1976 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 61-77
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Gordy Lund (61-77)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 38,046, Avg. 551
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 61 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Sox scored 444 runs and conceded 558 runs, most in the circuit. Larry Foster led Knoxville with 13 home runs Donn Seidholz drove in 65 runs. Mike Ondina paced all regular batters with a .260 average. Larry Monroe topped the squad with 11 wins, while Dave Frost recorded a 2.38 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Rich Puig, Tim Stoddard, Marv Foley, Tom Norton, Dave Frost, Bill Moran, Larry Monroe, Rich Wortham and Chris Knapp were all players from the 1976 Knoxville Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Gordy Lund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Monroe | 11 | 14 | .440 | 2.91 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 195.0 | 183 | 73 | 63 | 2 | 75 | 8 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Tim Stoddard | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.89 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 140.0 | 147 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 60 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Frost | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.38 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 136.0 | 121 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Knapp | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.39 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 58 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Bock | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.33 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 54.0 | 50 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rich Wortham | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 58 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Robert Combs | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.99 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.0 | 84 | 46 | 41 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tony Komadina | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.59 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 98.0 | 98 | 58 | 50 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Butch Stinson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.41 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bill Moran | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.57 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Best | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.60 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 45.0 | 42 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Williams | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.18 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 74 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Barry Smith | 1 | 12 | .077 | 5.37 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 119.0 | 128 | 81 | 71 | 6 | 61 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Norton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 77 | .442 | 3.73 | 272 | 138 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 18 | 1147.0 | 1129 | 558 | 476 | 47 | 535 | 31 | 649 | 53 | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donn Seidholz | 131 | 502 | 460 | 40 | 119 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 70 | .259 | .295 | .387 | .682 | 178 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Mike Ondina | 121 | 496 | 415 | 56 | 108 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 94 | .260 | .364 | .393 | .757 | 163 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Larry Foster | 106 | 429 | 338 | 53 | 105 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 82 | 72 | .311 | .450 | .473 | .923 | 160 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Marv Foley | 126 | 469 | 414 | 44 | 104 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 45 | .251 | .317 | .304 | .621 | 126 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Fred Norton | 120 | 500 | 451 | 48 | 102 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 76 | .226 | .289 | .313 | .601 | 141 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Wheeler | 123 | 488 | 413 | 51 | 99 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 68 | 66 | .240 | .349 | .312 | .661 | 129 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Rich Puig | 118 | 465 | 414 | 39 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 62 | .196 | .265 | .290 | .555 | 120 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Palmer | 106 | 384 | 338 | 24 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 67 | .222 | .302 | .317 | .618 | 107 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Wolf | 122 | 414 | 370 | 27 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 44 | .203 | .269 | .224 | .493 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleo Kilpatrick | 49 | 192 | 176 | 26 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 31 | .256 | .307 | .318 | .625 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| James Crosta | 46 | 157 | 137 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | .204 | .288 | .226 | .514 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Reed | 48 | 164 | 134 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | .194 | .321 | .261 | .582 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gregory Collins | 31 | 99 | 89 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .258 | .333 | .360 | .693 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Dlugach | 36 | 125 | 107 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .206 | .315 | .224 | .539 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stoddard | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1304 | 4886 | 4257 | 444 | 1012 | 170 | 31 | 47 | 398 | 56 | 44 | 507 | 695 | .238 | .321 | .325 | .646 | 1385 | 102 | 33 | 47 | 42 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marv Foley | 1B | 67 | 634 | 41 | 9 | 85 | .987 | 1.075 | ||||
| Eddie Wheeler | 1B | 66 | 575 | 21 | 4 | 52 | .993 | 9.030 | ||||
| Larry Foster | 1B | 8 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .973 | 9.125 | ||||
| Michael Dlugach | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rich Puig | 2B | 109 | 209 | 310 | 23 | 79 | .958 | 4.761 | ||||
| James Crosta | 2B | 29 | 60 | 89 | 5 | 21 | .968 | 5.138 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 2B | 8 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 5.250 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 3B | 103 | 92 | 231 | 24 | 27 | .931 | 3.136 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 3B | 14 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 2.357 | ||||
| James Crosta | 3B | 14 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 2.357 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | 3B | 8 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 2.875 | ||||
| Robert Palmer | C | 90 | 349 | 62 | 14 | 12 | .967 | 4.567 | 4 | |||
| Marv Foley | C | 25 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 5.320 | 3 | |||
| Gregory Collins | C | 21 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 5.905 | 3 | |||
| Michael Dlugach | C | 10 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 3.800 | 0 | |||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 121 | 182 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 1.570 | ||||
| Fred Norton | OF | 118 | 287 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .968 | 2.525 | ||||
| Larry Foster | OF | 81 | 121 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 1.605 | ||||
| Cleo Kilpatrick | OF | 49 | 87 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 1.939 | ||||
| Eddie Wheeler | OF | 25 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 1.360 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | OF | 14 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.429 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| James Crosta | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Combs | P | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Larry Monroe | P | 29 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 3 | .934 | 1.966 | ||||
| Paul Bock | P | 29 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .414 | ||||
| Barry Smith | P | 27 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .815 | ||||
| Tony Komadina | P | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Kurt Best | P | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| Leo Williams | P | 23 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .478 | ||||
| Tim Stoddard | P | 20 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .872 | 2.050 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 20 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rich Wortham | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Chris Knapp | P | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Butch Stinson | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Tom Norton | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | SS | 122 | 216 | 368 | 19 | 90 | .968 | 4.787 | ||||
| Kenny Reed | SS | 15 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 11 | .857 | 4.000 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | SS | 6 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .909 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1406 | 3339 | 1547 | 180 | 434 | .964 | 3.475 | 10 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
