Boston Americans History - 1977 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1977 Boston Americans	96	66	.593	1^st	-	100-62	-4	.273	3.68	X		3,219,554	$56,558,826	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Amos Rusie	1
Ozzie Award	Dom DiMaggio (CF)	1
All-Star	John Beckwith, Carlos Correa, Earl Johnson, Webster McDonald, Bobo Newsom, Amos Rusie, Zoilo Versalles	7
Pitcher of the Month	Amos Rusie (Apr, Aug)	2
Batter of the Month	John Beckwith (Apr)	1
Rookie of the Month	Amos Rusie (Aug, Sep)	2
Player of the Week	John Beckwith (Apr 25), Albert Belle (May 2), John Beckwith (May 9), Carlos Correa (May 30), Albert Belle (Jun 6), John Beckwith (Jun 13), Albert Belle (Aug 1, Aug 8), Zoilo Versalles (Aug 22), Amos Rusie (Sep 5)	10

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	John Beckwith	29	158	620	168	31	2	37	116	108	57	5	0	9	67	7	3	.271	.333	.506	.839	2.6	117
LF	Albert Belle	26	138	539	160	25	1	35	90	92	48	9	0	2	104	15	7	.297	.363	.542	.905	4.3	134
3B	Carlos Correa	36	123	461	135	25	2	22	69	90	64	3	1	3	71	14	6	.293	.380	.499	.879	4.6	129
SS	Zoilo Versalles	25	125	481	154	36	10	15	79	72	27	12	2	2	71	11	11	.320	.370	.530	.900	4.4	133
RF	Josh Hamilton	29	124	476	124	22	5	16	72	67	33	3	0	7	87	7	1	.261	.308	.429	.737	2.0	91
CF	Dom DiMaggio	31	133	457	131	33	1	6	62	56	40	9	1	2	69	4	0	.287	.354	.403	.757	3.7	99
2B	Ben Zobrist	31	124	438	110	20	2	9	50	72	60	4	0	4	51	17	7	.251	.344	.368	.711	1.4	87
1B	George Brett	37	119	418	111	27	1	12	43	56	37	1	0	1	54	2	1	.266	.326	.421	.747	1.0	95
C	Jay Clarke	25	112	387	101	19	10	5	46	45	28	0	6	2	68	1	5	.261	.309	.401	.710	1.0	85
SS	Pee Wee Reese	35	89	304	84	19	3	7	41	51	33	2	0	5	36	9	1	.276	.346	.428	.774	2.3	102
1B	David Ortiz	35	78	189	40	10	0	9	32	20	29	0	1	1	41	0	0	.212	.315	.407	.722	0.3	88
RF	Eric Davis	32	83	187	47	5	0	11	36	28	17	4	0	2	49	9	6	.251	.324	.455	.778	1.0	102
3B	Vern Stephens	33	58	181	38	4	0	1	17	12	14	0	2	1	30	0	1	.210	.265	.249	.514	-0.8	36
C	Mike Matheny	30	56	166	41	7	1	5	22	32	11	4	2	2	27	0	0	.247	.306	.392	.698	0.5	82
2B	Bill D Doran	25	30	113	39	3	4	3	15	16	14	0	0	2	10	3	6	.345	.411	.522	.933	1.0	143
1B	Dots Miller	22	34	98	30	2	0	4	21	17	9	0	2	1	11	4	2	.306	.361	.449	.810	0.4	111
2B	Newt Allen	38	16	51	12	1	0	0	1	6	2	0	2	0	5	2	3	.235	.264	.255	.519	-0.2	37
P	Willie McGill	28	7	17	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	-0.2	19
P	Amos Rusie	20	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-0.2	-52
P	Webster McDonald	35	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.2	-24
P	Bobo Newsom	39	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.1	6
P	Charlie Sprague	26	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	-0.0	164
P	Tom J Hughes	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
23 Players		30.3	1626	5608	1532	289	42	197	815	842	524	57	25	46	859	105	60	.273	.339	.445	.784	28.8	104
AL Rank				2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	6	3	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				3	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	10	9	1	5	4	3	1	3	1	1	1

