1976 Montreal Blazers
Record: 91-72
Finish: 2nd in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 695
Runs Allowed: 608
Exp W-L: 91-72
 
Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 3,678,125
Manager: James Patterson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 6th in the Frick League
AA: 70-68, 6th in the Frick League
A: 72-66, 5th in the Frick 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
RF  Steve Clockmer 28 161 623 94 140 22 7 38 98 11 2 45 145 .225 .277 .465 .742 80.8 12.4 2.5
2B  Todd Elison 29 158 608 95 169 31 2 25 68 19 5 44 69 .278 .328 .459 .787 91.6 18.2 6.4
1B  Zachary Johnson 34 148 573 98 196 16 13 25 96 7 3 37 128 .342 .382 .546 .929 107.8 26.0 2.2
SS  Yogi Zimmer 31 154 538 66 124 33 14 8 52 7 6 41 111 .230 .292 .388 .680 61.9 9.4 9.3
C  Rube Baker 32 152 509 72 117 31 9 30 96 10 7 54 102 .230 .305 .503 .808 81.2 15.0 7.5
LF  John Ridgway 31 146 476 47 103 29 8 13 43 7 2 27 105 .216 .264 .393 .657 48.3 6.1 2.5
CF *Shelton Stone 31 123 397 48 91 22 6 7 35 15 6 26 73 .229 .283 .368 .650 41.5 5.3 3.0
3B *Chris Barnhard 31 126 362 35 82 21 0 9 34 1 0 21 50 .227 .274 .359 .633 34.6 3.8 2.7
3B  Leroy Jeffcoat 29 77 285 36 80 17 2 13 53 6 1 18 35 .281 .322 .491 .814 44.0 8.7 2.4
CF *Robert Cohee 28 93 231 28 71 14 0 1 24 11 4 15 40 .307 .347 .381 .728 30.3 5.8 1.8
C *Andy Polski 32 80 155 11 27 5 0 3 18 1 0 13 44 .174 .251 .265 .516 12.2 0.1 1.6
P  Kurt Stallwith 31 37 102 7 15 4 1 0 3 0 0 5 47 .147 .187 .206 .393 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Greg Doonin 33 37 100 3 5 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 39 .050 .069 .120 .189 -4.0 0.0 0.0
2B  Hugh Thornsberry 29 73 85 11 16 3 2 1 8 8 1 9 7 .188 .274 .306 .580 8.6 1.0 0.7
3B  Ken Woodson 29 60 83 7 20 4 2 3 14 1 0 6 16 .241 .308 .446 .753 11.1 2.1 0.5
P *Ralphie Wadsner 28 36 72 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 34 .042 .103 .056 .158 -2.6 0.0 0.0
RF  Matt Elliott 33 52 83 11 25 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 20 .301 .314 .434 .748 10.2 1.9 0.5
SS  Luke Thelen 30 44 68 17 23 4 1 3 13 1 0 6 13 .338 .400 .559 .959 13.8 3.5 0.7
P *Robert Quinton 22 30 58 5 7 3 1 1 3 0 0 3 16 .121 .161 .259 .420 2.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Ramon Gonzales 30 36 54 4 12 5 0 1 5 0 1 4 5 .222 .300 .370 .670 6.0 0.8 0.4
P  Raymond Valdovinos 34 20 44 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .045 .106 .045 .152 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Blass 34 31 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Aker 34 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Edward Bussell 28 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P  Vern Booler 36 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *D.J. Schwans 36 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Alvin Barela 26 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Horace Horton 33 65 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 2128 5521 700 1331 273 72 182 674 105 40 385 1121 .241 .294 .416 .709 681.0 120.4 44.6
  Rank among 12 FL teams 6 4 7 2 1 2 5 7 4 11 3 7 10 2 4 5  
* - 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
 Kurt Stallwith 31 28 5 .848 37 37 0 287.7 238 71 16 42 322 2.22 34.4
