1976 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 68-61
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Matt Galante (68-61)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 46,675, Avg. 724
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1976 season with a record of 68 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 623 runs and allowed 551 runs. Dennis Holmberg led Burlington with 12 home runs Sammy Monteau drove in 63 runs. Gary LaRocque paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .281. David Smith topped the squad with 12 wins, while Rick O'Keeffe recorded a 2.87 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1976 Burlington Bees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Butch Edge, Ed Romero, George Frazier and Willie Mueller.
Matt Galante served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Smith | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.27 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 158.0 | 142 | 81 | 75 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 117 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| William Dick | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.56 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 162.0 | 170 | 77 | 64 | 11 | 62 | 2 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Dempsey | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.73 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 158.0 | 141 | 92 | 83 | 15 | 84 | 3 | 135 | 8 | 1 | 14 | ||
| George Frazier | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rick O'Keeffe | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.87 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 166.0 | 143 | 71 | 53 | 12 | 95 | 0 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Garry Conn | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.69 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 58 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Ford | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Hannon | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.05 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 111.0 | 112 | 60 | 50 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Ron Wrona | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0.78 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.0 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Alvin Edge | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.78 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 121 | 68 | 52 | 10 | 52 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Frank Gaton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Willie Mueller | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Butch Edge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Abelino Pena | 0 | 2 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 60 | .528 | 3.62 | 281 | 128 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 1095.0 | 1036 | 541 | 441 | 77 | 504 | 22 | 757 | 30 | 10 | 66 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary LaRocque | 114 | 524 | 452 | 86 | 127 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 54 | 42 | .281 | .356 | .341 | .697 | 154 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Sammy Monteau | 121 | 525 | 455 | 78 | 125 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 79 | .275 | .358 | .413 | .771 | 188 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Ed Romero | 129 | 527 | 462 | 58 | 101 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 37 | .219 | .304 | .279 | .583 | 129 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Anderson | 103 | 443 | 389 | 62 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 47 | 82 | .249 | .333 | .365 | .698 | 142 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Smith | 114 | 488 | 401 | 57 | 96 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 10 | 8 | 75 | 49 | .239 | .356 | .322 | .678 | 129 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Sammie Jones | 97 | 386 | 336 | 42 | 89 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 46 | .265 | .352 | .432 | .784 | 145 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Holmberg | 93 | 349 | 288 | 48 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 47 | .299 | .398 | .500 | .898 | 144 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Charles Ross | 89 | 350 | 282 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 35 | .241 | .382 | .305 | .687 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Roger Danson | 66 | 287 | 247 | 47 | 61 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 52 | .247 | .339 | .381 | .720 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Miguel Encarnacion | 75 | 281 | 253 | 16 | 59 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 58 | .233 | .275 | .281 | .555 | 71 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Adalberto Flores | 65 | 231 | 215 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 42 | .223 | .262 | .298 | .560 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Eric Restin | 53 | 187 | 161 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 22 | .193 | .294 | .255 | .549 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Talmadge Tanks | 65 | 184 | 151 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 37 | .192 | .328 | .272 | .599 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Pascarella | 38 | 150 | 137 | 12 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36 | .190 | .238 | .314 | .552 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Elliott Franklin | 21 | 88 | 76 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | .263 | .364 | .329 | .693 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Globig | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jason Passmore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1246 | 5002 | 4306 | 623 | 1063 | 180 | 35 | 61 | 517 | 118 | 43 | 575 | 683 | .247 | .337 | .347 | .684 | 1496 | 0 | 26 | 60 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Monteau | 1B | 63 | 560 | 40 | 3 | 41 | .995 | 9.524 | ||||
| Talmadge Tanks | 1B | 51 | 488 | 30 | 10 | 38 | .981 | 1.157 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 1B | 22 | 152 | 10 | 1 | 16 | .994 | 7.364 | ||||
| Ronald Smith | 1B | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | 2B | 69 | 173 | 201 | 16 | 41 | .959 | 5.420 | ||||
| Andrew Pascarella | 2B | 38 | 86 | 106 | 4 | 15 | .980 | 5.053 | ||||
| Elliott Franklin | 2B | 10 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Eric Restin | 2B | 7 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| Sammie Jones | 2B | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .897 | 5.200 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 2B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Miguel Encarnacion | 3B | 75 | 47 | 133 | 25 | 8 | .878 | 2.400 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | 3B | 54 | 44 | 105 | 12 | 8 | .925 | 2.759 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | 3B | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Elliott Franklin | 3B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Adalberto Flores | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Ross | C | 84 | 540 | 57 | 9 | 11 | .985 | 7.107 | 6 | |||
| Adalberto Flores | C | 52 | 309 | 38 | 11 | 1 | .969 | 6.673 | 4 | |||
| Ronald Smith | OF | 103 | 155 | 9 | 13 | 4 | .927 | 1.592 | ||||
| Gregory Anderson | OF | 82 | 137 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .948 | 1.780 | ||||
| Roger Danson | OF | 65 | 129 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 2.031 | ||||
| Sammie Jones | OF | 63 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.540 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | OF | 43 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 1.953 | ||||
| Eric Restin | OF | 40 | 81 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .932 | 2.050 | ||||
| Dennis Holmberg | OF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Jason Passmore | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Garry Conn | P | 35 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .629 | ||||
| John Hannon | P | 28 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.107 | ||||
| William Dick | P | 26 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.577 | ||||
| David Smith | P | 25 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.080 | ||||
| Rick O'Keeffe | P | 25 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.760 | ||||
| Mike Dempsey | P | 25 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .871 | 1.080 | ||||
| Alvin Edge | P | 24 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| George Frazier | P | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Richard Ford | P | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Ron Wrona | P | 18 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .667 | ||||
| Willie Mueller | P | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Gaton | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Butch Edge | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Abelino Pena | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Romero | SS | 129 | 187 | 419 | 41 | 64 | .937 | 4.698 | ||||
| Gary LaRocque | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 3391 | 1450 | 199 | 273 | .961 | 3.554 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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