1979 Bellingham Mariners Statistics
Team Record: 41-31
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Scott (41-31)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Ballpark: Joe Martin Stadium
Attendance: 31,741, Avg. 882
The Bellingham Mariners of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Mariners plated 396 runs and surrendered 353 runs. Ramon Estepa drove in 51 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .302 clip. Mark Cahill, Robert Randolph and Joe Georger led the team with 6 wins each, while Joe Georger recorded a 2.18 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Presley, Carlos Diaz, Al Chambers, Jamie Allen, Mike Hart, Ed Núñez, Mario Díaz and Buddy Black were all players from the 1979 Bellingham Mariners who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jeff Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Randolph | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.42 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.0 | 63 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark Cahill | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.52 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 76 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Georger | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62.0 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 37 | 7 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jed Murray | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.98 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 47 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Stranski | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.43 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 46 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Núñez | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.08 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elias Salva | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.70 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 66 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| William Martin | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.08 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Batten | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Steger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.79 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 42 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Thomas Brennan | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Jordan | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Black | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carlos Diaz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Martinez | 0 | 0 | 11.40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Christopher Hunger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Naumann | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 47 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 28 | .594 | 3.55 | 175 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 596.0 | 566 | 309 | 235 | 24 | 320 | 20 | 548 | 23 | 6 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Estepa | 71 | 314 | 265 | 55 | 80 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 51 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 41 | .302 | .401 | .475 | .877 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roy Clark | 49 | 209 | 182 | 38 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 11 | .335 | .393 | .440 | .833 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Michael Codiroli | 51 | 221 | 171 | 36 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 35 | 35 | .304 | .440 | .368 | .808 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Enrique Diaz | 65 | 264 | 237 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 53 | .219 | .293 | .287 | .580 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Werner Lajszky | 52 | 180 | 154 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 45 | .266 | .367 | .435 | .802 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Al Chambers | 55 | 201 | 166 | 26 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 51 | .247 | .370 | .319 | .689 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kevin King | 49 | 168 | 147 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 54 | .265 | .357 | .503 | .861 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Aponte | 38 | 131 | 118 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 14 | .314 | .382 | .458 | .839 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Henry | 45 | 153 | 121 | 24 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | .264 | .399 | .331 | .729 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Luis Rivera | 39 | 128 | 112 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | .259 | .328 | .304 | .632 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jim Presley | 48 | 164 | 138 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 21 | .196 | .311 | .261 | .571 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dale Eiler | 30 | 102 | 81 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17 | .321 | .441 | .519 | .960 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mario Díaz | 32 | 105 | 96 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | .198 | .245 | .250 | .495 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Acosta | 44 | 100 | 87 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .195 | .280 | .195 | .475 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Hood | 26 | 81 | 72 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .222 | .300 | .250 | .550 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Allen | 21 | 95 | 85 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .165 | .242 | .235 | .477 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Chelette | 11 | 46 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .316 | .435 | .632 | 1.066 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Colby | 39 | 61 | 52 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | .231 | .344 | .327 | .671 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Cook | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .250 | .571 | .500 | 1.071 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hart | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Gaffney | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .111 | .333 | .111 | .444 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 776 | 2759 | 2347 | 391 | 611 | 103 | 19 | 37 | 318 | 85 | 49 | 343 | 466 | .260 | .358 | .368 | .726 | 863 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrique Diaz | 1B | 64 | 524 | 26 | 15 | 51 | .973 | 8.594 | ||||
| Jorge Acosta | 1B | 8 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Werner Lajszky | 1B | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| Roy Clark | 2B | 49 | 92 | 123 | 14 | 35 | .939 | 4.388 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | 2B | 28 | 60 | 55 | 7 | 11 | .943 | 4.107 | ||||
| Michael Frierson | 2B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mario Díaz | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ed Aponte | 3B | 34 | 28 | 48 | 12 | 5 | .864 | 2.235 | ||||
| Werner Lajszky | 3B | 23 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 4 | .864 | 2.217 | ||||
| Mario Díaz | 3B | 13 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | 3B | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Chelette | 3B | 9 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 3.667 | ||||
| Chris Henry | C | 39 | 260 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 7.128 | 9 | |||
| Michael Hood | C | 23 | 202 | 18 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 9.565 | 10 | |||
| Dale Eiler | C | 20 | 139 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 7.400 | 8 | |||
| Ramon Estepa | OF | 71 | 117 | 11 | 6 | 5 | .955 | 1.803 | ||||
| Al Chambers | OF | 50 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.280 | ||||
| Michael Codiroli | OF | 49 | 89 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 1.898 | ||||
| Jorge Acosta | OF | 37 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .703 | ||||
| Kevin King | OF | 22 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.409 | ||||
| Werner Lajszky | OF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Mike Hart | OF | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Joe Georger | P | 23 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .652 | ||||
| William Martin | P | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Jed Murray | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .667 | ||||
| Elias Salva | P | 13 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | .720 | 1.385 | ||||
| Robert Randolph | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 1.308 | ||||
| Kevin Steger | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Cahill | P | 12 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Scott Stranski | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Richard Naumann | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Christopher Hunger | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Thomas Brennan | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Núñez | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Martinez | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tony Jordan | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Batten | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Carlos Diaz | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Buddy Black | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Harrison | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Presley | SS | 47 | 42 | 127 | 27 | 21 | .862 | 3.596 | ||||
| Mario Díaz | SS | 18 | 15 | 53 | 8 | 10 | .895 | 3.778 | ||||
| Charles Colby | SS | 17 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 6 | .808 | 2.471 | ||||
| William Gaffney | SS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 829 | 1870 | 718 | 153 | 175 | .944 | 3.122 | 27 | 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.
