1977 Miami Marlins
Record: 58-102
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 597
Runs Allowed: 834
Exp W-L: 56-104
 
Ballpark: Marlins Park
Attendance: 1,608,540
Manager: Carlos Gonzalez

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 11th in the National League
AA: 64-73, 9th in the National League
A: 63-74, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  Mike Ivie 24 153 575 71 158 32 3 11 65 0 1 36 86 .275 .318 .398 .716 67.6 12.7 0.8
SS  Bill Melton 31 154 519 62 115 20 5 14 56 1 0 50 62 .222 .299 .360 .659 51.7 6.3 3.4
1B *Bill Buckner 27 155 525 58 140 23 2 8 55 0 0 23 47 .267 .297 .364 .661 51.0 7.3 2.6
C *Darrell Porter 25 133 435 56 100 23 0 14 46 4 1 52 88 .230 .312 .379 .691 53.8 9.2 3.5
SS  Rod Gilbreath 24 151 446 34 87 15 4 4 40 2 2 33 58 .195 .252 .274 .525 29.9 0.0 4.9
CF *Boots Day 29 133 433 49 121 8 2 4 37 6 2 35 34 .279 .333 .335 .668 49.4 8.5 2.2
CF  Larry Herndon 23 128 379 40 95 13 3 5 39 3 3 14 58 .251 .279 .340 .620 33.5 3.9 3.2
LF  Jeffrey Leonard 21 113 363 38 78 13 5 9 43 9 0 27 82 .215 .273 .353 .626 35.9 4.2 2.0
3B  Danny Cater 37 115 367 23 74 7 0 0 15 0 0 19 64 .202 .241 .221 .462 13.7 0.0 2.2
1B  Gorman Thomas 26 131 337 43 77 19 2 15 45 1 0 43 79 .228 .318 .430 .748 46.8 8.9 2.8
C *Ed Ott 25 104 344 38 96 14 1 12 51 0 1 17 41 .279 .310 .430 .741 45.7 9.3 2.9
3B  George Scott 33 78 300 39 84 11 2 23 57 3 3 19 52 .280 .324 .560 .884 51.1 12.2 1.7
2B *Rob Wilfong 23 84 222 24 35 4 1 3 14 5 0 3 37 .158 .173 .225 .398 3.2 0.0 1.6
1B  Rob Picciolo 24 51 79 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 11 .127 .148 .127 .275 -1.2 0.0 0.8
LF  Bob Gorinski 25 56 67 12 11 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 12 .164 .176 .209 .385 2.0 0.0 0.6
C  Mike Sadek 31 19 30 5 6 2 0 1 4 0 1 9 1 .200 .385 .367 .751 4.6 0.9 0.4
DH *Randy Bass 23 8 13 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .231 .375 .231 .606 1.6 0.4 0.1
P  Roy Lee Jackson 23 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 26.3 1768 5435 597 1291 207 30 123 575 37 15 386 814 .238 .290 .355 .644 540.6 84.1 35.4
  Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 12 12 7 8 12 8 3 12 11 12 12 11 12 12  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Jim Burton 27 11 16 .407 34 34 0 245.7 246 101 23 77 113 3.70 16.7
 Gil Patterson 21 11 15 .423 36 36 0 228.3 214 119 22 147 157 4.69 9.7
 Jack Morris 22 6 16 .273 28 28 0 198.7 212 105 18 110 99 4.76 4.8
 Larry Christenson 23 6 14 .300 22 22 0 161.3 189 103 28 74 44 5.75 1.2
 Tim Stoddard 24 7 11 .389 27 25 0 161.0 164 83 16 88 79 4.64 6.4
 Ray Burris 26 3 6 .333 36 7 0 76.7 82 39 6 34 28 4.58 2.2
*Tony Pierce 31 9 3 .750 44 0 8 57.3 55 22 3 18 36 3.45 8.1
 Donnie Moore 23 2 6 .250 43 0 9 56.3 67 39 10 27 29 6.23 0.1
 Roy Lee Jackson 23 1 1 .500 22 0 2 53.3 48 25 8 19 19 4.22 3.3
 Paul Hartzell 23 1 4 .200 14 5 2 49.3 72 37 8 11 9 6.75 0.0
 Ron Klimkowski 33 0 5 .000 24 1 1 46.0 62 33 8 15 8 6.46 0.0
*Fred Kuhaulua 24 1 2 .333 5 5 0 38.3 40 18 2 21 12 4.23 2.0
 Dave Rozema 20 0 2 .000 4 4 0 30.7 44 19 6 8 9 5.58 0.0
 Don Durham 28 0 1 .000 6 0 0 7.3 11 7 2 4 4 8.59 0.0
