1977 Omaha Barnstormers
Record: 52-110
Finish: 4th in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 606
Runs Allowed: 912
Exp W-L: 52-110
 
Ballpark: The Bard
Attendance: 2,564,437
Manager: Old Abe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 66-72, 9th in the Johnson League
A: 68-70, 6th in the Johnson 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
1B #James Iverson 25 153 599 65 173 25 8 2 63 19 8 34 81 .289 .330 .367 .697 69.5 15.2 1.1
LF *Floyd Jackson 35 155 571 71 163 41 11 15 80 1 1 61 120 .285 .358 .475 .833 89.6 24.5 0.8
SS  Ricky Kulou 36 135 538 49 130 16 1 0 41 2 0 22 105 .242 .274 .275 .549 36.0 1.1 2.6
2B  Kurt Radkle 30 144 508 61 119 29 3 15 50 2 0 42 132 .234 .295 .392 .687 56.9 10.4 1.9
CF #Kelvin McLish 31 124 394 55 86 17 4 19 52 8 1 47 123 .218 .316 .426 .743 58.2 13.7 0.8
3B *Pepper Volkov 34 134 365 42 100 14 6 8 40 1 1 25 92 .274 .325 .411 .736 46.2 10.2 1.0
C  Steve Desalvo 31 125 354 31 77 12 2 10 46 0 0 37 89 .218 .295 .347 .643 37.0 5.5 1.4
RF #Tony Boyer 33 95 314 34 75 14 4 5 34 3 1 33 58 .239 .316 .357 .673 36.2 6.6 0.4
C  Maxwell Weiss 31 121 308 33 60 9 6 10 39 19 6 23 81 .195 .251 .360 .612 30.0 3.2 1.1
CF  Dan Gridstone 37 107 297 34 65 15 5 11 36 1 1 21 64 .219 .273 .414 .687 34.4 6.2 0.5
LF  Ben Diskin 32 111 192 41 39 7 5 5 22 21 7 40 55 .203 .338 .370 .707 30.1 6.7 0.3
3B  John Stringer 28 75 197 23 46 4 0 6 16 0 0 21 50 .234 .307 .345 .653 20.9 3.3 0.6
1B *Lance Hacker 34 53 168 15 35 7 0 4 20 0 1 7 28 .208 .242 .321 .563 12.1 0.3 0.4
1B *Kip Evans 31 97 135 11 26 7 0 0 11 0 0 18 20 .193 .290 .244 .535 8.3 0.0 0.2
CF #Mike Saotome 23 32 116 16 27 8 2 0 4 14 4 7 33 .233 .282 .336 .618 11.7 1.8 0.2
P #Bobby Carey 26 33 69 3 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 27 .116 .141 .174 .315 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Timothy Morgan 32 31 76 6 7 3 2 0 6 0 0 1 36 .092 .104 .184 .288 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Micheal Cassidy 26 31 64 2 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 .156 .156 .203 .359 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Brad Theide 29 28 55 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 28 .036 .054 .036 .090 -3.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Robert Thaxton 26 16 56 4 13 3 0 2 8 0 0 4 15 .232 .283 .393 .676 6.5 1.4 0.2
P  Don Wilson 31 27 47 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .128 .176 .128 .304 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Jerome Winter 37 27 19 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .158 .200 .263 .463 0.8 0.0 0.0
RF #Frances Jumper 34 12 18 1 5 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 5 .278 .316 .556 .871 2.8 0.8 0.0
P  James Howard 28 88 10 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .500 .700 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ozzie Osborn 30 76 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Richard Vitiello 27 50 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Mack Leblanc 37 45 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Samuel 31 60 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7 0.2 0.0
SS  Andy Askewi 38 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7 0.3 0.1
P  Ernie Nabaro 33 51 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
C  Butch Rempert 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 2247 5509 606 1280 241 62 113 586 91 31 454 1311 .232 .294 .360 .654 585.7 111.3 13.6
