Birmingham Black Barons History - 1976 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1976 Birmingham Black Barons	65	97	.401	6^th	30	70-92	-5	.255	3.87			2,956,628	$58,373,246	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Frank House, Leon Roberts, Bob Watson	3
Pitcher of the Month	Pete Conway (Aug)	1
Batter of the Month	Jim Piersall (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Leon Roberts (Apr 12), Frank House (May 3), Bob Watson (May 24), Vladimir Guerrero (May 31), Leon Roberts (Jul 12)	5

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	29	162	638	197	45	3	16	69	76	45	10	0	5	80	3	0	.309	.361	.464	.825	3.3	126
RF	Vladimir Guerrero	33	158	629	162	23	3	28	94	67	28	7	0	10	84	1	0	.258	.292	.437	.729	1.6	98
CF	Jim Piersall	35	157	617	181	25	0	5	62	78	35	2	8	2	37	11	2	.293	.332	.358	.691	1.6	91
LF	Leon Roberts	27	153	592	160	28	2	28	88	68	54	13	0	5	80	1	0	.270	.342	.466	.808	3.6	121
SS	Andrelton Simmons	24	138	456	107	11	7	13	59	42	38	1	2	4	32	1	1	.235	.293	.375	.668	1.6	83
3B	Tommy Leach	27	126	456	116	12	7	5	37	49	35	2	3	1	65	9	5	.254	.310	.344	.654	0.6	80
C	Frank House	27	114	390	107	12	1	16	49	46	21	5	1	6	27	0	0	.274	.315	.433	.748	2.5	104
3B	Jose Ramirez	35	127	361	93	20	2	0	18	35	30	4	2	4	30	12	3	.258	.318	.324	.642	1.0	78
2B	Dave Malarcher	33	117	339	85	10	0	4	27	45	44	1	8	3	27	12	4	.251	.336	.316	.652	1.2	81
2B	Buddy Bell	24	111	297	70	6	4	3	16	19	14	2	1	4	32	2	2	.236	.271	.313	.584	-0.0	61
C	Brad Ausmus	39	82	222	42	6	0	3	15	12	14	3	2	1	36	1	0	.189	.246	.257	.503	-0.4	39
LF	Al Bumbry	26	57	92	25	3	1	0	4	7	8	0	0	1	7	1	0	.272	.327	.326	.653	-0.0	81
2B	John Atz	28	49	79	19	4	1	0	7	8	8	0	3	1	16	4	1	.241	.307	.316	.623	0.2	73
P	CC Sabathia	29	37	73	6	1	0	1	8	3	2	0	13	1	30	0	0	.082	.105	.137	.242	-1.2	-34
P	Willie Mitchell	22	34	76	12	3	0	0	1	4	3	0	8	0	11	0	0	.158	.190	.197	.387	-0.8	7
P	Rick Reuschel	28	39	73	11	1	1	0	1	6	2	2	9	0	23	0	0	.151	.195	.192	.387	-0.9	7
CF	Kiddo Davis	32	31	70	10	1	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.189	.200	.389	-0.9	8
P	Jose Lima	27	24	34	5	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	15	0	0	.147	.147	.206	.353	-0.3	-4
P	Harry Krause	25	26	18	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-0.2	-38
SS	Walt Weiss	30	18	17	5	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	4	1	1	.294	.400	.294	.694	0.0	96
P	Pete Conway	21	66	15	2	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	-0.2	7
P	Dave Wickersham	28	13	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.312	-0.1	-15
P	Jim Archer	31	26	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Rube Melton	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Mariano Rivera	41	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		29.8	1884	5570	1419	215	32	123	560	580	389	52	72	48	657	59	19	.255	.307	.371	.678	12.0	86
NL Rank				2	3	6	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	1	6	4	5	3	6	6	6	6
ABBA Rank				5	5	10	8	11	12	12	12	10	5	3	12	8	11	6	12	12	12	11

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Willie Mitchell	22	39	39	13	19	0	3.40	285.7	218	113	108	16	115	237	0	14	6	1.17	.258	7.2	119
Rick Reuschel	28	44	39	14	16	1	3.57	282.3	264	122	112	25	69	165	0	11	1	1.18	.269	5.4	113
