Houston Eagles History - 1976 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1976 Houston Eagles	95	67	.586	1^st	-	91-71	4	.255	3.24	X	X	3,195,941	$62,201,703	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Pedro J Martinez	1
Most Impactful Player Award	Roberto Clemente	1
Ozzie Award	Ben Taylor (1B), Kirby Puckett (CF), Roberto Clemente (RF)	3
All-Star	Ralph Birkofer, Pedro J Martinez, Steve Rachunok, Wilson Ramos, Ben Taylor	5
Pitcher of the Month	Pedro J Martinez (Jul)	1
Batter of the Month	Ben Taylor (May), Roberto Clemente (Jul, Sep)	3
Player of the Week	Ben Taylor (May 17), Pedro J Martinez (Jun 7), Roberto Clemente (Jul 5, Aug 2, Aug 16), Kirby Puckett (Sep 13)	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+
RF	Roberto Clemente	33	159	646	204	38	17	28	116	93	28	4	0	9	89	1	0	.316	.344	.557	.901	6.6	170
CF	Kirby Puckett	34	157	618	151	36	2	19	82	63	23	7	0	3	96	4	2	.244	.278	.401	.679	3.2	105
1B	Ben Taylor	28	151	548	151	40	5	27	77	82	75	7	0	1	67	0	1	.276	.369	.515	.884	5.2	167
SS	Lou Boudreau	23	160	527	125	29	9	2	42	70	73	8	4	1	70	6	2	.237	.338	.338	.676	2.4	108
3B	Derek Jeter	37	127	493	142	13	1	7	51	54	27	9	0	9	51	7	4	.288	.331	.361	.692	2.2	112
2B	Dan T Murphy	29	109	393	98	23	2	11	30	57	19	5	1	5	32	1	0	.249	.289	.402	.691	1.6	109
C	Milt May	29	92	325	81	16	3	7	42	34	27	1	0	1	41	0	0	.249	.308	.382	.689	1.6	109
LF	Mickey Rivers	32	95	318	78	18	1	7	41	27	11	2	0	2	20	2	2	.245	.273	.374	.647	0.6	96
LF	Jackie Brandt	23	97	276	68	13	2	7	31	36	23	1	0	1	35	0	0	.246	.306	.384	.690	0.1	109
2B	Alfredo Cabrera	33	106	254	60	7	1	3	21	26	32	3	4	1	23	11	3	.236	.328	.307	.635	0.9	96
C	Wilson Ramos	30	79	264	67	9	2	12	34	24	12	1	0	3	41	0	1	.254	.286	.439	.725	1.5	118
3B	Martin Prado	37	67	138	40	12	0	2	14	17	16	0	0	1	14	0	0	.290	.361	.420	.782	1.2	138
LF	Brett Butler	28	61	118	27	8	3	0	8	25	18	2	1	2	13	3	3	.229	.336	.347	.683	0.4	109
1B	Ed Kranepool	33	95	124	39	4	1	6	21	16	6	0	1	3	16	0	0	.315	.338	.508	.846	0.9	155
3B	Buddy Lewis	30	65	116	23	6	2	0	13	14	14	2	1	0	9	1	1	.198	.295	.284	.580	-0.3	79
P	Pedro J Martinez	28	27	69	9	2	2	0	5	4	3	0	12	0	23	0	0	.130	.167	.217	.384	-0.9	16
P	Lon Warneke	32	30	65	11	3	0	1	6	5	2	0	13	0	19	0	0	.169	.194	.262	.456	-0.7	38
P	Charlie Leibrandt	37	28	63	9	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	13	0	16	0	0	.143	.169	.143	.312	-0.9	-3
P	Barney Brown	33	27	62	8	2	0	0	0	7	4	0	8	0	18	0	0	.129	.182	.161	.343	-1.0	6
P	Webster McDonald	34	20	37	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	10	0	8	0	0	.135	.220	.135	.355	-0.6	12
P	Ed Seward	24	13	20	3	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	6	0	4	1	0	.150	.261	.150	.411	-0.4	30
-	Sam Mele	29	12	19	3	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	.158	.238	.368	.607	-0.0	82
P	Tommy Atkins	21	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
P	David Phelps	30	24	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0.0	122
P	Ralph Birkofer	31	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.0	-15
P	Bob Weiland	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
26 Players		30.6	1862	5508	1403	281	53	140	640	665	424	53	76	42	716	37	19	.255	.312	.401	.713	23.3	115
NL Rank				4	4	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	2	4	3
