1977 Midland Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 70-60
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Jim Saul (70-60)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Midland, Texas
Ballpark: Christensen Stadium
Attendance: 76,461, Avg. 1,176
The Midland Cubs of the Texas League ended the 1977 season with a record of 70 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Cubs scored 690 runs and yielded 675 runs. Karl Pagel led Midland with 28 home runs and drove in 104 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .334 average. Darrell Turner topped the squad with 13 wins, and Andrew Muhlstock registered a 2.95 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Kurt Seibert, Karl Pagel, Steve Davis, Randy Martz, Carlos Lezcano, George Riley and Keith Drumright were all players from the 1977 Midland Cubs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Saul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Turner | 13 | 8 | .619 | 5.03 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 185 | 97 | 90 | 16 | 64 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Andrew Muhlstock | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.95 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 122.0 | 119 | 48 | 40 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Jack Ledbetter | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.03 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 183 | 93 | 78 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Albert | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.39 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 170 | 100 | 80 | 21 | 51 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Mark Covert | 6 | 5 | .545 | 6.49 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 79 | 57 | 49 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Randy Martz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.13 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 96 | 45 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Byron Wilkerson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.81 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62.0 | 75 | 54 | 40 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lawrence Groover | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.84 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 94 | 57 | 50 | 8 | 42 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Riley | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.32 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 75.0 | 79 | 41 | 36 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dan England | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.40 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 57 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Butler | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Doland | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.67 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Benson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.70 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 60 | .538 | 4.70 | 267 | 130 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 1101.0 | 1218 | 675 | 575 | 118 | 442 | 22 | 619 | 25 | 4 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Pagel | 118 | 505 | 410 | 88 | 137 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 88 | 117 | .334 | .451 | .637 | 1.088 | 261 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joe Hernandez | 115 | 489 | 434 | 66 | 131 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 50 | .302 | .370 | .410 | .780 | 178 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Davis | 125 | 504 | 444 | 77 | 126 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 63 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 68 | .284 | .358 | .453 | .811 | 201 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tony Pepper | 112 | 470 | 412 | 63 | 113 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 66 | .274 | .353 | .413 | .766 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Aaron Randall | 108 | 416 | 392 | 52 | 107 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 55 | .273 | .308 | .375 | .683 | 147 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kurt Seibert | 103 | 462 | 368 | 86 | 99 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 79 | 32 | .269 | .399 | .340 | .738 | 125 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Duane Gustavson | 100 | 417 | 335 | 53 | 98 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 66 | .293 | .425 | .442 | .867 | 148 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Buckner | 67 | 295 | 275 | 40 | 86 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 30 | .313 | .348 | .444 | .792 | 122 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Carlos Lezcano | 71 | 250 | 225 | 27 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 68 | .231 | .294 | .356 | .650 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Umfleet | 43 | 170 | 144 | 21 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 22 | .306 | .391 | .451 | .842 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Keith Drumright | 29 | 140 | 123 | 26 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | .301 | .377 | .358 | .735 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Haug | 40 | 126 | 115 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .243 | .270 | .339 | .609 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Karl Gordon | 34 | 123 | 106 | 22 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .255 | .347 | .377 | .724 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Huisman | 18 | 88 | 72 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | .278 | .376 | .319 | .696 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Earle Chew | 25 | 80 | 75 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 24 | .173 | .225 | .227 | .452 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Ledbetter | 24 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .192 | .250 | .385 | .635 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Albert | 26 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .154 | .179 | .154 | .332 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lawrence Groover | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .429 | .636 | .429 | 1.065 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Muhlstock | 33 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan England | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Martz | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Turner | 24 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .091 | .259 | .091 | .350 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Doland | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Riley | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Byron Wilkerson | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Covert | 16 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .083 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Butler | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Benson | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1376 | 4719 | 4087 | 657 | 1143 | 196 | 46 | 87 | 589 | 83 | 45 | 531 | 699 | .280 | .363 | .414 | .777 | 1692 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pepper | 1B | 101 | 931 | 81 | 15 | 75 | .985 | 1.020 | ||||
| Aaron Randall | 1B | 29 | 241 | 18 | 2 | 20 | .992 | 8.931 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | 2B | 90 | 189 | 278 | 21 | 57 | .957 | 5.189 | ||||
| Keith Drumright | 2B | 28 | 70 | 98 | 5 | 13 | .971 | 6.000 | ||||
| Scott Boras | 2B | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Umfleet | 2B | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Umfleet | 3B | 26 | 18 | 39 | 6 | 2 | .905 | 2.192 | ||||
| Karl Gordon | 3B | 19 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 3 | .841 | 1.947 | ||||
| William Huisman | 3B | 17 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 2.941 | ||||
| Carlos Lezcano | 3B | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | 3B | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Earle Chew | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Gustavson | C | 97 | 490 | 74 | 12 | 2 | .979 | 5.814 | 15 | |||
| Steven Haug | C | 32 | 158 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 5.625 | 1 | |||
| Keith Drumright | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Joe Hernandez | OF | 112 | 311 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .994 | 2.848 | ||||
| Karl Pagel | OF | 110 | 190 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .985 | 1.809 | ||||
| Carlos Lezcano | OF | 59 | 91 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.678 | ||||
| Jim Buckner | OF | 58 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .962 | 1.724 | ||||
| Aaron Randall | OF | 44 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .939 | 1.409 | ||||
| Earle Chew | OF | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.647 | ||||
| Steven Haug | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tony Pepper | OF | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Andrew Muhlstock | P | 33 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .879 | ||||
| Lawrence Groover | P | 33 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .636 | ||||
| Byron Wilkerson | P | 32 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .531 | ||||
| George Riley | P | 30 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .433 | ||||
| Jeff Albert | P | 26 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.615 | ||||
| Darrell Turner | P | 24 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| Jack Ledbetter | P | 24 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 4 | .955 | 2.667 | ||||
| Mark Covert | P | 16 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dan England | P | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Randy Martz | P | 12 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Randy Benson | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Wayne Doland | P | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Tom Butler | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Davis | SS | 125 | 233 | 399 | 28 | 76 | .958 | 5.056 | ||||
| Kurt Seibert | SS | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1272 | 3256 | 1403 | 143 | 278 | .970 | 3.663 | 16 | 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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