1977 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Denis Menke (71-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 49,608, Avg. 714
Playoffs - Burlington Bees 1 game, Cedar Rapids Giants 0
Finals - Burlington Bees 2 games, Waterloo Indians 0
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 715 runs and allowed 720 runs. Jesús Vega paced Burlington with 23 home runs, while Steve Splitt walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Splitt drove in 97 runs. Jesús Vega led batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Willie Mueller topped the team with 15 wins, and Larry Montgomery registered a 3.77 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1977 Burlington Bees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Molitor, Jesús Vega and Willie Mueller.
Denis Menke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Mueller | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.85 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 124.0 | 110 | 70 | 53 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Montgomery | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.77 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 141.0 | 131 | 80 | 59 | 13 | 34 | 1 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Quinones | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.35 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 75 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 69 | 4 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Dempsey | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.11 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 104.0 | 105 | 68 | 59 | 13 | 47 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Timothy Bannister | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.08 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 | 94 | 49 | 38 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| William Dick | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.79 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 92 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Daryl Bailey | 5 | 6 | .455 | 6.14 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 135 | 83 | 73 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Gary Halls | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.92 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 97 | 61 | 47 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Edwards | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.54 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 104 | 75 | 56 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Ford | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas DeRosa | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.95 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bradley Meagher | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.95 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eric Frey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.67 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alvin Edge | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.53 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 85 | 58 | 43 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gary Gingerich | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Roesch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jason Passmore | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 4.45 | 308 | 140 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 21 | 1156.0 | 1171 | 720 | 571 | 128 | 512 | 24 | 831 | 36 | 8 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesús Vega | 139 | 575 | 496 | 80 | 155 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 55 | .312 | .390 | .502 | .892 | 249 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Glenn Partridge | 129 | 519 | 458 | 61 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 48 | .297 | .357 | .391 | .748 | 179 | 6 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Steve Splitt | 120 | 489 | 455 | 69 | 121 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 115 | .266 | .303 | .437 | .741 | 199 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Eric Restin | 126 | 484 | 406 | 72 | 114 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 64 | 68 | .281 | .379 | .470 | .849 | 191 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Steven Greene | 116 | 517 | 389 | 92 | 107 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 69 | 19 | 112 | 70 | .275 | .436 | .355 | .791 | 138 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Jose Oppenheimer | 101 | 375 | 337 | 51 | 102 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 54 | .303 | .365 | .380 | .745 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Molitor | 64 | 286 | 228 | 52 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 47 | 25 | .346 | .457 | .504 | .962 | 115 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mike Henderson | 62 | 279 | 223 | 47 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 15 | .296 | .418 | .395 | .812 | 88 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Terry Shoebridge | 99 | 360 | 312 | 37 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 71 | .208 | .306 | .337 | .642 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Gingerich | 102 | 318 | 271 | 46 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 60 | .236 | .335 | .328 | .664 | 89 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Manning | 66 | 268 | 223 | 38 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 34 | .215 | .322 | .291 | .613 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Charles Ross | 70 | 236 | 206 | 20 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 27 | .228 | .314 | .330 | .644 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Adalberto Flores | 44 | 141 | 126 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .222 | .293 | .349 | .642 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jason Passmore | 50 | 147 | 122 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 38 | .213 | .333 | .287 | .620 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Donovan | 17 | 54 | 52 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .250 | .278 | .269 | .547 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Anderson | 9 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .189 | .318 | .243 | .561 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Encarnacion | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .267 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1319 | 5111 | 4356 | 712 | 1181 | 205 | 26 | 94 | 624 | 122 | 49 | 613 | 736 | .271 | .362 | .395 | .757 | 1720 | 0 | 41 | 48 | 53 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesús Vega | 1B | 139 | 1169 | 68 | 30 | 104 | .976 | 8.899 | ||||
| Gary Gingerich | 1B | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.800 | ||||
| Charles Ross | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Glenn Partridge | 2B | 72 | 170 | 177 | 22 | 32 | .940 | 4.819 | ||||
| Mike Henderson | 2B | 62 | 164 | 159 | 3 | 42 | .991 | 5.210 | ||||
| Gary Gingerich | 2B | 9 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 6 | .902 | 4.111 | ||||
| Glenn Partridge | 3B | 57 | 38 | 125 | 18 | 13 | .901 | 2.860 | ||||
| Melvin Manning | 3B | 56 | 46 | 105 | 28 | 11 | .844 | 2.696 | ||||
| Gary Gingerich | 3B | 17 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 1 | .830 | 2.294 | ||||
| Gary Donovan | 3B | 15 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 2.067 | ||||
| Eric Restin | 3B | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 2.167 | ||||
| Terry Shoebridge | C | 97 | 595 | 86 | 8 | 7 | .988 | 7.021 | 8 | |||
| Charles Ross | C | 39 | 210 | 27 | 7 | 3 | .971 | 6.077 | 1 | |||
| Adalberto Flores | C | 10 | 72 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .940 | 7.900 | 0 | |||
| Eric Restin | OF | 115 | 190 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 1.757 | ||||
| Steven Greene | OF | 105 | 220 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .963 | 2.210 | ||||
| Steve Splitt | OF | 80 | 85 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jose Oppenheimer | OF | 62 | 90 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .922 | 1.532 | ||||
| Jason Passmore | OF | 49 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .882 | .918 | ||||
| Gary Gingerich | OF | 20 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.450 | ||||
| Gregory Anderson | OF | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.444 | ||||
| Willie Mueller | P | 55 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .473 | ||||
| Mike Dempsey | P | 37 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .541 | ||||
| Rene Quinones | P | 27 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .630 | ||||
| Gary Halls | P | 24 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Edwards | P | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .958 | ||||
| Daryl Bailey | P | 24 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Larry Montgomery | P | 21 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.905 | ||||
| Bradley Meagher | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Richard Ford | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Timothy Bannister | P | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| William Dick | P | 15 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Alvin Edge | P | 13 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| Eric Frey | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Thomas DeRosa | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Roesch | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Passmore | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Gingerich | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Molitor | SS | 63 | 83 | 207 | 28 | 29 | .912 | 4.603 | ||||
| Gary Gingerich | SS | 47 | 73 | 125 | 13 | 17 | .938 | 4.213 | ||||
| Melvin Manning | SS | 13 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 4 | .885 | 3.538 | ||||
| Totals | 1456 | 3439 | 1433 | 245 | 292 | .952 | 3.346 | 9 | 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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