1976 California Crusaders
Record: 87-75
Finish: 1st in JL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 655
Runs Allowed: 632
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: South Pacific Field
Attendance: 3,141,356
Manager: Dennis Tank

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-55, 2nd in the Johnson League
AA: 68-70, 7th in the Johnson League
A: 65-73, 10th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 1-4 to Las Vegas Hustlers
Won JL Cartwright Cup 4-3 over Phoenix Talons
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Washington Bobwhites
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Rick Habin 35 154 593 95 186 27 1 21 68 22 7 60 89 .314 .382 .469 .851 99.2 26.1 6.2
3B  Jon McNecirty 28 155 599 85 179 21 3 27 106 8 0 34 102 .299 .335 .479 .815 93.8 23.0 8.3
2B  Tim Riener 32 155 597 50 156 23 2 17 69 4 0 35 108 .261 .304 .392 .696 69.7 14.2 10.5
RF *Robert Roten 25 157 544 73 162 37 9 22 101 1 2 48 118 .298 .359 .520 .880 93.1 25.0 0.5
SS  Mando Cruz 36 154 524 84 142 23 4 21 57 6 2 40 127 .271 .328 .450 .778 73.3 17.2 0.7
C  Antonio Casarez 27 125 375 35 98 12 1 4 45 1 1 33 79 .261 .325 .331 .656 39.7 7.3 3.9
RF *Joel Olivares 27 100 291 29 72 6 2 3 21 0 1 23 77 .247 .303 .313 .615 27.0 4.1 0.3
CF *Ozzie Rowe 28 108 266 36 63 10 0 3 20 27 5 27 58 .237 .312 .308 .620 30.5 5.6 0.4
RF  John Crawford 31 61 218 26 45 7 5 11 31 5 2 15 46 .206 .263 .436 .698 25.7 4.5 0.3
C  Nate Newton 30 75 200 13 36 12 0 3 21 0 0 11 36 .180 .225 .285 .510 11.7 0.0 2.0
CF  Dale McCall 30 77 145 22 42 8 2 1 16 7 1 11 18 .290 .340 .393 .733 17.9 4.2 0.2
3B  Margarito Fabrizio 30 74 115 9 24 2 2 1 9 0 0 19 26 .209 .328 .287 .615 12.9 2.0 1.6
P  Ron Vivero 31 36 95 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 50 .074 .127 .105 .233 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Narciso Jarilla 31 36 102 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 48 .020 .038 .029 .068 -7.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Robert Baudoin 33 59 80 9 18 5 0 2 12 0 1 9 23 .225 .326 .363 .689 9.6 1.7 1.1
P  Joaquin Contraveras 33 35 80 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 35 .063 .096 .063 .159 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Millbauer 30 33 73 8 6 1 1 1 3 0 1 5 38 .082 .141 .164 .305 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *George Davis 36 24 52 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .135 .148 .192 .340 0.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Tuck Wilson 31 56 47 6 7 1 1 2 3 0 1 6 14 .149 .245 .340 .586 3.8 0.3 0.1
C  Henry Hudkins 31 16 27 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .074 .138 .111 .249 -0.4 0.0 0.3
C  Mario Rodrigue 27 6 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 .111 .111 .444 .556 0.9 0.1 0.1
P  Ricky Earl 30 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ben Beguine 31 53 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Zander Hollander 31 58 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Branstetter 32 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Damon Lombardi 30 62 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Kenneth Strand 26 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 1.4 0.7 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1933 5051 601 1263 201 34 141 590 82 24 392 1130 .250 .307 .387 .695 597.5 135.8 36.4
