1979 Astros Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-19
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Julio Linares (33-19)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1979 Astros RosterTeam Record: 33-19
Finished 1st in the GCL
Manager: Julio Linares (33-19)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Astros of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 33 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the GCL.
The Astros yielded 205 runs, fewest in the league. The team plated 256 runs. Francisco Jabalera topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .328. Doug Welenc led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 1.86 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Chris Jones, Pat Perry, Álvaro Espinoza, Bill Doran, Johnny Ray, Ty Gainey, Joe McIntosh, Manny Hernández and Mark Ross were all players from the 1979 Astros who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Julio Linares served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Welenc | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.86 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Zac Paris | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.63 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 51 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Penate | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 49 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pat Perry | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.67 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 55 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Brown | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42.0 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manny Hernández | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roberto Yan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.81 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 57 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Gregory Petersen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Ross | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Finch | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Quico Ruiz | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.86 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Francis Mouse | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steven Quealey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Uvaldo Regalado | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Sam Bryan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Ray | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Blaine Smith | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Lohuis | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Rice | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Keith Bonine | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elvido DePaula | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Barry Graham | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 19 | .627 | 2.98 | 133 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 458.7 | 409 | 205 | 152 | 10 | 218 | 2 | 293 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Jabalera | 48 | 223 | 192 | 32 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | .328 | .402 | .354 | .756 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Cliff Wherry | 47 | 219 | 184 | 33 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 22 | .255 | .364 | .348 | .712 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sergio DeSena | 48 | 214 | 192 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 32 | .224 | .284 | .302 | .586 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bill Doran | 44 | 187 | 164 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | .256 | .335 | .311 | .646 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Ray | 37 | 171 | 132 | 25 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 4 | .311 | .447 | .455 | .902 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Manuel DeAza | 42 | 171 | 153 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 16 | .261 | .324 | .294 | .618 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Valentino Primante | 42 | 171 | 121 | 24 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 23 | .289 | .468 | .380 | .848 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Marc Thomas | 42 | 150 | 134 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 20 | .254 | .327 | .299 | .625 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Jones | 31 | 115 | 93 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | .258 | .381 | .312 | .692 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mark Strucher | 29 | 118 | 96 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .219 | .342 | .302 | .644 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ty Gainey | 21 | 73 | 61 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 26 | .230 | .333 | .279 | .612 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Julio Benjamin | 20 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .212 | .297 | .212 | .509 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Álvaro Espinoza | 11 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .219 | .306 | .219 | .524 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Williams | 13 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .175 | .233 | .200 | .433 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Ashley | 17 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | .154 | .283 | .179 | .462 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ernesto Espinoza | 8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .080 | .148 | .080 | .228 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ruben Robles | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 502 | 2046 | 1728 | 256 | 440 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 200 | 63 | 31 | 261 | 262 | .255 | .354 | .315 | .669 | 545 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Strucher | 1B | 29 | 263 | 24 | 4 | 30 | .986 | 9.897 | ||||
| Julio Benjamin | 1B | 20 | 168 | 7 | 2 | 10 | .989 | 8.750 | ||||
| Chris Jones | 1B | 7 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 11 | .942 | 9.286 | ||||
| Bill Doran | 2B | 44 | 107 | 144 | 11 | 33 | .958 | 5.705 | ||||
| Johnny Ray | 2B | 7 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 6 | .930 | 5.714 | ||||
| Álvaro Espinoza | 2B | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Manuel DeAza | 3B | 38 | 27 | 87 | 10 | 12 | .919 | 3.000 | ||||
| Johnny Ray | 3B | 12 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 3 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Álvaro Espinoza | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Valentino Primante | C | 36 | 219 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 6.361 | 9 | |||
| Jamie Williams | C | 13 | 60 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 6.077 | 4 | |||
| Ernesto Espinoza | C | 8 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 5.125 | 3 | |||
| Francisco Jabalera | OF | 48 | 99 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 2.188 | ||||
| Sergio DeSena | OF | 48 | 93 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .950 | 1.979 | ||||
| Marc Thomas | OF | 40 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ty Gainey | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Chris Jones | OF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Larry Ashley | OF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Larry Brown | P | 21 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Quico Ruiz | P | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Penate | P | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Zac Paris | P | 10 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Roberto Yan | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Doug Welenc | P | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pat Perry | P | 9 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Manny Hernández | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| William Ray | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Barry Graham | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Michael Finch | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Uvaldo Regalado | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joe McIntosh | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mark Lohuis | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Gregory Petersen | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Ross | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Bonine | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Blaine Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Andrew Rice | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Quealey | P | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Francis Mouse | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvido DePaula | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Bryan | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Wherry | SS | 47 | 79 | 167 | 16 | 30 | .939 | 5.234 | ||||
| Álvaro Espinoza | SS | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 5.667 | ||||
| Totals | 571 | 1375 | 629 | 86 | 160 | .959 | 3.510 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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