1976 El Paso Diablos Statistics
Team Record: 77-56
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Bobby Knoop (77-56)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 181,746, Avg. 2,733
The El Paso Diablos of the Texas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 77 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Diablos scored 843 runs, best in the league. El Paso gave up 679 runs. Willie Aikens walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Steve Stroughter swatted 15 or more also. Willie Aikens drove in 117 runs. Marty Friedman paced all regular batters by hitting .320. Robert Nolan and John Caneira topped the team with 15 wins each, and Robert Nolan recorded a 3.66 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1976 El Paso Diablos who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Gil Kubski, Jim Dorsey, Butch Alberts, Balor Moore, Julio Cruz, Rance Mulliniks, Tom Donohue, Orlando Ramírez, Steve Stroughter, Danny Goodwin, Willie Aikens, Fred Kuhaulua, Ken Landreaux and John Caneira.
Bobby Knoop 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Nolan | 15 | 3 | .833 | 3.66 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 140.0 | 165 | 67 | 57 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| John Caneira | 15 | 4 | .789 | 4.53 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 182 | 85 | 75 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Dorsey | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.50 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164.0 | 188 | 104 | 82 | 14 | 77 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Tony Barrientos | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.25 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 83.0 | 83 | 35 | 30 | 8 | 30 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Balor Moore | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.55 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 153 | 110 | 87 | 16 | 113 | 1 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| John Roslund | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.78 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.0 | 72 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Gibbon | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.44 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 80 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Whiteley | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.53 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.0 | 75 | 43 | 35 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lamar Wright | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 68 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francis Panick | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.63 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 74 | 48 | 42 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carl Meche | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Ross | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Boyle | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Stumpp | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Russ McQueen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 54 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 56 | .579 | 4.59 | 294 | 133 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 1114.0 | 1297 | 679 | 568 | 95 | 526 | 12 | 751 | 19 | 13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Aikens | 133 | 588 | 514 | 99 | 163 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 117 | 10 | 3 | 64 | 114 | .317 | .396 | .554 | .951 | 285 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Marty Friedman | 118 | 538 | 435 | 97 | 139 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 25 | 9 | 92 | 63 | .320 | .436 | .423 | .859 | 184 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Steve Stroughter | 116 | 507 | 460 | 82 | 136 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 85 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 77 | .296 | .354 | .470 | .823 | 216 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Farkas | 115 | 445 | 371 | 77 | 117 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 70 | .315 | .424 | .429 | .853 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fred Frazier | 83 | 362 | 309 | 73 | 114 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 16 | .369 | .440 | .524 | .965 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rance Mulliniks | 90 | 410 | 333 | 81 | 105 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 20 | 4 | 68 | 61 | .315 | .427 | .468 | .896 | 156 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Larry Rush | 101 | 408 | 370 | 55 | 98 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 123 | .265 | .324 | .441 | .765 | 163 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gil Kubski | 99 | 332 | 310 | 36 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 36 | .274 | .302 | .377 | .679 | 117 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Terry Stupy | 72 | 280 | 242 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | .289 | .375 | .393 | .768 | 95 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Danny Goodwin | 63 | 258 | 220 | 43 | 67 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 52 | .305 | .403 | .464 | .867 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 53 | 226 | 195 | 43 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 21 | .313 | .398 | .590 | .988 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Donohue | 37 | 141 | 135 | 22 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .326 | .350 | .489 | .839 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Orlando Ramírez | 31 | 148 | 133 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 27 | .226 | .281 | .308 | .589 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Carl Person | 34 | 134 | 121 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .240 | .299 | .306 | .604 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Zagarino | 43 | 163 | 149 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 40 | .188 | .252 | .342 | .594 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julio Cruz | 13 | 57 | 49 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .327 | .382 | .449 | .831 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Landreaux | 21 | 70 | 59 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .220 | .319 | .407 | .726 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Slater | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .364 | .364 | .545 | .909 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1225 | 5078 | 4416 | 832 | 1319 | 247 | 39 | 119 | 732 | 94 | 30 | 566 | 788 | .299 | .379 | .453 | .832 | 2001 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Aikens | 1B | 113 | 971 | 52 | 20 | 77 | .981 | 9.053 | ||||
| Larry Rush | 1B | 21 | 172 | 16 | 3 | 13 | .984 | 8.952 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | 2B | 82 | 172 | 214 | 12 | 44 | .970 | 4.707 | ||||
| Rance Mulliniks | 2B | 18 | 34 | 44 | 4 | 5 | .951 | 4.333 | ||||
| Julio Cruz | 2B | 13 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.385 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 2B | 12 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 9 | .982 | 4.667 | ||||
| Gil Kubski | 2B | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 3.400 | ||||
| Bob Slater | 2B | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.667 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | 2B | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Carl Person | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | 3B | 79 | 56 | 145 | 22 | 14 | .901 | 2.544 | ||||
| Joe Zagarino | 3B | 43 | 34 | 78 | 7 | 9 | .941 | 2.605 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | 3B | 8 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.875 | ||||
| Larry Rush | 3B | 6 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Terry Stupy | C | 65 | 394 | 36 | 5 | 3 | .989 | 6.615 | 6 | |||
| Danny Goodwin | C | 36 | 195 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 5.750 | 9 | |||
| Tom Donohue | C | 25 | 146 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 6.720 | 4 | |||
| Marty Friedman | OF | 117 | 284 | 27 | 10 | 3 | .969 | 2.658 | ||||
| Steve Stroughter | OF | 116 | 191 | 16 | 12 | 3 | .945 | 1.784 | ||||
| Gil Kubski | OF | 92 | 126 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .952 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Rush | OF | 44 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.864 | ||||
| Carl Person | OF | 26 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.346 | ||||
| Ken Landreaux | OF | 19 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.895 | ||||
| Tony Barrientos | P | 42 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .214 | ||||
| Thomas Whiteley | P | 38 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Robert Nolan | P | 27 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jim Dorsey | P | 26 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .805 | 1.269 | ||||
| Balor Moore | P | 25 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 0 | .816 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Caneira | P | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .600 | ||||
| John Roslund | P | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Russ McQueen | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Francis Panick | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Chuck Gibbon | P | 14 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Fred Kuhaulua | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Lamar Wright | P | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Carl Meche | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Chuck Ross | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Richard Stumpp | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gary Boyle | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rance Mulliniks | SS | 73 | 106 | 203 | 16 | 39 | .951 | 4.233 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | SS | 29 | 43 | 73 | 6 | 7 | .951 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ronnie Farkas | SS | 29 | 53 | 79 | 11 | 18 | .923 | 4.552 | ||||
| Carl Person | SS | 8 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 6 | .943 | 4.125 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 3265 | 1353 | 183 | 273 | .962 | 3.344 | 19 | 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.
