1976 Phoenix Talons Index Page

1976 Phoenix Talons

Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 728
Runs Allowed: 593
Exp W-L: 96-66

Ballpark: RSI Cactus Dome
Attendance: 3,216,747
Manager: Brett Rose

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-72, 8th in the Johnson League
AA: 71-67, 5th in the Johnson League
A: 68-70, 6th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 3-4 to California Crusaders
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Marquette Suns

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	Shaker Calfo	27	154	587	79	154	28	8	13	71	24	3	35	82	.262	.307	.404	.711	71.5	11.1	1.0
RF	*Bill Gimlicker	31	150	570	87	179	24	5	32	93	4	1	35	81	.314	.355	.542	.897	100.2	22.1	3.6
CF	Remy Gauthreaux	30	141	543	82	167	39	11	15	75	10	9	35	61	.308	.349	.503	.852	88.2	18.8	3.1
C	James Young	26	140	499	48	140	12	0	10	59	1	0	35	59	.281	.324	.365	.689	57.9	8.0	8.9
2B	Kevin Cisler	31	129	433	66	108	18	8	22	70	1	1	41	67	.249	.333	.480	.813	66.6	12.2	2.9
SS	Hector Garcia	26	108	364	45	110	17	9	8	47	49	8	22	79	.302	.365	.464	.829	65.6	14.2	5.3
LF	*Sherman Tank	31	90	317	40	81	15	5	6	31	5	3	24	53	.256	.308	.391	.699	37.5	5.4	2.8
SS	#Kurdt Crover	30	101	291	44	77	16	1	10	38	13	2	32	35	.265	.350	.430	.780	44.6	8.3	5.3
3B	Tony Trudeau	28	78	299	47	80	15	0	7	26	0	2	31	22	.268	.335	.388	.723	38.8	6.4	1.2
3B	Eric Minuso	35	82	259	28	47	12	2	8	25	9	1	13	83	.181	.219	.336	.555	21.2	0.2	2.8
CF	Rocky Simmes	32	70	220	26	55	17	5	2	34	2	2	20	39	.250	.314	.400	.714	25.2	3.7	1.9
2B	Willie Ny	36	94	200	26	53	8	0	3	21	1	1	34	40	.265	.370	.350	.720	27.9	4.6	1.1
2B	Pete Maneri	28	53	200	39	66	21	2	9	37	2	1	20	29	.330	.389	.590	.979	40.5	10.0	1.5
RF	Cecil Conway	34	88	181	31	44	5	3	5	22	7	5	20	37	.243	.327	.387	.714	22.1	2.7	1.4
C	Julian Lopez	35	78	166	18	51	15	0	8	33	0	0	11	29	.307	.357	.542	.899	30.9	6.9	2.4
3B	Fred Lorenzen	33	35	119	19	35	3	1	3	16	0	0	23	30	.294	.418	.412	.830	21.6	4.4	0.8
CF	Keith Neberjall	30	48	109	10	16	5	1	2	6	0	0	8	31	.147	.212	.266	.478	5.2	0.0	0.7
P	Cornelius Lattimore	35	34	94	7	10	1	0	2	7	0	1	4	37	.106	.141	.181	.322	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Marcellus Conley	29	34	90	5	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	48	.078	.097	.078	.175	-3.0	0.0	0.0
P	Mark Catron	30	33	84	8	8	4	0	1	4	0	0	4	34	.095	.135	.179	.313	0.7	0.0	0.0
P	Damon Rutherford	25	27	79	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	32	.025	.049	.038	.087	-5.2	0.0	0.0
P	Haystack Duggeler	30	18	42	5	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	5	19	.119	.208	.167	.375	1.1	0.0	0.0
P	*James Nowell	25	14	28	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	12	.107	.138	.143	.281	-0.9	0.0	0.0
2B	Kurt Radkle	29	9	26	1	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.231	.259	.423	.682	2.5	0.1	0.2
SS	Floyd Sherrill	33	12	24	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.208	.269	.250	.519	1.3	0.0	0.4
P	Burt Grossman	30	7	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	0.0	0.0	0.0
1B	Mikhail Federov	33	9	10	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.500	.700	1.2	0.1	0.0
P	Spike McMurtry	36	41	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.2	0.0	0.0
1B	#Tyree Calderon	25	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Steve Anderson	31	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*George Smith	27	14	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0.5	0.3	0.0
P	*Duke Newton	31	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Willy Bodfish	35	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Sam Lewis	34	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Steve Iavre	30	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Arturo Culionara	35	70	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Meat Poplowski	32	14	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	2069	5871	772	1515	284	61	168	735	129	41	461	1064	.258	.316	.413	.729	762.7	139.5	47.2
