1979 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Glenn Ezell (0-0), Rusty Gerhardt (0-0)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 57,667, Avg. 848

1979 Amarillo Gold Sox Roster

The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Gold Sox plated 618 runs and allowed 811 runs. Brian Greer paced Amarillo with 18 home runs and drove in 79 runs. Tim Flannery led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .345 clip. Eric Mustad topped the squad with 11 wins, while Joe Carroll recorded a 4.33 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mark Thurmond, Mike Armstrong, Brian Greer, Rich Hacker, Rusty Gerhardt, Tim Flannery, George Stablein, Floyd Chiffer and Ron Tingley were all players from the 1979 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Glenn Ezell and Rusty Gerhardt served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Eric Mustad	11	12	.478	5.27	27	27		3	0	0	152.0	167	104	89	10	80	0	101	9	2	6
Gary Pickert	8	12	.400	5.96	28	26		4	2	0	154.0	191	124	102	16	75	0	95	6	1	7
George Stablein	8	15	.348	6.21	27	27		6	1	0	168.0	235	132	116	7	57	4	88	4	1	8
Fran Hirschy	7	10	.412	4.08	23	12		4	0	0	97.0	105	55	44	8	36	2	55	3	0	4
Joe Carroll	6	9	.400	4.33	20	19		7	2	0	131.0	142	84	63	8	59	5	110	4	1	8
Greg Wilkes	4	2	.667	1.54	22	1		0	0	10	41.0	35	12	7	0	15	1	32	0	0	0
Floyd Chiffer	3	2	.600	7.02	43	0		0	0	4	82.0	121	72	64	8	38	1	62	4	1	9
Mark Thurmond	3	5	.375	5.66	17	8		2	1	0	62.0	89	52	39	9	31	0	46	0	0	1
Mike Armstrong	2	3	.400	3.48	7	4		1	0	0	31.0	32	15	12	2	14	1	34	1	0	1
John Yandle	1	5	.167	3.62	37	1		0	0	4	77.0	84	37	31	5	20	0	51	0	2	3
Barry Biggerstaff	1	6	.143	6.61	15	9		1	0	0	64.0	94	54	47	4	16	1	27	1	0	3
Rusty Gerhardt	0	0		8.28	12	0		0	0	0	25.0	42	25	23	2	15	1	14	2	0	2
Kent Hunziker	0	1	.000	8.54	14	2		0	0	0	39.0	59	45	37	3	23	1	21	0	0	0
Totals	54	82	.397	5.40	292	136	0	28	6	18	1123.0	1396	811	674	82	479	17	736	34	8	52	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
Tim Flannery	125	557	524	88	181	23	6	6	71	17	12	30	36	.345	.380	.447	.827	234		0	2	1
Gary Ashby	119	483	451	54	139	29	4	4	63	10	5	22	94	.308	.338	.417	.754	188		0	6	4
Dane Ilertsen	129	521	454	52	127	22	1	12	74	1	0	55	89	.280	.360	.412	.772	187		5	2	5
Joseph Hicks	118	478	405	77	114	23	4	13	67	25	9	63	53	.281	.383	.454	.837	184		4	5	1
Brian Greer	136	570	489	66	112	21	1	18	79	18	6	70	153	.229	.323	.387	.709	189		1	3	7
Steve Smith	89	410	380	54	109	14	1	2	29	8	4	24	10	.287	.332	.345	.676	131		2	3	1
Earl Battey	103	382	343	45	101	20	1	4	39	8	3	31	38	.294	.361	.394	.754	135		5	2	1
Curt Reed	76	297	269	32	81	9	3	5	25	3	4	27	51	.301	.364	.413	.776	111		0	0	1
Thomas Vessey	76	267	234	22	50	6	0	3	14	0	5	27	57	.214	.303	.278	.581	65		3	3	0
Tim Derryberry	55	241	192	29	49	9	1	4	32	4	4	43	46	.255	.392	.375	.767	72		2	1	3
