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1977 Tucson Toros

1977 > Class AAA > 1977 Pacific Coast League (East)
Overall: 65-73
Scored 831 runs, Allowed 890 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-73

Affiliation: Texas Rangers-AL
Manager: Rich Donnelly
Represented: Tucson, AZ
Ballpark: Hi Corbett Field (Tucson, AZ)
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Lew Beasley*	28	101	459	418	81	137	18	9	5	61	24	9	34	30	.328	.378	.450	.827	188	2	1	4
2	Kurt Bevacqua	30	94	426	358	75	126	29	4	9	76	2	3	59	30	.352	.438	.531	.968	190	1	1	7
3	Mike Bucci	23	38	170	147	22	45	7	0	3	28	9	6	19	23	.306	.379	.415	.794	61	0	1	3
4	Keathel Chauncey*	25	108	434	367	57	111	18	4	0	34	36	12	58	55	.302	.398	.373	.771	137	1	7	1
5	Gary Gray	24	91	391	361	55	112	26	4	9	88	4	3	18	45	.310	.348	.479	.827	173	6	0	6
6	Greg Mahlberg	24	60	222	178	31	41	18	0	3	29	1	1	38	29	.230	.365	.382	.747	68	1	3	2
7	Dave Moates*	29	17	75	63	16	22	5	0	0	8	9	1	9	5	.349	.427	.429	.855	27	1	0	2
8	Brian Nakamoto	26	36	136	115	20	28	5	0	1	8	1	1	21	24	.243	.360	.313	.673	36	0	0	0
9	Ed Nottle	37	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
10	Ken Pape	25	69	244	211	32	65	12	5	3	33	2	1	28	31	.308	.393	.455	.848	96	2	2	1
11	Wayne Pinkerton#	23	128	476	420	69	97	6	2	0	36	18	7	45	109	.231	.306	.255	.560	107	1	8	2
12	Glenn Purvis	23	3	12	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	.111	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0	0
13	Pat Putnam*	23	130	560	495	71	149	31	4	15	102	3	5	58	67	.301	.376	.471	.847	233	3	2	2
14	Terry Pyka	25	84	246	202	34	54	10	1	1	27	9	1	34	32	.267	.367	.342	.708	69	0	6	4
15	Dave Rivera	19	3	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	0	0
16	Keith Smith	24	104	466	421	94	136	24	5	19	77	14	6	31	28	.323	.374	.539	.913	227	6	3	5
17	Rick Stelmaszek*	28	83	295	240	27	68	9	1	2	35	2	6	50	19	.283	.403	.354	.757	85	0	2	3
18	Joseph Stewart	21	18	56	48	9	11	4	0	0	3	2	1	8	13	.229	.339	.313	.652	15	0	0	0
19	Bobby Thompson#	23	49	226	189	40	63	10	3	5	25	19	3	34	35	.333	.436	.497	.933	94	1	1	1
20	LaRue Washington	23	131	596	500	95	150	20	7	2	72	43	14	84	74	.300	.397	.380	.777	190	0	7	5
	20 Players	24.9	138	5510	4758	831	1419	253	50	77	745	198	81	635	661	.298	.380	.421	.801	2003	25	44	48	41