  Rank among 12 JL teams 6 12 11 7 1 11 11 10 2 8 12 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Timothy Morgan 32 9 16 .360 31 31 0 214.0 242 104 19 56 174 4.37 5.4
 Bobby Carey 26 8 13 .381 33 33 0 205.7 196 77 15 78 189 3.37 9.6
*Micheal Cassidy 26 7 19 .269 31 31 0 192.3 248 124 9 55 218 5.80 0.2
*Brad Theide 29 6 17 .261 28 28 0 177.3 201 115 18 73 95 5.84 0.0
 Don Wilson 31 3 15 .167 27 27 0 144.3 183 111 16 105 79 6.92 0.0
 James Howard 28 6 4 .600 88 0 0 106.7 97 58 12 42 105 4.89 3.1
 Ozzie Osborn 30 1 7 .125 76 0 0 90.0 98 61 2 75 40 6.10 0.0
 Jerome Winter 37 4 9 .308 27 10 0 75.0 85 59 13 35 35 7.08 0.0
 Richard Vitiello 27 2 1 .667 50 0 0 69.7 78 27 4 30 37 3.49 3.1
*Ken Samuel 31 4 4 .500 59 0 0 67.7 76 38 9 34 31 5.05 1.8
 Ernie Nabaro 33 2 2 .500 51 0 25 52.0 40 11 5 25 33 1.90 7.9
*Mack Leblanc 37 0 3 .000 45 2 1 47.0 78 38 3 34 23 7.28 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 52 110 .321 546 162 26 1441.6 1622 823 125 642 1059 5.14 31.1
Rank among 12 JL teams 12 12 12 12 10 12 4 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
S.Desalvo 778.7 89 90 575 48 5 2 .992 25.9
M.Weiss 661.0 73 76 524 37 10 2 .982 20.0
D.Gridstone 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.7 162 167 1100 85 15 4 .988 22.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.57
J.Iverson 1316.7 148 149 1277 118 13 131 .991 9.54
K.Evans 65.3 9 9 70 5 1 5 .987 10.34
L.Hacker 18.1 2 2 16 1 0 2 1.000 8.45
D.Gridstone 8.0 0 1 8 1 0 1 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1408.1 159 161 1371 125 14 139 .991 9.56
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.80
K.Radkle 1202.3 139 142 260 423 10 89 .986 5.11
J.Stringer 178.7 17 28 48 57 3 13 .972 5.29
P.Volkov 44.0 5 5 12 22 1 5 .971 6.95
T.Boyer 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1.000 4.00
L.Hacker 2.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1436.6 162 176 322 505 14 109 .983 5.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.47
P.Volkov 791.0 91 102 57 159 11 9 .952 2.46
L.Hacker 353.1 42 47 27 69 4 6 .960 2.45
J.Stringer 302.0 35 39 25 51 1 4 .987 2.26
K.McLish 21.0 2 2 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.57
F.Jackson 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Diskin 6.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Desalvo 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Evans 3.1 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 2.90
Team Total 1490.2 171 196 111 286 17 22 .959 2.40
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.20
R.Kulou 1153.7 135 135 188 415 17 87 .973 4.70
R.Thaxton 149.0 16 16 14 37 0 7 1.000 3.08
F.Jackson 31.7 3 4 4 11 1 2 .938 4.26
K.McLish 25.0 3 3 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Askewi 16.0 0 8 4 10 0 2 1.000 7.88
K.Evans 14.7 2 2 5 6 1 1 .917 6.73
L.Hacker 11.0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.27
T.Boyer 7.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.52
P.Volkov 6.0 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 3.00
Team Total 1414.7 160 172 222 491 20 99 .973 4.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
F.Jackson 1269.7 143 149 268 10 1 0 .996 1.97
B.Diskin 124.0 13 14 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
K.Evans 97.3 13 14 21 1 1 1 .957 2.03
F.Jumper 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
K.McLish 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1506.0 171 179 318 11 2 1 .994 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.65
K.McLish 474.3 55 64 156 4 3 3 .982 3.04
D.Gridstone 423.3 49 57 139 2 6 1 .959 3.00
