1979 Maracaibo Petroleros de Zulia Statistics

Inter-American League (IIL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 31-36
Finished 4th in the IIL
Manager: Pat Dobson (0-0), Gus Gil (0-0), Luis Aparicio (0-0)
Location: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Ballpark: Estadium Luis Aparicio
Attendance: 36,580, Avg. 1,092

1979 Maracaibo Petroleros de Zulia Roster

The Maracaibo Petroleros de Zulia of the Inter-American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 31 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the IIL.

The Petroleros de Zulia scored 185 runs and surrendered 263 runs, most in the circuit. Stan Thomas and Wally Sarmiento topped Maracaibo with 6 wins each, while Wally Sarmiento registered a 2.93 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1979 Maracaibo Petroleros de Zulia who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stan Perzanowski, Pat Dobson, Stan Thomas, Ángel Bravo, Gonzalo Márquez, Mike Stanton, Luis Aponte, Ike Blessitt, Bobby Thompson, Mike Pazik and Kim Allen.

Pat Dobson, Gus Gil and Luis Aparicio 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
Wally Sarmiento	6	3	.667	2.93	15			3	0	0	83.0	86	35	27		16		32
Stan Thomas	6	8	.429	3.37	19			6	2	0	115.0	126	51	43		28		43
Mike Stanton	3	2	.600	2.70	5			1	1	0	30.0	24	15	9		7		7
George Ploucher	3	5	.375	4.65	15			2	1	0	60.0	59	40	31		27		18
Luis Aponte	3	5	.375	5.32	11			1	0	0	44.0	70	30	26		16		19
Carlos Hernandez	2	1	.667	3.10	22			1	0	2	61.0	60	24	21		17		17
Stan Perzanowski	2	3	.400	2.45	23			0	0	7	33.0	33	17	9		17		24
David Garcia	1	2	.333	2.57	10			0	0	2	21.0	19	7	6		15		9
Gil Marcano	1	6	.143	4.32	9			1	0	0	50.0	56	31	24		16		42
Kevin Joyce					12						0.0
Mike Pazik	0	0		0.00	1			0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0		0		0
Pat Dobson	0	1	.000	63.00	1			0	0	0	1.0	5	7	7		3		1
Totals	27	36	.429	3.67	143	0	0	15	4	11	498.3	538	257	203	0	162	0	212	0	0	0	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
Pastor Perez	52	167	167	16	51	10	1	2	10	2				.305	.305	.413	.719	69
Victor Colina	47	161	161	11	40	2	0	0	12	0				.248	.248	.261	.509	42
Dale Soderholm	39	141	141	9	38	9	1	3	20	1				.270	.270	.411	.681	58
Kim Allen	32	119	119	20	37	4	2	0	12	15				.311	.311	.378	.689	45
Eugene Quirk	43	149	149	21	37	1	0	0	8	7				.248	.248	.255	.503	38
Gustavo Sposito	56	174	174	16	37	3	1	0	16	7				.213	.213	.241	.454	42
Freeman Evans	33	124	124	19	33	2	0	2	8	15				.266	.266	.331	.597	41
Antonio Garcia	36	110	110	14	30	5	1	0	4	0				.273	.273	.336	.609	37
Rick Stenholm	29	97	97	7	27	7	0	2	12	1				.278	.278	.412	.691	40
Rafael Cariel	39	131	131	5	27	3	0	0	8	0				.206	.206	.229	.435	30
Robert Glass	38	127	127	7	26	3	0	0	9	0				.205	.205	.228	.433	29
Nathaniel Pettaway	34	124	124	9	25	5	0	2	12	1				.202	.202	.290	.492	36
Ángel Bravo	15	73	73	8	21	2	0	0	8	1				.288	.288	.315	.603	23
Luther Wrenn	10	33	33	4	12	0	0	0	3	0				.364	.364	.364	.727	12
Bobby Thompson	10	36	36	6	10	3	2	0	4	1				.278	.278	.472	.750	17
Ike Blessitt	12	36	36	3	8	2	0	1	2	0				.222	.222	.361	.583	13
Sebastian Martinez	7	22	22	3	4	1	0	0	0	3				.182	.182	.227	.409	5
Alfredo Ortiz	5	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	537	1835	1835	178	463	62	8	12	148	54	0	0	0	.252	.252	.314	.567	577	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stan Perzanowski	P	23					.000
Carlos Hernandez	P	22					.000
Stan Thomas	P	19					.000
Wally Sarmiento	P	15					.000
George Ploucher	P	15					.000
Kevin Joyce	P	12					.000
Luis Aponte	P	11					.000
David Garcia	P	10					.000
Gil Marcano	P	9					.000
Mike Stanton	P	5					.000
Mike Pazik	P	1					.000
Pat Dobson	P	1					.000
Totals		143	0	0	0	0	.000

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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