	Rank among 12 JL teams			1	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	3	6	2	2	4	1	1	1
* - 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
Marcellus Conley	29	19	11	.633	34	34	0	259.3	243	89	5	96	247	3.09	19.2
Cornelius Lattimore	35	19	9	.679	34	34	0	259.0	244	84	21	40	192	2.92	21.0
Mark Catron	30	14	12	.538	33	33	0	236.7	228	104	22	105	266	3.96	10.4
Damon Rutherford	25	16	7	.696	27	26	0	210.7	214	75	10	31	134	3.20	14.6
Haystack Duggeler	30	13	3	.813	18	16	0	128.3	123	45	5	63	92	3.16	11.3
*James Nowell	25	3	6	.333	14	12	0	77.0	71	34	6	45	54	3.97	2.7
Arturo Culionara	35	3	4	.429	70	0	48	66.3	51	14	6	21	49	1.90	16.2
Spike McMurtry	36	2	1	.667	41	0	1	53.0	37	21	5	26	76	3.57	4.4
Steve Anderson	31	3	3	.500	37	0	0	44.3	28	5	2	13	34	1.02	6.5
Burt Grossman	30	2	2	.500	7	7	0	34.7	42	24	4	22	18	6.23	0.0
*Steve Iavre	30	2	1	.667	22	0	0	23.0	21	12	4	8	15	4.70	1.0
*George Smith	27	1	1	.500	14	0	0	20.7	16	7	3	5	6	3.05	1.8
Willy Bodfish	35	1	0	1.000	9	0	0	12.0	17	9	2	4	5	6.75	0.0
Meat Poplowski	32	1	2	.333	14	0	0	11.0	9	2	1	2	11	1.64	1.5
Sam Lewis	34	1	0	1.000	7	0	0	9.0	10	7	0	7	4	7.00	0.0
*Cody Rollins	31	0	0	.000	6	0	2	7.3	2	0	0	6	11	0.00	2.1
*Duke Newton	31	0	0	.000	5	0	0	6.7	8	2	0	1	8	2.70	0.5
Team Totals	30.9	100	62	.617	392	162	51	1458.9	1364	534	96	495	1222	3.29	113.3
Rank among 12 JL teams				2	2	1	2	5	7	1	2	7	5	2
* - 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
J.Young	1145.0	126	135	986	86	9	1	.992	36.4
J.Lopez	309.3	36	40	255	18	2	0	.993	33.3
C.Conway	5.0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1459.3	162	177	1246	104	11	1	.992	35.9
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.78
S.Calfo	1325.3	148	152	1340	107	12	112	.992	9.83
W.Ny	104.0	12	12	101	8	2	8	.982	9.43
M.Federov	20.0	7	8	19	1	0	1	1.000	9.00
K.Cisler	16.1	2	2	11	1	0	0	1.000	6.71
T.Calderon	3.0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1468.4	169	175	1474	117	14	121	.991	9.75
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	4.81
K.Cisler	844.5	93	96	192	269	9	62	.981	4.91
P.Maneri	423.8	29	46	85	152	4	29	.983	5.03
W.Ny	104.0	10	16	22	42	2	9	.970	5.54
K.Radkle	57.7	8	8	12	19	1	4	.969	4.84
R.Simmes	1.8	0	1	0	1	1	0	.500	5.00
H.Garcia	1.5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1433.3	140	168	311	483	17	104	.979	4.99
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	2.59
T.Trudeau	677.9	71	75	48	135	8	9	.958	2.43
E.Minuso	309.0	33	37	20	63	5	4	.943	2.42
F.Lorenzen	295.8	32	33	20	73	3	4	.969	2.83
W.Ny	201.0	24	25	11	46	2	5	.966	2.55
F.Sherrill	10.0	0	4	0	5	1	0	.833	4.50
Team Total	1493.7	160	174	99	322	19	22	.957	2.54
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.965	4.18
H.Garcia	893.0	103	106	132	295	13	52	.970	4.30
K.Crover	816.2	98	100	119	278	6	50	.985	4.38
E.Minuso	347.3	37	43	54	118	4	18	.977	4.46
F.Sherrill	56.0	6	8	7	18	0	3	1.000	4.02
R.Gauthreaux	44.0	5	5	4	8	1	2	.923	2.45
W.Ny	35.0	4	4	2	8	0	2	1.000	2.57
J.Lopez	27.0	3	3	2	13	0	3	1.000	5.00
J.Young	9.0	1	1	3	5	0	3	1.000	8.00
S.Calfo	9.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
K.Cisler	4.7	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.83
K.Radkle	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	2241.4	258	272	324	747	24	133	.978	4.30
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	1.92
R.Gauthreaux	1075.3	121	130	211	6	3	1	.986	1.82
C.Conway	199.0	23	24	44	3	1	2	.979	2.13
K.Cisler	122.2	14	14	18	0	1	0	.947	1.33
K.Neberjall	49.0	3	11	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.47
R.Simmes	43.3	3	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.45
J.Young	4.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
F.Lorenzen	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
S.Tank	1.7	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1496.6	164	189	288	9	5	3	.983	1.79

