1977 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 23-46
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Greg Riddoch (23-46)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 25,655, Avg. 744

1977 Billings Mustangs Roster

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1977 season with a record of 23 wins and 46 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.

The Mustangs scored 392 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 518 runs. Bill Kuchar drove in 48 runs. Jim McArdle led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Joe Price topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Joe Price and Tom Foley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Greg Riddoch 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
Joe Price	6	5	.545	3.73	15	13		4	0	0	94.0	83	50	39	2	42	0	97	1	1	8
Larry Jensen	5	5	.500	4.14	12	10		3	0	0	63.0	64	50	29	1	23	1	59	5	0	5
Doug Neuenschwander	4	8	.333	3.97	14	10		2	1	1	77.0	70	49	34	6	56	0	98	2	1	9
Ricky Arnold	2	1	.667	9.75	7	1		0	0	1	12.0	18	17	13	0	8	2	8	0	0	3
Greg Hughes	2	4	.333	5.95	16	10		0	0	0	59.0	74	57	39	7	32	1	33	0	1	9
Roger Glynn	1	2	.333	9.41	17	0		0	0	0	22.0	31	36	23	3	33	0	22	0	0	6
Nelson Torres	1	3	.250	5.35	18	2		0	0	1	37.0	42	32	22	2	22	1	40	1	1	6
Larry Jackson	1	3	.250	11.84	13	3		0	0	0	19.0	21	32	25	0	30	0	17	5	1	8
Jeff Mihlbachler	1	8	.111	6.08	14	12		2	0	0	74.0	92	63	50	9	27	1	41	2	0	4
Rickey Lear	0	0		2.57	2	0		0	0	0	7.0	8	5	2	1	2	0	4	0	0	2
Eugene Norman	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	7	6	2	0	6	1	3	0	0	1
Maximo Severino	0	0		7.07	13	0		0	0	0	14.0	19	23	11	1	14	0	15	2	0	5
Paul Tarango	0	1	.000	4.00	3	3		0	0	0	9.0	11	13	4	0	10	0	10	1	0	1
Chris Wells	0	1	.000	13.24	13	1		0	0	0	17.0	24	28	25	2	31	0	8	2	0	7
Kelly Becker	0	2	.000	4.34	17	1		0	0	1	29.0	39	26	14	3	14	1	29	1	0	5
Bob Umdenstock	0	3	.000	5.70	17	3		0	0	1	30.0	43	31	19	2	32	0	18	1	0	6
Totals	23	46	.333	5.57	193	69	0	11	1	5	567.0	646	518	351	39	382	8	502	23	5	85	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
Jim McArdle	64	293	247	45	74	9	7	1	37	13	1	42	40	.300	.399	.405	.803	100		0	2	2
Michael Ventress	64	270	227	38	65	18	1	5	39	3	3	40	44	.286	.396	.441	.837	100		2	0	1
John Halasz	58	273	242	49	64	9	0	0	32	15	2	26	49	.264	.339	.302	.641	73		2	2	1
Bill Kuchar	60	253	202	40	55	10	1	6	48	3	0	47	55	.272	.415	.421	.836	85		3	0	1
Tom Foley	59	253	209	37	53	7	1	2	21	7	10	37	43	.254	.371	.325	.696	68		3	2	2
Tad Venger	48	187	156	24	47	10	3	2	26	1	1	27	48	.301	.403	.442	.846	69		1	1	2
Jack Hudson	42	184	158	29	43	6	1	2	26	1	2	18	23	.272	.361	.361	.721	57		5	1	2
David Goodman	41	174	152	22	41	6	0	1	16	0	2	18	21	.270	.358	.329	.687	50		3	1	0
Charles Morrison	48	188	168	19	41	8	0	0	16	4	0	16	28	.244	.314	.292	.605	49		1	3	0
Tony Walker	50	200	154	28	33	6	1	1	24	16	0	41	72	.214	.390	.286	.676	44		4	0	1
Jose LaPorte	36	131	104	22	31	1	2	0	17	14	3	24	30	.298	.431	.346	.777	36		1	1	1
Ray Corbett	43	161	139	18	26	4	1	1	12	6	1	19	47	.187	.288	.252	.539	35		1	1	1
Jeffrey Nelson	19	63	45	4	6	3	0	0	4	1	0	16	14	.133	.371	.200	.571	9		1	1	0
Wayne Pizer	12	46	33	11	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	13	8	.152	.391	.182	.573	6		0	0	0
Scott Wixson	10	30	26	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	.115	.233	.231	.464	6		0	0	0
Richard Chrisman	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	655	2710	2266	392	587	98	18	22	321	85	25	388	528	.259	.372	.347	.719	787	0	27	15	14	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Kuchar	1B	57	426	36	26	32	.947	8.105
Jeffrey Nelson	1B	15	88	7	5	9	.950	6.333
Charles Morrison	2B	42	75	116	21	17	.901	4.548
Jose LaPorte	2B	30	49	69	13	7	.901	3.933
Jim McArdle	2B	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.000
Tad Venger	3B	37	35	55	33	4	.732	2.432
Tom Foley	3B	32	15	45	12	1	.833	1.875
Wayne Pizer	3B	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Charles Morrison	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim McArdle	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jack Hudson	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Richard Chrisman	3B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Ray Corbett	C	42	300	31	17	3	.951	7.881	38
Jack Hudson	C	19	130	13	4	0	.973	7.526	12
David Goodman	C	11	101	6	7	0	.939	9.727	13
Jim McArdle	OF	58	84	2	7	0	.925	1.483
John Halasz	OF	58	76	7	7	0	.922	1.431
Michael Ventress	OF	53	83	5	12	1	.880	1.660
Jack Hudson	OF	18	26	2	3	1	.903	1.556
Scott Wixson	OF	9	10	0	1	0	.909	1.111
Wayne Pizer	OF	9	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Charles Morrison	OF	4	5	1	1	0	.857	1.500
Tad Venger	OF	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Jeffrey Nelson	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Nelson Torres	P	18	3	8	0	0	1.000	.611
Bob Umdenstock	P	17	1	6	1	0	.875	.412
Roger Glynn	P	17	1	2	1	0	.750	.176
Kelly Becker	P	17	1	9	0	0	1.000	.588
Greg Hughes	P	16	9	9	4	2	.818	1.125
Joe Price	P	15	2	11	3	1	.812	.867
Doug Neuenschwander	P	14	9	11	0	1	1.000	1.429
Jeff Mihlbachler	P	14	4	16	3	0	.870	1.429
Chris Wells	P	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	.385
Maximo Severino	P	13	0	2	1	0	.667	.154
Larry Jackson	P	13	0	4	1	0	.800	.308
Larry Jensen	P	12	8	11	1	0	.950	1.583
Ricky Arnold	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Paul Tarango	P	3	0	1	1	0	.500	.333
Eugene Norman	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Rickey Lear	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Tony Walker	SS	45	100	114	32	26	.870	4.756
Tom Foley	SS	27	38	64	12	4	.895	3.778
Totals		771	1701	673	233	109	.911	3.079	63	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.