1977 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (72-66)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 86,888, Avg. 1,259
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 2 games, Savannah Braves 1
Finals - Montgomery Rebels 2 games, Jacksonville Suns 0
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Suns paced the league with just 472 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 521 runs. Darrell Parker led the squad with 14 home runs and accounted for 76 RBI. Kevin Gillen topped all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. Bill Paschall paced the squad with 11 wins, while George Throop recorded a 2.17 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Steve Burke, Mark Ballinger, Ken Phelps, Pete Koegel, Dan Quisenberry, Jim Gaudet, Roy Branch, Bill Paschall, Luis Silverio, Craig Eaton, Randy McGilberry, Joe Gates, George Throop, Danny Garcia, Tim Ireland, Germán Barranca and Rich Gale were all players from the 1977 Jacksonville Suns who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Paschall | 11 | 11 | .500 | 2.78 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 194.0 | 170 | 70 | 60 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mark Daly | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.30 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 142.0 | 128 | 61 | 52 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| George Throop | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.17 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 133.0 | 105 | 41 | 32 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Craig Eaton | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.51 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 77 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Burke | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.42 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 | 91 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rich Gale | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.60 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Williams | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.45 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 93 | 57 | 43 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roy Branch | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.78 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 74 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dan Quisenberry | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.0 | 61 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lew Olsen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy McGilberry | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54.0 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gerald Ako | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Badcock | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Cvejdlik | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ben Grzybek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mark Ballinger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.71 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 66 | .522 | 2.98 | 250 | 138 | 0 | 59 | 15 | 19 | 1160.0 | 1032 | 472 | 384 | 60 | 400 | 11 | 738 | 29 | 5 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Parker | 137 | 551 | 512 | 64 | 131 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 76 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 75 | .256 | .286 | .398 | .685 | 204 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Kevin Gillen | 127 | 495 | 446 | 54 | 123 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 54 | .276 | .336 | .363 | .699 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Germán Barranca | 118 | 469 | 409 | 47 | 106 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 57 | .259 | .333 | .301 | .634 | 123 | 3 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Joe Gates | 120 | 483 | 397 | 62 | 105 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 79 | 78 | .264 | .387 | .350 | .737 | 139 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Denevi | 133 | 522 | 449 | 50 | 104 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 59 | 58 | .232 | .323 | .276 | .599 | 124 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Luis Silverio | 108 | 405 | 352 | 59 | 84 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 43 | 81 | .239 | .326 | .369 | .695 | 130 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jim Gaudet | 93 | 330 | 292 | 30 | 74 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 47 | .253 | .329 | .346 | .675 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pete Koegel | 65 | 258 | 210 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 25 | .252 | .377 | .433 | .811 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Melvin | 64 | 254 | 218 | 30 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 50 | .234 | .333 | .330 | .664 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ken Phelps | 81 | 316 | 262 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 47 | .195 | .321 | .298 | .618 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tim Ireland | 48 | 181 | 155 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 30 | .245 | .348 | .290 | .638 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Glass | 54 | 160 | 144 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | .236 | .304 | .271 | .575 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sammie Jones | 45 | 145 | 136 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | .228 | .266 | .279 | .545 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Danny Garcia | 42 | 161 | 142 | 23 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 20 | .211 | .289 | .218 | .508 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank McCann | 45 | 147 | 130 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 42 | .185 | .279 | .262 | .540 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Yarbrough | 7 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Thomasson | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1290 | 4912 | 4287 | 519 | 1042 | 152 | 32 | 52 | 446 | 165 | 69 | 514 | 697 | .243 | .326 | .330 | .656 | 1414 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phelps | 1B | 72 | 691 | 38 | 10 | 38 | .986 | 1.125 | ||||
| Danny Garcia | 1B | 42 | 399 | 28 | 3 | 37 | .993 | 1.167 | ||||
| Pete Koegel | 1B | 24 | 234 | 18 | 2 | 18 | .992 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 2B | 114 | 199 | 349 | 19 | 55 | .966 | 4.807 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 2B | 20 | 34 | 56 | 2 | 11 | .978 | 4.500 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 2B | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 3B | 93 | 58 | 185 | 20 | 13 | .924 | 2.613 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 3B | 24 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | .887 | 2.292 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | 3B | 17 | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 2.882 | ||||
| Mike Denevi | 3B | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Hal Thomasson | 3B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jim Gaudet | C | 91 | 532 | 69 | 10 | 7 | .984 | 6.604 | 5 | |||
| Robert Glass | C | 39 | 207 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 5.718 | 7 | |||
| Pete Koegel | C | 12 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.417 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Gillen | OF | 122 | 176 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .964 | 1.516 | ||||
| Luis Silverio | OF | 101 | 203 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 2.099 | ||||
| Darrell Parker | OF | 92 | 156 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .965 | 1.793 | ||||
| Kenneth Melvin | OF | 58 | 96 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.862 | ||||
| Sammie Jones | OF | 42 | 73 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.762 | ||||
| William Yarbrough | OF | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Gates | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dan Quisenberry | P | 33 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .667 | ||||
| Randy McGilberry | P | 29 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .414 | ||||
| Steve Burke | P | 28 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.321 | ||||
| Bill Paschall | P | 26 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mark Daly | P | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .913 | ||||
| Gary Williams | P | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| George Throop | P | 17 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.471 | ||||
| Craig Eaton | P | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Rich Gale | P | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Roy Branch | P | 12 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Mark Ballinger | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Ken Cvejdlik | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Lew Olsen | P | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Badcock | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| David Garcia | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Gerald Ako | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ben Grzybek | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Denevi | SS | 126 | 181 | 423 | 37 | 59 | .942 | 4.794 | ||||
| Frank McCann | SS | 11 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 7 | .900 | 4.091 | ||||
| Tim Ireland | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1378 | 3478 | 1536 | 170 | 260 | .967 | 3.639 | 14 | 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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