1977 Salem Pirates Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (66-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 32,744, Avg. 475
1977 Salem Pirates RosterTeam Record: 66-72
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Steve Demeter (66-72)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 32,744, Avg. 475
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1977 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Pirates scored 826 runs, most in the league. Salem gave up 809 runs, most in the circuit. Eugenio Cotes paced the squad with 16 home runs and drove in 102 runs. Oswaldo Olivares topped all regular batters with a .370 average. Rafael Vásquez led the team with 14 wins, while Robert Mazur recorded a 4.33 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1977 Salem Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Luis Salazar, Stew Cliburn, Tony Peña, Bryan Clark and Rafael Vásquez.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Vásquez | 14 | 6 | .700 | 4.68 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 218 | 111 | 91 | 27 | 46 | 0 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.26 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 91.0 | 89 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Stew Cliburn | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.25 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 108 | 50 | 35 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert Mazur | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 131 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Jeff Pinkus | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.61 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 148 | 89 | 65 | 13 | 70 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bryan Clark | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.75 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 135 | 105 | 66 | 11 | 105 | 1 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Stephen Powers | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.70 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 141 | 95 | 69 | 13 | 67 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dennis Davis | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.60 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 41 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Martin Rivas | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Anthony | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.31 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| James Smith | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.92 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Brandt | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.90 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30.0 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeffrey Lang | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joe Galante | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Rick Peterson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 54 | 39 | 32 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Nelson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.0 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Debattista | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Laurence Kienzle | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Rogers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Schwartz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 72 | .478 | 4.79 | 309 | 138 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 1179.0 | 1310 | 809 | 628 | 114 | 606 | 22 | 753 | 38 | 7 | 113 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswaldo Olivares | 138 | 637 | 562 | 121 | 208 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 79 | 46 | 7 | 62 | 41 | .370 | .436 | .498 | .934 | 280 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 113 | 505 | 425 | 86 | 145 | 29 | 5 | 16 | 102 | 40 | 9 | 65 | 61 | .341 | .438 | .546 | .984 | 232 | 11 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jerry McDonald | 119 | 557 | 472 | 87 | 138 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 37 | .292 | .392 | .383 | .776 | 181 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Pablo Cruz | 101 | 433 | 387 | 79 | 132 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 25 | .341 | .400 | .437 | .836 | 169 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dick Walterhouse | 135 | 571 | 473 | 83 | 128 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 101 | 17 | 3 | 75 | 71 | .271 | .371 | .416 | .788 | 197 | 7 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Winston Cole | 125 | 514 | 451 | 67 | 118 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 38 | .262 | .341 | .364 | .705 | 164 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Luis Salazar | 116 | 462 | 433 | 72 | 117 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 55 | .270 | .297 | .409 | .706 | 177 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Brady | 112 | 479 | 379 | 72 | 102 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 82 | .269 | .402 | .385 | .787 | 146 | 4 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Debattista | 74 | 317 | 274 | 49 | 88 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 46 | .321 | .410 | .460 | .870 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Peña | 84 | 334 | 319 | 36 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 60 | .276 | .306 | .408 | .714 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Dean | 65 | 281 | 252 | 34 | 77 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 27 | .306 | .360 | .464 | .824 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tom Burke | 17 | 66 | 60 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .283 | .348 | .417 | .765 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Floyd | 13 | 50 | 47 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .277 | .300 | .383 | .683 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Powers | 38 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .308 | .391 | .436 | .827 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Young | 9 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .240 | .300 | .240 | .540 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Oscar Bernazard | 10 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .185 | .353 | .185 | .538 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Rein | 22 | 79 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | .083 | .304 | .217 | .520 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Casey Clark | 7 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .211 | .348 | .211 | .558 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Valley | 8 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .167 | .276 | .167 | .443 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jessie Jones | 11 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .115 | .281 | .115 | .397 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1317 | 5482 | 4754 | 826 | 1410 | 211 | 60 | 91 | 728 | 139 | 44 | 592 | 629 | .297 | .377 | .424 | .801 | 2014 | 0 | 50 | 43 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Cole | 1B | 120 | 1082 | 79 | 15 | 92 | .987 | 9.675 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 1B | 15 | 146 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .987 | 9.933 | ||||
| Charles Valley | 1B | 6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Pablo Cruz | 2B | 71 | 171 | 196 | 26 | 46 | .934 | 5.169 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | 2B | 57 | 105 | 133 | 17 | 31 | .933 | 4.175 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 2B | 20 | 36 | 51 | 7 | 5 | .926 | 4.350 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 3B | 50 | 44 | 120 | 10 | 13 | .943 | 3.280 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | 3B | 36 | 36 | 67 | 12 | 2 | .896 | 2.861 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 26 | 23 | 52 | 2 | 2 | .974 | 2.885 | ||||
| John Dean | 3B | 12 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 5 | .894 | 3.500 | ||||
| Daniel Debattista | 3B | 11 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 2.545 | ||||
| Casey Clark | 3B | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .708 | 2.429 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Peña | C | 84 | 470 | 66 | 17 | 9 | .969 | 6.381 | 16 | |||
| John Dean | C | 46 | 232 | 36 | 10 | 7 | .964 | 5.826 | 6 | |||
| Jessie Jones | C | 10 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 4.500 | 1 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 9 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.889 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Debattista | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | ||||
| Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 138 | 254 | 18 | 12 | 1 | .958 | 1.971 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | OF | 117 | 239 | 9 | 13 | 2 | .950 | 2.120 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 72 | 107 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .926 | 1.569 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | OF | 48 | 76 | 3 | 7 | 2 | .919 | 1.646 | ||||
| Alfred Rein | OF | 21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.762 | ||||
| Tom Burke | OF | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Stan Floyd | OF | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stephen Powers | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Winston Cole | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Oscar Bernazard | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Charles Valley | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Daniel Debattista | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robert Weismiller | P | 43 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .395 | ||||
| Robert Mazur | P | 28 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rafael Vásquez | P | 26 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 1.385 | ||||
| Stephen Powers | P | 26 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Jeff Pinkus | P | 26 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 3 | .833 | 1.154 | ||||
| Bryan Clark | P | 26 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.154 | ||||
| Randy Brandt | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .286 | ||||
| Dennis Schwartz | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Rick Peterson | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .200 | ||||
| Stew Cliburn | P | 15 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.933 | ||||
| Dennis Davis | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
| Martin Rivas | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David Nelson | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Joe Galante | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Paul Anthony | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Laurence Kienzle | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| James Smith | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| James Rogers | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Lang | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Debattista | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | SS | 87 | 134 | 240 | 43 | 40 | .897 | 4.299 | ||||
| Jimmy Brady | SS | 55 | 68 | 182 | 14 | 27 | .947 | 4.545 | ||||
| Totals | 1461 | 3538 | 1528 | 265 | 310 | .950 | 3.467 | 25 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
