
1977 Tucson Toros Statistics
Team Record: 65-73
Finished 3rd in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Rich Donnelly (65-73)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Ballpark: Hi Corbett Field
Attendance: 123,520, Avg. 1,790
The Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1977 season with a record of 65 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Toros scored 831 runs and allowed 890 runs. Keith Smith led Tucson with 19 home runs, and Pat Putnam walloped 20 or more, too. Pat Putnam drove in 102 runs. Lew Beasley paced all regular batters with a .328 average. Bobby Cuellar topped the squad with 10 wins, while Bob Babcock recorded a 4.57 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1977 Tucson Toros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Comer, Rick Stelmaszek, Ken Pape, Len Barker, John Poloni, Mike Wallace, Gary Gray, Lew Beasley, LaRue Washington, David Clyde, Kurt Bevacqua, Greg Mahlberg, Bob Babcock, Bobby Cuellar, Mike Bacsik, Pat Putnam, Bobby Thompson, Dave Moates, Keith Smith and Tommy Boggs.
Rich Donnelly 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Cuellar | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.48 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 93.0 | 106 | 39 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Len Barker | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.70 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 114 | 77 | 69 | 7 | 77 | 0 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
John Poloni | 8 | 13 | .381 | 5.15 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 187.0 | 228 | 122 | 107 | 19 | 70 | 2 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
Steve Comer | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 101 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bob Babcock | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.57 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 128.0 | 125 | 84 | 65 | 4 | 87 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
David Clyde | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.84 | 34 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 128.0 | 148 | 104 | 83 | 7 | 119 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
Tommy Boggs | 5 | 10 | .333 | 8.54 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 131 | 107 | 92 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
Don Bright | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.93 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73.0 | 79 | 52 | 40 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Mike Bacsik | 4 | 8 | .333 | 7.51 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 161 | 117 | 96 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
Mike Wallace | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.44 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 63 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
David Harper | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 56 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Moharter | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.86 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66.0 | 76 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
Terry Pyka | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Soroko | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jerry Bostic | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 65 | 73 | .471 | 5.67 | 370 | 138 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 1199.0 | 1439 | 890 | 756 | 86 | 700 | 24 | 760 | 27 | 6 | 81 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LaRue Washington | 131 | 596 | 500 | 95 | 150 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 43 | 14 | 84 | 74 | .300 | .397 | .380 | .777 | 190 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
Pat Putnam | 130 | 560 | 495 | 71 | 149 | 31 | 4 | 15 | 102 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 67 | .301 | .376 | .471 | .847 | 233 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lew Beasley | 101 | 459 | 418 | 81 | 137 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 30 | .328 | .378 | .450 | .827 | 188 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
Keith Smith | 104 | 466 | 421 | 94 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 77 | 14 | 6 | 31 | 28 | .323 | .374 | .539 | .913 | 227 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
Kurt Bevacqua | 94 | 426 | 358 | 75 | 126 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 30 | .352 | .438 | .531 | .968 | 190 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
Gary Gray | 91 | 391 | 361 | 55 | 112 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 88 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 45 | .310 | .348 | .479 | .827 | 173 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
Keath Chauncey | 108 | 434 | 367 | 57 | 111 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 58 | 55 | .302 | .398 | .373 | .771 | 137 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Wayne Pinkerton | 128 | 476 | 420 | 69 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 7 | 45 | 109 | .231 | .306 | .255 | .560 | 107 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
Rick Stelmaszek | 83 | 295 | 240 | 27 | 68 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 19 | .283 | .403 | .354 | .757 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Ken Pape | 69 | 244 | 211 | 32 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 31 | .308 | .393 | .455 | .848 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Bobby Thompson | 49 | 226 | 189 | 40 | 63 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 34 | 35 | .333 | .436 | .497 | .933 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Terry Pyka | 84 | 246 | 202 | 34 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 32 | .267 | .367 | .342 | .708 | 69 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
Mike Bucci | 38 | 170 | 147 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 23 | .306 | .379 | .415 | .794 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Greg Mahlberg | 60 | 222 | 178 | 31 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 29 | .230 | .365 | .382 | .747 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Brian Nakamoto | 36 | 136 | 115 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 24 | .243 | .360 | .313 | .673 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Moates | 17 | 75 | 63 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .349 | .427 | .429 | .855 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Joseph Stewart | 18 | 56 | 48 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .229 | .339 | .312 | .652 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Rivera | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn Purvis | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .111 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Nottle | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1348 | 5507 | 4758 | 830 | 1419 | 253 | 50 | 77 | 745 | 198 | 80 | 631 | 657 | .298 | .380 | .421 | .801 | 2003 | 0 | 25 | 45 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat Putnam | 1B | 84 | 694 | 47 | 7 | 72 | .991 | 8.821 | ||||
Gary Gray | 1B | 62 | 522 | 37 | 10 | 65 | .982 | 9.016 | ||||
Glenn Purvis | 1B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Terry Pyka | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Ed Nottle | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
LaRue Washington | 2B | 116 | 244 | 322 | 29 | 81 | .951 | 4.879 | ||||
Ken Pape | 2B | 21 | 39 | 59 | 7 | 16 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
Terry Pyka | 2B | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 93 | 70 | 224 | 23 | 22 | .927 | 3.161 | ||||
LaRue Washington | 3B | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
Greg Mahlberg | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Gary Gray | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 2.500 | ||||
Rick Stelmaszek | C | 81 | 434 | 48 | 10 | 5 | .980 | 5.951 | 14 | |||
Greg Mahlberg | C | 57 | 285 | 35 | 3 | 5 | .991 | 5.614 | 8 | |||
Brian Nakamoto | C | 16 | 88 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 6.062 | 0 | |||
Keath Chauncey | OF | 107 | 185 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .970 | 1.822 | ||||
Keith Smith | OF | 76 | 137 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 1.855 | ||||
Terry Pyka | OF | 63 | 103 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .965 | 1.746 | ||||
Lew Beasley | OF | 52 | 98 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.981 | ||||
Pat Putnam | OF | 49 | 65 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 1.449 | ||||
Bobby Thompson | OF | 48 | 112 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 2.438 | ||||
Gary Gray | OF | 22 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.727 | ||||
Dave Moates | OF | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
Joseph Stewart | OF | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
Dave Rivera | OF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Glenn Purvis | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Brian Nakamoto | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Bob Babcock | P | 56 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .750 | .321 | ||||
Bobby Cuellar | P | 50 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .200 | ||||
Dave Moharter | P | 42 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
Don Bright | P | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .293 | ||||
David Clyde | P | 34 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .735 | ||||
Mike Bacsik | P | 30 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .871 | .900 | ||||
John Poloni | P | 29 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
Tommy Boggs | P | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .864 | ||||
Len Barker | P | 20 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
Mike Wallace | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
Steve Comer | P | 14 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
David Harper | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .667 | ||||
Jerry Bostic | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Mark Soroko | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Terry Pyka | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Wayne Pinkerton | SS | 126 | 217 | 400 | 27 | 88 | .958 | 4.897 | ||||
LaRue Washington | SS | 21 | 23 | 43 | 6 | 6 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
Kurt Bevacqua | SS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
Totals | 1534 | 3520 | 1453 | 184 | 398 | .964 | 3.242 | 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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