CC Sabathia	29	41	39	10	13	0	3.45	276.7	255	111	106	36	81	168	0	5	3	1.21	.257	3.2	117
Pete Conway	21	71	5	9	9	9	4.39	139.3	155	74	68	15	38	103	3	1	0	1.39	.325	1.7	92
Jose Lima	27	25	16	5	8	0	3.70	119.3	115	55	49	21	30	56	0	2	0	1.22	.249	0.2	109
Harry Krause	25	29	11	4	5	0	4.01	98.7	96	48	44	6	40	47	0	1	0	1.38	.276	1.0	101
Dave Wickersham	28	15	9	0	7	0	5.91	70.0	83	52	46	15	31	40	0	1	0	1.63	.305	-0.6	68
Joe Musgrove	38	40	0	3	6	4	4.94	54.7	60	30	30	6	12	42	0	0	0	1.32	.323	0.7	82
Jim Archer	31	28	3	1	6	0	4.87	44.3	44	24	24	5	24	18	1	0	0	1.53	.273	-0.4	83
Frank Barrett	26	31	0	5	5	1	5.76	29.7	39	19	19	4	22	19	1	0	0	2.06	.354	-0.4	70
Mariano Rivera	41	20	0	1	2	3	3.58	27.7	23	12	11	3	11	11	2	0	0	1.23	.225	-0.2	113
Ron Tompkins	25	15	0	0	1	0	3.32	21.7	24	10	8	2	10	8	0	0	0	1.57	.297	-0.2	122
Rube Melton	35	1	1	0	0	0	1.23	7.3	7	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.23	.292	0.2	329
13 Pitchers	26.7	399	162	65	97	18	3.87	1457.3	1383	671	626	154	485	916	7	35	10	1.28	.274	17.8	108
NL Rank		1	1	6	1	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	1	4	6	3	3	2	3
ABBA Rank		2	1	12	1	12	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	3	7	10	3	5	7	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Mitchell	39	39	16	25	1	44	3	.932	285.7	1.29	-0.2
R. Reuschel	44	39	20	25	0	49	4	.918	282.3	1.43	-1.1
C. Sabathia	41	39	26	29	3	55	0	1.000	276.7	1.79	0.9
P. Conway	71	5	5	15	3	22	2	.909	139.3	1.29	0.4
J. Lima	25	16	7	11	0	18	0	1.000	119.3	1.36	0.9
H. Krause	29	11	6	14	1	20	0	1.000	98.7	1.82	1.0
D. Wickersham	15	9	3	10	0	13	0	1.000	70.0	1.67	1.0
J. Musgrove	39	0	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	54.7	1.32	-0.0
J. Archer	28	3	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	44.3	0.81	-0.0
F. Barrett	29	0	4	4	0	9	1	.889	29.7	2.43	-0.0
M. Rivera	20	0	5	2	0	7	0	1.000	27.7	2.28	-0.0
R. Tompkins	15	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	21.7	1.25	-0.0
R. Melton	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	7.3	1.23	0.5
Totals	396	162	96	147	9	253	10	.960	1457.3	1.50	3.3

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
F. House	108	100	554	44	5	602	4	.993	873.3	6.16	0.0	3	27.0
B. Ausmus	81	61	369	36	6	406	1	.998	573.7	6.35	1.4	7	44.4
A. Bumbry	1	1	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	10.0	7.20	-0.2	1	0.0
B. Bell	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.3	27.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	191	162	931	81	11	1017	5	.995	1457.3	6.25	1.2	11	31.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	157	156	1399	117	132	1531	15	.990	1402.3	9.73	-0.9
D. Malarcher	5	3	36	1	4	38	1	.974	29.0	11.48	-0.4
J. Ramirez	3	3	27	2	2	29	0	1.000	22.0	11.86	-0.5
B. Bell	2	0	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	3.0	9.00	-0.5
F. House	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	1466	120	139	1602	16	.990	1457.3	9.79	-2.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Malarcher	54	53	130	150	43	281	1	.996	466.7	5.40	4.0
B. Bell	40	40	86	127	35	216	3	.986	353.0	5.43	-0.2
T. Leach	33	33	69	99	20	170	2	.988	301.0	5.02	-0.4
J. Ramirez	33	27	48	80	18	129	1	.992	252.3	4.57	2.2
J. Atz	12	9	19	26	6	46	1	.978	81.0	5.00	1.7
A. Simmons	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	.667	2.0	9.00	-0.5
