1979 Modesto A's Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (66-74)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 61,037, Avg. 872

1979 Modesto A's Roster

The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The A's scored 790 runs and allowed 850 runs. Kelvin Moore led Modesto with 16 home runs Donald Morris drove in 99 runs. Frederick DeVito paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Ron Jensen and Keith Atherton topped the team with 9 wins each, while Ron Jensen recorded a 3.85 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Modesto A's who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Darryl Cias, Keith Atherton, Kelvin Moore, Bert Bradley, Mike Woodard and Mike Davis.

Gaylen Pitts served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ron Jensen	9	8	.529	3.85	25	25		6	1	0	173.0	172	93	74	17	73	3	129	2	2	12
Keith Atherton	9	8	.529	5.98	21	21		9	0	0	146.0	190	107	97	18	51	4	103	3	4	1
Bart Braun	8	1	.889	2.38	18	0		0	0	4	34.0	32	10	9	5	13	3	17	0	0	0
Donald Schubert	8	13	.381	5.34	28	23		7	0	1	160.0	182	113	95	17	60	3	99	3	3	6
Frederick Lund	7	8	.467	5.95	33	14		4	1	0	112.0	149	92	74	16	61	2	71	6	1	7
Craig Harris	5	4	.556	4.21	9	9		1	0	0	47.0	49	40	22	3	38	0	27	6	0	9
John Gosse	5	4	.556	4.50	43	8		3	0	7	104.0	121	68	52	9	30	3	80	1	0	5
Walter Bigos	4	2	.667	2.80	31	0		0	0	5	61.0	65	26	19	3	28	3	49	2	0	2
Chuck Dougherty	3	5	.375	10.10	8	8		0	0	0	41.0	75	54	46	6	21	0	26	1	0	2
Bert Bradley	2	2	.500	3.86	9	4		2	0	1	35.0	28	19	15	4	10	0	24	1	0	0
Ronnie Mantsch	2	3	.400	2.25	20	0		0	0	3	44.0	41	14	11	1	17	4	22	3	0	2
Kennedy Corzel	2	4	.333	4.66	13	12		3	0	0	83.0	94	50	43	5	25	2	42	1	0	3
Michael Yesenchak	1	1	.500	10.32	14	0		0	0	0	34.0	60	44	39	3	23	4	19	4	1	3
Donald VanMarter	1	9	.100	7.82	12	12		1	0	0	61.0	87	67	53	11	42	0	32	3	3	2
Thomas Brunswick	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dennis Wyszynski	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
David McCarthy	0	0		7.00	6	1		0	0	0	18.0	29	22	14	4	7	0	14	0	0	0
Richard Holloway	0	2	.000	7.41	11	3		0	0	1	34.0	42	31	28	3	32	1	25	2	0	2
Totals	66	74	.471	5.21	305	140	0	36	2	23	1194.0	1419	850	691	125	533	32	783	38	14	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
Donald Morris	136	602	540	77	153	24	4	10	99	18	8	48	71	.283	.342	.398	.740	215		3	5	6
Frederick DeVito	117	500	456	65	145	32	3	10	83	7	2	27	57	.318	.360	.467	.827	213		6	6	5
Robert Markham	135	577	465	97	134	21	1	9	63	23	4	103	107	.288	.418	.396	.814	184		4	1	4
Mike Woodard	118	507	431	90	124	8	3	2	31	61	17	70	37	.288	.387	.334	.721	144		1	3	2
Dana Berry	102	394	337	53	83	17	2	8	55	2	4	52	93	.246	.348	.380	.728	128		2	0	3
Thomas Brunswick	77	345	306	41	82	9	2	1	41	3	4	33	34	.268	.338	.320	.658	98		0	5	1
Al Minker	76	319	265	47	75	13	0	9	48	2	1	47	32	.283	.396	.434	.830	115		4	1	2
Kelvin Moore	51	235	199	45	64	5	1	16	55	2	1	33	58	.322	.421	.598	1.019	119		2	0	1
Paul Stevens	63	294	218	56	64	12	1	0	23	16	6	67	26	.294	.458	.358	.816	78		1	6	2
Mike Davis	41	195	161	48	63	10	4	0	19	13	5	34	20	.391	.497	.503	1.001	81		0	0	0
Pat Dempsey	57	235	208	25	53	3	3	1	25	6	1	22	22	.255	.326	.312	.639	65		1	2	2
