1977 Gastonia Cardinals Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Hal Lanier (82-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 34,730, Avg. 500

1977 Gastonia Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Gastonia Cardinals 3 games, Greenwood Braves 1

The Gastonia Cardinals of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Cardinals led the league with just 611 runs allowed. Gastonia scored 775 runs. Mike Calise paced the squad with 21 home runs and drove in 95 runs. Freddie Tisdale topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .301 clip. Arno Kirchenwitz paced the team with 14 wins, while David Jorn recorded a 2.41 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1977 Gastonia Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Leon Durham, Gene Roof, Al Olmsted and Neil Fiala.

Hal Lanier 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
Arno Kirchenwitz	14	7	.667	3.12	28	27		6	1	0	176.0	198	83	61	8	47	3	64	2	0	12
Terry Jacob	9	9	.500	4.25	22	17		6	1	0	125.0	123	71	59	7	45	2	81	0	0	6
David Jorn	8	1	.889	2.41	18	17		4	1	0	116.0	104	43	31	8	36	1	85	2	1	2
Ray Williams	8	4	.667	3.60	46	0		0	0	9	85.0	85	40	34	8	30	4	62	2	1	9
Terry Gray	8	5	.615	2.46	15	11		8	2	0	106.0	77	34	29	5	37	0	70	1	1	5
Kevin Morrissey	7	7	.500	5.92	22	20		3	1	0	117.0	159	87	77	20	62	1	56	4	1	9
Tom Chamberlain	6	1	.857	3.16	7	7		4	1	0	57.0	48	24	20	2	19	0	42	0	0	3
Glenn Comoletti	5	3	.625	1.89	38	0		0	0	7	62.0	49	19	13	2	17	1	42	0	1	4
Billy Meza	5	5	.500	3.19	28	5		2	0	3	93.0	74	35	33	6	41	0	30	0	0	6
Kenneth Grassano	4	2	.667	4.00	12	9		2	1	0	63.0	71	39	28	1	30	1	37	4	0	9
Jere Schuler	3	4	.429	6.00	11	11		2	0	0	54.0	67	46	36	7	39	0	17	0	0	3
Fernando Figueroa	2	4	.333	8.08	11	7		0	0	0	39.0	55	38	35	4	23	0	31	4	3	6
Al Olmsted	1	0	1.000	9.00	2	1		0	0	0	8.0	14	9	8	1	5	1	5	0	0	1
James Propst	1	1	.500	2.45	2	1		1	0	0	11.0	8	4	3	0	7	1	8	0	0	1
Donald Lamer	1	2	.333	5.62	6	6		0	0	0	32.0	40	23	20	3	19	0	17	0	0	4
Mark Bumstead	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
William Schopp	0	2	.000	3.86	11	0		0	0	1	28.0	21	16	12	2	22	0	21	1	0	6
Totals	82	57	.590	3.83	280	139	0	38	8	20	1173.0	1194	611	499	84	480	15	668	20	8	86	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
Freddie Tisdale	126	524	465	78	140	26	5	13	79	8	0	55	48	.301	.373	.462	.835	215		0	1	3
Mike Calise	115	451	398	64	112	16	4	21	95	0	2	46	90	.281	.354	.500	.854	199		1	2	4
Jeff Toothman	106	416	369	46	102	21	1	1	42	2	1	42	65	.276	.349	.347	.696	128		1	1	3
Dale Brock	119	482	382	82	89	9	6	0	27	36	10	86	36	.233	.373	.288	.661	110		2	8	4
Leon Durham	63	265	239	45	88	18	3	4	44	7	2	21	31	.368	.419	.519	.938	124		2	0	3
Fulvio Bertolotti	108	410	335	50	88	10	1	0	49	1	2	56	41	.263	.365	.299	.664	100		2	10	7
Harold Witt	109	420	325	64	82	14	1	13	48	3	4	89	90	.252	.419	.422	.841	137		5	0	1
Mark Bumstead	101	346	283	44	79	7	2	6	44	2	2	53	50	.279	.401	.382	.782	108		5	4	1
Gene Dotson	65	276	222	64	70	18	1	13	58	7	2	51	47	.315	.444	.581	1.025	129		1	1	1
Neil Fiala	68	293	233	47	61	9	3	4	45	5	2	47	30	.262	.385	.378	.762	88		2	7	4
Michael Pisarkiewicz	61	230	192	33	54	11	2	6	27	2	1	34	45	.281	.393	.453	.846	87		2	1	1
Randy Thomas	87	310	258	38	52	7	1	0	26	5	6	44	37	.202	.316	.236	.552	61		0	6	2
Henry Mays	32	133	104	19	37	6	2	1	18	7	1	25	8	.356	.470	.481	.950	50		0	1	3
Gene Roof	42	157	138	19	28	3	1	1	11	3	1	15	16	.203	.290	.261	.551	36		2	2	0
Denny Martindale	58	195	151	21	23	0	0	0	19	3	0	34	26	.152	.314	.152	.466	23		3	4	3
David Boyer	26	97	81	12	22	3	0	0	3	3	0	13	13	.272	.368	.309	.677	25		0	2	1
Mark David	37	91	75	15	19	2	1	0	6	2	2	11	8	.253	.364	.307	.670	23		2	3	0
