1979 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 92-51
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Doug Holmquist (92-51)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 76,762, Avg. 1,074
Playoffs - Winter Haven Red Sox 3 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 92 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Yankees allowed 412 runs, least in the league. Fort Lauderdale tallied 549 runs. Steve Balboni paced the team with 26 home runs and drove in 91 runs. Tim Jordan led all regular batters with a .282 average. Paul Boris topped the squad with 16 wins, while Brian Ryder added 15 or more wins, too Jeff Taylor recorded a 1.67 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Pat Tabler, Rafael Santana, Roger Slagle, Matt Winters, Steve Balboni, Rex Hudler, Willie McGee and Paul Boris were all players from the 1979 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Doug Holmquist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Boris | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.05 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 110.0 | 91 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brian Ryder | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.32 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 171.0 | 135 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 156 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Taylor | 13 | 2 | .867 | 1.67 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 156.0 | 157 | 46 | 29 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Scott Gleckel | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.88 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 178.0 | 180 | 69 | 57 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Ricky Burdette | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.60 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 73.0 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Luongo | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.68 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike McLeod | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.00 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 78.0 | 71 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Hernández | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.56 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 73 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Byron Ballard | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.73 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 134 | 76 | 58 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Frank Ricci | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Carlucci | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.75 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 67.0 | 64 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mark Softy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.00 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lysgaard | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Karl Steffen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 92 | 51 | .643 | 2.41 | 275 | 143 | 0 | 48 | 19 | 26 | 1223.0 | 1069 | 412 | 327 | 29 | 428 | 19 | 825 | 34 | 8 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Balboni | 140 | 584 | 504 | 69 | 127 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 154 | .252 | .346 | .452 | .798 | 228 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 133 | 528 | 472 | 62 | 124 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 53 | .263 | .312 | .307 | .619 | 145 | 1 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Tim Jordan | 130 | 483 | 426 | 53 | 120 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 49 | 72 | .282 | .360 | .369 | .729 | 157 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Wes Robbins | 112 | 450 | 394 | 55 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 32 | 11 | 47 | 40 | .274 | .347 | .348 | .694 | 137 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Rex Hudler | 116 | 445 | 414 | 37 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 73 | .251 | .283 | .297 | .580 | 123 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jose Paulino | 110 | 348 | 306 | 46 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 29 | 58 | .271 | .344 | .307 | .651 | 94 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Villaman | 95 | 353 | 313 | 48 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 48 | .256 | .327 | .323 | .649 | 101 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Pat Tabler | 75 | 305 | 247 | 39 | 78 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 46 | .316 | .441 | .421 | .862 | 104 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Khoury | 102 | 334 | 294 | 29 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 40 | .252 | .326 | .310 | .636 | 91 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Gilmore | 109 | 373 | 320 | 31 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 42 | .206 | .299 | .278 | .577 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dan Plante | 91 | 312 | 268 | 19 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 37 | .231 | .311 | .254 | .565 | 68 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Willie McGee | 46 | 195 | 176 | 25 | 56 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 34 | .318 | .378 | .415 | .793 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Moroff | 66 | 214 | 182 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 47 | .209 | .308 | .280 | .588 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dave Garcia | 26 | 89 | 76 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .276 | .364 | .329 | .693 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Matt Winters | 34 | 114 | 89 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 17 | .157 | .325 | .236 | .561 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Campbell | 22 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .214 | .292 | .214 | .506 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Amos Lewis | 15 | 51 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .119 | .260 | .119 | .379 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Irwin | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .636 | .909 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Echstenkamper | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Burdette | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Santarone | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Boris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Byron Ballard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 1434 | 5250 | 4586 | 549 | 1173 | 151 | 34 | 46 | 472 | 179 | 65 | 518 | 806 | .256 | .334 | .334 | .667 | 1530 | 0 | 38 | 68 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Balboni | 1B | 140 | 1297 | 97 | 11 | 106 | .992 | 9.957 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Rafael Villaman | 2B | 93 | 169 | 293 | 17 | 48 | .965 | 4.968 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 2B | 23 | 32 | 56 | 3 | 16 | .967 | 3.826 | ||||
| Dave Garcia | 2B | 16 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 6 | .959 | 4.375 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 15 | 29 | 38 | 2 | 9 | .971 | 4.467 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | 2B | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.556 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 2B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Daniel Moroff | 3B | 58 | 31 | 82 | 16 | 9 | .876 | 1.948 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 3B | 45 | 17 | 80 | 7 | 7 | .933 | 2.156 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 3B | 25 | 13 | 26 | 8 | 1 | .830 | 1.560 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 3B | 22 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .867 | 1.773 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | 3B | 15 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 1.533 | ||||
| Dan Plante | C | 91 | 492 | 46 | 10 | 7 | .982 | 5.912 | 13 | |||
| Andrew Gilmore | C | 70 | 359 | 25 | 9 | 2 | .977 | 5.486 | 10 | |||
| Richard Santarone | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
| Jose Paulino | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Tim Jordan | OF | 111 | 207 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 1.937 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | OF | 104 | 150 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .970 | 1.538 | ||||
| Pete Khoury | OF | 94 | 160 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .976 | 1.766 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | OF | 48 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .951 | 1.625 | ||||
| Wes Robbins | OF | 46 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.696 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 45 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.356 | ||||
| Matt Winters | OF | 23 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.261 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Thomas Echstenkamper | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Byron Ballard | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Boris | P | 45 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rich Carlucci | P | 34 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Scott Gleckel | P | 30 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brian Ryder | P | 25 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.520 | ||||
| Ricky Burdette | P | 25 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jeff Taylor | P | 24 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 2.042 | ||||
| Byron Ballard | P | 22 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 2.091 | ||||
| Mike McLeod | P | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .850 | ||||
| Chuck Hernández | P | 20 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 2.050 | ||||
| Ronald Luongo | P | 14 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mark Softy | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Frank Ricci | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Lysgaard | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Karl Steffen | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | SS | 78 | 121 | 250 | 35 | 43 | .914 | 4.756 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 72 | 111 | 215 | 6 | 42 | .982 | 4.528 | ||||
| Totals | 1535 | 3663 | 1559 | 173 | 326 | .968 | 3.402 | 23 | 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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