B.Diskin 277.3 27 47 80 1 1 0 .988 2.63
M.Saotome 257.7 31 32 75 4 0 1 1.000 2.76
F.Jumper 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Desalvo 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Stringer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Evans 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.4 162 205 450 11 10 5 .979 2.88
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
T.Boyer 733.7 86 90 152 10 5 1 .970 1.99
K.McLish 406.7 47 49 102 2 2 0 .981 2.30
D.Gridstone 177.0 20 21 38 3 3 1 .932 2.08
K.Evans 53.8 4 19 13 1 3 0 .824 2.34
F.Jumper 33.7 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Diskin 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Weiss 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1415.8 161 187 315 16 13 2 .962 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.79
T.Morgan 214.0 31 31 10 30 2 2 .952 1.68
B.Carey 205.7 33 33 15 18 2 3 .943 1.44
M.Cassidy 192.3 31 31 11 18 2 1 .935 1.36
B.Theide 177.3 28 28 9 36 1 2 .978 2.28
D.Wilson 144.3 27 27 12 12 1 1 .960 1.50
J.Howard 106.7 0 88 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.18
O.Osborn 90.0 0 76 9 24 6 3 .846 3.30
J.Winter 75.0 10 27 5 9 1 3 .933 1.68
R.Vitiello 69.7 0 50 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.03
K.Samuel 67.7 0 59 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.20
E.Nabaro 52.0 0 51 4 6 2 0 .833 1.73
M.Leblanc 47.0 2 45 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.77
Team Total 1441.6 162 546 86 177 17 17 .939 1.64
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Iverson .289
On-Base Pct Jackson .358
Slugging Pct Jackson .475
OPS Jackson .833
XR Jackson 89.6
Games Jackson 155
At-Bats Iverson 599
Runs Jackson 71
Hits Iverson 173
Total Bases Jackson 271
Singles Iverson 138
Doubles Jackson 41
Triples Jackson 11
Homeruns McLish 19
RBIs Jackson 80
Stolen Bases Diskin 21
Caught Stealing Iverson 8
Walks Jackson 61
Strikeouts Radkle 132
ERA Carey 3.37
Wins Morgan 9
Losses Cassidy 19
Winning Pct Carey .381
Saves Nabaro 25
Games Pitched Howard 88
Games Started Carey 33
Complete Games Theide 6
Shutouts Cassidy 2
Innings Pitched Morgan 214.0
Hits Allowed Cassidy 248
Homeruns Allowed Morgan 19
Strikeouts Cassidy 218
Walks Allowed Wilson 105
Walks per 9IP Morgan 2.4
Hits per 9IP Carey 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Cassidy 10.2
WHiP Carey 1.33
OAVG Carey .249
OOBP Carey .324
OSLG Carey .346
OOPS Carey .671
Team All-Stars
Ernie Nabaro
Player Salaries
Floyd Jackson $ 12,080,000
Jerome Winter $ 7,800,000
Ernie Nabaro $ 4,500,000
Brad Theide $ 4,000,000
Don Wilson $ 3,840,000
Kip Evans $ 3,500,000
Kelvin McLish $ 3,300,000
Ricky Kulou $ 3,000,000
Tony Boyer $ 2,700,000
Ken Samuel $ 1,750,000
Kurt Radkle $ 1,560,000
Maxwell Weiss $ 1,500,000
Ozzie Osborn $ 1,000,000
Pepper Volkov $ 1,000,000
Steve Desalvo $ 850,000
Dan Gridstone $ 800,000
Timothy Morgan $ 470,000
Mack Leblanc $ 400,000
Ben Diskin $ 400,000
Rudy Malone $ 330,000
Andy Askewi $ 300,000
Frances Jumper $ 300,000
Butch Rempert $ 300,000
James Iverson $ 300,000
James Howard $ 300,000
Mike Saotome $ 300,000
John Stringer $ 300,000
Robert Thaxton $ 300,000
Micheal Cassidy $ 300,000
Bobby Carey $ 300,000
Richard Vitiello $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Corey Aubrey
Jethro Wilbury
Bobby Carey
Eduardo Pereira
Xavier Jonah
2/10 Thaddeus Rizzi Graeme Zagorsky
2/20 Mark Lynch Bill Alvord
Wilfredo Llorent
5/11 Hnat Usteriff Kip Evans
6/1 Lance Hacker Benjamin Zarzuela
6/1 Luis Abdullah
Darnell Lipscomb
Isidro Guiterrez
Dominique Whitnall