1976 Great Falls Giants Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: R
Team Record: 41-30
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Ernie Rodriguez (41-30)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 34,439, Avg. 970

1976 Great Falls Giants Roster

The Great Falls Giants of the Pioneer League ended the 1976 season with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Giants led the league with just 350 runs allowed. Great Falls scored 430 runs. John Sylvester paced the team with 10 home runs Joe Strain drove in 50 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Arthur Johnson paced the squad with 7 wins and a team-best 1.85 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1976 Great Falls Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Strain, Casey Parsons and Bob Brenly.

Ernie Rodriguez 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
Arthur Johnson	7	0	1.000	1.85	9	8		5	2	0	68.0	51	22	14	2	23	2	40	0	0	3
Ray Cosio	5	4	.556	4.13	12	12		5	1	0	85.0	101	49	39	3	39	2	46	1	0	7
Mike Glinatsis	4	0	1.000	2.81	4	4		1	0	0	32.0	26	15	10	0	18	3	18	3	0	2
David Myers	4	0	1.000	2.91	4	4		2	0	0	34.0	26	13	11	1	18	0	27	3	0	3
Dan Hartwig	4	4	.500	3.49	10	9		2	1	0	67.0	75	38	26	1	25	3	42	1	2	3
Tim Peterson	4	5	.444	3.93	13	10		4	1	0	71.0	77	48	31	4	29	2	36	1	1	9
Rick Steen	3	1	.750	2.40	10	2		1	0	1	30.0	23	11	8	0	6	0	12	0	0	2
Gary Halls	3	3	.500	2.70	7	2		0	0	0	40.0	37	15	12	3	11	3	27	3	1	1
Jonathan Harper	3	4	.429	4.97	17	1		0	0	4	29.0	27	17	16	2	19	3	29	0	1	1
Steven Sherman	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	6	0	0	0
Steve Pearce	1	1	.500	5.10	8	6		0	0	0	30.0	25	28	17	1	32	0	18	0	1	6
Charles Redd	1	4	.200	5.60	12	7		1	0	0	45.0	58	34	28	2	22	3	31	0	4	4
Eric Snyder	1	4	.200	6.35	10	2		1	0	1	17.0	19	19	12	1	15	1	11	1	2	8
Michael Wardlow	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
David Mendoza	0	0		1.80	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
Terry Adams	0	0		4.97	14	1		0	0	1	38.0	34	27	21	1	20	2	31	3	0	4
Steven McKown	0	0		6.75	6	1		0	0	0	12.0	18	11	9	2	9	0	5	0	0	3
Totals	41	30	.577	3.80	139	71	0	22	5	7	609.0	609	350	257	23	294	24	385	16	12	56	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
Joe Strain	71	330	282	63	94	13	7	1	50	32	1	44	17	.333	.419	.440	.859	124		0	1	3
William Young	61	256	219	35	64	14	0	1	28	2	0	31	21	.292	.386	.370	.756	81		3	2	1
Richard Ferrell	62	249	223	35	59	13	3	5	44	2	1	20	29	.265	.324	.417	.741	93		1	2	3
John Sylvester	63	275	202	66	56	12	1	10	42	16	5	69	43	.277	.464	.495	.959	100		2	1	1
Michael Wardlow	53	228	195	36	55	11	0	4	34	9	2	20	62	.282	.351	.400	.751	78		4	3	6
Mark Kuecker	51	212	191	25	51	3	2	0	23	10	8	12	21	.267	.311	.304	.614	58		1	6	2
Danny Held	49	190	166	20	39	11	0	1	26	1	3	19	32	.235	.309	.319	.628	53		0	2	3
Mark Paige	52	216	201	23	39	6	6	0	17	9	6	12	68	.194	.238	.284	.522	57		0	2	1
Steve Stumpff	54	186	138	24	38	3	1	1	24	1	0	42	15	.275	.441	.333	.774	46		2	0	4
Lozando Washington	55	203	172	31	33	2	3	1	16	22	6	28	53	.192	.312	.256	.568	44		2	1	0
