Birmingham Black Barons History - 1977 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1977 Birmingham Black Barons	93	69	.574	3^rd	9	89-73	4	.267	3.51	X		3,165,941	$61,540,556	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Bob Watson (1B), Buddy Bell (3B)	2
All-Star	Buddy Bell, Al Bumbry, Dutch Ruether, Bob Watson	4
Batter of the Month	Leon Roberts (May), Buddy Bell (Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Leon Roberts (May 30), Bob Watson (Jun 6), Buddy Bell (Jun 27), Brandon Moss (Aug 29), Dutch Ruether (Sep 5), Tommy Leach (Sep 19)	6

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Bob Watson	30	162	625	181	31	1	33	92	85	60	22	0	5	70	5	0	.290	.369	.501	.870	5.4	145
CF	Tommy Leach	28	159	639	194	25	8	20	94	90	47	0	13	10	91	36	17	.304	.346	.462	.808	4.5	128
3B	Buddy Bell	25	159	635	188	33	5	27	87	88	51	1	0	7	65	2	1	.296	.346	.491	.837	6.5	135
SS	Jean Segura	28	159	621	172	29	6	12	70	83	18	8	0	4	80	22	10	.277	.304	.401	.705	3.1	99
RF	Leon Roberts	28	132	511	137	28	7	21	67	74	41	5	0	5	118	0	3	.268	.326	.474	.799	2.8	124
C	Bruce Petway	36	133	488	121	9	3	7	47	54	32	5	5	2	20	11	12	.248	.300	.322	.622	1.0	77
LF	Al Bumbry	27	118	438	130	28	8	8	50	47	18	4	0	2	67	15	11	.297	.329	.452	.781	1.9	120
2B	Tony Phillips	39	106	346	76	15	2	5	38	38	48	2	5	2	79	2	0	.220	.317	.318	.635	0.6	82
LF	Dan Ford	25	116	302	70	15	1	8	36	33	22	10	0	3	61	6	4	.232	.303	.368	.670	0.2	90
SS	Andrelton Simmons	25	96	185	44	6	1	3	11	13	9	1	1	3	11	1	0	.238	.273	.330	.602	0.6	71
RF	Brandon Moss	30	73	178	51	6	0	9	23	22	10	1	0	1	45	0	0	.287	.326	.472	.798	1.0	124
C	Bruce Look	32	33	111	21	3	0	1	12	10	8	0	0	0	23	0	0	.189	.244	.243	.487	-0.4	39
P	Dutch Ruether	31	37	93	22	2	0	0	10	10	4	0	16	0	24	0	0	.237	.268	.258	.526	-0.3	51
2B	John Atz	29	55	93	21	6	0	0	6	17	13	1	3	0	18	1	2	.226	.327	.290	.617	-0.2	78
P	Rick Reuschel	29	36	86	20	1	0	1	8	8	4	0	13	0	28	0	0	.233	.267	.279	.546	-0.3	56
P	Willie Mitchell	23	36	86	14	2	0	0	7	6	2	0	11	0	28	0	0	.163	.182	.186	.368	-1.2	5
P	CC Sabathia	30	34	76	10	4	0	1	11	6	2	0	12	0	26	0	0	.132	.154	.224	.378	-0.6	6
CF	Kiddo Davis	33	13	28	8	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.286	.333	.286	.619	0.0	79
3B	Jimmy Brown	31	13	19	7	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.368	.455	.474	.928	0.2	165
2B	Freddie Patek	24	10	19	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	-0.2	58
P	Frank Barrett	27	32	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.375	.333	.708	0.1	104
P	Josh D Fields	34	50	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Dave Wickersham	29	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bob Brown	26	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
24 Players		29.2	1779	5589	1492	247	42	156	673	691	398	60	83	44	861	101	60	.267	.320	.410	.730	24.5	106
NL Rank				2	2	3	2	1	2	2	5	3	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3
ABBA Rank				4	3	7	2	6	6	6	11	8	3	4	4	5	3	2	7	7	6	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Dutch Ruether	31	41	41	24	11	0	2.82	325.0	295	114	102	11	105	160	0	20	5	1.23	.275	6.8	132
Willie Mitchell	23	41	41	19	17	0	3.11	309.7	248	115	107	27	105	251	0	14	2	1.14	.261	6.4	120
Rick Reuschel	29	41	41	18	18	0	4.28	298.7	323	156	142	43	71	144	0	12	0	1.32	.286	1.5	87
CC Sabathia	30	38	38	14	14	0	3.96	273.0	258	130	120	36	72	175	0	12	3	1.21	.270	3.3	95
Josh D Fields	34	55	0	7	4	24	3.18	79.3	52	30	28	13	28	53	3	0	0	1.01	.182	-0.6	118
Frank Barrett	27	35	0	5	1	1	2.87	59.7	53	24	19	8	19	43	2	0	0	1.21	.257	0.1	130
Pete Conway	22	30	0	5	1	2	1.85	39.0	35	10	8	3	14	34	1	0	0	1.26	.302	0.6	203
Steve Rachunok	35	23	0	1	0	0	2.28	27.7	21	7	7	1	9	20	2	0	0	1.08	.250	0.6	164
Bob Brown	26	12	0	0	0	0	4.12	19.7	20	9	9	0	7	8	0	0	0	1.37	.317	0.3	91
Dave Wickersham	29	7	1	0	1	0	7.90	13.7	17	12	12	3	12	5	0	0	0	2.12	.311	-0.5	47
Esmailin Caridad	24	10	0	0	2	0	11.12	11.3	23	15	14	0	9	4	0	0	0	2.82	.489	-0.1	34
Josh Beckett	23	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.00	.333	-0.1	0
12 Pitchers	28.4	334	162	93	69	27	3.51	1457.7	1346	622	568	145	453	897	8	58	10	1.23	.272	18.5	113
NL Rank		4	1	3	4	6	3	4	2	3	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	3
ABBA Rank		6	1	4	9	11	3	5	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Ruether	41	41	22	39	1	64	3	.953	325.0	1.69	2.6
W. Mitchell	41	41	18	46	1	70	6	.914	309.7	1.86	-1.4
R. Reuschel	41	41	25	42	2	68	1	.985	298.7	2.02	1.5
C. Sabathia	38	38	19	31	3	53	3	.943	273.0	1.65	2.9
J. Fields	54	0	8	8	2	17	1	.941	79.3	1.82	-0.3
F. Barrett	35	0	6	12	2	18	0	1.000	59.7	2.72	0.2
