1976 Salem Pirates Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (68-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 30,387, Avg. 444
1976 Salem Pirates RosterTeam Record: 68-69
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (68-69)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 30,387, Avg. 444
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1976 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Pirates scored 570 runs and allowed 581 runs. Larry Littleton led Salem with 13 home runs and accounted for 59 RBI. Pablo Cruz paced hitters with significant playing time with a .282 average. Ed Whitson topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.53 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1976 Salem Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Larry Littleton, Al Holland, Fred Breining, Ed Whitson and Doe Boyland.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Whitson | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2.53 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 203.0 | 168 | 75 | 57 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 186 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.94 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 151 | 79 | 53 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fred Breining | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.47 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 127 | 70 | 49 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| James Johnston | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.00 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 72.0 | 54 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Davis | 5 | 14 | .263 | 4.83 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 130 | 88 | 74 | 12 | 84 | 1 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Al Holland | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.96 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 76.0 | 59 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Powers | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.35 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 63 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Galante | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.03 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 96.0 | 97 | 46 | 43 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Paul Anthony | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.00 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 54 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Robert Clites | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.86 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kavanagh | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerard Thomas | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.43 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 82 | 43 | 32 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Hall | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.68 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 82 | 47 | 40 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donald Kreke | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Nelson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Tapia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 69 | .496 | 3.52 | 270 | 138 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 20 | 1165.0 | 1122 | 581 | 455 | 72 | 499 | 16 | 932 | 31 | 12 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan DeLiza | 138 | 553 | 518 | 48 | 122 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 62 | .236 | .273 | .317 | .590 | 164 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 110 | 456 | 390 | 56 | 110 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 23 | .282 | .374 | .369 | .743 | 144 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| John Dean | 106 | 438 | 393 | 54 | 109 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 57 | .277 | .349 | .410 | .759 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Lebron | 94 | 349 | 330 | 33 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 29 | .273 | .305 | .370 | .674 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Paul Nelson | 119 | 453 | 404 | 49 | 88 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 90 | .218 | .291 | .327 | .618 | 132 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Larry Littleton | 82 | 340 | 284 | 50 | 76 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 75 | .268 | .385 | .468 | .853 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doe Boyland | 71 | 276 | 245 | 27 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 63 | .269 | .341 | .388 | .728 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Gerlecz | 86 | 326 | 283 | 40 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 53 | .233 | .316 | .293 | .609 | 83 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| David Marshall | 88 | 336 | 288 | 35 | 63 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 34 | .219 | .318 | .267 | .586 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Oscar Bernazard | 87 | 357 | 292 | 41 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 48 | .212 | .344 | .342 | .686 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Terry Burkholder | 60 | 253 | 219 | 29 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 62 | .219 | .315 | .292 | .607 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Raco | 55 | 208 | 180 | 23 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 34 | .250 | .351 | .367 | .718 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonardo Ortiz | 69 | 236 | 225 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 46 | .196 | .226 | .356 | .581 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Max Oliveras | 45 | 170 | 145 | 18 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | .283 | .365 | .338 | .703 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Felix Rodriguez | 49 | 180 | 163 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .239 | .311 | .301 | .612 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Powers | 29 | 85 | 66 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | .258 | .417 | .379 | .795 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Brady | 18 | 82 | 65 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .231 | .358 | .308 | .666 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Al Holland | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Peltier | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Johnston | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Hall | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Galante | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Breining | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1453 | 5109 | 4499 | 570 | 1103 | 178 | 51 | 61 | 493 | 74 | 32 | 506 | 725 | .245 | .325 | .348 | .673 | 1566 | 0 | 42 | 34 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Cruz | 1B | 55 | 443 | 23 | 6 | 34 | .987 | 8.473 | ||||
| Doe Boyland | 1B | 36 | 305 | 8 | 12 | 25 | .963 | 8.694 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 1B | 33 | 265 | 19 | 3 | 23 | .990 | 8.606 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | 1B | 14 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .992 | 8.429 | ||||
| Juan Lebron | 1B | 6 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Burkholder | 2B | 51 | 89 | 115 | 14 | 26 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | 2B | 45 | 89 | 100 | 8 | 20 | .959 | 4.200 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 2B | 30 | 67 | 77 | 3 | 19 | .980 | 4.800 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | 2B | 18 | 43 | 44 | 4 | 8 | .956 | 4.833 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Dean | 3B | 96 | 79 | 175 | 26 | 15 | .907 | 2.646 | ||||
| David Marshall | 3B | 24 | 15 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | 3B | 13 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 3.385 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | 3B | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gary Raco | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Leonardo Ortiz | C | 67 | 460 | 46 | 6 | 4 | .988 | 7.552 | 9 | |||
| David Marshall | C | 44 | 236 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 5.886 | 3 | |||
| Juan Lebron | C | 38 | 274 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .980 | 7.789 | 9 | |||
| Max Oliveras | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| John Hall | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Paul Nelson | OF | 115 | 215 | 16 | 8 | 5 | .967 | 2.009 | ||||
| Oscar Bernazard | OF | 85 | 100 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .948 | 1.294 | ||||
| Larry Littleton | OF | 80 | 164 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 2.150 | ||||
| Gary Raco | OF | 50 | 74 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.580 | ||||
| Felix Rodriguez | OF | 34 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.706 | ||||
| David Marshall | OF | 22 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.455 | ||||
| Steve Gerlecz | OF | 22 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.045 | ||||
| Juan Lebron | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Doe Boyland | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Stephen Powers | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Max Oliveras | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Al Holland | P | 39 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .359 | ||||
| James Johnston | P | 33 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .923 | .364 | ||||
| Fred Breining | P | 31 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .677 | ||||
| Ed Whitson | P | 26 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 1 | .909 | 1.923 | ||||
| Dennis Davis | P | 23 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 1.391 | ||||
| Gerard Thomas | P | 22 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .905 | .864 | ||||
| Joe Galante | P | 22 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 21 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Hall | P | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Paul Anthony | P | 12 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.667 | ||||
| Stephen Powers | P | 10 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Mike Kavanagh | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Robert Clites | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mark Tapia | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Nelson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Donald Kreke | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan DeLiza | SS | 138 | 199 | 388 | 54 | 62 | .916 | 4.254 | ||||
| David Marshall | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1426 | 3492 | 1394 | 206 | 275 | .960 | 3.426 | 21 | 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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