[GrimmyDee]

Originally Posted by TribeFanInNC

I like these writeups Grimmy. I laughed out loud at Mark Belanger's F+.

Yes, the F+. For when you are just a wee bit better than a total failure.

[GrimmyDee]

Gene Mauch	Manager	18th season	1230-1387	.470
Karl Kuehl	Bench Coach
Tony Olivia	Hitting Coach
Don McMahon	Pitching Coach

Metropolitan Stadium (45,919 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	343 12	352 12	360 12	402 8	370 8	350 8	330 8

1976 All-Stars:

1B Rod Carew / C Butch Wynegar

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Bill Campbell and Eric Soderholm free agency. Lost Jerry Garvin, Al Woods, Bill Singer and Dave McKay to TOR in expansion draft. Lost Steve Braun to SEA in expansion draft. Purchased Glenn Adams from SF. Signed Geoff Zahn as a free agent. Sold Steve Brye to MIL. Purchased Ron Schueler from PHI.

Starting Pitching: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Dave Goltz Geoff Zahn Pete Redfern Paul Thormodsgard Gary Serum

27 31 22 23 20

5 4 1 0 0

B+ F C F C

14 0 8 0 0

14 1 8 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

249.1 8.1 118.0 0.0 0.0

91 2 63 0 0

133 4 74 0 0

3.36 10.80 3.51 0.00 0.00

.251 .400 .238 .000 .000

Bullpen: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Jim Hughes Jeff Holly Bill Butler Tom Burgmeier Ron Schueler

25 24 30 33 28

3 0 6 9 5

F C F A+ C+

9 0 0 8 1

14 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 1 3

177.0 0.0 0.0 115.1 49.2

73 0 0 29 16

87 0 0 45 43

4.98 0.00 0.00 2.50 2.90

.277 .000 .000 .225 .240

Closer: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Tom Johnson

26

3

B

3

1

0

48.1

8

37

2.61

.242

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Butch Wynegar Rod Carew Bob Randall Mike Cubbage Roy Smalley

21 31 28 26 24

1 10 1 3 2

B- A+ F C+ C

534 605 475 374 513

139 200 127 96 133

58 97 55 42 61

10 9 1 3 3

69 90 34 49 44

.260 .331 .267 .257 .259

0 49 3 1 2

.356 .395 .317 .346 .356

Outfield: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Larry Hisle Lyman Bostock Dan Ford

29 26 24

8 2 2

C+ B C

581 474 514

158 153 137

81 75 87

14 4 20

96 60 86

.272 .323 .267

31 12 17

.335 .364 .323

Designated Hitter: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Glenn Adams

29

2

C-

74

18

2

0

3

.243

1

.253

Bench: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B RF

Glenn Borgmann Craig Kusick Rob Wilfong Jerry Terrell Rich Chiles

26 28 23 30 27

5 4 0 4 4

F F C F F

65 266 0 171 4

16 69 0 42 2

10 33 0 29 1

1 11 0 0 0

6 36 0 8 0

.246 .259 .000 .246 .500

1 5 0 11 0

.417 .344 .000 .286 .500

Prediction: 82-80. Fourth Place in the AL West

[GrimmyDee]

Jack McKeon	Manager	4th season	215-205	.512
Cal Ermer	Bench Coach
Bobby Hofman	Hitting Coach
Lee Stange	Pitching Coach

Oakland Coliseum (49,649 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 8	353 8	375 8	400 8	375 8	353 8	330 8

1976 All-Stars:

CL Rollie Fingers / 2B Phil Garner

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Sal Bando, Don Baylor, Bert Campaneris, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi and Gene Tenace free agency. Traded Chuck Tanner and $100,000 to PIT for Manny Sanguillen. Released Billy Williams. Sold Larry Haney to MIL. Sold Paul Lindblad to TEX for $400,000. Traded Ron Fairly to TOR for Mike Weathers and cash. Sold Ken McMullen to MIL. Purchased Jerry Tabb from CUB. Traded Jim Todd to CUB for Joe Coleman. Traded Gaylen Pitts to CUB for Jim Tyrone. Traded Phil Garner, Tommy Helms and Chris Batton to PIT for Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas and Mitchell Page. Signed Dick Allen as a free agent. Sold Tommy Sandt to STL. Traded Claudell Washington to TEX for Jim Umbarger, Rodney Scott and cash. Purchased Pablo Torrealba from ATL. Signed Earl Williams as a free agent.

Starting Pitching: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Vida Blue Mike Torrez Doc Medich Stan Bahnsen Jim Umbarger

27 30 28 32 24

8 10 5 10 2

A A- C C- C

18 16 8 8 10

13 12 11 7 12

0 0 0 0 0

298.1 266.1 179.0 143.0 197.1

63 87 48 43 54

166 115 86 82 105

2.35 2.50 3.52 3.34 3.15

.236 .231 .276 .229 .267

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Doug Bair Steve Dunning Paul Mitchell Bob Lacey Pablo Torrealba

27 27 27 23 28

1 6 2 0 2

C+ C F B- D-

0 2 9 0 0

0 6 7 0 2

0 0 0 0 2

6.1 97.1 142.0 0.0 53.0

5 39 30 0 22

4 76 67 0 33

5.68 4.35 4.25 0.00 3.57

.182 .268 .289 .000 .321

Closer: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Dave Giusti

37

14

D

5

4

6

58.1

27

24

4.32

.267

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Manny Sanguillen Dick Allen Larry Lintz Wayne Gross Rodney Scott

33 35 27 25 23

9 14 4 1 2

B D F B A-

389 298 1 18 10

113 80 0 4 4

52 52 21 0 3

2 15 0 0 0

36 49 0 1 0

.290 .268 .000 .222 .400

2 11 31 0 2

.338 .346 .667 .300 .455

Outfield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Mitchell Page Billy North Tony Armas

25 28 23

0 6 1

A+ C F

0 590 6

0 163 2

0 91 0

0 2 0

0 31 1

.000 .276 .333

0 75 0

.000 .356 .333

Designated Hitter: F+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Jim Tyrone

28

3

F+

0

0

0

0

0

.000

0

.000

Bench: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B SS CF CF

Earl Williams Jerry Tabb Rob Piccolo Larry Murray Matt Alexander

28 25 24 24 30

7 1 0 3 4

F+ F F F F

374 24 0 10 30

84 7 0 1 1

35 2 0 2 16

17 0 0 0 0

55 0 0 2 0

.225 .292 .000 .100 .033

0 0 0 2 20

.286 .370 .000 .182 .033

* - Larry Murray should actually be on the New York Mets, I missed this when making the roster adjustments.

Prediction: 77-85. Sixth Place in the AL West.

