1976 Lafayette Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 58-76
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: John Van Ornum (58-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
Ballpark: Clark Field
Attendance: 35,808, Avg. 534
The Lafayette Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1976 season with a record of 58 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Drillers scored 542 runs and conceded 577 runs. Craig Barnes led Lafayette with 20 home runs Tony Pepper drove in 64 runs. Wendell Kim paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .305 clip. Jay Dillard and Andrew Muhlstock topped the team with 8 wins each, while Jay Dillard recorded a 2.3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1976 Lafayette Drillers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jake Brown, Mike Rowland, Jeff Little and Reggie Walton.
John Van Ornum 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Muhlstock | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.30 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90.0 | 98 | 41 | 33 | 9 | 38 | 8 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.30 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 133.0 | 100 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Earnest Schmidt | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.41 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 96 | 54 | 47 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Julio Divison | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.72 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 145.0 | 164 | 89 | 76 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Heinen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76.0 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Fuqua | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.10 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 101 | 48 | 41 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Rowland | 5 | 14 | .263 | 3.69 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 161.0 | 157 | 76 | 66 | 16 | 59 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ron Hodges | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.46 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 44 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.07 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 115 | 67 | 60 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Little | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.91 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 110.0 | 107 | 67 | 60 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gene Lanthorn | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.18 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 69 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 76 | .433 | 4.02 | 304 | 134 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 1113.0 | 1110 | 577 | 497 | 86 | 443 | 31 | 660 | 39 | 5 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Kim | 134 | 609 | 537 | 71 | 164 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 45 | .305 | .382 | .397 | .779 | 213 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Yeglinski | 123 | 508 | 435 | 66 | 131 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 46 | .301 | .397 | .428 | .825 | 186 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Walton | 132 | 518 | 471 | 52 | 119 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 17 | 2 | 42 | 62 | .253 | .317 | .357 | .674 | 168 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rick Sanderlin | 124 | 439 | 400 | 54 | 109 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 58 | .272 | .323 | .308 | .630 | 123 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| John Andrews | 127 | 493 | 444 | 49 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 66 | .234 | .295 | .347 | .642 | 154 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tony Pepper | 121 | 444 | 396 | 56 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 51 | .258 | .330 | .414 | .744 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rick Bradley | 101 | 401 | 363 | 55 | 98 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 52 | .270 | .334 | .410 | .745 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Barnes | 118 | 426 | 360 | 60 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 76 | .264 | .367 | .489 | .856 | 176 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Arturo Marin | 71 | 216 | 200 | 15 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .215 | .258 | .270 | .528 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Scott Wolfe | 35 | 142 | 116 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 18 | .250 | .348 | .336 | .684 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | 29 | 97 | 92 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .283 | .312 | .391 | .704 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jake Brown | 44 | 105 | 92 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .261 | .343 | .304 | .647 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 40 | 115 | 107 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .215 | .229 | .271 | .500 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| German de Los Santos | 23 | 71 | 68 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .294 | .310 | .412 | .722 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joey Martin | 16 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .256 | .407 | .349 | .756 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Prather | 13 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .241 | .333 | .276 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Little | 30 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tony Gonzalez | 24 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .267 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hodges | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 | .312 | .267 | .579 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Fuqua | 18 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .167 | .192 | .208 | .401 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Rowland | 26 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .118 | .231 | .235 | .466 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Muhlstock | 35 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .200 | .467 | .200 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julio Divison | 33 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .062 | .091 | .062 | .153 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Heinen | 52 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earnest Schmidt | 24 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 20 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .033 | .143 | .033 | .176 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gene Lanthorn | 38 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1560 | 4938 | 4374 | 542 | 1133 | 177 | 29 | 79 | 486 | 58 | 30 | 463 | 643 | .259 | .331 | .367 | .698 | 1605 | 0 | 20 | 59 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pepper | 1B | 81 | 699 | 43 | 10 | 48 | .987 | 9.160 | ||||
| Craig Barnes | 1B | 55 | 563 | 30 | 17 | 24 | .972 | 1.782 | ||||
| Jake Brown | 1B | 6 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 6.000 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | 2B | 133 | 294 | 360 | 11 | 61 | .983 | 4.917 | ||||
| Arturo Marin | 2B | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Andrews | 3B | 123 | 87 | 301 | 28 | 16 | .933 | 3.154 | ||||
| German de Los Santos | 3B | 8 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| Arturo Marin | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rick Bradley | C | 93 | 495 | 53 | 13 | 7 | .977 | 5.892 | 6 | |||
| Dave Stabelfeldt | C | 23 | 118 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 5.826 | 6 | |||
| Joey Martin | C | 12 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.583 | 4 | |||
| Billy Prather | C | 8 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 4.875 | 2 | |||
| Reggie Walton | OF | 125 | 153 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .931 | 1.288 | ||||
| Rick Sanderlin | OF | 117 | 224 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 1.991 | ||||
| John Yeglinski | OF | 115 | 193 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .967 | 1.774 | ||||
| Craig Barnes | OF | 39 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.744 | ||||
| Tony Pepper | OF | 24 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .878 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jake Brown | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Mike Heinen | P | 52 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Gene Lanthorn | P | 38 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .395 | ||||
| Andrew Muhlstock | P | 35 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Julio Divison | P | 33 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .930 | 1.212 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 29 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .690 | ||||
| Mike Rowland | P | 26 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Earnest Schmidt | P | 24 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Tony Gonzalez | P | 22 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Fuqua | P | 18 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.389 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 18 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ron Hodges | P | 9 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.444 | ||||
| Arturo Marin | SS | 59 | 90 | 163 | 13 | 32 | .951 | 4.288 | ||||
| Scott Wolfe | SS | 35 | 52 | 121 | 11 | 12 | .940 | 4.943 | ||||
| Lazaro Del Orbe | SS | 29 | 40 | 105 | 5 | 12 | .967 | 5.000 | ||||
| Wendell Kim | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1405 | 3340 | 1470 | 159 | 238 | .968 | 3.423 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