Team Totals 24.9 58 102 .363 345 167 22 1410.3 1506 750 160 653 646 4.79 54.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 8 12 12 10 12 12 11 8 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 35.3
D.Porter 674.7 77 83 342 36 8 0 .979 30.0
E.Ott 661.3 75 77 314 38 6 0 .983 37.8
M.Sadek 74.3 8 11 28 6 0 0 1.000 66.7
G.Scott 13.0 1 2 9 1 1 0 .909 50.0
Team Total 1423.3 161 173 693 81 15 0 .981 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.01
B.Buckner 428.0 51 59 510 34 5 49 .991 11.44
D.Porter 357.0 40 44 425 33 4 62 .991 11.55
M.Ivie 354.0 41 45 434 33 2 37 .996 11.87
D.Cater 141.7 17 24 175 16 1 16 .995 12.13
E.Ott 68.0 7 15 101 9 2 11 .982 14.56
R.Bass 26.0 3 4 37 2 1 3 .975 13.50
G.Thomas 24.0 1 8 32 0 0 2 1.000 12.00
G.Scott 8.1 0 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 11.11
Team Total 1406.8 160 203 1723 128 15 180 .992 11.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.23
B.Melton 443.0 50 54 107 180 9 41 .970 5.83
R.Wilfong 437.7 52 60 98 202 6 38 .980 6.17
R.Gilbreath 400.0 49 50 99 173 4 48 .986 6.12
L.Herndon 77.7 4 26 27 44 1 17 .986 8.23
R.Picciolo 52.0 5 12 13 25 1 8 .974 6.58
Team Total 1410.3 160 202 344 624 21 152 .979 6.18
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.92
D.Cater 653.7 74 77 46 167 20 18 .914 2.93
G.Scott 431.7 49 50 27 123 4 11 .974 3.13
B.Melton 313.0 36 36 24 71 6 8 .941 2.73
R.Gilbreath 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Ott 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1401.4 159 166 98 361 30 37 .939 2.95
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.58
R.Gilbreath 826.3 97 99 140 378 8 59 .985 5.64
B.Melton 321.0 37 38 72 129 4 43 .980 5.64
R.Picciolo 163.0 14 37 25 63 3 17 .967 4.86
R.Wilfong 95.0 12 12 19 47 3 5 .957 6.25
L.Herndon 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
D.Cater 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1410.3 160 189 258 620 18 126 .980 5.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.84
B.Day 917.0 104 116 172 9 1 1 .995 1.78
J.Leonard 369.0 46 49 80 3 4 0 .954 2.02
L.Herndon 52.0 5 12 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.60
D.Cater 27.7 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
B.Gorinski 23.7 1 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
R.Bass 11.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Buckner 8.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
M.Ivie 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1410.3 160 202 287 13 5 2 .984 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.49
L.Herndon 662.3 79 84 208 6 5 4 .977 2.91
G.Thomas 521.3 58 70 159 1 3 0 .982 2.76
B.Buckner 194.0 22 26 47 4 1 1 .981 2.37
B.Day 21.0 1 9 6 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
M.Sadek 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Gorinski 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Gilbreath 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Wilfong 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 194 425 12 9 6 .980 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.02
B.Buckner 526.7 61 67 101 2 3 0 .972 1.76
J.Leonard 441.0 55 60 102 0 3 0 .971 2.08