 Greg Doonin 33 17 14 .548 37 37 0 286.0 247 107 38 75 201 3.37 18.2
*Ralphie Wadsner 28 11 14 .440 36 36 0 253.0 261 110 12 63 133 3.91 9.8
 Robert Quinton 22 11 13 .458 30 30 0 179.0 170 77 17 69 156 3.87 9.1
 Raymond Valdovinos 34 8 6 .571 20 19 0 133.0 131 48 10 35 96 3.25 8.5
 Horace Horton 33 2 4 .333 65 0 42 63.3 47 18 3 12 86 2.56 15.2
 Jack Aker 34 4 3 .571 62 0 0 63.0 73 37 13 19 27 5.29 1.3
 Steve Blass 34 1 5 .167 31 4 1 61.7 62 37 5 28 65 5.40 0.0
*D.J. Schwans 36 3 4 .429 49 0 0 61.0 56 26 6 21 53 3.84 3.6
*Alvin Barela 26 4 2 .667 44 0 1 38.3 33 12 5 8 30 2.82 4.5
 Vern Booler 36 0 2 .000 32 0 1 36.3 38 16 1 16 28 3.96 1.8
 Edward Bussell 28 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 5.3 3 1 1 0 4 1.69 0.9
*Frank Northern 25 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 3.7 3 1 0 0 4 2.46 0.6
Team Totals 30.8 91 72 .558 448 163 45 1471.3 1362 561 127 388 1205 3.43 108.0
Rank among 12 FL teams 4 4 5 4 5 9 3 3 1 7 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 .991 30.7
R.Baker 1250.3 139 149 1034 79 9 2 .992 34.5
A.Polski 217.0 24 27 186 17 1 0 .995 32.4
Z.Johnson 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1471.3 163 177 1223 96 10 2 .992 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.55
Z.Johnson 1270.3 140 145 1389 121 9 119 .994 10.70
A.Polski 79.0 9 9 82 6 0 6 1.000 10.03
C.Barnhard 32.0 4 4 45 2 0 2 1.000 13.22
K.Woodson 31.0 4 4 38 4 0 3 1.000 12.19
S.Clockmer 24.0 2 3 23 2 1 1 .962 9.38
Y.Zimmer 9.0 1 1 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00
R.Baker 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 2 1.000 10.00
R.Gonzales 8.0 1 1 6 3 0 0 1.000 10.13
L.Thelen 2.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
M.Elliott 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1465.0 162 168 1610 138 10 133 .994 10.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.71
T.Elison 1329.7 148 153 278 499 24 106 .970 5.26
H.Thornsberry 136.7 15 24 27 46 1 11 .986 4.81
L.Thelen 2.4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Jeffcoat 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.7 163 179 305 545 25 117 .971 5.21
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.52
C.Barnhard 709.0 80 86 42 173 9 13 .960 2.73
L.Jeffcoat 441.3 50 52 22 109 10 10 .929 2.67
K.Woodson 103.0 10 21 4 31 0 5 1.000 3.06
Team Total 1253.3 140 159 68 313 19 28 .953 2.74
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.07
Y.Zimmer 1242.3 151 151 182 480 17 88 .975 4.80
L.Jeffcoat 200.3 22 24 28 62 3 14 .968 4.04
L.Thelen 135.2 26 37 16 40 2 7 .966 3.73
C.Barnhard 101.0 5 34 11 27 2 5 .950 3.39
T.Elison 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
H.Thornsberry 3.0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1686.8 204 249 240 613 24 115 .973 4.55
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.09
J.Ridgway 1188.0 140 143 219 4 4 1 .982 1.69
M.Elliott 76.1 10 17 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.89
R.Gonzales 54.0 3 20 12 0 1 0 .923 2.00
R.Cohee 40.0 3 11 7 1 1 0 .889 1.80
H.Thornsberry 5.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Thelen 3.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
S.Stone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1369.4 157 194 254 6 6 1 .977 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.63
