1976 Omaha Barnstormers
Record: 64-98
Finish: 4th in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 585
Runs Allowed: 706
Exp W-L: 67-95
 
Ballpark: The Bard
Attendance: 2,923,151
Manager: Old Abe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-68, 6th in the Johnson League
AA: 59-79, 11th in the Johnson League
A: 73-65, 3rd in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
RF #Tony Boyer 32 154 556 63 134 21 5 13 53 9 5 48 121 .241 .307 .367 .674 65.5 9.8 2.8
LF *Floyd Jackson 34 153 551 65 158 33 11 14 62 18 16 38 117 .287 .336 .463 .799 77.3 15.3 3.2
SS  Ricky Kulou 35 144 503 52 151 21 1 1 30 1 4 31 64 .300 .344 .352 .696 57.3 10.4 5.1
CF  Bill Melton 29 145 461 57 110 14 5 9 38 6 2 50 93 .239 .316 .349 .665 53.3 8.1 3.8
2B  Kurt Radkle 29 137 421 43 112 28 4 13 52 3 1 37 104 .266 .330 .444 .774 57.3 10.9 2.3
3B *Pepper Volkov 33 146 364 31 78 12 0 7 38 3 5 27 93 .214 .275 .305 .580 27.4 0.7 1.4
1B  Bob Oberdorsten 29 95 335 32 89 6 2 4 37 1 1 39 37 .266 .362 .331 .694 41.7 7.2 0.3
C  Blast McBearett 34 87 320 34 81 13 2 15 42 2 1 20 51 .253 .299 .447 .746 41.3 7.1 2.4
CF #Kelvin McLish 30 56 206 33 46 9 2 8 34 18 8 29 37 .223 .333 .403 .736 30.4 5.5 1.7
1B *Lance Hacker 33 60 182 15 42 13 0 1 15 0 0 14 54 .231 .291 .319 .610 16.5 2.0 0.4
2B  Robert Thaxton 25 74 185 16 46 5 1 2 26 0 0 6 45 .249 .276 .319 .595 14.2 1.0 0.9
C  Maxwell Weiss 30 57 168 16 30 6 3 1 14 8 2 13 39 .179 .245 .268 .512 11.3 0.0 1.3
1B #James Iverson 24 116 170 28 45 6 3 4 15 7 1 7 27 .265 .300 .406 .706 20.3 3.5 0.1
2B  Pete Maneri 28 88 156 19 36 11 0 4 27 1 1 20 26 .231 .316 .378 .695 18.6 3.1 0.9
SS #Kurdt Crover 30 56 149 10 22 0 2 2 8 7 1 19 12 .148 .260 .215 .475 10.2 0.0 2.1
C  Marvin James 36 66 147 18 34 5 0 3 17 1 0 12 32 .231 .286 .327 .612 14.6 1.5 0.9
RF *Herman Perry 36 43 80 18 17 5 0 3 11 2 3 8 19 .213 .300 .388 .688 9.4 1.3 0.4
SS  Andy Askewi 37 57 83 6 11 2 2 0 3 2 0 3 20 .133 .172 .205 .377 1.0 0.0 0.9
P *Mark Lynch 27 30 69 5 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 31 .174 .197 .203 .400 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Corey Aubrey 25 37 63 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 27 .048 .077 .048 .125 -3.0 0.0 0.0
RF #Frances Jumper 33 54 63 9 17 1 0 2 7 0 1 3 17 .270 .303 .381 .684 6.3 0.7 0.4
P  Jerome Winter 36 24 56 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 23 .107 .194 .143 .336 0.8 0.0 0.0
LF *Sherman Tank 31 28 50 5 11 1 0 1 3 1 1 10 9 .220 .350 .300 .650 6.0 0.9 0.4
P  Don Wilson 30 24 55 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .109 .125 .127 .252 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Ace Holder 28 21 48 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 26 .146 .192 .167 .359 1.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Kenny Desilva 32 18 42 4 9 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 6 .214 .298 .238 .536 2.6 0.0 0.6
P *Brad Theide 28 12 26 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .038 .038 .038 .077 -1.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Kevin Cisler 31 8 24 5 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 2 6 .500 .556 .833 1.389 7.8 2.6 0.1
3B  Thaddeus Rizzi 24 10 25 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .160 .160 .200 .360 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Richard Vitiello 26 10 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .045 .045 .045 .091 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Mulford 25 5 12 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .167 .333 .333 .667 1.7 0.4 0.0
P *Ken Samuel 30 58 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  James Howard 27 47 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ozzie Osborn 29 48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Nabaro 32 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Meat Poplowski 32 43 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
