1976 Salt Lake City Gulls Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 90-54
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Jimy Williams (90-54)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 239,321, Avg. 3,324

1976 Salt Lake City Gulls Roster

Playoffs - Hawaii Islanders 3 games, Salt Lake City Gulls 2

The Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1976 season with a record of 90 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Gulls paced the league with 852 runs. Salt Lake City surrendered 703 runs. Ike Hampton led the squad with 15 home runs Carlos López drove in 88 runs and topped all regular batters with a .350 average. Gary Wheelock paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.81 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Paul Dade, John Verhoeven, Chuck Dobson, Dan Briggs, Bob Allietta, Luis Quintana, Chuck Hockenbery, Ike Hampton, Mike Miley, Butch Alberts, Ron Jackson, Orlando Álvarez, Dick Lange, Dave Collins, Gary Wheelock, Carlos López, Charlie Hudson, Billy Smith, John Doherty, Mike Overy, Orlando Ramírez, Skip Pitlock, Mike Barlow, Gil Flores, Wayne Simpson, Julio Cruz and Gary Ryerson were all players from the 1976 Salt Lake City Gulls who played in the Majors during their careers.

Jimy Williams 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
Gary Wheelock	15	8	.652	3.81	27	27		11	1	0	201.0	206	100	85	15	54	1	138	4	1	4
Wayne Simpson	13	6	.684	4.24	28	28		9	0	0	174.0	189	98	82	19	72	5	131	13	4	8
Dick Lange	12	7	.632	4.01	30	28		6	0	0	193.0	216	102	86	17	65	5	107	1	1	4
Pat Cristelli	11	10	.524	5.72	27	25		1	0	0	137.0	161	101	87	20	72	1	80	3	2	5
Mike Overy	9	5	.643	2.05	39	0		0	0	10	79.0	54	20	18	5	46	5	99	0	2	0
John Verhoeven	7	2	.778	2.25	28	0		0	0	8	60.0	53	19	15	2	18	1	56	1	1	3
Mike Barlow	5	1	.833	3.60	25	0		0	0	4	50.0	52	23	20	4	19	3	40	3	0	2
Chuck Hockenbery	5	6	.455	5.04	31	13		1	0	1	109.0	134	76	61	9	54	9	61	4	1	7
Luis Quintana	3	1	.750	4.38	15	6		0	0	0	39.0	36	20	19	5	21	0	28	1	1	1
Chuck Dobson	3	3	.500	5.46	23	9		1	0	2	61.0	74	41	37	8	24	1	48	1	1	0
Gary Ryerson	1	1	.500	7.04	6	5		0	0	0	23.0	37	22	18	3	7	0	13	0	0	0
Skip Pitlock					35						0.0									0
Charlie Hudson					5						0.0									0
Richard Stumpp	0	0		13.50	1	1		0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
Lamar Wright	0	2	.000	6.00	14	2		0	0	0	27.0	31	24	18	5	17	3	21	1	0	4
Totals	84	52	.618	4.28	334	144	0	29	1	25	1155.0	1248	649	549	113	471	35	823	32	14	38	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
Carlos López	123	493	448	95	157	19	12	9	88	30	16	36	49	.350	.396	.507	.903	227		2	1	6
Gil Flores	112	517	468	88	151	16	9	1	48	40	18	43	39	.323	.383	.402	.785	188		4	0	2
Frankie George	113	485	421	79	124	22	3	12	74	17	9	54	56	.295	.373	.447	.820	188		2	3	5
Paul Dade	91	379	320	66	116	18	4	4	65	26	2	45	28	.362	.432	.481	.913	154		1	4	9
Billy Smith	115	471	396	64	114	16	9	3	60	22	9	53	45	.288	.373	.396	.769	157		6	7	9
Orlando Álvarez	93	402	357	64	113	18	4	10	63	16	7	40	63	.317	.382	.473	.856	169		0	2	3
Mike Miley	119	495	394	75	108	22	9	6	60	28	9	86	65	.274	.401	.421	.823	166		3	4	8
Ike Hampton	118	444	364	77	97	23	1	15	60	20	2	71	105	.266	.390	.459	.848	167		3	5	1
Ed Kurpiel	83	316	263	42	69	16	6	5	37	3	1	49	53	.262	.380	.426	.806	112		2	0	2
Dan Briggs	56	248	219	41	66	14	3	7	42	2	1	19	33	.301	.371	.489	.860	107		7	0	3
Buck Darrow	78	297	268	35	55	8	2	1	25	12	2	18	36	.205	.255	.261	.516	70		1	7	3
Dave Collins	35	160	136	28	49	13	4	0	12	19	7	18	14	.360	.433	.515	.948	70		1	3	2
Butch Alberts	31	121	106	15	32	5	0	3	23	1	1	11	16	.302	.364	.434	.798	46		1	0	3
