1979 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 67-69
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Duane Larson (67-69)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 38,569, Avg. 567
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 67 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Eagles scored 590 runs and yielded 596 runs. Greg Wells led Kinston with 10 home runs Jesse Barfield accounted for 71 RBI. Eddie Dennis paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Rafael Santana and Mike Darr topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Mike Darr earned a 3.21 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Kinston Eagles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Greg Wells, Mike Darr, Pete Hernández, Jesse Barfield and Pat Kelly.
Duane Larson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Santana | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.49 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 142.0 | 143 | 65 | 55 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Mike Darr | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.21 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 158 | 86 | 55 | 3 | 106 | 3 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 16 | ||
| David Buckley | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.71 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 158 | 79 | 61 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jay Robertson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.36 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 84.0 | 72 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 5 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jesse Flores | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.37 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 123.0 | 117 | 65 | 46 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Thomas DeJak | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.41 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 92 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 32 | 5 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Keith Walker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.54 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 55 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Randy Benson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Cuellar | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.57 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 63.0 | 60 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Stoeber | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Randy Wiens | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Wright | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.19 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.0 | 49 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Ricks | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.24 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 95 | 70 | 53 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Gregory Coughlin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Gambrell | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Baltz | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rocket Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Orvin Kiser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Smith | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.85 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 69 | .493 | 3.57 | 284 | 137 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 22 | 1146.0 | 1127 | 596 | 455 | 52 | 528 | 20 | 835 | 38 | 12 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Dennis | 126 | 496 | 472 | 70 | 145 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 38 | .307 | .329 | .390 | .719 | 184 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Rocket Wheeler | 132 | 556 | 493 | 69 | 145 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 43 | .294 | .362 | .394 | .755 | 194 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jesse Barfield | 136 | 540 | 477 | 66 | 126 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 126 | .264 | .342 | .386 | .728 | 184 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Silverman | 136 | 562 | 504 | 57 | 123 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 59 | .244 | .314 | .321 | .636 | 162 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pat Kelly | 96 | 382 | 350 | 48 | 108 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 66 | .309 | .349 | .417 | .766 | 146 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Benjamin Perez | 121 | 453 | 411 | 63 | 103 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 30 | .251 | .309 | .282 | .591 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Pete Hernández | 122 | 481 | 430 | 50 | 98 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 72 | .228 | .300 | .293 | .593 | 126 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Michael Coyne | 110 | 382 | 329 | 35 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 66 | .216 | .308 | .267 | .575 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Crawford | 81 | 262 | 228 | 33 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 76 | .259 | .355 | .421 | .776 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Wells | 37 | 162 | 146 | 28 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .356 | .401 | .651 | 1.052 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Lebo | 83 | 295 | 243 | 21 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 76 | .214 | .333 | .296 | .630 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| William Ereu | 34 | 121 | 109 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .275 | .325 | .349 | .674 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Keith Walker | 38 | 86 | 76 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .289 | .353 | .474 | .827 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Albert Castillo | 47 | 136 | 104 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 21 | .212 | .381 | .221 | .602 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Alfredo Velazquez | 16 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .243 | .282 | .243 | .525 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bonnette | 7 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Palmer | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Darr | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1382 | 4995 | 4449 | 590 | 1174 | 167 | 57 | 42 | 515 | 85 | 33 | 434 | 749 | .264 | .333 | .355 | .688 | 1581 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Wheeler | 1B | 52 | 409 | 35 | 5 | 34 | .989 | 8.538 | ||||
| Greg Wells | 1B | 37 | 351 | 26 | 5 | 27 | .987 | 1.189 | ||||
| Mike Lebo | 1B | 20 | 179 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .964 | 9.350 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | 1B | 14 | 98 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 7.643 | ||||
| Johnny Crawford | 1B | 12 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .971 | 8.417 | ||||
| Bob Bonnette | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 2B | 101 | 225 | 269 | 21 | 49 | .959 | 4.891 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 2B | 40 | 65 | 106 | 5 | 15 | .972 | 4.275 | ||||
| William Ereu | 2B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 3B | 78 | 56 | 148 | 16 | 9 | .927 | 2.615 | ||||
| Benjamin Perez | 3B | 57 | 52 | 103 | 11 | 10 | .934 | 2.719 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | 3B | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Bonnette | 3B | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | C | 77 | 508 | 53 | 9 | 5 | .984 | 7.286 | 13 | |||
| Mike Lebo | C | 57 | 327 | 36 | 8 | 5 | .978 | 6.368 | 16 | |||
| Alfredo Velazquez | C | 9 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 4.000 | 3 | |||
| Richard Palmer | C | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 5.500 | 2 | |||
| Robert Silverman | OF | 136 | 224 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jesse Barfield | OF | 136 | 284 | 19 | 17 | 1 | .947 | 2.228 | ||||
| Michael Coyne | OF | 105 | 167 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 1.676 | ||||
| Albert Castillo | OF | 31 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.226 | ||||
| William Ereu | OF | 14 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.929 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Robertson | P | 38 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .632 | ||||
| Thomas DeJak | P | 33 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .667 | ||||
| David Buckley | P | 30 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .939 | 1.533 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | P | 26 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .881 | 1.423 | ||||
| Jesse Flores | P | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .423 | ||||
| Mike Darr | P | 25 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .842 | 1.280 | ||||
| Ed Ricks | P | 21 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Keith Walker | P | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Ken Wright | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Stoeber | P | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mike Cuellar | P | 11 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Randy Wiens | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Randy Benson | P | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| David Smith | P | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| William Baltz | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Orvin Kiser | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Gambrell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rocket Wheeler | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gregory Coughlin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Hernández | SS | 113 | 145 | 283 | 46 | 46 | .903 | 3.788 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | SS | 25 | 48 | 61 | 4 | 10 | .965 | 4.360 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Ereu | SS | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1426 | 3439 | 1443 | 214 | 261 | .958 | 3.424 | 34 | 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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