1976 Marquette Suns
Record: 93-69
Finish: 2nd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 709
Runs Allowed: 644
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Solar Eclipse Stadium
Attendance: 3,231,411
Manager: Minnie Minoso

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-81, 10th in the Johnson League
AA: 67-71, 8th in the Johnson League
A: 65-73, 9th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Phoenix Talons
 
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 *Peter Pete 36 156 593 118 192 29 9 21 72 58 16 84 131 .324 .410 .509 .919 123.9 34.4 3.2
2B #Hayfu Sobah 33 156 526 95 137 34 5 24 94 9 4 98 37 .260 .380 .481 .861 98.9 24.6 4.2
1B #Eddie Jarman 33 152 551 68 148 34 8 27 108 0 0 59 91 .269 .343 .506 .849 95.6 23.3 2.0
LF  Joe Gillstrom 31 153 504 77 130 25 5 20 71 5 5 110 111 .258 .391 .446 .837 91.3 21.7 2.4
3B *Freedom Nixon 37 156 508 67 103 31 3 20 68 3 3 58 130 .203 .282 .394 .676 58.4 8.5 4.5
C  Charlie Feinkohl 33 132 459 40 94 30 1 4 41 0 0 36 104 .205 .271 .301 .572 34.6 2.2 9.4
SS *Scott Peyton 29 135 406 45 96 22 5 9 63 5 5 27 96 .236 .286 .382 .668 44.7 6.2 3.5
CF #Pat Lorenzen 31 126 360 35 79 25 2 4 35 4 0 34 87 .219 .290 .333 .623 35.9 4.9 1.4
3B  Chris Normand 30 122 332 42 81 22 8 4 33 0 1 28 56 .244 .306 .395 .701 37.4 6.2 2.8
LF  Hobert Giblin 34 92 235 29 54 18 1 3 26 6 3 51 67 .230 .367 .353 .720 32.9 6.4 1.1
CF  Renfred Washington 30 100 227 41 64 14 0 7 23 7 1 8 53 .282 .312 .436 .748 28.6 5.9 0.7
C  Stephen Gunter 32 74 155 15 33 5 0 4 18 0 0 16 37 .213 .285 .323 .607 13.4 1.1 2.5
P  Johan Schmatzhagen 33 34 100 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 40 .060 .120 .060 .180 -3.5 0.0 0.0
3B #Collin Murphy 36 71 107 9 29 8 0 1 9 0 0 4 25 .271 .304 .374 .677 9.4 1.3 0.3
P  Kirk Dirt 31 34 78 5 11 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 32 .141 .173 .179 .352 0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Guadalupe Sanchez 26 28 70 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 27 .043 .107 .086 .192 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Abbey 36 23 54 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 23 .148 .179 .148 .327 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Milholm 29 22 52 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 28 .135 .151 .173 .324 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Anthony Ball 31 17 42 4 8 2 0 0 4 1 1 2 13 .190 .227 .238 .465 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Glenn Bowerman 29 7 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .158 .238 .211 .449 1.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Paul Butte 28 15 13 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 .385 .500 .692 1.192 3.8 1.2 0.0
P  Mark Denman 33 50 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Joseph Latham 31 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Birdie Deaton 35 59 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Manson 32 56 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.3 0.0
P *Jeffrey McDuffie 27 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Davey Cantoni 30 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 2112 5419 709 1292 307 47 150 684 100 40 639 1204 .238 .321 .395 .717 705.9 148.2 38.1
  Rank among 12 JL teams 10 3 9 1 7 4 4 8 2 1 8 9 3 3 4 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
 Johan Schmatzhagen 33 24 5 .828 34 34 0 278.0 166 42 8 45 317 1.36 37.7
 Kirk Dirt 31 14 9 .609 34 29 0 215.0 209 89 23 60 183 3.73 11.6
 Guadalupe Sanchez 26 13 8 .619 28 28 0 188.0 189 99 33 50 102 4.74 4.0
 Jose Abbey 36 8 9 .471 23 23 0 152.7 174 76 5 59 132 4.48 2.8
*Mike Milholm 29 8 8 .500 22 22 0 136.3 138 66 8 48 93 4.36 4.1
 Anthony Ball 31 3 6 .333 17 17 0 116.7 119 47 17 23 51 3.63 5.5
 Birdie Deaton 35 6 3 .667 59 0 0 61.0 55 23 4 20 67 3.39 5.4
 Davey Cantoni 30 4 5 .444 58 0 31 57.3 46 14 2 10 64 2.20 14.1
*Jeffrey McDuffie 27 3 3 .500 58 0 2 56.7 49 28 4 26 47 4.45 3.1
 Mike Manson 32 7 4 .636 56 1 4 55.0 62 28 7 20 40 4.58 2.8
 Mark Denman 33 2 4 .333 50 0 6 53.3 65 29 7 27 17 4.89 0.0
 Glenn Bowerman 29 1 4 .200 7 7 0 51.3 53 31 1 21 31 5.44 0.0
 Joseph Latham 31 0 1 .000 26 1 0 32.7 35 13 3 11 16 3.58 1.5
Team Totals 31.0 93 69 .574 472 162 43 1454.0 1360 585 122 420 1160 3.62 92.7
Rank among 12 JL teams 3 3 5 3 9 6 4 5 4 7 6  
* - 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
C.Feinkohl 1118.7 131 131 929 84 5 3 .995 40.0
S.Gunter 335.3 31 63 255 22 3 1 .989 45.5
Team Total 1454.0 162 194 1184 106 8 4 .994 41.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.78