[GrimmyDee]

Darrell Johnson	Manager	4th season	220-188	.539
Jim Busby	Bench Coach
Vada Pinson	Hitting Coach
Wes Stock	Pitching Coach

The Kingdome (59,166 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	315 12	345 12	375 12	405 12	375 12	345 12	315 12

1976 All-Stars:

None

Expansion Draft:

Picked Ruppert Jones and Bob Stinson from KC. Picked Gary Wheelock, Dave Collins, Carlos Lopez, Leroy Stanton and Julio Cruz from CAL. Picked Bill Stein and Roy Thomas from CWS. Picked Dick Pole, Rick Jones, Steve Burke and Punchy Delgado from BOS. Picked Dan Meyer, Frank MacCormack and Bill Laxton from DET. Picked Stan Thomas, Tom McMillan, Joe Lis and Tommy Smith from CLE. Picked Glenn Abbott from OAK. Picked Dave Pagan and Bob Galasso from BAL. Picked Pete Broberg and Greg Erardi from MIL. Picked Steve Braun frim MIN. Picked Steve Barr from TEX.

Key Offseason Transactions:

Purchased Dave Johnson from BAL. Purchased Jose Baez from LA. Purchased Larry Cox from MIN. Purchased Diego Segui from SD. Purchased Tommy Moore from TEX. Purchased John Montague from PHI. Traded Grant Jackson to PIT for Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton. Purchased Jerry Tabb from CUB. Signed Byron McLaughlin as a free agent. Traded Roy Thomas to HOU for Larry Milbourne. Purchased Mike Kekich from Nuevo Laredo (Mexican). Purchased Enrique Romo from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

Starting Pitching: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Glenn Abbott Dick Pole John Montague Stan Thomas Rick Jones

26 26 29 27 21

4 4 3 3 1

F F F D F

2 6 0 4 5

4 5 0 4 3

0 0 0 6 0

62.1 120.2 0.0 105.2 104.1

16 48 0 41 26

27 49 0 54 45

5.49 4.33 0.00 2.30 3.36

.327 .276 .000 .228 .305

Bullpen: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Byron McLaughlin Mike Kekich Diego Segui Bill Laxton Dave Johnson

21 32 39 29 28

0 8 14 4 2

F D+ D C- D+

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 5 0

0 0 0 2 0

0.0 0.0 0.0 94.2 0.0

0 0 0 51 0

0 0 0 74 0

0.00 0.00 0.00 4.09 0.00

.000 .000 .000 .219 .000

Closer: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Enrique Romo

29

0

C-

0

0

0

0.0

0

0

0.00

.000

Infield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Bob Stinson Dan Meyer Julio Cruz Bill Stein Craig Reynolds

31 24 22 30 24

8 3 0 5 2

C+ F C+ D B

209 294 0 392 4

55 74 0 105 1

26 37 0 32 1

2 2 0 4 1

25 16 0 36 1

.263 .252 .000 .268 .250

3 10 0 4 0

.342 .292 .000 .310 .250

Outfield: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Dave Collins Ruppert Jones Leroy Stanton

24 22 30

2 1 7

F C+ F

365 51 231

96 11 44

45 9 12

4 1 2

28 7 25

.263 .216 .190

32 0 2

.335 .259 .266

Designated Hitter: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Steve Braun

28

6

B-

417

120

73

3

61

.288

12

.384

Bench: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B SS RF

Larry Cox Joe Lis Jose Baez Jimmy Sexton Tommy Smith

29 30 23 25 28

3 7 0 0 4

C+ F+ F+ C F

0 51 0 0 164

0 16 0 0 42

0 4 0 0 17

0 2 0 0 2

0 7 0 0 12

.000 .314 .000 .000 .256

0 0 0 0 8

.000 .400 .000 .000 .289

Prediction: 51-111. Last Place in the AL West

[GrimmyDee]

Frank Lucchesi	Manager	6th season	277-351	.441
Pat Corrales	Bench Coach
Fred Koenig	Hitting Coach
Sid Hudson	Pitching Coach

Arlington Stadium (35,185 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 11	350 11	370 11	400 11	370 11	350 11	330 11

1976 All-Stars:

3B Toby Harrah

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded John Sutton to STL for Mike Wallace. Lost Jim Clancy, Jeff Byrd, Doug Ault and Steve Hargan to TOR in expansion draft. Lost Steve Barr to SEA in expansion draft. Signed Bert Campaneris as a free agent. Signed Doyle Alexander as a free agent. Traded Jeff Burroughs to ATL for Ken Henderson, Dave May, Carl Morton, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine and $250,000. Released Craig Skok. Released Joe Hoerner. Released Fritz Peterson. Traded Gene Clines and cash to CUB for Darold Knowles. Traded Greg Pryor, Brian Doyle and cash to NYY for Sandy Alomar. Purchased Paul Lindblad from OAK for $400,000. Released Joe Lahoud. Traded Jeff Terpko to MON for Rodney Scott. Traded Jim Umbarger, Rodney Scott and cash to OAK for Claudell Washington. Released Carl Morton.

Starting Pitching: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Gaylord Perry Bert Blyleven Doyle Alexander Nelson Briles Roger Moret

38 26 26 33 27

15 7 6 12 7

B B+ C+ C F

15 13 13 11 3

14 16 9 9 5

0 0 0 1 1

250.1 297.2 201.0 210.0 77.1

52 81 63 47 27

143 219 58 98 30

3.24 2.87 3.36 3.26 5.00

.244 .251 .231 .270 .275

Bullpen: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR

Darold Knowles Len Barker Mike Wallace Paul Lindblad Steve Foucault

35 21 26 35 27

12 1 4 12 4

C+ B C- B+ B-

5 1 3 6 8

7 0 2 5 8

9 0 2 5 5

71.2 15.0 66.1 114.2 75.2

22 6 39 24 25

39 7 40 37 41

2.89 2.40 4.07 3.06 3.33

.238 .146 .260 .248 .242

Closer: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Adrian Devine

25

3

C-

5

6

9

73.0

26

48

3.21

.253

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

John Ellis Mike Hargrove Bump Wills Roy Howell Bert Campaneris

28 27 24 23 35

8 3 0 3 13

F C+ A- D+ C-

31 541 0 491 536

13 155 0 124 137

4 80 0 55 67

1 7 0 8 1

8 58 0 53 52

.419 .287 .000 .253 .256

0 2 0 1 54

.419 .397 .000 .295 .331

Outfield: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Claudell Washington Juan Beniquez Ken Henderson

22 26 30

3 5 12

F F D-

490 478 435

126 122 114

65 49 52

5 0 13

53 33 61

.257 .255 .262

37 17 5

.302 .315 .352

Designated Hitter: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

DH

Toby Harrah

28

7

C+

584

152

64

15

67

.260

8

.360

Bench: F

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 3B RF RF

Bill Fahey Jim Fregosi Len Randle Dave May Tom Grieve

26 35 28 33 29

5 16 6 10 6

F F F F F+

80 133 539 214 546

20 31 121 46 139

12 17 53 27 57

1 2 1 3 20

9 12 51 23 81

.250 .233 .224 .215 .255

1 2 30 5 4

.348 .342 .286 .300 .301

Prediction: 78-84. Fifth Place in the AL West.

