1977 Clinton Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Dick McLaughlin (79-59)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 42,238, Avg. 612
The Clinton Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Dodgers led the league with just 621 runs allowed. Clinton scored 651 runs. George Kaage and Mickey Hatcher paced the team with 11 home runs apiece. Max Venable drove in 63 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Dave Stewart paced the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 2.15 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Ron Kittle, Bobby Mitchell, Tack Wilson, Dave Stewart, Mike Scioscia, Max Venable, Ron Roenicke and Mickey Hatcher were all players from the 1977 Clinton Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dick McLaughlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Stewart | 17 | 4 | .810 | 2.15 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 176.0 | 152 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 144 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Paul Bain | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.47 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 171.0 | 140 | 81 | 66 | 14 | 101 | 2 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Mickey Lashley | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.03 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 62.0 | 55 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richard Goulding | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.21 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 126.0 | 132 | 66 | 45 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Charles Dorgan | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.35 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 147.0 | 144 | 79 | 71 | 5 | 122 | 2 | 120 | 7 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Paul Bock | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.88 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 58.0 | 55 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ken Townsend | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.33 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 63 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Eric Schmidt | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.63 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 116 | 62 | 54 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Mark Kryka | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.93 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 61 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Brian Baldwin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Harrison | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 52 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Jim Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.09 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Evans | 1 | 10 | .091 | 6.09 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 107 | 76 | 65 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Joseph Purpura | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Damon Middleton | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jose Reyes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 59 | .572 | 3.98 | 273 | 138 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 23 | 1155.0 | 1129 | 621 | 511 | 72 | 709 | 9 | 839 | 28 | 18 | 119 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Venable | 125 | 490 | 425 | 72 | 115 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 17 | 8 | 50 | 60 | .271 | .351 | .398 | .749 | 169 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| James Del Vecchio | 126 | 549 | 459 | 70 | 111 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 79 | 74 | .242 | .354 | .305 | .659 | 140 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| George Kaage | 100 | 395 | 339 | 41 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 66 | .274 | .365 | .422 | .786 | 143 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Scioscia | 121 | 459 | 364 | 58 | 92 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 79 | 25 | .253 | .385 | .371 | .756 | 135 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Hatcher | 78 | 317 | 288 | 47 | 89 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 35 | .309 | .352 | .493 | .845 | 142 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Charles Gardner | 129 | 449 | 420 | 42 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 69 | .210 | .245 | .221 | .466 | 93 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| John Shoemaker | 76 | 307 | 242 | 43 | 78 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 37 | .322 | .464 | .360 | .824 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Roche | 68 | 290 | 249 | 44 | 78 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 58 | .313 | .401 | .494 | .895 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 74 | 282 | 221 | 37 | 72 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 57 | 23 | .326 | .459 | .462 | .921 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Roenicke | 76 | 294 | 250 | 35 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 40 | .256 | .345 | .364 | .709 | 91 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Gerardo de la Cruz | 78 | 269 | 231 | 34 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 44 | .255 | .341 | .346 | .687 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dan Henry | 60 | 234 | 207 | 27 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 57 | .246 | .325 | .367 | .692 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tack Wilson | 44 | 185 | 148 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 20 | .270 | .410 | .392 | .802 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Swoope | 39 | 154 | 129 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 25 | .287 | .396 | .388 | .784 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hilario Soriano | 37 | 98 | 92 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .163 | .181 | .196 | .377 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Jones | 31 | 94 | 85 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 32 | .165 | .207 | .224 | .430 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sandy Maldonado | 24 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .244 | .320 | .311 | .631 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kittle | 22 | 64 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .189 | .302 | .264 | .566 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Brodell | 15 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .135 | .220 | .243 | .463 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald LeJohn | 18 | 46 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .108 | .267 | .108 | .375 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1341 | 5070 | 4321 | 649 | 1126 | 190 | 28 | 65 | 534 | 156 | 75 | 617 | 754 | .261 | .355 | .363 | .718 | 1567 | 0 | 36 | 58 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kaage | 1B | 98 | 860 | 31 | 13 | 90 | .986 | 9.092 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | 1B | 26 | 204 | 4 | 3 | 25 | .986 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gerardo de la Cruz | 1B | 7 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 6.429 | ||||
| Timothy Roche | 1B | 6 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.833 | ||||
| Mike Scioscia | 1B | 5 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .946 | 7.000 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 1B | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | 2B | 123 | 285 | 338 | 21 | 89 | .967 | 5.065 | ||||
| Donald LeJohn | 2B | 14 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 9 | .937 | 4.214 | ||||
| Sandy Maldonado | 2B | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Max Venable | 2B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 3B | 73 | 50 | 153 | 10 | 13 | .953 | 2.781 | ||||
| Dan Henry | 3B | 59 | 39 | 135 | 14 | 10 | .926 | 2.949 | ||||
| Gerardo de la Cruz | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy Roche | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .750 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | 3B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Scioscia | C | 111 | 731 | 93 | 20 | 12 | .976 | 7.423 | 20 | |||
| Hilario Soriano | C | 37 | 198 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .973 | 5.865 | 3 | |||
| Max Venable | OF | 88 | 144 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .922 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mickey Hatcher | OF | 75 | 126 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .971 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 70 | 145 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 2.200 | ||||
| Tack Wilson | OF | 42 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 2.286 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | OF | 33 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.576 | ||||
| Bill Swoope | OF | 29 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .920 | 1.586 | ||||
| Timothy Jones | OF | 25 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gerardo de la Cruz | OF | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Timothy Roche | OF | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Ron Kittle | OF | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Donald Brodell | OF | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mickey Lashley | P | 34 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Goulding | P | 28 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .643 | ||||
| Paul Bain | P | 26 | 10 | 35 | 6 | 2 | .882 | 1.731 | ||||
| Charles Dorgan | P | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Stewart | P | 24 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 2 | .844 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ken Townsend | P | 22 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Paul Bock | P | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| James Evans | P | 20 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Eric Schmidt | P | 17 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.059 | ||||
| Mark Kryka | P | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Doug Harrison | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Peterson | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Brian Baldwin | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Reyes | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Damon Middleton | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Joseph Purpura | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Gardner | SS | 129 | 193 | 392 | 28 | 92 | .954 | 4.535 | ||||
| Sandy Maldonado | SS | 18 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 4 | .878 | 2.389 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | SS | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1423 | 3470 | 1481 | 194 | 392 | .962 | 3.479 | 23 | 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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