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1977 Louisville Sluggers

Record: 93-69
Finish: 2nd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 738
Runs Allowed: 655
Exp W-L: 90-72

Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,528,271
Manager: Jimmy Morris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-58, 3rd in the Johnson League
AA: 69-69, 7th in the Johnson League
A: 67-71, 7th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 2-4 to Birmingham Bandits
Won JL Cartwright Cup 4-2 over Washington Bobwhites
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Marquette Suns

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
LF	*Oswaldo Gaona	27	154	557	110	167	26	7	23	72	8	3	91	54	.300	.404	.496	.900	109.5	24.8	4.5
RF	*Kevin Haubert	22	149	523	75	146	28	6	14	95	7	5	84	124	.279	.386	.436	.822	86.2	17.2	4.2
2B	Poke Boyette	37	149	518	71	132	28	2	15	83	1	0	54	147	.255	.321	.403	.725	68.1	11.1	6.7
CF	*Aaron Shirley	37	131	441	76	109	21	6	13	36	18	14	69	120	.247	.360	.410	.771	65.3	11.7	4.7
SS	Andy Zalot	32	125	432	53	111	15	4	12	63	27	9	31	108	.257	.320	.394	.714	56.1	8.8	5.2
2B	Andrew Kyser	28	114	396	50	101	26	3	13	65	0	0	42	101	.255	.339	.434	.774	57.0	10.4	4.1
C	Digs Baxter	31	96	306	40	77	13	3	16	57	4	3	20	57	.252	.303	.471	.774	43.0	7.1	4.3
CF	Bill Melton	30	105	278	43	76	13	4	6	37	1	0	43	58	.273	.376	.414	.790	45.4	9.4	3.1
1B	Bob Oberdorsten	30	76	279	42	83	6	0	4	34	0	0	30	14	.297	.383	.362	.745	40.4	7.6	1.4
1B	Bradley Malbrough	27	76	275	38	64	7	0	7	35	2	1	27	67	.233	.307	.335	.642	30.1	3.4	1.0
C	#Eric Berman	32	81	264	24	42	9	0	12	32	0	0	20	75	.159	.263	.330	.593	24.7	1.0	4.1
3B	Andy Liquori	33	82	233	27	57	12	2	5	24	5	3	19	58	.245	.302	.378	.680	27.0	3.6	2.1
SS	#Kurdt Crover	31	47	146	21	36	7	2	5	16	6	3	17	20	.247	.343	.425	.768	21.9	3.8	1.8
RF	#Maurice Bayer	32	78	148	20	36	6	2	0	12	10	3	13	36	.243	.313	.311	.624	16.2	2.0	0.9
P	Jacob Butler	32	35	85	7	11	4	0	0	8	0	0	7	38	.129	.194	.176	.370	2.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Kevin Robinson	25	31	89	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	44	.079	.109	.101	.210	-3.0	0.0	0.0
P	#Gustavo Aranda	30	34	80	6	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	40	.075	.129	.113	.242	-1.2	0.0	0.0
1B	Tom Allnit	34	49	83	7	17	2	0	2	14	1	0	4	22	.205	.258	.301	.560	6.2	0.1	0.3
P	Sol Hernandez	26	29	70	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	36	.114	.139	.143	.282	-1.1	0.0	0.0
1B	Phil Millbauer	36	42	63	6	13	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	17	.206	.231	.254	.485	3.2	0.0	0.2
3B	*Dale Smithson	33	35	49	9	11	0	0	3	13	0	0	11	12	.224	.377	.408	.785	8.5	1.7	0.5
P	Lorenzo Diaz	28	14	42	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.167	.167	.167	.333	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Denny McLain	33	43	39	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	19	.051	.075	.128	.203	-1.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Desmond Morgan	32	20	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Mariano Bourassa	27	46	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1B	Eric Manuel	31	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	1.5	0.5	0.0
P	*Jeffrey Geoghegan	32	32	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
C	Robert Johnson	35	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.3	0.0	0.1
P	Brenton McCullough	31	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.6	0.3	0.0
P	#Wallace Chilsen	30	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	#Pasquale Morales	32	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Xavier Vasquez	31	59	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Mitch Mandoon	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.8	2082	5433	738	1323	234	41	152	711	90	44	596	1295	.244	.327	.386	.713	704.9	124.4	49.1
	Rank among 12 JL teams			9	4	8	9	7	3	4	11	4	1	11	8	1	7	5	3
* - 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
Jacob Butler	32	16	10	.615	35	35	0	243.7	201	93	27	89	235	3.44	16.6
*Kevin Robinson	25	16	10	.615	31	31	0	231.3	197	73	14	58	215	2.84	19.1
Gustavo Aranda	30	15	14	.517	34	34	0	231.3	206	98	31	88	283	3.81	13.3
Sol Hernandez	26	9	11	.450	29	29	0	178.3	172	83	8	91	117	4.19	6.2
Denny McLain	33	10	4	.714	43	15	1	130.3	117	59	14	55	97	4.07	7.7
Lorenzo Diaz	28	7	6	.538	14	14	0	104.7	105	34	5	15	116	2.92	9.0
*Mariano Bourassa	27	6	3	.667	45	0	0	63.7	56	35	14	20	59	4.95	2.6
Pasquale Morales	32	4	1	.800	61	0	41	57.3	43	8	1	10	41	1.26	17.8
Wallace Chilsen	30	5	2	.714	51	0	2	51.0	49	24	12	10	45	4.24	4.2
*Xavier Vasquez	31	0	2	.000	59	0	5	47.3	32	14	4	29	53	2.66	6.2
*Desmond Morgan	32	1	5	.167	20	11	0	46.3	57	26	5	5	27	5.05	0.1
Jeffrey Geoghegan	32	1	0	1.000	31	0	1	38.3	42	16	3	18	39	3.76	2.6
Brenton McCullough	31	2	1	.667	24	0	0	29.3	37	22	6	17	15	6.75	0.0
Mitch Mandoon	29	1	0	1.000	8	0	0	7.0	7	6	1	8	7	7.71	0.0
Team Totals	29.9	93	69	.574	485	169	50	1460.0	1321	591	145	513	1349	3.64	105.4
Rank among 12 JL teams				3	3	1	3	6	4	8	3	9	2	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	.991	28.6
D.Baxter	771.7	84	91	715	41	6	3	.992	26.5
E.Berman	679.7	77	79	661	34	2	7	.997	28.1
R.Johnson	8.0	1	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	0.0
D.Smithson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0
Team Total	1459.5	162	171	1382	76	8	10	.995	26.9
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.57
B.Malbrough	641.3	71	75	661	52	3	64	.996	10.01
B.Oberdorsten	515.3	57	59	512	38	7	46	.987	9.61
T.Allnit	143.0	23	26	136	9	0	12	1.000	9.13
P.Millbauer	100.0	12	22	91	12	0	9	1.000	9.27
D.Baxter	3.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1402.6	163	184	1400	111	10	131	.993	9.70
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	4.80
P.Boyette	1177.0	132	137	222	410	8	85	.988	4.83
A.Liquori	272.3	30	37	45	90	4	26	.971	4.46
A.Zalot	8.0	0	1	2	3	1	2	.833	5.63
D.Smithson	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1457.9	162	175	269	503	13	113	.983	4.77
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.956	2.47
A.Kyser	961.3	110	113	51	212	15	21	.946	2.46
A.Liquori	200.7	22	24	7	29	4	0	.900	1.61
B.Melton	151.0	16	19	7	30	0	2	1.000	2.21
B.Oberdorsten	136.5	15	15	11	29	1	1	.976	2.64
D.Smithson	115.6	21	26	7	25	1	3	.970	2.49
T.Allnit	13.6	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.65
A.Zalot	7.3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.23
P.Boyette	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1.000	6.00
Team Total	1589.0	186	202	85	330	21	28	.952	2.35
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.968	4.20
A.Zalot	1021.3	111	119	141	349	24	68	.953	4.32
K.Crover	366.3	35	41	46	121	5	22	.971	4.10
A.Liquori	67.3	8	8	9	14	0	2	1.000	3.07
Team Total	1455.0	154	168	196	484	29	92	.959	4.21
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	1.91
O.Gaona	1318.7	145	151	245	12	0	2	1.000	1.75
M.Bayer	140.7	17	17	23	1	1	0	.960	1.54
K.Haubert	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1460.3	162	169	268	13	1	2	.996	1.73