W. Weiss	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	352	484	122	845	9	.989	1457.3	5.16	6.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	77	74	56	168	14	239	15	.937	658.7	3.06	-2.5
J. Ramirez	48	46	33	93	7	130	4	.969	406.3	2.79	0.5
B. Bell	35	30	20	63	7	83	0	1.000	266.3	2.80	3.9
D. Malarcher	16	10	5	18	0	24	1	.958	101.3	2.04	-0.4
J. Atz	3	2	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	20.3	2.66	0.1
W. Weiss	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	4.3	2.08	0.0
Totals	182	162	115	348	28	483	20	.959	1457.3	2.86	1.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Simmons	136	132	173	424	89	612	15	.975	1166.7	4.61	3.6
D. Malarcher	19	14	17	35	8	53	1	.981	126.3	3.70	-0.6
J. Ramirez	14	10	10	26	8	37	1	.973	102.3	3.17	-0.0
W. Weiss	10	4	6	15	5	21	0	1.000	45.0	4.20	-0.0
B. Bell	2	2	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	17.0	2.12	-0.5
Totals	181	162	208	502	110	727	17	.977	1457.3	4.38	2.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Roberts	150	150	335	3	1	343	5	.985	1343.3	2.26	-0.8
A. Bumbry	7	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	51.3	2.10	-0.9
K. Davis	7	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	29.7	1.52	-0.1
B. Watson	3	3	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25	-1.6
J. Piersall	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	359	3	1	367	5	.986	1457.3	2.24	-3.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Piersall	153	153	398	9	4	410	3	.993	1336.3	2.74	-5.6
K. Davis	16	6	28	0	0	29	1	.966	84.0	3.00	-2.5
V. Guerrero	4	3	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	31.7	2.27	-0.8
T. Leach	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	-0.0
W. Weiss	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	435	9	4	448	4	.991	1457.3	2.74	-8.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Guerrero	155	155	375	8	1	388	5	.987	1366.7	2.52	-1.7
A. Bumbry	4	2	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	34.3	3.67	-0.9
K. Davis	5	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	32.3	1.67	-0.1
L. Roberts	3	3	6	0	0	7	1	.857	24.0	2.25	-0.1
Totals	167	162	401	8	1	415	6	.986	1457.3	2.53	-2.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.309
On-Base Percentage	Bob Watson	.361
Slugging Percentage	Leon Roberts	.466
OPS	Bob Watson	.825
Games	Bob Watson	162
At-Bats	Bob Watson	638
Runs	Jim Piersall	78
Hits	Bob Watson	197
Doubles	Bob Watson	45
Triples	Andrelton Simmons, Tommy Leach	7
Home Runs	Vladimir Guerrero, Leon Roberts	28
Runs Batted In	Vladimir Guerrero	94
Stolen Bases	Jose Ramirez, Dave Malarcher	12
Caught Stealing	Tommy Leach	5
Walks	Leon Roberts	54
Strikeouts	Vladimir Guerrero	84

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Rick Reuschel	14
Losses	Willie Mitchell	19
Saves	Pete Conway	9
Games	Pete Conway	71
Games Started	Willie Mitchell, Rick Reuschel, CC Sabathia	39
Complete Games	Willie Mitchell	14
Shutouts	Willie Mitchell	6
Innings Pitched	Willie Mitchell	285.7
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	264
Home Runs Allowed	CC Sabathia	36
Strikeouts	Willie Mitchell	237
Walks Allowed	Willie Mitchell	115
Earned Run Average	Willie Mitchell	3.40
Walks + Hits per IP	Willie Mitchell	1.17
BABIP	CC Sabathia	.257