1977 Salem Senators Statistics
Team Record: 22-46
Finished 3rd in the NWL's Independent Division
Manager: Carl Thompson (22-46)
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: Chemeketa College Field
Attendance: 11,860, Avg. 349
The Salem Senators of the Northwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 22 wins and 46 losses, finishing third in the league's Independent Division.
The Senators tallied 349 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 462 runs, most in the league. Mark Hildebrand paced Salem with 14 home runs and accounted for 49 RBI. Steve Sbragia led batters with significant playing time by hitting .376. Robert Crimian and Kenneth Siler topped the team with 5 wins each, while Mark Hildebrand registered a 4.71 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Dick Rusteck played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salem Senators to do so.
Carl Thompson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Crimian | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.84 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 84 | 55 | 48 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Siler | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.06 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 89.0 | 105 | 68 | 50 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||
| John Pettoello | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.40 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 50 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Sbragia | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.03 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 68 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Hildebrand | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.71 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 71 | 46 | 33 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Columbus | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.72 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 89 | 67 | 47 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Peter Davis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 46 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dick Rusteck | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| P. K. Kirsch | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Warren Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Bushong | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 52 | 38 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Michael Dalzell | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 66 | 46 | 41 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 41 | .328 | 5.85 | 133 | 60 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 526.0 | 643 | 427 | 342 | 76 | 241 | 2 | 303 | 18 | 1 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sbragia | 66 | 251 | 229 | 35 | 86 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | .376 | .416 | .541 | .957 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| P. K. Kirsch | 64 | 272 | 239 | 29 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 16 | .293 | .371 | .372 | .744 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Roger Payne | 68 | 293 | 259 | 38 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 29 | .263 | .336 | .371 | .706 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Warren Brown | 68 | 274 | 255 | 35 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 36 | .255 | .295 | .353 | .648 | 90 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Phil Urabe | 67 | 285 | 259 | 32 | 65 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 41 | .251 | .298 | .340 | .638 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Gerald Linnert | 67 | 314 | 250 | 46 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 25 | .252 | .384 | .324 | .708 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mark Hildebrand | 64 | 249 | 217 | 37 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 42 | .281 | .369 | .521 | .890 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Buckner | 64 | 255 | 228 | 35 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 27 | .259 | .323 | .329 | .652 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Rose | 16 | 69 | 68 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .265 | .265 | .324 | .588 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Phillips | 14 | 58 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .250 | .259 | .268 | .526 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Mueller | 15 | 58 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .180 | .246 | .220 | .466 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Thompson | 6 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .312 | .409 | .375 | .784 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sheldon Ireland | 10 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .263 | .364 | .421 | .785 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Joyce | 16 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .119 | .213 | .214 | .427 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Columbus | 25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Siler | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Bushong | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Davis | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Dalzell | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Kness | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Crimian | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 705 | 2498 | 2212 | 323 | 595 | 106 | 10 | 36 | 290 | 26 | 24 | 221 | 290 | .269 | .338 | .375 | .713 | 829 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Hildebrand | 1B | 45 | 421 | 30 | 11 | 30 | .976 | 1.022 | ||||
| Daniel Phillips | 1B | 14 | 107 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .966 | 8.143 | ||||
| Roger Payne | 1B | 5 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.400 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | 1B | 5 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .949 | 11.200 | ||||
| Kerry Kness | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Phil Urabe | 2B | 64 | 161 | 183 | 25 | 35 | .932 | 5.375 | ||||
| Roger Payne | 3B | 56 | 66 | 127 | 29 | 6 | .869 | 3.446 | ||||
| Jeffrey Mueller | 3B | 13 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | .833 | 2.308 | ||||
| Gerald Linnert | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Patrick Buckner | C | 62 | 331 | 54 | 13 | 8 | .967 | 6.210 | 6 | |||
| Sheldon Ireland | C | 9 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.778 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey Mueller | C | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Gerald Linnert | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Warren Brown | OF | 66 | 165 | 22 | 7 | 6 | .964 | 2.833 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | OF | 57 | 74 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 1.439 | ||||
| Gerald Linnert | OF | 55 | 91 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .962 | 1.818 | ||||
| Steve Sbragia | OF | 23 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.478 | ||||
| Paul Joyce | OF | 12 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.833 | ||||
| Thomas Thompson | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Hildebrand | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Rose | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Kenneth Siler | P | 22 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .727 | ||||
| Charles Columbus | P | 20 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Robert Crimian | P | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Sbragia | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Peter Davis | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Dalzell | P | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Pettoello | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Mark Hildebrand | P | 10 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Steven Bushong | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Warren Brown | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| P. K. Kirsch | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rocky Hall | SS | 37 | 55 | 114 | 22 | 20 | .885 | 4.568 | ||||
| Michael Rose | SS | 15 | 21 | 37 | 14 | 4 | .806 | 3.867 | ||||
| Roger Payne | SS | 10 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 2 | .884 | 3.800 | ||||
| Gerald Linnert | SS | 8 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 5 | .829 | 4.250 | ||||
| Totals | 693 | 1759 | 762 | 180 | 138 | .933 | 3.638 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
