1979 Daytona Beach Astros Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-80
Finished 5th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Carlos Alfonso (56-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Attendance: 50,109, Avg. 737

1979 Daytona Beach Astros Roster

The Daytona Beach Astros of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 56 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Astros plated 516 runs and allowed 631 runs, most in the circuit. Simon Rosario drove in 60 runs. Tim Tolman led batters with significant playing time with a .289 average. John Hessler topped the team with 8 wins, while Stan Leland recorded a 3.74 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1979 Daytona Beach Astros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Johnny Ray, Jack Lazorko, Tim Tolman, Ricky Adams, Pat Perry, Bert Peña, Larry Ray, Brent Strom, Scott Loucks and John Mizerock.

Carlos Alfonso served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Hessler	8	11	.421	4.85	25	25		7	1	0	130.0	104	98	70	1	132	1	139	7	0	28
Kevin Houston	7	6	.538	4.02	22	20		3	0	0	123.0	105	71	55	2	94	2	86	6	0	11
Jim MacDonald	7	7	.500	2.83	16	15		7	2	0	105.0	98	42	33	4	25	2	65	1	0	2
Stan Leland	5	13	.278	3.74	22	19		5	0	0	130.0	127	67	54	3	63	5	111	7	4	6
Brent Strom	4	4	.500	4.17	10	8		2	0	0	54.0	71	32	25	4	18	2	32	1	1	7
Blaine Smith	4	5	.444	4.25	11	10		2	1	0	55.0	71	40	26	5	14	0	37	0	0	3
Douglas Jackson	4	8	.333	4.17	28	15		7	2	0	110.0	123	70	51	2	71	3	80	5	1	12
Richard Robinson	3	5	.375	4.25	44	0		0	0	3	53.0	67	31	25	1	33	7	48	2	0	6
Ricardo Aponte	2	0	1.000	1.80	16	2		0	0	2	30.0	25	7	6	0	9	1	20	0	0	1
Jack Lazorko	2	1	.667	4.66	17	0		0	0	3	29.0	38	15	15	0	12	0	17	0	1	3
Pat Perry	2	3	.400	5.29	12	7		1	0	0	51.0	64	31	30	1	16	3	30	0	0	1
Diego Melendez	2	4	.333	4.82	14	6		1	0	0	56.0	51	43	30	1	52	4	39	7	1	7
Gregory Petersen	2	5	.286	4.11	12	8		2	1	1	57.0	47	28	26	6	24	0	37	1	0	3
Michael Finch	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0		0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
German de Los Santos	1	0	1.000	3.81	21	0		0	0	0	26.0	16	15	11	0	29	2	10	1	0	1
Steven Quealey	1	1	.500	0.82	16	0		0	0	4	22.0	12	2	2	0	9	2	26	2	1	0
Andrew Rice	1	2	.333	2.70	19	2		0	0	1	20.0	13	11	6	0	22	2	12	2	1	1
Thad Troedson	0	1	.000	2.40	12	0		0	0	3	15.0	14	8	4	0	7	1	8	1	0	2
Mark Lohuis	0	2	.000	2.53	13	0		0	0	0	32.0	27	12	9	1	21	3	27	0	2	6
Doug Welenc	0	2	.000	4.15	3	2		1	0	0	13.0	15	8	6	0	7	1	12	0	2	2
Totals	56	80	.412	3.91	338	139	0	38	7	17	1115.0	1089	631	484	31	658	41	842	43	14	102	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
Tim Tolman	131	509	422	62	122	13	3	1	53	12	8	74	50	.289	.396	.341	.738	144		5	2	6
Greg Cypret	110	453	393	57	110	15	1	0	40	11	10	46	33	.280	.358	.323	.681	127		4	6	4
Simon Rosario	103	386	357	35	109	15	5	3	60	5	5	23	40	.305	.347	.401	.748	143		2	0	4
Ricky Adams	107	339	305	31	89	12	2	0	26	11	11	23	33	.292	.349	.344	.694	105		5	4	2
Scott Loucks	108	421	338	80	83	6	3	2	18	46	13	77	77	.246	.388	.299	.686	101		2	3	1
Julio Beltran	109	323	300	40	77	6	1	1	27	30	13	18	34	.257	.307	.293	.601	88		4	1	0
Tommy Toman	109	387	308	36	67	6	0	2	26	14	10	56	40	.218	.353	.256	.609	79		10	10	3
Bert Peña	113	376	341	26	66	11	1	1	23	4	4	23	83	.194	.248	.240	.488	82		2	9	1
Reggie Waller	60	224	183	33	59	8	3	2	29	10	5	34	40	.322	.424	.432	.856	79		2	0	5
Kevin Ruffler	97	333	286	18	56	4	0	3	27	3	6	39	52	.196	.297	.241	.538	69		3	3	2
Larry Ray	62	238	211	24	54	8	1	3	29	2	1	25	49	.256	.333	.346	.679	73		0	1	1
