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1976 Evansville Triplets

1976 > Class AAA > 1976 American Association (East)
Overall: 55-81
Scored 533 runs, Allowed 650 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-80

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Fred Hatfield
Represented: Evansville, IN
Ballpark: Bosse Field (Evansville, IN)
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	Bob Adams	24	105	369	338	32	89	16	4	5	44	4	0	25	40	.263	.313	.379	.691	128	1	1	4
2	Fernando Arroyo	24	44	33	28	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.071	.100	.071	.171	2	0	3	1
3	Ken Bolek*	22	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0
4	Ike Brookens	27	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
5	George Cappuzzello	22	11	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0
6	Ron Cash	26	81	254	229	23	58	10	1	3	28	3	4	21	47	.253	.312	.345	.657	79	0	1	3
7	Gary Christenson*	23	16	15	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	0	1	0
8	Greg Darichuk*	20	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
9	Boots Day*	28	114	351	308	42	82	15	5	7	34	1	0	38	43	.266	.345	.416	.760	128	0	3	2
10	Joe Decker	29	12	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
11	Jim Eschen#	26	132	547	454	61	115	16	3	4	35	21	9	81	29	.253	.366	.328	.694	149	3	3	6
12	John Gamble	28	90	259	224	26	47	7	0	1	20	6	2	28	41	.210	.297	.254	.551	57	1	3	3
13	Ed Glynn	23	28	57	53	3	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	24	.208	.250	.208	.458	11	0	1	0
14	Dan Gonzales*	22	37	115	108	15	33	6	0	3	14	2	1	6	7	.306	.348	.444	.792	48	1	0	0
15	Steve Kemp*	21	52	216	171	37	66	14	3	11	38	3	1	40	35	.386	.507	.696	1.203	119	3	1	1
16	Bruce Kimm	25	2	8	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	.333	.500	1.000	1.500	6	0	0	0
17	John Knox*	27	95	236	211	18	45	4	2	0	18	2	1	23	31	.213	.291	.251	.542	53	0	2	0		Stats for 2 teams
18	Bryan Lambe	27	86	243	206	38	54	11	3	0	13	17	2	32	26	.262	.363	.345	.707	71	1	3	1
19	Gene Lamont*	29	96	313	269	23	63	13	0	5	25	2	1	36	47	.234	.324	.338	.662	91	2	1	5
20	Marv Lane	26	85	331	276	46	80	13	7	13	61	3	3	48	67	.290	.395	.529	.924	146	2	2	3
21	Dave Lemanczyk	25	7	19	19	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.158	.158	.211	.368	4	0	0	0
22	Frank MacCormack	21	15	27	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	.095	.269	.095	.364	2	1	1	0
23	Tom Makowski	25	17	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
24	Phil Mankowski*	23	122	461	413	50	119	21	2	5	49	3	1	38	40	.288	.350	.385	.735	159	3	4	3
25	Jerry Manuel#	22	11	51	44	6	8	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	9	.182	.265	.273	.538	12	3	2	0
26	Michael Meyerrose	24	42	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	0
27	Bob Molinaro*	26	135	548	491	72	142	27	9	6	67	20	10	50	38	.289	.356	.418	.773	205	3	0	4
28	Bill Slayback	28	30	36	30	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.133	.161	.133	.295	4	0	5	0
29	Bob Sykes#	21	24	45	37	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	16	.108	.195	.135	.330	5	0	4	0
30	Bruce Taylor	23	48	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.083	.267	.083	.350	1	0	0	0
31	Jason Thompson*	21	4	17	16	3	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	4	.313	.353	.875	1.228	14	0	0	0
32	John Valle	21	22	85	68	4	12	3	0	0	8	0	1	14	12	.176	.310	.221	.530	15	0	1	2
33	Mark Wagner	22	107	360	304	32	79	9	5	1	22	8	5	50	60	.260	.365	.332	.697	101	2	1	3
34	Milt Wilcox	26	27	46	42	4	8	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	9	.190	.205	.262	.466	11	0	2	1		Stats for 2 teams
	34 Players	25.2	136	4878	4230	533	1093	188	42	69	483	94	41	535	657	.258	.342	.372	.714	1572	26	45	42	47

