1977 Waterloo Indians Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-58
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Woody Smith (80-58)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 63,101, Avg. 915

1977 Waterloo Indians Roster

Finals - Burlington Bees 2 games, Waterloo Indians 0

The Waterloo Indians of the Midwest League ended the 1977 season with a record of 80 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Indians topped the circuit with 819 runs, fueled by 143 home runs. Waterloo allowed 682 runs. Angelo LoGrande paced the squad with 17 home runs, and Tony Toups walloped 20 or more, too. Tony Toups drove in 82 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Nate Puryear led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.01 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1977 Waterloo Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Brennan, Sandy Wihtol, Kevin Rhomberg, Dave Schuler and Eric Wilkins.

Woody Smith served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Nate Puryear	12	9	.571	4.01	24	24		11	3	0	155.0	148	93	69	4	84	0	102	5	0	11
Sam Spence	10	9	.526	4.85	24	22		4	0	0	141.0	128	85	76	19	101	1	120	9	3	12
Eric Wilkins	9	1	.900	2.76	11	10		3	2	0	75.0	54	27	23	8	32	0	71	1	1	1
Sandy Wihtol	9	4	.692	2.17	48	1		1	1	15	87.0	50	22	21	2	47	7	85	3	1	9
Dennis Doss	8	6	.571	4.62	34	11		2	1	3	111.0	136	67	57	18	32	3	51	3	2	3
John Arnold	7	4	.636	5.38	21	16		4	1	1	112.0	117	73	67	18	61	1	83	0	0	5
John Teising	6	4	.600	3.80	15	14		2	1	0	90.0	103	54	38	5	47	2	56	2	0	5
Daniel Skiba	6	4	.600	4.29	19	19		3	0	0	109.0	113	60	52	14	37	2	72	2	3	5
Tom Brennan	4	3	.571	4.97	9	8		3	0	0	58.0	61	35	32	8	35	3	30	5	0	2
Steven Widner	3	5	.375	5.13	20	9		2	0	2	79.0	103	61	45	10	35	3	63	1	1	4
Troy Wilder	2	1	.667	11.25	5	0		0	0	0	12.0	24	15	15	0	8	0	8	0	0	1
Don Flanagan	1	0	1.000	3.00	7	0		0	0	1	15.0	15	6	5	1	7	1	9	1	0	0
Raymond Gault	1	1	.500	4.91	14	4		0	0	0	44.0	27	33	24	2	42	0	28	13	0	14
Dave Schuler	1	2	.333	6.00	8	0		0	0	2	15.0	23	11	10	1	2	1	8	3	0	1
Michael Vaughn	1	3	.250	4.82	11	0		0	0	1	28.0	36	17	15	1	11	2	29	3	0	0
John Dubeau	0	0		3.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Reggie Smith	0	0		3.86	10	0		0	0	0	14.0	11	7	6	3	5	0	14	0	0	1
Norm Churchill	0	1	.000	7.20	4	0		0	0	0	5.0	8	5	4	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
Steve Narleski	0	1	.000	20.25	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	8	9	9	1	4	0	3	1	0	0
Totals	80	58	.580	4.43	288	138	0	35	9	25	1157.0	1167	681	569	116	597	26	838	52	11	74	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
Tony Toups	133	616	523	96	149	22	2	16	82	12	12	81	66	.285	.385	.426	.811	223		5	5	2
Craig Adams	124	577	508	105	141	25	7	14	69	33	17	54	116	.278	.350	.437	.787	222		6	3	6
Terry Tyson	132	547	491	77	134	20	1	14	73	9	8	47	82	.273	.338	.403	.741	198		3	3	3
Duane Wilson	119	494	417	72	116	22	1	10	56	10	4	66	58	.278	.379	.408	.786	170		4	3	4
Kevin Jeansonne	79	334	287	54	86	17	2	14	64	4	4	44	67	.300	.392	.519	.911	149		1	0	2
Craig Harvey	107	396	332	56	73	14	0	14	45	4	4	53	76	.220	.339	.389	.728	129		7	4	0
Angelo LoGrande	80	297	268	46	68	14	0	17	57	6	2	21	89	.254	.308	.496	.805	133		2	2	4
Rickey Howerton	79	303	248	48	66	13	1	6	42	1	2	43	48	.266	.385	.399	.785	99		7	2	3
John Buszka	98	361	275	49	66	16	2	6	46	8	4	78	40	.240	.409	.378	.788	104		3	2	3
Patrick Washko	63	255	193	43	56	14	3	13	45	5	7	49	43	.290	.451	.596	1.046	115		9	2	2
