1979 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 53-83
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Duane Espy (53-83)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 55,001, Avg. 809
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 53 wins and 83 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 613 runs and yielded 765 runs, most in the circuit. Stan Davis led Burlington with 19 home runs and drove in 81 runs. Johnny Evans paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .274. Doug Jones topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 1.75 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Gibson, Mike Madden, Doug Jones, Bob Skube and Willie Lozado.
Duane Espy 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 Jones | 10 | 10 | .500 | 1.75 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 190.0 | 144 | 63 | 37 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 115 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
Roberto Diaz | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.67 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 133.0 | 155 | 84 | 69 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
Steven Norwood | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.40 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 135.0 | 144 | 94 | 81 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 13 | ||
Steven Gibson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 7.39 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 92 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bob Gibson | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.52 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 137.0 | 152 | 99 | 84 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
Mark Lepson | 5 | 13 | .278 | 5.38 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 183 | 114 | 86 | 13 | 75 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
Rick Kranitz | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.24 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 111 | 50 | 36 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
Steven Manderfield | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.34 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 50 | 55 | 38 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
Mike Madden | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.97 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Randall Boyce | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Larry Edwards | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 67 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
John Maxson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.64 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 84 | 49 | 37 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Samuel Gierhan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.91 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Gregory DeHart | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.39 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
Totals | 53 | 83 | .390 | 4.59 | 253 | 136 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 8 | 1163.0 | 1258 | 765 | 593 | 82 | 588 | 9 | 702 | 37 | 10 | 104 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Lozado | 136 | 583 | 525 | 66 | 124 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 5 | 47 | 102 | .236 | .302 | .322 | .624 | 169 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
Vincent Bailey | 134 | 562 | 500 | 67 | 119 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 56 | 84 | .238 | .315 | .286 | .601 | 143 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Johnny Evans | 121 | 500 | 412 | 69 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 59 | .274 | .390 | .374 | .763 | 154 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||
Stan Davis | 126 | 523 | 441 | 76 | 113 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 81 | 36 | 11 | 73 | 95 | .256 | .363 | .442 | .805 | 195 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
Ed Irvine | 71 | 332 | 306 | 37 | 76 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 32 | .248 | .299 | .324 | .623 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Rocky Hall | 84 | 351 | 291 | 47 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 52 | 37 | .234 | .352 | .254 | .606 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
James Robinson | 91 | 343 | 319 | 31 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 82 | .207 | .254 | .248 | .501 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
James Padula | 83 | 306 | 254 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 92 | .236 | .363 | .331 | .693 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bob Skube | 54 | 225 | 194 | 26 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 28 | .294 | .387 | .515 | .902 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Nick Hernandez | 87 | 321 | 275 | 36 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 66 | .207 | .318 | .331 | .649 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Julio Cuarezma | 70 | 301 | 266 | 33 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 17 | .207 | .289 | .263 | .552 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
Vincent Pone | 43 | 150 | 121 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 42 | .256 | .389 | .314 | .703 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Columbus Duncan | 26 | 113 | 101 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 28 | .228 | .301 | .356 | .657 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russell Ramirez | 36 | 128 | 108 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 29 | .204 | .320 | .333 | .654 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Patrick Seegers | 42 | 143 | 103 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 30 | .184 | .401 | .214 | .615 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Daniel Gilmartin | 36 | 131 | 104 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 31 | .154 | .294 | .183 | .476 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
George Robins | 21 | 78 | 67 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | .224 | .321 | .299 | .619 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Todd Freeman | 12 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .188 | .366 | .312 | .678 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Steven Norwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1274 | 5133 | 4420 | 613 | 1040 | 171 | 30 | 56 | 510 | 194 | 79 | 619 | 884 | .235 | .332 | .326 | .658 | 1439 | 0 | 38 | 21 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Davis | 1B | 77 | 696 | 33 | 11 | 51 | .985 | 9.468 | ||||
Johnny Evans | 1B | 32 | 300 | 19 | 6 | 29 | .982 | 9.969 | ||||
Columbus Duncan | 1B | 26 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 17 | .983 | 9.115 | ||||
Bob Skube | 1B | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
Julio Cuarezma | 2B | 60 | 128 | 165 | 15 | 32 | .951 | 4.883 | ||||
Rocky Hall | 2B | 48 | 100 | 140 | 20 | 25 | .923 | 5.000 | ||||
Daniel Gilmartin | 2B | 25 | 55 | 63 | 9 | 11 | .929 | 4.720 | ||||
George Robins | 2B | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .826 | 3.167 | ||||
James Padula | 2B | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
Willie Lozado | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Vincent Pone | 3B | 42 | 23 | 58 | 25 | 3 | .764 | 1.929 | ||||
Johnny Evans | 3B | 40 | 35 | 61 | 14 | 3 | .873 | 2.400 | ||||
Rocky Hall | 3B | 33 | 18 | 71 | 17 | 4 | .840 | 2.697 | ||||
Todd Freeman | 3B | 11 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .882 | 2.727 | ||||
Daniel Gilmartin | 3B | 10 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
Julio Cuarezma | 3B | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
Russell Ramirez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
James Padula | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Nick Hernandez | C | 71 | 389 | 48 | 15 | 5 | .967 | 6.155 | 20 | |||
James Padula | C | 68 | 372 | 72 | 14 | 7 | .969 | 6.529 | 13 | |||
Vincent Bailey | OF | 134 | 243 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .962 | 1.896 | ||||
James Robinson | OF | 88 | 154 | 20 | 6 | 5 | .967 | 1.977 | ||||
Ed Irvine | OF | 69 | 150 | 9 | 7 | 3 | .958 | 2.304 | ||||
Bob Skube | OF | 43 | 92 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .934 | 2.302 | ||||
Patrick Seegers | OF | 36 | 76 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.306 | ||||
Russell Ramirez | OF | 33 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
Stan Davis | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
James Padula | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
George Robins | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Roberto Diaz | P | 43 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .512 | ||||
Steven Manderfield | P | 32 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .219 | ||||
Doug Jones | P | 28 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
Bob Gibson | P | 25 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.280 | ||||
Mark Lepson | P | 24 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | .816 | 1.292 | ||||
Steven Norwood | P | 22 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.091 | ||||
John Maxson | P | 15 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
Steven Gibson | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
Rick Kranitz | P | 13 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 2.538 | ||||
Larry Edwards | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
Samuel Gierhan | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Gregory DeHart | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
Randall Boyce | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Mike Madden | P | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Willie Lozado | SS | 135 | 244 | 445 | 64 | 81 | .915 | 5.104 | ||||
Daniel Gilmartin | SS | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Julio Cuarezma | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Totals | 1373 | 3496 | 1529 | 290 | 306 | .945 | 3.660 | 33 | 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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