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	Bob Babcock	27	6	5	.545	4.57	56	1		0	0	6	128.0	125	84	65	4	87	5	84	1	1	8	1.656	8.8	0.3	6.1	5.9	0.97
2	Mike Bacsik	25	4	8	.333	7.51	30	18		2	0	0	115.0	161	117	96	16	61	2	67	4	1	10	1.930	12.6	1.3	4.8	5.2	1.10
3	Len Barker	21	9	7	.563	5.70	20	20		6	2	0	109.0	114	77	69	7	77	0	93	3	1	9	1.752	9.4	0.6	6.4	7.7	1.21
4	Tommy Boggs	21	5	10	.333	8.54	22	20		4	0	0	97.0	131	107	92	11	83	0	70	2	0	13	2.206	12.2	1.0	7.7	6.5	0.84
5	Jerry Bostic*	28	0	4	.000	6.75	4	4		0	0	0	20.0	22	17	15	3	16	0	7	2	0	1	1.900	9.9	1.4	7.2	3.2	0.44
6	Glen Bright	25	4	3	.571	4.93	41	1		0	0	3	73.0	79	52	40	3	47	2	46	0	0	4	1.726	9.7	0.4	5.8	5.7	0.98
7	David Clyde*	22	5	7	.417	5.84	34	21		1	1	0	128.0	148	104	83	7	119	2	90	1	0	14	2.086	10.4	0.5	8.4	6.3	0.76
8	Steve Comer	23	6	4	.600	4.18	14	12		3	0	0	84.0	101	45	39	4	33	2	32	3	1	0	1.595	10.8	0.4	3.5	3.4	0.97
9	Bobby Cuellar	24	10	6	.625	3.48	50	0		0	0	8	93.0	106	39	36	5	34	4	66	3	1	5	1.505	10.3	0.5	3.3	6.4	1.94
10	David Harper	23	3	2	.600	6.15	9	7		0	0	0	41.0	56	34	28	1	17	1	21	2	0	0	1.780	12.3	0.2	3.7	4.6	1.24
11	Dave Moharter*	27	2	0	1.000	5.86	42	0		0	0	4	66.0	76	45	43	2	28	3	44	2	0	5	1.576	10.4	0.3	3.8	6.0	1.57
12	John Poloni*	23	8	13	.381	5.15	29	29		5	0	0	187.0	228	122	107	19	70	2	101	4	1	5	1.594	11.0	0.9	3.4	4.9	1.44
13	Terry Pyka	25	0	0		15.75	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	10	7	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.750	22.5	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.00
14	Mark Soroko	23	0	2	.000	8.18	2	2		0	0	0	11.0	19	12	10	2	5	0	6	0	0	1	2.182	15.5	1.6	4.1	4.9	1.20
15	Mike Wallace*	26	3	2	.600	5.44	16	3		0	0	2	43.0	63	28	26	2	22	1	31	0	0	6	1.977	13.2	0.4	4.6	6.5	1.41
	15 Players	24.1	65	73	.471	5.68	138	138	117	21	3	23	1198.0	1439	890	756	86	700	24	760	27	6	81	1.785	10.8	0.6	5.3	5.7	1.09

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
Rick Stelmaszek	81	434	48	10	5	.980	5.95	14
Greg Mahlberg	57	285	35	3	5	.991	5.61	8
Brian Nakamoto	16	88	9	2	1	.980	6.06	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pat Putnam	84	694	47	7	72	.991	8.82
Gary Gray	62	522	37	10	65	.982	9.02
Glenn Purvis	2	16	0	0	1	1.000	8.00
Ed Nottle	1	12	0	0	0	1.000	12.00
Terry Pyka	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
LaRue Washington	116	244	322	29	81	.951	4.88
Ken Pape	21	39	59	7	16	.933	4.67
Terry Pyka	14	8	12	1	4	.952	1.43

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kurt Bevacqua	93	70	224	23	22	.927	3.16
LaRue Washington	6	1	9	0	2	1.000	1.67
Gary Gray	4	4	6	3	1	.769	2.50
Greg Mahlberg	4	2	6	0	2	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Pinkerton	126	217	400	27	88	.958	4.90
LaRue Washington	21	23	43	6	6	.917	3.14
Kurt Bevacqua	3	4	7	0	2	1.000	3.67

