1977 Cubs Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 30-24
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: Ronnie Matney (30-24)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1977 Cubs RosterTeam Record: 30-24
Finished 3rd in the GCL
Manager: Ronnie Matney (30-24)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Cubs of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1977 season with a record of 30 wins and 24 losses, finishing third in the GCL.
The Cubs scored 252 runs and conceded 238 runs. Blake Lorenz led batters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Vince Valentini topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 0.98 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1977 Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Randy Martz, Gene Krug and Steve Macko.
Ronnie Matney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Valentini | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.98 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 38 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Butler | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Avallone | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.07 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 42.0 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Clark | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.32 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 54 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Bargfeldt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27.0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Spino | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.91 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 72 | 41 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Joey Cole | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Wright | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.79 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Ross | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.82 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 34 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Will Puentes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eric Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Hartin | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Blake Lorenz | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Martz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Herendeen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sloan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Godard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Philip Cavarretta | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.06 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.0 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 24 | .556 | 3.41 | 132 | 54 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 475.3 | 437 | 238 | 180 | 8 | 252 | 8 | 314 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Lorenz | 43 | 172 | 146 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | .295 | .386 | .425 | .811 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Peter VanHorne | 42 | 159 | 143 | 19 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .287 | .329 | .364 | .693 | 52 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Will Puentes | 45 | 181 | 156 | 25 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 5 | .244 | .348 | .314 | .662 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick DeLoach | 48 | 168 | 149 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 39 | .248 | .321 | .329 | .650 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dewey Minton | 26 | 115 | 107 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .318 | .351 | .467 | .818 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Hickerson | 34 | 130 | 108 | 13 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .296 | .391 | .398 | .789 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Paul Brownlee | 42 | 147 | 128 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .219 | .315 | .250 | .565 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shepston | 35 | 113 | 90 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 24 | .256 | .382 | .367 | .748 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tex Morgan | 37 | 116 | 106 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | .198 | .261 | .217 | .478 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bargfeldt | 28 | 62 | 59 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .322 | .355 | .407 | .762 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Ahlert | 35 | 108 | 101 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .188 | .226 | .198 | .424 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ferdinand Rivera | 29 | 95 | 80 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .225 | .347 | .262 | .610 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Turgeon | 9 | 39 | 37 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .432 | .436 | .459 | .895 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Veenema | 13 | 50 | 43 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .326 | .380 | .465 | .845 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Eric Robertson | 26 | 84 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .184 | .262 | .197 | .459 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Townsend | 26 | 84 | 69 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .188 | .289 | .304 | .594 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Terry Naeher | 26 | 83 | 72 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .181 | .277 | .278 | .555 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Philip Rossi | 9 | 35 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .414 | .455 | .483 | .937 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gene Krug | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .471 | .500 | .529 | 1.029 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hartin | 10 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .240 | .345 | .240 | .585 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Macko | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .308 | .444 | .462 | .906 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Wright | 12 | 32 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .148 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lamont Ennis | 8 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .176 | .188 | .364 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Javier Fierro | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Messer | 10 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .045 | .160 | .045 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 605 | 2088 | 1827 | 253 | 461 | 68 | 16 | 12 | 206 | 67 | 23 | 209 | 271 | .252 | .330 | .327 | .657 | 597 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter VanHorne | 1B | 32 | 287 | 22 | 2 | 19 | .994 | 9.656 | ||||
| James Townsend | 1B | 16 | 122 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .992 | 8.188 | ||||
| Timothy Hickerson | 1B | 6 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .963 | 8.667 | ||||
| Gene Krug | 1B | 5 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .940 | 9.400 | ||||
| John Hartin | 1B | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dewey Minton | 2B | 24 | 51 | 67 | 6 | 16 | .952 | 4.917 | ||||
| John Bargfeldt | 2B | 16 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .946 | 4.375 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | 2B | 11 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .915 | 3.909 | ||||
| Kenneth Veenema | 2B | 9 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 10 | .961 | 5.444 | ||||
| Ferdinand Rivera | 2B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tony Messer | 2B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rick DeLoach | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick DeLoach | 3B | 35 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 6 | .874 | 2.171 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | 3B | 15 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 2.800 | ||||
| Steven Wright | 3B | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Tony Messer | 3B | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Paul Brownlee | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Ferdinand Rivera | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Javier Fierro | 3B | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Turgeon | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Michael Shepston | C | 33 | 171 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 5.788 | 3 | |||
| Terry Naeher | C | 25 | 132 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 5.600 | 4 | |||
| Lamont Ennis | C | 6 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 4.833 | 2 | |||
| Will Puentes | OF | 41 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.976 | ||||
| Blake Lorenz | OF | 37 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.405 | ||||
| Tex Morgan | OF | 33 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.758 | ||||
| Timothy Hickerson | OF | 26 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.423 | ||||
| Eric Robertson | OF | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .773 | ||||
| Ferdinand Rivera | OF | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Peter VanHorne | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Townsend | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rick DeLoach | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steven Wright | OF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Philip Rossi | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Philip Cavarretta | P | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Thomas Spino | P | 12 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 2.667 | ||||
| John Bargfeldt | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Mike Wright | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Ross | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Randy Clark | P | 11 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 2.455 | ||||
| Joey Cole | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Avallone | P | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Vince Valentini | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Steven Sloan | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Tom Butler | P | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Richard Herendeen | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Melvin Godard | P | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Randy Martz | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eric Robertson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Will Puentes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Blake Lorenz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Hartin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Brownlee | SS | 36 | 48 | 133 | 17 | 16 | .914 | 5.028 | ||||
| Jerome Ahlert | SS | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ferdinand Rivera | SS | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 4.167 | ||||
| Steve Macko | SS | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.800 | ||||
| Philip Rossi | SS | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Turgeon | SS | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| John Bargfeldt | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 644 | 1419 | 640 | 88 | 130 | .959 | 3.197 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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