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1977 Billings Mustangs

1977 > Class Rookie > 1977 Pioneer League
Overall: 23-46
Scored 392 runs, Allowed 518 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 26-43

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: Greg Riddoch
Represented: Billings, MT
Ballpark: n/a
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 Richard Chrisman 20 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
2 Ray Corbett 18 43 161 139 18 26 4 1 1 12 6 1 19 47 .187 .288 .252 .539 35 1 1 1
3 Tom Foley* 17 59 253 209 37 53 7 1 2 21 7 10 37 43 .254 .371 .325 .696 68 3 2 2
4 David Goodman 19 41 174 152 22 41 6 0 1 16 0 2 18 21 .270 .358 .329 .687 50 3 1 0
5 John Halasz 18 58 273 242 49 64 9 0 0 32 15 2 26 49 .264 .339 .302 .641 73 2 2 1
6 Jack Hudson 21 42 184 158 29 43 6 1 2 26 1 2 18 23 .272 .361 .361 .721 57 5 1 2
7 Bill Kuchar* 18 60 253 202 40 55 10 1 6 48 3 0 47 55 .272 .415 .421 .836 85 3 0 1
8 Jose LaPorte 22 36 131 104 22 31 1 2 0 17 14 3 24 30 .298 .431 .346 .777 36 1 1 1
9 Jim McArdle 20 64 293 247 45 74 9 7 1 37 13 1 42 40 .300 .399 .405 .803 100 0 2 2
10 Charles Morrison 22 48 188 168 19 41 8 0 0 16 4 0 16 28 .244 .314 .292 .605 49 1 3 0
11 Jeffrey Nelson* 20 19 63 45 4 6 3 0 0 4 1 0 16 14 .133 .371 .200 .571 9 1 1 0
12 Wayne Pizer* 18 12 46 33 11 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 8 .152 .391 .182 .573 6 0 0 0
13 Tad Venger* 18 48 187 156 24 47 10 3 2 26 1 1 27 48 .301 .403 .442 .846 69 1 1 2
14 Michael Ventress 22 64 270 227 38 65 18 1 5 39 3 3 40 44 .286 .396 .441 .837 100 2 0 1
15 Tony Walker 18 50 200 154 28 33 6 1 1 24 16 0 41 72 .214 .390 .286 .676 44 4 0 1
16 Scott Wixson* 21 10 30 26 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 .115 .233 .231 .464 6 0 0 0
16 Players 19.4 69 2710 2266 392 587 98 18 22 321 85 25 388 529 .259 .372 .347 .719 787 27 15 14 9
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 Ricky Arnold 17 2 1 .667 9.75 7 1 0 0 1 12.0 18 17 13 0 8 2 8 0 0 3 2.167 13.5 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
2 Kelly Becker* 19 0 2 .000 4.34 17 1 0 0 1 29.0 39 26 14 3 14 1 29 1 0 5 1.828 12.1 0.9 4.3 9.0 2.07
3 Roger Glynn* 20 1 2 .333 9.41 17 0 0 0 0 22.0 31 36 23 3 33 0 22 0 0 6 2.909 12.7 1.2 13.5 9.0 0.67
4 Greg Hughes 18 2 4 .333 5.95 16 10 0 0 0 59.0 74 57 39 7 32 1 33 0 1 9 1.797 11.3 1.1 4.9 5.0 1.03
5 Larry Jackson 17 1 3 .250 11.84 13 3 0 0 0 19.0 21 32 25 0 30 0 17 5 1 8 2.684 9.9 0.0 14.2 8.1 0.57
6 Larry Jensen 23 5 5 .500 4.14 12 10 3 0 0 63.0 64 50 29 1 23 1 59 5 0 5 1.381 9.1 0.1 3.3 8.4 2.57
7 Rickey Lear 20 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 5.1 2.00
8 Jeff Mihlbachler 18 1 8 .111 6.08 14 12 2 0 0 74.0 92 63 50 9 27 1 41 2 0 4 1.608 11.2 1.1 3.3 5.0 1.52
9 Doug Neuenschwander 22 4 8 .333 3.97 14 10 2 1 1 77.0 70 49 34 6 56 0 98 2 1 9 1.636 8.2 0.7 6.5 11.5 1.75
10 Eugene Norman 21 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 6 2 0 6 1 3 0 0 1 3.250 15.8 0.0 13.5 6.8 0.50
11 Joe Price* 20 6 5 .545 3.73 15 13 4 0 0 94.0 83 50 39 2 42 0 97 1 1 8 1.330 7.9 0.2 4.0 9.3 2.31
12 Maximo Severino 17 0 0 7.07 13 0 0 0 0 14.0 19 23 11 1 14 0 15 2 0 5 2.357 12.2 0.6 9.0 9.6 1.07
13 Paul Tarango 21 0 1 .000 4.00 3 3 0 0 0 9.0 11 13 4 0 10 0 10 1 0 1 2.333 11.0 0.0 10.0 10.0 1.00
14 Nelson Torres 17 1 3 .250 5.35 18 2 0 0 1 37.0 42 32 22 2 22 1 40 1 1 6 1.730 10.2 0.5 5.4 9.7 1.82
15 Bob Umdenstock 18 0 3 .000 5.70 17 3 0 0 1 30.0 43 31 19 2 32 0 18 1 0 6 2.500 12.9 0.6 9.6 5.4 0.56
16 Chris Wells 18 0 1 .000 13.24 13 1 0 0 0 17.0 24 28 25 2 31 0 8 2 0 7 3.235 12.7 1.1 16.4 4.2 0.26
16 Players 19.1 23 46 .333 5.56 69 69 58 11 1 5 567.0 646 518 350 39 382 8 502 23 5 85 1.813 10.3 0.6 6.1 8.0 1.31