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.986	2.55
S.Tank	709.9	69	83	179	5	1	2	.995	2.33
R.Simmes	481.9	53	59	117	4	0	1	1.000	2.26
C.Conway	104.0	10	19	28	1	0	0	1.000	2.51
K.Neberjall	89.3	7	16	23	0	0	0	1.000	2.32
S.Lewis	9.0	0	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
P.Maneri	5.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
K.Radkle	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1399.3	139	184	350	10	1	3	.997	2.32
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.977	1.99
B.Gimlicker	1239.3	140	147	272	1	8	0	.972	1.98
K.Neberjall	109.0	11	17	18	1	0	0	1.000	1.57
C.Conway	107.0	11	19	21	1	2	0	.917	1.85
R.Gauthreaux	4.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1459.3	162	186	311	3	10	0	.969	1.94
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.91
M.Conley	259.3	34	34	16	37	7	5	.883	1.84
C.Lattimore	259.0	34	34	15	42	4	3	.934	1.98
M.Catron	236.7	33	33	14	33	3	1	.940	1.79
D.Rutherford	210.7	26	27	7	36	2	1	.956	1.84
H.Duggeler	128.3	16	18	6	17	0	0	1.000	1.61
J.Nowell	77.0	12	14	3	16	0	2	1.000	2.22
A.Culionara	66.3	0	70	3	11	0	2	1.000	1.90
S.McMurtry	53.0	0	41	1	4	1	1	.833	0.85
S.Anderson	44.3	0	37	2	6	1	0	.889	1.62
B.Grossman	34.7	7	7	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.08
S.Iavre	23.0	0	22	1	3	1	0	.800	1.57
G.Smith	20.7	0	14	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.74
W.Bodfish	12.0	0	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
M.Poplowski	11.0	0	14	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.64
S.Lewis	9.0	0	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00
C.Rollins	7.3	0	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.23
D.Newton	6.7	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1458.9	162	392	74	220	19	15	.939	1.81

