1977 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Team Record: 31-37
Finished 3rd in the NWL's Affiliate Division
Manager: John Underwood (31-37)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 45,513, Avg. 1,339
The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 31 wins and 37 losses, finishing third in the league's Affiliate Division.
The Emeralds scored 400 runs and surrendered 424 runs. Greg Jackson led Eugene with 14 home runs and drove in 63 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .336. Oscar Brito topped the team with 6 wins, and Greg Meyer recorded a 3.93 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Steve Christmas and Les Straker both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
John Underwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Brito | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.20 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 119 | 66 | 52 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mark Breitenbach | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.76 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 94 | 60 | 48 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Antonio Ortiz | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.40 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 96 | 60 | 45 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| James Burress | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.51 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Scott Dye | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.65 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34.0 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregg Lorenz | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.00 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 89 | 65 | 52 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Wally Sarmiento | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.69 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Greg Meyer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.93 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 54 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Straker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.77 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joel Willett | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.97 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Eugene Norman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 14.29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 31 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Robert Adams | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 37 | .456 | 4.96 | 164 | 69 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 593.0 | 660 | 424 | 327 | 35 | 347 | 9 | 467 | 15 | 2 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jackson | 67 | 301 | 253 | 47 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 25 | .336 | .432 | .565 | .997 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Carlos Pimentel | 61 | 262 | 235 | 42 | 76 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 38 | .323 | .377 | .413 | .790 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Potts | 63 | 276 | 224 | 51 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 30 | .308 | .435 | .540 | .975 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Kotchman | 60 | 258 | 233 | 34 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 38 | .296 | .341 | .391 | .732 | 91 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Pat Ingraham | 52 | 249 | 202 | 34 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 41 | 41 | .297 | .413 | .406 | .819 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Steve Christmas | 46 | 196 | 173 | 30 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | .306 | .371 | .497 | .868 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alfred Welch | 52 | 229 | 189 | 33 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 49 | .270 | .389 | .392 | .780 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Hendrickson | 63 | 262 | 227 | 32 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 55 | .220 | .313 | .256 | .568 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Norko | 60 | 243 | 223 | 31 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 68 | .220 | .280 | .345 | .625 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George McPherson | 25 | 107 | 87 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | .264 | .396 | .402 | .799 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilberto Alicea | 28 | 102 | 85 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | .247 | .373 | .329 | .702 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Shinn | 27 | 102 | 89 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 22 | .202 | .304 | .292 | .596 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dimino | 13 | 61 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .264 | .328 | .302 | .629 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Pizer | 22 | 78 | 68 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .162 | .260 | .176 | .436 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hudson | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .357 | .444 | .571 | 1.016 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wally Sarmiento | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 661 | 2745 | 2356 | 400 | 654 | 106 | 13 | 56 | 351 | 84 | 46 | 328 | 461 | .278 | .368 | .405 | .773 | 954 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Jackson | 1B | 63 | 527 | 16 | 17 | 35 | .970 | 8.619 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | 1B | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.667 | ||||
| Michael Shinn | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom Kotchman | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gilberto Alicea | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Thomas Norko | 2B | 28 | 58 | 71 | 16 | 12 | .890 | 4.607 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | 2B | 22 | 38 | 58 | 11 | 7 | .897 | 4.364 | ||||
| Thomas Dimino | 2B | 13 | 35 | 40 | 6 | 9 | .926 | 5.769 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | 2B | 8 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| Tom Kotchman | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Craig Hendrickson | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Kotchman | 3B | 49 | 49 | 92 | 10 | 8 | .934 | 2.878 | ||||
| Thomas Norko | 3B | 14 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 2.357 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | 3B | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | C | 27 | 185 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 7.444 | 11 | |||
| Michael Shinn | C | 21 | 153 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .976 | 7.810 | 6 | |||
| Gilberto Alicea | C | 21 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 7.048 | 10 | |||
| Jack Hudson | C | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 6.667 | 0 | |||
| Robert Potts | OF | 54 | 94 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .925 | 1.833 | ||||
| Carlos Pimentel | OF | 51 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .942 | 1.588 | ||||
| Pat Ingraham | OF | 50 | 125 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .964 | 2.640 | ||||
| Alfred Welch | OF | 34 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 1.735 | ||||
| George McPherson | OF | 24 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.958 | ||||
| Wayne Pizer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Dye | P | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
| Greg Meyer | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Joel Willett | P | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Wally Sarmiento | P | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Gregg Lorenz | P | 15 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .867 | ||||
| Oscar Brito | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .400 | ||||
| Antonio Ortiz | P | 14 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| James Burress | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Breitenbach | P | 13 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Les Straker | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Eugene Norman | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Robert Adams | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Hendrickson | SS | 62 | 84 | 177 | 31 | 19 | .894 | 4.210 | ||||
| Thomas Norko | SS | 11 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .891 | 3.727 | ||||
| Totals | 737 | 1780 | 691 | 162 | 109 | .938 | 3.353 | 27 | 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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