1977 Phoenix Talons
Record: 85-77
Finish: 2nd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 755
Runs Allowed: 692
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: RSI Cactus Dome
Attendance: 3,190,195
Manager: Puddy McGee

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-71, 9th in the Johnson League
AA: 72-66, 4th in the Johnson League
A: 61-77, 10th 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
RF *Bill Gimlicker 32 154 619 107 186 35 7 20 83 4 0 39 40 .300 .344 .477 .820 96.1 16.7 4.0
CF  Remy Gauthreaux 31 148 601 77 153 44 7 10 48 15 4 55 74 .255 .320 .401 .721 76.8 10.7 4.7
2B  Pete Maneri 29 152 552 89 135 32 7 28 97 9 6 71 61 .245 .330 .480 .810 83.8 11.9 4.2
1B  Shaker Calfo 28 152 576 104 181 23 9 22 96 27 3 37 81 .314 .357 .500 .857 100.1 18.8 2.4
3B  Tony Trudeau 29 151 527 73 112 19 7 23 69 0 2 78 40 .213 .311 .406 .717 71.0 8.0 6.2
SS  Hector Garcia 27 155 525 72 144 29 8 10 69 61 17 31 115 .274 .344 .417 .761 82.0 13.1 6.8
CF *Roy Tucker 37 117 350 40 92 19 2 2 43 6 1 57 73 .263 .374 .346 .720 49.9 8.1 3.3
LF *Marquis Futon 32 82 310 53 113 28 3 16 53 2 5 25 41 .365 .420 .629 1.049 68.5 15.4 1.7
C *Diesel Duncan 32 74 254 29 87 9 0 4 34 0 0 21 48 .343 .398 .425 .823 40.1 7.7 1.2
C  James Young 27 65 231 20 49 9 1 5 31 0 0 17 32 .212 .262 .325 .587 19.8 0.3 1.2
C  John Smith 36 79 175 14 41 5 0 5 24 0 0 11 52 .234 .280 .349 .628 16.1 1.1 0.8
1B #Tyree Calderon 26 74 128 12 39 4 0 1 11 4 4 23 30 .305 .411 .359 .770 20.4 3.7 0.7
2B  Samuel Sanchez 26 80 123 21 31 4 2 3 18 3 1 11 19 .252 .316 .390 .706 15.5 1.8 1.2
3B  Kenneth Wilson 30 66 112 14 27 5 2 0 14 0 2 14 21 .241 .318 .321 .639 12.0 0.8 1.5
P  Marcellus Conley 30 33 93 4 10 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 52 .108 .168 .161 .330 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Damon Rutherford 26 31 96 6 10 3 0 0 11 0 0 4 35 .104 .140 .135 .275 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Catron 31 32 82 3 8 4 1 1 8 0 0 2 31 .098 .118 .207 .325 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Haystack Duggeler 31 33 79 4 11 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 42 .139 .169 .215 .384 2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Burt Grossman 31 32 74 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 26 .054 .111 .095 .206 -1.1 0.0 0.0
LF *James Buck 28 35 67 7 15 2 2 0 6 4 4 6 18 .224 .297 .313 .611 6.1 0.3 0.6
2B  John Eisenhower 27 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Steve Iavre 31 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Christian Perras 30 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *George Smith 28 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Anderson 32 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Spike McMurtry 37 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Meat Poplowski 33 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Carrozza 27 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Willy Bodfish 36 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1991 5594 755 1448 286 59 150 729 135 49 518 942 .259 .326 .412 .737 758.9 118.5 40.6
  Rank among 12 JL teams 1 1 2 1 3 7 2 4 5 4 1 3 2 2 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 30 16 15 .516 33 33 0 264.3 236 97 3 93 289 3.30 19.5
 Damon Rutherford 26 17 8 .680 31 31 0 246.0 227 77 20 38 176 2.82 21.8
 Mark Catron 31 12 16 .429 32 32 0 232.7 239 135 33 73 245 5.22 3.9
 Haystack Duggeler 31 12 11 .522 33 33 0 227.0 247 125 14 123 126 4.96 5.4
 Burt Grossman 31 12 14 .462 32 32 0 223.3 222 109 23 109 129 4.39 8.5
 Meat Poplowski 33 5 3 .625 55 0 35 54.0 37 12 1 26 59 2.00 14.1
 Spike McMurtry 37 1 2 .333 38 0 4 46.3 38 11 0 22 56 2.14 6.4
 Willy Bodfish 36 1 1 .500 35 0 2 43.0 41 12 0 13 22 2.51 4.9
 Steve Anderson 32 4 2 .667 37 0 1 39.3 26 10 3 14 26 2.29 5.4
*George Smith 28 2 4 .333 32 0 1 36.0 39 11 4 6 27 2.75 3.2
*Steve Iavre 31 1 1 .500 27 0 0 27.0 36 15 2 9 25 5.00 0.7
 Chad Carrozza 27 1 0 1.000 18 0 1 19.3 18 11 3 12 19 5.12 0.7
 Christian Perras 30 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 8.7 5 1 1 3 5 1.04 1.4
Team Totals 31.0 85 77 .525 404 162 44 1467.0 1411 626 107 541 1204 3.84 95.9
Rank among 12 JL teams 6 6 6 6 3 9 1 8 10 5 8  
* - 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
D.Duncan 577.6 56 61 453 33 5 1 .990 22.4
J.Young 527.9 55 61 425 28 4 2 .991 25.8
J.Smith 319.0 36 38 277 25 3 0 .990 33.3
J.Buck 4.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
T.Calderon 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.5 147 163 1161 86 12 3 .990 26.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.57
S.Calfo 1271.7 141 150 1221 89 9 105 .993 9.27