ABBA Rank				8	8	3	2	9	9	9	10	9	3	8	11	11	11	7	10	5	8	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+
Charlie Leibrandt	37	32	32	10	16	0	3.32	249.3	226	105	92	26	45	101	0	10	2	1.09	.248	3.1	110
Barney Brown	33	32	32	16	9	0	3.01	239.0	246	92	80	18	39	90	0	11	4	1.19	.277	4.4	121
Pedro J Martinez	28	29	29	18	5	0	2.54	237.3	170	71	67	22	31	248	0	17	1	.85	.253	8.9	144
Lon Warneke	32	33	33	12	13	0	4.31	236.0	253	118	113	39	56	104	0	7	3	1.31	.272	0.7	85
Webster McDonald	34	23	23	9	8	0	3.32	165.3	140	63	61	8	50	72	0	5	1	1.15	.253	2.8	110
Ed Seward	24	14	9	8	4	0	2.75	88.3	71	30	27	8	11	30	1	7	2	.93	.223	1.2	133
Tommy Atkins	21	38	2	3	2	0	3.18	65.0	55	30	23	4	38	31	2	0	0	1.43	.254	-0.1	115
Steve Rachunok	34	42	0	7	2	1	2.73	52.7	39	16	16	3	27	40	4	0	0	1.25	.252	0.6	134
Ralph Birkofer	31	27	1	2	2	1	1.51	47.7	34	8	8	0	12	22	0	0	0	.97	.233	1.0	242
Brad Lesley	22	48	0	7	3	29	2.82	44.7	34	14	14	3	24	29	0	0	0	1.30	.242	0.3	129
David Phelps	30	25	0	2	3	1	6.89	31.3	36	31	24	7	20	19	2	0	0	1.79	.287	-0.9	53
Bob Weiland	24	1	1	1	0	0	3.18	5.7	6	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.41	.316	0.1	115
12 Pitchers	31.3	344	162	95	67	32	3.24	1462.3	1310	580	527	138	355	788	9	57	13	1.14	.258	22.0	119
NL Rank		3	1	1	6	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	2	3	2	1	1	2
ABBA Rank		5	1	2	11	5	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	9	5	3	2	1	1	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Leibrandt	32	32	16	37	3	55	2	.964	249.3	1.91	-0.1
B. Brown	32	32	20	25	1	50	5	.900	239.0	1.69	-2.1
P. Martinez	29	29	17	18	2	38	3	.921	237.3	1.33	-0.6
L. Warneke	33	33	12	28	2	41	1	.976	236.0	1.53	-0.6
W. McDonald	23	23	12	30	1	44	2	.955	165.3	2.29	-0.5
E. Seward	14	9	9	10	0	20	1	.950	88.3	1.94	-1.5
T. Atkins	36	2	5	8	0	15	2	.867	65.0	1.80	-1.0
S. Rachunok	42	0	2	8	0	11	1	.909	52.7	1.71	-0.5
R. Birkofer	26	1	4	8	3	12	0	1.000	47.7	2.27	-0.0
B. Lesley	47	0	4	4	1	8	0	1.000	44.7	1.61	0.5
D. Phelps	24	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	31.3	1.72	-0.0
B. Weiland	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.7	1.59	0.0
Totals	339	162	104	180	13	301	17	.944	1462.3	1.75	-6.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
M. May	92	89	456	48	11	511	7	.986	811.0	5.59	-1.1	7	31.3
W. Ramos	78	73	367	38	5	412	7	.983	650.3	5.60	0.6	4	42.3
R. Schalk	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	171	162	824	86	16	924	14	.985	1462.3	5.60	-0.5	11	36.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Taylor	151	151	1350	113	124	1470	7	.995	1331.3	9.89	5.5
E. Kranepool	12	6	85	4	8	90	1	.989	76.3	10.49	-0.3
M. Prado	7	4	33	4	5	37	0	1.000	40.7	8.19	0.1
D. Jeter	1	1	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	10.0	7.20	0.0
D. Murphy	1	0	4	0	1	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.0
W. Ramos	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	1480	121	138	1609	8	.995	1462.3	9.85	5.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Murphy	98	94	214	258	69	475	3	.994	826.0	5.14	2.6
A. Cabrera	77	58	151	164	50	318	3	.991	537.0	5.28	0.9
M. Prado	11	7	16	20	4	37	1	.973	69.3	4.67	-0.7
D. Jeter	3	3	6	5	1	11	0	1.000	27.0	3.67	-0.1
B. Lewis	2	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	3.0	15.00	-0.0
Totals	191	162	388	451	125	846	7	.992	1462.3	5.16	2.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Jeter	114	113	60	251	14	318	7	.978	989.7	2.83	1.5
