1979 Albuquerque Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 86-62
Finished 1st in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Del Crandall (86-62)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ballpark: All-Sports Stadium
Attendance: 266,586, Avg. 3,603
Playoffs - Salt Lake City Gulls 2 games, Albuquerque Dukes 0
The Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 86 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Dukes scored 876 runs, most in the league. Albuquerque yielded 786 runs. Pedro Guerrero paced the team with 22 home runs and accounted for 103 RBI. Mickey Hatcher topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .371 clip. Bill Swiacki led the squad with 13 wins, while Kevin Keefe recorded a 3.42 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Alex Taveras, Dave Patterson, Myron White, Mickey Hatcher, Dennis Lewallyn, Bobby Castillo, Ubaldo Heredia, Rudy Law, Steve Shirley, Jim Hughes, Gerry Hannahs, Jack Perconte, Bobby Mitchell, Dave Stewart, Joe Beckwith, Vic Davalillo, Ted Power, Mike Scioscia and Pedro Guerrero were all players from the 1979 Albuquerque Dukes who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Del Crandall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Swiacki | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.72 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 187.0 | 212 | 120 | 98 | 14 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 6 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Gerry Hannahs | 11 | 8 | .579 | 5.16 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 136.0 | 137 | 88 | 78 | 8 | 98 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Dave Stewart | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5.24 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 170.0 | 198 | 112 | 99 | 14 | 81 | 4 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Dennis Lewallyn | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.74 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 125.0 | 139 | 66 | 52 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Beckwith | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.62 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 113.0 | 119 | 74 | 58 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Kevin Keefe | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.42 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 121.0 | 118 | 52 | 46 | 10 | 63 | 6 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Williams | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.02 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82.0 | 103 | 76 | 64 | 6 | 75 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Ted Power | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.63 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 95 | 59 | 52 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Steve Shirley | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 66 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Castillo | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.60 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 49 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Patterson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.00 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Tennant | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.90 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Vic Davalillo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ubaldo Heredia | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Goulding | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 62 | .581 | 4.78 | 364 | 148 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 38 | 1256.0 | 1360 | 786 | 667 | 81 | 722 | 49 | 765 | 18 | 10 | 93 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Perconte | 143 | 634 | 521 | 104 | 168 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 32 | 4 | 95 | 38 | .322 | .423 | .409 | .832 | 213 | 1 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Mickey Hatcher | 103 | 450 | 420 | 88 | 156 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 93 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 32 | .371 | .402 | .569 | .971 | 239 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Scioscia | 143 | 556 | 461 | 80 | 155 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 5 | 7 | 73 | 33 | .336 | .432 | .430 | .861 | 198 | 7 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Pedro Guerrero | 113 | 491 | 453 | 94 | 151 | 33 | 9 | 22 | 103 | 26 | 8 | 31 | 84 | .333 | .375 | .592 | .966 | 268 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kelly Snider | 138 | 565 | 494 | 67 | 150 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 54 | 61 | .304 | .370 | .415 | .785 | 205 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 123 | 535 | 453 | 104 | 148 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 71 | 35 | .327 | .418 | .428 | .846 | 194 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John O'Rear | 129 | 492 | 437 | 71 | 131 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 71 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 64 | .300 | .350 | .421 | .771 | 184 | 7 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Myron White | 107 | 423 | 374 | 63 | 106 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 93 | .283 | .352 | .420 | .772 | 157 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Alex Taveras | 119 | 472 | 402 | 55 | 104 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 13 | 11 | 51 | 36 | .259 | .339 | .313 | .653 | 126 | 1 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Claude Westmoreland | 118 | 424 | 369 | 65 | 102 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 55 | 28 | 6 | 44 | 84 | .276 | .359 | .453 | .812 | 167 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rudy Law | 72 | 323 | 270 | 46 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 46 | 27 | .296 | .396 | .326 | .722 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Vic Davalillo | 51 | 158 | 139 | 27 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | .317 | .389 | .424 | .813 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pablo Peguero | 45 | 113 | 106 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | .226 | .259 | .302 | .561 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Shoemaker | 14 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .214 | .290 | .214 | .505 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Williams | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Patterson | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Power | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Stewart | 36 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Lewallyn | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Keefe | 46 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Beckwith | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Swiacki | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Tennant | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1718 | 5680 | 4939 | 876 | 1527 | 252 | 61 | 79 | 799 | 203 | 84 | 581 | 630 | .309 | .382 | .433 | .815 | 2138 | 0 | 39 | 59 | 62 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Snider | 1B | 132 | 1087 | 70 | 2 | 93 | .998 | 8.765 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 1B | 17 | 126 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .992 | 7.765 | ||||
| Claude Westmoreland | 1B | 6 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .955 | 7.000 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Pedro Guerrero | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Perconte | 2B | 143 | 278 | 403 | 35 | 88 | .951 | 4.762 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 2B | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 4.600 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 2B | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mickey Hatcher | 3B | 77 | 55 | 150 | 10 | 7 | .953 | 2.662 | ||||
| John O'Rear | 3B | 74 | 59 | 118 | 10 | 13 | .947 | 2.392 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 3B | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .815 | 4.400 | ||||
| Mike Scioscia | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Pedro Guerrero | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Alex Taveras | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Scioscia | C | 127 | 690 | 86 | 15 | 19 | .981 | 6.110 | 22 | |||
| Pablo Peguero | C | 22 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.773 | 1 | |||
| Claude Westmoreland | C | 17 | 86 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .934 | 5.824 | 8 | |||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 119 | 279 | 21 | 7 | 3 | .977 | 2.521 | ||||
| Myron White | OF | 103 | 180 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 1.806 | ||||
| Pedro Guerrero | OF | 97 | 183 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 1.928 | ||||
| Rudy Law | OF | 64 | 142 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 2.250 | ||||
| Claude Westmoreland | OF | 36 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mickey Hatcher | OF | 33 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 2.364 | ||||
| Vic Davalillo | OF | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Williams | P | 62 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .274 | ||||
| Kevin Keefe | P | 44 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Dennis Lewallyn | P | 43 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .605 | ||||
| Bill Swiacki | P | 29 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .942 | 1.690 | ||||
| Dave Stewart | P | 28 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 1 | .710 | .786 | ||||
| Joe Beckwith | P | 27 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .926 | ||||
| Gerry Hannahs | P | 26 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .769 | ||||
| Dave Patterson | P | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Ted Power | P | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | P | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Bobby Castillo | P | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Mike Tennant | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Steve Shirley | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Vic Davalillo | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ubaldo Heredia | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richard Goulding | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Taveras | SS | 118 | 199 | 305 | 23 | 64 | .956 | 4.271 | ||||
| John O'Rear | SS | 35 | 56 | 90 | 12 | 22 | .924 | 4.171 | ||||
| Totals | 1623 | 3770 | 1521 | 179 | 361 | .967 | 3.260 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
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.
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