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1977 Chicago Black Sox
Record: 70-92
Finish: 3rd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 676
Runs Allowed: 769
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: The Courthouse
Attendance: 2,088,453
Manager: Mike Giovacchini

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-69, 6th in the Johnson League
AA: 82-56, 1st in the Johnson League
A: 57-81, 11th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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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
SS *Lance Thelen 33 157 584 64 161 23 1 9 68 1 0 45 91 .276 .326 .365 .691 64.9 8.3 3.5
LF *Tommy Hobbs 32 147 507 64 123 28 7 19 80 26 9 38 138 .243 .298 .438 .736 67.2 9.7 2.3
LF *Sherman Tank 32 136 383 45 110 27 1 10 64 8 5 34 72 .287 .348 .441 .789 56.6 9.9 1.9
LF *Woodrow Wilhoite 27 95 340 63 109 14 3 4 28 20 5 56 42 .321 .415 .415 .830 61.3 12.4 1.5
2B #Benjamin Caldwell 21 92 371 51 113 10 8 2 35 19 8 25 51 .305 .353 .391 .744 49.9 8.8 2.4
1B  Eddie Vaquero 35 135 359 46 96 10 1 17 61 1 0 25 84 .267 .321 .443 .763 49.5 7.6 1.3
LF  Jim Betoni 34 93 343 51 95 17 2 19 60 1 2 29 56 .277 .336 .504 .840 55.1 10.1 1.5
2B  Pete Madewald 30 95 337 45 95 23 3 7 38 24 5 26 55 .282 .334 .430 .765 47.8 8.4 3.4
C  Joel Decastro 28 113 321 33 81 15 4 3 32 1 4 36 31 .252 .325 .352 .677 37.5 4.8 5.0
3B *Rod Givens 33 109 302 41 81 13 5 5 30 1 3 22 52 .268 .318 .394 .712 34.2 4.4 1.8
2B  Enigue Montoya 32 113 266 35 76 10 3 7 23 1 1 17 65 .286 .362 .425 .787 40.5 7.5 2.9
C  Chauncey Benedict 28 82 260 20 73 5 0 0 20 0 1 14 65 .281 .323 .300 .623 24.6 2.5 3.4
3B  Renato Farias 25 49 175 21 51 8 2 3 17 16 4 6 24 .291 .328 .411 .739 23.7 4.0 0.8
RF  Paxton Quigley 32 57 164 14 33 2 2 4 16 0 1 6 29 .201 .238 .311 .549 11.0 0.0 0.8
1B *Dhani Yetnikoff 36 93 140 12 26 3 1 4 12 0 1 8 41 .186 .240 .307 .547 8.9 0.0 0.4
LF  Jacob Grothe 28 52 103 22 29 5 1 9 27 2 1 9 14 .282 .339 .612 .951 19.4 4.0 0.3
P *Zachary Sumner 34 37 85 6 7 4 0 0 4 2 0 3 38 .082 .112 .129 .242 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Luke Gofannon 35 31 67 8 15 1 1 0 10 0 0 3 24 .224 .254 .269 .522 5.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Alonzo Marez 26 33 68 11 16 1 0 1 9 1 0 7 10 .235 .307 .294 .601 6.6 0.7 0.3
P *Alvin Harrison 28 32 59 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 .068 .083 .068 .151 -2.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Ramon Gonzales 31 29 53 6 9 2 0 1 2 3 0 4 5 .170 .254 .264 .518 4.1 0.0 0.3
2B  Bill Zzyzzy 36 36 44 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .114 .216 .136 .352 1.3 0.0 0.3
P  Lorenzo Diaz 28 21 44 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 .091 .146 .114 .259 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Scott Blundon 37 16 37 0 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 11 .216 .268 .216 .485 2.4 0.0 0.0
P *Kerwin Parker 36 30 35 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 .057 .132 .057 .189 -0.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Roger Rubin 29 13 27 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .222 .250 .259 .509 1.7 0.0 0.2
P *George Davis 37 28 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .063 .167 .063 .229 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Fetters 32 66 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Victor Suniga 36 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Brad Gray 33 98 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.7 0.2 0.0
P  Steve Blass 35 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Rudi Stein 33 50 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Al Horton 35 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Harrison Bergeron 38 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Robert Armstrong 35 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 32.0 2233 5529 676 1432 224 45 124 649 128 50 436 1112 .259 .317 .383 .700 668.2 103.4 34.3
