1979 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 84-59
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Johnson (84-59)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 108,780, Avg. 1,521
Playoffs - Columbus Astros 2 games, Charlotte O's 0
Finals - Nashville Sounds 3 games, Columbus Astros 1
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 84 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Astros led the circuit with just 547 runs allowed. Columbus scored 702 runs. Alan Knicely walloped 33 home runs for the team, while Danny Heep swatted 15 or more, too. Danny Heep drove in 84 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .327. Del Leatherwood paced the team with 15 wins, and Billy Smith recorded a 2.64 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Columbus Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Pittman, Jim Pankovits, Bert Roberge, Ron Meridith, Billy Smith, Gary Rajsich, Reggie Baldwin, Pete Ladd, Brent Strom, Tom Wiedenbauer, Scott Loucks, Danny Heep and Alan Knicely.
Jimmy Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Leatherwood | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.07 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 202.0 | 180 | 82 | 69 | 7 | 103 | 1 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Billy Smith | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.64 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 201.0 | 187 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Ron Meridith | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.29 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 149.0 | 150 | 75 | 71 | 14 | 78 | 3 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Thad Troedson | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.81 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64.0 | 57 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dennis Miscik | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.50 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 90 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pete Ladd | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.63 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 41.0 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rod Boxberger | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.80 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 127 | 89 | 65 | 12 | 92 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bert Roberge | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.00 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54.0 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frederick Morris | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.00 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 48 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Brent Strom | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.64 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 39 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ricardo Aponte | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.83 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 43 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim MacDonald | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.66 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 65 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steven Quealey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Leland | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.06 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alberto Cajide | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.95 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 84 | 59 | .587 | 3.54 | 261 | 143 | 0 | 61 | 14 | 15 | 1181.0 | 1104 | 547 | 464 | 79 | 577 | 22 | 576 | 31 | 13 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Heep | 138 | 581 | 523 | 103 | 171 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 32 | .327 | .385 | .524 | .909 | 274 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Tom Wiedenbauer | 141 | 596 | 554 | 68 | 147 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 74 | .265 | .314 | .352 | .666 | 195 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Gross | 129 | 523 | 464 | 75 | 138 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 76 | 15 | 6 | 40 | 56 | .297 | .355 | .442 | .796 | 205 | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Douglas Stokke | 142 | 542 | 497 | 71 | 128 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 21 | .258 | .287 | .372 | .659 | 185 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Alan Knicely | 120 | 494 | 422 | 77 | 122 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 77 | .289 | .383 | .566 | .950 | 239 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Joe Pittman | 100 | 425 | 382 | 56 | 108 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 36 | .283 | .341 | .366 | .708 | 140 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Phil Klimas | 122 | 454 | 386 | 54 | 98 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 60 | .254 | .357 | .415 | .771 | 160 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jim Pankovits | 92 | 386 | 346 | 53 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 40 | .263 | .313 | .396 | .709 | 137 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Smith | 99 | 364 | 314 | 39 | 84 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 39 | .268 | .353 | .373 | .725 | 117 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gary Rajsich | 66 | 264 | 232 | 43 | 68 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 33 | .293 | .357 | .616 | .974 | 143 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Reggie Waller | 65 | 230 | 207 | 25 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 42 | .266 | .330 | .440 | .770 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Dahl | 41 | 136 | 120 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 27 | .208 | .286 | .342 | .627 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Baldwin | 22 | 82 | 75 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .293 | .333 | .413 | .747 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arvis Harper | 23 | 64 | 55 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .218 | .306 | .291 | .597 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Simon Rosario | 8 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .261 | .292 | .348 | .639 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Cypret | 10 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brent Strom | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Loucks | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .200 | .125 | .325 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Billy Smith | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1361 | 5195 | 4625 | 702 | 1280 | 223 | 35 | 138 | 648 | 73 | 40 | 433 | 554 | .277 | .340 | .430 | .770 | 1987 | 0 | 36 | 56 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gross | 1B | 129 | 1242 | 65 | 6 | 110 | .995 | 1.132 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | 1B | 13 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 12 | .981 | 7.923 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Cypret | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Reggie Baldwin | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | 2B | 91 | 226 | 240 | 11 | 68 | .977 | 5.121 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 2B | 55 | 131 | 157 | 8 | 36 | .973 | 5.236 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | 2B | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Klimas | 3B | 113 | 102 | 274 | 24 | 22 | .940 | 3.327 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 3B | 31 | 26 | 69 | 6 | 10 | .941 | 3.065 | ||||
| Greg Cypret | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Alan Knicely | C | 94 | 446 | 51 | 15 | 3 | .971 | 5.287 | 16 | |||
| Greg Dahl | C | 40 | 154 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 4.375 | 9 | |||
| Reggie Baldwin | C | 12 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 3.833 | 1 | |||
| Tom Wiedenbauer | OF | 141 | 345 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .984 | 2.603 | ||||
| Danny Heep | OF | 138 | 211 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .974 | 1.616 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | OF | 66 | 104 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.682 | ||||
| Reggie Waller | OF | 64 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.984 | ||||
| Arvis Harper | OF | 20 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Scott Loucks | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thad Troedson | P | 35 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .371 | ||||
| Frederick Morris | P | 32 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .219 | ||||
| Del Leatherwood | P | 28 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Billy Smith | P | 27 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .909 | 1.481 | ||||
| Ron Meridith | P | 26 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .962 | ||||
| Ricardo Aponte | P | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .480 | ||||
| Rod Boxberger | P | 21 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.381 | ||||
| Dennis Miscik | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Pete Ladd | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Bert Roberge | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jim MacDonald | P | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brent Strom | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Stan Leland | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Alberto Cajide | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Quealey | P | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | SS | 140 | 194 | 466 | 30 | 85 | .957 | 4.714 | ||||
| Greg Cypret | SS | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | SS | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1425 | 3549 | 1611 | 137 | 377 | .974 | 3.621 | 26 | 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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