1979 Oneonta Yankees Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 42-26
Finished 1st in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: Art Mazmanian (42-26)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Oneonta, New York
Ballpark: Damaschke Stadium
Attendance: 38,446, Avg. 1,131

1979 Oneonta Yankees Roster

Playoffs - Oneonta Yankees 2 games, Geneva Cubs 1

The Oneonta Yankees of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 42 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's Yawkey Division.

The Yankees scored 354 runs and allowed 291 runs. Matt Winters led Oneonta with 10 home runs Glenn Swires drove in 41 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .283. Freddie Toliver paced the squad with 10 wins, while Stefan Wever recorded a 1.77 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Víctor Mata, Keith Smith, Freddie Toliver, Curt Kaufman, Matt Winters, Stefan Wever, Don Mattingly and Pete Filson were all players from the 1979 Oneonta Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.

Art Mazmanian 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
Freddie Toliver	10	2	.833	2.10	13	13		1	0	0	77.0	46	28	18	3	66	0	71	1	2	9
Stefan Wever	6	3	.667	1.77	10	9		4	2	0	66.0	43	24	13	1	36	0	70	3	2	5
John Franks	5	2	.714	6.21	13	10		3	0	0	58.0	67	48	40	2	44	0	37	4	0	8
Karl Steffen	5	7	.417	4.85	14	14		4	0	0	89.0	100	64	48	5	46	0	80	4	0	8
Curt Kaufman	4	1	.800	0.90	17	0		0	0	9	30.0	10	3	3	0	16	1	50	0	1	2
Ed Andersen	4	3	.571	2.22	14	7		3	1	2	65.0	62	29	16	2	23	0	39	4	0	1
Albert Ervey	3	2	.600	2.33	16	6		1	0	3	54.0	46	21	14	1	24	0	50	5	0	3
John Seneca	3	3	.500	4.14	11	6		3	1	0	50.0	43	26	23	1	22	0	36	2	0	5
Paul Gnacinski	1	1	.500	2.81	7	2		0	0	1	16.0	5	7	5	0	14	0	20	2	0	2
John Nurthen	1	2	.333	3.23	15	0		0	0	2	39.0	34	19	14	0	23	0	29	2	0	8
Pete Filson	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	1	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gregory Copeland	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Irot	0	0		4.34	7	1		0	0	1	29.0	24	21	14	2	30	0	21	3	0	7
Totals	42	26	.618	3.26	139	68	0	19	4	19	574.0	480	291	208	17	346	1	504	30	5	59	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
Glenn Swires	65	277	247	49	70	14	6	6	41	5	1	28	28	.283	.355	.462	.817	114		0	1	1
Víctor Mata	60	255	224	36	60	6	1	2	23	11	2	23	31	.268	.341	.330	.672	74		3	3	2
Don Mattingly	53	198	166	20	58	10	2	3	31	2	2	30	6	.349	.444	.488	.932	81		0	0	2
Matt Winters	62	249	188	40	53	6	2	10	38	9	0	56	42	.282	.442	.495	.936	93		1	0	4
Todd Demeter	66	259	198	32	50	3	3	8	38	4	0	52	67	.253	.413	.419	.832	83		5	0	4
Thomas Echstenkamper	53	218	186	37	48	15	2	8	39	11	0	30	33	.258	.362	.489	.852	91		1	0	1
Brian Butterfield	58	209	179	25	39	1	1	0	13	8	2	24	27	.218	.312	.235	.547	42		1	4	1
Dave Buffamoyer	54	211	164	30	37	8	2	1	22	5	0	42	24	.226	.381	.317	.698	52		1	1	3
Keith Smith	56	163	119	19	29	0	0	0	9	9	3	33	30	.244	.405	.244	.649	29		0	10	1
Roberto Dennis	41	107	99	19	27	1	2	0	11	6	1	5	14	.273	.305	.323	.628	32		0	2	1
Daniel Girata	47	174	147	19	26	6	1	2	19	8	1	23	27	.177	.295	.272	.567	40		2	1	1
Dave Garcia	24	84	65	7	19	4	0	0	7	9	0	17	8	.292	.434	.354	.788	23		0	1	1
Richard Santarone	19	49	44	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	12	.159	.245	.182	.427	8		0	0	0
Adolfo Mercedes	25	52	46	4	7	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	12	.152	.231	.196	.426	9		2	0	1
Eduard Rodriguez	29	31	24	6	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	10	.208	.387	.208	.595	5		0	0	0
Vidal Payano	18	23	17	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	7	.118	.348	.118	.465	2		0	0	0
Jose Encarnacion	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Hector Angulo	7	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	739	2570	2123	354	537	75	23	40	305	89	12	385	384	.253	.368	.366	.735	778	0	16	23	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Todd Demeter	1B	64	540	20	7	55	.988	8.750
Matt Winters	1B	3	20	0	0	1	1.000	6.667
Don Mattingly	1B	2	12	0	0	3	1.000	6.000
Richard Santarone	1B	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000
Brian Butterfield	2B	50	89	117	12	17	.945	4.120
Dave Garcia	2B	16	28	48	4	13	.950	4.750
Vidal Payano	2B	14	14	19	10	4	.767	2.357
Daniel Girata	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Swires	3B	56	41	107	7	13	.955	2.643
Daniel Girata	3B	13	7	17	5	4	.828	1.846
Adolfo Mercedes	3B	11	6	13	5	2	.792	1.727
Dave Buffamoyer	C	47	374	36	11	3	.974	8.723	9
Daniel Girata	C	17	105	17	2	2	.984	7.176	4
Richard Santarone	C	15	59	7	2	0	.971	4.400	2
Víctor Mata	OF	59	100	9	4	2	.965	1.847
Matt Winters	OF	55	59	2	4	1	.938	1.109
Thomas Echstenkamper	OF	53	68	2	3	0	.959	1.321
Roberto Dennis	OF	26	39	3	3	0	.933	1.615
Don Mattingly	OF	17	17	2	2	1	.905	1.118
Daniel Girata	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hector Angulo	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Adolfo Mercedes	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Curt Kaufman	P	17	1	4	0	1	1.000	.294
Albert Ervey	P	16	3	7	2	1	.833	.625
John Nurthen	P	15	1	7	0	1	1.000	.533
Karl Steffen	P	14	6	10	3	0	.842	1.143
Ed Andersen	P	14	1	11	2	2	.857	.857
Freddie Toliver	P	13	9	18	1	0	.964	2.077
John Franks	P	13	1	9	4	3	.714	.769
John Seneca	P	11	1	8	1	1	.900	.818
Stefan Wever	P	10	4	10	2	0	.875	1.400
Kevin Irot	P	7	0	4	1	3	.800	.571
Paul Gnacinski	P	7	0	0	0	0		.000
Pete Filson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gregory Copeland	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Keith Smith	SS	56	65	115	21	18	.896	3.214
Eduard Rodriguez	SS	28	14	21	9	4	.795	1.250
Brian Butterfield	SS	9	10	12	2	2	.917	2.444
Glenn Swires	SS	3	3	3	0	1	1.000	2.000
Dave Garcia	SS	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Totals		765	1717	658	130	158	.948	3.105	15	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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