S.Stone 969.3 106 120 227 7 0 4 1.000 2.17
R.Cohee 499.0 57 65 130 2 0 1 1.000 2.38
M.Elliott 105.3 18 19 27 1 2 0 .933 2.39
R.Gonzales 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1575.6 181 205 384 10 2 5 .995 2.25
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.05
S.Clockmer 1401.3 155 158 231 4 7 1 .971 1.51
R.Gonzales 69.0 8 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.Elliott 4.7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cohee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.0 164 168 247 5 7 1 .973 1.54
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.77
K.Stallwith 287.7 37 37 19 45 3 3 .955 2.00
G.Doonin 286.0 37 37 24 46 0 2 1.000 2.20
R.Wadsner 253.0 36 36 18 35 4 2 .930 1.89
R.Quinton 179.0 30 30 12 29 3 3 .932 2.06
R.Valdovinos 133.0 19 20 9 23 3 0 .914 2.17
H.Horton 63.3 0 65 5 11 2 0 .889 2.27
J.Aker 63.0 0 62 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.29
S.Blass 61.7 4 31 1 10 3 1 .786 1.61
D.Schwans 61.0 0 49 1 10 1 1 .917 1.62
A.Barela 38.3 0 44 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.64
V.Booler 36.3 0 32 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.99
E.Bussell 5.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Northern 3.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1471.3 163 448 99 227 19 14 .945 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Johnson .342
On-Base Pct Johnson .382
Slugging Pct Johnson .546
OPS Johnson .929
XR Johnson 107.8
Games Clockmer 161
At-Bats Clockmer 623
Runs Johnson 98
Hits Johnson 196
Total Bases Johnson 313
Singles Johnson 142
Doubles Zimmer 33
Triples Zimmer 14
Homeruns Clockmer 38
RBIs Clockmer 98
Stolen Bases Elison 19
Caught Stealing Baker 7
Walks Baker 54
Strikeouts Clockmer 145
ERA Stallwith 2.22
Wins Stallwith 28
Losses Doonin, Wadsner 14
Winning Pct Stallwith .848
Saves Horton 42
Games Pitched Horton 65
Games Started Doonin, Stallwith 37
Complete Games Doonin 12
Shutouts Doonin 4
Innings Pitched Stallwith 287.7
Hits Allowed Wadsner 261
Homeruns Allowed Doonin 38
Strikeouts Stallwith 322
Walks Allowed Doonin 75
Walks per 9IP Stallwith 1.3
Hits per 9IP Stallwith 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Stallwith 10.1
WHiP Stallwith 0.97
OAVG Stallwith .222
OOBP Stallwith .254
OSLG Stallwith .303
OOPS Stallwith .557
Team All-Stars
Steve Clockmer
Todd Elison
Zachary Johnson
Kurt Stallwith
Player Salaries
Zachary Johnson $ 8,980,000
Horace Horton $ 6,250,000
Steve Clockmer $ 5,500,000
Greg Doonin $ 4,500,000
Yogi Zimmer $ 4,000,000
Rube Baker $ 3,990,000
Ralphie Wadsner $ 3,910,000
D.J. Schwans $ 3,352,000
Jack Aker $ 3,000,000
Ken Woodson $ 2,514,000
Todd Elison $ 2,514,000
Chris Barnhard $ 2,500,000
Shelton Stone $ 2,500,000
Kurt Stallwith $ 2,495,000
Matt Elliott $ 2,000,000
John Ridgway $ 2,000,000
Andy Polski $ 2,000,000
Floyd Decker $ 1,800,000
Jugman Jones $ 1,800,000
Ramon Gonzales $ 1,600,000
Bernie Perez $ 1,500,000
Raymond Valdovinos $ 1,200,000
Leroy Jeffcoat $ 1,171,500
Hugh Thornsberry $ 625,000
Edward Bussell $ 500,000
Frank Northern $ 300,000
Robert Cohee $ 300,000
Robert Quinton $ 300,000
Alvin Barela $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Luke Thelen
Miguel Cervantes
Al Dicken
Leroy Jeffcoat
Matt Elliott