1979 Appleton Foxes Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Breazeale (63-72)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 72,011, Avg. 1,067
1979 Appleton Foxes RosterTeam Record: 63-72
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jim Breazeale (63-72)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 72,011, Avg. 1,067
The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Foxes scored 682 runs and conceded 698 runs. Dave White led Appleton with 11 home runs Vincent Bienek accounted for 58 RBI. Vincent Bienek and Bambi Mesa topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .283. Paul Soth paced the squad with 10 wins, while Kevin Hickey recorded a 3.57 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1979 Appleton Foxes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Randy Johnson, Jim Breazeale, Guy Hoffman, Kevin Hickey, Ron Kittle and Lorenzo Gray.
Jim Breazeale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Soth | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.28 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 106 | 55 | 49 | 10 | 59 | 2 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Sivik | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.75 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 118 | 78 | 69 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Umdenstock | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.25 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91.0 | 100 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ronald Woods | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.29 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 59.0 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Platel | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.86 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 85.0 | 92 | 38 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Hickey | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.57 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 121.0 | 122 | 64 | 48 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 100 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Mark Teutsch | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.43 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.0 | 63 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Johnson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.26 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 67 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Maitland | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.73 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 123 | 84 | 68 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Luis Estrada | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.54 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 107 | 63 | 52 | 9 | 70 | 1 | 85 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Victor Walters | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 36 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Jackman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.44 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55.0 | 53 | 30 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jerome Hoffman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Richartz | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.08 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 101 | 61 | 50 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randall Evans | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Duane Shaffer | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clifford Northey | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Friedrich | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Vasquez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.68 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 35 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 72 | .467 | 4.47 | 323 | 136 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1144.0 | 1218 | 698 | 568 | 58 | 707 | 27 | 804 | 43 | 15 | 77 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Bienek | 113 | 476 | 414 | 64 | 117 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 70 | .283 | .371 | .389 | .759 | 161 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bambi Mesa | 108 | 437 | 392 | 60 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 51 | .283 | .335 | .401 | .735 | 157 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| David Daniels | 113 | 473 | 395 | 59 | 104 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 31 | 9 | 66 | 83 | .263 | .367 | .339 | .706 | 134 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Keating | 105 | 392 | 360 | 48 | 100 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 74 | .278 | .316 | .389 | .705 | 140 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dave White | 128 | 502 | 429 | 68 | 97 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 122 | .226 | .332 | .347 | .679 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Randy Johnson | 105 | 411 | 339 | 57 | 89 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 66 | .263 | .379 | .445 | .824 | 151 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Edward Bahns | 89 | 338 | 297 | 40 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 54 | .236 | .318 | .370 | .688 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Johnson | 65 | 269 | 198 | 52 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 54 | .288 | .462 | .465 | .927 | 92 | 7 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Vito Lucarelli | 68 | 245 | 209 | 29 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 72 | .273 | .355 | .488 | .843 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Phil Bauer | 63 | 282 | 230 | 36 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 29 | .209 | .348 | .235 | .582 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Hall | 60 | 256 | 211 | 20 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 32 | .223 | .345 | .265 | .611 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jeffrey Vuksan | 80 | 283 | 253 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 60 | .166 | .229 | .257 | .485 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Paul Gbur | 65 | 229 | 186 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 54 | .220 | .355 | .328 | .683 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Hanley | 38 | 155 | 131 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .298 | .400 | .481 | .881 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Kittle | 35 | 135 | 120 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 46 | .258 | .341 | .350 | .691 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Breazeale | 36 | 101 | 84 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .357 | .436 | .619 | 1.055 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lorenzo Gray | 17 | 82 | 67 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .313 | .415 | .463 | .877 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Felix Agapay | 23 | 70 | 51 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | .353 | .529 | .431 | .960 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim English | 17 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .291 | .361 | .309 | .670 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Williams | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .364 | .000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Woods | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Teutsch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1333 | 5210 | 4429 | 681 | 1135 | 199 | 38 | 83 | 585 | 116 | 42 | 659 | 934 | .256 | .354 | .375 | .728 | 1659 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Bahns | 1B | 84 | 649 | 50 | 8 | 54 | .989 | 8.321 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | 1B | 35 | 276 | 13 | 8 | 24 | .973 | 8.257 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 1B | 11 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .990 | 9.455 | ||||
| John Hanley | 1B | 8 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .980 | 6.250 | ||||
| Jim English | 1B | 5 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.200 | ||||
| Dan Williams | 1B | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Dave White | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| David Daniels | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Phil Bauer | 2B | 59 | 138 | 134 | 14 | 23 | .951 | 4.610 | ||||
| Larry Hall | 2B | 46 | 110 | 125 | 15 | 31 | .940 | 5.109 | ||||
| Paul Gbur | 2B | 30 | 65 | 61 | 8 | 18 | .940 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jim English | 2B | 8 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 4 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Dave White | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave White | 3B | 126 | 102 | 258 | 39 | 17 | .902 | 2.857 | ||||
| Larry Hall | 3B | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Paul Gbur | 3B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Hanley | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Vuksan | C | 77 | 442 | 68 | 10 | 9 | .981 | 6.623 | 8 | |||
| Vito Lucarelli | C | 61 | 378 | 46 | 7 | 4 | .984 | 6.951 | 2 | |||
| Ron Kittle | C | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 5.600 | 0 | |||
| Jim Breazeale | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| David Daniels | OF | 109 | 208 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .952 | 1.991 | ||||
| Vincent Bienek | OF | 100 | 155 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Dennis Keating | OF | 79 | 139 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .937 | 1.886 | ||||
| Michael Johnson | OF | 56 | 122 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .950 | 2.357 | ||||
| Randy Johnson | OF | 41 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.610 | ||||
| John Hanley | OF | 24 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.833 | ||||
| Felix Agapay | OF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Ron Kittle | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Hickey | P | 29 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.172 | ||||
| Michael Sivik | P | 27 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Bob Umdenstock | P | 26 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .692 | ||||
| Mark Teutsch | P | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| Luis Estrada | P | 26 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Ronald Woods | P | 23 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .783 | ||||
| Paul Soth | P | 23 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .957 | ||||
| Mike Maitland | P | 20 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
| Mark Jackman | P | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Dennis Vasquez | P | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
| Scott Richartz | P | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| Mark Platel | P | 16 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Chuck Johnson | P | 14 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jerome Hoffman | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Victor Walters | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Randall Evans | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Guy Hoffman | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Clifford Northey | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Friedrich | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bambi Mesa | SS | 106 | 151 | 295 | 32 | 58 | .933 | 4.208 | ||||
| Paul Gbur | SS | 23 | 27 | 58 | 5 | 17 | .944 | 3.696 | ||||
| Larry Hall | SS | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Dennis Keating | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jim English | SS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1468 | 3429 | 1444 | 219 | 306 | .957 | 3.319 | 10 | 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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