1979 Medford A's Statistics
Team Record: 38-33
Finished 2nd in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Rich Morales (38-33)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Medford, Oregon
Ballpark: Miles Field
Attendance: 34,656, Avg. 976
The Medford A's of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The A's plated 376 runs and allowed 402 runs. James Durrman paced Medford with 10 home runs and drove in 50 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .350 average. Keith Call topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2.72 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Darryl Cias played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Medford A's to do so.
Rich Morales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Call | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.72 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 65 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Tolli | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 70 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Donald VanMarter | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.86 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66.0 | 76 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ronnie Mantsch | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Dougherty | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.77 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 94 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michael Yesenchak | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.42 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53.0 | 50 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Wood | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.40 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40.0 | 37 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Peter Slattery | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steven Oliver | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 60 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Craig Harris | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Ferguson | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.68 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 63 | 54 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bob Wilber | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bret Cleland | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oscar Burnett | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Marlow | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.79 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 24 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 33 | .535 | 4.51 | 167 | 71 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 620.0 | 616 | 402 | 311 | 32 | 347 | 5 | 489 | 29 | 4 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Garrett | 71 | 335 | 286 | 66 | 95 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 58 | 11 | 39 | 23 | .332 | .413 | .402 | .815 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Durrman | 62 | 266 | 214 | 43 | 75 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 29 | .350 | .466 | .579 | 1.046 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Williams | 61 | 251 | 208 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 27 | .269 | .392 | .385 | .777 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Altobelli | 56 | 245 | 216 | 35 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 26 | .255 | .322 | .366 | .688 | 79 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Therron Harper | 54 | 228 | 199 | 32 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 39 | .271 | .355 | .392 | .747 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Schields | 59 | 258 | 206 | 34 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 34 | .248 | .377 | .320 | .698 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Howard Robinson | 57 | 248 | 210 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 54 | .243 | .350 | .300 | .650 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Shaun Lacey | 63 | 246 | 224 | 26 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 41 | .210 | .258 | .263 | .522 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Randle | 38 | 120 | 108 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | .269 | .325 | .296 | .621 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Kneuer | 35 | 125 | 113 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .239 | .296 | .301 | .597 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Pignotti | 33 | 107 | 93 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .226 | .318 | .301 | .619 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Darryl Cias | 16 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .357 | .455 | .571 | 1.026 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Greb | 33 | 115 | 98 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 31 | .173 | .259 | .194 | .453 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John McBrain | 17 | 58 | 51 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .216 | .310 | .235 | .546 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Kennedy | 8 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .333 | .407 | .333 | .741 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wilber | 19 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .136 | .283 | .182 | .465 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Burnett | 14 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .121 | .216 | .121 | .337 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 696 | 2786 | 2383 | 376 | 627 | 89 | 28 | 23 | 316 | 120 | 36 | 339 | 401 | .263 | .356 | .353 | .709 | 841 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Williams | 1B | 61 | 512 | 19 | 11 | 44 | .980 | 8.705 | ||||
| James Durrman | 1B | 6 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 9.167 | ||||
| Darryl Cias | 1B | 4 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Pignotti | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Therron Harper | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Howard Robinson | 2B | 53 | 132 | 122 | 19 | 25 | .930 | 4.792 | ||||
| Jay Greb | 2B | 10 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 5 | .896 | 4.300 | ||||
| Steven Schields | 2B | 8 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 5.625 | ||||
| Michael Kennedy | 2B | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Shaun Lacey | 3B | 63 | 49 | 119 | 26 | 8 | .866 | 2.667 | ||||
| Therron Harper | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Oscar Burnett | 3B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2.333 | ||||
| Michael Kennedy | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Durrman | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Schields | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Frank Kneuer | C | 29 | 213 | 31 | 11 | 1 | .957 | 8.414 | 3 | |||
| James Durrman | C | 28 | 198 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 8.071 | 16 | |||
| John Pignotti | C | 13 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 5.923 | 4 | |||
| Darryl Cias | C | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Garrett | OF | 71 | 116 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.761 | ||||
| Mike Altobelli | OF | 56 | 107 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 2.107 | ||||
| Therron Harper | OF | 35 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 1.400 | ||||
| Daniel Randle | OF | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.957 | ||||
| John McBrain | OF | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob Wilber | OF | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| John Pignotti | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Oscar Burnett | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Howard Robinson | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Yesenchak | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .571 | ||||
| Robert Wood | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Donald VanMarter | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| William Tolli | P | 16 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Steven Oliver | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Stephen Marlow | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Chuck Dougherty | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.462 | ||||
| Keith Call | P | 13 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mark Ferguson | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Ronnie Mantsch | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Peter Slattery | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Craig Harris | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bob Wilber | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bret Cleland | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Oscar Burnett | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steven Schields | SS | 54 | 80 | 158 | 17 | 29 | .933 | 4.407 | ||||
| Jay Greb | SS | 22 | 35 | 56 | 17 | 11 | .843 | 4.136 | ||||
| Michael Kennedy | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 773 | 1856 | 762 | 143 | 150 | .948 | 3.387 | 23 | 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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