1979 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Lee Elia (72-63)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 193,792, Avg. 2,871
Playoffs - Evansville Triplets 4 games, Oklahoma City 89ers 2
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The 89ers topped the league with 733 runs. Oklahoma City allowed 681 runs. Jim Morrison led the team with 22 home runs, while Keith Moreland and John Poff walloped 15 or more as well. Keith Moreland accounted for 109 RBI. Lonnie Smith paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Gary Beare paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1979 Oklahoma City 89ers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Luis Aguayo, Porfi Altamirano, Mike Anderson, Ramón Avilés, Gary Beare, Fred Beene, Marty Bystrom, Cardell Camper, Kerry Dineen, Orlando González, Orlando Isales, Jack Kucek, Dan Larson, Len Matuszek, Don McCormack, Rudy Meoli, Keith Moreland, Jim Morrison, Dickie Noles, John Poff, Orlando Sánchez, Kevin Saucier, Lonnie Smith and John Vukovich.
Lee Elia 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Beare | 12 | 1 | .923 | 4.00 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 126.0 | 132 | 75 | 56 | 13 | 60 | 9 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
Fred Beene | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.03 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 114.0 | 114 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 42 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Marty Bystrom | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.08 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 174 | 102 | 78 | 15 | 69 | 5 | 108 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
Dan Larson | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.81 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 146.0 | 162 | 93 | 78 | 13 | 70 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
Jack Kucek | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.69 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 83.0 | 74 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 63 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Dickie Noles | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.91 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 69 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Jose Martinez | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.26 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 128 | 77 | 62 | 8 | 55 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Peter Manos | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.06 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 55 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Carlos Arroyo | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.14 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74.0 | 81 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stephen Ruling | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.52 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 58 | 44 | 42 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Kevin Saucier | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Don Fowler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.98 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 47 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Porfi Altamirano | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.88 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cardell Camper | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 72 | 63 | .533 | 4.41 | 314 | 135 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 1160.0 | 1200 | 681 | 569 | 104 | 547 | 64 | 671 | 32 | 14 | 36 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando González | 125 | 556 | 480 | 87 | 150 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 65 | 44 | .312 | .393 | .440 | .833 | 211 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
Lonnie Smith | 110 | 514 | 451 | 106 | 149 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 11 | 56 | 52 | .330 | .408 | .475 | .883 | 214 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
Keith Moreland | 130 | 578 | 494 | 86 | 149 | 34 | 3 | 20 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 64 | 56 | .302 | .377 | .504 | .881 | 249 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||
John Poff | 132 | 568 | 481 | 77 | 141 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 90 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 79 | .293 | .392 | .509 | .901 | 245 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
John Vukovich | 101 | 415 | 382 | 38 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 56 | .291 | .326 | .442 | .768 | 169 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
Luis Aguayo | 113 | 412 | 370 | 54 | 101 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 82 | .273 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 148 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||
Don McCormack | 115 | 428 | 384 | 45 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 73 | .260 | .326 | .346 | .673 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jim Morrison | 79 | 333 | 281 | 59 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 46 | .320 | .402 | .609 | 1.011 | 171 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
Orlando Isales | 95 | 322 | 303 | 45 | 83 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 54 | .274 | .305 | .413 | .718 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
Ramón Avilés | 72 | 283 | 252 | 37 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 19 | .250 | .325 | .286 | .611 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Len Matuszek | 72 | 263 | 228 | 31 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 35 | .263 | .345 | .382 | .726 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Kerry Dineen | 30 | 141 | 111 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | .270 | .414 | .342 | .757 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Orlando Sánchez | 31 | 102 | 92 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .293 | .330 | .424 | .754 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Rudy Meoli | 20 | 78 | 62 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | .242 | .390 | .387 | .777 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Luis Rodriguez | 13 | 54 | 53 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .226 | .241 | .340 | .580 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Anderson | 9 | 39 | 36 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .278 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peter Manos | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Porfi Altamirano | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty Bystrom | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Beare | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .500 | .200 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dan Larson | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Beene | 27 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Stephen Ruling | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Kevin Saucier | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert DeMeo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jose Martinez | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1459 | 5132 | 4496 | 729 | 1297 | 255 | 45 | 108 | 676 | 91 | 44 | 511 | 665 | .288 | .361 | .437 | .799 | 1966 | 0 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Poff | 1B | 90 | 734 | 68 | 10 | 57 | .988 | 8.911 | ||||
Len Matuszek | 1B | 54 | 412 | 39 | 9 | 31 | .980 | 8.352 | ||||
Orlando González | 1B | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
John Vukovich | 1B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
Jim Morrison | 2B | 61 | 118 | 194 | 9 | 36 | .972 | 5.115 | ||||
Ramón Avilés | 2B | 57 | 116 | 170 | 9 | 29 | .969 | 5.018 | ||||
Luis Aguayo | 2B | 18 | 45 | 46 | 5 | 8 | .948 | 5.056 | ||||
John Vukovich | 3B | 99 | 81 | 181 | 11 | 10 | .960 | 2.646 | ||||
Jim Morrison | 3B | 15 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 2 | .843 | 2.867 | ||||
Luis Rodriguez | 3B | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
Len Matuszek | 3B | 12 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2.083 | ||||
Keith Moreland | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Don McCormack | C | 72 | 347 | 32 | 13 | 2 | .967 | 5.264 | 6 | |||
Keith Moreland | C | 66 | 397 | 42 | 13 | 5 | .971 | 6.652 | 11 | |||
Robert DeMeo | C | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
Orlando González | OF | 129 | 232 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 1.837 | ||||
Lonnie Smith | OF | 110 | 268 | 13 | 12 | 3 | .959 | 2.555 | ||||
Orlando Isales | OF | 85 | 169 | 6 | 13 | 0 | .931 | 2.059 | ||||
John Poff | OF | 53 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.528 | ||||
Kerry Dineen | OF | 30 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.933 | ||||
Orlando Sánchez | OF | 16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
Mike Anderson | OF | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
Carlos Arroyo | P | 38 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .211 | ||||
Jack Kucek | P | 34 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .353 | ||||
Peter Manos | P | 29 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .448 | ||||
Gary Beare | P | 27 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.000 | ||||
Marty Bystrom | P | 26 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 1.731 | ||||
Fred Beene | P | 26 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.192 | ||||
Kevin Saucier | P | 24 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .708 | ||||
Dan Larson | P | 24 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .957 | .917 | ||||
Jose Martinez | P | 21 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .905 | ||||
Porfi Altamirano | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
Don Fowler | P | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
Dickie Noles | P | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Stephen Ruling | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
Cardell Camper | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Luis Aguayo | SS | 91 | 146 | 274 | 22 | 49 | .950 | 4.615 | ||||
Rudy Meoli | SS | 20 | 32 | 55 | 7 | 6 | .926 | 4.350 | ||||
Ramón Avilés | SS | 15 | 26 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .892 | 3.867 | ||||
Luis Rodriguez | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Totals | 1435 | 3457 | 1401 | 179 | 266 | .964 | 3.385 | 17 | 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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