1979 Gastonia Cardinals Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: John Lewis (65-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 58,089, Avg. 836
1979 Gastonia Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 65-74
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: John Lewis (65-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 58,089, Avg. 836
The Gastonia Cardinals of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Cardinals scored 623 runs and conceded 608 runs. Dave Kable led Gastonia with 20 home runs Walt Pierce drove in 97 runs. Jeff Doyle paced all regular batters by connecting at a .316 clip. Robert Russell and Jerry Johnson topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Jerry Johnson recorded a 2.65 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Gott and Jeff Doyle both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
John Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Johnson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.65 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 156.0 | 133 | 62 | 46 | 10 | 60 | 10 | 111 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Robert Russell | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.10 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 137 | 74 | 53 | 9 | 51 | 8 | 130 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| William Thomas | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.23 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 124 | 68 | 47 | 4 | 65 | 6 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Freddie Silva | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.72 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 119.0 | 102 | 50 | 36 | 3 | 54 | 4 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Martin Little | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.43 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 68.0 | 70 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Jim Gott | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.61 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 63 | 57 | 48 | 3 | 88 | 5 | 102 | 9 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Scott Arigoni | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.76 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 60 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Bill LaRosa | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.97 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 91.0 | 72 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 45 | 16 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Axel Vega | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.01 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 101 | 57 | 45 | 9 | 64 | 5 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 9 | ||
| David Jones | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Morton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.81 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.0 | 62 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Gadowski | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.82 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Vasche | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Harshbarger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Riggins | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 74 | .468 | 3.64 | 328 | 139 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 28 | 1181.0 | 1078 | 608 | 477 | 77 | 623 | 79 | 905 | 63 | 20 | 103 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Doyle | 138 | 614 | 531 | 90 | 168 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 14 | 10 | 59 | 25 | .316 | .380 | .427 | .807 | 227 | 1 | 14 | 9 | ||
| Walt Pierce | 136 | 586 | 513 | 69 | 150 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 84 | .292 | .369 | .425 | .794 | 218 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Rhadames Mills | 135 | 568 | 507 | 67 | 143 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 78 | .282 | .340 | .369 | .709 | 187 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Dave Kable | 131 | 542 | 432 | 60 | 95 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 95 | 135 | .220 | .369 | .398 | .767 | 172 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Turco | 116 | 416 | 366 | 60 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 55 | .254 | .326 | .303 | .629 | 111 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Mueller | 92 | 364 | 332 | 37 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 70 | .229 | .291 | .355 | .647 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Keith Spreckels | 69 | 296 | 239 | 46 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 52 | .310 | .432 | .431 | .863 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bob Hicks | 78 | 289 | 268 | 21 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 74 | .231 | .274 | .280 | .554 | 75 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Winslow | 52 | 187 | 160 | 22 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 17 | .319 | .400 | .369 | .769 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Phillip Baskerville | 41 | 155 | 132 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 31 | .258 | .368 | .379 | .747 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley McCauley | 52 | 180 | 160 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .200 | .281 | .288 | .568 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Caira | 54 | 157 | 145 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 33 | .200 | .242 | .255 | .497 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 23 | 98 | 78 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | .359 | .490 | .551 | 1.041 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Howell | 33 | 124 | 107 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 36 | .243 | .325 | .402 | .727 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Danny Liggins | 22 | 94 | 85 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .212 | .277 | .247 | .524 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Everette Smith | 34 | 116 | 100 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .180 | .276 | .240 | .516 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Patrick Proulx | 39 | 100 | 93 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .183 | .232 | .204 | .437 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Harskamp | 25 | 92 | 82 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .195 | .272 | .293 | .564 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Daves | 32 | 103 | 91 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .165 | .262 | .308 | .570 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McKnight | 30 | 91 | 84 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .131 | .180 | .167 | .346 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Roosevelt Lett | 10 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robin Clink | 12 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Morton | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Russell | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pittman | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill LaRosa | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Arigoni | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1485 | 5236 | 4564 | 623 | 1168 | 186 | 23 | 77 | 546 | 88 | 41 | 542 | 861 | .256 | .337 | .357 | .695 | 1631 | 0 | 37 | 55 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kable | 1B | 127 | 1128 | 68 | 10 | 89 | .992 | 9.417 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 1B | 13 | 108 | 12 | 2 | 9 | .984 | 9.231 | ||||
| Daniel Winslow | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jeff Doyle | 2B | 136 | 295 | 400 | 18 | 69 | .975 | 5.110 | ||||
| Patrick Proulx | 2B | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Walt Pierce | 3B | 135 | 121 | 260 | 34 | 14 | .918 | 2.822 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Patrick Proulx | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| James Harskamp | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Mueller | C | 71 | 482 | 54 | 13 | 1 | .976 | 7.549 | 13 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 48 | 280 | 41 | 11 | 6 | .967 | 6.688 | 8 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 12 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 6.833 | 0 | |||
| Robin Clink | C | 8 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| William Daves | C | 7 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Stanley McCauley | C | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 132 | 224 | 21 | 9 | 4 | .965 | 1.856 | ||||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 77 | 114 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 1.532 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | OF | 65 | 112 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .976 | 1.862 | ||||
| Dennis Caira | OF | 49 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.061 | ||||
| Randy Howell | OF | 29 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.586 | ||||
| Phillip Baskerville | OF | 28 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.429 | ||||
| Danny Liggins | OF | 22 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Everette Smith | OF | 18 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | OF | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Steve Turco | OF | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Roosevelt Lett | OF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill LaRosa | P | 56 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .268 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 36 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .778 | ||||
| Martin Little | P | 35 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .514 | ||||
| Robert Russell | P | 27 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .808 | .778 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 25 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 1.160 | ||||
| Freddie Silva | P | 25 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.080 | ||||
| Axel Vega | P | 22 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.045 | ||||
| Dennis Morton | P | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .684 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .474 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Dennis Gadowski | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Riggins | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Thomas Vasche | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| David Jones | P | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Harshbarger | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Steve Turco | SS | 99 | 141 | 282 | 28 | 49 | .938 | 4.273 | ||||
| Patrick Proulx | SS | 23 | 26 | 58 | 3 | 10 | .966 | 3.652 | ||||
| James Harskamp | SS | 21 | 24 | 65 | 6 | 9 | .937 | 4.238 | ||||
| Jim McKnight | SS | 16 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 3 | .873 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1515 | 3539 | 1547 | 202 | 280 | .962 | 3.357 | 24 | 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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