1979 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 43-26
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: James Hoff (43-26)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 59,880, Avg. 1,736
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 43 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mustangs topped the league with just 283 runs allowed. Billings scored 360 runs, worst in the league,. Jeff Jones led the squad with 11 home runs and drove in 49 runs. Rod Johnson paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .327 clip. Nick Fiorillo paced the squad with 10 wins, while Keefe Cato recorded a 1.33 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Billings Mustangs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Buchanan, Jeff Jones, Keefe Cato and Kurt Kepshire.
James Hoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Fiorillo | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.00 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 99.0 | 73 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 114 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.33 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 55 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.36 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kurt Kepshire | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.52 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 50.0 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Keith Schrimsher | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.95 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 59 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Dowless | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.48 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 66 | 41 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Daniels | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.08 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 52.0 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Newt Box | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.60 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 39 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Jones | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Simon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Flannery | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Greg Bangert | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rick Myles | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Ayers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.43 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 26 | .623 | 3.00 | 161 | 69 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 615.0 | 534 | 283 | 205 | 38 | 213 | 18 | 651 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Johnson | 63 | 264 | 214 | 49 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 43 | 27 | .327 | .441 | .397 | .838 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Jones | 66 | 280 | 232 | 49 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 75 | .297 | .403 | .487 | .890 | 113 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ron Little | 62 | 243 | 231 | 31 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 53 | .277 | .313 | .320 | .633 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Jones | 61 | 241 | 198 | 38 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 50 | .288 | .408 | .394 | .802 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mark Miller | 57 | 251 | 218 | 34 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 29 | .252 | .343 | .289 | .632 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dario Guzman | 55 | 195 | 170 | 34 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 40 | .318 | .400 | .465 | .865 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Simon | 64 | 232 | 193 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 62 | .197 | .308 | .249 | .557 | 48 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Duke Hinds | 56 | 223 | 175 | 26 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 35 | .206 | .357 | .314 | .672 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bill Boddy | 43 | 144 | 127 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 34 | .268 | .336 | .331 | .666 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nick Fiorillo | 20 | 51 | 49 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .367 | .380 | .510 | .890 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Lamar | 34 | 119 | 107 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | .168 | .217 | .187 | .404 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Julio Tirado | 31 | 82 | 74 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .203 | .280 | .257 | .537 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Beals | 26 | 68 | 57 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .228 | .313 | .298 | .612 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Perry Estep | 18 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .235 | .366 | .353 | .719 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Buchanan | 17 | 40 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .225 | .205 | .430 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodolfo Feliz | 22 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .171 | .292 | .220 | .511 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Masone | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .217 | .269 | .217 | .487 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Valdez | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 | .308 | .462 | .769 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dowless | 14 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .158 | .261 | .211 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sullivan | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 12 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keith Schrimsher | 10 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Newt Box | 24 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Kepshire | 24 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Porte | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Daniels | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Flannery | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Ayers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 852 | 2698 | 2300 | 360 | 584 | 77 | 20 | 23 | 304 | 97 | 25 | 315 | 548 | .254 | .348 | .335 | .683 | 770 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Jones | 1B | 52 | 372 | 18 | 12 | 29 | .970 | 7.500 | ||||
| Julio Tirado | 1B | 23 | 110 | 9 | 4 | 6 | .967 | 5.174 | ||||
| Jeff Jones | 1B | 8 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .868 | 5.750 | ||||
| Mark Miller | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Duke Hinds | 2B | 51 | 98 | 118 | 10 | 22 | .956 | 4.235 | ||||
| Mark Miller | 2B | 25 | 33 | 51 | 8 | 9 | .913 | 3.360 | ||||
| Carlos Porte | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rod Johnson | 3B | 61 | 57 | 121 | 17 | 9 | .913 | 2.918 | ||||
| Scott Beals | 3B | 10 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .684 | 1.300 | ||||
| Rodolfo Feliz | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Boddy | C | 41 | 351 | 32 | 8 | 2 | .980 | 9.341 | 10 | |||
| Danny Lamar | C | 33 | 283 | 12 | 10 | 1 | .967 | 8.939 | 6 | |||
| Mike Sullivan | C | 4 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 7.500 | 1 | |||
| Ron Little | OF | 58 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .918 | 1.345 | ||||
| Jeff Jones | OF | 58 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 1.517 | ||||
| Dario Guzman | OF | 45 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.467 | ||||
| Mark Miller | OF | 38 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.658 | ||||
| Russ Jones | OF | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Perry Estep | OF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Anthony Masone | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Valdez | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Kurt Kepshire | P | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .417 | ||||
| Steve Daniels | P | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| Newt Box | P | 19 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Jeff Ayers | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Nick Fiorillo | P | 14 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Buchanan | P | 14 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Dowless | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keefe Cato | P | 11 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Schrimsher | P | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | P | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kevin Flannery | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Greg Bangert | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Simon | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Myles | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Jones | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Simon | SS | 61 | 94 | 124 | 23 | 16 | .905 | 3.574 | ||||
| Scott Beals | SS | 16 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 7 | .861 | 1.938 | ||||
| Rodolfo Feliz | SS | 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| Totals | 799 | 1845 | 669 | 142 | 114 | .947 | 3.146 | 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.
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