1979 Niagara Falls Pirates Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 30-41
Finished 5th in the NYPL's Wrigley Division
Manager: Duane Shaffer (30-41)
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 29,908, Avg. 842

1979 Niagara Falls Pirates Roster

The Niagara Falls Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 30 wins and 41 losses, finishing fifth in the league's Wrigley Division.

The Pirates scored 372 runs and conceded 418 runs. Dan Williams drove in 50 runs. Ronald Naclerio paced all regular hitters with a .272 average. Robert Fishback and Reggie Patterson topped the team with 5 wins each, while Robert Fishback registered a 3.44 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1979 Niagara Falls Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ricky Seilheimer, Reggie Patterson and Bob Fallon.

Duane Shaffer served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Reggie Patterson	5	1	.833	2.29	10	6		4	0	55.0	43	17	14	1	21	0	44	4	0	6
Robert Fishback	5	6	.455	3.44	13	12		4	0	89.0	91	48	34	2	24	0	43	1	1	2
Victor Walters	4	2	.667	3.33	25	1		0	5	46.0	36	25	17	2	32	0	42	6	0	4
Bob Fallon	3	7	.300	3.47	15	12		1	0	83.0	70	48	32	3	66	0	52	1	0	6
Daniel Ortega	3	7	.300	5.40	12	11		1	0	55.0	54	39	33	1	46	0	42	4	0	6
Mike Maitland	2	2	.500	2.48	4	4		1	0	29.0	27	9	8	1	9	0	26	0	0	3
Dean Korbas	2	2	.500	3.55	10	3		1	0	38.0	29	19	15	0	30	0	34	3	0	6
William Mills	2	3	.400	4.96	20	4		0	3	49.0	43	37	27	0	55	1	45	0	1	8
Tom Keating	2	5	.286	11.37	14	9		0	0	38.0	64	66	48	4	54	0	19	3	0	6
Keefe Davis	1	1	.500	6.08	13	3		0	0	40.0	44	29	27	3	32	0	15	3	0	3
Alan Holbrook	1	1	.500	8.00	13	0		0	0	36.0	47	37	32	2	27	2	28	3	0	8
Albert Likely	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	4.0	9	7	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	2
Gary Friedrich	0	1	.000	7.80	3	3		0	0	15.0	17	15	13	0	15	0	16	1	0	2
Michael Sivik	0	1	.000	12.00	1	1		0	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jay Samuel	0	2	.000	5.73	7	2		0	0	22.0	31	18	14	1	18	0	9	0	0	4
Totals	30	41	.423	4.81	161	71	0	12	8	602.0	610	418	322	20	439	3	417	29	2	67	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
Dan Williams	58	242	191	31	61	11	2	9	50	2	0	43	27	.319	.438	.539	.977	103		2	0	6
Ronald Naclerio	57	239	202	44	55	2	1	2	15	38	5	35	20	.272	.382	.322	.704	65		1	1	0
Keith Brown	57	237	204	32	54	10	3	3	41	5	2	24	42	.265	.346	.387	.733	79		4	0	5
J. B. Brown	56	240	196	36	53	12	0	2	27	15	6	36	27	.270	.384	.362	.746	71		2	3	3
Paul Mainieri	60	246	190	39	48	8	3	0	16	12	3	45	44	.253	.397	.326	.723	62		3	4	4
Mitchell Olson	58	227	190	28	45	4	5	0	22	9	5	36	34	.237	.361	.311	.672	59		1	0	0
Felix Agapay	55	191	156	31	39	9	4	5	32	11	0	32	29	.250	.377	.455	.832	71		1	0	2
Larry Doby	59	222	183	30	39	5	3	3	25	12	1	29	57	.213	.329	.322	.651	59		5	0	5
Gary Zelmanski	40	136	119	16	34	4	1	0	15	1	1	13	6	.286	.358	.336	.694	40		1	2	1
Paul Gbur	34	139	119	21	30	5	3	1	16	6	0	17	41	.252	.348	.370	.718	44		1	1	1
Ramon Romero	47	151	133	14	24	2	1	0	10	1	2	12	33	.180	.253	.211	.464	28		1	5	0
David Fortman	34	124	109	11	22	4	0	0	7	0	0	14	35	.202	.293	.239	.531	26		0	1	0
Albert Likely	37	127	113	7	20	0	1	1	12	0	0	11	33	.177	.244	.221	.465	25		0	0	3
Arturo Sanchez	26	76	70	14	18	2	2	1	14	5	0	5	13	.257	.303	.386	.688	27		0	0	1
Ted Ronshausen	23	73	64	8	17	3	0	0	6	1	1	8	17	.266	.356	.312	.669	20		1	0	0
Ricky Seilheimer	24	93	89	10	16	3	3	1	13	1	0	4	22	.180	.215	.315	.530	28		0	0	0
Dean Korbas	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	735	2764	2328	372	575	84	32	28	321	119	26	365	480	.247	.351	.347	.697	807	0	23	17	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dan Williams	1B	54	446	28	11	50	.977	8.778
Keith Brown	1B	15	115	4	4	12	.967	7.933
Albert Likely	1B	7	60	3	2	5	.969	9.000
Felix Agapay	1B	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Paul Mainieri	2B	60	144	171	20	45	.940	5.250
J. B. Brown	2B	12	18	23	4	2	.911	3.417
Paul Gbur	2B	5	8	5	1	1	.929	2.600
Ramon Romero	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mitchell Olson	3B	48	54	87	21	10	.870	2.938
J. B. Brown	3B	20	16	29	4	3	.918	2.250
Paul Gbur	3B	7	7	8	3	1	.833	2.143
Gary Zelmanski	3B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Gary Zelmanski	C	31	155	21	10	1	.946	5.677	6
David Fortman	C	30	179	16	5	5	.975	6.500	12
Ted Ronshausen	C	19	100	12	5	0	.957	5.895	6
Ricky Seilheimer	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Ronald Naclerio	OF	53	104	4	4	2	.964	2.038
Felix Agapay	OF	51	54	7	2	2	.968	1.196
Larry Doby	OF	42	64	3	4	0	.944	1.595
Keith Brown	OF	32	50	7	2	1	.966	1.781
Albert Likely	OF	22	24	1	4	0	.862	1.136
Arturo Sanchez	OF	19	23	2	3	1	.893	1.316
Paul Gbur	OF	9	15	2	2	1	.895	1.889
Mitchell Olson	OF	7	4	1	0	0	1.000	.714
J. B. Brown	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Victor Walters	P	25	1	7	2	0	.800	.320
William Mills	P	20	1	5	1	0	.857	.300
Bob Fallon	P	15	4	19	0	1	1.000	1.533
Tom Keating	P	14	4	7	3	0	.786	.786
Alan Holbrook	P	13	4	7	0	2	1.000	.846
Robert Fishback	P	13	10	14	0	2	1.000	1.846
Keefe Davis	P	13	1	7	0	0	1.000	.615
Daniel Ortega	P	12	3	8	1	0	.917	.917
Reggie Patterson	P	10	3	8	1	1	.917	1.100
Dean Korbas	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000	.800
Jay Samuel	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429
Mike Maitland	P	4	0	8	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gary Friedrich	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Michael Sivik	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Albert Likely	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ramon Romero	SS	44	60	124	27	28	.872	4.182
J. B. Brown	SS	24	37	65	10	13	.911	4.250
Paul Gbur	SS	17	15	39	7	7	.885	3.176
Mitchell Olson	SS	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		800	1806	765	163	196	.940	3.214	24	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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