1979 Portland Beavers Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-74
Finished 3rd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Johnny Lipon (73-74)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 159,181, Avg. 2,166

1979 Portland Beavers Roster

The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Beavers plated 748 runs and allowed 720 runs. Craig Cacek paced Portland with 17 home runs and drove in 102 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Rick Jones topped the squad with 12 wins, and Dan Warthen recorded a 3.56 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Bob Kaiser, Alberto Lois, Larry Littleton, Craig Cacek, Vance Law, Stew Cliburn, Mike Garman, Al Holland, Roger Nelson, Dick Pole, Mike Pazik, Joe Coleman, Gene Pentz, Taylor Duncan, Doe Boyland, Rick Jones, Tommy Sandt, Dave Pagan, Pascual Pérez, Rob Ellis, Rod Scurry, Rod Gilbreath, Gary Hargis, Kevin Pasley, Jim Willoughby, Dan Warthen, Dale Berra and Lenny Randle were all players from the 1979 Portland Beavers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Johnny Lipon 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
Rick Jones	12	8	.600	3.59	33	22		8	2	3	173.0	185	84	69	9	53	1	112	0	0	9
Dan Warthen	10	9	.526	3.56	49	11		1	0	3	154.0	139	69	61	11	80	5	92	4	0	7
Pascual Pérez	9	7	.562	5.50	20	20		1	0	0	103.0	121	70	63	9	47	0	51	1	0	5
Joe Coleman	5	1	.833	2.78	32	0		0	0	3	55.0	53	18	17	3	20	2	34	0	0	3
Dick Pole	5	1	.833	4.31	13	12		2	1	0	71.0	77	35	34	3	31	1	23	0	0	5
Rod Scurry	5	5	.500	4.13	35	15		1	0	0	122.0	121	64	56	11	72	1	94	2	0	7
Gene Pentz	5	6	.455	4.33	57	0		0	0	12	81.0	78	44	39	6	57	5	66	7	0	5
Greg Field	4	13	.235	4.85	23	22		4	0	0	117.0	153	75	63	6	33	3	58	2	1	2
Jim Willoughby	3	2	.600	2.85	24	2		0	0	5	60.0	61	29	19	4	9	0	28	5	0	3
Stew Cliburn	3	2	.600	4.91	7	6		0	0	0	33.0	43	19	18	2	17	0	17	1	0	3
Dave Pagan	2	0	1.000	5.57	9	1		0	0	0	21.0	24	13	13	1	8	0	12	2	0	1
Ben Wiltbank	2	6	.250	6.00	12	12		0	0	0	54.0	64	46	36	2	44	1	20	3	0	8
Mike Pazik	1	1	.500	3.94	6	2		0	0	1	16.0	17	9	7	0	5	0	7	1	0	2
Rich Standart	1	3	.250	7.27	10	3		0	0	0	26.0	32	22	21	4	8	1	16	1	0	0
Mike Garman					23						0.0
Al Holland					16						0.0
Ron Mitchell	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Sandt	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	6	2	2	6	0	1	0	0	0
Roger Nelson	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Larry Littleton	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Smith	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1		0	0	0	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	4	0	0	0
Bob Kaiser	0	1	.000	9.00	4	2		0	0	0	10.0	15	10	10	1	9	0	2	0	0	1
Juan Arias	0	1	.000	9.00	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	1
Totals	67	67	.500	4.39	381	131	0	17	3	27	1114.3	1210	629	543	76	508	20	642	29	1	62	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
Craig Cacek	147	636	565	92	180	33	7	17	102	5	7	58	40	.319	.383	.492	.875	278		5	2	6
Vance Law	131	513	448	62	139	16	8	2	52	8	4	47	69	.310	.377	.395	.772	177		2	14	2
Oswaldo Olivares	127	536	456	83	137	15	5	0	41	28	9	68	46	.300	.397	.355	.752	162		6	4	2
Larry Littleton	133	514	459	66	128	24	6	8	71	4	4	46	82	.279	.344	.410	.754	188		1	6	2
Harry Saferight	129	541	479	67	127	23	5	11	81	1	1	52	71	.265	.338	.403	.741	193		3	2	5
Rod Gilbreath	112	494	408	69	119	13	9	2	54	17	5	71	39	.292	.393	.382	.775	156		1	8	6
Gary Hargis	103	406	386	52	107	23	4	5	42	6	2	8	33	.277	.292	.396	.689	153		1	9	2
Tommy Sandt	88	336	292	47	94	14	2	2	42	1	1	36	30	.322	.394	.404	.798	118		0	6	2
Eugenio Cotes	79	311	285	39	74	14	3	10	45	14	7	20	60	.260	.315	.435	.750	124		4	0	2