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	Fernando Arroyo	24	5	8	.385	4.76	44	9		2	0	10	102.0	120	74	54	13	41	10	56	5	0	2	1.578	10.6	1.1	3.6	4.9	1.37
2	Ike Brookens	27	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
3	George Cappuzzello*	22	1	4	.200	2.76	11	6		4	0	0	49.0	50	22	15	3	20	2	37	0	1	5	1.429	9.2	0.6	3.7	6.8	1.85
4	Gary Christenson*	23	3	4	.429	6.84	16	7		0	0	0	50.0	60	40	38	8	33	3	29	1	0	3	1.860	10.8	1.4	5.9	5.2	0.88
5	Boots Day*	28	1	0	1.000	3.94	13	0		0	0	0	32.0	23	17	14	3	21	0	17	0	0	0	1.375	6.5	0.8	5.9	4.8	0.81
6	Joe Decker	29	1	10	.091	6.95	12	12		0	0	0	57.0	62	57	44	7	43	2	35	2	0	11	1.842	9.8	1.1	6.8	5.5	0.81
7	Ed Glynn*	23	9	7	.563	3.59	24	24		5	2	0	148.0	146	79	59	8	82	7	92	1	0	5	1.541	8.9	0.5	5.0	5.6	1.12
8	Dave Lemanczyk	25	5	2	.714	2.62	7	7		3	1	0	48.0	36	16	14	4	18	3	27	0	0	2	1.125	6.8	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.50
9	Frank MacCormack	21	4	4	.500	3.41	15	13		2	1	0	74.0	63	33	28	3	51	1	60	4	1	9	1.541	7.7	0.4	6.2	7.3	1.18
10	Tom Makowski*	25	0	3	.000	6.34	17	3		0	0	0	44.0	52	32	31	4	25	2	19	2	0	5	1.750	10.6	0.8	5.1	3.9	0.76
11	Michael Meyerrose	24	3	3	.500	3.80	42	1		0	0	2	83.0	88	46	35	6	40	6	53	1	2	7	1.542	9.5	0.7	4.3	5.7	1.33
12	Bill Slayback	28	3	13	.188	5.58	30	18		2	0	2	113.0	119	81	70	11	58	7	81	6	0	4	1.566	9.5	0.9	4.6	6.5	1.40
13	Bob Sykes*	21	8	11	.421	4.27	24	21		3	1	0	118.0	137	71	56	6	71	3	70	3	2	3	1.763	10.4	0.5	5.4	5.3	0.99
14	Bruce Taylor	23	6	7	.462	4.10	47	0		0	0	8	68.0	60	35	31	4	52	6	58	5	0	1	1.647	7.9	0.5	6.9	7.7	1.12
15	Milt Wilcox	26	6	7	.462	3.81	27	18		3	0	0	130.0	141	72	55	11	63	11	94	4	1	3	1.569	9.8	0.8	4.4	6.5	1.49	Stats for 2 teams
	15 Players	24.2	55	81	.404	4.30	136	136	112	24	6	22	1102.0	1124	650	527	88	601	59	712	33	6	60	1.565	9.2	0.7	4.9	5.8	1.18

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
Gene Lamont	85	467	47	7	8	.987	6.05	13
Bob Adams	56	287	36	9	5	.973	5.77	5
Bruce Kimm	2	21	0	0	0	1.000	10.50	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Cash	66	482	42	3	45	.994	7.94
Boots Day	43	309	22	4	29	.988	7.70
Bob Adams	34	254	21	5	25	.982	8.09
Jim Eschen	6	61	6	1	6	.985	11.17
Jason Thompson	4	29	7	0	2	1.000	9.00
Marv Lane	3	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.67
John Gamble	1	8	0	0	2	1.000	8.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Eschen	118	240	306	16	69	.972	4.63
John Knox	47	77	104	4	17	.978	3.85	Stats for 2 teams
Jerry Manuel	11	25	29	1	6	.982	4.91
John Gamble	7	20	14	4	4	.895	4.86
Bryan Lambe	1	3	2	1	2	.833	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Phil Mankowski	113	75	217	25	16	.921	2.58
John Gamble	23	11	48	9	4	.868	2.57
Bob Adams	3	1	6	1	0	.875	2.33
Jim Eschen	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Bryan Lambe	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mark Wagner	103	148	297	36	58	.925	4.32
John Gamble	38	62	83	11	20	.929	3.82
Jim Eschen	3	4	4	2	1	.800	2.67

