1979 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 69-72
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Joe Jones (69-72)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 114,546, Avg. 1,625
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 69 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Suns plated 626 runs and gave up 609 runs. Frank McCann paced Jacksonville with 10 home runs and drove in 84 runs. Dennis Webb led all regular batters by connecting at a .301 clip. Craig Chamberlain topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.59 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Renie Martin, Mike Jones, Ron Johnson, Jeff Twitty, Jeff Cornell, Bill Laskey, Jeff Schattinger, Kelly Heath, Danny Garcia and Craig Chamberlain.
Joe Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Chamberlain | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.59 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 160.0 | 142 | 57 | 46 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 117 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Mike Jones | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.10 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 167.0 | 142 | 92 | 76 | 13 | 100 | 3 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Jeff Schattinger | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.0 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Morley | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.89 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 96 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rich Dubee | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.84 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 158.0 | 187 | 105 | 85 | 10 | 64 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Cornell | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.45 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 86.0 | 62 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 52 | 5 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Laskey | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.53 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 78 | 44 | 38 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Renie Martin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erik Hendricks | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.02 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 36 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.32 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 42 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Twitty | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25.0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Casbolt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Skinner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.72 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Hamrick | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.98 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 59 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Yarbrough | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Reichenbach | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Ganger | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Grzybek | 0 | 7 | .000 | 6.07 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 91 | 62 | 56 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 72 | .489 | 3.83 | 301 | 143 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 23 | 1183.0 | 1099 | 609 | 504 | 83 | 600 | 35 | 711 | 35 | 8 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Webb | 126 | 526 | 438 | 65 | 132 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 76 | 36 | .301 | .407 | .322 | .728 | 141 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Frank McCann | 127 | 517 | 460 | 50 | 128 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 84 | 16 | 5 | 40 | 80 | .278 | .336 | .411 | .747 | 189 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Danny Garcia | 136 | 554 | 440 | 70 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 36 | 8 | 100 | 52 | .289 | .422 | .345 | .767 | 152 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Phil Westendorf | 141 | 557 | 472 | 72 | 127 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 100 | .269 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 184 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||
| LaMart Harris | 124 | 512 | 445 | 71 | 117 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 68 | 14 | 52 | 61 | .263 | .342 | .312 | .654 | 139 | 2 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Kelly Heath | 129 | 492 | 422 | 67 | 115 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 52 | .273 | .358 | .398 | .756 | 168 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Jim Eschen | 115 | 448 | 372 | 58 | 108 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 69 | 27 | .290 | .398 | .403 | .801 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Darrell Parker | 79 | 313 | 282 | 42 | 90 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .319 | .368 | .496 | .864 | 140 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dave Hogg | 109 | 404 | 334 | 40 | 84 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 59 | .251 | .362 | .374 | .736 | 125 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| William Yarbrough | 111 | 392 | 352 | 47 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 43 | .233 | .295 | .355 | .650 | 125 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Moe Hill | 45 | 199 | 182 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 39 | .181 | .246 | .330 | .576 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duane Gustavson | 52 | 155 | 128 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 23 | .234 | .353 | .289 | .642 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Ondina | 35 | 117 | 101 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .218 | .310 | .307 | .617 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Johnson | 17 | 69 | 61 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .246 | .319 | .443 | .761 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Morley | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Laskey | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Twitty | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ganger | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Westmoreland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Chamberlain | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Cornell | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1482 | 5265 | 4499 | 626 | 1210 | 191 | 21 | 75 | 569 | 192 | 55 | 633 | 642 | .269 | .359 | .371 | .730 | 1668 | 0 | 24 | 67 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Westendorf | 1B | 141 | 1119 | 96 | 16 | 98 | .987 | 8.617 | ||||
| Danny Garcia | 1B | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Claude Westmoreland | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Ondina | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dennis Webb | 2B | 121 | 257 | 261 | 18 | 56 | .966 | 4.281 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 2B | 26 | 57 | 63 | 3 | 11 | .976 | 4.615 | ||||
| Phil Westendorf | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 3B | 126 | 128 | 227 | 21 | 30 | .944 | 2.817 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 3B | 19 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.632 | ||||
| William Yarbrough | 3B | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Dave Hogg | C | 104 | 650 | 69 | 17 | 10 | .977 | 6.913 | 18 | |||
| Duane Gustavson | C | 44 | 217 | 18 | 8 | 0 | .967 | 5.341 | 6 | |||
| Danny Garcia | OF | 134 | 229 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .968 | 1.806 | ||||
| LaMart Harris | OF | 124 | 272 | 15 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 2.315 | ||||
| William Yarbrough | OF | 103 | 203 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .977 | 2.019 | ||||
| Darrell Parker | OF | 48 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.729 | ||||
| Mike Ondina | OF | 31 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 2.226 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Duane Gustavson | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Cornell | P | 49 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .245 | ||||
| Rich Dubee | P | 28 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.214 | ||||
| Mike Jones | P | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Schattinger | P | 22 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .591 | ||||
| Craig Chamberlain | P | 22 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Steve Hamrick | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Robert Ganger | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Ben Grzybek | P | 17 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Mike Morley | P | 16 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bill Laskey | P | 15 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jeff Twitty | P | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Erik Hendricks | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Mickey Reichenbach | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hanslovan | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Renie Martin | P | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| William Casbolt | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| John Skinner | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| William Yarbrough | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelly Heath | SS | 126 | 166 | 346 | 31 | 57 | .943 | 4.063 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | SS | 22 | 27 | 57 | 5 | 4 | .944 | 3.818 | ||||
| Totals | 1491 | 3628 | 1388 | 156 | 298 | .970 | 3.364 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
