1976 Orlando Twins Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Dick Phillips (75-64)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 41,951, Avg. 604
Playoffs - Orlando Twins 1 game, Charlotte O's 0
Finals - Montgomery Rebels 3 games, Orlando Twins 1
The Orlando Twins of the Southern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Twins scored 550 runs and allowed 532 runs. Jim Obradovich led Orlando with 21 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI. Sam Perlozzo paced batters with significant playing time with a .270 average. Jerry Garvin topped the squad with 11 wins, while Greg Thayer recorded a 2.62 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1976 Orlando Twins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sam Perlozzo, Greg Thayer, Larry Wolfe, Jim Obradovich, Jerry Garvin, Jeff Holly, Sal Butera, Ray Corbin, Gary Ward, Paul Jata and Dave Edwards.
Dick Phillips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Garvin | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.39 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 178.0 | 163 | 73 | 67 | 16 | 50 | 3 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave May | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.00 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 129.0 | 121 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Greg Thayer | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.62 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 168.0 | 129 | 60 | 49 | 8 | 99 | 1 | 102 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Al Arthur | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.65 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 139.0 | 142 | 47 | 41 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harris | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.61 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 90 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Smith | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.40 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 129.0 | 131 | 77 | 63 | 9 | 78 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rick Bethke | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.39 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 54 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Holly | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.72 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 96.0 | 98 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Paul Ausman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.09 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 39 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Ryan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.48 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Corbin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lew Lerner | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregg Bemis | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.98 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 9 | 51 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Russell Noah | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Gressick | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.54 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 3.44 | 245 | 139 | 0 | 55 | 12 | 16 | 1185.0 | 1129 | 532 | 453 | 66 | 541 | 18 | 572 | 23 | 8 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wolfe | 136 | 566 | 476 | 67 | 126 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 59 | .265 | .355 | .405 | .761 | 193 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Sam Perlozzo | 126 | 518 | 456 | 48 | 123 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 25 | .270 | .337 | .314 | .650 | 143 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Ward | 132 | 533 | 475 | 50 | 119 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 62 | .251 | .312 | .352 | .663 | 167 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Jim Obradovich | 138 | 572 | 441 | 84 | 117 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 104 | .265 | .423 | .465 | .888 | 205 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Russell Noah | 119 | 449 | 382 | 49 | 87 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 89 | .228 | .335 | .361 | .696 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Wayne Caughey | 96 | 371 | 323 | 40 | 80 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 29 | .248 | .321 | .319 | .639 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Rick Duncan | 115 | 407 | 364 | 34 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 35 | .220 | .287 | .291 | .578 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Sal Butera | 90 | 328 | 267 | 45 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 20 | .273 | .401 | .337 | .738 | 90 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Sain | 76 | 314 | 289 | 27 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 33 | .242 | .294 | .322 | .615 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Edwards | 55 | 244 | 209 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 30 | .292 | .384 | .431 | .815 | 90 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| John Lonchar | 75 | 257 | 224 | 23 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | .254 | .331 | .321 | .652 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Ted Shipley | 90 | 303 | 265 | 23 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 41 | .204 | .275 | .260 | .536 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Mike Gatlin | 33 | 102 | 90 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .211 | .273 | .289 | .562 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Beach | 27 | 84 | 78 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .205 | .235 | .269 | .504 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Jata | 22 | 74 | 62 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .242 | .351 | .306 | .658 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Thayer | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Arthur | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Ryan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Bethke | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave May | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1441 | 5125 | 4404 | 550 | 1097 | 164 | 35 | 68 | 500 | 65 | 49 | 568 | 592 | .249 | .338 | .349 | .686 | 1535 | 114 | 42 | 68 | 43 | 47 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Obradovich | 1B | 124 | 1187 | 75 | 17 | 107 | .987 | 1.177 | ||||
| Russell Noah | 1B | 19 | 147 | 13 | 1 | 7 | .994 | 8.421 | ||||
| Sam Perlozzo | 2B | 124 | 321 | 380 | 6 | 84 | .992 | 5.653 | ||||
| Wayne Caughey | 2B | 19 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .951 | 4.105 | ||||
| Larry Wolfe | 3B | 110 | 87 | 231 | 19 | 15 | .944 | 2.891 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 3B | 23 | 22 | 53 | 3 | 5 | .962 | 3.261 | ||||
| Wayne Caughey | 3B | 7 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 3.429 | ||||
| Sal Butera | C | 74 | 326 | 41 | 6 | 8 | .984 | 4.959 | 4 | |||
| John Lonchar | C | 68 | 263 | 39 | 5 | 6 | .984 | 4.441 | 5 | |||
| Paul Jata | C | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| Gary Ward | OF | 132 | 235 | 16 | 10 | 3 | .962 | 1.902 | ||||
| Rick Duncan | OF | 113 | 204 | 16 | 7 | 4 | .969 | 1.947 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | OF | 52 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 2.269 | ||||
| Dave Edwards | OF | 51 | 134 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 2.667 | ||||
| Russell Noah | OF | 31 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.613 | ||||
| Mike Gatlin | OF | 26 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| Randy Beach | OF | 25 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 2.680 | ||||
| Al Arthur | P | 41 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .756 | ||||
| Charles Smith | P | 31 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .742 | ||||
| Jeff Holly | P | 25 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .600 | ||||
| Greg Thayer | P | 24 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.542 | ||||
| Jerry Garvin | P | 23 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 2.478 | ||||
| Dave May | P | 18 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Bill Harris | P | 14 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Lew Lerner | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .077 | ||||
| Gregg Bemis | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Paul Ausman | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Terry Ryan | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Rick Bethke | P | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.400 | ||||
| Jeff Gressick | P | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Russell Noah | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Corbin | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ted Shipley | SS | 85 | 122 | 286 | 20 | 52 | .953 | 4.800 | ||||
| Wayne Caughey | SS | 62 | 108 | 181 | 17 | 24 | .944 | 4.661 | ||||
| Sam Perlozzo | SS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1400 | 3555 | 1621 | 143 | 333 | .973 | 3.697 | 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.
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