1977 Cedar Rapids Giants Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jack Mull (74-66)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 96,763, Avg. 1,382

1977 Cedar Rapids Giants Roster

Playoffs - Burlington Bees 1 game, Cedar Rapids Giants 0

The Cedar Rapids Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Giants scored 711 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Bob Brenly led Cedar Rapids with 22 home runs, while Kenneth Feinberg, John Sylvester and Rich Murray each walloped 15 or more as well. Rich Murray drove in 94 runs. John Sylvester paced all regular batters by connecting at a .296 clip. Phil Nastu, Dan Hartwig and Michael Wardlow topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Phil Nastu recorded a 1.88 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1977 Cedar Rapids Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rich Murray, Chris Bourjos, Phil Nastu, Bob Tufts, Bob Brenly and Gorman Heimueller.

Jack Mull served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Phil Nastu	10	2	.833	1.88	16	15		6	1	0	115.0	82	35	24	10	36	1	134	0	1	1
Michael Wardlow	10	6	.625	2.57	22	17		10	3	1	140.0	90	54	40	6	79	0	133	8	0	13
Dan Hartwig	10	10	.500	3.28	25	25		9	1	0	170.0	150	77	62	7	82	2	138	5	0	6
David Myers	8	8	.500	4.36	23	19		6	0	0	130.0	116	77	63	12	82	2	124	10	3	9
David Anderson	8	11	.421	4.17	23	22		3	0	0	149.0	148	85	69	13	62	1	78	4	1	3
Brian Moulton	7	5	.583	4.46	31	15		3	0	4	111.0	115	69	55	12	41	3	74	6	2	5
Drew Nickerson	4	3	.571	5.88	26	0		0	0	3	75.0	95	60	49	9	35	3	38	5	0	4
Bob Tufts	4	4	.500	3.27	9	9		2	1	0	55.0	59	32	20	6	19	0	28	2	1	0
Steven Sherman	4	6	.400	1.39	33	0		0	0	10	71.0	50	17	11	1	39	4	70	2	0	5
Ray Cosio	3	4	.429	7.74	13	8		0	0	0	43.0	51	40	37	5	25	0	26	1	0	8
John Hillas	2	1	.667	3.33	8	2		1	0	0	27.0	10	11	10	1	22	0	29	1	0	1
Jonathan Harper	2	2	.500	3.00	15	0		0	0	3	24.0	20	12	8	3	6	1	18	0	0	0
Bart Bass	1	0	1.000	5.56	7	6		1	0	0	34.0	40	29	21	3	20	0	20	0	1	0
Steve Pearce	1	3	.250	4.85	10	2		0	0	0	26.0	14	15	14	3	27	3	13	0	0	2
Henry Macias	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
James Guy	0	0		6.75	5	0		0	0	1	8.0	14	7	6	1	7	0	7	0	0	1
Gareth Ledbetter	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Gorman Heimueller	0	1	.000	1.80	9	0		0	0	5	15.0	13	7	3	0	9	1	15	1	0	3
Totals	74	66	.529	3.73	278	140	0	41	6	27	1200.0	1076	632	497	92	595	21	949	45	9	62	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
Rich Murray	129	542	494	72	136	27	0	21	94	20	4	38	101	.275	.327	.457	.785	226		3	1	6
Bob Brenly	136	595	499	85	135	16	1	22	73	6	3	90	108	.271	.381	.439	.820	219		1	2	3
Mark Kuecker	133	531	473	68	125	20	8	8	63	8	4	49	80	.264	.336	.391	.727	185		4	1	4
John Laubhan	134	582	495	76	122	25	4	13	54	16	13	71	112	.246	.342	.392	.734	194		3	9	4
John Sylvester	109	444	382	75	113	17	2	19	51	23	4	59	85	.296	.392	.500	.892	191		2	0	1
Ken Barton	109	442	387	56	105	18	0	12	54	3	4	43	57	.271	.342	.411	.753	159		1	6	5
Kenneth Feinberg	121	459	389	58	88	14	2	17	52	6	4	56	70	.226	.335	.404	.738	157		8	5	1
Chris Bourjos	65	280	261	53	86	15	4	12	42	3	1	11	36	.330	.363	.556	.919	145		4	2	2
Henry Macias	91	366	304	44	74	13	0	4	28	4	1	53	59	.243	.361	.326	.687	99		4	3	2
Gareth Ledbetter	104	343	263	36	71	8	0	4	43	0	0	63	47	.270	.416	.346	.762	91		5	9	3
Joe Ward	45	189	161	26	51	8	1	5	20	5	1	26	27	.317	.418	.472	.890	76		2	0	0
Jeff Shourds	76	282	232	28	50	4	3	3	22	6	3	39	72	.216	.335	.297	.632	69		3	7	1
James Pryor	63	197	169	20	40	5	1	1	17	1	1	18	12	.237	.312	.296	.608	50		1	8	1
Michael Wardlow	43	90	79	12	15	4	0	3	17	3	0	7	25	.190	.267	.354	.621	28		2	0	2
Totals	1358	5342	4588	709	1211	194	26	144	630	104	43	623	891	.264	.355	.412	.767	1889	0	43	53	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rich Murray	1B	126	1149	54	16	105	.987	9.548
Kenneth Feinberg	1B	18	151	4	5	11	.969	8.611
Ken Barton	2B	101	198	268	16	48	.967	4.614
Henry Macias	2B	53	111	127	21	33	.919	4.491
Bob Brenly	3B	123	89	263	31	21	.919	2.862
Michael Wardlow	3B	13	10	28	5	4	.884	2.923
Kenneth Feinberg	3B	4	4	12	2	0	.889	4.000
Gareth Ledbetter	C	102	618	58	11	8	.984	6.627	17
James Pryor	C	55	357	24	10	5	.974	6.927	6
John Laubhan	OF	133	180	20	10	8	.952	1.504
John Sylvester	OF	107	211	9	3	2	.987	2.056
Kenneth Feinberg	OF	83	124	10	3	0	.978	1.614
Jeff Shourds	OF	51	55	4	5	0	.922	1.157
Chris Bourjos	OF	25	47	1	6	0	.889	1.920
Joe Ward	OF	24	45	3	2	0	.960	2.000
Henry Macias	OF	11	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.455
Bob Brenly	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steven Sherman	P	33	0	6	1	1	.857	.182
Brian Moulton	P	31	6	32	1	0	.974	1.226
Drew Nickerson	P	26	0	12	2	0	.857	.462
Dan Hartwig	P	25	6	23	2	3	.935	1.160
David Myers	P	23	8	16	5	0	.828	1.043
David Anderson	P	23	6	25	3	4	.912	1.348
Michael Wardlow	P	22	8	29	1	4	.974	1.682
Phil Nastu	P	16	6	12	0	2	1.000	1.125
Jonathan Harper	P	15	0	2	1	0	.667	.133
Ray Cosio	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Steve Pearce	P	10	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.400
Bob Tufts	P	9	2	10	1	1	.923	1.333
Gorman Heimueller	P	9	1	5	0	0	1.000	.667
John Hillas	P	8	0	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Bart Bass	P	7	0	5	0	1	1.000	.714
James Guy	P	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Henry Macias	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Gareth Ledbetter	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mark Kuecker	SS	133	165	405	42	75	.931	4.286
Henry Macias	SS	11	6	30	5	6	.878	3.273
Totals		1452	3587	1517	210	342	.960	3.515	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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