1979 Hawaii Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 72-76
Finished 4th in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Dick Phillips (72-76)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Ballpark: Aloha Stadium
Attendance: 176,049, Avg. 2,379
Playoffs - Hawaii Islanders 2 games, Vancouver Canadians 1
Finals - Salt Lake City Gulls 3 games, Hawaii Islanders 0
The Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 72 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Islanders gave up 569 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Hawaii plated 608 runs, worst in the circuit,. Tucker Ashford paced the team with 13 home runs and accounted for 62 RBI. Sam Perlozzo led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Juan Eichelberger topped the squad with 13 wins, while Gary Lucas recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Hawaii Islanders who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sam Perlozzo, Dennis Blair, Gary Lucas, Jim Wilhelm, Al Fitzmorris, Tom Tellmann, Chuck Baker, Dave Wehrmeister, Steve Brye, Tony Castillo, Juan Eichelberger, Don Reynolds, Rick Sweet, Craig Stimac, Mark Lee, Victor Bernal, Mike Dupree, Dennis Kinney, Mike Armstrong, Jim Beswick, Fred Kuhaulua, Broderick Perkins and Tucker Ashford.
Dick Phillips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Eichelberger | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.37 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 195.0 | 151 | 79 | 73 | 8 | 137 | 3 | 159 | 5 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Gary Lucas | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.78 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 178.0 | 151 | 64 | 55 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.81 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 157.0 | 141 | 57 | 49 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Wehrmeister | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.88 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 96.0 | 70 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.64 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 122 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dennis Blair | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.85 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 99 | 58 | 55 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Mark Lee | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.76 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41.0 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom Tellmann | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.93 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83.0 | 98 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Kinney | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.76 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 | 106 | 54 | 46 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Greg Wilkes | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.66 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 60 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Dupree | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Carroll | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.52 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Fierbaugh | 0 | 0 | 6.19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Barry Biggerstaff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.52 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Craig Stimac | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Victor Bernal | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 76 | .486 | 3.49 | 291 | 148 | 0 | 53 | 17 | 23 | 1276.0 | 1191 | 569 | 495 | 79 | 580 | 24 | 763 | 30 | 6 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Perlozzo | 143 | 620 | 532 | 81 | 160 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 39 | 17 | 74 | 39 | .301 | .387 | .389 | .776 | 207 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Tucker Ashford | 146 | 584 | 509 | 70 | 130 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 62 | 17 | 9 | 62 | 91 | .255 | .334 | .405 | .739 | 206 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Rick Sweet | 135 | 537 | 452 | 59 | 116 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 31 | .257 | .361 | .345 | .706 | 156 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Craig Stimac | 102 | 415 | 381 | 54 | 104 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 50 | .273 | .326 | .420 | .746 | 160 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Andrew Dyes | 106 | 410 | 367 | 46 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 86 | .267 | .336 | .403 | .739 | 148 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim Beswick | 144 | 537 | 459 | 41 | 98 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 104 | .214 | .322 | .314 | .636 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Baker | 131 | 447 | 414 | 35 | 91 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51 | .220 | .256 | .266 | .522 | 110 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Jim Wilhelm | 87 | 353 | 313 | 50 | 87 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 59 | .278 | .342 | .438 | .780 | 137 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 90 | 364 | 314 | 41 | 76 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 41 | 21 | .242 | .328 | .312 | .640 | 98 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Steve Brye | 75 | 279 | 235 | 39 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 37 | .247 | .345 | .374 | .720 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Broderick Perkins | 43 | 171 | 159 | 19 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | .327 | .371 | .447 | .817 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Reynolds | 51 | 192 | 163 | 24 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 23 | .276 | .382 | .356 | .738 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dupree | 58 | 205 | 182 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 22 | .242 | .297 | .313 | .610 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Tony Castillo | 82 | 259 | 230 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .187 | .264 | .243 | .507 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steve Smith | 18 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .229 | .317 | .286 | .603 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Barry Biggerstaff | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.500 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn McKinney | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Kuhaulua | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Eichelberger | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Bernal | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lucas | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wehrmeister | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1559 | 5424 | 4755 | 608 | 1211 | 196 | 55 | 64 | 556 | 134 | 72 | 551 | 676 | .255 | .333 | .359 | .692 | 1709 | 0 | 25 | 59 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Stimac | 1B | 53 | 487 | 33 | 7 | 49 | .987 | 9.811 | ||||
| Broderick Perkins | 1B | 43 | 385 | 33 | 5 | 46 | .988 | 9.721 | ||||
| Rick Sweet | 1B | 42 | 351 | 31 | 3 | 33 | .992 | 9.095 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | 1B | 19 | 152 | 18 | 5 | 18 | .971 | 8.947 | ||||
| Barry Biggerstaff | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tucker Ashford | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Sam Perlozzo | 2B | 142 | 309 | 447 | 9 | 105 | .988 | 5.324 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 2B | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.167 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 2B | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tucker Ashford | 3B | 141 | 131 | 314 | 26 | 31 | .945 | 3.156 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | 3B | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rick Sweet | C | 85 | 412 | 41 | 8 | 8 | .983 | 5.329 | 7 | |||
| Tony Castillo | C | 76 | 401 | 41 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 5.816 | 7 | |||
| Jim Beswick | OF | 141 | 278 | 17 | 5 | 6 | .983 | 2.092 | ||||
| Jim Wilhelm | OF | 87 | 187 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .974 | 2.195 | ||||
| Steve Brye | OF | 63 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.714 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | OF | 46 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.761 | ||||
| Don Reynolds | OF | 46 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.783 | ||||
| Andrew Dyes | OF | 35 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.314 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | OF | 25 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.680 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | OF | 20 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 2.300 | ||||
| Tom Tellmann | P | 44 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Fred Kuhaulua | P | 29 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.069 | ||||
| Juan Eichelberger | P | 28 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .838 | 1.107 | ||||
| Gary Lucas | P | 24 | 11 | 33 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mark Lee | P | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Dennis Kinney | P | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Lynn McKinney | P | 19 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Greg Wilkes | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Blair | P | 16 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Victor Bernal | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 13 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Barry Biggerstaff | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.125 | ||||
| Randy Fierbaugh | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Joe Carroll | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Dupree | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Armstrong | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Craig Stimac | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Baker | SS | 130 | 216 | 396 | 29 | 92 | .955 | 4.708 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | SS | 21 | 34 | 41 | 1 | 12 | .987 | 3.571 | ||||
| Steve Smith | SS | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tucker Ashford | SS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1536 | 3831 | 1700 | 140 | 436 | .975 | 3.601 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
