1979 Greensboro Hornets Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-71
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Jim Lett (65-71)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 165,596, Avg. 2,435

1979 Greensboro Hornets Roster

The Greensboro Hornets of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 65 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Hornets scored 590 runs and yielded 626 runs. Gary Redus led Greensboro with 16 home runs Kevin Jacobson accounted for 61 RBI. Tony Walker paced all regular batters by connecting at a .277 clip. Wayne Guinn topped the squad with 12 wins, while John LoCascio recorded a 3.26 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Greensboro Hornets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ben Hayes, Jeff Lahti, Brad Lesley, Les Straker and Gary Redus.

Jim Lett 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
Wayne Guinn	12	10	.545	3.98	34	28		4	0	0	172.0	181	94	76	9	93	3	134	9	0	16
Jeff Lahti	7	2	.778	2.84	53	2		1	1	13	92.0	83	43	29	8	33	6	89	4	2	9
John LoCascio	7	7	.500	3.26	48	12		2	1	5	127.0	124	57	46	2	64	6	117	3	3	9
Les Straker	7	10	.412	3.96	29	27		1	0	0	141.0	123	83	62	7	75	1	121	1	1	14
Rick O'Keeffe	6	7	.462	3.84	18	16		4	1	1	96.0	99	53	41	11	34	0	78	2	2	6
Mark Moore	5	3	.625	2.62	35	1		0	0	4	55.0	47	18	16	4	17	5	61	6	0	0
Larry Jackson	5	4	.556	3.86	21	16		1	0	0	105.0	77	59	45	14	52	0	96	3	2	8
Alex Neely	5	9	.357	4.36	52	2		0	0	4	99.0	99	61	48	11	53	9	99	6	2	9
Joel Willett	4	7	.364	3.65	34	8		2	0	2	111.0	98	62	45	16	35	3	80	2	0	5
Charley Noble	3	3	.500	2.41	8	6		1	1	0	41.0	30	16	11	5	15	0	35	1	0	1
Brad Lesley	3	7	.300	4.63	19	18		3	0	0	101.0	112	67	52	12	34	0	62	2	1	7
Ben Hayes	1	0	1.000	5.54	11	0		0	0	0	13.0	11	11	8	1	7	0	8	0	0	1
Nelson Torres	0	2	.000	18.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Totals	65	71	.478	3.75	364	136	0	19	4	29	1154.0	1087	626	481	100	514	35	980	39	13	85	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
Tony Walker	114	481	404	58	112	12	0	9	41	26	9	56	109	.277	.385	.374	.759	151		17	1	3
Kevin Jacobson	128	529	438	56	108	24	2	5	61	2	4	73	48	.247	.359	.345	.704	151		6	8	4
Jim McArdle	108	417	364	43	100	15	2	8	57	7	2	49	59	.275	.359	.393	.752	143		0	2	2
Adolfo Feliz	115	467	412	52	100	23	6	2	40	17	8	40	66	.243	.315	.342	.657	141		5	7	3
Dave Hoenstine	113	455	374	53	97	12	2	2	37	14	6	69	64	.259	.379	.318	.697	119		4	6	2
Charlie Engel	118	445	381	46	90	14	3	0	44	1	1	53	85	.236	.330	.289	.618	110		1	8	2
Gary Redus	83	371	309	79	86	17	1	16	52	41	8	58	61	.278	.392	.495	.887	153		1	1	2
Ray Corbett	100	353	300	38	79	6	1	8	42	1	3	45	66	.263	.360	.370	.730	111		2	3	3
Tad Venger	91	282	253	30	56	14	0	5	30	2	1	25	96	.221	.295	.336	.631	85		2	1	1
Mike Kripner	80	264	214	25	49	7	0	3	24	5	2	40	73	.229	.369	.304	.673	65		8	1	1
Mike Sorel	84	289	252	23	41	5	0	0	14	1	2	29	53	.163	.251	.183	.433	46		1	6	1
