227 .320 .318 .638 7 0 2 0
12 Bill Dancy# 25 87 191 177 17 55 8 4 1 29 0 5 12 22 .311 .353 .418 .771 74 0 1 1
13 Kerry Dineen* 24 33 97 91 10 26 5 1 1 13 7 2 6 8 .286 .330 .396 .726 36 0 0 0
14 Daniel Fitzgerald 25 76 219 192 24 42 8 0 3 19 9 6 22 61 .219 .298 .307 .605 59 1 1 3
15 Dane Iorg* 27 75 318 273 47 90 14 4 9 48 3 1 42 35 .330 .420 .509 .929 139 1 1 1 Stats for 2 teams
16 Bob Johnson* 34 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
17 Larry Kiser 27 31 50 42 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 12 .143 .200 .214 .414 9 0 5 0
18 Chuck Kniffin 26 52 14 13 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .231 .286 .308 .593 4 0 0 0
19 Manny Lantigua 25 42 102 96 12 24 1 0 0 8 0 0 6 17 .250 .294 .260 .555 25 0 0 0
20 Keith Moreland 23 7 14 13 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 0
21 Jim Morrison 24 127 505 452 72 133 23 4 12 71 14 10 37 69 .294 .349 .442 .791 200 5 3 8
22 Carl Morton 33 27 68 59 9 14 0 1 3 12 0 0 3 18 .237 .270 .424 .694 25 0 5 1
23 Bill Nahorodny 23 115 437 386 52 101 16 4 17 69 7 2 40 72 .262 .330 .456 .786 176 3 1 7
24 John Poff* 24 69 261 225 37 69 9 7 5 36 4 2 33 43 .307 .394 .476 .869 107 0 2 1
25 Manny Seoane 22 27 58 53 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 .075 .075 .075 .151 4 0 5 0
26 Lonnie Smith 21 125 533 477 91 132 14 10 4 41 45 7 49 63 .277 .347 .373 .720 178 3 2 2
27 Steve Staggs 26 63 283 244 66 92 17 3 5 29 20 7 36 23 .377 .456 .533 .988 130 0 2 1 Stats for 2 teams
28 Dave Wallace 29 57 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 2 0 1 0
29 Dan Warthen# 24 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
30 Steve Waterbury 25 16 23 19 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .105 .190 .105 .296 2 0 2 0
31 Jim Wright 22 22 62 55 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 28 .127 .200 .145 .345 8 0 2 0
31 Players 24.7 136 4869 4375 603 1150 169 55 83 537 164 66 393 779 .263 .324 .384 .708 1678 22 46 33 24
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Fred Beene 34 2 2 .500 4.86 9 7 0 0 1 37.0 51 23 20 2 11 0 23 0 0 2 1.676 12.4 0.5 2.7 5.6 2.09
2 Dan Boitano 24 4 8 .333 5.74 29 13 1 0 0 102.0 109 75 65 19 51 2 66 3 0 9 1.569 9.6 1.7 4.5 5.8 1.29
3 Todd Brenizer* 25 1 0 1.000 6.39 16 1 0 0 0 31.0 39 24 22 5 24 1 21 2 0 6 2.032 11.3 1.5 7.0 6.1 0.88
4 Warren Brusstar 25 0 1 .000 1.50 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 3 1 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 1.333 4.5 0.0 7.5 7.5 1.00
5 Bill Champion 29 2 5 .286 7.20 29 7 1 0 1 85.0 113 79 68 7 44 5 49 2 0 4 1.847 12.0 0.7 4.7 5.2 1.11
6 Nardi Contreras 25 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 3 7.0 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 1.286 7.7 0.0 3.9 6.4 1.67
7 Bob Johnson 34 0 0 1.12 3 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 0 6 0 8 0 0 1 1.375 5.6 0.0 6.8 9.0 1.33
8 Larry Kiser* 27 8 11 .421 4.38 31 24 6 3 0 152.0 162 90 74 14 67 2 79 1 0 11 1.507 9.6 0.8 4.0 4.7 1.18
9 Chuck Kniffin* 26 4 3 .571 2.92 52 0 0 0 5 77.0 69 28 25 4 35 7 70 0 0 3 1.351 8.1 0.5 4.1 8.2 2.00
10 Carl Morton 33 9 12 .429 3.32 26 26 5 1 0 168.0 177 80 62 14 46 2 71 2 0 2 1.327 9.5 0.8 2.5 3.8 1.54
11 Manny Seoane 22 11 8 .579 3.87 27 22 6 2 0 156.0 157 76 67 11 53 2 100 8 1 6 1.346 9.1 0.6 3.1 5.8 1.89
12 Dave Wallace 29 8 6 .571 4.77 57 0 0 0 15 66.0 69 40 35 11 28 4 53 0 0 5 1.470 9.4 1.5 3.8 7.2 1.89
13 Dan Warthen* 24 1 1 .500 9.00 7 4 0 0 0 16.0 12 17 16 2 28 0 23 0 0 7 2.500 6.8 1.1 15.8 12.9 0.82
14 Steve Waterbury 25 6 3 .667 3.18 16 10 2 1 0 68.0 66 30 24 3 36 0 37 3 0 2 1.500 8.7 0.4 4.8 4.9 1.03
15 Jim Wright 22 14 6 .700 3.13 22 22 10 1 0 161.0 148 68 56 10 42 0 118 2 1 6 1.180 8.3 0.6 2.3 6.6 2.81
15 Players 26.8 70 66 .515 4.23 136 136 105 31 8 25 1140.0 1186 634 536 102 479 25 728 23 2 64 1.461 9.4 0.8 3.8 5.7 1.52