  Rank among 12 JL teams 5 9 4 11 6 10 9 6 6 11 3 2 7 9 8 8  
* - 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
*Zachary Sumner 34 14 14 .500 34 34 0 241.7 225 107 34 89 237 3.98 11.7
*Alvin Harrison 28 6 16 .273 32 32 0 192.3 203 119 7 111 102 5.57 0.2
 Luke Gofannon 35 15 11 .577 30 29 0 191.0 186 98 18 94 137 4.62 8.6
 Lorenzo Diaz 28 4 9 .308 21 21 0 148.0 147 55 6 23 164 3.34 9.2
*Kerwin Parker 36 5 15 .250 30 22 0 128.3 162 83 16 77 76 5.82 0.0
 Brad Gray 33 7 5 .583 98 0 8 112.7 96 39 16 20 63 3.12 11.3
*Scott Blundon 37 7 5 .583 16 16 0 102.7 101 54 10 41 82 4.73 4.0
 Randy Fetters 32 3 5 .375 66 0 15 91.3 88 32 13 30 49 3.15 9.4
 George Davis 37 2 0 1.000 28 4 2 56.0 59 34 7 28 36 5.46 1.1
 Rudi Stein 33 5 1 .833 49 0 8 52.3 37 17 3 15 52 2.92 8.0
 Al Horton 35 2 3 .400 40 0 6 50.3 44 15 6 14 41 2.68 5.5
 Robert Armstrong 35 0 3 .000 32 0 2 37.0 32 12 2 13 40 2.92 3.3
 Steve Blass 35 0 5 .000 6 4 0 19.0 33 28 4 14 15 13.26 0.0
 Harrison Bergeron 38 0 0 .000 6 0 1 7.0 11 6 2 2 4 7.71 0.0
Team Totals 34.0 70 92 .432 488 162 42 1429.6 1424 699 144 571 1098 4.40 72.2
Rank among 12 JL teams 10 10 7 10 11 10 7 11 11 10 11  
* - 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 .991 28.6
J.Decastro 855.0 93 110 682 47 6 3 .992 32.3
C.Benedict 574.7 69 73 456 33 4 2 .992 27.1
Team Total 1429.7 162 183 1138 80 10 5 .992 30.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.57
E.Vaquero 684.3 73 108 697 51 6 71 .992 9.84
R.Givens 290.0 38 38 295 19 2 34 .994 9.74
R.Farias 246.0 30 30 225 18 1 23 .996 8.89
D.Yetnikoff 189.3 20 40 197 14 3 14 .986 10.03
V.Suniga 12.0 1 2 6 1 0 1 1.000 5.25
S.Tank 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75
A.Marez 3.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 15.00
E.Montoya 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.7 162 222 1429 103 12 146 .992 9.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.80
P.Madewald 744.5 80 88 165 265 5 51 .989 5.20
E.Montoya 593.7 69 85 133 218 9 49 .975 5.32
B.Zzyzzy 82.3 13 23 13 23 1 5 .973 3.94
L.Thelen 12.3 0 6 6 5 0 4 1.000 8.03
B.Caldwell 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Marez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1436.8 162 205 317 512 15 109 .982 5.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.47
B.Caldwell 779.3 90 90 53 185 11 22 .956 2.75
R.Givens 360.7 38 53 27 88 4 9 .966 2.87
R.Farias 145.0 18 19 12 28 4 3 .909 2.48
E.Vaquero 87.0 10 10 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.45
A.Marez 38.7 4 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.40
D.Yetnikoff 19.0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.89
P.Madewald 1.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.1 162 182 97 320 19 34 .956 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.20
L.Thelen 1231.0 144 146 193 384 28 83 .954 4.22
A.Marez 89.7 9 12 14 28 1 6 .977 4.22
R.Rubin 61.0 5 10 9 19 1 5 .966 4.13
E.Montoya 27.0 3 3 4 9 2 4 .867 4.33
B.Zzyzzy 21.5 4 6 3 8 1 1 .917 4.60
R.Farias 5.0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Quigley 0.8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1436.0 165 178 223 454 33 100 .954 4.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
T.Hobbs 1135.7 128 140 244 12 0 4 1.000 2.03
W.Wilhoite 303.1 34 35 62 1 2 1 .969 1.87
S.Tank 232.0 28 30 44 0 1 0 .978 1.71
R.Gonzales 48.0 5 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
P.Quigley 36.1 3 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
J.Betoni 5.5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
J.Grothe 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Zzyzzy 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1762.8 199 224 367 13 3 5 .992 1.94
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.65
S.Tank 546.7 64 66 161 4 2 3 .988 2.72
W.Wilhoite 500.1 56 58 126 3 4 2 .970 2.32
