1976 Evansville Triplets Statistics
Team Record: 55-81
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Fred Hatfield (55-81)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 100,696, Avg. 1,481
The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 55 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Triplets scored 533 runs and allowed 650 runs. Marv Lane led Evansville with 13 home runs Bob Molinaro drove in 67 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .289 clip. Ed Glynn paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.59 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Ed Glynn, John Gamble, Tom Makowski, Gary Christenson, Bob Molinaro, Bruce Taylor, Frank MacCormack, Milt Wilcox, Ron Cash, George Cappuzzello, Mark Wagner, Steve Kemp, Jerry Manuel, Phil Mankowski, Gene Lamont, Bruce Kimm, Boots Day, Dave Lemanczyk, Ike Brookens, Fernando Arroyo, Bill Slayback, John Knox, Dan Gonzales, Bob Adams, Jason Thompson, Marv Lane, Bob Sykes and Joe Decker were all players from the 1976 Evansville Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.
Fred Hatfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Glynn | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.59 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 148.0 | 146 | 79 | 59 | 8 | 82 | 7 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Sykes | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.27 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 137 | 71 | 56 | 6 | 71 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bruce Taylor | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.10 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 68.0 | 60 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 52 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Lemanczyk | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.62 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fernando Arroyo | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.76 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 102.0 | 120 | 74 | 54 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank MacCormack | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.41 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 63 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Michael Meyerrose | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.80 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 88 | 46 | 35 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.84 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 60 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 3 | 13 | .188 | 5.58 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113.0 | 119 | 81 | 70 | 11 | 58 | 7 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Boots Day | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.94 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Cappuzzello | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.76 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 50 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Joe Decker | 1 | 10 | .091 | 6.95 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 62 | 57 | 44 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Milt Wilcox | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ike Brookens | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Makowski | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.34 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 52 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 76 | .392 | 4.45 | 321 | 122 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 22 | 989.0 | 1016 | 603 | 489 | 80 | 556 | 52 | 635 | 30 | 6 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Molinaro | 135 | 548 | 491 | 72 | 142 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 20 | 10 | 50 | 38 | .289 | .356 | .418 | .773 | 205 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Phil Mankowski | 122 | 461 | 413 | 50 | 119 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 40 | .288 | .350 | .385 | .735 | 159 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Eschen | 132 | 547 | 454 | 61 | 115 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 81 | 29 | .253 | .366 | .328 | .694 | 149 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bob Adams | 105 | 369 | 338 | 32 | 89 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 40 | .263 | .312 | .379 | .691 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Boots Day | 114 | 351 | 308 | 42 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 43 | .266 | .345 | .416 | .760 | 128 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Marv Lane | 85 | 331 | 276 | 46 | 80 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 67 | .290 | .395 | .529 | .924 | 146 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mark Wagner | 107 | 360 | 304 | 32 | 79 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 60 | .260 | .365 | .332 | .697 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Kemp | 52 | 216 | 171 | 37 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 35 | .386 | .507 | .696 | 1.203 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Lamont | 96 | 313 | 269 | 23 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 47 | .234 | .324 | .338 | .662 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ron Cash | 81 | 254 | 229 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 47 | .253 | .312 | .345 | .657 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bryan Lambe | 86 | 243 | 206 | 38 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 26 | .262 | .362 | .345 | .707 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Gamble | 90 | 259 | 224 | 26 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 41 | .210 | .297 | .254 | .551 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Dan Gonzales | 37 | 115 | 108 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .306 | .348 | .444 | .792 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Valle | 22 | 85 | 68 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .176 | .310 | .221 | .530 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ed Glynn | 28 | 57 | 53 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .208 | .250 | .208 | .458 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Manuel | 11 | 51 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .182 | .265 | .273 | .538 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jason Thompson | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .312 | .353 | .875 | 1.228 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slayback | 30 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sykes | 24 | 45 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .108 | .195 | .135 | .330 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lemanczyk | 7 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Kimm | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank MacCormack | 15 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .095 | .269 | .095 | .364 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fernando Arroyo | 44 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .071 | .100 | .071 | .171 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ike Brookens | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Darichuk | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Bolek | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Meyerrose | 42 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Christenson | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Taylor | 48 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Makowski | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Decker | 12 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Cappuzzello | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1581 | 4833 | 4188 | 529 | 1086 | 185 | 42 | 69 | 478 | 94 | 41 | 534 | 647 | .259 | .344 | .373 | .717 | 1562 | 0 | 26 | 44 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Cash | 1B | 66 | 482 | 42 | 3 | 45 | .994 | 7.939 | ||||
| Boots Day | 1B | 43 | 309 | 22 | 4 | 29 | .988 | 7.698 | ||||
| Bob Adams | 1B | 34 | 254 | 21 | 5 | 25 | .982 | 8.088 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 1B | 6 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 11.167 | ||||
| Jason Thompson | 1B | 4 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Marv Lane | 1B | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| John Gamble | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 2B | 118 | 240 | 306 | 16 | 69 | .972 | 4.627 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | 2B | 11 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 4.909 | ||||
| John Gamble | 2B | 7 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 4.857 | ||||
| Bryan Lambe | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Phil Mankowski | 3B | 113 | 75 | 217 | 25 | 16 | .921 | 2.584 | ||||
| John Gamble | 3B | 23 | 11 | 48 | 9 | 4 | .868 | 2.565 | ||||
| Bob Adams | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Bryan Lambe | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gene Lamont | C | 85 | 467 | 47 | 7 | 8 | .987 | 6.047 | 13 | |||
| Bob Adams | C | 56 | 287 | 36 | 9 | 5 | .973 | 5.768 | 5 | |||
| Bruce Kimm | C | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 131 | 211 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .949 | 1.702 | ||||
| Marv Lane | OF | 80 | 170 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 2.188 | ||||
| Bryan Lambe | OF | 64 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Steve Kemp | OF | 52 | 91 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .949 | 1.788 | ||||
| Boots Day | OF | 51 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 1.902 | ||||
| Dan Gonzales | OF | 34 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 1.206 | ||||
| John Valle | OF | 22 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.318 | ||||
| Bob Adams | OF | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bruce Taylor | P | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .234 | ||||
| Fernando Arroyo | P | 44 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .900 | .614 | ||||
| Michael Meyerrose | P | 42 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Bill Slayback | P | 30 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 1.033 | ||||
| Bob Sykes | P | 24 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .784 | 1.208 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 24 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Milt Wilcox | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Makowski | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Frank MacCormack | P | 15 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Boots Day | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Joe Decker | P | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Cappuzzello | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Dave Lemanczyk | P | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Ike Brookens | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Wagner | SS | 103 | 148 | 297 | 36 | 58 | .925 | 4.320 | ||||
| John Gamble | SS | 38 | 62 | 83 | 11 | 20 | .929 | 3.816 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | SS | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1484 | 3299 | 1391 | 195 | 327 | .960 | 3.160 | 18 | 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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