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Gimlicker	.314
On-Base Pct	Gimlicker	.355
Slugging Pct	Gimlicker	.542
OPS	Gimlicker	.897
XR	Gimlicker	100.2
Games	Calfo	154
At-Bats	Calfo	587
Runs	Gimlicker	87
Hits	Gimlicker	179
Total Bases	Gimlicker	309
Singles	Young, Gimlicker	118
Doubles	Gauthreaux	39
Triples	Gauthreaux	11
Homeruns	Gimlicker	32
RBIs	Gimlicker	93
Stolen Bases	Garcia	49
Caught Stealing	Gauthreaux	9
Walks	Cisler	41
Strikeouts	Minuso	83

ERA	Lattimore	2.92
Wins	Conley, Lattimore	19
Losses	Catron	12
Winning Pct	Duggeler	.813
Saves	Culionara	48
Games Pitched	Culionara	70
Games Started	Conley, Lattimore	34
Complete Games	Lattimore	12
Shutouts	Lattimore	5
Innings Pitched	Conley	259.3
Hits Allowed	Lattimore	244
Homeruns Allowed	Catron	22
Strikeouts	Catron	266
Walks Allowed	Catron	105
Walks per 9IP	Rutherford	1.3
Hits per 9IP	Conley	8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP	Catron	10.1
WHiP	Lattimore	1.10
OAVG	Lattimore	.247
OOBP	Lattimore	.281
OSLG	Conley	.302
OOPS	Conley	.623

Team All-Stars

Arturo Culionara

Player Salaries
Burt Grossman	$ 8,900,000
Meat Poplowski	$ 6,500,000
Marcellus Conley	$ 6,285,000
Remy Gauthreaux	$ 5,250,000
Bill Gimlicker	$ 5,200,000
Steve Anderson	$ 5,000,000
Spike McMurtry	$ 4,790,000
Arturo Culionara	$ 4,790,000
Haystack Duggeler	$ 3,430,000
Tony Trudeau	$ 3,000,000
Kevin Cisler	$ 2,990,000
Pete Maneri	$ 2,500,000
Shaker Calfo	$ 2,500,000
Rocky Simmes	$ 2,000,000
Cecil Conway	$ 2,000,000
Cornelius Lattimore	$ 2,000,000
Steve Iavre	$ 2,000,000
Keith Neberjall	$ 1,800,000
Willy Bodfish	$ 1,750,000
Willie Ny	$ 1,750,000
Damon Rutherford	$ 1,123,750
Julian Lopez	$ 1,000,000
Mauro Anwar	$ 1,000,000
Tony Jackson	$ 800,000
Tyree Calderon	$ 300,000
Mark Catron	$ 300,000
George Smith	$ 300,000
James Young	$ 300,000
Floyd Sherrill	$ 300,000
Hector Garcia	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
1/31		Xavier Jonah Amado Rodriguez		Micheal Cassidy
2/3		Ralph Crothers Jasper Becraft		Sherman Tank Jerry Washington
4/1		Werner Frisch Jeffrey Fredricks		Kurt Radkle
4/11		Mikhail Federov Mark Birkbeck		Rock Varkville Marcel Sandoval
4/11		Micheal Cassidy Kurt Radkle Edward Radabaugh		Kevin Cisler James Nowell
4/21		Cody Rollins		Mike Parke Efren Sachs Samuel Sanchez Clarence Van Puyster Ben Diskin
4/21		Samuel Valencia		Duke Newton
5/11		Jerry Fitzgerald Fred Lorenzen		Hector Garcia Steve Anderson Olen Eoff Alejandro Reis
6/21		Steven Cuvelier Efren Sachs Marcel Sandoval		Haystack Duggeler Tony Trudeau Rocky Simmes
7/30		James Nowell Duke Newton Sam Lewis Ben Diskin Clarence Van Puyster		Burt Grossman Willy Bodfish
7/30		Rock Varkville Mike Parke		David Smythe
7/30		Sherman Tank Kurdt Crover Cosme Estrella		Pete Maneri
7/30		Eric Minuso Mike Saotome David Smythe		Meat Poplowski