G.Thomas 274.7 28 41 66 3 0 2 1.000 2.26
B.Gorinski 148.3 16 24 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.24
B.Melton 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Cater 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Wilfong 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Herndon 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Ott 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 200 307 5 6 2 .981 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.03
J.Burton 245.7 34 34 16 46 0 5 1.000 2.27
G.Patterson 228.3 36 36 16 42 2 2 .967 2.29
J.Morris 198.7 28 28 9 24 1 3 .971 1.50
L.Christenson 161.3 22 22 10 29 1 2 .975 2.18
T.Stoddard 161.0 25 27 10 31 2 2 .953 2.29
R.Burris 76.7 7 36 5 9 1 0 .933 1.64
T.Pierce 57.3 0 44 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.57
D.Moore 56.3 0 43 4 10 1 2 .933 2.24
R.Jackson 53.3 0 22 2 14 1 0 .941 2.70
P.Hartzell 49.3 5 14 4 4 0 2 1.000 1.46
R.Klimkowski 46.0 1 24 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.15
F.Kuhaulua 38.3 5 5 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.35
D.Rozema 30.7 4 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Durham 7.3 0 6 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1410.3 167 345 83 242 9 21 .973 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ivie .275
On-Base Pct Ivie .318
Slugging Pct Ivie .398
OPS Ivie .716
XR Ivie 67.6
Games Buckner 155
At-Bats Ivie 575
Runs Ivie 71
Hits Ivie 158
Total Bases Ivie 229
Singles Ivie 112
Doubles Ivie 32
Triples Leonard, Melton 5
Homeruns Scott 23
RBIs Ivie 65
Stolen Bases Leonard 9
Caught Stealing Herndon, Scott 3
Walks Porter 52
Strikeouts Porter 88
ERA Burton 3.70
Wins Burton, Patterson 11
Losses Burton, Morris 16
Winning Pct Patterson .423
Saves Moore 9
Games Pitched Pierce 44
Games Started Patterson 36
Complete Games Burton 5
Shutouts Burton, Christenson 1
Innings Pitched Burton 245.7
Hits Allowed Burton 246
Homeruns Allowed Christenson 28
Strikeouts Patterson 157
Walks Allowed Patterson 147
Walks per 9IP Burton 2.8
Hits per 9IP Patterson 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Patterson 6.2
WHiP Burton 1.31
OAVG Patterson .248
OOBP Burton .318
OSLG Patterson .378
OOPS Burton .712
Team All-Stars
Donnie Moore
Player Salaries
Cookie Rojas $ 3,890,000
Boots Day $ 850,000
Tony Pierce $ 675,000
Don Durham $ 350,000
Darrell Porter $ 350,000
Danny Cater $ 300,000
Jim Burton $ 300,000
Jeffrey Leonard $ 300,000
Bill Buckner $ 300,000
Roy Lee Jackson $ 300,000
Rod Gilbreath $ 300,000
Bob Gorinski $ 300,000
Paul Hartzell $ 300,000
Larry Herndon $ 300,000
Mike Ivie $ 300,000
Larry Christenson $ 300,000
Randy Bass $ 300,000
Fred Kuhaulua $ 300,000
Rob Wilfong $ 300,000
Bill Melton $ 300,000
Donnie Moore $ 300,000
Jack Morris $ 300,000
Ed Ott $ 300,000
Gil Patterson $ 300,000
Rob Picciolo $ 300,000
Dave Rozema $ 300,000
Tim Stoddard $ 300,000
Gorman Thomas $ 300,000
Ron Klimkowski $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Boots Day
2/21 Signed     Danny Cater
4/3 Signed     Ron Klimkowski
4/3 Signed     Ken Holtzman
4/3 Signed     Adolfo Phillips
7/1 Traded Ray Burris
Mike Sadek
George Scott
Oakland Cookie Rojas