1976 Charlotte Knights
Record: 66-96
Finish: 4th in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 544
Runs Allowed: 641
Exp W-L: 69-93
 
Ballpark: Dr. Rosenrosen Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,144,651
Manager: Ron Churches

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-64, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the Johnson League
A: 66-72, 8th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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
CF  Michael Hawkins 25 153 563 65 144 22 6 7 37 29 10 34 119 .256 .323 .353 .677 67.9 11.0 3.7
LF  Buster Hall 28 155 545 63 160 19 5 11 63 9 7 71 66 .294 .373 .407 .780 78.9 15.3 2.6
SS #Augie Barr 35 158 570 45 117 23 1 3 41 0 0 28 110 .205 .245 .265 .510 29.6 0.0 9.1
2B  Choo Choo Webster 32 157 543 56 116 30 7 11 61 15 21 50 128 .214 .292 .355 .648 52.6 5.2 6.9
CF *Norman Grindstaff 24 146 553 64 141 21 7 17 54 28 13 27 161 .255 .293 .410 .704 67.5 10.7 2.8
1B  Al Niden 34 157 494 63 124 11 0 18 69 0 3 86 79 .251 .363 .383 .745 73.9 12.9 3.3
C  Raymond Barrett 26 141 465 36 76 15 0 14 50 0 2 51 125 .163 .261 .286 .547 32.5 0.0 2.6
3B  Ron Santo 35 134 379 33 93 13 1 6 30 0 1 35 93 .245 .307 .332 .640 38.5 4.6 3.2
3B #Andy Karash 36 84 198 21 48 8 1 2 19 1 1 17 50 .242 .306 .323 .629 18.4 1.9 1.4
LF *Tony Reyes 26 78 163 19 46 5 0 2 17 0 0 11 35 .282 .324 .350 .674 18.3 2.8 0.8
1B *D.J. Hall 34 119 151 21 38 2 0 10 35 3 2 10 37 .252 .298 .464 .762 19.8 3.2 0.5
C #Sammy Hendrix 26 58 123 12 26 1 0 1 8 1 1 10 27 .211 .295 .244 .539 9.6 0.4 0.5
P  Pablo Verlohi 34 36 88 6 10 3 1 1 6 0 0 5 40 .114 .160 .205 .364 2.2 0.0 0.0
P *Todd Terry 32 34 85 3 13 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 34 .153 .182 .153 .335 0.6 0.0 0.0
LF  Fred Marenholtz 35 72 86 18 26 6 1 4 12 6 4 6 18 .302 .355 .535 .890 14.8 3.2 0.3
P  Kip Beichman 35 33 78 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 32 .090 .113 .103 .215 -2.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Frank Guitierrez 25 49 78 6 23 1 1 1 11 1 1 8 18 .295 .360 .372 .732 10.3 2.0 0.9
P #Albert Ramos 25 35 68 3 6 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 27 .088 .088 .176 .265 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Ted Jeffers 35 21 52 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 .077 .075 .115 .191 -1.7 0.0 0.0
3B *Mark Holub 27 15 20 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 7 .150 .280 .300 .580 2.6 0.2 0.2
RF  Scott Carter 31 11 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .238 .304 .286 .590 1.9 0.2 0.1
C  Albert Munoz 30 5 18 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 5 .167 .286 .333 .619 1.6 0.2 0.0
P  Eddie Bishop 32 5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Ernest Escargo 35 38 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Tyrone Gravy 32 60 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Albert Dickson 32 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Justin Taylor 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Sarmiento 35 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2043 5368 544 1233 189 33 109 529 93 69 463 1248 .230 .297 .338 .635 535.2 73.7 39.0
  Rank among 12 JL teams 11 12 12 12 12 10 12 9 12 5 10 11 11 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Pablo Verlohi 34 16 14 .533 36 36 0 262.0 265 106 24 41 144 3.64 14.8
*Todd Terry 32 14 13 .519 34 34 0 249.7 213 60 16 55 177 2.16 25.0
 Kip Beichman 35 13 17 .433 33 33 0 232.3 216 94 30 42 160 3.64 9.3
 Albert Ramos 25 5 22 .185 35 35 0 228.7 224 115 32 82 188 4.53 3.0
*Ted Jeffers 35 5 9 .357 21 20 0 143.0 146 60 14 54 87 3.78 5.0
 Tyrone Gravy 32 2 2 .500 60 0 1 67.0 74 27 3 36 44 3.63 3.4
*Juan Sarmiento 35 4 8 .333 55 0 27 56.7 48 19 3 14 34 3.02 10.6
*Ernest Escargo 35 0 3 .000 38 0 1 54.3 42 11 5 10 18 1.82 6.0
 Anthony Lobato 33 1 4 .200 51 0 4 46.0 60 31 8 26 30 6.07 0.0
 Albert Dickson 32 2 1 .667 32 0 0 37.7 35 17 4 18 31 4.06 2.1
*Timmy Carpenter 30 3 1 .750 39 0 1 32.0 26 5 1 10 27 1.41 5.7
 Eddie Bishop 32 1 2 .333 5 4 0 31.7 33 16 2 14 20 4.55 0.5
Team Totals 32.5 66 96 .407 439 162 34 1441.0 1382 561 142 402 960 3.50 85.3
Rank among 12 JL teams 10 10 10 10 12 8 9 3 3 12 3  
* - 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
R.Barrett 1140.7 127 135 769 68 17 5 .980 27.4
S.Hendrix 255.7 30 33 176 10 4 0 .979 21.6
A.Munoz 42.0 5 5 27 1 2 0 .933 33.3
T.Reyes 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 174 973 80 23 5 .979 26.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.78
A.Niden 1264.0 147 154 1348 126 7 127 .995 10.50
