1976 West Haven Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 1st in the EL's South Division
Manager: Pete Ward (80-59)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Ballpark: Quigley Stadium
Attendance: 28,331, Avg. 408
Playoffs - West Haven Yankees 3 games, Trois Rivieres Aigles 0
The West Haven Yankees of the Eastern League ended the 1976 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Yankees plated 556 runs and allowed 482 runs. Dennis Werth paced West Haven with 17 home runs, and Don Castle walloped 15 or more, too. Don Castle drove in 75 runs. Darryl Jones led all regular batters by connecting at a .296 clip. LaMarr Hoyt topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.5 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1976 West Haven Yankees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dennis Sherrill, Don Castle, Rick Anderson, Gil Patterson, Dave Rajsich, Bob Kammeyer, Larry Murray, Darryl Jones, Mike Fischlin, Dennis Werth, Larry McCall, Jim Beattie, Ron Diorio, LaMarr Hoyt and Garth Iorg.
Pete Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarr Hoyt | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.50 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 180.0 | 169 | 66 | 50 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 103 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry McCall | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.94 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 159.0 | 160 | 68 | 52 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.48 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 117 | 61 | 48 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gil Patterson | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.07 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 67 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.34 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 67 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Neal Mersch | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.70 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 65 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Beattie | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.25 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 47 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Fleshman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.48 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 68 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Rajsich | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.13 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61.0 | 57 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Kammeyer | 4 | 13 | .235 | 2.59 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 123 | 60 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 12 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Diorio | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.55 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58.0 | 52 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Arnold | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.04 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene McElwain | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.69 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 46 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 2.82 | 251 | 139 | 0 | 64 | 14 | 18 | 1149.0 | 1066 | 482 | 360 | 61 | 355 | 46 | 679 | 33 | 6 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Jones | 126 | 497 | 456 | 57 | 135 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 33 | .296 | .333 | .428 | .760 | 195 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Larry Murray | 126 | 539 | 472 | 92 | 135 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 55 | 59 | 12 | 56 | 56 | .286 | .363 | .434 | .797 | 205 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Marv Thompson | 139 | 558 | 472 | 68 | 131 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 6 | 71 | 46 | .278 | .371 | .362 | .733 | 171 | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Steven Coulson | 122 | 501 | 438 | 61 | 119 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 33 | .272 | .348 | .365 | .714 | 160 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Don Castle | 124 | 474 | 378 | 58 | 93 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 62 | .246 | .383 | .421 | .803 | 159 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Werth | 125 | 460 | 386 | 56 | 91 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 57 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 69 | .236 | .345 | .425 | .770 | 164 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Garth Iorg | 78 | 296 | 273 | 31 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 35 | .275 | .316 | .355 | .671 | 97 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Irwin | 98 | 353 | 308 | 28 | 63 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 63 | .205 | .288 | .269 | .558 | 83 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Nelson Pichardo | 70 | 247 | 228 | 25 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | .254 | .292 | .285 | .577 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fischlin | 91 | 289 | 248 | 16 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 50 | .153 | .238 | .214 | .452 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Sheldon Gill | 39 | 123 | 111 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .243 | .311 | .261 | .573 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Palat | 38 | 123 | 107 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .224 | .320 | .318 | .637 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Haug | 35 | 95 | 90 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .222 | .245 | .244 | .489 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Sherrill | 37 | 124 | 109 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | .183 | .252 | .202 | .454 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Benson | 38 | 126 | 108 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | .176 | .288 | .204 | .492 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alvin McGrew | 24 | 74 | 62 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .290 | .389 | .339 | .728 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Garry Smith | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 | .500 | .429 | .929 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Patterson | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene McElwain | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kammeyer | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Heinold | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Arnold | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry McCall | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1456 | 4894 | 4258 | 556 | 1069 | 196 | 27 | 62 | 476 | 144 | 55 | 505 | 552 | .251 | .331 | .353 | .685 | 1505 | 0 | 22 | 79 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Werth | 1B | 74 | 635 | 58 | 3 | 55 | .996 | 9.365 | ||||
| Don Castle | 1B | 70 | 618 | 43 | 14 | 48 | .979 | 9.443 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | 2B | 78 | 172 | 236 | 18 | 45 | .958 | 5.231 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 2B | 52 | 86 | 148 | 9 | 23 | .963 | 4.500 | ||||
| Steven Coulson | 2B | 12 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 9 | .948 | 4.583 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | 2B | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Steven Coulson | 3B | 96 | 44 | 178 | 24 | 11 | .902 | 2.312 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | 3B | 34 | 22 | 64 | 6 | 3 | .935 | 2.529 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | 3B | 8 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 2.875 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | 3B | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Darryl Jones | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Irwin | C | 93 | 491 | 52 | 9 | 9 | .984 | 5.839 | 12 | |||
| Steven Haug | C | 27 | 112 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 4.815 | 2 | |||
| Sheldon Gill | C | 23 | 102 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 4.783 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Werth | C | 4 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Larry Murray | OF | 126 | 268 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .972 | 2.222 | ||||
| Darryl Jones | OF | 111 | 190 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 1.793 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | OF | 95 | 161 | 14 | 7 | 5 | .962 | 1.842 | ||||
| Ed Palat | OF | 31 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.452 | ||||
| Wayne Benson | OF | 27 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .891 | 2.111 | ||||
| Alvin McGrew | OF | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Don Castle | OF | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Steven Coulson | OF | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Garry Smith | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Diorio | P | 40 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .275 | ||||
| Larry McCall | P | 31 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.323 | ||||
| Dave Rajsich | P | 30 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 25 | 18 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 2.160 | ||||
| Gene McElwain | P | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 19 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.263 | ||||
| Bob Kammeyer | P | 18 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gil Patterson | P | 13 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .680 | 1.308 | ||||
| Robert Arnold | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Richard Fleshman | P | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Doug Heinold | P | 11 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 2.545 | ||||
| Neal Mersch | P | 10 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Jim Beattie | P | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.625 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 83 | 141 | 231 | 23 | 52 | .942 | 4.482 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | SS | 37 | 64 | 115 | 13 | 20 | .932 | 4.838 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | SS | 20 | 23 | 43 | 8 | 8 | .892 | 3.300 | ||||
| Nelson Pichardo | SS | 13 | 20 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .945 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1420 | 3446 | 1546 | 199 | 321 | .962 | 3.515 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