[GrimmyDee]

Herman Franks	Manager	5th season	367-280	.573
Al Dark	Bench Coach
Jack Bloomfield	Hitting Coach
Barney Schultz	Pitching Coach

Wrigley Field (37,741 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	355 16	362 11	368 11	400 11	368 11	361 11	353 16

1976 All-Stars:

C Steve Swisher

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Steve Stone free agency. Selected Willie Hernandez from PHI. Traded Pete LaCock to KC as part of a three-team trade. Received Jim Dwyer from NYM. Traded Julio Gonzalez to HOU for Greg Gross. Traded Rick Monday and Mike Garman to LA for Bill Buckner, Ivan DeJesus and Jeff Albert. Released Geoff Zahn. Traded Darold Knowles to TEX for Gene Clines. Traded Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring to SF for Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and Andy Muhlstock. Traded Champ Summers to CIN for Dave Schneck. Traded Buddy Schultz to STL for Mark Covert. Sold Jerry Tabb to OAK. Traded Joe Coleman to OAK for Jim Todd. Traded Jim Tyrone to OAK for Gaylen Pitts. Signed Joe Decker as a free agent. Traded Jim Umbarger, Rodney Scott and cash to OAK for Claudell Washington. Released Carl Morton.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Ray Burris Rick Reuschel Bill Bonham Steve Renko Dennis Lamp

26 27 28 32 24

4 5 6 8 0

C C F D D

15 14 9 8 0

13 12 13 12 0

0 1 0 0 0

249.0 260.0 196.0 176.1 0.0

70 64 96 46 0

112 146 110 116 0

3.11 3.46 4.27 3.98 0.00

.258 .260 .276 .260 .000

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Donnie Moore Willie Hernandez Paul Reuschel Pete Broberg Ramon Hernandez Jim Todd

23 22 30 27 36 29

1 0 2 6 8 3

B B- C- F B+ B

0 0 4 1 2 7

0 0 2 7 2 8

0 0 3 0 3 4

0.0 0.0 87.0 92.1 44.2 82.2

0 0 33 72 16 34

0 0 55 28 18 22

0.00 0.00 4.55 4.97 3.43 3.81

.000 .000 .277 .279 .260 .277

Closer: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Bruce Sutter

24

1

B-

6

3

10

83.1

26

73

2.70

.211

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Steve Swisher Bill Buckner Manny Trillo Steve Ontiveros Ivan DeJesus

25 27 26 25 24

3 8 4 4 3

F F F B- C+

377 642 582 74 41

89 193 139 13 7

25 76 42 8 4

5 7 4 0 0

42 60 59 5 2

.236 .301 .239 .176 .171

2 28 17 0 0

.275 .326 .304 .244 .244

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Jose Cardenal Jerry Morales Bobby Mercer

33 28 30

14 8 10

C D- B-

521 537 533

156 147 138

64 66 73

8 16 23

47 67 90

.299 .274 .259

23 3 12

.339 .323 .362

Bench: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 3B LF CF

George Mitterwald Larry Biittner Dave Rosello Greg Gross Joe Wallis

31 31 26 24 25

10 7 5 4 2

F F F+ D- F

303 224 227 426 338

65 53 55 122 86

19 23 27 52 51

5 0 1 0 5

28 18 11 27 21

.215 .237 .242 .286 .254

1 0 1 2 3

.249 .272 .359 .375 .322

Outlook: 75-87. Third Place in NL East.

[GrimmyDee]

Dick Williams	Manager	9th season	695-601	.536
Billy Gardner	Bench Coach
Mickey Vernon	Hitting Coach
Jim Brewer	Pitching Coach

Stade Olympique (43,739 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	325 12	350 12	375 12	404 12	375 12	350 12	325 12

1976 All-Stars:

SP Woodie Fryman

Key Offseason Transactions:

Released Chuck Taylor. Traded Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott to STL for Bill Greif, Angel Torres and Sam Meijas. Signed Dave Cash as a free agent. Released Clay Kirby. Lost Roger Freed to STL in draft. Traded Andre Thornton to CLE for Jackie Brown. Traded Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray to CIN for Tony Perez and Will McEnaney. Released Wayne Granger. Traded Rodney Scott to TEX for Jeff Terpko. Released Earl Williams. Released Bill Greif. Sold Don Carrithers to MIN.

Starting Pitching: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Steve Rogers Jackie Brown Don Stanhouse Dan Warthen Hal Dues

27 33 26 24 22

4 6 5 2 0

B F D- F F+

7 9 9 2 0

17 11 12 10 0

1 0 1 0 0

230.0 180.0 184.0 90.0 0.0

69 55 92 66 0

150 104 79 67 0

3.21 4.25 3.77 5.30 0.00

.245 .271 .261 .227 .000

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Will McEnaney Dan Schatzeder Bill Atkinson Larry Landreth Jeff Terpko Don Carrithers

25 22 22 22 26 27

3 0 1 1 2 7

C F C F B F

2 0 0 1 3 6

6 0 0 2 3 12

7 0 0 0 0 0

72.1 0.0 5.0 11.0 52.2 140.1

23 0 1 10 29 78

28 0 4 7 24 71

4.85 0.00 0.00 4.09 2.39 4.43

.322 .000 .188 .302 .219 .281

Closer: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Joe Kerrigan

23

1

D

2

6

1

56.2

23

22

3.81

.294

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Gary Carter Tony Perez Dave Cash Larry Parrish Tim Foli

22 34 28 23 26

3 13 8 3 7

D C- C D- F

311 527 666 543 546

68 137 189 126 144

31 77 92 65 41

6 19 1 11 6

38 91 56 61 54

.219 .260 .284 .232 .264

0 10 10 2 6

.287 .328 .337 .285 .281

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Warren Cromartie Andre Dawson Ellis Valentine

23 22 22

2 1 2

F B+ C

811 85 305

17 20 85

8 9 36

0 0 7

2 7 39

.210 .235 .279

1 1 14

.220 .278 .339

Bench: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 3B SS CF

Jose Morales Mike Jorgensen Wayne Garrett Stan Papi Del Unser

32 28 29 26 32

4 8 8 1 9

C D C F F

158 343 428 0 496

50 87 99 0 113

12 36 51 0 57

4 6 6 0 12

37 23 37 0 40

.316 .254 .231 .000 .228

0 7 9 0 7

.333 .349 .356 .000 .269

Outlook: 72-90. Fourth Place in the NL East

[GrimmyDee]

Joe Frazier	Manager	2nd season	86-76	.531
Phil Cavarretta	Bench Coach
Willie Mays	Hitting Coach
Tom Burgess	Pitching Coach

Shea Stadium (55,601 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	341 12	356 8	371 8	410 9	371 8	356 8	341 12

1976 All-Stars:

SP Tom Seaver / RF Dave Kingman / SP Jon Matlack

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded Jim Dwyer to KC as part of a three-team trade. Received Sheldon Mallory from KC. Traded Brock Pemberton and Leon Brown to STL for Ed Kurpiel. Traded Hank Webb and Richard Sander to LA for Rick Auerbach. Purchased Luis Alvarado from DET. Traded Benny Ayala to STL for Doug Clarey. Signed Ray Sadecki as a free agent. Sold Sheldon Mallory to OAK.