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Amos Rusie	20	43	43	26	8	0	3.40	346.3	302	137	131	30	131	288	0	20	5	1.25	.280	9.3	127
Willie McGill	28	36	36	14	14	0	3.79	263.7	254	124	111	18	121	198	0	11	2	1.42	.295	7.0	114
Webster McDonald	35	37	37	17	10	0	3.47	259.7	251	109	100	10	45	110	0	6	2	1.14	.273	7.8	125
Bobo Newsom	39	27	18	10	9	1	3.53	158.0	153	66	62	9	67	73	1	4	0	1.39	.279	2.9	123
Brett Myers	22	18	18	9	8	0	4.09	136.3	133	75	62	16	44	79	0	6	0	1.30	.273	2.1	106
Dennis Eckersley	34	63	0	8	8	26	3.37	90.7	95	34	34	10	16	82	1	0	0	1.22	.341	3.6	128
Charlie Sprague	26	22	3	1	1	0	5.98	52.7	53	36	35	5	32	37	0	0	0	1.61	.302	0.0	72
Earl Johnson	22	19	5	4	1	0	2.47	43.7	42	14	12	1	25	26	0	0	0	1.53	.306	0.6	175
Steve Bedrosian	29	24	0	3	1	1	3.86	35.0	40	17	15	4	14	20	2	0	0	1.54	.313	0.3	112
Ray Boyd	35	26	0	3	5	6	4.32	33.3	37	20	16	0	16	20	1	0	0	1.59	.327	1.0	100
Tom J Hughes	26	8	2	1	1	0	4.50	32.0	33	16	16	4	14	15	0	2	0	1.47	.284	0.1	96
Jerry DiPoto	28	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	.200	0.0	0
12 Pitchers	28.2	324	162	96	66	34	3.68	1452.7	1394	648	594	107	525	948	5	49	9	1.32	.288	34.9	120
AL Rank		4	1	1	6	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	2	3	1	6	1
ABBA Rank		9	1	3	10	3	4	7	4	4	4	2	8	2	7	5	6	4	9	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Rusie	43	43	27	38	6	68	3	.956	346.3	1.69	0.0
W. McGill	36	36	21	24	1	49	4	.918	263.7	1.54	-0.7
W. McDonald	37	37	24	26	0	57	7	.877	259.7	1.73	-0.7
B. Newsom	27	18	18	14	0	36	4	.889	158.0	1.82	-0.5
B. Myers	18	18	7	14	0	21	0	1.000	136.3	1.39	0.9
D. Eckersley	63	0	2	8	2	10	0	1.000	90.7	0.99	0.3
C. Sprague	21	3	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	52.7	0.51	0.1
E. Johnson	18	5	3	6	1	9	0	1.000	43.7	1.85	0.6
S. Bedrosian	23	0	4	4	1	10	2	.800	35.0	2.06	0.6
R. Boyd	26	0	4	3	0	8	1	.875	33.3	1.89	0.1
T. Hughes	8	2	2	5	0	8	1	.875	32.0	1.97	-0.4
J. DiPoto	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.3	6.75	0.0
Totals	321	162	112	146	11	280	22	.921	1452.7	1.60	0.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Clarke	111	109	668	57	7	731	6	.992	967.7	6.74	-0.7	4	33.0
M. Matheny	56	48	281	21	6	303	1	.997	446.0	6.09	-0.3	1	33.3
J. Beckwith	5	5	32	5	0	37	0	1.000	39.0	8.54	0.0	0	33.3
Totals	172	162	981	83	13	1071	7	.993	1452.7	6.59	-0.9	5	33.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	107	103	927	83	87	1018	8	.992	881.3	10.31	4.0
D. Ortiz	39	25	239	17	31	258	2	.992	259.3	8.88	2.0
D. Miller	21	18	166	13	15	180	1	.994	167.0	9.65	0.2
V. Stephens	13	9	74	7	12	81	0	1.000	86.0	8.48	0.3
J. Beckwith	4	4	35	0	3	35	0	1.000	33.0	9.55	0.1
P. Reese	5	3	27	3	0	30	0	1.000	26.0	10.38	-0.4
Totals	189	162	1468	123	148	1602	11	.993	1452.7	9.86	6.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Zobrist	63	58	121	167	53	290	2	.993	517.0	5.01	0.3
Z. Versalles	39	37	58	110	29	169	1	.994	319.3	4.73	3.0
P. Reese	32	27	55	103	25	158	0	1.000	248.7	5.72	2.5
B. Doran	18	17	39	47	14	86	0	1.000	149.0	5.19	0.3
V. Stephens	11	11	20	32	9	54	2	.963	97.3	4.81	-0.7
N. Allen	7	6	18	20	5	38	0	1.000	57.0	6.00	1.4
D. Miller	5	5	13	15	1	28	0	1.000	44.3	5.68	-0.1
C. Correa	3	1	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	13.0	6.23	-0.0
G. Brett	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	7.0	2.57	-0.5
Totals	180	162	329	500	136	834	5	.994	1452.7	5.14	6.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Correa	102	98	65	207	21	278	6	.978	856.3	2.86	3.0
P. Reese	22	22	13	43	7	58	2	.966	183.7	2.74	0.1
V. Stephens	20	19	16	43	4	60	1	.983	170.0	3.12	0.6
B. Doran	9	8	3	20	3	24	1	.958	70.0	2.96	-0.3
G. Brett	19	1	0	16	2	18	2	.889	50.3	2.86	-0.9
B. Zobrist	5	5	4	11	0	15	0	1.000	44.3	3.05	0.2
N. Allen	6	5	2	8	1	10	0	1.000	40.0	2.25	0.1
J. Beckwith	7	4	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	37.0	1.95	0.6
Z. Versalles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	191	162	104	355	38	471	12	.975	1452.7	2.84	3.5

