1979 Calgary Expos Roster
Team Record: 34-36
Finished 2nd in the PL's North Division
Manager: Bob Bailey (34-36)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Burns Stadium
Attendance: 37,552, Avg. 1,073
The Calgary Expos of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 34 wins and 36 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Expos scored 383 runs and surrendered 474 runs. Fernando Marin led Calgary with 19 home runs and accounted for 52 RBI. Georgie Cruz paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .335 average. Louis Blows and Antonio Fadhel topped the team with 7 wins each, while Antonio Fadhel registered a 3.15 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Andrés Galarraga and Randy St. Claire both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Bailey served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Dave Barnett | S | R | July 24, 1957 | 5'10" | 170 | Orlando, FL US |
Louis Blows | L | L | July 16, 1957 | 5'11" | 160 | |
Larry Boger | R | 5'11" | 170 | |||
David Bradshaw | L | 5'11" | 165 | |||
Joe Breeden | R | R | October 11, 1956 | 6'0" | 190 | Newport News, VA US |
Ricky Clarke | L | 6'0" | 180 | |||
David Cohron | L | L | 6'4" | 220 | ||
Jeffrey Coker | R | R | 6'0" | 178 | ||
Luis Colon | R | 6'1" | ||||
Georgie Cruz | L | L | February 8, 1960 | 5'10" | 155 | |
Francisco Escalera | R | R | 6'2" | 205 | ||
Antonio Fadhel | R | R | March 27, 1960 | 6'0" | 180 | , CU |
Carlos Figueroa | R | 6'0" | 180 | |||
Guy Finch | L | 6'1" | 184 | |||
Kirk Forbes | S | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
Andrés Galarraga | R | R | June 18, 1961 | 6'3" | 235 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
Mark Henderson | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
George Keen | R | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
Michael Kwiecinski | R | R | December 28, 1960 | 6'3" | 180 | |
Fernando Marin | R | R | 5'10" | 170 | ||
Joey Nichols | R | 6'2" | 205 | |||
James Pellack | L | L | 6'1" | 195 | ||
David Perez | R | R | 6'0" | 175 | ||
Rene Quinones | S | R | November 17, 1961 | 5'9" | 155 | |
Bobby Ruis | L | 6'1" | 185 | |||
Randy St. Claire | R | R | August 23, 1960 | 6'3" | 180 | Glens Falls, NY US |
William St. John | L | L | September 6, 1960 | 6'3" | 185 | |
Mickey Torres | R | R | August 20, 1958 | 6'3" | 170 | Utado, PR |
Randolph Vega | R | R | September 15, 1961 | 6'1" | 176 | |
Timothy West | R | R | 6'1" | 190 | ||
Keith White | L | 6'3" | 190 | |||
William Wilkinson | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
Steve Winfield | R | R | December 2, 1958 | 6'5" | 210 | Center, TX US |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.