1979 Evansville Triplets Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 78-58
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jim Leyland (78-58)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 120,265, Avg. 1,769

1979 Evansville Triplets Roster

Playoffs - Evansville Triplets 4 games, Oklahoma City 89ers 2

The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 78 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Triplets scored 724 runs and conceded 617 runs. Joe Lis led Evansville with 16 home runs, and Al Greene walloped 15 or more as well. Joe Lis recorded 80 runs batted in. Rick Peters paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Fred Holdsworth topped the squad with 10 wins, while Fernando Arroyo registered a 3 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1979 Evansville Triplets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Petry, Marty Castillo, Steve Baker, Dave Machemer, Mardie Cornejo, Roger Weaver, Dave Stegman, Mike Chris, Bruce Taylor, Dave Rucker, Glenn Gulliver, Al Greene, Taylor Duncan, Fred Holdsworth, Bruce Kimm, Tom Brookens, Fernando Arroyo, Kirk Gibson, Dan Gonzales, Ed Putman, Kip Young, Jack Morris, John Martin, Joe Lis, Dave Tobik, Pat Underwood, Darrell Brown, Rick Peters, Mark DeJohn, Jerry Manuel and Tim Corcoran.

Jim Leyland 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
Fred Holdsworth	10	6	.625	4.15	23	17		3	0	0	104.0	113	59	48	7	58	2	62	1	0	10
Roger Weaver	8	2	.800	3.73	29	8		3	2	3	99.0	102	43	41	2	47	4	63	1	0	8
Ralph Treuel	8	7	.533	5.40	23	22		3	1	0	120.0	144	79	72	16	51	4	44	7	0	5
John Martin	7	1	.875	1.37	37	0		0	0	2	59.0	49	12	9	1	25	4	53	2	0	3
Fernando Arroyo	7	4	.636	3.00	19	13		2	0	0	114.0	113	50	38	10	34	6	39	4	0	4
Mike Chris	7	8	.467	5.57	19	19		3	1	0	105.0	113	78	65	10	67	3	71	4	3	7
Mardie Cornejo	5	5	.500	5.42	31	4		0	0	2	93.0	112	64	56	6	35	5	37	1	1	11
Dave Tobik	4	0	1.000	0.47	19	0		0	0	9	38.0	24	6	2	0	13	3	45	1	0	1
Dan Petry	4	3	.571	4.85	15	15		3	0	0	91.0	92	60	49	11	37	0	55	3	0	6
Kip Young	4	4	.500	3.20	12	12		3	2	0	76.0	75	32	27	5	29	3	37	7	0	8
Bruce Taylor	3	1	.750	2.48	18	0		0	0	3	29.0	25	8	8	2	13	0	24	2	2	2
Theodore Blair	2	1	.667	1.42	4	1		1	0	0	19.0	16	3	3	3	3	0	7	0	0	1
Jack Morris	2	2	.500	2.38	5	5		3	0	0	34.0	22	13	9	4	18	0	28	0	2	0
Larry Corr	2	2	.500	3.78	12	5		0	0	2	50.0	60	26	21	4	21	1	23	1	0	0
Pat Underwood	2	3	.400	2.81	7	7		2	1	0	48.0	41	20	15	2	17	1	35	0	0	3
Dave Steffen	2	4	.333	3.89	19	1		0	0	5	44.0	51	27	19	3	18	6	28	1	3	1
Dave Rucker	1	1	.500	2.77	2	2		0	0	0	13.0	11	4	4	1	1	0	8	0	0	0
Kenneth Shea	0	0		6.75	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	15	6	6	1	3	0	3	0	0	0
Steve Patchin	0	0		12.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	4	0	1	0	1	1
Garry Grafton	0	2	.000	6.55	7	0		0	0	0	11.0	19	10	8	2	9	2	5	0	0	1
Steve Baker	0	2	.000	7.71	5	3		0	0	0	14.0	18	13	12	1	10	1	15	2	0	1
Totals	78	58	.574	3.96	310	136	0	26	7	26	1172.0	1219	617	516	92	513	45	683	37	12	73	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
Dave Stegman	133	596	506	95	153	33	2	11	60	17	3	81	83	.302	.399	.441	.840	223		2	5	2
Rick Peters	107	476	387	88	124	17	10	3	42	30	13	76	34	.320	.436	.439	.876	170		6	4	3
Joe Lis	118	493	418	71	122	16	0	16	80	1	3	60	69	.292	.384	.445	.829	186		7	1	7
Jerry Manuel	130	545	460	71	116	26	3	9	75	8	5	67	67	.252	.349	.380	.729	175		5	6	7
Bruce Kimm	113	452	382	63	108	18	1	10	75	8	8	57	46	.283	.376	.414	.790	158		4	3	6
Tim Corcoran	87	342	287	40	97	15	0	4	50	8	2	42	34	.338	.419	.432	.851	124		3	3	7
Tom Brookens	77	305	265	51	81	23	2	14	46	10	6	33	50	.306	.382	.566	.948	150		1	4	2
