1979 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Gene Michael (85-54)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 599,544, Avg. 8,627
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Tidewater Tides 1
Finals - Columbus Clippers 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 3
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Clippers plated 609 runs, tops in the circuit. Columbus conceded 557 runs. Dennis Werth paced the team with 17 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .299 clip. Bob Kammeyer topped the squad with 16 wins, and Paul Mirabella registered a 3.88 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Columbus Clippers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Roy Staiger, Dave Wehrmeister, Domingo Ramos, Roger Slagle, Brad Gulden, Chris Welsh, Bruce Robinson, Dave Righetti, Mike Dimmel, Jim Beattie, Darryl Jones, Tommy Cruz, Mike Griffin, Dennis Werth, Brian Doyle, Paul Mirabella, Dennis Sherrill, Rick Anderson, Bob Kammeyer, Don Cooper, Dámaso García, Roger Holt, Bobby Brown and Ron Davis.
Gene Michael 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kammeyer | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.92 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 178 | 84 | 75 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Anderson | 13 | 3 | .812 | 1.63 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 83.0 | 53 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Paul Mirabella | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.88 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 129 | 75 | 62 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Chris Welsh | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.66 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 114.0 | 120 | 67 | 59 | 14 | 48 | 6 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.64 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 130.0 | 138 | 73 | 67 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Paul Semall | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.88 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 94 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Beattie | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.36 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lysgaard | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.62 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Griffin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.76 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Taylor | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Righetti | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.92 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Cochran | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.54 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 78 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 43 | 2 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wehrmeister | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.92 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 84 | 43 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Polinsky | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Cooper | 0 | 0 | 5.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Neal Mersch | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 54 | .612 | 3.79 | 278 | 139 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 34 | 1180.0 | 1087 | 557 | 497 | 100 | 454 | 27 | 790 | 44 | 5 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Holt | 130 | 541 | 454 | 72 | 127 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 42 | .280 | .382 | .335 | .717 | 152 | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Werth | 133 | 528 | 421 | 69 | 126 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 74 | 3 | 5 | 88 | 90 | .299 | .417 | .499 | .916 | 210 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Tommy Cruz | 109 | 448 | 411 | 56 | 122 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 48 | .297 | .342 | .450 | .792 | 185 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Marv Thompson | 111 | 412 | 361 | 45 | 97 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 47 | .269 | .354 | .366 | .719 | 132 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Roy Staiger | 104 | 426 | 365 | 56 | 95 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 56 | .260 | .350 | .392 | .742 | 143 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Brown | 70 | 285 | 258 | 53 | 90 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 36 | .349 | .394 | .519 | .914 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bruce Robinson | 102 | 349 | 316 | 37 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 41 | .250 | .304 | .380 | .684 | 120 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Dan Schmitz | 95 | 351 | 288 | 31 | 75 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 18 | .260 | .384 | .323 | .707 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Darryl Jones | 67 | 264 | 243 | 32 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .267 | .313 | .329 | .642 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Brad Gulden | 80 | 278 | 230 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 31 | .248 | .359 | .370 | .728 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Nate Chapman | 60 | 214 | 193 | 29 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 31 | .269 | .321 | .326 | .647 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Rick Stenholm | 52 | 199 | 181 | 21 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 40 | .276 | .325 | .464 | .789 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Garry Smith | 61 | 213 | 193 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 54 | .207 | .274 | .342 | .616 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Sherrill | 57 | 177 | 158 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .247 | .318 | .354 | .673 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dámaso García | 39 | 132 | 118 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 22 | .271 | .307 | .305 | .612 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Brian Doyle | 39 | 143 | 126 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .254 | .326 | .381 | .707 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Dimmel | 21 | 68 | 62 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .242 | .265 | .387 | .652 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Irwin | 14 | 36 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .147 | .194 | .206 | .400 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1344 | 5064 | 4412 | 602 | 1198 | 208 | 30 | 84 | 556 | 106 | 48 | 525 | 631 | .272 | .350 | .389 | .739 | 1718 | 0 | 30 | 49 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Werth | 1B | 132 | 1188 | 73 | 9 | 102 | .993 | 9.553 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | 1B | 8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.625 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 1B | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Dámaso García | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bruce Robinson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Roger Holt | 2B | 124 | 241 | 309 | 9 | 74 | .984 | 4.435 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 2B | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.125 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 2B | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 2B | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 2B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 3B | 97 | 60 | 235 | 12 | 22 | .961 | 3.041 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 3B | 22 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 5 | .974 | 3.409 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 3B | 15 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.267 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | 3B | 8 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 3B | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bruce Robinson | C | 82 | 453 | 28 | 7 | 2 | .986 | 5.866 | 9 | |||
| Brad Gulden | C | 59 | 326 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .991 | 5.898 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Irwin | C | 13 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 4.692 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Werth | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Cruz | OF | 92 | 138 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 1.554 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | OF | 82 | 147 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 1.817 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 68 | 166 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 2.544 | ||||
| Nate Chapman | OF | 58 | 121 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 2.155 | ||||
| Garry Smith | OF | 54 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.926 | ||||
| Darryl Jones | OF | 50 | 75 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .953 | 1.620 | ||||
| Mike Dimmel | OF | 20 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rick Stenholm | OF | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Roger Holt | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 52 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .250 | ||||
| Chris Welsh | P | 36 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .967 | .806 | ||||
| Bob Kammeyer | P | 27 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.222 | ||||
| Greg Cochran | P | 24 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 22 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.455 | ||||
| Paul Mirabella | P | 22 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .808 | .955 | ||||
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 17 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .941 | ||||
| Paul Semall | P | 13 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| Steve Taylor | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ron Davis | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Jim Lysgaard | P | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Righetti | P | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Beattie | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Mike Griffin | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Neal Mersch | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Polinsky | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | SS | 62 | 72 | 165 | 6 | 31 | .975 | 3.823 | ||||
| Dámaso García | SS | 33 | 50 | 85 | 6 | 24 | .957 | 4.091 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | SS | 24 | 36 | 67 | 5 | 6 | .954 | 4.292 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | SS | 15 | 17 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.067 | ||||
| Roger Holt | SS | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1449 | 3528 | 1403 | 103 | 309 | .980 | 3.403 | 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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