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1976 Oklahoma City 89ers

1976 > Class AAA > 1976 American Association (West)
Overall: 72-63
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 586 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-57

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Jim Bunning
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
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	Fred Andrews	24	97	393	360	46	107	20	4	2	48	8	9	27	48	.297	.345	.392	.737	141	1	2	3
2	Jack Bastable	24	66	194	172	31	47	8	3	5	31	2	3	20	29	.273	.351	.442	.792	76	1	0	1
3	Dan Boitano	23	50	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0
4	Rick Bosetti	22	123	563	504	82	154	25	6	5	52	42	14	43	59	.306	.365	.409	.774	206	6	7	3
5	Mike Buskey	27	122	453	387	54	104	25	4	2	45	6	5	49	52	.269	.358	.370	.727	143	7	6	4
6	Rich Coggins*	25	36	138	123	19	31	5	0	2	14	6	2	14	14	.252	.328	.341	.670	42	0	1	0
7	Nardi Contreras#	24	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
8	Bill Dancy#	24	18	42	39	3	9	2	1	0	4	1	0	2	11	.231	.262	.333	.595	13	0	0	1
9	Sergio Ferrer#	25	89	271	226	33	60	9	0	1	10	4	3	35	20	.265	.366	.319	.685	72	2	6	2
10	Jesus Hernaiz	31	24	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0
11	Willie Hernandez*	21	25	33	24	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	.083	.111	.083	.194	2	1	6	2
12	Quency Hill*	22	47	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	1	0
13	Dane Iorg*	26	120	461	396	65	129	25	11	11	68	1	5	56	48	.326	.408	.528	.936	209	2	3	4
14	Terrence Jones	26	44	89	80	11	18	3	0	0	5	5	1	4	16	.225	.273	.263	.535	21	2	1	2
15	Larry Kiser	26	21	39	32	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.188	.235	.219	.454	7	0	5	0
16	Chuck Kniffin	25	16	29	23	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.087	.120	.087	.207	2	0	4	1
17	Randy Lerch*	21	32	87	80	7	21	4	2	1	14	0	0	3	14	.263	.289	.400	.689	32	0	4	0
18	John Montague	28	28	76	68	5	12	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	20	.176	.208	.235	.444	16	0	4	1
19	Jim Morrison	23	126	476	422	79	122	17	6	18	71	17	5	40	83	.289	.355	.486	.841	205	6	3	5
20	Bill Nahorodny	22	114	435	391	74	114	22	3	23	78	7	1	34	83	.292	.353	.540	.893	211	5	2	3
21	Wayne Nordhagen	27	99	392	350	56	106	30	6	11	78	0	0	31	46	.303	.352	.517	.869	181	1	0	10		Stats for 2 teams
22	Bob Oliver	33	96	307	295	40	96	17	3	10	55	1	1	9	40	.325	.343	.505	.848	149	0	1	2
23	Manny Seoane	21	21	43	37	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	23	.054	.079	.135	.214	5	0	5	0
24	Lonnie Smith	20	134	559	483	93	149	24	9	8	54	26	7	60	73	.308	.390	.445	.835	215	7	5	4
25	Vernon Temple	25	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
26	Carlos Velazquez	28	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
27	Dave Wallace	28	53	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	2	0
	27 Players	24.5	135	5096	4512	701	1285	232	58	100	640	126	56	428	718	.285	.349	.428	.777	1933	41	68	47	49

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	Dan Boitano	23	3	5	.375	4.24	50	0		0	0	7	70.0	65	39	33	8	54	7	50	0	1	7	1.700	8.4	1.0	6.9	6.4	0.93
2	Nardi Contreras	24	1	2	.333	2.67	25	0		0	0	4	27.0	26	9	8	1	18	3	17	2	0	1	1.630	8.7	0.3	6.0	5.7	0.94
3	Jesus Hernaiz	31	4	1	.800	4.68	24	4		0	0	1	50.0	55	34	26	3	25	1	27	1	0	4	1.600	9.9	0.5	4.5	4.9	1.08
4	Willie Hernandez*	21	8	9	.471	4.53	25	23		3	1	0	135.0	154	82	68	18	30	5	88	2	0	1	1.363	10.3	1.2	2.0	5.9	2.93
5	Quency Hill*	22	5	6	.455	3.90	47	2		0	0	6	67.0	63	34	29	3	36	6	42	3	0	3	1.478	8.5	0.4	4.8	5.6	1.17
6	Larry Kiser*	26	4	5	.444	4.46	21	15		1	0	0	107.0	107	64	53	6	61	6	64	2	1	7	1.570	9.0	0.5	5.1	5.4	1.05
7	Chuck Kniffin*	25	4	6	.400	4.26	16	13		2	0	0	76.0	79	40	36	13	27	0	40	1	0	1	1.395	9.4	1.5	3.2	4.7	1.48
8	Randy Lerch*	21	13	11	.542	3.35	29	29		11	2	0	207.0	203	91	77	10	47	3	152	2	0	7	1.208	8.8	0.4	2.0	6.6	3.23
9	John Montague	28	14	6	.700	2.64	28	28		11	6	0	194.0	183	72	57	11	51	0	120	2	0	7	1.206	8.5	0.5	2.4	5.6	2.35
10	Manny Seoane	21	8	7	.533	4.77	21	21		3	0	0	117.0	144	69	62	10	24	1	69	1	0	8	1.436	11.1	0.8	1.8	5.3	2.88
11	Vernon Temple	25	1	2	.333	4.50	8	0		0	0	0	10.0	12	5	5	1	8	1	3	0	0	1	2.000	10.8	0.9	7.2	2.7	0.38
12	Carlos Velazquez	28	0	0		7.50	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	10	5	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.833	15.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	2.00
13	Dave Wallace	28	7	3	.700	4.28	53	0		0	0	4	80.0	69	42	38	10	36	7	58	2	1	4	1.312	7.8	1.1	4.0	6.5	1.61
	13 Players	24.3	72	63	.533	3.90	135	135	104	31	11	22	1146.0	1170	586	497	95	418	40	732	18	3	51	1.386	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.7	1.75