E.Jarman 1305.3 145 151 1351 122 13 112 .991 10.16
C.Murphy 146.7 17 17 124 11 1 9 .993 8.28
H.Giblin 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 169 1477 133 14 121 .991 9.97
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.81
S.Peyton 797.0 86 110 170 263 11 58 .975 4.89
C.Normand 645.0 76 85 136 212 5 38 .986 4.86
H.Sobah 12.0 0 4 2 6 0 2 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 199 308 481 16 98 .980 4.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
F.Nixon 1253.0 147 156 83 310 14 19 .966 2.82
C.Normand 153.3 15 34 11 43 4 2 .931 3.17
C.Murphy 47.7 0 22 1 9 1 0 .909 1.89
Team Total 1454.0 162 212 95 362 19 21 .960 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.18
H.Sobah 1308.3 146 149 183 400 27 74 .956 4.01
S.Peyton 145.7 16 19 27 64 5 14 .948 5.62
Team Total 1454.0 162 168 210 464 32 88 .955 4.17
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.92
P.Lorenzen 619.0 69 89 124 1 3 0 .977 1.82
R.Washington 414.7 45 57 81 4 3 0 .966 1.84
H.Giblin 409.7 48 58 86 1 0 0 1.000 1.91
P.Butte 6.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Normand 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Gillstrom 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 210 294 6 6 0 .980 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
P.Pete 1290.3 143 156 348 11 11 3 .970 2.50
P.Lorenzen 155.7 19 21 40 1 1 0 .976 2.37
R.Washington 8.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 162 179 388 12 12 3 .971 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
J.Gillstrom 1229.3 138 140 261 10 3 3 .989 1.98
H.Giblin 169.7 20 21 41 0 1 0 .976 2.17
P.Lorenzen 47.0 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.96
P.Butte 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1454.0 162 170 308 10 5 3 .985 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.91
J.Schmatzhagen 278.0 34 34 20 36 3 2 .949 1.81
K.Dirt 215.0 29 34 11 28 2 1 .951 1.63
G.Sanchez 188.0 28 28 17 22 4 0 .907 1.87
J.Abbey 152.7 23 23 4 28 3 3 .914 1.89
M.Milholm 136.3 22 22 15 26 1 2 .976 2.71
A.Ball 116.7 17 17 11 24 2 2 .946 2.70
B.Deaton 61.0 0 59 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.92
D.Cantoni 57.3 0 58 6 6 1 0 .923 1.88
J.McDuffie 56.7 0 58 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.59
M.Manson 55.0 1 56 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.62
M.Denman 53.3 0 50 2 10 0 0 1.000 2.03
G.Bowerman 51.3 7 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.05
J.Latham 32.7 1 26 2 11 0 1 1.000 3.58
Team Total 1454.0 162 472 98 226 16 15 .953 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pete .324
On-Base Pct Pete .410
Slugging Pct Pete .509
OPS Pete .919
XR Pete 123.9
Games Nixon, Pete, Sobah 156
At-Bats Pete 593
Runs Pete 118
Hits Pete 192
Total Bases Pete 302
Singles Pete 133
Doubles Sobah, Jarman 34
Triples Pete 9
Homeruns Jarman 27
RBIs Jarman 108
Stolen Bases Pete 58
Caught Stealing Pete 16
Walks Gillstrom 110
Strikeouts Pete 131
ERA Schmatzhagen 1.36
Wins Schmatzhagen 24
Losses Abbey, Dirt 9
Winning Pct Schmatzhagen .828
Saves Cantoni 31
Games Pitched Deaton 59
Games Started Schmatzhagen 34
Complete Games Schmatzhagen 16
Shutouts Schmatzhagen 9
Innings Pitched Schmatzhagen 278.0
Hits Allowed Dirt 209
Homeruns Allowed Sanchez 33
Strikeouts Schmatzhagen 317
Walks Allowed Dirt 60
Walks per 9IP Schmatzhagen 1.5
Hits per 9IP Schmatzhagen 5.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Schmatzhagen 10.3
WHiP Schmatzhagen 0.76
OAVG Schmatzhagen .171
OOBP Schmatzhagen .217
OSLG Schmatzhagen .232
OOPS Schmatzhagen .448
Team All-Stars
Eddie Jarman
Peter Pete
Johan Schmatzhagen
Hayfu Sobah
Player Salaries
Hayfu Sobah $ 11,300,000
Johan Schmatzhagen $ 10,000,000
Peter Pete $ 8,750,001
Joe Gillstrom $ 8,500,000
Freedom Nixon $ 7,750,000
Anthony Ball $ 5,400,000
Jose Abbey $ 5,250,000
Renfred Washington $ 4,200,000
Mark Denman $ 4,200,000
Glenn Bowerman $ 3,000,000
Kirk Dirt $ 2,100,000
Mike Manson $ 2,000,000
Eddie Jarman $ 2,000,000
Paul Butte $ 1,800,000
Scott Peyton $ 1,800,000
Davey Cantoni $ 1,600,000
Mitchell O'Hara $ 1,600,000
Hobert Giblin $ 1,500,000
Birdie Deaton $ 1,245,600
Charlie Feinkohl $ 1,050,000
Stephen Gunter $ 1,000,000
Mike Milholm $ 700,000
Collin Murphy $ 450,000
Joseph Latham $ 438,000
Lawerence Frantz $ 400,000
Jeffrey McDuffie $ 300,000
Chris Normand $ 300,000
Guadalupe Sanchez $ 300,000
Pat Lorenzen $ 300,000
Christian Plaza $ 283,600
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Scooter Webster
Dennis Mcgahan
Pat Lorenzen
Paul Butte
2/3 Duke Newton
Frank Young
Jose Abbey
2/15 Jeff Lebertall Alexander Everett
7/1 Woody Stairs Anthony Ball