P *David Smythe 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2289 5620 595 1335 226 43 109 560 92 54 458 1184 .238 .301 .351 .652 587.1 92.3 32.2
  Rank among 12 JL teams 4 10 8 10 8 11 11 10 8 7 7 10 10 11 11 11  
* - 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
 Corey Aubrey 25 12 13 .480 35 35 0 219.7 176 75 13 84 259 3.07 13.3
*Mark Lynch 27 10 10 .500 30 30 0 212.3 191 77 17 66 173 3.26 12.3
 Jerome Winter 36 5 10 .333 24 24 0 161.0 153 78 19 51 102 4.36 3.9
*Ace Holder 28 8 10 .444 21 21 0 158.0 135 56 13 51 144 3.19 8.5
 Don Wilson 30 5 12 .294 24 24 0 147.7 173 82 14 73 65 5.00 0.0
 Ernie Nabaro 32 4 5 .444 75 0 13 84.3 52 18 2 20 44 1.92 13.6
*Brad Theide 28 6 5 .545 12 11 0 82.0 92 42 6 29 44 4.61 1.7
 Richard Vitiello 26 2 4 .333 10 10 0 65.7 73 30 10 27 31 4.11 1.2
*Ken Samuel 30 3 6 .333 55 0 1 65.0 83 36 8 35 29 4.98 0.0
 James Howard 27 2 5 .286 46 1 0 62.3 48 29 11 21 72 4.19 2.4
 Ozzie Osborn 29 2 8 .200 48 0 0 53.7 74 32 2 33 21 5.37 0.0
 Jethro Wilbury 30 1 4 .200 54 0 3 50.7 70 28 3 11 29 4.97 0.4
 Meat Poplowski 32 2 3 .400 42 0 20 46.0 33 15 5 9 44 2.93 8.5
 Paul Mulford 25 2 2 .500 5 5 0 35.7 36 16 5 11 18 4.04 1.7
*David Smythe 31 0 1 .000 3 0 0 8.3 10 8 2 3 9 8.63 0.0
Team Totals 29.1 64 98 .395 484 161 37 1452.3 1399 622 130 524 1084 3.85 67.4
Rank among 12 JL teams 11 11 7 12 10 11 5 9 9 9 9  
* - 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
B.McBearett 706.4 72 82 597 39 5 1 .992 25.6
M.Weiss 407.5 51 55 325 18 2 0 .994 21.7
M.James 320.7 38 41 236 16 3 1 .988 27.3
Team Total 1434.6 161 178 1158 73 10 2 .992 24.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.78
B.Oberdorsten 765.1 85 93 759 55 7 66 .991 9.58
J.Iverson 251.7 29 38 268 29 4 21 .987 10.62
L.Hacker 205.7 21 24 213 19 2 21 .991 10.15
K.Cisler 0.9 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1223.4 135 155 1241 103 13 108 .990 9.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.81
K.Radkle 1003.7 122 127 207 331 10 66 .982 4.82
P.Maneri 337.9 47 76 67 122 4 23 .979 5.03
R.Thaxton 89.3 9 18 21 30 4 10 .927 5.14
K.Cisler 46.8 6 6 11 15 1 3 .963 5.00
A.Askewi 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1481.7 184 228 306 498 20 102 .976 4.88
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.59
P.Volkov 880.7 97 128 74 210 17 28 .944 2.90
B.Melton 413.0 52 56 28 102 6 11 .956 2.83
L.Hacker 221.7 23 30 14 51 6 6 .915 2.64
R.Thaxton 71.7 6 16 8 18 1 3 .963 3.27
T.Rizzi 59.0 7 8 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.53
A.Askewi 23.0 0 11 1 4 1 0 .833 1.96
J.Iverson 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.James 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1672.0 185 251 127 394 31 49 .944 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.18
R.Kulou 1122.7 134 140 165 379 19 64 .966 4.36
K.Crover 427.5 55 56 63 146 3 26 .986 4.40
A.Askewi 183.0 17 38 27 65 4 9 .958 4.52
K.Desilva 110.0 11 18 20 36 2 13 .966 4.58
R.Thaxton 21.0 0 9 2 7 1 0 .900 3.86
K.Samuel 9.7 0 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.73
K.Radkle 3.8 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 4.74
B.Melton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Iverson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Cisler 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1879.9 217 265 279 637 30 113 .968 4.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.92
F.Jackson 1204.7 132 148 262 13 3 0 .989 2.05
R.Thaxton 185.0 23 24 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.41
F.Jumper 39.0 4 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
H.Perry 21.7 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
K.Cisler 6.8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
S.Tank 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.4 163 184 301 15 3 0 .991 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.55
B.Melton 713.3 87 89 245 6 3 4 .988 3.17
K.McLish 495.3 56 56 134 5 1 2 .993 2.53
S.Tank 124.4 22 26 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