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Keathel Chauncey	107	185	10	6	3	.970	1.82
Keith Smith	76	137	4	4	0	.972	1.86
Terry Pyka	63	103	7	4	3	.965	1.75
Lew Beasley	52	98	5	4	0	.963	1.98
Pat Putnam	49	65	6	4	2	.947	1.45
Bobby Thompson	48	112	5	3	1	.975	2.44
Gary Gray	22	35	3	3	0	.927	1.73
Dave Moates	17	23	2	0	0	1.000	1.47
Joseph Stewart	13	12	0	2	0	.857	0.92
Dave Rivera	3	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.33
Brian Nakamoto	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Glenn Purvis	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Babcock	56	5	13	6	1	.750	0.32
Bobby Cuellar	50	2	8	1	2	.909	0.20
Dave Moharter	42	3	10	0	0	1.000	0.31
Glen Bright	41	7	5	3	0	.800	0.29
David Clyde	34	12	13	2	2	.926	0.74
Mike Bacsik	30	13	14	4	2	.871	0.90
John Poloni	29	6	28	1	3	.971	1.17
Tommy Boggs	22	10	9	3	1	.864	0.86
Len Barker	20	8	16	4	2	.857	1.20
Mike Wallace	16	3	6	0	0	1.000	0.56
Steve Comer	14	4	15	0	2	1.000	1.36
David Harper	9	1	5	1	1	.857	0.67
Jerry Bostic	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25
Mark Soroko	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.00
Terry Pyka	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bob Babcock	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Aug 25, 1949	New Castle, PA, US
Mike Bacsik	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 1, 1952	Dallas, TX, US
Len Barker	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	225	Jul 27, 1955	Fort Knox, KY, US
Lew Beasley	28	L	R	5' 10.0"	172	Aug 27, 1948	Sparta, VA, US
Kurt Bevacqua	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 23, 1947	Miami Beach, FL, US
Tommy Boggs	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 25, 1955	Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Jerry Bostic	28	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 16, 1948	Elgin, TX, US
Glen Bright	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 3, 1951	Shelby, NC, US
Mike Bucci	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 5, 1953	Reading, PA, US
Keathel Chauncey	25	L	L	5' 9.0"	155	Aug 15, 1951	Dade City, FL, US
David Clyde	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 22, 1955	Kansas City, KS, US
Steve Comer	23	S	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jan 13, 1954	Minneapolis, MN, US
Bobby Cuellar	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	188	Aug 20, 1952	Alice, TX, US
Gary Gray	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Sep 21, 1952	New Orleans, LA, US
David Harper	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Dec 22, 1953	Warrington, GB
Greg Mahlberg	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 8, 1952	Milwaukee, WI, US
Dave Moates	29	L	L	5' 9.0"	163	Jan 30, 1948	Great Lakes, IL, US
Dave Moharter	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	Jul 12, 1949	Berwick, PA, US
Brian Nakamoto	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Nov 26, 1950	Palo Alto, CA, US
Ed Nottle	37	R	R	5' 9.0"	176	Oct 22, 1939	Philadelphia, PA, US
Ken Pape	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Oct 1, 1951	San Antonio, TX, US
Wayne Pinkerton	23	S	R	6' 1.0"	175	Sep 16, 1953
John Poloni	23	L	L	6' 5.0"	210	Feb 28, 1954	Dearborn, MI, US
Glenn Purvis	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Apr 24, 1954	Pasadena, CA, US
Pat Putnam	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	205	Dec 3, 1953	Bethel, VT, US
Terry Pyka	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 12, 1952	San Antonio, TX, US
Dave Rivera	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 9, 1957	King City, CA, US
Keith Smith	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	178	May 3, 1953	Palmetto, FL, US
Mark Soroko	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 22, 1953	North Hollywood, CA, US
Rick Stelmaszek	28	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Oct 8, 1948	Chicago, IL, US
Joseph Stewart	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 27, 1956	Lima, OH, US
Bobby Thompson	23	S	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 3, 1953	Charlotte, NC, US
Mike Wallace	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 3, 1951	Gastonia, NC, US
LaRue Washington	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 7, 1953	Long Beach, CA, US

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