1977 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 86-51
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Ed Brinkman (86-51)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 61,738, Avg. 901
Finals - Montgomery Rebels 2 games, Jacksonville Suns 0
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 86 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Rebels topped the league with 656 runs. Montgomery allowed 510 runs. Terrance Lynch and Dave Stegman paced the team with 11 home runs apiece. Terrance Lynch accounted for 82 RBI. Alan Trammell led all regular batters by connecting at a .291 clip. Gary Christenson paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.14 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1977 Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Glenn Gulliver, Dave Stegman, Tommy Bianco, Steve Baker, Alan Trammell, Pat Underwood, Dave Tobik, Rick Peters, Kip Young, Lou Whitaker, Gary Christenson and Sheldon Burnside.
Ed Brinkman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Christenson | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.14 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 146.0 | 127 | 62 | 51 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Mike Burns | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.80 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 161.0 | 160 | 77 | 68 | 5 | 89 | 2 | 107 | 16 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sheldon Burnside | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3.32 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 176.0 | 154 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 86 | 6 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Pat Underwood | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.38 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 82 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| John Murphy | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.62 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 90 | 48 | 41 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Julio Alonso | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.58 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.0 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Trella | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.63 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109.0 | 97 | 63 | 44 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 90 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Kip Young | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Harris | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.48 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Tobik | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.62 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 48.0 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Baker | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.30 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 65 | 44 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Garry Grafton | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Mercier | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Corr | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Brookens | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrance Lynch | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Elders | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 51 | .628 | 3.38 | 249 | 137 | 0 | 57 | 12 | 23 | 1116.0 | 993 | 510 | 419 | 55 | 539 | 26 | 781 | 65 | 5 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Trammell | 134 | 516 | 454 | 78 | 132 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 92 | .291 | .365 | .414 | .779 | 188 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Terrance Lynch | 133 | 544 | 466 | 73 | 129 | 28 | 4 | 11 | 82 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 58 | .277 | .359 | .425 | .784 | 198 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Lou Whitaker | 107 | 461 | 396 | 81 | 111 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 38 | 11 | 58 | 52 | .280 | .374 | .356 | .730 | 141 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Venoy Garrison | 134 | 507 | 442 | 65 | 111 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 60 | .251 | .331 | .362 | .693 | 160 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Billy Michael | 118 | 494 | 437 | 63 | 110 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 28 | 12 | 43 | 73 | .252 | .322 | .339 | .661 | 148 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ken Bolek | 123 | 474 | 389 | 59 | 90 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 11 | 9 | 80 | 90 | .231 | .364 | .360 | .724 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dwight Carter | 96 | 369 | 304 | 41 | 83 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 59 | .273 | .384 | .398 | .782 | 121 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dave Stegman | 67 | 298 | 226 | 55 | 78 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 62 | 33 | .345 | .488 | .619 | 1.108 | 140 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Greg Shippy | 93 | 351 | 301 | 40 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 45 | .239 | .345 | .326 | .670 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Brookens | 82 | 263 | 232 | 41 | 63 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 60 | .272 | .347 | .457 | .804 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rick Peters | 38 | 134 | 108 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 15 | .306 | .440 | .343 | .783 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 29 | 101 | 87 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .264 | .350 | .299 | .649 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Gulliver | 27 | 106 | 89 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .247 | .368 | .404 | .772 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Portley | 44 | 129 | 98 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 20 | .194 | .378 | .224 | .602 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bianco | 20 | 79 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .262 | .372 | .446 | .818 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Upshaw | 25 | 75 | 65 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .138 | .222 | .215 | .438 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1270 | 4901 | 4159 | 656 | 1102 | 178 | 63 | 66 | 569 | 132 | 71 | 626 | 710 | .265 | .364 | .386 | .750 | 1604 | 0 | 44 | 32 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venoy Garrison | 1B | 134 | 1198 | 56 | 12 | 98 | .991 | 9.358 | ||||
| John Upshaw | 1B | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Lou Whitaker | 2B | 107 | 208 | 285 | 15 | 53 | .970 | 4.607 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | 2B | 33 | 68 | 79 | 5 | 25 | .967 | 4.455 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dwight Carter | 3B | 75 | 50 | 157 | 16 | 13 | .928 | 2.760 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | 3B | 24 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .880 | 1.833 | ||||
| Tommy Bianco | 3B | 20 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | 3B | 18 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | 3B | 9 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 3.667 | ||||
| Greg Shippy | C | 91 | 542 | 47 | 6 | 4 | .990 | 6.473 | 9 | |||
| Ted Brazell | C | 28 | 152 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 6.286 | 5 | |||
| John Upshaw | C | 23 | 125 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .993 | 6.087 | 5 | |||
| Ken Bolek | OF | 121 | 171 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 1.455 | ||||
| Billy Michael | OF | 118 | 222 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 1.949 | ||||
| Dave Stegman | OF | 67 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 2.060 | ||||
| Rick Peters | OF | 38 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.921 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | OF | 34 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 1.706 | ||||
| Terrance Lynch | OF | 27 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.259 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | OF | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Mike Burns | P | 28 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 1.607 | ||||
| Dave Tobik | P | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Sheldon Burnside | P | 27 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Steve Trella | P | 24 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .750 | ||||
| Gary Christenson | P | 21 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 2.095 | ||||
| Julio Alonso | P | 21 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .333 | ||||
| John Murphy | P | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| Kip Young | P | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .812 | ||||
| Steve Baker | P | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Pat Underwood | P | 14 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ronald Mercier | P | 10 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 1.500 | ||||
| Garry Grafton | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Frank Harris | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Elders | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Larry Corr | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Terrance Lynch | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy Brookens | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Trammell | SS | 134 | 188 | 397 | 27 | 70 | .956 | 4.366 | ||||
| Calvin Portley | SS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1371 | 3348 | 1415 | 137 | 297 | .972 | 3.474 | 19 | 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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