Darryl Cias	56	210	180	26	51	8	2	1	33	4	2	25	35	.283	.368	.367	.735	66		1	1	3
Al Armstead	70	288	249	31	51	5	4	6	27	17	7	34	93	.205	.304	.329	.634	82		2	2	1
Paul Stockley	58	195	171	30	39	5	2	1	10	2	1	21	44	.228	.312	.298	.611	51		0	3	0
Steven Roberts	48	177	139	23	31	1	0	5	19	7	0	37	25	.223	.390	.338	.728	47		1	0	0
Gordon Eakin	37	110	96	9	20	5	1	0	18	3	1	11	21	.208	.284	.281	.566	27		0	1	2
Paul Spillane	36	138	112	6	18	1	1	1	17	1	3	21	31	.161	.294	.214	.508	24		1	2	2
Jay Greb	33	117	100	13	15	3	0	0	8	2	1	16	25	.150	.267	.180	.447	18		0	1	0
Frank Kneuer	22	72	64	7	13	1	0	2	11	0	0	7	14	.203	.292	.312	.604	20		1	0	0
Stephen Gelfarb	6	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	2		0	0	0
John Gosse	43	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1382	5520	4705	790	1280	183	34	82	686	189	68	710	846	.272	.369	.378	.746	1777	0	30	39	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dana Berry	1B	74	631	31	10	59	.985	8.946
Al Minker	1B	62	498	35	9	32	.983	8.597
Kelvin Moore	1B	10	68	2	3	5	.959	7.000
Stephen Gelfarb	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Woodard	2B	110	230	253	30	51	.942	4.391
Thomas Brunswick	2B	20	36	49	4	4	.955	4.250
Paul Stevens	2B	12	40	32	4	9	.947	6.000
Gordon Eakin	2B	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
Frederick DeVito	3B	107	84	240	31	14	.913	3.028
Steven Roberts	3B	26	15	45	4	4	.938	2.308
Thomas Brunswick	3B	8	5	15	2	2	.909	2.500
Paul Stevens	3B	2	5	2	5	0	.583	3.500
Gordon Eakin	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Pat Dempsey	C	53	307	42	11	2	.969	6.585	5
Darryl Cias	C	42	237	29	3	1	.989	6.333	6
Paul Spillane	C	36	223	25	5	3	.980	6.889	3
Frank Kneuer	C	15	86	14	6	1	.943	6.667	2
Robert Markham	OF	135	294	14	14	2	.957	2.281
Donald Morris	OF	122	184	15	7	0	.966	1.631
Al Armstead	OF	70	170	3	10	1	.945	2.471
Mike Davis	OF	39	76	3	7	0	.919	2.026
Kelvin Moore	OF	34	48	1	11	0	.817	1.441
Paul Stevens	OF	15	25	1	1	0	.963	1.733
Steven Roberts	OF	11	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.364
Al Minker	OF	5	6	1	1	0	.875	1.400
John Gosse	P	43	3	16	0	1	1.000	.442
Frederick Lund	P	33	5	17	0	0	1.000	.667
Walter Bigos	P	31	2	12	0	1	1.000	.452
Donald Schubert	P	28	9	36	1	2	.978	1.607
Ron Jensen	P	25	9	23	2	1	.941	1.280
Keith Atherton	P	21	7	24	0	0	1.000	1.476
Ronnie Mantsch	P	20	3	10	0	2	1.000	.650
Bart Braun	P	18	0	5	0	1	1.000	.278
Michael Yesenchak	P	14	2	5	0	0	1.000	.500
Kennedy Corzel	P	13	2	7	1	0	.900	.692
Donald VanMarter	P	12	4	6	2	0	.833	.833
Richard Holloway	P	11	1	5	0	1	1.000	.545
Craig Harris	P	9	3	4	2	1	.778	.778
Bert Bradley	P	9	1	9	1	0	.909	1.111
Chuck Dougherty	P	8	2	3	1	0	.833	.625
David McCarthy	P	6	1	4	0	1	1.000	.833
Dennis Wyszynski	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Thomas Brunswick	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Stockley	SS	57	92	139	17	28	.931	4.053
Jay Greb	SS	32	33	90	14	19	.898	3.844
Gordon Eakin	SS	32	49	101	11	14	.932	4.688
Paul Stevens	SS	28	55	68	12	13	.911	4.393
Thomas Brunswick	SS	2	6	5	2	0	.846	5.500
Totals		1467	3588	1444	244	276	.954	3.430	16	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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