D.Hall 169.0 14 37 200 14 2 25 .991 11.40
J.Taylor 8.0 1 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1441.0 162 193 1555 140 9 152 .995 10.59
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.81
C.Webster 1249.3 141 146 257 440 10 101 .986 5.02
F.Guitierrez 154.7 17 26 41 50 0 11 1.000 5.30
M.Holub 37.0 4 6 7 15 0 2 1.000 5.35
Team Total 1441.0 162 178 305 505 10 114 .988 5.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
R.Santo 976.3 114 127 64 227 10 21 .967 2.68
A.Karash 462.0 48 75 34 112 14 13 .913 2.84
F.Guitierrez 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 204 98 339 24 34 .948 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.18
A.Barr 1407.0 158 158 214 485 21 96 .971 4.47
C.Webster 34.0 4 4 5 10 2 2 .882 3.97
Team Total 1441.0 162 162 219 495 23 98 .969 4.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.92
B.Hall 1242.0 141 147 280 8 13 1 .957 2.09
F.Marenholtz 161.7 18 24 36 0 1 0 .973 2.00
T.Reyes 32.7 3 10 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.10
F.Guitierrez 4.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1441.0 162 182 322 9 14 1 .959 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
M.Hawkins 1201.7 139 143 345 9 6 7 .983 2.65
T.Reyes 217.0 22 38 56 2 0 1 1.000 2.41
S.Carter 12.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Hall 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
N.Grindstaff 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1441.0 162 189 409 11 6 8 .986 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
N.Grindstaff 1244.7 141 142 294 6 11 0 .965 2.17
T.Reyes 89.3 10 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
M.Hawkins 51.7 6 7 10 0 1 0 .909 1.74
S.Carter 30.0 3 5 7 0 1 0 .875 2.10
B.Hall 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Marenholtz 8.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
R.Barrett 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1441.0 162 169 332 6 13 0 .963 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.91
P.Verlohi 262.0 36 36 23 41 3 1 .955 2.20
T.Terry 249.7 34 34 16 56 1 8 .986 2.60
K.Beichman 232.3 33 33 22 42 5 2 .928 2.48
A.Ramos 228.7 35 35 13 26 0 1 1.000 1.54
T.Jeffers 143.0 20 21 11 31 0 1 1.000 2.64
T.Gravy 67.0 0 60 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.34
J.Sarmiento 56.7 0 55 4 7 3 0 .786 1.75
E.Escargo 54.3 0 38 4 9 1 3 .929 2.15
A.Lobato 46.0 0 51 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.15
A.Dickson 37.7 0 32 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.91
T.Carpenter 32.0 0 39 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.13
E.Bishop 31.7 4 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.99
Team Total 1441.0 162 439 105 240 13 19 .964 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hall .294
On-Base Pct Hall .373
Slugging Pct Grindstaff .410
OPS Hall .780
XR Hall 78.9
Games Barr 158
At-Bats Barr 570
Runs Hawkins 65
Hits Hall 160
Total Bases Grindstaff 227
Singles Hall 125
Doubles Webster 30
Triples Grindstaff, Webster 7
Homeruns Niden 18
RBIs Niden 69
Stolen Bases Hawkins 29
Caught Stealing Webster 21
Walks Niden 86
Strikeouts Grindstaff 161
ERA Terry 2.16
Wins Verlohi 16
Losses Ramos 22
Winning Pct Verlohi .533
Saves Sarmiento 27
Games Pitched Gravy 60
Games Started Verlohi 36
Complete Games Jeffers, Verlohi 8
Shutouts Beichman, Ramos, Verlohi 2
Innings Pitched Verlohi 262.0
Hits Allowed Verlohi 265
Homeruns Allowed Ramos 32
Strikeouts Ramos 188
Walks Allowed Ramos 82
Walks per 9IP Verlohi 1.4
Hits per 9IP Terry 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Ramos 7.4
WHiP Terry 1.07
OAVG Terry .232
OOBP Terry .274
OSLG Terry .324
OOPS Terry .598
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Fred Marenholtz $ 5,250,000
Buster Hall $ 4,500,000
Kip Beichman $ 4,200,000
Ernest Escargo $ 4,100,000
Pablo Verlohi $ 4,000,000
Al Niden $ 3,500,000
Augie Barr $ 2,750,000
Ron Santo $ 2,750,000
Ted Jeffers $ 2,495,000
Todd Terry $ 2,380,000
Timmy Carpenter $ 2,040,000
Juan Sarmiento $ 2,000,000
D.J. Hall $ 2,000,000
Choo Choo Webster $ 2,000,000
Albert Dickson $ 1,500,000
Tyrone Gravy $ 1,300,000
Eddie Bishop $ 1,000,000
Scott Carter $ 1,000,000
Anthony Lobato $ 870,000
Andy Karash $ 850,000
Clemente Lanza $ 800,000
Harold Taylor $ 800,000
Albert Munoz $ 600,000
Randy Posey $ 350,000
Michael Hawkins $ 300,000
Sammy Hendrix $ 300,000
Frank Guitierrez $ 300,000
Norman Grindstaff $ 300,000
Albert Ramos $ 300,000
Tony Reyes $ 300,000
Justin Taylor $ 300,000
Raymond Barrett $ 300,000
Mark Holub $ 300,000
 
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