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
Bill Nahorodny	106	598	49	7	8	.989	6.10	12
Jack Bastable	34	184	18	4	0	.981	5.94	6
Dane Iorg	1	10	2	1	1	.923	12.00	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dane Iorg	87	695	64	10	78	.987	8.72
Bob Oliver	60	451	31	4	42	.992	8.03
Jack Bastable	5	11	0	0	1	1.000	2.20
Bill Nahorodny	1	8	1	0	2	1.000	9.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Andrews	93	210	231	15	63	.967	4.74
Sergio Ferrer	44	81	113	8	36	.960	4.41
Bill Dancy	12	21	23	3	6	.936	3.67

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Morrison	119	100	239	24	22	.934	2.85
Bob Oliver	17	17	44	2	1	.968	3.59
Jack Bastable	4	1	6	1	1	.875	1.75

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Buskey	120		194	379	29	91	.952	4.78
Sergio Ferrer	28		43	69	10	26	.918	4.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lonnie Smith	129	200	4	14	1	.936	1.58
Rick Bosetti	123	273	12	9	1	.969	2.32
Wayne Nordhagen	92	154	9	5	1	.970	1.77	Stats for 2 teams
Rich Coggins	32	46	1	3	1	.940	1.47
Dane Iorg	26	36	2	0	1	1.000	1.46
Terrence Jones	24	40	1	1	0	.976	1.71
Jack Bastable	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.23

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Wallace	53	6	11	2	1	.895	0.32
Dan Boitano	50	6	9	1	1	.938	0.30
Quency Hill	47	2	12	1	0	.933	0.30
Randy Lerch	29	16	39	1	7	.982	1.90
John Montague	28	15	26	0	2	1.000	1.46
Nardi Contreras	25	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.40
Willie Hernandez	25	2	21	4	1	.852	0.92
Jesus Hernaiz	24	6	9	2	2	.882	0.63
Larry Kiser	21	14	18	2	2	.941	1.52
Manny Seoane	21	5	23	2	1	.933	1.33
Chuck Kniffin	16	2	6	0	1	1.000	0.50
Vernon Temple	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Carlos Velazquez	3	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Fred Andrews	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	163	May 4, 1952	Lafayette, LA, US
Jack Bastable	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Jul 2, 1951	Chicago, IL, US
Dan Boitano	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 22, 1953	Sacramento, CA, US
Rick Bosetti	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Aug 5, 1953	Redding, CA, US
Mike Buskey	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Jan 13, 1949	San Francisco, CA, US
Rich Coggins	25	L	L	5' 8.0"	170	Dec 7, 1950	Indianapolis, IN, US
Nardi Contreras	24	S	R	6' 2.0"	193	Sep 19, 1951	Tampa, FL, US
Bill Dancy	24	S	R	6' 0.0"	175	Nov 10, 1951	St. Augustine, FL, US
Sergio Ferrer	25	S	R	5' 7.0"	145	Jan 29, 1951	Santurce, PR
Jesus Hernaiz	31	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jan 8, 1945	Santurce, PR
Willie Hernandez	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	Nov 14, 1954	Aguada, PR
Quency Hill	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 17, 1953	Dallas, TX, US
Dane Iorg	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 11, 1950	Eureka, CA, US
Terrence Jones	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Aug 4, 1949
Larry Kiser	26	R	L	6' 4.0"	220	Jul 27, 1949	Kingsport, TN, US
Chuck Kniffin	25	R	L	5' 11.0"	185	Oct 28, 1950	Rockville Center, NY, US
Randy Lerch	21	L	L	6' 5.0"	190	Oct 9, 1954	Sacramento, CA, US
John Montague	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	213	Sep 12, 1947	Newport News, VA, US
Jim Morrison	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 23, 1952	Pensacola, FL, US
Bill Nahorodny	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Aug 31, 1953	Hamtramck, MI, US
Wayne Nordhagen	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jul 4, 1948	Thief River Falls, MN, US
Bob Oliver	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Feb 8, 1943	Shreveport, LA, US
Manny Seoane	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	187	Jun 26, 1955	Tampa, FL, US
Lonnie Smith	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Dec 22, 1955	Chicago, IL, US
Vernon Temple	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 13, 1950
Carlos Velazquez	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 22, 1948	Loiza, PR
Dave Wallace	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Sep 7, 1947	Waterbury, CT, US

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