1979 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Steve Demeter (72-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 133,148, Avg. 1,916
The Buffalo Bisons of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Bisons scored 790 runs, best in the league. Buffalo conceded 777 runs, most in the circuit. Rick Lancellotti walloped 41 home runs for the team, while Charles Valley, Tony Peña and Luis Salazar each swatted 15 or more, too. Rick Lancellotti accounted for 107 RBI. Luis Salazar led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .323. James Smith topped the team with 9 wins, and Dave Dravecky recorded a 4.26 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Buffalo Bisons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jesus de la Rosa, Tom McMillan, Fred Breining, Matt Alexander, Bob Long, Santo Alcalá, Rick Lancellotti, Stew Cliburn, Luis Salazar, Dave Dravecky, Alberto Lois and Tony Peña.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Smith | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.40 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 94 | 54 | 46 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Arias | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.28 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 170 | 104 | 81 | 23 | 53 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Ricky Evans | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.54 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 109.0 | 115 | 64 | 55 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Stew Cliburn | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.23 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 110 | 50 | 37 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Dravecky | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.26 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 114.0 | 125 | 71 | 54 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.64 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 75.0 | 85 | 58 | 47 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert Rock | 5 | 1 | .833 | 6.00 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 61 | 36 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ignacio Martinez | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.68 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 76 | 41 | 39 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Joe Galante | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.82 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 92 | 50 | 38 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fred Breining | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.63 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 77 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Marc Gelinas | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.77 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 67 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Long | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.42 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 92.0 | 98 | 52 | 35 | 10 | 54 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Charles Valley | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Cyburt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.00 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Wiltbank | 1 | 6 | .143 | 10.05 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 70 | 53 | 48 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Alan Griffin | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Santo Alcalá | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Johnston | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 67 | .518 | 4.72 | 303 | 139 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 1184.0 | 1323 | 777 | 621 | 139 | 599 | 15 | 774 | 36 | 3 | 81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Salazar | 139 | 619 | 561 | 108 | 181 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 86 | 21 | 11 | 44 | 119 | .323 | .375 | .515 | .890 | 289 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tony Peña | 134 | 549 | 515 | 89 | 161 | 16 | 4 | 34 | 97 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 83 | .313 | .352 | .557 | .909 | 287 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rick Lancellotti | 138 | 583 | 506 | 95 | 145 | 14 | 7 | 41 | 107 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 88 | .287 | .358 | .585 | .943 | 296 | 5 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 129 | 537 | 485 | 58 | 137 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 120 | .282 | .336 | .435 | .772 | 211 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Charles Valley | 132 | 580 | 479 | 81 | 129 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 71 | .269 | .380 | .495 | .875 | 237 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jerry McDonald | 107 | 467 | 372 | 82 | 119 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 60 | 12 | 12 | 89 | 28 | .320 | .453 | .460 | .912 | 171 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tom McMillan | 97 | 379 | 334 | 49 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 37 | 65 | .254 | .324 | .335 | .660 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| John Macauley | 62 | 256 | 221 | 40 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 29 | .285 | .365 | .380 | .745 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 86 | 302 | 262 | 41 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 49 | .206 | .307 | .393 | .700 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Walterhouse | 59 | 258 | 215 | 39 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 58 | .237 | .353 | .405 | .758 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Matt Alexander | 32 | 147 | 134 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .313 | .367 | .500 | .867 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 39 | 142 | 124 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 28 | .218 | .298 | .347 | .645 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 27 | 99 | 94 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | .255 | .283 | .330 | .613 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Young | 42 | 144 | 130 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .185 | .250 | .323 | .573 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Barnes | 25 | 101 | 73 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | .301 | .490 | .466 | .956 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Cicatiello | 18 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .241 | .333 | .345 | .678 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Lois | 11 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .275 | .356 | .475 | .831 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Ellison | 4 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .200 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Galante | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1297 | 5291 | 4613 | 790 | 1291 | 183 | 35 | 198 | 723 | 109 | 58 | 569 | 839 | .280 | .360 | .463 | .823 | 2138 | 0 | 33 | 27 | 49 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Valley | 1B | 130 | 1063 | 108 | 12 | 109 | .990 | 9.008 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 1B | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 7.286 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | 1B | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 1B | 5 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| Gary Cicatiello | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | 2B | 97 | 175 | 298 | 21 | 55 | .957 | 4.876 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 2B | 17 | 34 | 36 | 7 | 10 | .909 | 4.118 | ||||
| John Macauley | 2B | 12 | 18 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 2B | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .970 | 3.556 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | 2B | 7 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.857 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 2B | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 73 | 62 | 117 | 15 | 6 | .923 | 2.452 | ||||
| Matt Alexander | 3B | 27 | 12 | 36 | 9 | 3 | .842 | 1.778 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | 3B | 24 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 4 | .855 | 2.208 | ||||
| Ernest Young | 3B | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 10 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 3.600 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 3B | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tony Peña | C | 128 | 768 | 120 | 26 | 14 | .972 | 6.938 | 10 | |||
| Alfredo Torres | C | 12 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 5.083 | 3 | |||
| Ernest Young | C | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Rick Lancellotti | OF | 138 | 190 | 13 | 16 | 2 | .927 | 1.471 | ||||
| Luis Salazar | OF | 132 | 312 | 15 | 12 | 3 | .965 | 2.477 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | OF | 90 | 177 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .925 | 2.067 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 25 | 44 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .863 | 1.760 | ||||
| Alberto Lois | OF | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 2.273 | ||||
| Gary Cicatiello | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dick Walterhouse | OF | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Matt Alexander | OF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jerry McDonald | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Long | P | 44 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .364 | ||||
| Robert Weismiller | P | 38 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Dave Dravecky | P | 35 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .968 | .857 | ||||
| Ricky Evans | P | 28 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Juan Arias | P | 24 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 5 | .927 | 1.583 | ||||
| Ignacio Martinez | P | 20 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .700 | ||||
| Joe Galante | P | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .938 | ||||
| Stew Cliburn | P | 15 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.933 | ||||
| James Smith | P | 13 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 1.846 | ||||
| Marc Gelinas | P | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Fred Breining | P | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Charles Valley | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Santo Alcalá | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Philip Cyburt | P | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| James Johnston | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alan Griffin | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom McMillan | SS | 90 | 177 | 220 | 38 | 53 | .913 | 4.411 | ||||
| John Macauley | SS | 50 | 105 | 130 | 15 | 34 | .940 | 4.700 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1457 | 3549 | 1468 | 239 | 339 | .955 | 3.443 | 13 | 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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