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Molinaro	131	211	12	12	4	.949	1.70
Marv Lane	80	170	5	4	2	.978	2.19
Bryan Lambe	64	76	4	0	1	1.000	1.25
Steve Kemp	52	91	2	5	1	.949	1.79
Boots Day	51	94	3	3	1	.970	1.90
Dan Gonzales	34	40	1	4	0	.911	1.21
John Valle	22	29	0	1	0	.967	1.32
Bob Adams	7	8	2	0	0	1.000	1.43

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bruce Taylor	47	1	10	0	0	1.000	0.23
Fernando Arroyo	44	10	17	3	4	.900	0.61
Michael Meyerrose	42	6	15	3	2	.875	0.50
Bill Slayback	30	7	24	2	2	.939	1.03
Milt Wilcox	27	9	25	3	4	.919	1.26	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Glynn	24	9	24	3	2	.917	1.38
Bob Sykes	24	4	25	8	2	.784	1.21
Tom Makowski	17	2	6	1	0	.889	0.47
Gary Christenson	16	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.56
Frank MacCormack	15	7	17	3	1	.889	1.60
Boots Day	13	2	3	1	0	.833	0.38
Joe Decker	12	8	8	3	1	.842	1.33
George Cappuzzello	11	2	6	2	0	.800	0.73
Dave Lemanczyk	7	5	11	1	2	.941	2.29
Ike Brookens	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Bob Adams	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 6, 1952	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Fernando Arroyo	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 21, 1952	Sacramento, CA, US
Ken Bolek	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Dec 20, 1953	Chardon, OH, US
Ike Brookens	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	170	Jan 3, 1949	Chambersburg, PA, US
George Cappuzzello	22	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 15, 1954	Youngstown, OH, US
Ron Cash	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Nov 20, 1949	Atlanta, GA, US
Gary Christenson	23	L	L	6' 5.0"	200	May 5, 1953	Mineola, NY, US
Greg Darichuk	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	1956
Boots Day	28	L	L	5' 9.0"	160	Aug 31, 1947	Ilion, NY, US
Joe Decker	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 16, 1947	Storm Lake, IA, US
Jim Eschen	26	S	R	5' 11.0"	170	May 25, 1950	Port Jefferson, NY, US
John Gamble	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 10, 1948	Reno, NV, US
Ed Glynn	23	R	L	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 3, 1953	New York, NY, US
Dan Gonzales	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 30, 1953	Whittier, CA, US
Steve Kemp	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	195	Aug 7, 1954	San Angelo, TX, US
Bruce Kimm	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 29, 1951	Cedar Rapids, IA, US
John Knox	27	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	Jul 26, 1948	Newark, NJ, US
Bryan Lambe	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 14, 1948
Gene Lamont	29	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 25, 1946	Rockford, IL, US
Marv Lane	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jan 18, 1950	Sandersville, GA, US
Dave Lemanczyk	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	235	Aug 17, 1950	Syracuse, NY, US
Frank MacCormack	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Sep 21, 1954	Jersey City, NJ, US
Tom Makowski	25	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 22, 1950	Buffalo, NY, US
Phil Mankowski	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 9, 1953	Buffalo, NY, US
Jerry Manuel	22	S	R	6' 0.0"	165	Dec 23, 1953	Hahira, GA, US
Michael Meyerrose	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Nov 23, 1951	Batesville, IN, US
Bob Molinaro	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	May 21, 1950	Newark, NJ, US
Bill Slayback	28	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Feb 21, 1948	Hollywood, CA, US
Bob Sykes	21	S	L	6' 1.0"	195	Dec 11, 1954	Neptune, NJ, US
Bruce Taylor	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Apr 16, 1953	Holden, MA, US
Jason Thompson	21	L	L	6' 4.0"	200	Jul 6, 1954	Hollywood, CA, US
John Valle	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 8, 1954
Mark Wagner	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Mar 4, 1954	Conneaut, OH, US
Milt Wilcox	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Apr 20, 1950	Honolulu, HI, US

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