  Rank among 12 JL teams 12 9 10 11 11 5 9 11 1 12 4 7 9 5 6 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Ron Vivero 31 16 13 .552 36 36 0 291.3 244 90 20 99 179 2.78 23.3
 Narciso Jarilla 31 19 11 .633 36 36 0 276.3 249 93 23 61 306 3.03 18.4
 Joaquin Contraveras 33 14 17 .452 35 35 0 238.3 226 112 11 94 282 4.23 6.7
 Paul Millbauer 30 11 14 .440 31 31 0 212.7 214 112 12 110 199 4.74 2.6
 George Davis 36 8 10 .444 24 24 0 154.7 143 73 13 50 126 4.25 4.1
 Damon Lombardi 30 6 5 .545 62 0 39 63.0 39 20 3 24 63 2.86 15.6
 Ben Beguine 31 1 2 .333 53 0 2 56.3 49 29 11 16 56 4.63 1.9
 Zander Hollander 31 2 1 .667 58 0 2 54.0 41 12 2 11 45 2.00 8.6
*Michael Branstetter 32 5 1 .833 47 0 1 48.7 44 25 4 27 22 4.62 2.1
 Neil Berkowitz 25 2 1 .667 28 0 1 29.0 20 5 1 13 27 1.55 3.9
 Ricky Earl 30 3 0 1.000 15 0 0 24.0 23 10 3 8 15 3.75 1.6
Team Totals 30.9 87 75 .537 425 162 45 1448.3 1292 581 103 513 1320 3.61 88.8
Rank among 12 JL teams 4 4 4 4 11 1 2 4 8 3 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 30.3
A.Casarez 887.0 103 106 843 44 8 0 .991 24.2
N.Newton 480.0 53 63 430 29 6 1 .987 28.0
H.Hudkins 66.0 6 9 54 4 1 0 .983 28.6
Team Total 1433.0 162 178 1327 77 15 1 .989 25.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.78
R.Habin 1345.3 151 154 1304 129 11 100 .992 9.59
M.Fabrizio 51.0 6 6 53 3 1 4 .982 9.88
A.Casarez 25.0 2 3 24 2 1 2 .963 9.36
M.Rodrigue 18.0 2 2 20 1 0 2 1.000 10.50
M.Cruz 9.0 1 1 9 1 0 1 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 166 1410 136 13 109 .992 9.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.81
T.Riener 1289.0 147 154 242 419 8 69 .988 4.62
R.Baudoin 118.3 12 21 20 39 1 6 .983 4.49
M.Cruz 34.0 3 6 8 4 1 0 .923 3.18
M.Fabrizio 7.0 0 5 3 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 186 273 466 10 76 .987 4.59
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
J.McNecirty 1328.0 150 153 68 241 10 10 .969 2.09
M.Fabrizio 85.7 9 15 10 16 1 2 .963 2.73
M.Cruz 27.7 3 5 1 5 1 0 .857 1.95
R.Baudoin 5.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
H.Hudkins 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.3 162 177 81 264 12 12 .966 2.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.18
M.Fabrizio 103.3 8 28 19 36 1 9 .982 4.79
T.Wilson 55.0 0 27 6 15 0 0 1.000 3.44
M.Cruz 42.3 1 17 8 11 2 3 .905 4.04
R.Baudoin 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Millbauer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 204.7 9 75 34 63 3 12 .970 4.27
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.92
M.Cruz 833.7 93 94 158 0 10 0 .940 1.71
R.Roten 465.0 54 56 83 1 4 1 .955 1.63
J.Crawford 172.1 16 19 34 1 1 1 .972 1.83
J.Olivares 77.7 8 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.McCall 52.0 5 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
O.Rowe 19.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
T.Wilson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1620.4 178 195 307 2 15 2 .954 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
O.Rowe 510.0 51 82 134 1 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Olivares 466.7 58 58 127 2 4 2 .970 2.49
D.McCall 272.7 33 35 56 2 1 0 .983 1.91