Starting Pitching: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Tom Seaver Jerry Koosman Jon Matlack Craig Swan Nino Espinosa

32 34 27 26 23

10 10 6 4 3

A B+ B+ D+ F

14 21 17 6 4

11 10 10 9 4

0 0 0 0 0

271.0 247.1 262.0 132.1 41.2

77 66 57 44 13

235 200 153 89 30

2.59 2.69 2.95 3.54 3.67

.213 .223 .239 .250 .258

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Ray Sadecki Bob Myrick Jackson Todd Roy Lee Jackson Bob Apodaca Rick Baldwin

36 24 25 22 27 23

17 1 0 0 4 2

C+ C+ F F A+ B+

2 1 0 0 3 0

0 1 0 0 7 0

1 0 0 0 5 0

42.0 27.2 0.0 0.0 89.2 22.2

23 13 0 0 29 10

28 11 0 0 45 9

3.86 3.25 0.00 0.00 2.81 2.38

.278 .304 .000 .000 .222 .184

Closer: B+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Skip Lockwood

30

8

B+

10

7

19

94.1

34

108

2.67

.187

Infield: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

John Sterns Ed Kranepool Felix Milan Mike Phillips Bud Harrelson

25 32 33 26 32

3 15 11 4 12

B- D+ C- F D+

103 415 531 262 359

27 121 150 67 84

13 47 55 30 34

2 10 1 4 1

10 49 35 29 26

.262 .292 .282 .256 .234

1 1 2 2 9

.364 .344 .341 .315 .351

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

John Milner Lee Mazzilli Bruce Boisclair

27 22 24

6 1 2

D+ B- D

443 77 286

120 15 82

56 9 42

15 2 2

78 7 13

.271 .195 .287

0 5 9

.362 .323 .350

Bench: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B LF CF

Jerry Grote Joe Torre Leo Foster Dave Kingman Pepe Mangual

34 36 26 28 24

13 17 4 6 5

C F D C D

323 310 59 474 317

88 95 12 113 75

30 36 11 70 49

4 5 1 37 4

28 31 15 86 25

.272 .306 .203 .238 .237

1 1 3 7 24

.350 .358 .299 .286 .361

Outlook: 93-69. Second Place in the NL East

[GrimmyDee]

Danny Ozark	Manager	4th season	338-310	.522
Bobby Wine	Bench Coach
Carroll Beringer	Hitting Coach
Ray Ripplemeyer	Pitching Coach

Veterans Stadium (62,382 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 12	351 12	371 12	408 12	371 12	351 12	330 12

1976 All-Stars:

C Bob Boone / SS Larry Bowa / 2B Dave Cash / LF Greg Luzinski / 3B Mike Schmidt

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Dave Cash free agency. Released Tony Taylor. Granted Dick Allen free agency. Sold John Montague to SEA. Lost Willie Hernandez to CUB in draft. Signed Richie Hebner as a free agent. Traded Johnny Oates and Quency Hill to LA for Ted Sizemore. Signed Davey Johnson as a free agent. Sold Ron Schueler to MIN.

Starting Pitching: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Steve Carlton Larry Christenson Jim Kaat Jim Lonborg Wayne Twitchell

32 23 38 34 29

12 4 18 12 7

B- C- C+ C+ F+

20 13 12 18 3

7 8 14 10 1

0 0 0 1 1

252.2 168.2 227.2 222.0 61.2

72 42 32 50 18

195 54 83 118 67

3.13 3.68 3.48 3.08 1.75

.235 .293 .271 .245 .237

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Warren Brusstar Tom Underwood Randy Lerch Manny Seoane Tug McGraw Ron Reed

25 23 22 21 32 34

0 3 2 0 11 11

B+ C- F F A A

0 10 0 0 7 8

0 5 0 0 6 7

0 2 1 0 11 14

0.0 155.2 3.0 0.0 97.1 128.0

0 63 0 0 42 32

0 94 0 0 76 96

0.00 3.53 3.00 0.00 2.50 2.46

.000 .256 .250 .000 .228 .192

Closer: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Gene Garber

29

7

C+

9

3

11

92.2

30

92

2.82

.228

Infield: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Bob Boone Richie Hebner Terry Harmon Mike Schmidt Larry Bowa

29 29 32 27 31

5 9 9 5 7

C- F D+ A D-

361 434 61 584 624

98 108 18 153 155

40 60 12 112 71

4 8 0 38 0

54 51 6 107 49

.271 .249 .295 .262 .248

2 1 3 14 30

.348 .325 .328 .376 .283

Outfield: B+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Greg Luzinski Garry Maddox Jay Johnstone

26 27 31

7 5 11

A- B+ B+

533 531 440

162 175 140

74 75 62

21 6 5

95 68 53

.304 .330 .318

1 29 5

.369 .377 .373

Bench: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 3B LF RF

Tim McCarver Davey Johnson Jim Morrison Ollie Brown Jerry Martin

35 34 24 33 27

17 11 0 12 3

A+ F F D- F

155 0 0 209 121

43 0 0 53 30

26 0 0 30 30

3 0 0 5 2

29 0 0 30 15

.277 .000 .000 .254 .248

2 0 0 2 3

.409 .000 .000 .350 .287

Outlook: 72-90. Fifth Place in the NL East

[GrimmyDee]

Chuck Tanner	Manager	7th season	488-488	.500
Jack Fisher	Bench Coach
Scott Noftle	Hitting Coach
Larry Sherry	Pitching Coach

Three Rivers Stadium (47,971 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	335 10	355 10	375 10	400 10	375 10	355 10	335 10

1976 All-Stars:

CF Al Oliver

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Richie Hebner free agency. Sold Tommy Helms to OAK. Traded Manny Sanguillen to OAK for Chuck Tanner and $100,000. Traded Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton to SEA for Grant Jackson. Traded Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez to CWS for Rich Gossage and Terry Forster. Traded Dave Giusti, Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas and Mitchell Page to OAK for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms and Chris Batton. Released Bob Robertson. Traded Randy Sealy to CAL for Mike Easler.

Starting Pitching: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

John Candelaria Bruce Kison Jerry Reuss Jim Rooker Larry Demery

23 27 27 34 23

2 6 8 9 3

B B B- B- C-

16 14 14 15 10

7 9 9 8 7

1 1 2 1 2

220.0 193.0 209.1 198.2 145.0

60 52 51 72 58

138 98 108 92 72

3.15 3.08 3.53 3.35 3.17

.213 .243 .256 .260 .229

Bullpen: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Terry Forster Ed Whitson Odell Jones Al Holland Grant Jackson Rich Gossage

25 21 24 24 34 25

6 0 1 0 12 5

D+ C+ F D- A- C+

2 0 0 0 7 9

12 0 0 0 1 17

1 0 0 0 4 1

111.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 78.0 224.0

41 0 0 0 25 90

70 0 0 0 39 135

4.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.54 3.94

.286 .000 .000 .000 .204 .251

Closer: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Kent Tekulve

30

3

B

5

3

9

102.2

25

68

2.45

.241

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Ed Ott Willie Stargell Phil Garner Ken Macha Frank Tavares

25 37 27 26 27

3 15 4 1 5

B B- C D+ D

39 428 555 0 519

12 110 145 0 134

2 54 54 0 76

0 20 8 0 0

5 65 74 0 24

.308 .257 .261 .000 .258

0 2 35 0 58

.336 .339 .307 .000 .321

Outfield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Al Oliver Omar Moreno Dave Parker