Val Medina	76	205	185	22	52	12	2	0	26	3	2	12	29	.281	.337	.368	.704	68		4	3	1
John Mizerock	53	182	152	13	39	6	1	3	12	1	0	27	23	.257	.369	.368	.737	56		0	3	0
Arvis Harper	31	125	113	12	27	3	0	0	11	8	2	10	16	.239	.296	.265	.561	30		0	0	2
Bubba Holland	42	153	138	11	26	3	0	1	18	0	0	7	37	.188	.261	.232	.493	32		7	0	1
Mark Campbell	28	75	61	9	15	2	0	0	4	2	2	9	8	.246	.370	.279	.649	17		3	2	0
Johnny Ray	24	81	68	6	15	1	2	1	10	3	2	11	11	.221	.338	.338	.676	23		1	1	0
Jose Turnes	19	31	27	1	7	3	0	0	4	3	0	4	10	.259	.355	.370	.725	10		0	0	0
Kevin Houston	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Douglas Jackson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1384	4843	4190	516	1073	134	25	23	443	168	94	518	667	.256	.343	.316	.660	1326	0	54	48	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tim Tolman	1B	92	658	57	17	64	.977	7.772
Greg Cypret	1B	23	192	15	1	16	.995	9.000
Kevin Ruffler	1B	19	117	6	2	10	.984	6.474
Tommy Toman	1B	16	119	7	2	5	.984	7.875
Jose Turnes	1B	4	14	0	0	0	1.000	3.500
Reggie Waller	1B	1	9	0	0	0	1.000	9.000
Ricky Adams	2B	102	189	279	24	49	.951	4.588
Val Medina	2B	25	42	52	7	11	.931	3.760
Mark Campbell	2B	14	25	30	5	7	.917	3.929
Julio Beltran	2B	14	24	32	5	1	.918	4.000
Johnny Ray	2B	1	3	3	1	0	.857	6.000
Greg Cypret	3B	63	61	97	12	10	.929	2.508
Tim Tolman	3B	30	26	36	9	3	.873	2.067
Val Medina	3B	26	15	29	10	5	.815	1.692
Julio Beltran	3B	22	17	26	6	6	.878	1.955
Johnny Ray	3B	16	17	29	7	1	.868	2.875
Mark Campbell	3B	5	3	3	1	1	.857	1.200
Kevin Ruffler	3B	2	0	2	1	0	.667	1.000
Kevin Ruffler	C	62	400	38	5	6	.989	7.065	11
John Mizerock	C	45	255	25	5	3	.982	6.222	15
Bubba Holland	C	34	190	21	8	3	.963	6.206	2
Jose Turnes	C	14	42	4	1	0	.979	3.286	1
Mark Campbell	C	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Scott Loucks	OF	100	164	13	3	4	.983	1.770
Simon Rosario	OF	86	118	7	9	2	.933	1.453
Tommy Toman	OF	77	90	9	3	1	.971	1.286
Larry Ray	OF	57	78	4	3	0	.965	1.439
Reggie Waller	OF	49	92	5	2	2	.980	1.980
Julio Beltran	OF	41	68	1	2	0	.972	1.683
Arvis Harper	OF	27	44	3	2	2	.959	1.741
Tim Tolman	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Mark Campbell	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Richard Robinson	P	44	5	9	0	0	1.000	.318
Douglas Jackson	P	28	3	15	4	1	.818	.643
John Hessler	P	25	16	29	7	3	.865	1.800
Stan Leland	P	22	10	22	6	1	.842	1.455
Kevin Houston	P	22	5	17	2	1	.917	1.000
German de Los Santos	P	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	.286
Andrew Rice	P	19	2	7	1	2	.900	.474
Jack Lazorko	P	17	4	10	0	2	1.000	.824
Steven Quealey	P	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	.312
Jim MacDonald	P	16	8	18	1	2	.963	1.625
Ricardo Aponte	P	16	2	4	0	0	1.000	.375
Diego Melendez	P	14	2	13	2	0	.882	1.071
Mark Lohuis	P	13	0	4	1	0	.800	.308
Thad Troedson	P	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Gregory Petersen	P	12	5	6	1	0	.917	.917
Pat Perry	P	12	1	8	2	2	.818	.750
Blaine Smith	P	11	3	4	2	0	.778	.636
Brent Strom	P	10	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.000
Michael Finch	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Doug Welenc	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Bert Peña	SS	112	152	290	45	48	.908	3.946
Greg Cypret	SS	35	37	81	5	13	.959	3.371
Johnny Ray	SS	4	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.750
Julio Beltran	SS	4	2	7	2	1	.818	2.250
Totals		1568	3347	1405	234	290	.953	3.031	29	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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