1976 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 56-79
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Doc Edwards (56-79)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 124,107, Avg. 1,839
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1976 season with a record of 56 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Aeros scored 545 runs and surrendered 663 runs, most in the circuit. Ron Dunn paced Wichita with 21 home runs, while Jim Tyrone and Jerry Tabb walloped 15 or more also. Jerry Tabb drove in 67 runs. Chris Ward led batters with significant playing time with a .307 average. Geoff Zahn, Gerry Pirtle and Dennis Lamp topped the team with 8 wins each, and Mike Krukow recorded a 3.31 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1976 Wichita Aeros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chris Ward, Mike Krukow, Dave Geisel, Geoff Zahn, Jerry Tabb, Milt Wilcox, Gene Hiser, Donnie Moore, Ron Dunn, Ed Putman, Dennis Lamp, Wayne Tyrone, Buddy Schultz, Ken Crosby, Ken Frailing, Bruce Sutter, Mike Adams, Gerry Pirtle, Jim Kremmel, Julio González, Mike Sember, Oscar Zamora, Rob Sperring, Jim Tyrone and Willie Prall.
Doc Edwards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Pirtle | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.71 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 80.0 | 77 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Geoff Zahn | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.27 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 142 | 81 | 65 | 16 | 61 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dennis Lamp | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.06 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 153.0 | 182 | 94 | 69 | 15 | 52 | 10 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Krukow | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.31 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 144.0 | 142 | 61 | 53 | 9 | 47 | 2 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Donnie Moore | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.74 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 152.0 | 170 | 96 | 80 | 25 | 61 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Willie Prall | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.56 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 135 | 83 | 71 | 14 | 59 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken Crosby | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.43 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 97.0 | 91 | 45 | 37 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Sutter | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 57 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.04 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 50 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Schultz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32.0 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Kremmel | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.55 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Milt Wilcox | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 56 | 77 | .421 | 4.34 | 308 | 131 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 1090.0 | 1169 | 641 | 526 | 121 | 439 | 47 | 733 | 25 | 4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio González | 128 | 523 | 484 | 59 | 136 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 27 | 6 | 24 | 53 | .281 | .329 | .345 | .674 | 167 | 11 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Tyrone | 124 | 514 | 459 | 72 | 123 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 48 | 57 | .268 | .340 | .434 | .773 | 199 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Chris Ward | 115 | 464 | 388 | 62 | 119 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 48 | .307 | .407 | .448 | .856 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Tabb | 124 | 453 | 395 | 60 | 114 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 52 | .289 | .368 | .491 | .859 | 194 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Dunn | 105 | 414 | 381 | 48 | 94 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 71 | .247 | .299 | .475 | .774 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rob Sperring | 94 | 336 | 298 | 34 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 66 | .238 | .315 | .433 | .748 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Clancy | 94 | 310 | 268 | 21 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 38 | .228 | .324 | .287 | .611 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Douglas Stodgel | 86 | 234 | 210 | 19 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .271 | .330 | .352 | .683 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bill Bright | 94 | 249 | 225 | 25 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 36 | .253 | .317 | .400 | .717 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Droege | 74 | 258 | 227 | 28 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 36 | .247 | .328 | .322 | .650 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sember | 69 | 245 | 216 | 26 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 58 | .241 | .325 | .278 | .603 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adams | 36 | 116 | 92 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 15 | .304 | .448 | .467 | .916 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Tyrone | 28 | 99 | 84 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .286 | .388 | .702 | 1.090 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Putman | 12 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .273 | .319 | .409 | .728 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Krukow | 26 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .213 | .240 | .213 | .453 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Lamp | 30 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .191 | .240 | .191 | .431 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Moore | 33 | 58 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .130 | .127 | .148 | .275 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Geoff Zahn | 21 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .128 | .226 | .149 | .375 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 11 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pirtle | 50 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Schultz | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Prall | 35 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .069 | .129 | .207 | .336 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Zamora | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Crosby | 36 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .067 | .300 | .133 | .433 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Geisel | 10 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .059 | .238 | .059 | .297 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Sutter | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kremmel | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .750 | .000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1495 | 4615 | 4074 | 515 | 1050 | 150 | 21 | 117 | 474 | 76 | 26 | 443 | 675 | .258 | .333 | .391 | .724 | 1593 | 0 | 32 | 42 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Tabb | 1B | 115 | 1016 | 46 | 11 | 95 | .990 | 9.235 | ||||
| Wayne Tyrone | 1B | 13 | 80 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .966 | 6.615 | ||||
| Chris Ward | 1B | 10 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 6.800 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 1B | 9 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.889 | ||||
| Ed Putman | 1B | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Michael Clancy | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Julio González | 2B | 100 | 235 | 293 | 30 | 79 | .946 | 5.280 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 2B | 17 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 7 | .947 | 3.176 | ||||
| Mike Adams | 2B | 13 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 3.462 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 2B | 10 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 4.500 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 2B | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 2B | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | 3B | 102 | 77 | 220 | 11 | 20 | .964 | 2.912 | ||||
| Douglas Stodgel | 3B | 16 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 2.125 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | 3B | 16 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 2.750 | ||||
| Wayne Tyrone | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Tyrone | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Clancy | C | 93 | 504 | 45 | 7 | 5 | .987 | 5.903 | 14 | |||
| Douglas Stodgel | C | 28 | 113 | 12 | 8 | 5 | .940 | 4.464 | 5 | |||
| Ed Putman | C | 11 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.364 | 2 | |||
| Jim Tyrone | OF | 121 | 191 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .971 | 1.669 | ||||
| Chris Ward | OF | 106 | 164 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .955 | 1.585 | ||||
| Bill Droege | OF | 67 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.612 | ||||
| Bill Bright | OF | 65 | 89 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .923 | 1.477 | ||||
| Mike Adams | OF | 12 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.167 | ||||
| Wayne Tyrone | OF | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mike Sember | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Gerry Pirtle | P | 50 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .300 | ||||
| Ken Crosby | P | 36 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Willie Prall | P | 33 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .667 | ||||
| Dennis Lamp | P | 30 | 3 | 41 | 5 | 2 | .898 | 1.467 | ||||
| Mike Krukow | P | 26 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .964 | 1.038 | ||||
| Jim Kremmel | P | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .192 | ||||
| Donnie Moore | P | 24 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .854 | 1.708 | ||||
| Geoff Zahn | P | 21 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.571 | ||||
| Oscar Zamora | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Buddy Schultz | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Ken Frailing | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Milt Wilcox | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Geisel | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Bruce Sutter | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | SS | 64 | 90 | 186 | 15 | 39 | .948 | 4.312 | ||||
| Mike Sember | SS | 51 | 69 | 143 | 21 | 28 | .910 | 4.157 | ||||
| Julio González | SS | 30 | 40 | 91 | 8 | 11 | .942 | 4.367 | ||||
| Ron Dunn | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1422 | 3187 | 1425 | 176 | 345 | .963 | 3.243 | 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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