1976 Cedar Rapids Giants Statistics
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Salty Parker (78-53)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 78,801, Avg. 1,203
Playoffs - Quad Cities Angels 1 game, Cedar Rapids Giants 0
The Cedar Rapids Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1976 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Giants paced the league with just 505 runs allowed. Cedar Rapids scored 654 runs. Steve Wilkins led the team with 11 home runs Wayne Cato drove in 63 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .308 clip. Ron Hodges paced the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 1.24 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1976 Cedar Rapids Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Henry Johnson, Jose Barrios, Rich Murray and Jeff Yurak.
Salty Parker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hodges | 14 | 2 | .875 | 1.24 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 138.0 | 84 | 31 | 19 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Henry Johnson | 13 | 2 | .867 | 1.92 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 131.0 | 93 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Watson | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.66 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 159.0 | 131 | 57 | 47 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 86 | 8 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Ted Barnicle | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.03 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 163.0 | 132 | 94 | 73 | 12 | 142 | 1 | 160 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| David Mendoza | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.86 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 59 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Stan Moline | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.51 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86.0 | 69 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 48 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Anderson | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.86 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 112 | 69 | 45 | 7 | 46 | 6 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Barney Wilson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Roy | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.94 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 71.0 | 71 | 54 | 39 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sherman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 33 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Terry Adams | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| German de Los Santos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steven McKown | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Halls | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Peterson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Glinatsis | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.73 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 53 | .595 | 3.02 | 245 | 131 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 9 | 1099.0 | 910 | 505 | 369 | 55 | 577 | 23 | 787 | 38 | 15 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Cato | 107 | 397 | 354 | 49 | 109 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 29 | .308 | .371 | .449 | .820 | 159 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Donnie Sasser | 120 | 459 | 389 | 56 | 102 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 46 | .262 | .359 | .383 | .742 | 149 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Yurak | 113 | 402 | 334 | 57 | 98 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 63 | .293 | .405 | .431 | .836 | 144 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Steven Grimes | 119 | 460 | 378 | 52 | 90 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 68 | .238 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 127 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Ken Barton | 116 | 463 | 399 | 56 | 90 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 43 | .226 | .310 | .326 | .636 | 130 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Mark Woodbrey | 87 | 352 | 294 | 56 | 84 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 58 | .286 | .381 | .350 | .731 | 103 | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Jose Barrios | 86 | 339 | 293 | 38 | 83 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 48 | .283 | .362 | .399 | .762 | 117 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ted Schoenhaus | 100 | 371 | 312 | 43 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 30 | .260 | .348 | .317 | .665 | 99 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Bryan Boyne | 88 | 367 | 305 | 48 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 28 | .236 | .355 | .285 | .641 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| German de Los Santos | 78 | 279 | 256 | 44 | 69 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 53 | .270 | .320 | .438 | .758 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Wilkins | 66 | 267 | 216 | 52 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 38 | .292 | .419 | .523 | .942 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Pechek | 57 | 210 | 176 | 32 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 24 | .267 | .375 | .330 | .705 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rich Murray | 66 | 202 | 178 | 24 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 37 | .264 | .342 | .449 | .791 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Rex | 39 | 109 | 94 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .245 | .330 | .309 | .639 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Prather | 26 | 92 | 76 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .224 | .322 | .316 | .638 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lozando Washington | 42 | 98 | 84 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 30 | .167 | .260 | .250 | .510 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Young | 13 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .219 | .350 | .344 | .694 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Tullish | 6 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .214 | .353 | .286 | .639 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Pryor | 8 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Henry Johnson | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Moline | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1358 | 4945 | 4201 | 653 | 1100 | 178 | 43 | 68 | 558 | 71 | 26 | 599 | 627 | .262 | .356 | .373 | .729 | 1568 | 0 | 39 | 66 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Sasser | 1B | 113 | 953 | 69 | 18 | 67 | .983 | 9.044 | ||||
| Rich Murray | 1B | 28 | 207 | 10 | 7 | 15 | .969 | 7.750 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | 1B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Wayne Pechek | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ken Barton | 2B | 112 | 222 | 281 | 26 | 60 | .951 | 4.491 | ||||
| German de Los Santos | 2B | 14 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.714 | ||||
| Mark Woodbrey | 2B | 6 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Mike Rex | 2B | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 4.667 | ||||
| Steven Grimes | 3B | 113 | 90 | 250 | 40 | 13 | .895 | 3.009 | ||||
| German de Los Santos | 3B | 17 | 6 | 31 | 8 | 3 | .822 | 2.176 | ||||
| Mike Rex | 3B | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Bryan Boyne | 3B | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Ted Schoenhaus | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Wayne Cato | C | 100 | 587 | 49 | 17 | 4 | .974 | 6.360 | 24 | |||
| Billy Prather | C | 25 | 140 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 6.480 | 5 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 10 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 6.400 | 0 | |||
| James Pryor | C | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Donnie Sasser | C | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 6.400 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Yurak | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Ted Schoenhaus | OF | 97 | 141 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .963 | 1.608 | ||||
| Jose Barrios | OF | 84 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .975 | .940 | ||||
| Mark Woodbrey | OF | 80 | 156 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Wilkins | OF | 64 | 107 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 1.797 | ||||
| Wayne Pechek | OF | 55 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.691 | ||||
| Lozando Washington | OF | 36 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 1.417 | ||||
| Rich Murray | OF | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Bill Tullish | OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ernest Young | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Cato | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Stan Moline | P | 40 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .250 | ||||
| Pat Roy | P | 27 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .889 | ||||
| Ted Barnicle | P | 24 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 1.208 | ||||
| Steve Watson | P | 21 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .915 | 2.048 | ||||
| John Henry Johnson | P | 20 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.450 | ||||
| Barney Wilson | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| David Anderson | P | 19 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.632 | ||||
| Ron Hodges | P | 17 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .885 | 2.706 | ||||
| Steven Sherman | P | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| David Mendoza | P | 13 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Gary Halls | P | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Terry Adams | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mike Glinatsis | P | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Tim Peterson | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steven McKown | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| German de Los Santos | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bryan Boyne | SS | 85 | 129 | 228 | 36 | 39 | .908 | 4.200 | ||||
| German de Los Santos | SS | 43 | 56 | 112 | 17 | 22 | .908 | 3.907 | ||||
| Mike Rex | SS | 13 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | .843 | 3.308 | ||||
| Steven Grimes | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3292 | 1395 | 240 | 257 | .951 | 3.357 | 30 | 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.