Greg McKinney	50	171	142	25	29	5	0	2	9	2	5	25	45	.204	.333	.282	.615	40		3	0	1
Lee Hover	39	127	108	17	22	3	1	0	4	7	2	14	35	.204	.290	.250	.540	27		0	3	2
Bill Kuchar	32	101	74	8	16	2	0	0	8	0	0	27	31	.216	.426	.243	.669	18		0	0	0
Wayne Guinn	34	70	55	10	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	8	23	.255	.349	.345	.695	19		0	7	0
Rick O'Keeffe	18	35	30	2	7	3	0	0	8	0	0	2	6	.233	.273	.333	.606	10		0	2	1
Larry Jackson	21	40	36	5	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	22	.194	.275	.222	.497	8		0	0	0
Les Straker	29	50	42	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.167	.239	.167	.406	7		0	4	0
Jeff Lahti	53	21	16	3	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	3	.312	.421	.500	.921	8		1	2	0
Brad Lesley	19	35	26	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.192	.276	.231	.507	6		0	6	0
Mark Moore	35	12	10	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.400	.455	.400	.855	4		0	1	0
John LoCascio	48	37	27	5	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	13	.111	.265	.148	.413	4		0	3	1
Joel Willett	35	37	28	3	3	0	0	2	5	1	0	6	14	.107	.257	.321	.579	9		0	2	1
Charley Noble	8	17	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.091	.333	.182	.515	2		0	2	0
Alex Neely	52	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	2	0
Totals	1607	5124	4320	590	1041	169	19	63	493	127	53	645	1020	.241	.344	.333	.677	1437	0	51	78	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Engel	1B	108	879	61	12	68	.987	8.704
Bill Kuchar	1B	23	193	13	2	14	.990	8.957
Dave Hoenstine	1B	7	56	1	1	3	.983	8.143
Gary Redus	2B	74	154	192	20	47	.945	4.676
Adolfo Feliz	2B	50	73	105	12	18	.937	3.560
Lee Hover	2B	15	15	25	4	2	.909	2.667
Dave Hoenstine	2B	5	10	13	0	1	1.000	4.600
Kevin Jacobson	3B	121	87	230	28	20	.919	2.620
Dave Hoenstine	3B	16	15	25	1	2	.976	2.500
Ray Corbett	C	78	587	55	12	7	.982	8.231	15
Mike Kripner	C	60	449	49	14	9	.973	8.300	12
Tony Walker	OF	106	215	11	10	3	.958	2.132
Jim McArdle	OF	97	164	12	5	3	.972	1.814
Dave Hoenstine	OF	76	93	4	4	1	.960	1.276
Tad Venger	OF	69	96	11	7	2	.939	1.551
Greg McKinney	OF	43	58	4	9	0	.873	1.442
Lee Hover	OF	17	28	1	1	0	.967	1.706
Gary Redus	OF	7	18	1	1	0	.950	2.714
Jeff Lahti	P	53	5	22	1	1	.964	.509
Alex Neely	P	52	2	15	2	0	.895	.327
John LoCascio	P	48	5	13	1	1	.947	.375
Mark Moore	P	35	3	14	2	1	.895	.486
Joel Willett	P	34	9	6	3	0	.833	.441
Wayne Guinn	P	34	15	31	3	4	.939	1.353
Les Straker	P	29	11	24	8	2	.814	1.207
Larry Jackson	P	21	5	14	4	3	.826	.905
Brad Lesley	P	19	6	28	4	0	.895	1.789
Rick O'Keeffe	P	18	2	22	2	1	.923	1.333
Ben Hayes	P	11	0	1	2	0	.333	.091
Charley Noble	P	8	3	7	1	1	.909	1.250
Nelson Torres	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Mike Sorel	SS	80	119	174	23	27	.927	3.662
Adolfo Feliz	SS	59	85	144	36	33	.864	3.881
Totals		1475	3460	1329	235	274	.953	3.247	27	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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