R.Gonzales 79.3 7 13 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.50
P.Quigley 51.3 4 6 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.98
T.Hobbs 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1186.4 132 144 325 10 6 6 .982 2.54
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
J.Betoni 781.5 89 89 178 2 3 0 .984 2.07
P.Quigley 269.4 25 30 64 2 1 1 .985 2.20
J.Grothe 198.0 21 29 44 1 4 0 .918 2.05
S.Tank 70.0 8 8 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.67
T.Hobbs 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Gonzales 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Yetnikoff 4.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Farias 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Montoya 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Wilhoite 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1347.8 144 167 305 6 8 1 .975 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.79
Z.Sumner 241.7 34 34 9 31 3 1 .930 1.49
A.Harrison 192.3 32 32 7 36 1 1 .977 2.01
L.Gofannon 191.0 29 30 13 25 0 1 1.000 1.79
L.Diaz 148.0 21 21 6 18 0 3 1.000 1.46
K.Parker 128.3 22 30 7 21 2 1 .933 1.96
B.Gray 112.7 0 98 4 25 0 0 1.000 2.32
S.Blundon 102.7 16 16 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.58
R.Fetters 91.3 0 66 7 21 0 5 1.000 2.76
G.Davis 56.0 4 28 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.41
R.Stein 52.3 0 49 1 6 1 1 .875 1.20
A.Horton 50.3 0 40 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.68
R.Armstrong 37.0 0 32 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.97
S.Blass 19.0 4 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
H.Bergeron 7.0 0 6 0 1 1 0 .500 1.29
Team Total 1429.6 162 488 68 223 8 15 .973 1.83
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thelen .276
On-Base Pct Wilhoite .334
Slugging Pct Hobbs .438
OPS Hobbs .736
XR Hobbs 67.2
Games Thelen 157
At-Bats Thelen 584
Runs Thelen, Hobbs 64
Hits Thelen 161
Total Bases Hobbs 222
Singles Thelen 128
Doubles Hobbs 28
Triples Caldwell 8
Homeruns Betoni, Hobbs 19
RBIs Hobbs 80
Stolen Bases Hobbs 26
Caught Stealing Hobbs 9
Walks Wilhoite 56
Strikeouts Hobbs 138
ERA Sumner 3.98
Wins Gofannon 15
Losses Harrison 16
Winning Pct Gofannon .577
Saves Fetters 15
Games Pitched Gray 98
Games Started Sumner 34
Complete Games Sumner 7
Shutouts Sumner 2
Innings Pitched Sumner 241.7
Hits Allowed Sumner 225
Homeruns Allowed Sumner 34
Strikeouts Sumner 237
Walks Allowed Harrison 111
Walks per 9IP Sumner 3.3
Hits per 9IP Sumner 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Sumner 8.8
WHiP Sumner 1.30
OAVG Sumner .248
OOBP Sumner .320
OSLG Harrison .398
OOPS Sumner .746
Team All-Stars
Rudi Stein
Player Salaries
Zachary Sumner $ 8,500,000
Scott Blundon $ 8,500,000
Harrison Bergeron $ 5,990,000
Lance Thelen $ 5,700,000
Brad Gray $ 4,500,000
Luke Gofannon $ 4,200,000
Tommy Hobbs $ 4,000,002
Robert Armstrong $ 2,990,000
Eddie Vaquero $ 2,600,001
Al Horton $ 2,500,000
Paxton Quigley $ 2,000,000
Sherman Tank $ 1,859,000
Randy Fetters $ 1,600,000
Rod Givens $ 1,295,000
Bill Zzyzzy $ 1,234,567
Rodney Villec $ 400,000
Kerwin Parker $ 400,000
Enigue Montoya $ 333,333
George Davis $ 300,000
Joel Decastro $ 300,000
Chauncey Benedict $ 300,000
Benjamin Caldwell $ 300,000
Renato Farias $ 300,000
Ramon Gonzales $ 300,000
Alvin Harrison $ 300,000
Alonzo Marez $ 300,000
Roger Rubin $ 300,000
Victor Suniga $ 300,000
Dhani Yetnikoff $ 300,000
Jacob Grothe $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/21 Franklin Resendiz
Carlos Cron		 Scott Blundon
7/21 Alvin Leacher
Lucio Castello		 Robert Armstrong
Rafeal Ostrin
Brian Cavallaro
Steve Perreault
7/21 Woodrow Wilhoite Santana Trail
Jose Zendejas
7/21 Pete Madewald Bill Zzyzzy
Rodney Villec
Paxton Quigley
7/21 Rudi Stein
Jim Betoni		 Drew Triggs
James Smart
Sam Carnation
John Storm
7/21 Lorenzo Diaz Mike Luthardt
Ronnie Lee
Ian Randolph
 
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