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
Z. Versalles	89	85	92	258	60	367	17	.954	761.0	4.14	-3.6
P. Reese	36	34	47	87	26	138	4	.971	292.0	4.13	2.5
C. Correa	23	15	29	41	10	73	3	.959	145.3	4.33	-2.3
B. Zobrist	15	14	16	43	6	59	0	1.000	122.3	4.34	-2.3
V. Stephens	12	8	12	18	5	30	0	1.000	74.0	3.65	0.6
B. Doran	5	4	5	16	3	21	0	1.000	38.0	4.97	-0.4
N. Allen	4	2	4	9	3	13	0	1.000	20.0	5.85	0.0
Totals	184	162	205	472	113	701	24	.966	1452.7	4.19	-5.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Belle	111	110	242	8	3	253	3	.988	973.7	2.31	3.9
J. Hamilton	29	29	67	3	1	72	2	.972	253.7	2.48	1.4
B. Zobrist	16	15	29	0	0	29	0	1.000	133.3	1.96	0.4
E. Davis	13	8	34	2	0	36	0	1.000	92.0	3.52	1.1
Totals	169	162	372	13	4	390	5	.987	1452.7	2.39	6.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. DiMaggio	133	133	335	17	6	357	5	.986	1151.3	2.75	11.7
J. Hamilton	29	23	72	0	0	74	2	.973	225.7	2.87	2.3
E. Davis	17	5	20	1	0	21	0	1.000	67.7	2.79	0.6
Z. Versalles	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	8.0	1.12	-0.8
Totals	180	162	428	18	6	454	8	.982	1452.7	2.76	13.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Hamilton	71	65	131	7	1	139	1	.993	581.7	2.14	5.3
J. Beckwith	44	44	68	5	0	74	1	.986	353.7	1.86	-1.9
E. Davis	51	32	102	2	1	106	2	.981	324.7	2.88	1.9
B. Zobrist	25	20	53	2	0	56	1	.982	183.7	2.70	1.2
A. Belle	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.8
Totals	192	162	358	16	2	379	5	.987	1452.7	2.32	5.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Zoilo Versalles	.320
On-Base Percentage	Carlos Correa	.380
Slugging Percentage	Albert Belle	.542
OPS	Albert Belle	.905
Games	John Beckwith	158
At-Bats	John Beckwith	620
Runs	John Beckwith	108
Hits	John Beckwith	168
Doubles	Zoilo Versalles	36
Triples	Zoilo Versalles, Jay Clarke	10
Home Runs	John Beckwith	37
Runs Batted In	John Beckwith	116
Stolen Bases	Ben Zobrist	17
Caught Stealing	Zoilo Versalles	11
Walks	Carlos Correa	64
Strikeouts	Albert Belle	104

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Amos Rusie	26
Losses	Willie McGill	14
Saves	Dennis Eckersley	26
Games	Dennis Eckersley	63
Games Started	Amos Rusie	43
Complete Games	Amos Rusie	20
Shutouts	Amos Rusie	5
Innings Pitched	Amos Rusie	346.3
Hits Allowed	Amos Rusie	302
Home Runs Allowed	Amos Rusie	30
Strikeouts	Amos Rusie	288
Walks Allowed	Amos Rusie	131
Earned Run Average	Amos Rusie	3.40
Walks + Hits per IP	Webster McDonald	1.14
BABIP	Webster McDonald	.273

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
December 10th	P Brett Myers P Webster McDonald 1st Round Draft Pick	to the Chicago Federals for	P Eddie Plank