1979 Iowa Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 69-67
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Tony LaRussa (0-0), Joe Sparks (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 136,138, Avg. 2,002
The Iowa Oaks of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 69 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Oaks scored 681 runs and yielded 686 runs. Harold Baines led Iowa with 22 home runs, while Henry Cruz and Rusty Kuntz walloped 15 or more also. Bob Molinaro drove in 93 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .328 clip. Dewey Robinson paced the squad with 13 wins, and John Sutton recorded a 4.77 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 Iowa Oaks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rusty Kuntz, LaMarr Hoyt, Britt Burns, Mark Esser, Rich Barnes, Steve Trout, Lloyd Allen, Chris Nyman, John Sutton, Guy Hoffman, Bob Molinaro, Bill Moran, Kevin Bell, Pablo Torrealba, Art James, Harold Baines, Fred Howard, Gary Holle, Henry Cruz, Harry Chappas, Joe Gates, Dewey Robinson, Mike Colbern, Mike Pazik, Gil Rondón, Juan Bernhardt, Nardi Contreras, Art Kusnyer, Thad Bosley, Marv Foley, Bart Johnson and Rich Hinton.
Tony LaRussa and Joe Sparks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey Robinson | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.93 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 86.0 | 69 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 43 | 9 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.03 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 135 | 70 | 62 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Sutton | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.77 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 168.0 | 195 | 103 | 89 | 15 | 72 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Nardi Contreras | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.97 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 117 | 69 | 63 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Guy Hoffman | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.34 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70.0 | 62 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ray Murillo | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.74 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 65.0 | 55 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lloyd Allen | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.60 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 106.0 | 113 | 75 | 66 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Fred Howard | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.65 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Trout | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Hinton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Britt Burns | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.95 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.0 | 68 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randall Evans | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.02 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.60 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 50 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bart Johnson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.58 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Esser | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.62 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68.0 | 70 | 55 | 50 | 10 | 61 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Luis Guzman | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Kusnyer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Douglass | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Moran | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gil Rondón | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rich Barnes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Pazik | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 67 | .507 | 4.62 | 326 | 136 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 32 | 1164.0 | 1220 | 686 | 597 | 102 | 562 | 23 | 680 | 39 | 8 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Molinaro | 133 | 568 | 475 | 90 | 156 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 93 | 50 | 12 | 81 | 26 | .328 | .423 | .480 | .903 | 228 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Harold Baines | 125 | 503 | 466 | 87 | 139 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 87 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 80 | .298 | .342 | .528 | .870 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Fred Frazier | 119 | 513 | 449 | 66 | 132 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 29 | .294 | .360 | .399 | .759 | 179 | 5 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Henry Cruz | 120 | 477 | 416 | 64 | 117 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 79 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 60 | .281 | .360 | .476 | .836 | 198 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rusty Kuntz | 122 | 463 | 394 | 67 | 116 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 111 | .294 | .382 | .503 | .885 | 198 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Thad Bosley | 95 | 426 | 382 | 62 | 101 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 39 | 62 | .264 | .332 | .335 | .667 | 128 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Harry Chappas | 77 | 303 | 259 | 36 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 41 | .305 | .381 | .409 | .791 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Marv Foley | 77 | 284 | 250 | 32 | 70 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 29 | .280 | .349 | .372 | .721 | 93 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mike Colbern | 57 | 230 | 214 | 29 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 47 | .262 | .310 | .453 | .763 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gates | 64 | 240 | 215 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 36 | .256 | .321 | .335 | .656 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Bell | 55 | 227 | 191 | 28 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 42 | .236 | .348 | .440 | .788 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Holle | 39 | 136 | 121 | 17 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | .273 | .336 | .421 | .757 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Art Kusnyer | 48 | 136 | 123 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .203 | .272 | .285 | .557 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Bernhardt | 25 | 65 | 59 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .305 | .338 | .373 | .711 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Nyman | 39 | 120 | 98 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .184 | .319 | .327 | .646 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Art James | 16 | 53 | 46 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | .217 | .321 | .304 | .625 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Etchandy | 4 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .353 | .368 | .588 | .957 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Torres | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .357 | .357 | .500 | .857 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hall | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 | .294 | .312 | .607 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Torrealba | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Naehring | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LaMarr Hoyt | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dewey Robinson | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1307 | 4804 | 4212 | 655 | 1187 | 201 | 40 | 113 | 601 | 126 | 65 | 483 | 645 | .282 | .356 | .429 | .785 | 1807 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Cruz | 1B | 72 | 564 | 42 | 7 | 48 | .989 | 8.417 | ||||
| Chris Nyman | 1B | 39 | 255 | 18 | 3 | 28 | .989 | 7.000 | ||||
| Gary Holle | 1B | 39 | 298 | 20 | 2 | 30 | .994 | 8.154 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 1B | 12 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 15 | .991 | 8.833 | ||||
| Art Kusnyer | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | 2B | 113 | 240 | 306 | 18 | 85 | .968 | 4.832 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 2B | 19 | 38 | 48 | 2 | 12 | .977 | 4.526 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | 2B | 7 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 4.143 | ||||
| Larry Hall | 2B | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Kevin Bell | 3B | 55 | 39 | 137 | 18 | 11 | .907 | 3.200 | ||||
| Joe Gates | 3B | 44 | 29 | 85 | 2 | 7 | .983 | 2.591 | ||||
| Mike Wolf | 3B | 23 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 5 | .896 | 1.870 | ||||
| Juan Bernhardt | 3B | 18 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 2.611 | ||||
| Marv Foley | 3B | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.714 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marv Foley | C | 59 | 284 | 37 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 5.441 | 1 | |||
| Mike Colbern | C | 53 | 260 | 32 | 5 | 5 | .983 | 5.509 | 2 | |||
| Art Kusnyer | C | 43 | 188 | 28 | 3 | 8 | .986 | 5.023 | 1 | |||
| Harold Baines | OF | 121 | 222 | 16 | 11 | 4 | .956 | 1.967 | ||||
| Rusty Kuntz | OF | 118 | 287 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 2.534 | ||||
| Thad Bosley | OF | 78 | 140 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 1.872 | ||||
| Henry Cruz | OF | 51 | 88 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .938 | 1.765 | ||||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 42 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.786 | ||||
| Art James | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Torres | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Mike Colbern | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dewey Robinson | P | 49 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .429 | ||||
| Mark Esser | P | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .209 | ||||
| John Sutton | P | 40 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 5 | .936 | 1.100 | ||||
| Lloyd Allen | P | 28 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.071 | ||||
| Pablo Torrealba | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .409 | ||||
| Ray Murillo | P | 22 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .773 | ||||
| Nardi Contreras | P | 20 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 18 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.056 | ||||
| Guy Hoffman | P | 13 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Bart Johnson | P | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Randall Evans | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Fred Howard | P | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.571 | ||||
| Britt Burns | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rich Hinton | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Steve Trout | P | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Gil Rondón | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Douglass | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Luis Guzman | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rich Barnes | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Pazik | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Art Kusnyer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Chappas | SS | 75 | 134 | 222 | 17 | 47 | .954 | 4.747 | ||||
| Fred Frazier | SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | SS | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Juan Bernhardt | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3384 | 1332 | 146 | 339 | .970 | 3.259 | 4 | 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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