1979 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Team Record: 62-81
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Denny Sommers (62-81)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 98,487, Avg. 1,377
The Montgomery Rebels of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 62 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Rebels scored 581 runs and surrendered 663 runs. Ted Dasen led Montgomery with 19 home runs and recorded 77 runs batted in. Ronald Martinez paced all regular batters by connecting at a .269 clip. Garry Grafton and Bruce Robbins topped the team with 7 wins each, while Stephen Viefhaus registered a 3.75 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Montgomery Rebels who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Taylor Duncan, Chris Codiroli, Glenn Gulliver, Fred Holdsworth, Darrell Brown, John Martin, Jerry Ujdur, Frank MacCormack, Bruce Robbins, Marty Castillo and Dave Rucker.
Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Robbins | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.97 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 80 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Garry Grafton | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.58 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73.0 | 74 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 52 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Larry Corr | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.98 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59.0 | 53 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Michael Polvi | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.01 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 118 | 60 | 49 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Steffen | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.10 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 100 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| David Cassetto | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.42 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 88 | 65 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dave Rucker | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.59 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 96.0 | 97 | 56 | 49 | 6 | 66 | 3 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Fred Holdsworth | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 55 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Kenneth Shea | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.59 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 71 | 49 | 46 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Theodore Blair | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.91 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Stephen Viefhaus | 3 | 12 | .200 | 3.75 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 156 | 67 | 60 | 10 | 75 | 8 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| John Martin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27.0 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bert Geiger | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Codiroli | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.31 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Ujdur | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.59 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37.0 | 48 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jack Smith | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6.43 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 | 91 | 60 | 55 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank MacCormack | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | 0 | 3 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 62 | 82 | .431 | 4.32 | 297 | 144 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 20 | 1197.0 | 1203 | 663 | 574 | 88 | 641 | 56 | 808 | 35 | 10 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael Hampton | 139 | 591 | 495 | 74 | 132 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 79 | 69 | .267 | .372 | .384 | .756 | 190 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Martinez | 126 | 509 | 450 | 54 | 121 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 47 | 66 | .269 | .347 | .353 | .701 | 159 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ted Dasen | 133 | 536 | 457 | 57 | 118 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 77 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 76 | .258 | .352 | .422 | .774 | 193 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Les Filkins | 109 | 406 | 357 | 51 | 99 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 51 | .277 | .351 | .406 | .758 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Darrell Brown | 95 | 410 | 384 | 40 | 98 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 24 | .255 | .283 | .341 | .624 | 131 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Todd Ervin | 104 | 424 | 343 | 41 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 21 | .271 | .390 | .327 | .716 | 112 | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Marty Castillo | 74 | 313 | 274 | 47 | 84 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 45 | .307 | .380 | .474 | .854 | 130 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mel Jackson | 113 | 420 | 375 | 45 | 84 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 31 | 42 | .224 | .280 | .277 | .558 | 104 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Glenn Gulliver | 75 | 309 | 226 | 45 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 17 | .261 | .450 | .451 | .901 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Lucy | 60 | 224 | 210 | 22 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 44 | .248 | .291 | .357 | .649 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 59 | 205 | 180 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 17 | .222 | .314 | .317 | .630 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vern Followell | 43 | 180 | 148 | 11 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 17 | .264 | .367 | .297 | .665 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Upshaw | 57 | 211 | 180 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 31 | .206 | .308 | .311 | .619 | 56 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Robert Glass | 42 | 152 | 134 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | .261 | .329 | .313 | .642 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Venoy Garrison | 19 | 83 | 67 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .224 | .361 | .254 | .615 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Taylor Duncan | 13 | 50 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .342 | .449 | .553 | 1.002 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Nandin | 17 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .197 | .290 | .230 | .519 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Myers | 17 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .159 | .260 | .182 | .442 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Gonzalez | 11 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .147 | .147 | .147 | .294 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1306 | 5178 | 4457 | 567 | 1143 | 188 | 20 | 78 | 495 | 123 | 54 | 576 | 567 | .256 | .345 | .360 | .705 | 1605 | 0 | 45 | 64 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Dasen | 1B | 77 | 643 | 46 | 10 | 64 | .986 | 8.948 | ||||
| Frank Lucy | 1B | 31 | 244 | 18 | 5 | 14 | .981 | 8.452 | ||||
| Venoy Garrison | 1B | 19 | 156 | 5 | 2 | 15 | .988 | 8.474 | ||||
| Taylor Duncan | 1B | 13 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 8.692 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | 1B | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | 1B | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 15.000 | ||||
| Robert Glass | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ted Brazell | 1B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Todd Ervin | 2B | 103 | 225 | 264 | 15 | 56 | .970 | 4.748 | ||||
| Mel Jackson | 2B | 28 | 68 | 56 | 4 | 13 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Marty Castillo | 3B | 74 | 70 | 174 | 22 | 16 | .917 | 3.297 | ||||
| Mel Jackson | 3B | 22 | 18 | 50 | 5 | 7 | .932 | 3.091 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | 3B | 14 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .837 | 2.571 | ||||
| Vern Followell | 3B | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 3B | 5 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Glenn Gulliver | 3B | 5 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| John Upshaw | C | 56 | 338 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 6.446 | 9 | |||
| Ted Brazell | C | 37 | 189 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.838 | 5 | |||
| Frank Lucy | C | 25 | 144 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .994 | 6.400 | 8 | |||
| Robert Glass | C | 22 | 122 | 16 | 5 | 4 | .965 | 6.273 | 1 | |||
| Jay Myers | C | 17 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 3.765 | 3 | |||
| Raphael Hampton | OF | 133 | 235 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 1.827 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | OF | 98 | 175 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .973 | 1.867 | ||||
| Les Filkins | OF | 97 | 146 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .963 | 1.619 | ||||
| Darrell Brown | OF | 95 | 232 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .976 | 2.516 | ||||
| Ted Dasen | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mel Jackson | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jorge Gonzalez | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Garry Grafton | P | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Dave Rucker | P | 28 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Larry Corr | P | 27 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .704 | ||||
| Michael Polvi | P | 26 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Stephen Viefhaus | P | 25 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.240 | ||||
| Jack Smith | P | 23 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .609 | ||||
| Jerry Ujdur | P | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .316 | ||||
| Theodore Blair | P | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Dave Steffen | P | 16 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| David Cassetto | P | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 13 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Shea | P | 12 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Fred Holdsworth | P | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Chris Codiroli | P | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Frank MacCormack | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bert Geiger | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Jackowiak | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Ted Brazell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Gulliver | SS | 69 | 79 | 180 | 13 | 18 | .952 | 3.754 | ||||
| Vern Followell | SS | 37 | 68 | 132 | 11 | 25 | .948 | 5.405 | ||||
| Mel Jackson | SS | 29 | 40 | 95 | 13 | 19 | .912 | 4.655 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | SS | 12 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 7 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3540 | 1457 | 176 | 312 | .966 | 3.453 | 26 | 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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