30 24 25

9 2 4

B+ C+ A

443 122 537

143 33 168

62 24 82

12 2 13

61 12 90

.323 .270 .313

6 15 19

.362 .357 .349

Bench: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B RF

Duffy Dyer Bill Robinson Mike Edwards Tommy Helms Ed Kirkpatrick

31 33 24 35 32

9 9 0 13 15

F B B- F F

184 393 0 87 146

41 119 0 24 34

12 55 0 10 14

3 21 0 1 0

9 64 0 13 16

.223 .303 .000 .276 .233

0 2 0 0 1

.336 .329 .000 .350 .294

Outlook: 98-64. Champions of the NL East

[GrimmyDee]

Vern Rapp	Manager	1st season	0-0	.000
Oscar Kerr	Bench Coach
Sonny Ruberto	Hitting Coach
Claude Osteen	Pitching Coach

Busch Stadium (49,676 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 11	358 11	386 11	414 11	386 11	358 11	330 11

1976 All-Stars:

RF Bake McBride

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded Willie Crawford, Vic Harris and John Curtis to SF for John D'Acquisto, Mike Caldwell and Dave Rader. Traded Mike Wallace to TEX for John Sutton. Sold Luis Alvarado to DET. Released Lee Richard. Traded Bill Greif, Angel Torres and Sam Mejias to MON for Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott. Traded Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage to HOU for Larry Dierker and Jerry DaVanon. Selected Roger Freed from MON in draft. Lost Mike Proly to MIN in draft. Traded Lynn McGlothen to SF for Ken Reitz. Traded Mark Covert to CUB for Buddy Schultz. Traded Lerrin LaGrow to CWS for Clay Carroll. Released Tom Walker. Traded Doug Clarey to NYM for Benny Ayala. Sold Ken Rudolph to SF.

Starting Pitching: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Eric Rasmussen Bob Forsch John Denny Pete Falcone John Urrea

25 27 24 23 22

2 3 3 2 0

C- D B+ C- D+

6 8 11 12 0

12 10 9 16 0

0 0 0 0 0

150.1 194.0 207.0 212.0 0.0

54 71 74 93 0

76 76 74 138 0

3.53 3.94 2.52 3.23 0.00

.244 .274 .244 .217 .000

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

John Sutton Buddy Schultz Eddie Solomon Doug Capilla Clay Carroll Larry Dierker

24 26 26 25 35 30

0 2 4 1 13 13

B- C F F A D-

0 1 1 1 4 13

0 1 1 0 4 14

0 2 0 0 6 0

0.0 23.2 37.0 8.1 77.1 187.2

0 9 16 4 24 72

0 15 19 5 38 112

0.00 6.08 4.86 5.40 2.56 3.69

.000 .349 .296 .242 .237 .242

Closer: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Al Hrabosky

27

7

C+

8

6

13

95.1

39

73

3.30

.251

Infield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Ted Simmons Keith Hernandez Mike Tyson Ken Reitz Garry Templeton

27 23 27 25 21

9 3 5 5 1

A- C C- F+ A+

546 374 245 577 213

159 108 70 154 62

60 54 26 40 32

5 7 3 5 1

75 46 28 66 17

.291 .289 .286 .267 .291

0 4 3 5 11

.371 .376 .326 .293 .314

Outfield: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Lou Brock Jerry Mumphrey Bake McBride

37 24 28

16 3 4

B- F+ B+

498 384 272

150 99 91

73 51 40

4 1 3

67 26 24

.301 .258 .335

56 22 10

.344 .322 .386

Bench: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B LF RF

Dave Rader Roger Freed Jerry Davanon Jim Dwyer Mike Anderson

28 30 31 27 25

6 5 7 4 6

D F B+ F F

255 15 107 105 199

67 3 31 19 58

25 0 19 9 17

1 0 1 0 1

22 1 20 5 12

.263 .200 .290 .181 .291

2 0 0 0 1

.332 .200 .408 .269 .371

Outlook: 67-95. Sixth Place in the NL East

[GrimmyDee]

My apologies for taking a little longer with these summaries than I had planned. I only have the NL West to post and then we'll get going with the season.

Thanks for your patience.

[GrimmyDee]

Dave Bristol	Manager	10th season	512-567	.475
Vern Benson	Bench Coach
Chris Cannizzaro	Hitting Coach
Johnny Sain	Pitching Coach

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (51,500 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 6	358 6	385 6	402 6	385 6	358 6	330 6

1976 All-Stars:

SP Andy Messersmith / SP Dick Ruthven

Key Offseason Transactions:

Signed Gary Matthews as a free agent. Sold Jim Wynn to NYY. Traded Ken Henderson, Dave May, Carl Morton, Roger Moret, Adrian Devine and $250,000 to TEX for Jeff Burroughs. Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent. Sold Pablo Torrealba to OAK. Released Bruce Dal Canton.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Phil Niekro Andy Messersmith Dick Ruthven Buzz Capra Jamie Easterly

38 31 26 29 24

13 9 4 6 3

B- B+ F F F

17 11 14 0 1

11 11 17 1 1

0 1 0 0 0

270.2 207.1 240.1 9.1 22.0

101 74 90 6 13

173 135 142 4 11

3.29 3.04 4.19 8.68 4.91

.239 .216 .272 .250 .280

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Mike Davey Bob Johnson Rick Camp Preston Hanna Mike Beard Mike Marshall

24 33 23 22 26 34

0 6 1 2 3 9

C+ D- C F C+ C+

0 0 0 0 0 6

0 0 1 0 2 4

0 0 0 0 1 14

0.0 0.0 11.1 8.0 33.2 99.1

0 0 2 4 14 39

0 0 6 3 8 56

0.00 0.00 6.35 4.50 4.28 3.99

.000 .000 .295 .333 .286 .256

Closer: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Max Leon

27

4

D+

2

4

3

36.0

15

16

2.75

.235

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Biff Pocoroba Willie Montanez Rod Gilbreath Junior Moore Jerry Royster

23 29 24 24 24

2 8 5 1 4

C- C- F D+ F

174 650 383 26 533

42 206 96 7 132

16 74 57 1 65

0 11 1 0 5

14 84 32 2 45

.241 .317 .251 .269 .248

1 2 7 0 24

.313 .352 .329 .387 .313

Outfield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Gary Matthews Rowland Office Jeff Burroughs

26 24 26

5 4 7

B F+ F

587 359 604

164 101 143

79 51 71

20 4 18

84 34 86

.279 .281 .237

12 2 0

.359 .348 .315

Bench: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B SS LF CF

Joe Nolan Tom Paciorek Darrel Chaney Cito Gaston Barry Bonnell

25 30 29 33 23

2 7 8 9 0

B- F F+ F F

0 324 496 134 0

0 94 125 39 0

0 39 42 15 0

0 4 1 4 0

0 36 50 25 0

.000 .290 .252 .291 .000

0 2 5 1 0

.000 .333 .324 .354 .000

Outlook: 60-102. Last Place in NL West

[GrimmyDee]

Sparky Anderson	Manager	8th season	683-443	.607
Ted Kluszewski	Bench Coach
Russ Nixon	Hitting Coach
George Scherger	Pitching Coach

Riverfront Stadium (52,958 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 12	353 12	375 12	404 12	375 12	353 12	330 12