T.Calderon 195.3 21 26 175 19 1 18 .995 8.94
Team Total 1467.0 162 176 1396 108 10 123 .993 9.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.80
P.Maneri 1306.0 144 150 287 392 17 90 .976 4.68
S.Sanchez 151.0 17 24 21 58 1 8 .988 4.71
J.Eisenhower 9.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
H.Garcia 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 176 310 455 18 98 .977 4.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.47
T.Trudeau 1258.0 145 148 76 268 11 21 .969 2.46
K.Wilson 209.0 17 43 12 54 5 6 .930 2.84
Team Total 1467.0 162 191 88 322 16 27 .962 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.20
H.Garcia 1310.7 146 152 186 388 9 74 .985 3.94
S.Sanchez 107.0 13 14 17 36 2 5 .964 4.46
K.Wilson 46.3 3 9 7 15 1 3 .957 4.27
T.Calderon 3.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 176 211 441 12 83 .982 4.00
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
R.Gauthreaux 754.3 82 85 171 3 2 1 .989 2.08
M.Futon 665.0 74 76 133 2 5 1 .964 1.83
R.Tucker 49.0 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Buck 24.0 3 4 6 0 1 0 .857 2.25
B.Gimlicker 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1496.3 165 173 319 5 8 2 .976 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.65
R.Tucker 814.0 92 98 225 5 5 2 .979 2.54
R.Gauthreaux 500.7 56 59 155 2 1 2 .994 2.82
J.Buck 143.3 14 23 35 1 1 1 .973 2.26
S.Calfo 9.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.0 162 181 415 8 7 5 .984 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
B.Gimlicker 1322.3 148 150 290 13 12 2 .962 2.06
T.Calderon 70.0 8 8 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
M.Futon 20.3 1 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.22
R.Gauthreaux 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
J.Buck 17.0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.12
S.Calfo 3.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1450.0 161 167 321 15 12 3 .966 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.79
M.Conley 264.3 33 33 13 27 1 2 .976 1.36
D.Rutherford 246.0 31 31 10 34 4 2 .917 1.61
M.Catron 232.7 32 32 9 38 3 0 .940 1.82
H.Duggeler 227.0 33 33 12 34 2 2 .958 1.82
B.Grossman 223.3 32 32 18 36 0 4 1.000 2.18
M.Poplowski 54.0 0 55 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.67
S.McMurtry 46.3 0 38 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.55
W.Bodfish 43.0 0 35 2 7 2 1 .818 1.88
S.Anderson 39.3 0 37 3 5 1 0 .889 1.83
G.Smith 36.0 0 32 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.50
S.Iavre 27.0 0 27 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
C.Carrozza 19.3 0 18 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.33
C.Perras 8.7 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.12
Team Total 1467.0 162 404 85 205 13 11 .957 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Calfo .314
On-Base Pct Calfo .357
Slugging Pct Calfo .500
OPS Calfo .857
XR Calfo 100.1
Games Garcia 155
At-Bats Gimlicker 619
Runs Gimlicker 107
Hits Gimlicker 186
Total Bases Gimlicker 295
Singles Calfo 127
Doubles Gauthreaux 44
Triples Calfo 9
Homeruns Maneri 28
RBIs Maneri 97
Stolen Bases Garcia 61
Caught Stealing Garcia 17
Walks Trudeau 78
Strikeouts Garcia 115
ERA Rutherford 2.82
Wins Rutherford 17
Losses Catron 16
Winning Pct Rutherford .680
Saves Poplowski 35
Games Pitched Poplowski 55
Games Started Conley, Duggeler 33
Complete Games Conley 17
Shutouts Conley 4
Innings Pitched Conley 264.3
Hits Allowed Duggeler 247
Homeruns Allowed Catron 33
Strikeouts Conley 289
Walks Allowed Duggeler 123
Walks per 9IP Rutherford 1.4
Hits per 9IP Conley 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 9.8
WHiP Rutherford 1.08
OAVG Conley .240
OOBP Rutherford .274
OSLG Conley .305
OOPS Conley .613
Team All-Stars
Shaker Calfo
Bill Gimlicker
Meat Poplowski
Player Salaries
Burt Grossman $ 8,900,000
Marquis Futon $ 7,700,000
Marcellus Conley $ 7,000,000
Meat Poplowski $ 6,500,000
Remy Gauthreaux $ 5,250,000
Bill Gimlicker $ 5,200,000
Steve Anderson $ 5,000,000
Spike McMurtry $ 4,790,000
Mark Catron $ 4,000,000
Diesel Duncan $ 3,800,000
Damon Rutherford $ 3,500,000
Haystack Duggeler $ 3,430,000
Steve Iavre $ 3,200,000
Roy Tucker $ 3,000,000
Tony Trudeau $ 3,000,000
Pete Maneri $ 2,500,000
Shaker Calfo $ 2,500,000
Christian Perras $ 2,000,000
Willy Bodfish $ 1,750,000
Mauro Anwar $ 1,000,000
John Smith $ 700,000
Samuel Sanchez $ 300,000
James Buck $ 300,000
Tyree Calderon $ 300,000
John Eisenhower $ 300,000
Bernardo Rosas $ 300,000
Timothy Delosreyes $ 300,000
Hector Garcia $ 300,000
George Smith $ 300,000
Kenneth Wilson $ 300,000
Chad Carrozza $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/21 James Young Diesel Duncan
6/21 Steve Sakis Marquis Futon