1979 Bristol Red Sox Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Tony Torchia (73-66)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
Ballpark: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 66,844, Avg. 962

1979 Bristol Red Sox Roster

The Bristol Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Red Sox scored 674 runs and allowed 612 runs. Dave Schmidt led Bristol with 19 home runs, and Russ Laribee walloped 15 or more, too. Dave Schmidt drove in 73 runs. Wade Boggs paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Brian Denman topped the team with 14 wins, while Keith MacWhorter registered a 3.09 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1979 Bristol Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chico Walker, Brian Denman, Keith MacWhorter, Dave Schmidt, Pete Ladd, Wade Boggs, Rich Gedman, Mike Smithson, Bruce Hurst and Ed Jurak.

Tony Torchia served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Brian Denman	14	10	.583	3.69	28	25		12	3	0	188.0	194	88	77	14	54	6	97	4	0	5
Keith MacWhorter	11	10	.524	3.09	37	17		7	1	4	166.0	165	76	57	2	72	8	101	17	3	6
Bruce Hurst	9	4	.692	3.58	16	15		8	1	0	113.0	108	56	45	13	49	4	91	3	0	2
Mike Smithson	8	12	.400	4.70	48	13		2	0	11	132.0	128	82	69	14	53	5	89	9	0	16
Jerry King	7	11	.389	4.47	25	24		2	0	0	143.0	122	81	71	10	111	4	110	4	0	4
Danny Parks	6	4	.600	3.11	11	11		4	0	0	84.0	72	37	29	8	34	2	37	4	0	5
Kevin Stephenson	5	7	.417	4.06	23	12		4	0	0	93.0	107	53	42	9	47	2	48	0	0	6
Bruce Poole	4	1	.800	5.88	21	6		0	0	0	52.0	60	39	34	6	26	2	32	0	1	3
Pete Ladd	3	1	.750	0.62	18	0		0	0	9	29.0	11	2	2	1	8	1	26	2	0	3
Al Faust	3	1	.750	2.95	26	1		0	0	2	64.0	70	23	21	5	17	3	29	2	0	2
Mark Baum	2	4	.333	5.95	14	12		2	0	0	65.0	61	50	43	12	53	1	53	7	0	8
Bob Birrell	1	1	.500	3.60	17	3		0	0	1	35.0	40	24	14	2	24	1	33	3	1	4
Frank Harris					2						0.0
Mike Ongarato	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Roland Alburtis	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	73	66	.525	3.89	288	139	0	41	5	27	1167.0	1141	612	505	96	550	39	747	55	6	64	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
Wade Boggs	113	476	406	56	132	17	2	0	41	11	3	66	21	.325	.420	.377	.797	153		1	2	1
Chico Walker	123	552	498	75	132	19	12	8	57	29	16	44	77	.265	.322	.400	.722	199		0	6	4
Rich Gedman	130	528	470	48	129	25	1	12	63	0	2	49	95	.274	.347	.409	.755	192		4	3	2
Dave Schmidt	117	460	371	78	123	32	0	19	73	10	3	83	89	.332	.453	.571	1.025	212		2	1	3
Mike Ongarato	124	475	437	69	113	24	4	10	51	11	7	31	61	.259	.307	.400	.708	175		1	3	3
Russ Laribee	115	422	364	65	100	18	2	18	72	18	3	47	73	.275	.360	.484	.843	176		4	2	5
Roland Alburtis	125	466	405	63	99	16	0	14	59	0	1	56	82	.244	.333	.388	.720	157		0	0	5
Ed Jurak	135	504	435	50	96	17	2	0	41	7	4	44	63	.221	.296	.269	.565	117		4	17	4
Ray Boyer	109	409	344	55	92	9	2	2	50	20	8	41	42	.267	.361	.323	.684	111		11	10	3
Gary Purcell	70	244	220	27	48	9	1	0	19	0	6	19	47	.218	.282	.268	.550	59		1	3	1
Ronald Evans	62	217	164	37	44	8	2	3	25	6	1	45	34	.268	.421	.396	.817	65		1	3	4
Otis Foster	46	173	146	22	39	2	0	3	21	1	1	26	16	.267	.376	.342	.718	50		0	0	1
Jim Wilson	35	108	96	14	28	3	0	0	8	1	1	11	12	.292	.361	.323	.684	31		0	0	1
Carlton Steele	54	129	115	15	25	1	0	0	8	0	2	13	18	.217	.302	.226	.528	26		1	0	0
Bruce Poole	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Keith MacWhorter	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike Smithson	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1464	5166	4473	674	1200	200	28	89	588	114	58	576	730	.268	.353	.385	.738	1723	0	30	50	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roland Alburtis	1B	100	871	65	9	71	.990	9.360
Otis Foster	1B	35	253	16	2	30	.993	7.686
Mike Ongarato	1B	8	74	9	1	5	.988	1.375
Dave Schmidt	1B	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Chico Walker	2B	122	252	357	23	66	.964	4.992
Mike Ongarato	2B	16	47	45	2	11	.979	5.750
Wade Boggs	2B	3	7	7	0	2	1.000	4.667
Wade Boggs	3B	98	76	188	13	17	.953	2.694
Ronald Evans	3B	42	33	69	13	4	.887	2.429
Jim Wilson	3B	5	2	9	1	0	.917	2.200
Mike Ongarato	3B	2	0	2	2	0	.500	1.000
Rich Gedman	C	90	497	58	11	6	.981	6.167	21
Dave Schmidt	C	56	301	40	9	5	.974	6.089	10
Carlton Steele	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ray Boyer	OF	107	231	7	4	2	.983	2.224
Russ Laribee	OF	97	163	6	11	3	.939	1.742
Mike Ongarato	OF	95	156	7	3	1	.982	1.716
Gary Purcell	OF	68	89	4	5	1	.949	1.368
Carlton Steele	OF	46	58	2	1	0	.984	1.304
Jim Wilson	OF	27	39	2	0	0	1.000	1.519
Ronald Evans	OF	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Schmidt	OF	8	10	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Roland Alburtis	OF	7	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Smithson	P	48	10	24	2	4	.944	.708
Keith MacWhorter	P	37	17	23	1	2	.976	1.081
Brian Denman	P	28	24	37	3	5	.953	2.179
Al Faust	P	26	10	11	0	1	1.000	.808
Jerry King	P	25	12	21	2	1	.943	1.320
Kevin Stephenson	P	23	9	16	0	2	1.000	1.087
Bruce Poole	P	21	2	10	1	2	.923	.571
Pete Ladd	P	18	2	9	0	0	1.000	.611
Bob Birrell	P	17	2	7	2	0	.818	.529
Bruce Hurst	P	16	2	17	1	0	.950	1.188
Mark Baum	P	14	2	8	3	0	.769	.714
Danny Parks	P	11	7	30	1	0	.974	3.364
Frank Harris	P	2						.000
Mike Ongarato	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roland Alburtis	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ed Jurak	SS	135	208	374	40	76	.936	4.311
Wade Boggs	SS	11	11	18	2	2	.935	2.636
Totals		1478	3502	1502	169	319	.967	3.386	31	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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