1976 All-Stars:

C Johnny Bench / SS Dave Concepcion / LF George Foster / RF Ken Griffey / 2B Joe Morgan / 1B Tony Perez / 3B Pete Rose

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Don Gullett free agency. Traded Tony Perez and Will McEnaney to MON for Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray. Traded Dave Schneck to CUB for Doug Summers. Traded Joel Youngblood to STL for Bill Caudill. Traded Pat Darcy to STL for Mike Caldwell.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Fred Norman Pat Zachry Jack Billingham Gary Nolan Woodie Fryman

34 24 34 28 36

12 1 9 9 11

B- B F C+ C-

12 14 12 15 13

7 7 10 9 13

0 0 1 0 2

180.1 204.0 177.0 239.1 216.1

70 83 62 27 76

126 143 76 113 123

3.09 2.74 4.32 3.46 3.37

.229 .226 .275 .252 .259

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Dale Murray Tom Hume Joe Hoerner Mike Caldwell Pedro Borbon Manny Sarmiento

27 24 40 28 30 21

3 0 13 6 8 1

B- D D+ F B+ B+

4 0 0 1 4 5

9 0 4 7 3 1

13 0 8 2 8 0

113.1 0.0 35.0 107.1 121.0 43.2

37 0 19 20 31 12

35 0 15 55 53 20

3.26 0.00 5.14 4.86 3.35 2.06

.272 .000 .301 .318 .288 .224

Closer: A

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Rawly Eastwick

26

3

A

11

5

26

107.2

27

70

2.09

.229

Infield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Johnny Bench Dan Driessen Joe Morgan Pete Rose Dave Concepcion

29 25 33 35 28

10 4 14 14 7

B B- A A- B-

465 219 472 665 576

109 54 151 215 162

62 32 113 130 74

16 7 27 10 9

74 44 111 63 69

.234 .247 .320 .323 .281

13 14 60 9 21

.348 .362 .444 .404 .335

Outfield: B-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Steve Henderson Cesar Geronimo Ken Griffey

24 29 26

0 8 4

C- B- A

0 486 562

0 149 189

0 59 111

0 2 6

0 49 74

.000 .307 .336

0 22 34

.000 .382 .401

Bench: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B LF LF

Bill Plummer Bob Bailey Ray Knight George Foster Ed Armbrister

30 34 24 28 28

8 15 1 8 4

F D- F A F

153 124 0 562 78

38 37 0 172 23

16 17 0 86 20

4 6 0 29 2

19 23 0 121 7

.248 .298 .000 .306 .295

0 0 0 17 7

.311 .376 .000 .364 .341

Outlook: 97-65. Champions of the NL West

[GrimmyDee]

Bill Virdon	Manager	7th season	402-351	.534
Deacon Jones	Bench Coach
Bob Lillis	Hitting Coach
Tony Pacheco	Pitching Coach

The Astrodome (45,000 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	340 10	365 10	390 16	406 10	390 16	365 10	340 10

1976 All-Stars:

CF Cesar Cedeno / SP Ken Forsch

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded Larry Dierker and Jerry Davanon to STL for Joe Ferguson and Bob Detherage. Lost Rich Chiles to MIN in draft. Traded Greg Gross to CUB for Julio Gonzalez. Traded Skip Jutze to SEA for Alan Griffin and cash. Traded Paul Siebert to SD for Mike Allen. Traded Rob Andrews and cash to SF for Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring. Traded Larry Milbourne to SEA for Roy Thomas.

Starting Pitching: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

J.R. Richard Joaquin Andujar Joe Niekro Ken Forsch Bo McLaughlin

27 24 32 30 23

6 1 10 7 1

B F F B+ D-

20 9 4 4 4

15 10 8 3 5

0 0 0 19 1

291.0 172.1 118.0 92.0 79.0

151 75 56 26 17

214 59 77 49 32

2.75 3.60 3.36 2.15 2.85

.209 .250 .234 .226 .241

Bullpen: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Roy Thomas Dan Larsen Doug Konieczny Mark Lemongello Gene Pentz Tom Dixon

23 22 25 21 23 21

0 1 3 1 2 0

B- F F F B D+

0 5 0 3 3 0

0 8 0 1 3 0

0 0 0 0 5 0

0.0 92.1 0.0 29.0 63.2 0.0

0 28 0 7 31 0

0 42 0 9 36 0

0.00 3.02 0.00 2.79 2.97 0.00

.000 .232 .000 .230 .253 .000

Closer: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Joe Sambito

24

1

C-

3

2

1

53.1

14

26

3.54

.234

Infield: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Joe Ferguson Bob Watson Art Howe Enos Cabell Julio Gonzalez

30 30 30 27 24

7 11 3 5 0

D- A- C- C F

374 585 29 586 0

79 183 4 160 0

46 76 0 85 0

10 16 0 2 0

39 102 0 43 0

.211 .313 .138 .273 .000

6 3 0 35 0

.317 .377 .286 .309 .000

Outfield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Terry Puhl Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz

20 26 29

0 7 7

C+ A- B

0 575 439

0 171 133

0 89 49

0 18 4

0 83 61

.000 .297 .303

0 58 28

.000 .357 .377

Bench: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

2B SS LF LF RF

Ken Boswell Roger Metzger Willie Crawford Cliff Johnson Leon Roberts

31 29 30 29 26

10 7 13 5 3

F F B- D D

126 481 392 318 235

33 101 119 72 68

12 37 49 36 31

0 0 9 10 7

18 29 50 49 33

.262 .210 .304 .226 .289

1 1 2 0 1

.301 .286 .360 .359 .347

Outlook: 93-69. Second Place in NL West

[GrimmyDee]

Tom Lasorda	Manager	2nd season	2-2	.500
Preston Gomez	Bench Coach
Jim Gillam	Hitting Coach
Red Adams	Pitching Coach

Dodger Stadium (56,000 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 4	350 4	370 8	400 8	370 8	350 4	330 4

1976 All-Stars:

3B Ron Cey / 1B Steve Garvey / SP Rick Rhoden / SS Bill Russell

Key Offseason Transactions:

Released Jim Lyttle. Released Leron Lee. Traded Ted Sizemore to PHI for Johnny Oates and Quency Hill. Traded Bill Buckner, Ivan DeJesus and Jeff Albert to CUB for Rick Monday and Mike Garman. Traded Rick Auerbach to NYM for Hank Webb. Signed Boog Powell as a free agent.

