1979 Caracas Metropolitanos Statistics
Team Record: 37-27
Finished 2nd in the IIL
Manager: Jim Busby (37-27)
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Ballpark: Estadio Universitario
Attendance: 112,000, Avg. 3,500
The Caracas Metropolitanos of the Inter-American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 37 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the IIL.
The Metropolitanos scored 230 runs and allowed 201 runs. Curtis Brown drove in 32 runs. Jimmy Busby led hitters with significant playing time with a .325 average. Rich Standart topped the team with 6 wins, while Tom House earned a 2.36 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Ossie Blanco, Curtis Brown, Remy Hermoso, Tom House, Gonzalo Márquez, Butch Metzger, César Tovar and Albert Williams were all players from the 1979 Caracas Metropolitanos who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Busby 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Standart | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.42 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28 | ||||||||
Tom House | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.36 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 89 | 34 | 22 | 14 | 30 | ||||||||
Elias Lugo | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
Mike Martin | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.81 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||
Luis Penalver | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 85 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||
Butch Metzger | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
Angel Hernandez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.45 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||
Miguel Barreto | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||
Sanchez | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.89 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 39 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 25 | ||||||||
Brian Moulton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||
Bob Polinsky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | ||||||||
Luis Lunar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
Albert Williams | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jose Caldera | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.54 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||
Dave Clark | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 32 | 24 | .571 | 2.63 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 473.0 | 488 | 201 | 138 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Busby | 57 | 234 | 234 | 35 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | .325 | .325 | .385 | .709 | 90 | ||||||||
Curtis Brown | 56 | 216 | 216 | 26 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 6 | .282 | .282 | .412 | .694 | 89 | ||||||||
Alexis Ramirez | 56 | 209 | 209 | 26 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .292 | .565 | 61 | ||||||||
George Weicker | 51 | 184 | 184 | 26 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | .272 | .272 | .342 | .614 | 63 | ||||||||
Ossie Blanco | 58 | 194 | 194 | 26 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .371 | .608 | 72 | ||||||||
Felix Rodriguez | 42 | 150 | 150 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | .267 | .267 | .347 | .613 | 52 | ||||||||
Faustino Zabala | 49 | 170 | 170 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .218 | .218 | .253 | .471 | 43 | ||||||||
César Tovar | 35 | 121 | 121 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | .281 | .281 | .314 | .595 | 38 | ||||||||
Remy Hermoso | 17 | 55 | 55 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .291 | .291 | .345 | .636 | 19 | ||||||||
Juan Monasterio | 18 | 67 | 67 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .224 | .224 | .403 | .627 | 27 | ||||||||
Antonio Garboza | 30 | 80 | 80 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .188 | .188 | .350 | .538 | 28 | ||||||||
Eddie Gates | 10 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 10 | ||||||||
Edwing Verhelst | 14 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .281 | .469 | 9 | ||||||||
Pedro Rocca | 7 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | ||||||||
Domingo Lopez | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||
Flores Bolivar | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||
Mike Martin | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 520 | 1776 | 1776 | 221 | 467 | 67 | 12 | 17 | 180 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .263 | .343 | .606 | 609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rich Standart | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
Jose Caldera | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
Sanchez | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Tom House | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
Brian Moulton | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
Luis Penalver | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
Elias Lugo | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
Mike Martin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Angel Hernandez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Miguel Barreto | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
Bob Polinsky | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
Butch Metzger | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Luis Lunar | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Dave Clark | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
Albert Williams | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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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