Bradley Shames	53	191	153	26	38	3	1	0	16	0	2	30	16	.248	.372	.281	.653	43		2	3	3
Paul O'Neill	49	175	162	16	36	6	1	7	19	0	1	12	22	.222	.274	.401	.676	65		0	0	1
Gregory Pastors	40	150	130	17	35	5	1	4	12	1	3	13	25	.269	.342	.415	.758	54		2	4	1
Dick Walterhouse	40	161	141	15	31	8	2	4	11	1	1	17	30	.220	.302	.390	.692	55		0	2	1
Ron Tingley	30	105	90	16	23	4	1	1	6	2	0	14	17	.256	.356	.356	.711	32		0	1	0
Rich Hacker	6	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	2		0	0	0
Jeff Ellison	9	29	19	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	4	.105	.414	.158	.572	3		0	0	0
Mark Thurmond	19	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Eric Mustad	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1304	5036	4452	617	1230	203	28	87	559	98	59	491	742	.276	.349	.393	.743	1750	0	26	37	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Ashby	1B	74	585	53	14	58	.979	8.622
Dane Ilertsen	1B	63	534	24	10	48	.982	8.857
Dick Walterhouse	1B	4	35	1	0	4	1.000	9.000
Tim Flannery	2B	120	280	353	27	81	.959	5.275
Dick Walterhouse	2B	8	18	12	0	3	1.000	3.750
Rich Hacker	2B	4	10	16	1	6	.963	6.500
Thomas Vessey	2B	2	3	2	0	2	1.000	2.500
Paul O'Neill	2B	2	4	8	0	1	1.000	6.000
James Capowski	2B	1	0	2	5	0	.286	2.000
Earl Battey	3B	69	51	114	16	5	.912	2.391
Paul O'Neill	3B	47	30	95	4	9	.969	2.660
Dick Walterhouse	3B	24	16	43	5	4	.922	2.458
Rich Hacker	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Thomas Vessey	C	68	378	37	10	7	.976	6.103	14
Bradley Shames	C	52	293	34	7	4	.979	6.288	8
Ron Tingley	C	20	119	17	4	2	.971	6.800	7
Brian Greer	OF	135	335	13	21	3	.943	2.578
Joseph Hicks	OF	118	200	15	11	0	.951	1.822
Curt Reed	OF	75	103	13	6	1	.951	1.547
Gary Ashby	OF	45	72	5	3	0	.962	1.711
Earl Battey	OF	24	27	1	2	1	.933	1.167
Ron Tingley	OF	10	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.400
Tim Derryberry	OF	8	13	1	0	0	1.000	1.750
Floyd Chiffer	P	43	2	6	4	1	.667	.186
John Yandle	P	37	2	18	1	1	.952	.541
Gary Pickert	P	28	6	24	4	3	.882	1.071
George Stablein	P	27	15	37	1	1	.981	1.926
Eric Mustad	P	27	15	33	3	2	.941	1.778
Fran Hirschy	P	23	3	13	1	1	.941	.696
Greg Wilkes	P	22	0	3	2	0	.600	.136
Joe Carroll	P	20	9	23	6	1	.842	1.600
Mark Thurmond	P	17	2	12	1	1	.933	.824
Barry Biggerstaff	P	15	5	13	2	4	.900	1.200
Kent Hunziker	P	14	2	4	0	1	1.000	.429
Rusty Gerhardt	P	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Mike Armstrong	P	7	0	7	0	3	1.000	1.000
Steve Smith	SS	89	124	270	35	50	.918	4.427
Gregory Pastors	SS	39	54	121	13	28	.931	4.487
Dick Walterhouse	SS	6	6	12	4	2	.818	3.000
Tim Flannery	SS	5	7	21	1	2	.966	5.600
Totals		1406	3374	1480	224	340	.956	3.452	29	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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