P. Conway	30	0	2	6	1	8	0	1.000	39.0	1.85	0.6
S. Rachunok	23	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	27.7	1.30	0.1
B. Brown	12	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	19.7	2.29	0.1
D. Wickersham	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	13.7	0.00	-0.5
E. Caridad	10	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	11.3	3.18	0.1
J. Beckett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	333	162	102	195	12	311	14	.955	1457.7	1.83	5.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Petway	133	133	749	91	10	848	8	.991	1190.7	6.35	3.3	6	46.3
B. Look	33	29	159	17	1	180	4	.978	267.0	5.93	0.2	1	50.0
Totals	166	162	908	108	11	1028	12	.988	1457.7	6.27	3.5	7	46.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	153	153	1458	108	155	1574	8	.995	1381.7	10.20	5.8
T. Phillips	9	9	78	7	11	86	1	.988	76.0	10.07	-0.2
Totals	162	162	1536	115	166	1660	9	.995	1457.7	10.19	5.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Phillips	90	89	216	247	80	470	7	.985	789.3	5.28	-0.6
J. Segura	49	49	113	137	42	251	1	.996	424.3	5.30	0.4
J. Atz	22	17	37	59	19	100	4	.960	163.7	5.28	-2.3
F. Patek	8	6	18	24	9	43	1	.977	54.3	6.96	-0.6
J. Brown	8	0	1	2	0	4	1	.750	17.0	1.59	-0.5
B. Bell	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.7	1.35	0.0
A. Simmons	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	2.3	3.86	-0.0
Totals	183	161	386	470	151	870	14	.984	1457.7	5.29	-3.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	159	159	86	395	35	492	11	.978	1417.3	3.05	9.7
J. Brown	3	3	6	6	2	12	0	1.000	28.7	3.77	0.1
T. Leach	5	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	9.7	2.79	0.0
J. Segura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
F. Patek	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	93	404	37	508	11	.978	1457.7	3.07	9.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Segura	109	109	147	306	81	459	6	.987	916.0	4.45	4.7
A. Simmons	84	44	68	162	35	231	1	.996	445.3	4.65	3.9
T. Leach	12	9	11	30	9	42	1	.976	82.0	4.50	-0.3
J. Atz	2	0	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	7.7	5.87	-0.5
J. Brown	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	0.0
T. Phillips	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
F. Patek	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	0.0
Totals	212	162	231	502	126	741	8	.989	1457.7	4.53	7.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Bumbry	93	93	218	6	3	233	9	.961	828.7	2.43	-1.8
D. Ford	62	55	123	1	1	126	2	.984	505.0	2.21	0.1
B. Watson	9	9	24	0	0	25	1	.960	76.0	2.84	-2.5
B. Moss	6	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	46.0	2.35	-0.1
K. Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	171	162	377	7	4	396	12	.970	1457.7	2.37	-4.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	146	146	362	12	4	378	4	.989	1302.0	2.59	1.2
L. Roberts	16	9	25	1	0	26	0	1.000	88.7	2.64	-1.7
K. Davis	9	7	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	62.3	3.47	-0.2
D. Ford	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	3.7	7.36	-0.0
T. Phillips	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	173	162	414	14	4	432	4	.991	1457.7	2.64	-0.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Roberts	121	121	235	4	0	241	2	.992	1063.3	2.02	1.2
B. Moss	35	27	53	0	0	53	0	1.000	268.0	1.78	-0.2
D. Ford	14	9	15	1	0	16	0	1.000	84.3	1.71	-0.3
A. Bumbry	5	5	19	2	2	21	0	1.000	42.0	4.50	0.4
Totals	175	162	322	7	2	331	2	.994	1457.7	2.03	1.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tommy Leach	.304
On-Base Percentage	Bob Watson	.369
Slugging Percentage	Bob Watson	.501
OPS	Bob Watson	.870
Games	Bob Watson	162
At-Bats	Tommy Leach	639
Runs	Tommy Leach	90
Hits	Tommy Leach	194
Doubles	Buddy Bell	33
Triples	Tommy Leach, Al Bumbry	8
Home Runs	Bob Watson	33
Runs Batted In	Tommy Leach	94
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	36
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	17
Walks	Bob Watson	60
Strikeouts	Leon Roberts	118

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Dutch Ruether	24
Losses	Rick Reuschel	18
Saves	Josh D Fields	24
Games	Josh D Fields	55
Games Started	Dutch Ruether, Willie Mitchell, Rick Reuschel	41
Complete Games	Dutch Ruether	20
Shutouts	Dutch Ruether	5
Innings Pitched	Dutch Ruether	325.0
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	323
Home Runs Allowed	Rick Reuschel	43
Strikeouts	Willie Mitchell	251
Walks Allowed	Dutch Ruether, Willie Mitchell	105
Earned Run Average	Dutch Ruether	2.82
Walks + Hits per IP	Willie Mitchell	1.14
BABIP	Willie Mitchell	.261