1977 Phoenix Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (81-59)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 160,321, Avg. 2,290

1977 Phoenix Giants Roster

Playoffs - Phoenix Giants 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 2

The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1977 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Giants plated 887 runs and allowed 812 runs. Skip James paced Phoenix with 14 home runs and drove in 97 runs. Junior Kennedy topped all regular batters by hitting .316. Ed Plank and Greg Minton led the team with 14 wins each, while Ed Plank earned a 4.55 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Knepper, Tom Heintzelman, Terry Cornutt, Johnnie LeMaster, Frank Riccelli, Dave Heaverlo, Chris Arnold, Vic Harris, Greg Minton, Ed Plank, Skip James, Gary Alexander, Horace Speed, Don Hahn, Tommy Toms, Garry Jestadt, Junior Kennedy, Rob Dressler and Mike Wegener were all players from the 1977 Phoenix Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rocky Bridges 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 Minton	14	6	.700	4.86	29	20		7	0	2	161.0	188	93	87	9	70	4	77	2	2	18
Ed Plank	14	7	.667	4.55	27	27		9	1	0	186.0	214	111	94	15	58	8	74	1	0	5
Kyle Hypes	12	11	.522	6.49	31	28		4	0	0	154.0	185	118	111	10	85	2	51	1	1	11
Tommy Toms	10	3	.769	2.81	53	0		0	0	19	77.0	68	27	24	7	23	8	67	2	0	2
Rob Dressler	10	10	.500	5.29	31	29		6	1	1	199.0	231	128	117	13	85	9	75	6	1	7
Frank Riccelli	8	9	.471	6.35	27	26		4	0	0	163.0	176	124	115	8	138	3	135	2	0	16
Mike Wegener	4	1	.800	4.76	23	0		0	0	2	51.0	63	34	27	5	34	1	18	1	0	2
Randy Hammon	3	3	.500	5.40	28	1		0	0	2	90.0	105	65	54	8	56	6	56	2	3	3
Bob Knepper	3	6	.333	7.41	10	9		4	0	0	51.0	68	51	42	6	25	0	24	2	0	7
Terry Cornutt	2	1	.667	4.36	15	0		0	0	3	33.0	44	24	16	3	20	3	19	1	0	3
Dave Heaverlo	1	0	1.000	4.09	6	0		0	0	2	11.0	11	7	5	1	3	1	10	0	0	0
Monroe Greenfield	0	2	.000	7.00	19	0		0	0	3	36.0	33	30	28	1	40	0	10	4	0	4
Totals	81	59	.579	5.35	299	140	0	34	2	34	1212.0	1386	812	720	86	637	45	616	24	7	78	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
Chris Arnold	139	646	566	111	171	35	15	8	90	9	10	72	79	.302	.381	.459	.840	260		3	0	5
Junior Kennedy	135	567	481	88	152	16	9	0	76	14	5	74	51	.316	.408	.387	.795	186		5	1	6
Skip James	135	590	483	111	149	22	14	14	97	13	5	93	45	.308	.420	.499	.919	241		6	0	8
Garry Jestadt	134	574	484	73	133	18	2	5	89	5	3	74	34	.275	.366	.351	.718	170		3	1	12
Tom Heintzelman	120	554	478	80	127	21	4	8	85	11	8	64	73	.266	.354	.377	.731	180		5	1	6
Horace Speed	134	568	467	92	124	21	14	10	79	35	6	93	137	.266	.390	.435	.824	203		4	1	3
Rick Sanderlin	113	393	362	47	94	17	4	0	46	7	5	19	31	.260	.292	.329	.621	119		0	6	6
Rick Bradley	77	314	283	53	83	18	3	9	63	1	1	23	41	.293	.344	.473	.817	134		2	0	6
Don Hahn	70	329	273	60	80	19	10	3	34	14	6	55	29	.293	.413	.469	.882	128		1	0	0
Wendell Kim	82	349	282	62	80	8	1	1	28	8	6	61	37	.284	.412	.330	.741	93		1	4	1
Gary Alexander	59	261	211	54	72	11	3	7	55	0	4	45	44	.341	.452	.521	.973	110		1	0	4
Vic Harris	36	171	139	26	37	8	3	1	18	6	3	25	21	.266	.382	.388	.771	54		3	1	3
Joey Martin	47	158	138	17	35	4	0	1	14	0	1	19	13	.254	.344	.304	.648	42		0	1	0
Johnnie LeMaster	22	87	70	12	22	7	2	0	13	3	3	14	14	.314	.414	.471	.885	33		0	0	3
Terry Cornutt	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Frank Riccelli	27	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Rob Dressler	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1377	5569	4724	888	1359	225	84	67	787	126	66	732	655	.288	.383	.413	.796	1953	0	34	16	63	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Skip James	1B	130	1366	91	8	122	.995	11.208
Garry Jestadt	1B	11	94	5	1	13	.990	9.000
Joey Martin	1B	4	44	4	2	2	.960	12.000
Tom Heintzelman	1B	2	8	0	0	2	1.000	4.000
Wendell Kim	2B	64	105	184	6	41	.980	4.516
Tom Heintzelman	2B	54	96	199	12	41	.961	5.463
Junior Kennedy	2B	19	45	59	6	21	.945	5.474
Vic Harris	2B	7	11	32	2	5	.956	6.143
Garry Jestadt	2B	5	9	16	0	2	1.000	5.000
Johnnie LeMaster	2B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tom Heintzelman	3B	61	46	142	12	12	.940	3.082
Garry Jestadt	3B	55	43	92	5	7	.964	2.455
Wendell Kim	3B	18	11	36	2	2	.959	2.611
Chris Arnold	3B	13	3	21	2	1	.923	1.846
Junior Kennedy	3B	2	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.500
Rick Bradley	C	74	364	36	15	3	.964	5.405	9
Gary Alexander	C	48	228	40	7	7	.975	5.583	8
Joey Martin	C	22	69	5	1	2	.987	3.364	9
Horace Speed	OF	133	223	14	6	4	.975	1.782
Rick Sanderlin	OF	111	214	10	5	1	.978	2.018
Chris Arnold	OF	96	128	6	5	0	.964	1.396
Don Hahn	OF	70	151	4	4	1	.975	2.214
Vic Harris	OF	24	33	3	0	1	1.000	1.500
Skip James	OF	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	.714
Gary Alexander	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Tommy Toms	P	53	4	5	1	1	.900	.170
Kyle Hypes	P	31	8	27	2	3	.946	1.129
Rob Dressler	P	31	17	49	4	2	.943	2.129
Greg Minton	P	29	6	36	1	2	.977	1.448
Randy Hammon	P	28	6	9	1	1	.938	.536
Frank Riccelli	P	27	1	23	3	2	.889	.889
Ed Plank	P	27	17	30	2	2	.959	1.741
Mike Wegener	P	23	6	19	1	0	.962	1.087
Monroe Greenfield	P	19	0	6	1	0	.857	.316
Terry Cornutt	P	15	1	3	3	0	.571	.267
Bob Knepper	P	10	1	9	1	1	.909	1.000
Dave Heaverlo	P	6	1	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Junior Kennedy	SS	117	235	470	23	89	.968	6.026
Johnnie LeMaster	SS	21	35	69	6	22	.945	4.952
Vic Harris	SS	5	3	14	2	2	.895	3.400
Tom Heintzelman	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1476	3641	1778	153	417	.973	3.671	26	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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