1979 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 19-50
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (19-50)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,555, Avg. 335
1979 Bristol Tigers RosterTeam Record: 19-50
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Joe Lewis (19-50)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,555, Avg. 335
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 19 wins and 50 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 274 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 441 runs, most in the circuit. Chris Baker drove in 32 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .246. Scott Bollens led the team with 6 wins and a team-best 4.18 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Warren and Bruce Fields both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joe Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Bollens | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 42 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Wheeler | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 55.0 | 63 | 42 | 32 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Luis Sanchez | 2 | 3 | .400 | 10.86 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Keith Desjarlais | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 55 | 40 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Dunn | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.52 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Collyer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Perry | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.40 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 42 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brian Cascadden | 1 | 5 | .167 | 9.26 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Michael Beecroft | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 43 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Vorisek | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Randy Harvey | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Fox | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Krill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Justus | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.76 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Mike Warren | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.00 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Power | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.71 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Nail | 0 | 3 | .000 | 11.70 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 46 | 50 | 39 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Vaughn | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 37 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 50 | .265 | 5.92 | 183 | 68 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 538.0 | 541 | 432 | 354 | 50 | 439 | 27 | 382 | 26 | 9 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Baker | 57 | 208 | 195 | 13 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 34 | .246 | .288 | .323 | .612 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ell Roberson | 55 | 212 | 174 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 35 | .270 | .395 | .351 | .746 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Henry Washington | 63 | 245 | 215 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 14 | .209 | .298 | .219 | .516 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Keith Fisher | 58 | 215 | 177 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 49 | .220 | .336 | .384 | .721 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Vern Followell | 26 | 121 | 103 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 6 | .320 | .408 | .485 | .894 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Camara | 48 | 160 | 130 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 23 | .254 | .371 | .338 | .710 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Baldwin | 46 | 167 | 150 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 30 | .220 | .293 | .433 | .727 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Fields | 41 | 159 | 138 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 28 | .232 | .333 | .297 | .630 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Tucker | 31 | 133 | 114 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | .272 | .371 | .368 | .740 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Hardy | 35 | 114 | 104 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .260 | .298 | .298 | .596 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Anthony Barraco | 39 | 126 | 113 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .204 | .278 | .257 | .534 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Harvey | 46 | 140 | 123 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 44 | .179 | .261 | .285 | .545 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Lindberg | 20 | 77 | 56 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | .321 | .493 | .500 | .993 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Michael Reeder | 24 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .210 | .300 | .403 | .703 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Driver | 30 | 85 | 82 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .146 | .176 | .220 | .396 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Steele | 24 | 71 | 55 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 | .127 | .314 | .145 | .460 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Waldo Winborn | 13 | 48 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .156 | .426 | .188 | .613 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark McKnight | 8 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .129 | .182 | .161 | .343 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Harvey | 13 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .080 | .333 | .080 | .413 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 677 | 2420 | 2079 | 264 | 474 | 66 | 16 | 32 | 230 | 47 | 20 | 296 | 396 | .228 | .326 | .321 | .647 | 668 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Harvey | 1B | 32 | 230 | 16 | 8 | 13 | .969 | 7.688 | ||||
| Jon Driver | 1B | 17 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 6.118 | ||||
| Tony Camara | 1B | 14 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .991 | 8.071 | ||||
| Waldo Winborn | 1B | 11 | 104 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .956 | 9.909 | ||||
| Kenneth Baldwin | 2B | 38 | 86 | 73 | 9 | 10 | .946 | 4.184 | ||||
| Henry Washington | 2B | 19 | 27 | 47 | 5 | 11 | .937 | 3.895 | ||||
| Mark McKnight | 2B | 6 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ronald Harvey | 2B | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Ronald Lindberg | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Fields | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tony Camara | 3B | 30 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 6 | .885 | 1.800 | ||||
| Henry Washington | 3B | 21 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 2.571 | ||||
| Ronald Lindberg | 3B | 12 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 8 | .975 | 3.250 | ||||
| Ronald Harvey | 3B | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Kenneth Baldwin | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Keith Fisher | C | 29 | 151 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 5.897 | 5 | |||
| Michael Steele | C | 24 | 118 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 5.375 | 1 | |||
| Anthony Barraco | C | 16 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .938 | 4.750 | 2 | |||
| Jon Driver | C | 10 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 4.600 | 0 | |||
| James Wheeler | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Randy Harvey | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| William Hardy | C | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Baldwin | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Chris Baker | OF | 56 | 65 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .923 | 1.286 | ||||
| Ell Roberson | OF | 54 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.444 | ||||
| Bruce Fields | OF | 41 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.976 | ||||
| William Hardy | OF | 30 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 1.700 | ||||
| Wilson Tucker | OF | 28 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Henry Washington | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Bollens | P | 19 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .895 | ||||
| James Wheeler | P | 17 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Jerry Perry | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Mike Warren | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Timothy Justus | P | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Steve Dunn | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .385 | ||||
| Robert Vaughn | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
| John Power | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Charlie Nail | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Keith Desjarlais | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Michael Beecroft | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Luis Sanchez | P | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Brian Cascadden | P | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Paul Fox | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Robert Vorisek | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Collyer | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Michael Krill | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Vern Followell | SS | 26 | 56 | 88 | 4 | 15 | .973 | 5.538 | ||||
| Henry Washington | SS | 24 | 33 | 59 | 6 | 8 | .939 | 3.833 | ||||
| Michael Reeder | SS | 19 | 21 | 40 | 6 | 4 | .910 | 3.211 | ||||
| Ronald Lindberg | SS | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Totals | 775 | 1594 | 642 | 98 | 130 | .958 | 2.885 | 9 | 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.
