1977 Waterbury Giants Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the EL's New England Division
Manager: Andy Gilbert (77-63)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 76,626, Avg. 1,095
The Waterbury Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1977 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's New England Division.
The Giants scored 674 runs and yielded 616 runs. Garret Strong led Waterbury with 17 home runs, while Mike Cash and Howard Mitchell walloped 15 or more as well. Mike Cash recorded 89 runs batted in. Casey Parsons paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .298. Alan Wirth topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Bob Taylor, Alan Wirth, Greg Johnston, Guy Sularz, Dennis Littlejohn, Jeff Little, Phil Nastu, Mike Rowland and Casey Parsons were all players from the 1977 Waterbury Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Andy Gilbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Wirth | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.87 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 210.0 | 180 | 87 | 67 | 12 | 77 | 3 | 149 | 14 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Mike Rowland | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.79 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 185.0 | 169 | 88 | 78 | 23 | 61 | 0 | 148 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Little | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.33 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 146 | 86 | 78 | 10 | 96 | 1 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jay Dillard | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.24 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 142 | 82 | 67 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Phil Nastu | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.37 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 95.0 | 73 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earnest Schmidt | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.03 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 120 | 79 | 63 | 9 | 42 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ron Hodges | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.82 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 85 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gene Lanthorn | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.88 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51.0 | 52 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cline | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.36 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 118.0 | 117 | 51 | 44 | 10 | 47 | 2 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mike Heinen | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.91 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 48 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Monroe Greenfield | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9.0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 3.94 | 240 | 140 | 0 | 67 | 11 | 13 | 1176.0 | 1139 | 616 | 515 | 94 | 481 | 17 | 748 | 58 | 4 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Parsons | 140 | 611 | 544 | 80 | 162 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 75 | 18 | 10 | 55 | 75 | .298 | .363 | .410 | .773 | 223 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Greg Johnston | 138 | 625 | 549 | 89 | 143 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 54 | 36 | 4 | 61 | 90 | .260 | .337 | .392 | .728 | 215 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Mike Cash | 132 | 544 | 485 | 65 | 138 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 79 | .285 | .354 | .466 | .820 | 226 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Guy Sularz | 134 | 553 | 491 | 64 | 134 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 64 | .273 | .329 | .344 | .673 | 169 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Garret Strong | 140 | 583 | 525 | 74 | 131 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 71 | .250 | .313 | .392 | .706 | 206 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Tom Bhagwat | 138 | 572 | 475 | 85 | 129 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 87 | 67 | .272 | .387 | .423 | .810 | 201 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Howard Mitchell | 137 | 567 | 493 | 82 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 63 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 79 | .239 | .312 | .389 | .702 | 192 | 3 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Littlejohn | 134 | 512 | 411 | 63 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 79 | 127 | .246 | .367 | .384 | .752 | 158 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Bob Taylor | 86 | 305 | 265 | 34 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 40 | .257 | .349 | .362 | .711 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donnie Sasser | 49 | 145 | 129 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18 | .248 | .308 | .310 | .618 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Andrews | 30 | 103 | 84 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .214 | .350 | .262 | .611 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Craig Barnes | 16 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .271 | .294 | .542 | .836 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bryan Boyne | 16 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .139 | .244 | .139 | .383 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1290 | 5214 | 4535 | 671 | 1192 | 216 | 34 | 101 | 617 | 81 | 33 | 539 | 735 | .263 | .343 | .392 | .735 | 1779 | 0 | 33 | 71 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garret Strong | 1B | 140 | 1239 | 64 | 21 | 112 | .984 | 9.307 | ||||
| Donnie Sasser | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Howard Mitchell | 2B | 136 | 326 | 396 | 23 | 87 | .969 | 5.309 | ||||
| Guy Sularz | 2B | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Mike Cash | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Andrews | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Cash | 3B | 125 | 90 | 233 | 20 | 22 | .942 | 2.584 | ||||
| John Andrews | 3B | 15 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 3 | .863 | 2.933 | ||||
| Bryan Boyne | 3B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Dennis Littlejohn | C | 133 | 751 | 79 | 8 | 5 | .990 | 6.241 | 10 | |||
| Donnie Sasser | C | 9 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 6.222 | 3 | |||
| Casey Parsons | OF | 140 | 232 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .961 | 1.743 | ||||
| Greg Johnston | OF | 138 | 308 | 12 | 13 | 0 | .961 | 2.319 | ||||
| Tom Bhagwat | OF | 138 | 215 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .970 | 1.645 | ||||
| Donnie Sasser | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Heinen | P | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .267 | ||||
| Alan Wirth | P | 27 | 19 | 43 | 3 | 6 | .954 | 2.296 | ||||
| Mike Rowland | P | 26 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.115 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 26 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Gene Lanthorn | P | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jay Dillard | P | 23 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .810 | .739 | ||||
| Steve Cline | P | 23 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .739 | ||||
| Earnest Schmidt | P | 19 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .737 | ||||
| Ron Hodges | P | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Monroe Greenfield | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Phil Nastu | P | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Guy Sularz | SS | 130 | 192 | 403 | 33 | 69 | .947 | 4.577 | ||||
| Bryan Boyne | SS | 12 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 9 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1372 | 3531 | 1453 | 164 | 329 | .968 | 3.633 | 13 | 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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