1979 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 32-34
Finished 3rd in the PL's South Division
Manager: Ken Richardson (0-0), Tom Gamboa (0-0)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 28,398, Avg. 861
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 32 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings plated 477 runs and allowed 430 runs. Bill Schroeder paced Butte with 18 home runs and accounted for 77 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .355 clip. David Grier topped the team with 6 wins, and Steven Christison earned a 2.57 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Andy Beene and Bill Schroeder both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ken Richardson and Tom Gamboa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Grier | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 97 | 63 | 45 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steven Christison | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.57 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 63 | 41 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Alan Walker | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.0 | 44 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francis Galloway | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 51 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Donovan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.91 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 42 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brian Meadows | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.40 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 113 | 61 | 44 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bengie Biggus | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 39 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| David Morris | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.85 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 77 | 57 | 41 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| David Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Maxson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Vasquez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Tkac | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.00 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 34 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gregory Cicotte | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Walling | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Randy Meyer | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andy Beene | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Luis Matias | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gregory DeHart | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.06 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 34 | .485 | 4.77 | 173 | 66 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 574.0 | 657 | 430 | 304 | 26 | 296 | 11 | 530 | 25 | 5 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schroeder | 65 | 298 | 242 | 73 | 86 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 77 | 18 | 3 | 48 | 84 | .355 | .463 | .702 | 1.166 | 170 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Raymond Alonzo | 63 | 283 | 250 | 57 | 78 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 29 | 26 | .312 | .385 | .468 | .853 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jon Hansen | 60 | 277 | 227 | 64 | 71 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 44 | .313 | .430 | .599 | 1.029 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Karl McKay | 58 | 261 | 235 | 45 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 62 | .285 | .345 | .404 | .749 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ron Koenigsfeld | 63 | 279 | 218 | 45 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 39 | .294 | .432 | .440 | .872 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kurt Kingsolver | 52 | 220 | 186 | 41 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 65 | .274 | .382 | .473 | .855 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Levi | 54 | 161 | 139 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 20 | .317 | .410 | .504 | .914 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Higgins | 54 | 181 | 162 | 23 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 52 | .253 | .322 | .302 | .625 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lance Ediger | 49 | 147 | 136 | 27 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 40 | .243 | .295 | .257 | .552 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Pone | 41 | 158 | 131 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 33 | .244 | .363 | .328 | .691 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Porter Wyatt | 34 | 147 | 117 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 27 | .248 | .386 | .308 | .694 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Gilmartin | 48 | 148 | 130 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 43 | .185 | .252 | .262 | .513 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Freeman | 22 | 74 | 59 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .203 | .365 | .271 | .636 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge DeJesus | 28 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .278 | .366 | .306 | .671 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Robins | 8 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .429 | .467 | .571 | 1.038 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bengie Biggus | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Damion McClendon | 23 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 737 | 2709 | 2297 | 477 | 649 | 107 | 30 | 63 | 399 | 158 | 56 | 355 | 577 | .283 | .382 | .438 | .819 | 1005 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Alonzo | 1B | 35 | 278 | 13 | 16 | 24 | .948 | 8.314 | ||||
| Bill Schroeder | 1B | 24 | 192 | 13 | 4 | 19 | .981 | 8.542 | ||||
| Kurt Kingsolver | 1B | 11 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 7.909 | ||||
| Daniel Gilmartin | 2B | 43 | 74 | 98 | 12 | 20 | .935 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lance Ediger | 2B | 22 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 11 | .853 | 3.682 | ||||
| Porter Wyatt | 2B | 19 | 46 | 46 | 8 | 12 | .920 | 4.842 | ||||
| Vincent Pone | 3B | 41 | 31 | 44 | 21 | 2 | .781 | 1.829 | ||||
| Melvin Freeman | 3B | 19 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2 | .865 | 2.368 | ||||
| Lance Ediger | 3B | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.667 | ||||
| Daniel Gilmartin | 3B | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | ||||
| Porter Wyatt | 3B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | ||||
| Ron Koenigsfeld | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Schroeder | C | 36 | 282 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .985 | 8.861 | 9 | |||
| Kurt Kingsolver | C | 33 | 250 | 25 | 6 | 4 | .979 | 8.333 | 8 | |||
| Jorge DeJesus | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Jon Hansen | OF | 59 | 85 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 1.542 | ||||
| Karl McKay | OF | 57 | 83 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .902 | 1.614 | ||||
| Mark Higgins | OF | 51 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .906 | 1.137 | ||||
| Stan Levi | OF | 47 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .932 | .872 | ||||
| Damion McClendon | OF | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Lance Ediger | OF | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| George Robins | OF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Porter Wyatt | OF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Jesse Vasquez | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Joseph Tkac | P | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Bengie Biggus | P | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Alan Walker | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Brian Meadows | P | 14 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.571 | ||||
| David Grier | P | 14 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Michael Donovan | P | 14 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Steven Christison | P | 12 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| David Morris | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Luis Matias | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Francis Galloway | P | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Gregory DeHart | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Maxson | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Andy Beene | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Ronald Walling | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Meyer | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gregory Cicotte | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| David Thomas | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Koenigsfeld | SS | 61 | 105 | 209 | 30 | 39 | .913 | 5.148 | ||||
| Lance Ediger | SS | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .667 | 5.000 | ||||
| Daniel Gilmartin | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 792 | 1724 | 724 | 184 | 155 | .930 | 3.091 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