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Jack Bastable 104 563 62 15 8 .977 6.01 5
Manny Lantigua 29 125 16 2 2 .986 4.86 2
Bill Nahorodny 13 53 5 0 0 1.000 4.46 2
Keith Moreland 2 17 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Nahorodny 100 825 52 6 76 .993 8.77
Dane Iorg 23 146 13 2 14 .988 6.91 Stats for 2 teams
Gary Begnaud 18 161 9 3 13 .983 9.44
John Poff 11 51 5 1 2 .982 5.09
Bill Dancy 9 62 3 1 3 .985 7.22

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fred Andrews 104 247 293 18 59 .968 5.19
Steve Staggs 52 93 203 9 37 .970 5.69 Stats for 2 teams
Bill Dancy 18 21 41 2 9 .969 3.44
Jim Morrison 15 23 36 5 6 .922 3.93

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Morrison 106 76 236 20 27 .940 2.94
Bill Dancy 19 16 44 2 2 .968 3.16

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Buskey 135 195 377 30 60 .950 4.24
Bill Dancy 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.33

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lonnie Smith 124 231 8 13 2 .948 1.93
Rick Bosetti 81 177 3 4 3 .978 2.22 Stats for 2 teams
Bobby Brown 78 184 6 6 3 .969 2.44
Daniel Fitzgerald 67 89 7 8 1 .923 1.43
John Poff 61 93 5 2 1 .980 1.61
Dane Iorg 59 99 4 3 1 .972 1.75 Stats for 2 teams
Kerry Dineen 27 26 4 1 0 .968 1.11
Jack Bastable 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
Bill Dancy 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Wallace 57 7 6 1 0 .929 0.23
Chuck Kniffin 52 5 18 0 3 1.000 0.44
Larry Kiser 31 3 24 3 0 .900 0.87
Dan Boitano 29 1 18 0 2 1.000 0.66
Bill Champion 29 3 14 3 0 .850 0.59
Manny Seoane 27 19 19 3 0 .927 1.41
Carl Morton 26 24 36 1 5 .984 2.31
Jim Wright 22 8 17 2 1 .926 1.14
Todd Brenizer 16 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Steve Waterbury 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.00
Fred Beene 9 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.11
Dan Warthen 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.57
Nardi Contreras 6 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.33
Bob Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Warren Brusstar 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Fred Andrews 25 R R 5' 8.0" 163 May 4, 1952 Lafayette, LA, US
Jack Bastable 25 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jul 2, 1951 Chicago, IL, US
Fred Beene 34 S R 5' 9.0" 155 Nov 24, 1942 Angleton, TX, US
Gary Begnaud 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 30, 1953
Dan Boitano 24 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Mar 22, 1953 Sacramento, CA, US
Rick Bosetti 23 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Aug 5, 1953 Redding, CA, US
Todd Brenizer 25 S L 6' 4.0" 180 Apr 1, 1952
Bobby Brown 23 S R 6' 2.0" 190 May 25, 1954 Norfolk, VA, US
Warren Brusstar 25 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Feb 2, 1952 Oakland, CA, US
Mike Buskey 28 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jan 13, 1949 San Francisco, CA, US
Bill Champion 29 R R 6' 4.0" 188 Sep 18, 1947 Shelby, NC, US
Nardi Contreras 25 S R 6' 2.0" 193 Sep 19, 1951 Tampa, FL, US
Bill Dancy 25 S R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 10, 1951 St. Augustine, FL, US
Kerry Dineen 24 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 1, 1952 Englewood, NJ, US
Daniel Fitzgerald 25 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 30, 1951 Boston, MA, US
Dane Iorg 27 L R 6' 0.0" 180 May 11, 1950 Eureka, CA, US
Bob Johnson 34 L R 6' 4.0" 220 Apr 25, 1943 Aurora, IL, US
Larry Kiser 27 R L 6' 4.0" 220 Jul 27, 1949 Kingsport, TN, US
Chuck Kniffin 26 R L 5' 11.0" 185 Oct 28, 1950 Rockville Center, NY, US
Manny Lantigua 25 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Apr 3, 1952 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Keith Moreland 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 2, 1954 Dallas, TX, US
Jim Morrison 24 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 23, 1952 Pensacola, FL, US
Carl Morton 33 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Jan 18, 1944 Kansas City, MO, US
Bill Nahorodny 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 31, 1953 Hamtramck, MI, US
John Poff 24 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 23, 1952 Chillicothe, OH, US
Manny Seoane 22 R R 6' 3.0" 187 Jun 26, 1955 Tampa, FL, US
Lonnie Smith 21 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Dec 22, 1955 Chicago, IL, US
Steve Staggs 26 R R 5' 9.0" 150 May 6, 1951 Anchorage, AK, US
Dave Wallace 29 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Sep 7, 1947 Waterbury, CT, US
Dan Warthen 24 S L 6' 0.0" 200 Dec 1, 1952 Omaha, NE, US
Steve Waterbury 25 R R 6' 5.0" 190 Apr 6, 1952 Carbondale, IL, US
Jim Wright 22 R R 6' 5.0" 205 Mar 3, 1955 St. Joseph, MO, US

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