M. Prado	28	24	16	43	6	59	0	1.000	219.7	2.42	2.1
B. Lewis	33	21	16	51	4	72	5	.931	213.0	2.83	-2.2
A. Cabrera	4	4	4	8	1	12	0	1.000	31.0	3.48	0.1
D. Murphy	5	0	0	6	1	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	0.1
Totals	184	162	96	359	26	467	12	.974	1462.3	2.80	1.5

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Boudreau	160	160	189	463	100	674	22	.967	1393.0	4.21	-1.1
A. Cabrera	22	2	9	19	6	29	1	.966	57.7	4.37	-1.0
M. Prado	5	0	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	-0.0
D. Jeter	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	-0.0
Totals	190	162	200	485	107	708	23	.968	1462.3	4.22	-2.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Rivers	84	73	193	3	2	199	3	.985	672.7	2.62	5.6
J. Brandt	70	68	148	0	0	150	2	.987	594.0	2.24	-5.0
B. Butler	23	18	30	2	0	33	1	.970	164.0	1.76	-0.4
E. Kranepool	3	3	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	25.0	1.44	-0.1
R. Clemente	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.7	1.59	-0.0
M. Prado	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	183	162	376	5	2	387	6	.984	1462.3	2.34	0.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Puckett	153	153	494	15	6	512	3	.994	1379.0	3.32	13.3
B. Butler	5	4	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	39.3	3.66	0.6
R. Clemente	3	3	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	25.0	3.60	-0.8
M. Rivers	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	10.0	1.80	-0.0
J. Brandt	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	163	162	525	15	6	543	3	.994	1462.3	3.32	13.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Clemente	155	155	355	11	1	375	9	.976	1371.3	2.40	6.7
B. Butler	12	1	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	34.0	2.91	1.4
M. Rivers	5	3	11	1	1	12	0	1.000	31.7	3.41	-0.1
K. Puckett	3	3	12	1	1	14	1	.929	25.0	4.68	-0.9
E. Kranepool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	176	162	389	13	3	412	10	.976	1462.3	2.47	7.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Roberto Clemente	.316
On-Base Percentage	Ben Taylor	.369
Slugging Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.557
OPS	Roberto Clemente	.901
Games	Lou Boudreau	160
At-Bats	Roberto Clemente	646
Runs	Roberto Clemente	93
Hits	Roberto Clemente	204
Doubles	Ben Taylor	40
Triples	Roberto Clemente	17
Home Runs	Roberto Clemente	28
Runs Batted In	Roberto Clemente	116
Stolen Bases	Alfredo Cabrera	11
Caught Stealing	Derek Jeter	4
Walks	Ben Taylor	75
Strikeouts	Kirby Puckett	96

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Pedro J Martinez	18
Losses	Charlie Leibrandt	16
Saves	Brad Lesley	29
Games	Brad Lesley	48
Games Started	Lon Warneke	33
Complete Games	Pedro J Martinez	17
Shutouts	Barney Brown	4
Innings Pitched	Charlie Leibrandt	249.3
Hits Allowed	Lon Warneke	253
Home Runs Allowed	Lon Warneke	39
Strikeouts	Pedro J Martinez	248
Walks Allowed	Lon Warneke	56
Earned Run Average	Pedro J Martinez	2.54
Walks + Hits per IP	Pedro J Martinez	0.85
BABIP	Charlie Leibrandt	.248

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
December 1st	3B Buddy Lewis	to the Chicago Federals for	3rd Round Draft Pick
December 1st	P Webster McDonald	to the Boston Americans for	3B Graig Nettles