Dale Berra	56	238	210	37	68	13	2	6	32	2	1	19	29	.324	.387	.490	.878	103		4	3	2
Ron Mitchell	56	194	169	28	39	14	3	0	13	8	4	21	22	.231	.320	.349	.669	59		2	0	2
Manny Lantigua	59	198	185	11	39	6	0	0	24	0	1	5	30	.211	.226	.243	.469	45		0	3	5
Doe Boyland	30	113	102	10	25	6	0	2	12	2	1	10	21	.245	.319	.363	.681	37		1	0	0
Dick Walterhouse	25	105	94	9	16	4	0	0	5	1	1	11	19	.170	.257	.213	.470	20		0	0	0
Kevin Pasley	20	57	54	7	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	.278	.298	.315	.613	17		0	0	1
Alberto Lois	5	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.444	.545	.667	1.212	6		0	0	0
Alfredo Torres	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Gene Pentz	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pascual Pérez	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Ben Wiltbank	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1394	5207	4605	684	1312	220	55	65	623	97	49	476	594	.285	.353	.399	.752	1837	0	30	57	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Craig Cacek	1B	146	1201	138	14	117	.990	9.171
Ron Mitchell	1B	3	13	3	0	0	1.000	5.333
Doe Boyland	1B	1	9	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Gary Hargis	2B	79	163	219	7	47	.982	4.835
Rod Gilbreath	2B	39	83	101	5	21	.974	4.718
Tommy Sandt	2B	23	56	48	2	14	.981	4.522
Vance Law	2B	12	42	33	4	9	.949	6.250
Lenny Randle	2B	1	5	2	1	3	.875	7.000
Rod Gilbreath	3B	55	48	119	8	13	.954	3.036
Vance Law	3B	42	42	90	2	10	.985	3.143
Tommy Sandt	3B	20	16	29	3	4	.938	2.250
Dick Walterhouse	3B	19	19	27	5	2	.902	2.421
Ron Mitchell	3B	12	5	14	7	1	.731	1.583
Rob Ellis	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dale Berra	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Harry Saferight	C	88	425	37	12	9	.975	5.250	5
Manny Lantigua	C	56	288	33	7	3	.979	5.732	4
Kevin Pasley	C	18	73	12	0	1	1.000	4.722	1
Larry Littleton	OF	133	317	10	5	0	.985	2.459
Oswaldo Olivares	OF	117	177	17	7	5	.965	1.658
Eugenio Cotes	OF	70	118	9	6	0	.955	1.814
Ron Mitchell	OF	41	77	5	4	0	.953	2.000
Lenny Randle	OF	21	59	1	2	0	.968	2.857
Doe Boyland	OF	11	21	1	2	0	.917	2.000
Rod Gilbreath	OF	7	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.286
Dick Walterhouse	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Tommy Sandt	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Alberto Lois	OF	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gene Pentz	P	57	9	9	2	2	.900	.316
Dan Warthen	P	49	12	24	2	1	.947	.735
Rod Scurry	P	35	7	25	0	0	1.000	.914
Rick Jones	P	33	13	20	3	4	.917	1.000
Joe Coleman	P	32	10	7	1	0	.944	.531
Jim Willoughby	P	24	7	3	1	0	.909	.417
Mike Garman	P	23						.000
Greg Field	P	23	7	8	3	0	.833	.652
Pascual Pérez	P	20	15	18	1	2	.971	1.650
Al Holland	P	16						.000
Dick Pole	P	13	8	8	0	0	1.000	1.231
Ben Wiltbank	P	12	5	12	1	0	.944	1.417
Rich Standart	P	10	4	3	0	0	1.000	.700
Dave Pagan	P	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	.222
Stew Cliburn	P	7	4	4	0	1	1.000	1.143
Mike Pazik	P	6	3	0	1	0	.750	.500
Bob Kaiser	P	4	0	2	0	1	1.000	.500
Tommy Sandt	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Juan Arias	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
James Smith	P	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Roger Nelson	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ron Mitchell	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Larry Littleton	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Vance Law	SS	78	117	185	16	33	.950	3.872
Dale Berra	SS	47	67	156	8	32	.965	4.745
Gary Hargis	SS	16	25	46	4	10	.947	4.438
Rod Gilbreath	SS	10	14	31	3	3	.938	4.500
Totals		1558	3622	1519	150	349	.972	3.300	10	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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