Al Greene	83	353	292	52	80	19	2	15	65	4	1	54	51	.274	.391	.507	.898	148		4	0	3
Kirk Gibson	89	369	327	50	80	13	5	9	42	20	2	34	110	.245	.326	.398	.724	130		6	1	1
Mark DeJohn	112	396	337	36	77	7	1	2	30	2	2	35	41	.228	.310	.273	.583	92		5	18	1
Steve Patchin	81	278	247	28	54	7	1	8	44	0	3	29	50	.219	.301	.352	.653	87		0	2	0
Dan Gonzales	40	165	151	23	51	10	1	2	20	2	5	13	14	.338	.394	.457	.851	69		1	0	0
Ed Putman	32	127	104	20	28	3	0	7	18	4	0	21	25	.269	.402	.500	.902	52		2	0	0
Marty Castillo	31	115	103	11	24	4	1	1	6	0	1	11	25	.233	.307	.320	.627	33		0	1	0
Glenn Gulliver	43	155	123	15	19	7	0	4	12	4	3	28	21	.154	.314	.309	.623	38		1	2	1
Darrell Brown	23	48	43	8	11	0	0	1	4	3	1	4	6	.256	.319	.326	.645	14		0	1	0
Dave Machemer	8	38	30	2	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	3	.200	.333	.267	.600	8		0	2	0
Taylor Duncan	8	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.133	.125	.133	.258	2		0	0	1
Totals	1315	5269	4477	724	1233	218	30	116	672	122	58	651	731	.275	.370	.415	.785	1859	0	47	53	41	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Lis	1B	112	1026	62	12	76	.989	9.714
Tim Corcoran	1B	29	200	15	1	17	.995	7.414
Steve Patchin	1B	9	63	4	2	5	.971	7.444
Taylor Duncan	1B	2	11	0	1	1	.917	5.500
Jerry Manuel	2B	105	234	363	14	62	.977	5.686
Tom Brookens	2B	20	33	67	4	13	.962	5.000
Rick Peters	2B	17	27	45	3	5	.960	4.235
Dave Machemer	2B	3	4	6	1	1	.909	3.333
Mark DeJohn	2B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Tom Brookens	3B	51	38	99	12	4	.919	2.686
Marty Castillo	3B	31	27	66	3	7	.969	3.000
Glenn Gulliver	3B	29	24	52	4	4	.950	2.621
Ed Putman	3B	25	17	52	13	5	.841	2.760
Rick Peters	3B	5	4	11	1	2	.938	3.000
Dave Machemer	3B	5	4	7	0	3	1.000	2.200
Mark DeJohn	3B	2	2	7	0	0	1.000	4.500
Joe Lis	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bruce Kimm	C	103	545	73	13	7	.979	6.000	9
Steve Patchin	C	29	155	19	2	1	.989	6.000	2
Ed Putman	C	5	30	1	0	1	1.000	6.200	0
Dave Stegman	OF	133	322	12	5	0	.985	2.511
Rick Peters	OF	79	120	6	4	2	.969	1.595
Kirk Gibson	OF	65	100	5	9	1	.921	1.615
Tim Corcoran	OF	59	92	8	1	1	.990	1.695
Al Greene	OF	47	69	3	5	0	.935	1.532
Dan Gonzales	OF	33	44	3	0	1	1.000	1.424
Darrell Brown	OF	20	33	0	1	0	.971	1.650
Dave Machemer	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Bruce Kimm	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
John Martin	P	37	4	8	1	0	.923	.324
Mardie Cornejo	P	31	7	14	0	0	1.000	.677
Roger Weaver	P	29	10	19	2	1	.935	1.000
Ralph Treuel	P	23	7	24	3	1	.912	1.348
Fred Holdsworth	P	23	12	22	1	1	.971	1.478
Dave Tobik	P	19	2	4	1	0	.857	.316
Dave Steffen	P	19	2	7	0	0	1.000	.474
Mike Chris	P	19	6	18	1	3	.960	1.263
Fernando Arroyo	P	19	7	34	2	2	.953	2.158
Bruce Taylor	P	18	3	4	0	0	1.000	.389
Dan Petry	P	15	7	24	0	0	1.000	2.067
Kip Young	P	12	3	14	2	2	.895	1.417
Larry Corr	P	12	5	4	0	0	1.000	.750
Pat Underwood	P	7	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.571
Garry Grafton	P	7	0	1	1	0	.500	.143
Jack Morris	P	5	1	3	1	0	.800	.800
Steve Baker	P	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	.400
Theodore Blair	P	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
Kenneth Shea	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Rucker	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Patchin	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mark DeJohn	SS	109	161	298	19	50	.960	4.211
Jerry Manuel	SS	32	31	71	8	9	.927	3.188
Glenn Gulliver	SS	8	9	17	2	1	.929	3.250
Dave Machemer	SS	1	0	4	1	1	.800	4.000
Totals		1483	3514	1597	156	290	.970	3.446	11	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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