1979 Chattanooga Lookouts Statistics
Team Record: 75-69
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Woody Smith (75-69)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe Engel Stadium
Attendance: 107,780, Avg. 1,497
The Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 75 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Lookouts plated 698 runs and surrendered 704 runs, most in the league. Joe Charboneau paced Chattanooga with 21 home runs, while Angelo LoGrande and Sal Rende walloped 15 or more as well. Joe Charboneau accounted for 78 RBI. Albert Rausch led hitters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Sam Spence topped the squad with 12 wins, and Todd Heimer recorded a 3.68 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Chattanooga Lookouts who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Juan Bonilla, Chris Bando, Kevin Rhomberg and Joe Charboneau.
Woody Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Spence | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.70 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 162 | 82 | 67 | 19 | 77 | 3 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Steve Narleski | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.46 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 78.0 | 69 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Todd Heimer | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.68 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 120.0 | 103 | 59 | 49 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gordy Glaser | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.89 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 138.0 | 163 | 84 | 75 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Victor Holmstedt | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.50 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 139 | 74 | 59 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Troy Wilder | 6 | 1 | .857 | 5.35 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 89 | 46 | 44 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Raymond Richard | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.06 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 93 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Teising | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.29 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80.0 | 92 | 66 | 47 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Arnold | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.06 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 47 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Borchers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.61 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McGough | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.61 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.0 | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George Ploucher | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.95 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Arp | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.50 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Nicholson | 1 | 8 | .111 | 7.59 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 116 | 87 | 81 | 27 | 64 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Hussey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robin Fuson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.35 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 69 | .521 | 4.59 | 299 | 144 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 25 | 1187.0 | 1254 | 704 | 605 | 141 | 564 | 25 | 606 | 29 | 9 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Bonilla | 138 | 597 | 550 | 80 | 150 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 39 | .273 | .314 | .347 | .661 | 191 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Albert Rausch | 133 | 520 | 464 | 72 | 135 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 52 | .291 | .351 | .418 | .769 | 194 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Joe Charboneau | 109 | 427 | 372 | 70 | 131 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 49 | .352 | .422 | .597 | 1.019 | 222 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 132 | 534 | 440 | 84 | 118 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 8 | 81 | 93 | .268 | .380 | .405 | .785 | 178 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Angelo LoGrande | 127 | 485 | 439 | 60 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 128 | .246 | .313 | .433 | .745 | 190 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Rivera | 112 | 406 | 374 | 41 | 84 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 93 | .225 | .275 | .342 | .617 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Luis DeLeon | 93 | 333 | 288 | 40 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 40 | .264 | .333 | .347 | .681 | 100 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Sal Rende | 71 | 281 | 233 | 53 | 75 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 40 | .322 | .432 | .635 | 1.067 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Buszka | 97 | 325 | 257 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 25 | .261 | .396 | .331 | .726 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Tomski | 105 | 364 | 275 | 39 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 50 | .233 | .407 | .356 | .763 | 98 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rick Colzie | 48 | 198 | 172 | 36 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 13 | .337 | .416 | .401 | .817 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vassie Gardner | 53 | 212 | 186 | 31 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 37 | .312 | .393 | .478 | .872 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Terry Tyson | 62 | 244 | 220 | 24 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | .227 | .281 | .314 | .595 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 39 | 103 | 92 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .228 | .311 | .239 | .550 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Hubbard | 28 | 114 | 106 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | .189 | .221 | .264 | .485 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Chris Bando | 21 | 74 | 62 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | .242 | .365 | .339 | .704 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Harvey | 5 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Adams | 7 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .053 | .053 | .211 | .263 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Spence | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Holmstedt | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Heimer | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1457 | 5254 | 4564 | 697 | 1234 | 203 | 21 | 120 | 625 | 130 | 49 | 574 | 724 | .270 | .352 | .403 | .755 | 1839 | 0 | 23 | 55 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sal Rende | 1B | 65 | 547 | 43 | 7 | 57 | .988 | 9.077 | ||||
| Angelo LoGrande | 1B | 48 | 409 | 22 | 4 | 49 | .991 | 8.979 | ||||
| John Buszka | 1B | 39 | 303 | 18 | 3 | 33 | .991 | 8.231 | ||||
| Juan Bonilla | 2B | 138 | 332 | 360 | 18 | 104 | .975 | 5.014 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | 2B | 5 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 2B | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Albert Rausch | 3B | 79 | 66 | 165 | 14 | 18 | .943 | 2.924 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | 3B | 40 | 34 | 81 | 16 | 6 | .878 | 2.875 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | 3B | 26 | 24 | 69 | 10 | 7 | .903 | 3.577 | ||||
| Chris Bando | 3B | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jeff Tomski | C | 103 | 435 | 52 | 9 | 5 | .982 | 4.728 | 17 | |||
| Luis Isaac | C | 37 | 140 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .982 | 4.351 | 4 | |||
| Chris Bando | C | 13 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.846 | 0 | |||
| Craig Harvey | C | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1 | |||
| Joe Charboneau | OF | 102 | 187 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 1.902 | ||||
| Dave Rivera | OF | 94 | 171 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .973 | 1.904 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | OF | 86 | 209 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 2.477 | ||||
| Vassie Gardner | OF | 52 | 153 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 3.019 | ||||
| John Buszka | OF | 41 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.146 | ||||
| Rick Colzie | OF | 40 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.575 | ||||
| Donald Hubbard | OF | 27 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Craig Adams | OF | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Sal Rende | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Teising | P | 40 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .400 | ||||
| Steve Narleski | P | 39 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .282 | ||||
| Gordy Glaser | P | 39 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .925 | .949 | ||||
| Todd Heimer | P | 32 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .958 | .719 | ||||
| Sam Spence | P | 25 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 1.800 | ||||
| Carl Nicholson | P | 22 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .591 | ||||
| Victor Holmstedt | P | 20 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Raymond Richard | P | 16 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Tom McGough | P | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Troy Wilder | P | 13 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| John Arnold | P | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Robin Fuson | P | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Rick Borchers | P | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ronnie Arp | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| George Ploucher | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Hussey | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Isaac | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis DeLeon | SS | 93 | 141 | 273 | 23 | 66 | .947 | 4.452 | ||||
| Albert Rausch | SS | 48 | 65 | 127 | 7 | 24 | .965 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Rhomberg | SS | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | SS | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1501 | 3558 | 1523 | 153 | 403 | .971 | 3.385 | 22 | 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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