Jerry Johnson	40	114	101	8	19	1	1	0	7	1	2	8	28	.188	.259	.218	.477	22		2	2	1
Julian Gutierrez	22	59	51	11	13	1	1	0	7	0	1	6	10	.255	.339	.314	.653	16		1	0	1
James McIntyre	12	31	27	7	8	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	7	.296	.367	.333	.700	9		1	1	0
Daniel Winslow	9	29	29	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.172	.172	.207	.379	6		0	0	0
Richard Murray	10	34	28	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	7	.107	.242	.107	.350	3		0	1	0
William Schopp	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Glenn Comoletti	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Kenneth Grassano	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Donald Lamer	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1483	5365	4488	775	1194	184	36	83	664	98	42	743	739	.266	.371	.379	.750	1699	0	34	57	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jeff Toothman	1B	63	511	29	7	51	.987	8.571
Leon Durham	1B	56	492	28	8	45	.985	9.286
Michael Pisarkiewicz	1B	23	146	3	3	17	.980	6.478
David Boyer	1B	3	21	1	0	3	1.000	7.333
Mark Bumstead	1B	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Neil Fiala	2B	66	151	190	2	37	.994	5.167
Mark Bumstead	2B	38	95	81	5	14	.972	4.632
Denny Martindale	2B	21	46	40	1	6	.989	4.095
Julian Gutierrez	2B	19	32	34	2	6	.971	3.474
Freddie Tisdale	2B	18	36	42	1	12	.987	4.333
Harold Witt	2B	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Mike Calise	3B	38	37	74	17	12	.867	2.921
Harold Witt	3B	36	34	72	9	13	.922	2.944
Gene Roof	3B	29	34	62	5	5	.950	3.310
Mark Bumstead	3B	22	13	36	5	2	.907	2.227
David Boyer	3B	13	12	26	3	0	.927	2.923
Richard Murray	3B	9	9	12	4	0	.840	2.333
Denny Martindale	3B	4	2	5	1	1	.875	1.750
Randy Thomas	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fulvio Bertolotti	C	105	529	66	10	1	.983	5.667	20
Jerry Johnson	C	39	159	22	6	5	.968	4.641	4
Daniel Winslow	C	8	38	7	1	0	.978	5.625	2
Dale Brock	OF	103	229	7	4	2	.983	2.291
Harold Witt	OF	69	111	11	3	1	.976	1.768
Gene Dotson	OF	61	140	5	5	3	.967	2.377
Mike Calise	OF	45	69	5	2	1	.974	1.644
Michael Pisarkiewicz	OF	39	61	2	3	1	.955	1.615
Jeff Toothman	OF	36	62	0	2	0	.969	1.722
Henry Mays	OF	32	66	2	3	0	.958	2.125
Mark David	OF	31	49	2	2	0	.962	1.645
Freddie Tisdale	OF	21	44	1	1	0	.978	2.143
James McIntyre	OF	8	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.625
Gene Roof	OF	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Boyer	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Ray Williams	P	46	3	6	2	0	.818	.196
Glenn Comoletti	P	38	2	1	0	0	1.000	.079
Billy Meza	P	28	2	8	2	1	.833	.357
Arno Kirchenwitz	P	28	8	24	1	3	.970	1.143
Kevin Morrissey	P	22	6	11	2	0	.895	.773
Terry Jacob	P	22	4	14	3	0	.857	.818
David Jorn	P	18	10	22	1	2	.970	1.778
Terry Gray	P	15	7	10	0	0	1.000	1.133
Kenneth Grassano	P	12	3	6	2	0	.818	.750
Jere Schuler	P	11	2	7	2	0	.818	.818
William Schopp	P	11	2	6	0	1	1.000	.727
Fernando Figueroa	P	11	0	2	1	0	.667	.182
Tom Chamberlain	P	7	1	5	0	1	1.000	.857
Donald Lamer	P	6	2	3	1	0	.833	.833
James Propst	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Al Olmsted	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Mark Bumstead	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Randy Thomas	SS	84	111	238	24	42	.936	4.155
Mark Bumstead	SS	42	70	92	6	18	.964	3.857
Denny Martindale	SS	33	42	105	14	17	.913	4.455
Harold Witt	SS	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Neil Fiala	SS	2	3	6	0	1	1.000	4.500
Totals		1514	3533	1436	176	324	.966	3.282	26	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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