1979 Charlotte O's Statistics
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jimmy Williams (73-69)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 122,336, Avg. 1,723
Playoffs - Columbus Astros 2 games, Charlotte O's 0
The Charlotte O's of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The O's plated 637 runs and allowed 622 runs. Drungo Hazewood and Dan Logan paced Charlotte with 21 home runs apiece. Dan Logan recorded 79 runs batted in. Bobby Bonner led all regular hitters with a .291 average. Tom Rowe topped the squad with 11 wins, while Pete Torrez recorded a 3.5 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Charlotte O's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Welchel, Jeff Schneider, Willie Royster, Bobby Bonner, Dallas Williams, Cal Ripken, Nate Snell, Mike Boddicker, Dave Huppert, Tony Chevez and Drungo Hazewood.
Jimmy Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Rowe | 11 | 14 | .440 | 5.01 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 200 | 113 | 93 | 16 | 76 | 5 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Larry Jones | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.93 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135.0 | 127 | 63 | 59 | 9 | 77 | 1 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Mike Boddicker | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.00 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 102.0 | 82 | 40 | 34 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Billy Presley | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.45 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 56.0 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pete Torrez | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.50 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 144.0 | 152 | 65 | 56 | 13 | 62 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Nate Snell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.74 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 65 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Don Welchel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.87 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 95 | 47 | 37 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brooks Carey | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.71 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Mayo | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.78 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 88.0 | 80 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 60 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Gregory McArthur | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.70 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 70 | 49 | 45 | 9 | 52 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Schneider | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.43 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 105.0 | 102 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 48 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tony Chevez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Will George | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.02 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 55 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jose Bastian | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Pensiero | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.62 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56.0 | 72 | 37 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 69 | .514 | 3.98 | 289 | 143 | 0 | 38 | 7 | 33 | 1204.0 | 1221 | 622 | 533 | 102 | 588 | 29 | 706 | 28 | 14 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Williams | 133 | 568 | 519 | 68 | 144 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 38 | 51 | .277 | .325 | .403 | .728 | 209 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Dan Logan | 136 | 559 | 485 | 83 | 137 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 77 | .282 | .360 | .460 | .820 | 223 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Bobby Bonner | 119 | 489 | 460 | 55 | 134 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 43 | .291 | .322 | .413 | .735 | 190 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Vern Thomas | 126 | 510 | 450 | 65 | 123 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 69 | 29 | 10 | 52 | 93 | .273 | .350 | .424 | .775 | 191 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Russell Brett | 115 | 452 | 409 | 51 | 97 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 34 | 111 | .237 | .298 | .350 | .648 | 143 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tom Eaton | 105 | 406 | 341 | 49 | 94 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 54 | 23 | .276 | .378 | .328 | .706 | 112 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Drungo Hazewood | 122 | 462 | 398 | 60 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 64 | 9 | 3 | 55 | 137 | .231 | .328 | .427 | .755 | 170 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Steven Greene | 98 | 430 | 362 | 63 | 88 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 49 | 19 | 64 | 58 | .243 | .356 | .309 | .665 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dave Huppert | 102 | 355 | 300 | 37 | 67 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 62 | .223 | .328 | .327 | .654 | 98 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Robert Whitfield | 90 | 328 | 304 | 39 | 63 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 54 | .207 | .255 | .276 | .531 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tim Derryberry | 56 | 209 | 182 | 28 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .242 | .335 | .401 | .736 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Buffamoyer | 50 | 159 | 137 | 11 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 29 | .248 | .352 | .336 | .688 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Christopher | 38 | 152 | 135 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | .222 | .303 | .348 | .651 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cal Ripken | 17 | 65 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .180 | .219 | .361 | .579 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | 11 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .158 | .200 | .237 | .437 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Royster | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .571 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1320 | 5192 | 4587 | 637 | 1167 | 207 | 26 | 103 | 576 | 158 | 62 | 509 | 808 | .254 | .330 | .378 | .708 | 1735 | 0 | 26 | 34 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Logan | 1B | 136 | 1225 | 81 | 10 | 133 | .992 | 9.603 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | 1B | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Vern Thomas | 1B | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .929 | 8.667 | ||||
| Russell Brett | 1B | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .964 | 9.000 | ||||
| Tom Eaton | 2B | 103 | 250 | 303 | 5 | 89 | .991 | 5.369 | ||||
| Bobby Bonner | 2B | 28 | 54 | 81 | 4 | 20 | .971 | 4.821 | ||||
| Steven Greene | 2B | 16 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 10 | .931 | 5.062 | ||||
| Russell Brett | 3B | 102 | 72 | 211 | 24 | 24 | .922 | 2.775 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | 3B | 23 | 18 | 56 | 4 | 2 | .949 | 3.217 | ||||
| Cal Ripken | 3B | 15 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Steven Greene | 3B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bobby Bonner | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Dave Huppert | C | 100 | 543 | 73 | 10 | 7 | .984 | 6.160 | 8 | |||
| John Buffamoyer | C | 50 | 213 | 23 | 8 | 5 | .967 | 4.720 | 7 | |||
| Dallas Williams | OF | 133 | 319 | 16 | 10 | 2 | .971 | 2.519 | ||||
| Drungo Hazewood | OF | 122 | 187 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.623 | ||||
| Vern Thomas | OF | 108 | 185 | 7 | 10 | 2 | .950 | 1.778 | ||||
| Scott Christopher | OF | 34 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.912 | ||||
| Steven Greene | OF | 26 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeffrey Youngbauer | OF | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Willie Royster | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Russell Brett | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bobby Bonner | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Schneider | P | 42 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .643 | ||||
| Billy Presley | P | 42 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Ricky Mayo | P | 40 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .425 | ||||
| Tom Rowe | P | 28 | 8 | 33 | 7 | 2 | .854 | 1.464 | ||||
| Pete Torrez | P | 21 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .965 | 2.619 | ||||
| Larry Jones | P | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .684 | ||||
| Russell Pensiero | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Gregory McArthur | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Boddicker | P | 14 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Don Welchel | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Nate Snell | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Tony Chevez | P | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brooks Carey | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Will George | P | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Bastian | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bobby Bonner | SS | 86 | 132 | 318 | 18 | 68 | .962 | 5.233 | ||||
| Robert Whitfield | SS | 60 | 74 | 172 | 13 | 40 | .950 | 4.100 | ||||
| Totals | 1460 | 3613 | 1643 | 155 | 439 | .971 | 3.600 | 15 | 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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