1977 Montreal Blazers Index Page

1977 Montreal Blazers

Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 699
Runs Allowed: 560
Exp W-L: 97-65

Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 3,964,494
Manager: James Patterson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-74, 9th in the Frick League
AA: 63-75, 11th in the Frick League
A: 68-70, 7th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 3-4 to Birmingham Bandits
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Buffalo Bisons

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	Zachary Johnson	35	156	616	86	169	16	7	17	71	8	3	42	149	.274	.322	.406	.728	77.4	15.3	2.7
2B	Todd Elison	30	152	591	99	172	38	14	14	69	10	5	42	37	.291	.342	.474	.815	90.9	21.4	9.4
RF	Steve Clockmer	29	154	565	91	158	33	13	34	113	25	2	59	117	.280	.348	.565	.912	108.0	27.4	4.4
SS	Yogi Zimmer	32	153	548	62	134	36	9	5	58	8	5	54	118	.245	.313	.370	.683	63.8	11.8	7.4
3B	Leroy Jeffcoat	30	125	460	86	124	22	4	26	83	14	5	56	24	.270	.345	.504	.849	82.2	18.9	4.8
CF	*Shelton Stone	32	127	425	42	110	16	5	6	47	15	16	26	81	.259	.312	.362	.674	45.2	7.1	5.6
C	Harry Harris	29	92	311	28	73	25	0	6	39	6	3	27	53	.235	.295	.373	.668	33.3	5.1	3.3
C	*Andy Polski	33	91	231	28	45	6	1	9	31	3	0	17	73	.195	.271	.346	.618	23.8	2.8	2.0
3B	Ramon Villegas	25	92	233	27	55	4	0	10	38	1	0	8	60	.236	.260	.382	.642	23.9	3.3	1.6
LF	John Ridgway	32	82	220	17	37	6	1	10	32	3	1	13	58	.168	.214	.341	.555	17.3	0.1	1.9
LF	#James Beasley	36	52	212	43	63	10	1	6	21	4	1	23	33	.297	.369	.439	.807	33.9	8.5	1.7
RF	Matt Elliott	34	75	195	24	49	9	3	3	14	3	2	10	36	.251	.293	.374	.668	20.0	3.1	1.4
LF	Damon Shiznit	25	62	133	18	29	7	3	2	11	5	2	9	39	.218	.273	.361	.634	12.4	1.7	0.8
2B	Hugh Thornsberry	30	78	120	19	28	7	3	2	13	7	1	16	21	.233	.324	.392	.715	17.4	3.6	1.3
CF	*Robert Cohee	29	37	109	11	24	3	1	0	12	3	2	8	37	.220	.273	.266	.539	8.6	0.2	1.2
P	Kurt Stallwith	32	36	91	1	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	49	.055	.104	.088	.192	-2.6	0.0	0.0
C	Thad Krueter	32	33	76	4	12	2	0	0	5	1	2	7	18	.158	.235	.184	.420	3.2	0.0	0.7
P	Lonny Lehay	34	35	75	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	33	.053	.089	.093	.182	-2.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Robert Quinton	23	32	71	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	.056	.056	.056	.112	-3.7	0.0	0.0
P	Greg Doonin	34	23	56	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	26	.018	.051	.018	.069	-4.0	0.0	0.0
P	*Roy Hobbs, Jr.	32	16	42	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.095	.156	.167	.322	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Ralphie Wadsner	29	20	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	.000	.000	.000	.000	-4.5	0.0	0.0
RF	Matthew Whitesell	32	12	17	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	.294	.381	.412	.793	3.0	0.6	0.1
P	Floyd Vega	31	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Alvin Barela	27	47	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Horace Horton	34	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*David Smythe	32	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Rudy Sparrow	23	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Vincent Vance	31	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.6	1999	5454	699	1305	244	67	151	667	117	50	433	1142	.239	.297	.392	.689	646.3	130.9	50.4
	Rank among 12 FL teams			11	6	9	6	1	4	6	9	7	9	5	7	9	5	6	6
* - 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	32	19	9	.679	36	36	0	272.3	225	68	10	49	271	2.25	26.3
Lonny Lehay	34	15	10	.600	35	35	0	228.0	209	87	15	67	134	3.43	13.1
Robert Quinton	23	14	9	.609	32	32	0	203.0	184	76	14	71	161	3.37	11.1
Greg Doonin	34	7	12	.368	23	23	0	153.7	147	74	23	63	110	4.33	0.9
*Ralphie Wadsner	29	12	3	.800	20	20	0	136.7	127	44	8	36	75	2.90	10.4
*Roy Hobbs, Jr.	32	11	4	.733	16	16	0	132.3	78	26	6	37	160	1.77	15.8
*David Smythe	32	4	1	.800	63	0	1	76.0	72	29	5	28	49	3.43	6.1
Horace Horton	34	5	7	.417	74	0	48	74.0	54	20	3	20	95	2.43	17.4
*Alvin Barela	27	5	0	1.000	47	0	2	65.3	55	15	2	12	62	2.07	8.9
*Frank Northern	26	4	0	1.000	50	0	2	45.7	30	13	2	10	40	2.56	6.9
Floyd Vega	31	0	2	.000	23	0	1	31.3	30	16	6	15	20	4.60	0.0
Vincent Vance	31	4	2	.667	34	1	1	29.0	33	7	2	12	22	2.17	3.7
Rudy Sparrow	23	1	2	.333	23	0	0	21.7	23	8	6	7	25	3.32	1.1
Team Totals	29.8	101	61	.623	476	163	55	1469.0	1267	483	102	427	1224	2.96	121.6
Rank among 12 FL teams				1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	6	4	1
* - 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	29.0
H.Harris	727.1	80	89	641	46	4	3	.994	35.6
A.Polski	534.3	59	63	410	33	8	1	.982	30.3
T.Krueter	188.0	22	23	152	11	4	0	.976	29.6
Team Total	1449.4	161	175	1203	90	16	4	.988	32.8
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.66
Z.Johnson	1365.0	150	154	1423	110	11	111	.993	10.11
R.Villegas	78.0	9	9	93	4	2	7	.980	11.19
M.Whitesell	26.0	3	4	31	1	0	2	1.000	11.08
Team Total	1469.0	162	167	1547	115	13	120	.992	10.18
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	4.70
T.Elison	1298.7	144	146	254	463	10	91	.986	4.97
H.Thornsberry	162.3	17	23	35	58	1	9	.989	5.16
D.Shiznit	8.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1469.0	162	170	290	522	11	100	.987	4.97
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.954	2.65
L.Jeffcoat	1045.3	116	117	75	282	26	22	.932	3.07
R.Villegas	400.7	44	47	17	93	5	7	.957	2.47
H.Thornsberry	23.0	2	3	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.35
Team Total	1469.0	162	167	92	381	31	29	.938	2.90
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	4.12
Y.Zimmer	1374.0	153	153	158	461	11	71	.983	4.05
L.Jeffcoat	64.0	7	8	13	16	2	5	.935	4.08
T.Elison	26.0	2	5	4	9	0	2	1.000	4.50
R.Villegas	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Team Total	1469.0	162	167	175	487	13	78	.981	4.06
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	2.00
J.Ridgway	550.7	59	74	110	4	3	1	.974	1.86
J.Beasley	383.2	34	39	71	3	3	1	.961	1.74
M.Elliott	314.7	36	43	54	1	0	0	1.000	1.57
D.Shiznit	126.0	15	19	13	0	0	0	1.000	0.93
R.Cohee	11.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.45
A.Polski	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50