1976 Pirates Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 11-41
Finished 7th in the GCL
Manager: Woody Huyke (11-41)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
1976 Pirates RosterTeam Record: 11-41
Finished 7th in the GCL
Manager: Woody Huyke (11-41)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Ballpark: McKechnie Field
The Pirates of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 11 wins and 41 losses, finishing seventh in the GCL.
The Pirates scored 154 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 310 runs, most in the circuit. Eugenio Cotes led all regular batters by connecting at a .298 clip, while Rafael Vásquez registered a 3.4 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1976 Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Peña, Pascual Pérez and Rafael Vásquez.
Woody Huyke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Vásquez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.40 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 56 | 35 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pascual Pérez | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.66 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 51 | 41 | 29 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Arcadio Cruz | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.97 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 53 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Martin Rivas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Smith | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.00 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pat Shackelford | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.60 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Renfroe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marcial Abreu | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Salvador Valera | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ramon Mena | 0 | 0 | 9.90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hector Mercedes | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Velasco | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Cristian Martinez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Rock | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.09 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 37 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 10 | 36 | .217 | 4.90 | 110 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 380.0 | 382 | 282 | 207 | 7 | 259 | 2 | 207 | 21 | 8 | 25 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugenio Cotes | 42 | 161 | 141 | 21 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 26 | .298 | .366 | .426 | .792 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Goodrich | 47 | 188 | 162 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 41 | .247 | .340 | .315 | .655 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 48 | 186 | 172 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 32 | .221 | .280 | .238 | .518 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 47 | 175 | 161 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 50 | .217 | .263 | .342 | .604 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lenny Spicer | 37 | 131 | 112 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 26 | .250 | .331 | .312 | .643 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roy Velasco | 27 | 106 | 99 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | .232 | .276 | .283 | .559 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Renfroe | 39 | 136 | 122 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .189 | .243 | .230 | .472 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Fulton | 37 | 122 | 88 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 32 | .216 | .434 | .273 | .707 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gino Gentile | 28 | 91 | 82 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | .171 | .242 | .207 | .449 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francisco Perez | 16 | 49 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | .178 | .245 | .178 | .423 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Mercedes | 15 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .231 | .280 | .511 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Velasco | 11 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .033 | .065 | .033 | .098 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Castro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Rock | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 405 | 1405 | 1240 | 132 | 276 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 102 | 105 | 34 | 138 | 290 | .223 | .301 | .286 | .587 | 355 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Velasco | 1B | 27 | 186 | 20 | 7 | 10 | .967 | 7.630 | ||||
| Tony Peña | 1B | 9 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .957 | 7.444 | ||||
| George Renfroe | 1B | 8 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .969 | 7.875 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | 1B | 5 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .956 | 8.600 | ||||
| Cornelio Mota | 1B | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Evans | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .625 | 2.500 | ||||
| Gregorio Rodriguez | 2B | 48 | 119 | 100 | 11 | 26 | .952 | 4.562 | ||||
| Jose Hernandez | 2B | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 3.571 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | 3B | 42 | 50 | 70 | 17 | 6 | .876 | 2.857 | ||||
| Heyward Edrington | 3B | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .842 | 3.556 | ||||
| Hector Mercedes | 3B | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jose Hernandez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | C | 28 | 156 | 24 | 12 | 1 | .938 | 6.429 | 10 | |||
| George Renfroe | C | 16 | 67 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .914 | 5.312 | 3 | |||
| Tony Peña | C | 7 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.429 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Velasco | C | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.400 | 0 | |||
| Cornelio Mota | C | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 1 | |||
| Gary Fulton | OF | 37 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 2.054 | ||||
| Lenny Spicer | OF | 35 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 2.286 | ||||
| Gino Gentile | OF | 28 | 57 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Francisco Perez | OF | 16 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Jose Hernandez | OF | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Heyward Edrington | OF | 13 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.615 | ||||
| Tony Peña | OF | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.111 | ||||
| Hector Mercedes | OF | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | ||||
| George Goodrich | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Samuel Castro | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marcial Abreu | P | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Martin Rivas | P | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .091 | ||||
| Pascual Pérez | P | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Cristian Martinez | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Arcadio Cruz | P | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Pat Shackelford | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Leduc | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Smith | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .857 | ||||
| Salvador Valera | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hector Mercedes | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Ramon Mena | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Daniel Velasco | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Renfroe | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Goodrich | SS | 44 | 45 | 87 | 39 | 14 | .772 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 537 | 1246 | 459 | 141 | 89 | .924 | 3.175 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
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