Marty Martinson	53	167	152	18	32	4	0	0	16	4	3	10	22	.211	.261	.237	.497	36		1	2	2
Fred Frazier	37	141	123	15	31	6	3	1	22	5	2	14	14	.252	.321	.374	.695	46		0	1	3
Bob Allietta	36	127	115	16	29	1	1	3	9	0	2	11	5	.252	.323	.357	.679	41		1	0	0
Julio Cruz	20	77	69	11	17	2	2	0	6	12	2	6	9	.246	.312	.333	.645	23		1	0	1
Ron Jackson	10	42	33	9	12	2	0	2	10	1	0	8	5	.364	.476	.606	1.082	20		0	0	1
Orlando Ramírez	8	30	27	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	3	7	.185	.267	.333	.600	9		0	0	0
Ronnie Farkas	7	26	24	0	4	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	.167	.231	.208	.439	5		0	0	0
Gary Wheelock	35	14	10	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	.300	.500	.300	.800	3		0	0	0
Mike Barlow	25	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2		0	0	0
Pat Cristelli	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Chuck Dobson	27	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
John Verhoeven	28	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Mike Overy	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Wayne Simpson	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Chuck Hockenbery	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1580	5460	4721	845	1388	228	72	83	730	259	94	601	672	.294	.374	.426	.799	2009	0	36	39	63	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dan Briggs	1B	44	371	34	6	31	.985	9.205
Ed Kurpiel	1B	43	345	33	7	44	.982	8.791
Billy Smith	1B	38	333	16	4	36	.989	9.184
Butch Alberts	1B	10	73	3	6	8	.927	7.600
Ike Hampton	1B	3	21	0	2	4	.913	7.000
Carlos López	1B	1	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.000
Buck Darrow	2B	78	164	248	11	48	.974	5.282
Fred Frazier	2B	33	60	129	7	30	.964	5.727
Billy Smith	2B	19	35	40	2	17	.974	3.947
Julio Cruz	2B	15	26	46	1	12	.986	4.800
Paul Dade	2B	7	14	11	0	3	1.000	3.571
Ike Hampton	2B	2	2	4	0	1	1.000	3.000
Paul Dade	3B	78	41	122	11	18	.937	2.090
Billy Smith	3B	30	14	51	3	5	.956	2.167
Ike Hampton	3B	26	14	31	11	2	.804	1.731
Ron Jackson	3B	10	14	18	2	1	.941	3.200
Ronnie Farkas	3B	6	4	16	1	1	.952	3.333
Julio Cruz	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ike Hampton	C	76	475	49	17	9	.969	6.895	16
Marty Martinson	C	49	274	19	2	3	.993	5.980	3
Bob Allietta	C	33	204	14	5	0	.978	6.606	3
Frankie George	OF	106	192	8	5	2	.976	1.887
Gil Flores	OF	100	219	8	6	0	.974	2.270
Carlos López	OF	98	123	9	5	0	.964	1.347
Orlando Álvarez	OF	80	127	5	5	2	.964	1.650
Dave Collins	OF	30	50	3	2	0	.964	1.767
Dan Briggs	OF	13	27	0	0	0	1.000	2.077
Ike Hampton	OF	11	15	3	2	0	.900	1.636
Paul Dade	OF	4	4	0	1	0	.800	1.000
Billy Smith	OF	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Julio Cruz	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Overy	P	39	2	8	1	0	.909	.256
Skip Pitlock	P	35						.000
Chuck Hockenbery	P	31	10	23	4	0	.892	1.065
Dick Lange	P	30	11	32	4	3	.915	1.433
John Verhoeven	P	28	4	8	0	0	1.000	.429
Wayne Simpson	P	28	11	30	3	0	.932	1.464
Gary Wheelock	P	27	18	29	5	2	.904	1.741
Pat Cristelli	P	27	5	25	4	0	.882	1.111
Mike Barlow	P	25	1	10	2	1	.846	.440
Chuck Dobson	P	23	2	9	1	1	.917	.478
Luis Quintana	P	15	0	5	1	0	.833	.333
Lamar Wright	P	14	0	7	0	0	1.000	.500
Gary Ryerson	P	6	2	3	1	0	.833	.833
Charlie Hudson	P	5						.000
Richard Stumpp	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Miley	SS	118	211	359	29	90	.952	4.831
Billy Smith	SS	22	33	63	2	9	.980	4.364
Orlando Ramírez	SS	8	8	20	4	6	.875	3.500
Totals		1529	3572	1555	185	390	.965	3.353	22	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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