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.987	2.65
A.Shirley	990.3	109	123	258	4	2	4	.992	2.38
B.Melton	469.0	53	63	125	4	1	3	.992	2.48
M.Bayer	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1460.3	162	187	383	8	3	7	.992	2.41
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	2.03
K.Haubert	1272.7	143	146	247	9	8	1	.970	1.81
M.Bayer	181.7	19	23	30	1	0	0	1.000	1.54
P.Boyette	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
B.Melton	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
O.Gaona	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1460.3	162	172	277	10	8	1	.973	1.77
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.956	1.79
J.Butler	243.7	35	35	13	34	0	2	1.000	1.74
G.Aranda	231.3	34	34	10	41	0	1	1.000	1.98
K.Robinson	231.3	31	31	20	32	0	4	1.000	2.02
S.Hernandez	178.3	29	29	8	20	5	3	.848	1.41
D.McLain	130.3	15	43	14	16	1	6	.968	2.07
L.Diaz	104.7	14	14	5	12	0	2	1.000	1.46
M.Bourassa	63.7	0	45	4	3	1	0	.875	0.99
P.Morales	57.3	0	61	3	10	0	1	1.000	2.04
W.Chilsen	51.0	0	51	2	5	0	2	1.000	1.24
X.Vasquez	47.3	0	59	2	6	1	1	.889	1.52
D.Morgan	46.3	11	20	3	10	1	1	.929	2.53
J.Geoghegan	38.3	0	31	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.41
B.McCullough	29.3	0	24	2	1	1	0	.750	0.92
M.Mandoon	7.0	0	8	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.29
Team Total	1460.0	169	485	88	195	10	24	.966	1.74

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Gaona	.300
On-Base Pct	Gaona	.404
Slugging Pct	Gaona	.496
OPS	Gaona	.900
XR	Gaona	109.5
Games	Gaona	154
At-Bats	Gaona	557
Runs	Gaona	110
Hits	Gaona	167
Total Bases	Gaona	276
Singles	Gaona	111
Doubles	Boyette, Haubert	28
Triples	Gaona	7
Homeruns	Gaona	23
RBIs	Haubert	95
Stolen Bases	Zalot	27
Caught Stealing	Shirley	14
Walks	Gaona	91
Strikeouts	Boyette	147

ERA	Robinson	2.84
Wins	Butler, Robinson	16
Losses	Aranda	14
Winning Pct	Butler,