F.Jumper 81.3 5 22 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.10
F.Jackson 21.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Oberdorsten 10.9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.30
P.Maneri 4.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Radkle 2.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Thaxton 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
M.James 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.1 174 200 445 13 4 6 .991 2.83
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.99
T.Boyer 1211.0 135 147 240 15 8 1 .970 1.90
H.Perry 137.0 16 21 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Thaxton 79.0 11 11 15 0 1 0 .938 1.71
F.Jumper 22.3 0 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.03
J.Iverson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.3 162 188 292 16 9 1 .972 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.91
C.Aubrey 219.7 35 35 11 37 1 1 .980 1.97
M.Lynch 212.3 30 30 13 19 1 0 .970 1.36
J.Winter 161.0 24 24 12 31 1 0 .977 2.40
A.Holder 158.0 21 21 6 16 0 2 1.000 1.25
D.Wilson 147.7 24 24 9 29 0 3 1.000 2.32
E.Nabaro 84.3 0 75 2 18 2 1 .909 2.13
B.Theide 82.0 11 12 5 12 1 1 .944 1.87
R.Vitiello 65.7 10 10 3 6 2 1 .818 1.23
K.Samuel 65.0 0 55 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.77
J.Howard 62.3 1 46 0 3 1 0 .750 0.43
O.Osborn 53.7 0 48 0 14 1 0 .933 2.35
J.Wilbury 50.7 0 54 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.95
M.Poplowski 46.0 0 42 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.17
P.Mulford 35.7 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.77
D.Smythe 8.3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
Team Total 1452.3 161 484 73 218 10 10 .967 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kulou .300
On-Base Pct Kulou .344
Slugging Pct Jackson .463
OPS Jackson .799
XR Jackson 77.3
Games Boyer 154
At-Bats Boyer 556
Runs Jackson 65
Hits Jackson 158
Total Bases Jackson 255
Singles Kulou 128
Doubles Jackson 33
Triples Jackson 11
Homeruns McBearett 15
RBIs Jackson 62
Stolen Bases Jackson, McLish 18
Caught Stealing Jackson 16
Walks Melton 50
Strikeouts Boyer 121
ERA Aubrey 3.07
Wins Aubrey 12
Losses Aubrey 13
Winning Pct Lynch .500
Saves Poplowski 20
Games Pitched Nabaro 75
Games Started Aubrey 35
Complete Games Holder, Lynch 7
Shutouts Lynch 2
Innings Pitched Aubrey 219.7
Hits Allowed Lynch 191
Homeruns Allowed Winter 19
Strikeouts Aubrey 259
Walks Allowed Aubrey 84
Walks per 9IP Lynch 2.8
Hits per 9IP Aubrey 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Aubrey 10.6
WHiP Aubrey 1.18
OAVG Aubrey .218
OOBP Lynch .295
OSLG Aubrey .356
OOPS Lynch .653
Team All-Stars
Blast McBearett
Ernie Nabaro
Player Salaries
Floyd Jackson $ 12,080,000
Jerome Winter $ 7,800,000
Eric Minuso $ 4,990,000
Ernie Nabaro $ 4,500,000
Jethro Wilbury $ 4,300,000
Brad Theide $ 4,000,000
Don Wilson $ 3,840,000
Ricky Kulou $ 3,352,000
Kelvin McLish $ 3,300,000
Tony Boyer $ 2,700,000
Herman Perry $ 2,390,000
Sherman Tank $ 2,200,000
Lance Hacker $ 2,000,000
Marvin James $ 1,914,000
David Smythe $ 1,600,000
Pepper Volkov $ 1,600,000
Kurt Radkle $ 1,560,000
Maxwell Weiss $ 1,500,000
Ozzie Osborn $ 1,000,000
Ken Samuel $ 714,000
Bill Melton $ 700,000
Corey Aubrey $ 357,000
Mark Lynch $ 300,000
Paul Mulford $ 300,000
Frances Jumper $ 300,000
Thaddeus Rizzi $ 300,000
James Iverson $ 300,000
James Howard $ 300,000
Robert Thaxton $ 300,000
Kenny Desilva $ 300,000
Richard Vitiello $ 300,000
Andy Askewi $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/1 David Hunter Herman Perry
4/11 Kevin Cisler
James Nowell
Micheal Cassidy
Kurt Radkle
Edward Radabaugh
4/11 Joel Saragosa Kenny Desilva
Hnat Usteriff
7/21 Ace Holder John Minor
Luther Holland
Nick Oteen
Vaclav Havel
Brad Theide
7/21 Bob Oberdorsten
Blast Mcbearett
Luis Abdullah
Lance Hacker
Maxwell Weiss
Tex Avery
7/30 Pete Maneri Sherman Tank
Kurdt Crover
Cosme Estrella
7/30 Meat Poplowski Eric Minuso
Mike Saotome
David Smythe