Starting Pitching: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Doug Rau Don Sutton Tommy John Rick Rhoden Burt Hooten

28 32 33 23 27

5 11 13 3 6

A- B+ B B- B

16 21 10 12 11

12 10 10 3 15

0 0 0 0 0

231.0 267.2 207.0 181.0 226.2

69 82 61 53 60

98 161 91 77 116

2.57 3.06 3.09 2.98 3.26

.253 .231 .258 .240 .237

Bullpen: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Stan Wall Lance Rautzhan Mike Garman Hank Webb Al Downing Dennis Lewallyn

25 24 27 26 35 23

2 0 7 5 16 2

B- B C- C B B

2 0 2 0 1 1

2 0 4 1 2 1

1 0 1 0 0 0

50.0 0.0 76.1 16.0 46.2 16.2

15 0 35 7 18 6

27 0 37 7 30 4

3.60 0.00 4.95 4.50 3.86 2.16

.260 .000 .270 .262 .243 .197

Closer: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Charlie Hough

29

7

B

12

8

18

142.2

77

81

2.21

.199

Infield: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Steve Yeager Steve Garvey Davey Lopes Ron Cey Rafael Landestoy

28 28 31 29 23

5 8 5 6 0

F B+ B B+ B-

359 631 427 502 0

77 200 103 139 0

42 85 72 69 0

11 13 4 23 0

35 80 20 80 0

.214 .317 .241 .277 .000

3 19 63 0 0

.286 .363 .333 .386 .000

Outfield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Dusty Baker Rick Monday Reggie Smith

27 31 32

9 11 11

F B B-

384 534 395

93 145 100

36 107 55

4 32 18

39 77 49

.242 .272 .253

2 5 3

.298 .346 .312

Bench: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B LF RF

Johnny Oates Boog Powell Lee Lacy Manny Mota Vic Davalillo

31 35 28 39 40

6 16 5 15 12

F+ F C+ F+ D-

99 293 338 52 0

25 63 91 15 0

10 29 42 1 0

0 9 3 0 0

8 33 34 13 0

.253 .215 .269 .288 .000

0 1 3 0 0

.308 .305 .314 .367 .000

Outlook: 85-77. Third Place in NL West

[GrimmyDee]

John McNamera	Manager	6th season	301-360	.455
Roger Craig	Bench Coach
Joey Amalfitano	Hitting Coach
Bob Skinner	Pitching Coach

Jack Murphy Stadium (48,460 / Grass)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	330 18	353 18	375 18	410 18	375 18	353 18	330 18

1976 All-Stars:

SP Randy Jones

Key Offseason Transactions:

Granted Tito Fuentes free agency. Traded Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Hector Torres to CLE for George Hendrick. Signed Rollie Fingers as a free agent. Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent. Released Willie Davis. Traded Mike Allen to HOU for Paul Siebert. Traded Jerry Johnson to TOR for Dave Roberts. Sold Ken Reynolds. Lost Rich Folkers to MIL on waivers. Released Alan Foster. Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.

Starting Pitching: D-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Randy Jones Bob Shirley Dave Freisleben Bob Owchinko Tom Griffin

27 22 25 22 29

4 0 3 1 8

A- F D- F F

22 0 10 0 9

14 0 13 2 6

0 0 1 0 0

315.1 0.0 172.0 4.1 112.0

50 0 66 3 79

93 0 81 4 69

2.74 0.00 3.51 16.62 4.10

.231 .000 .248 .478 .238

Bullpen: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Butch Metzger Rick Sawyer Paul Siebert Dan Spillner Dave Tomlin Brent Strom

24 29 23 25 27 28

3 3 3 3 5 4

B B+ C+ F B+ C

11 5 0 2 0 12

4 3 2 11 1 16

16 0 0 0 0 0

123.1 81.2 25.2 106.2 73.0 210.2

52 38 18 55 20 73

89 33 10 57 43 103

2.92 2.53 3.16 5.06 2.84 3.29

.259 .274 .296 .286 .236 .236

Closer: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Rollie Fingers

30

9

B

13

11

20

134.2

40

113

2.47

.235

Infield: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Gene Tenace Mike Ivie Gary Sutherland Doug Rader Bill Almon

30 24 32 32 24

8 4 11 10 3

A F F C B

417 405 232 471 57

104 118 49 121 14

64 51 19 45 6

22 7 1 9 1

66 70 15 55 6

.249 .291 .211 .257 .246

5 6 0 3 3

.373 .345 .258 .335 .271

Outfield: B

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Jerry Turner Gene Richards Dave Winfield

23 23 25

3 0 4

B- A+ B

281 0 492

75 0 139

41 0 81

5 0 13

37 0 69

.267 .000 .283

12 0 26

.339 .000 .366

Bench: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C SS LF CF CF

Dave Roberts Bobby Valentine Merv Rettenmund George Hendrick Luis Melendez

26 26 33 27 27

4 7 9 6 7

F F D C F

0 49 140 551 143

0 18 32 146 32

0 3 16 72 15

0 0 2 25 0

0 4 11 81 5

.000 .367 .229 .265 .224

0 0 4 4 1

.000 .436 .361 .323 .238

Outlook: 75-87. Fifth Place in NL West

[GrimmyDee]

Joe Altibelli	Manager	1st season	0-0	.000
Bobby Winkles	Bench Coach
Jim Davenport	Hitting Coach
Herm Starette	Pitching Coach

Candlestick Park (58,000 / Artificial Turf)

	LFL	LF	LC	CF	RC	RF	RFL
Distances Walls	335 12	350 12	365 12	410 12	365 12	350 12	335 12

1976 All-Stars:

SP John Montefusco

Key Offseason Transactions:

Traded John D'Acquisto, Mike Caldwell and Dave Rader to STL for Willie Crawford, Vic Harris and John Curtis. Granted Gary Matthews free agency. Sold Glenn Adams to MIN. Traded Ken Reitz to STL for Lynn McGlothen. Signed Willie McCovey as a free agent. Traded Bobby Murcer, Steve Ontiveros and Andy Muhlstock to CUB for Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring. Released Chris Arnold. Traded Marty Perez to NYY for Terry Whitfield. Traded Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring to HOU for Rob Andrews and cash. Purchased Ken Rudolph from STL.

Starting Pitching: C

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

SP SP SP SP SP

Jim Barr Ed Halicki John Montefusco Bob Knepper Lynn McGlothen

29 26 26 22 27

6 3 3 1 5

B+ C B+ D F+

15 12 16 1 13

12 14 14 2 15

0 0 0 0 0

252.1 186.1 253.1 25.0 205.0

60 61 74 7 68

75 130 172 11 106

2.89 3.62 2.84 3.24 3.91

.263 .244 .234 .271 .265

Bullpen: D+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

MR MR MR MR MR MR

Dave Heaverlo John Curtis Terry Cornutt Tommy Toms Randy Moffitt Charlie Williams

26 29 24 25 28 29

2 7 0 2 5 6

C+ F C D A- F

4 6 0 0 6 2

4 11 0 1 6 0

1 1 0 1 14 1

75.0 134.0 0.0 8.2 103.0 85.0

15 65 0 1 35 39

40 52 0 4 50 34

4.44 4.50 0.00 6.23 2.27 2.96

.281 .276 .000 .342 .235 .248

Closer: C+

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

W

L

S

IP

BB

K

ERA

AVG

CL

Gary Lavelle

28

3

C+

10

6

12

110.1

52

71

2.69

.246

Infield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C 1B 2B 3B SS

Marc Hill Willie McCovey Rob Andrews Bill Madlock Chris Speier

25 39 24 26 26

4 18 2 4 6

F F F A+ D-

131 226 410 514 495

24 46 105 174 112

11 20 42 68 51

3 7 0 15 3

15 36 23 84 40

.183 .204 .256 .339 .226

0 0 7 15 2

.243 .283 .312 .412 .311

Outfield: D

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

LF CF RF

Darrell Evans Gary Thomasson Jack Clark

29 25 21

8 5 2

F C- C

396 328 102

81 85 23

53 45 14

11 8 2

46 38 10

.205 .259 .225

9 8 6

.326 .321 .277

Bench: C-

Pos

Name

Age

Exp

Grd

AB

H

R

HR

RBI

AVG

SB

OBP

C LF CF CF RF

Gary Alexander Randy Elliott Larry Herndon Derrel Thomas Terry Whitfield

24 25 23 26 24

2 2 2 6 3

C- F D- F D-

73 0 337 272 0

13 0 97 63 0

12 0 42 38 0

2 0 2 2 0

7 0 23 19 0

.178 .000 .288 .232 .000

1 0 12 10 0

.274 .000 .337 .313 .000

Outlook: 85-77. Third Place in NL West

[GrimmyDee]

April 5 - Short Season Single A Season Starts
Alliteration Fans Rejoice!

