1977 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 2nd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Hub Kittle (83-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 152,642, Avg. 2,196
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, West Palm Beach Expos 1
Finals - Lakeland Tigers 3 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 1
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals led the circuit with just 427 runs allowed. St. Petersburg scored 602 runs. Dave Penniall drove in 76 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. John Fulgham paced the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.05 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1977 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Glenn Brummer, Víctor Cruz, Pat Darcy, Leon Durham, Joe Edelen, John Fulgham, Tom Herr, Terry Kennedy, Tito Landrum, John Littlefield, Dan O'Brien, Kelly Paris and Ray Searage.
Hub Kittle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fulgham | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2.05 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 202.0 | 157 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| R. J. Harrison | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.45 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 195.0 | 198 | 66 | 53 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Steve Staniland | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.04 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 157.0 | 162 | 55 | 53 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Theis Meyer | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.92 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 160.0 | 129 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 56 | 6 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.58 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 97.0 | 75 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hector Eduardo | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.49 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 47 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Raymond Donaghu | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.67 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 61 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.72 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 66 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bashaw | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Littlefield | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Víctor Cruz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 30.0 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Gray | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Meek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Searage | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Len Strelitz | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan O'Brien | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.91 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 54 | .606 | 2.71 | 245 | 138 | 0 | 68 | 18 | 15 | 1177.0 | 1034 | 427 | 354 | 25 | 437 | 29 | 678 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Herr | 136 | 604 | 515 | 80 | 156 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 50 | 15 | 69 | 39 | .303 | .382 | .361 | .744 | 186 | 1 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Dave Penniall | 117 | 468 | 396 | 68 | 127 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 23 | 6 | 57 | 57 | .321 | .404 | .470 | .874 | 186 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| William Bowman | 120 | 434 | 385 | 47 | 104 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 58 | .270 | .323 | .358 | .682 | 138 | 5 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Felipe Zayas | 102 | 368 | 332 | 33 | 90 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 39 | .271 | .328 | .310 | .638 | 103 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 103 | 346 | 308 | 36 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 26 | .282 | .351 | .331 | .682 | 102 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Henry Mays | 82 | 318 | 259 | 43 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 16 | .247 | .355 | .297 | .652 | 77 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Tito Landrum | 67 | 285 | 249 | 40 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 48 | .245 | .315 | .378 | .693 | 94 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Leon Durham | 63 | 240 | 209 | 26 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 31 | .287 | .368 | .359 | .727 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 51 | 186 | 167 | 23 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | .353 | .405 | .425 | .831 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Boyer | 78 | 289 | 259 | 22 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 29 | .220 | .274 | .251 | .525 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Gene Dotson | 62 | 224 | 180 | 28 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 49 | .250 | .376 | .361 | .737 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Terry Kennedy | 45 | 192 | 166 | 22 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | .247 | .349 | .367 | .716 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | 58 | 216 | 166 | 34 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 29 | .223 | .386 | .386 | .772 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Stone | 60 | 170 | 156 | 19 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .224 | .274 | .327 | .601 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Poston | 45 | 146 | 123 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 20 | .244 | .356 | .293 | .649 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scott Boras | 22 | 92 | 78 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .346 | .440 | .423 | .863 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Paris | 44 | 142 | 124 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | .177 | .271 | .202 | .473 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Claude Crockett | 28 | 98 | 89 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .202 | .265 | .247 | .512 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 18 | 53 | 49 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .286 | .327 | .347 | .674 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Lee | 14 | 54 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .220 | .278 | .320 | .598 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Brummer | 21 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .216 | .273 | .235 | .508 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Denny Martindale | 16 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .256 | .370 | .282 | .652 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Murray | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| R. J. Harrison | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Eduardo | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark David | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Darcy | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theis Meyer | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1447 | 5063 | 4379 | 602 | 1172 | 150 | 51 | 31 | 538 | 151 | 61 | 533 | 573 | .268 | .348 | .346 | .695 | 1517 | 0 | 34 | 69 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Durham | 1B | 63 | 533 | 27 | 9 | 52 | .984 | 8.889 | ||||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | 1B | 36 | 306 | 21 | 7 | 22 | .979 | 9.083 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 1B | 33 | 259 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1.000 | 8.212 | ||||
| Jerry Poston | 1B | 11 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.636 | ||||
| Leon Lee | 1B | 9 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 7.111 | ||||
| Tom Herr | 2B | 135 | 348 | 430 | 21 | 91 | .974 | 5.763 | ||||
| Denny Martindale | 2B | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| David Boyer | 3B | 74 | 56 | 135 | 8 | 12 | .960 | 2.581 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 30 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.067 | ||||
| Scott Boras | 3B | 21 | 14 | 47 | 7 | 9 | .897 | 2.905 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 3B | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 2.222 | ||||
| Denny Martindale | 3B | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Richard Murray | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Michael Stone | C | 57 | 232 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 4.596 | 4 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 40 | 205 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 5.825 | 0 | |||
| Terry Kennedy | C | 39 | 168 | 22 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 4.872 | 3 | |||
| Glenn Brummer | C | 17 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 6.941 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Poston | C | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 1 | |||
| Denny Martindale | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Dave Penniall | OF | 90 | 155 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 1.756 | ||||
| Henry Mays | OF | 77 | 158 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 2.143 | ||||
| Tito Landrum | OF | 67 | 157 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 2.448 | ||||
| Gene Dotson | OF | 60 | 121 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 2.083 | ||||
| William Bowman | OF | 59 | 110 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.932 | ||||
| Claude Crockett | OF | 27 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.852 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | OF | 20 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.450 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 16 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Michael Pisarkiewicz | OF | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Poston | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark David | OF | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Richard Murray | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Raymond Donaghu | P | 28 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .429 | ||||
| R. J. Harrison | P | 26 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.154 | ||||
| John Fulgham | P | 26 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 2 | .930 | 2.038 | ||||
| Theis Meyer | P | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Staniland | P | 22 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .955 | ||||
| Hector Eduardo | P | 21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Lawrence Bashaw | P | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ray Searage | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 13 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 2.231 | ||||
| Víctor Cruz | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Pat Darcy | P | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Littlefield | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Terry Gray | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Stan Meek | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Len Strelitz | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | SS | 99 | 160 | 269 | 25 | 55 | .945 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 42 | 53 | 95 | 8 | 18 | .949 | 3.524 | ||||
| Denny Martindale | SS | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1424 | 3528 | 1434 | 144 | 322 | .972 | 3.485 | 8 | 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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