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
Ray Corbett 42 300 31 17 3 .951 7.88 38
Jack Hudson 19 130 13 4 0 .973 7.53 12
David Goodman 11 101 6 7 0 .939 9.73 13

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill Kuchar 57 426 36 26 32 .947 8.11
Jeffrey Nelson 15 88 7 5 9 .950 6.33

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charles Morrison 42 75 116 21 17 .901 4.55
Jose LaPorte 30 49 69 13 7 .901 3.93
Jim McArdle 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tad Venger 37 35 55 33 4 .732 2.43
Tom Foley 32 15 45 12 1 .833 1.88
Wayne Pizer 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Richard Chrisman 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Jack Hudson 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00
Jim McArdle 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Charles Morrison 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Walker 45 100 114 32 26 .870 4.76
Tom Foley 27 38 64 12 4 .895 3.78

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Halasz 58 76 7 7 0 .922 1.43
Jim McArdle 58 84 2 7 0 .925 1.48
Michael Ventress 53 83 5 12 1 .880 1.66
Jack Hudson 18 26 2 3 1 .903 1.56
Wayne Pizer 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33
Scott Wixson 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.11
Charles Morrison 4 5 1 1 0 .857 1.50
Jeffrey Nelson 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Tad Venger 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nelson Torres 18 3 8 0 0 1.000 0.61
Kelly Becker 17 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.59
Roger Glynn 17 1 2 1 0 .750 0.18
Bob Umdenstock 17 1 6 1 0 .875 0.41
Greg Hughes 16 9 9 4 2 .818 1.13
Joe Price 15 2 11 3 1 .813 0.87
Jeff Mihlbachler 14 4 16 3 0 .870 1.43
Doug Neuenschwander 14 9 11 0 1 1.000 1.43
Larry Jackson 13 0 4 1 0 .800 0.31
Maximo Severino 13 0 2 1 0 .667 0.15
Chris Wells 13 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.38
Larry Jensen 12 8 11 1 0 .950 1.58
Ricky Arnold 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.14
Paul Tarango 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33
Rickey Lear 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Eugene Norman 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Ricky Arnold 17 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Oct 23, 1959
Kelly Becker 19 L L 5' 9.0" 155 1958
Richard Chrisman 20 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1957
Ray Corbett 18 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Mar 2, 1959
Tom Foley 17 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Sep 9, 1959 Fort Benning, GA, US
Roger Glynn 20 L L 6' 5.0" 235 1957
David Goodman 19 R R 5' 10.0" 180 1958
John Halasz 18 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Jun 16, 1959
Jack Hudson 21 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 2, 1955
Greg Hughes 18 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Nov 22, 1958
Larry Jackson 17 R R 6' 7.0" 198 Sep 5, 1959
Larry Jensen 23 R R 6' 6.0" 205 1954
Bill Kuchar 18 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Feb 11, 1959
Jose LaPorte 22 R R 5' 7.0" 150 1955
Rickey Lear 20 R R 6' 6.0" 218 1957
Jim McArdle 20 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Aug 12, 1956
Jeff Mihlbachler 18 R R 6' 2.0" 165 Jun 30, 1959
Charles Morrison 22 R R 5' 10.0" 150 1955
Jeffrey Nelson 20 L R 6' 3.0" 210 1957
Doug Neuenschwander 22 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Feb 2, 1955
Eugene Norman 21 R R 6' 4.0" 200 1956
Wayne Pizer 18 L R 6' 2.0" 185 1959
Joe Price 20 R L 6' 4.0" 220 Nov 29, 1956 Inglewood, CA, US
Maximo Severino 17 R R 6' 3.0" 1960
Paul Tarango 21 R R 5' 11.0" 1956
Nelson Torres 17 R R 5' 11.0" 168 Jun 19, 1960
Bob Umdenstock 18 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Feb 19, 1959
Tad Venger 18 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Jan 28, 1959
Michael Ventress 22 R R 5' 9.0" 175 1955
Tony Walker 18 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jun 27, 1959
Chris Wells 18 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Apr 12, 1959
Scott Wixson 21 L L 6' 0.0" 170 1956

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