Short Season Single A
Batavia Indians (0-0) at Jamestown Expos (0-0)

Batavia 9
Jamestown 3

W: Carlos Avila (1-0) L: Jeff Bradley (0-1)
HR – None
POG: Robin MacFadden (BAT) 3-6, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Starter Jeff Bradley (0-1, 20.26 ERA) fails to get out of the second inning as he gives up six runs and ten hits as Batavia amasses 18 hits as a team in crushing my coaching debut. Catcher Robinson Diaz (.750, 2 RBI) has three hits and drives in two of our three runs but we just couldn't cash in on the nine free passes Batavia gave us. Robin MacFadden (.500, 2 RBI) has three hits and two RBI, while Antonio Rosario (.750, 1 RBI) and Jose Velez (.600, 1 RBI) each have three hits for the Indians.

[GrimmyDee]

Wednesday, April 6 - Rudi Hits First Home Run Of 1977


California designated hitter Joe Rudi (1.000, 1 HR, 1 RBI) steals two bases and scores four runs while going 3-for-3, including the first home run of the 1977 season while Don Baylor (.500, 3 RBI) drives in three as the Angels beat Seattle 10-4. Julio Cruz has three hits in the loss.


Cincinnati pitcher Fred Norman (1-0, 0.00 ERA) gives up five hits in seven innings while striking out four Padres hitters in the Reds 2-0 shutout win over San Diego. Padres starter Randy Jones (0-1, 2.25 ERA) goes the distance in the loss, scattering six hits.

Major Transactions

	CF Larry Harlow contract purchased from Triple A Rochester. 1B Tony Muser assigned to Triple A Rochester. CF Tom Shopay optioned to Triple A Rochester.

	MR Jim Burton contract purchased from Triple A Pawtucket. MR Don Aase optioned to Triple A Pawtucket.

	RF Charlie Spikes assigned to Triple A Toledo.

	SP Jack Morris recalled from Triple A Evansville. SP Fernando Arroyo recalled from Triple A Evansville. SS Mark Wagner recalled from Triple A Evansville. MR Steve Grilli optioned to Triple A Evansville. SS Tom Veryzer optioned to Triple A Evansville. DH Rusty Staub assigned to Single A Lakeland.

	SS Robin Yount recalled from Triple A Spokane. 2B Tim Johnson was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers.

	SS Fred Stanley assigned to Triple A Syracuse.

	CF Gary Woods recalled from Triple A Beloeil. 2B Dave McKay recalled from Triple A Beloeil. RF Steve Bowling optioned to Triple A Beloeil. SS Jim Mason assigned to Triple A Beloeil.

	CF Ken Landreaux contract purchased from Triple A Salt Lake City. C Andy Etchbarren assigned to Triple A Salt Lake City. SS Mario Guerrero optioned to Triple A Salt Lake City.

	SS Tim Nordbrook recalled from Triple A Wichita. MR Jack Kucek assigned to Triple A Wichita.

	2B Dave Nelson recalled from Triple A Omaha. 2B Frank White optioned to Triple A Omaha. 3B Cookie Rojas assigned to Triple A Omaha.

	SP Jim Hughes recalled from Triple A Tacoma. MR Bill Butler recalled from Triple A Tacoma. 3B Jerry Terrell recalled from Triple A Tacoma. 2B Luis Gomez recalled from Triple A Tacoma. 3B Larry Wolfe optioned to Triple A Tacoma.

	MR Paul Mitchell recalled from Triple A San Jose. SS Rob Picciolo recalled from Triple A San Jose. SP Rick Langford optioned to Triple A San Jose. 1B Rich McKinney optioned to Triple A San Jose.

	SP Byron McLaughlin recalled from Triple A Sidney. SP Dave Pagan optioned to Triple A Sidney.

	C Jim Sundberg assigned to Triple A Tucson. 2B Sandy Alomar assigned to Triple A Tucson.

	MR Pete Broberg recalled from Triple A Iowa. SP Mike Krukow optioned to Triple A Iowa.

	SP Larry Landreth recalled from Triple A Denver. SS Tim Foli recalled from Triple A Denver. LF Jerry White optioned to Triple A Denver.

	SS Bud Harrelson recalled from Triple A Tidewater. 1B Joe Torre placed on the active roster. 2B Leo Foster recalled from Triple A Tidewater. C Ron Hodges was designated for assignment and placed on irrevocable waivers. 3B Roy Staiger assigned to Triple A Tidewater.

	3B Jim Morrison recalled from Triple A Oklahoma City. 2B Ted Sizemore optioned to Triple A Oklahoma City.

	LF Ed Kirkpatrick assigned to Triple A Columbus.

	SP Doug Capilla recalled from Triple A New Orleans. SS Don Kessinger assigned to Triple A New Orleans.

	MR Buzz Capra recalled from Triple A Richmond. SP Jamie Easterly recalled from Triple A Richmond. MR Bob Johnson recalled from Triple A Richmond. SP Mickey Mahler optioned to Triple A Richmond. MR Steve Kline assigned to Triple A Richmond. MR Dave Campbell optioned to Triple A Richmond.

	C Bill Plummer recalled from Triple A Indianapolis. 2B Ray Knight recalled from Triple A Indianapolis. C Don Werner optioned to Triple A Indianapolis. 2B Rick Auerbach optionted to Triple A Indianapolis.

	MR Doug Konieczny recalled from Triple A Charleston. MR Floyd Bannister optioned to Triple A Charleston.

	MR Hank Webb contract purchased from Triple A Albuquerque. MR Elias Sosa was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.

	2B Gary Sutherland recalled from Triple A Hawaii.

Short Season Single A
Batavia Indians (1-0) at Jamestown Expos (0-1)

Batavia 0
Jamestown 1

W: Tommy Campbell (1-0) L: Terry Wondergem (0-1) S: Bruce Oliver (1)
HR – JAM: Juan Madrigal (1)
POG: Aurelio Roman (JAM) 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K

Roman (0.00 ERA) throws 6 2/3 innings of two-hit baseball before an overcautious manager (me) takes him out. Juan Madrigal (.143, 1 HR, 1 RBI) hits a solo blast in the seventh inning to provide the only scoring of the game. Tommy Campbell (0.00 ERA) and Bruce Oliver (0.00 ERA) shut the door the rest of the way, allowing just one hit. Wondergem (1.13 ERA) scatters seven hits and strikes out five in the loss.