Kevin Rhomberg	50	178	150	26	43	6	3	1	23	4	4	22	36	.287	.379	.387	.766	58		1	4	1
Glenn Tufts	49	200	156	33	43	10	0	6	40	3	1	41	44	.276	.435	.455	.890	71		3	0	0
Lynn Garrett	44	165	139	27	41	11	0	4	15	4	1	24	26	.295	.400	.460	.860	64		1	0	1
Pedro Ithier	29	105	92	21	27	3	0	1	11	8	3	10	7	.293	.365	.359	.724	33		1	1	1
Jeff Tomski	43	142	86	26	18	3	0	2	14	2	0	43	26	.209	.486	.314	.799	27		6	4	3
Junior Roman	27	72	58	9	14	4	0	0	4	7	3	14	15	.241	.389	.310	.699	18		0	0	0
William Hiss	19	74	63	8	13	0	1	0	6	1	1	9	12	.206	.311	.238	.549	15		1	0	1
David Fowlkes	26	79	64	11	13	2	0	2	12	1	0	14	16	.203	.342	.328	.670	21		0	0	1
German de Los Santos	13	41	34	6	10	2	0	2	6	0	1	5	6	.294	.385	.529	.914	18		0	2	0
Pedro Garcia	14	38	30	5	6	0	1	1	6	3	1	7	4	.200	.342	.367	.709	11		0	0	1
Totals	1328	5274	4414	818	1183	218	24	143	716	125	79	725	877	.268	.376	.425	.801	1878	0	60	37	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Angelo LoGrande	1B	59	546	27	20	50	.966	9.712
John Buszka	1B	52	465	25	6	53	.988	9.423
Rickey Howerton	1B	24	186	5	4	17	.979	7.958
Patrick Washko	1B	7	47	4	1	2	.981	7.286
David Fowlkes	1B	3	36	1	0	3	1.000	12.333
Glenn Tufts	1B	1	10	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Tony Toups	2B	133	339	398	27	106	.965	5.541
Pedro Ithier	2B	6	11	11	0	2	1.000	3.667
Terry Tyson	2B	2	0	7	1	1	.875	3.500
Kevin Rhomberg	3B	48	33	113	15	5	.907	3.042
Terry Tyson	3B	30	29	75	12	10	.897	3.467
David Fowlkes	3B	18	11	33	3	5	.936	2.444
Pedro Ithier	3B	15	13	25	5	1	.884	2.533
Junior Roman	3B	12	5	11	4	1	.800	1.333
Rickey Howerton	3B	11	6	11	8	1	.680	1.545
Patrick Washko	3B	9	6	14	3	0	.870	2.222
German de Los Santos	3B	9	5	20	3	2	.893	2.778
Angelo LoGrande	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Craig Harvey	C	105	656	58	9	11	.988	6.800	17
Jeff Tomski	C	38	215	23	2	2	.992	6.263	6
Tim Glass	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Craig Adams	OF	123	219	10	7	4	.970	1.862
Duane Wilson	OF	117	146	14	4	4	.976	1.368
Kevin Jeansonne	OF	79	100	7	9	2	.922	1.354
Lynn Garrett	OF	42	59	1	2	0	.968	1.429
John Buszka	OF	41	61	2	3	1	.955	1.537
Patrick Washko	OF	17	20	1	0	0	1.000	1.235
Junior Roman	OF	11	10	1	2	0	.846	1.000
Sandy Wihtol	P	48	7	18	0	0	1.000	.521
Dennis Doss	P	34	5	20	2	2	.926	.735
Sam Spence	P	24	6	34	5	1	.889	1.667
Nate Puryear	P	24	11	36	9	3	.839	1.958
John Arnold	P	21	1	24	1	1	.962	1.190
Steven Widner	P	20	7	20	0	1	1.000	1.350
Daniel Skiba	P	19	3	17	3	0	.870	1.053
John Teising	P	15	1	17	2	0	.900	1.200
Raymond Gault	P	14	1	5	1	0	.857	.429
Eric Wilkins	P	11	2	21	4	0	.852	2.091
Michael Vaughn	P	11	2	7	0	0	1.000	.818
Reggie Smith	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Tom Brennan	P	9	6	17	4	0	.852	2.556
Dave Schuler	P	8	0	5	0	1	1.000	.625
Don Flanagan	P	7	0	4	1	1	.800	.571
Troy Wilder	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Norm Churchill	P	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500
Steve Narleski	P	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
John Dubeau	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Terry Tyson	SS	98	134	338	34	68	.933	4.816
William Hiss	SS	19	18	61	5	9	.940	4.158
Pedro Garcia	SS	13	22	30	3	7	.945	4.000
Pedro Ithier	SS	8	6	21	7	4	.794	3.375
German de Los Santos	SS	3	1	8	2	1	.818	3.000
Totals		1443	3470	1607	235	383	.956	3.518	23	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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