M.Cruz 189.3 20 25 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
R.Roten 6.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
J.Crawford 3.1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.81
N.Berkowitz 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Wilson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.4 162 206 359 5 5 2 .986 2.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
R.Roten 796.0 92 94 151 2 4 1 .975 1.73
J.Crawford 316.7 30 33 70 3 2 1 .973 2.07
O.Rowe 75.3 6 12 15 0 2 0 .882 1.79
D.McCall 34.7 3 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
J.Olivares 34.0 4 6 5 1 2 1 .750 1.59
T.Wilson 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1259.7 135 156 249 6 10 3 .962 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.91
R.Vivero 291.3 36 36 29 57 0 2 1.000 2.66
N.Jarilla 276.3 36 36 14 34 0 4 1.000 1.56
J.Contraveras 238.3 35 35 16 37 0 4 1.000 2.00
P.Millbauer 212.7 31 31 11 30 1 0 .976 1.74
G.Davis 154.7 24 24 13 21 2 3 .944 1.98
D.Lombardi 63.0 0 62 1 9 1 0 .909 1.43
B.Beguine 56.3 0 53 4 4 1 1 .889 1.28
Z.Hollander 54.0 0 58 1 10 1 0 .917 1.83
M.Branstetter 48.7 0 47 7 7 1 0 .933 2.59
N.Berkowitz 29.0 0 28 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.48
R.Earl 24.0 0 15 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
Team Total 1448.3 162 425 98 217 7 15 .978 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Habin .314
On-Base Pct Habin .382
Slugging Pct Roten .520
OPS Roten .880
XR Habin 99.2
Games Roten 157
At-Bats McNecirty 599
Runs Habin 95
Hits Habin 186
Total Bases McNecirty 287
Singles Habin 137
Doubles Roten 37
Triples Roten 9
Homeruns McNecirty 27
RBIs McNecirty 106
Stolen Bases Rowe 27
Caught Stealing Habin 7
Walks Habin 60
Strikeouts Cruz 127
ERA Vivero 2.78
Wins Jarilla 19
Losses Contraveras 17
Winning Pct Jarilla .633
Saves Lombardi 39
Games Pitched Lombardi 62
Games Started Jarilla, Vivero 36
Complete Games Vivero 17
Shutouts Vivero 2
Innings Pitched Vivero 291.3
Hits Allowed Jarilla 249
Homeruns Allowed Jarilla 23
Strikeouts Jarilla 306
Walks Allowed Millbauer 110
Walks per 9IP Jarilla 2.0
Hits per 9IP Vivero 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Contraveras 10.6
WHiP Jarilla 1.12
OAVG Vivero .228
OOBP Jarilla .284
OSLG Vivero .331
OOPS Jarilla .620
Team All-Stars
Rick Habin
Jon McNecirty
Player Salaries
Rick Habin $ 13,500,000
Mando Cruz $ 8,500,000
Damon Lombardi $ 7,000,000
Joaquin Contraveras $ 5,500,000
Ron Vivero $ 5,250,000
Tim Riener $ 5,000,000
Jon McNecirty $ 5,000,000
Narciso Jarilla $ 4,485,000
Kurdt Crover $ 3,200,000
Ricky Earl $ 2,250,000
Paul Millbauer $ 2,000,000
Michael Branstetter $ 1,800,000
Nate Newton $ 1,500,000
Zander Hollander $ 1,438,000
Ozzie Rowe $ 1,000,000
Dale McCall $ 1,000,000
Margarito Fabrizio $ 1,000,000
Daniel Bier $ 1,000,000
Nathaniel Xavier $ 900,000
Ben Beguine $ 800,000
Mario Rodrigue $ 500,000
Neil Berkowitz $ 300,000
Tuck Wilson $ 300,000
Antonio Casarez $ 300,000
Henry Hudkins $ 300,000
Robert Roten $ 300,000
George Davis $ 300,000
Joel Olivares $ 300,000
Robert Baudoin $ 300,000
Kenneth Strand $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/21 Larry Nusbaum
Ty Hinton
Nate Newton
6/11 John Crawford
Dirk Overholt
Phil Longwell
Derrick White