Bob Brenly	25	98	86	16	27	5	1	1	17	1	1	12	9	.314	.398	.430	.828	37		0	0	0
Casey Parsons	19	96	77	23	26	5	0	0	14	11	4	17	3	.338	.458	.403	.861	31		1	0	1
Jeff Shourds	32	103	90	12	23	8	0	0	7	1	1	11	30	.256	.343	.344	.688	31		1	1	0
David Schwartz	36	103	91	14	18	2	0	1	11	3	2	10	21	.198	.277	.253	.530	23		0	2	0
James Pryor	10	35	29	3	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	3	.345	.424	.448	.873	13		0	2	0
Mike Rex	4	18	17	3	6	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	.353	.353	.529	.882	9		0	1	0
Jeffrey O'Donnell	8	20	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.062	.250	.062	.312	1		0	0	0
Willie Harmon	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	707	2819	2396	430	639	110	26	26	359	121	40	355	437	.267	.362	.367	.729	879	0	17	26	25	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Steve Stumpff	1B	52	371	27	7	38	.983	7.654
Danny Held	1B	24	172	6	2	17	.989	7.417
William Young	1B	14	79	10	1	13	.989	6.357
David Schwartz	1B	2	5	0	0	1	1.000	2.500
Joe Strain	2B	71	152	194	17	49	.953	4.873
Lozando Washington	2B	3	4	4	1	0	.889	2.667
Willie Harmon	2B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
William Young	3B	36	33	66	8	5	.925	2.750
Michael Wardlow	3B	30	22	53	14	6	.843	2.500
Bob Brenly	3B	15	10	16	2	5	.929	1.733
Danny Held	3B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Richard Ferrell	C	61	338	48	14	3	.965	6.328	20
Jeffrey O'Donnell	C	8	26	1	1	0	.964	3.375	3
James Pryor	C	6	30	3	2	0	.943	5.500	4
Danny Held	C	4	21	2	2	1	.920	5.750	0
Mark Paige	OF	51	99	6	3	0	.972	2.059
Lozando Washington	OF	49	83	3	3	1	.966	1.755
John Sylvester	OF	38	74	8	3	0	.965	2.158
David Schwartz	OF	30	49	2	2	0	.962	1.700
Jeff Shourds	OF	28	47	3	3	0	.943	1.786
Casey Parsons	OF	19	50	3	1	0	.981	2.789
Bob Brenly	OF	11	13	5	1	0	.947	1.636
Danny Held	OF	7	6	0	1	0	.857	.857
Michael Wardlow	OF	2	5	0	1	0	.833	2.500
Jonathan Harper	P	17	1	4	0	0	1.000	.294
Terry Adams	P	14	4	5	0	0	1.000	.643
Tim Peterson	P	13	7	12	1	2	.950	1.462
Charles Redd	P	12	0	10	1	0	.909	.833
Ray Cosio	P	12	2	10	1	2	.923	1.000
Rick Steen	P	10	0	4	0	0	1.000	.400
Eric Snyder	P	10	0	3	1	0	.750	.300
Dan Hartwig	P	10	6	12	5	2	.783	1.800
Arthur Johnson	P	9	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.111
Steve Pearce	P	8	4	5	2	1	.818	1.125
Gary Halls	P	7	2	4	1	0	.857	.857
Steven McKown	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
David Myers	P	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
Mike Glinatsis	P	4	4	6	1	0	.909	2.500
Michael Wardlow	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Steven Sherman	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
David Mendoza	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Mark Kuecker	SS	51	68	166	19	35	.925	4.588
Michael Wardlow	SS	17	24	39	12	7	.840	3.706
Mike Rex	SS	4	4	15	2	1	.905	4.750
Joe Strain	SS	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		777	1825	776	135	191	.951	3.347	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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