1979 Charleston Charlies Statistics
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Jim Beauchamp (65-74)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 72,609, Avg. 1,045
The Charleston Charlies of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.
The Charlies tallied 549 runs and conceded 548 runs. Jim Obradovich paced Charleston with 13 home runs Dave Bergman drove in 58 runs. Dave Augustine topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .291 clip. Gordie Pladson led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.98 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Steve Foucault, Dave Augustine, Keith Drumright, Rick Williams, Bobby Sprowl, Gary Wilson, Larry Anderson, Rob Sperring, Brent Strom, Dave Smith, Mike Fischlin, George Throop, Wilbur Howard, Gary Woods, Randy Niemann, Reggie Baldwin, Gary Rajsich, Tom Spencer, Frank LaCorte, Orlando Ramírez, Joe Pittman, Dave Bergman, Jim Obradovich, Gordie Pladson, Mike Mendoza, Larry Hardy, Jim Pankovits and Luis Pujols were all players from the 1979 Charleston Charlies who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Beauchamp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Pladson | 13 | 14 | .481 | 2.98 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 196.0 | 181 | 76 | 65 | 10 | 52 | 7 | 101 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Mike Mendoza | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.54 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 150.0 | 141 | 69 | 59 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Dave Smith | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.66 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 160.0 | 159 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Dennis Miscik | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.95 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 51 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank LaCorte | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.73 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 68 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wilson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.12 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 120 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Brent Strom | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Niemann | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.02 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Miggins | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.25 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 100 | 55 | 42 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| George Throop | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Russ Rothermel | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.08 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Hardy | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.00 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45.0 | 40 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Larry Anderson | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rick Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Foucault | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 59 | 64 | .480 | 3.49 | 300 | 120 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 1038.0 | 1019 | 484 | 403 | 69 | 311 | 21 | 534 | 21 | 12 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Sperring | 137 | 591 | 544 | 71 | 142 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 78 | .261 | .312 | .338 | .650 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dave Bergman | 138 | 563 | 461 | 78 | 129 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 9 | 6 | 95 | 43 | .280 | .401 | .382 | .783 | 176 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dave Augustine | 121 | 454 | 430 | 46 | 125 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 45 | .291 | .311 | .391 | .702 | 168 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Keith Drumright | 76 | 334 | 305 | 40 | 90 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | .295 | .345 | .351 | .696 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gary Woods | 97 | 384 | 338 | 46 | 90 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 66 | .266 | .348 | .399 | .748 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 119 | 454 | 390 | 50 | 90 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 72 | .231 | .327 | .390 | .717 | 152 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Luis Pujols | 105 | 368 | 345 | 29 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 60 | .249 | .287 | .365 | .652 | 126 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Perez | 99 | 373 | 342 | 39 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 37 | .234 | .288 | .257 | .545 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Howard | 86 | 314 | 291 | 19 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 32 | .241 | .284 | .275 | .559 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Reggie Baldwin | 49 | 186 | 180 | 23 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .272 | .290 | .422 | .713 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Rajsich | 65 | 246 | 218 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 27 | .206 | .285 | .344 | .629 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Spencer | 30 | 113 | 106 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .358 | .398 | .481 | .879 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tyler | 50 | 157 | 143 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 29 | .224 | .284 | .238 | .522 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fischlin | 44 | 157 | 138 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .225 | .291 | .268 | .560 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Gates | 30 | 103 | 80 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .288 | .416 | .438 | .853 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Pankovits | 22 | 69 | 59 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .169 | .265 | .254 | .519 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Orlando Ramírez | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pittman | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank LaCorte | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1289 | 4879 | 4383 | 529 | 1131 | 196 | 27 | 53 | 478 | 46 | 30 | 407 | 573 | .258 | .322 | .351 | .674 | 1540 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Bergman | 1B | 93 | 826 | 56 | 8 | 53 | .991 | 9.484 | ||||
| Jim Obradovich | 1B | 48 | 434 | 31 | 8 | 46 | .983 | 9.688 | ||||
| Reggie Baldwin | 1B | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Keith Drumright | 2B | 74 | 150 | 220 | 14 | 41 | .964 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 2B | 43 | 92 | 137 | 4 | 24 | .983 | 5.326 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | 2B | 22 | 43 | 53 | 4 | 11 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wilbur Howard | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | 3B | 81 | 48 | 161 | 9 | 12 | .959 | 2.580 | ||||
| Thomas Sain | 3B | 33 | 23 | 74 | 5 | 6 | .951 | 2.939 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | 3B | 17 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 2.471 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | 3B | 12 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Luis Pujols | C | 103 | 487 | 41 | 6 | 6 | .989 | 5.126 | 6 | |||
| Mike Tyler | C | 35 | 116 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.714 | 7 | |||
| Reggie Baldwin | C | 13 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 4.769 | 0 | |||
| Dave Augustine | OF | 103 | 181 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.825 | ||||
| Gary Woods | OF | 97 | 253 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .967 | 2.680 | ||||
| Wilbur Howard | OF | 69 | 154 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 2.319 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | OF | 65 | 114 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .966 | 1.769 | ||||
| Dave Bergman | OF | 46 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.935 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 29 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.931 | ||||
| Mike Tyler | OF | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Eddie Gates | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Mendoza | P | 42 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Miggins | P | 37 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Smith | P | 34 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Larry Hardy | P | 34 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Russ Rothermel | P | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Gordie Pladson | P | 27 | 20 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Gary Wilson | P | 19 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.368 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank LaCorte | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| George Throop | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dennis Miscik | P | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Niemann | P | 8 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Brent Strom | P | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Steve Foucault | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rob Sperring | SS | 56 | 76 | 173 | 8 | 31 | .969 | 4.446 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 43 | 73 | 134 | 8 | 22 | .963 | 4.814 | ||||
| Ramon Perez | SS | 36 | 47 | 113 | 11 | 18 | .936 | 4.444 | ||||
| Orlando Ramírez | SS | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Augustine | SS | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1442 | 3493 | 1476 | 114 | 289 | .978 | 3.446 | 13 | 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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