1977 West Palm Beach Expos Statistics
Team Record: 77-55
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (77-55)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 118,306, Avg. 1,793
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, West Palm Beach Expos 1
The West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League ended the 1977 season with a record of 77 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Expos scored 643 runs, best in the league. West Palm Beach conceded 547 runs. John Scoras led the squad with 19 home runs and drove in 86 runs. Clay Westlake paced all regular batters with a .294 average. Michael Brooks topped the squad with 12 wins, while David Palmer recorded a 2.87 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Rick Engle, Bill Gullickson, Tom Carroll, Bobby Ramos, Scott Sanderson, Steve Ratzer, Bob James, David Palmer and Joe Pettini were all players from the 1977 West Palm Beach Expos who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Felipe Alou 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Brooks | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.95 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 125.0 | 114 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 63 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Bob Gerdes | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.02 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 128.0 | 121 | 60 | 43 | 6 | 54 | 7 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.52 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 68 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 62 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Larry Horn | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.67 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.63 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57.0 | 66 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Engle | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.92 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 77 | 62 | 47 | 1 | 82 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
| David Palmer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.87 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 120 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Scott Sanderson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.68 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 58 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob James | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.33 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 99 | 51 | 37 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Steve Ratzer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26.0 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ewell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.38 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.02 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 67 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dave Gronlund | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlton Roberts | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.64 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 75 | 43 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Rupp | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Tenenini | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.61 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 67.0 | 57 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bill Welsh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doyle Green | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Miles | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Lindell | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Hanna | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tom Carroll | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.00 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 55 | .583 | 3.34 | 354 | 132 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 1130.0 | 1101 | 547 | 419 | 41 | 592 | 41 | 751 | 25 | 6 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Scoras | 132 | 537 | 501 | 76 | 145 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 70 | .289 | .327 | .477 | .804 | 239 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Clay Westlake | 121 | 452 | 405 | 33 | 119 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 51 | .294 | .350 | .363 | .713 | 147 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Julio Perez | 114 | 449 | 397 | 60 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 14 | .282 | .348 | .338 | .686 | 134 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| LaMart Harris | 109 | 437 | 401 | 70 | 109 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 48 | 17 | 28 | 68 | .272 | .326 | .329 | .655 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Godfrey Evans | 103 | 361 | 328 | 57 | 103 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 32 | .314 | .368 | .363 | .731 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Ramos | 104 | 391 | 320 | 45 | 99 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 63 | .309 | .414 | .438 | .851 | 140 | 10 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Dale McMullen | 95 | 371 | 327 | 53 | 92 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 72 | .281 | .350 | .416 | .766 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Goldetsky | 105 | 375 | 326 | 46 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 45 | .255 | .334 | .334 | .669 | 109 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| William Wood | 98 | 291 | 270 | 36 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 38 | .259 | .309 | .304 | .613 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Art Miles | 108 | 381 | 309 | 38 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 53 | .204 | .335 | .269 | .604 | 83 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Sherow | 54 | 211 | 196 | 20 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 41 | .270 | .318 | .332 | .649 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Simunic | 79 | 250 | 218 | 28 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 41 | .211 | .306 | .317 | .623 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Gates | 51 | 175 | 137 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | .299 | .425 | .591 | 1.017 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bill Welsh | 85 | 200 | 162 | 35 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 25 | .228 | .365 | .333 | .699 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Johnnie Walker | 47 | 117 | 105 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 26 | .248 | .319 | .257 | .576 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brooks | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Gavillan | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Tenenini | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gerdes | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pettini | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Horn | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1567 | 5014 | 4417 | 642 | 1199 | 146 | 30 | 71 | 559 | 134 | 81 | 469 | 658 | .271 | .345 | .366 | .711 | 1618 | 0 | 54 | 25 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Scoras | 1B | 129 | 1068 | 77 | 17 | 86 | .985 | 8.876 | ||||
| Clay Westlake | 1B | 15 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.533 | ||||
| Doug Simunic | 1B | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Bill Welsh | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Goldetsky | 2B | 102 | 219 | 262 | 28 | 56 | .945 | 4.716 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | 2B | 26 | 43 | 58 | 10 | 13 | .910 | 3.885 | ||||
| Art Miles | 2B | 23 | 44 | 53 | 4 | 7 | .960 | 4.217 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | 2B | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 7.000 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 3B | 113 | 94 | 227 | 10 | 19 | .970 | 2.841 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | 3B | 28 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.714 | ||||
| John Scoras | 3B | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 1.364 | ||||
| Bobby Ramos | C | 83 | 430 | 47 | 8 | 4 | .984 | 5.747 | 6 | |||
| Doug Simunic | C | 64 | 341 | 48 | 13 | 9 | .968 | 6.078 | 9 | |||
| Pedro Gavillan | C | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | 1 | |||
| LaMart Harris | OF | 103 | 197 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .946 | 2.029 | ||||
| Dale McMullen | OF | 93 | 119 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .955 | 1.376 | ||||
| William Wood | OF | 79 | 101 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 1.354 | ||||
| Bill Welsh | OF | 66 | 96 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .963 | 1.576 | ||||
| Dennis Sherow | OF | 53 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.642 | ||||
| Eddie Gates | OF | 40 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.050 | ||||
| Art Miles | OF | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Scoras | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Warren Hemm | P | 40 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .938 | .375 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 38 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .553 | ||||
| Bob Gerdes | P | 35 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .429 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | P | 34 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Brooks | P | 32 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| David Palmer | P | 25 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.280 | ||||
| Rick Engle | P | 24 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .667 | ||||
| Carlton Roberts | P | 21 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Bob James | P | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 1.048 | ||||
| Mark Ewell | P | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Steve Ratzer | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Scott Sanderson | P | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Larry Horn | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Kevin Rupp | P | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Carroll | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dave Gronlund | P | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Don Hanna | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Welsh | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Lindell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Art Miles | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doyle Green | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Godfrey Evans | SS | 73 | 111 | 194 | 25 | 35 | .924 | 4.178 | ||||
| Art Miles | SS | 62 | 114 | 185 | 29 | 34 | .912 | 4.823 | ||||
| Johnnie Walker | SS | 15 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 13 | .875 | 3.733 | ||||
| Julio Perez | SS | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Joe Pettini | SS | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1568 | 3377 | 1462 | 208 | 305 | .959 | 3.086 | 16 | 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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