1977 Orlando Twins Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-61
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Johnny Goryl (76-61)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 46,113, Avg. 673

1977 Orlando Twins Roster

The Orlando Twins of the Southern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 76 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Twins scored 585 runs and yielded 536 runs. Archie Amerson paced Orlando with 15 home runs Johnny Pittman accounted for 60 RBI. Jeffrey Youngbauer topped hitters with significant playing time with a .292 average. Greg Field led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.78 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Greg Thayer, Dan Graham, Gary Serum, Jim Shellenback, Terry Felton, Roger Erickson, Mark Souza, Terry Bulling and John Castino were all players from the 1977 Orlando Twins who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Johnny Goryl served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Greg Field	14	7	.667	2.78	24	24		13	4	0	162.0	156	62	50	7	33	2	103	0	2	2
Bill Harris	10	10	.500	3.70	28	28		8	3	0	185.0	180	88	76	5	88	1	96	0	0	5
Greg Thayer	8	1	.889	3.14	34	2		1	0	9	83.0	65	34	29	5	54	1	89	4	0	17
Roger Erickson	8	4	.667	1.98	16	14		10	1	1	109.0	99	34	24	4	27	3	72	3	1	5
Terry Felton	8	9	.471	3.39	23	23		4	1	0	154.0	145	72	58	9	82	0	88	9	0	4
Steve Wagner	8	13	.381	4.28	26	25		7	1	0	162.0	174	91	77	11	82	1	62	2	2	5
Bruce MacPherson	6	5	.545	3.51	16	14		5	0	0	105.0	84	41	41	6	57	1	54	2	3	9
Paul Ausman	5	4	.556	2.55	35	0		0	0	6	67.0	61	28	19	3	36	7	48	1	0	3
Mark Souza	5	4	.556	4.67	28	4		1	1	1	81.0	79	46	42	3	35	1	52	3	1	4
Jim Shellenback	2	1	.667	3.90	6	3		1	0	1	30.0	29	13	13	3	8	0	23	0	0	2
Gary Serum	2	3	.400	4.09	22	0		0	0	10	33.0	31	18	15	2	14	2	16	1	0	1
Brian Rothrock	0	0		3.86	3	0		0	0	0	7.0	10	9	3	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
Totals	76	61	.555	3.42	261	137	0	50	11	28	1178.0	1113	536	447	58	519	19	708	25	9	57	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
Jeffrey Youngbauer	127	503	455	59	133	18	10	6	49	7	3	32	46	.292	.338	.415	.753	189		2	9	5
Mike Gatlin	134	538	474	70	133	25	8	5	50	13	6	54	71	.281	.353	.399	.751	189		1	5	4
Dennis Mantick	131	570	501	76	127	15	3	0	15	20	6	62	69	.253	.337	.295	.632	148		1	6	0
Johnny Pittman	120	475	411	59	108	19	6	14	60	10	4	49	90	.263	.349	.440	.789	181		8	2	5
Archie Amerson	127	491	439	56	106	15	1	15	58	4	5	42	70	.241	.310	.383	.693	168		4	1	5
Doc Estes	102	392	366	36	103	19	4	2	37	12	4	17	38	.281	.318	.372	.690	136		4	2	3
Dale Soderholm	121	477	419	43	101	20	9	8	47	10	3	46	119	.241	.319	.389	.708	163		4	4	4
Terry Bulling	67	290	253	36	72	13	2	5	36	1	0	32	20	.285	.364	.411	.775	104		0	4	1
Tom Epperly	99	368	321	30	69	12	2	7	48	3	1	42	64	.215	.302	.330	.632	106		0	0	5
Wayne Caughey	65	266	230	29	58	7	5	4	22	7	3	29	21	.252	.335	.378	.713	87		0	6	1
Martyn Maxwell	53	198	177	29	47	9	1	9	25	1	2	14	35	.266	.338	.480	.819	85		6	0	1
Dan Graham	45	173	155	27	44	10	1	8	36	0	0	14	46	.284	.343	.516	.859	80		1	1	2
Gary Hall	34	109	97	8	24	1	0	0	10	0	0	8	18	.247	.302	.258	.560	25		0	3	1
John Castino	36	125	111	8	21	2	1	2	7	1	0	11	21	.189	.260	.279	.539	31		0	2	1
Thomas Sain	10	39	38	7	16	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	.421	.436	.421	.857	16		0	0	0
Julian Ditto	16	54	49	4	11	1	0	0	3	6	0	4	7	.224	.278	.245	.523	12		0	0	1
Roger Erickson	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mark Souza	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Steve Wagner	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Greg Thayer	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1391	5071	4499	578	1173	186	53	85	507	97	37	457	737	.261	.330	.382	.713	1720	0	31	45	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Johnny Pittman	1B	116	985	69	18	99	.983	9.086
Doc Estes	1B	17	155	8	3	20	.982	9.588
Julian Ditto	1B	8	56	2	0	2	1.000	7.250
Dennis Mantick	2B	130	314	392	15	87	.979	5.431
Wayne Caughey	2B	10	27	23	1	6	.980	5.000
Martyn Maxwell	2B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Wayne Caughey	3B	47	47	86	10	11	.930	2.830
Dan Graham	3B	44	43	85	5	8	.962	2.909
John Castino	3B	36	28	89	11	8	.914	3.250
Martyn Maxwell	3B	16	13	28	4	3	.911	2.562
Thomas Sain	3B	3	2	5	1	0	.875	2.333
Tom Epperly	3B	2	2	3	1	0	.833	2.500
Mike Gatlin	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Terry Bulling	C	57	313	45	8	2	.978	6.281	4
Tom Epperly	C	55	264	44	11	2	.966	5.600	4
Gary Hall	C	34	180	26	3	4	.986	6.059	6
Mike Gatlin	OF	134	235	7	11	1	.957	1.806
Archie Amerson	OF	126	198	10	8	0	.963	1.651
Jeffrey Youngbauer	OF	125	283	10	6	2	.980	2.344
Doc Estes	OF	33	60	1	2	1	.968	1.848
Thomas Sain	OF	7	9	1	0	1	1.000	1.429
Paul Ausman	P	35	3	16	0	1	1.000	.543
Greg Thayer	P	34	3	3	1	0	.857	.176
Mark Souza	P	28	5	17	2	0	.917	.786
Bill Harris	P	28	10	35	0	4	1.000	1.607
Steve Wagner	P	26	6	21	2	2	.931	1.038
Greg Field	P	24	11	19	2	1	.938	1.250
Terry Felton	P	23	12	14	5	1	.839	1.130
Gary Serum	P	22	1	3	0	1	1.000	.182
Bruce MacPherson	P	16	12	19	2	1	.939	1.938
Roger Erickson	P	16	6	17	2	0	.920	1.438
Jim Shellenback	P	6	1	4	0	1	1.000	.833
Brian Rothrock	P	3	1	1	2	0	.500	.667
Dale Soderholm	SS	120	219	400	31	77	.952	5.158
Martyn Maxwell	SS	11	17	32	2	9	.961	4.455
Wayne Caughey	SS	9	19	23	1	5	.977	4.667
Totals		1403	3543	1560	170	360	.968	3.637	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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