1979 Puerto Rico Boricuas Statistics
Team Record: 16-39
in the IIL
Manager: José Santiago (16-39)
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ballpark: Estadio Hiram Bithorn
Attendance: 14,625, Avg. 532
The Puerto Rico Boricuas of the Inter-American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 16 wins and 39 lossesPanama and Puerto Rico dropped out June 17. The league disbanded June 30.
The Boricuas led the league with just 144 runs allowed. Puerto Rico scored 114 runs, worst in the league,. Orlando Álvarez paced hitters with significant playing time with a .248 average, while Mark Souza recorded a 2.4 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 Puerto Rico Boricuas who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Tolan, Carlos Velazquez, Vic Albury, Juan Agosto, Leo Foster, Mark Souza, Dick Baney, Bobby Brown, Orlando Álvarez and Ángel Mangual.
José Santiago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonifacio Aponte | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||
| Juan Agosto | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 9 | ||||||||
| Dick Baney | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 60 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 7 | ||||||||
| Ron Wrona | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.72 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 42 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 17 | ||||||||
| Vic Albury | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||
| Mark Souza | 1 | 6 | .143 | 2.40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 52 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 24 | ||||||||
| Esteban Texidor | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||||||||
| Carlos Velazquez | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.62 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 21 | .382 | 2.63 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 298.0 | 272 | 123 | 87 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 105 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Centeno | 41 | 144 | 144 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 | .306 | .306 | .444 | .750 | 64 | ||||||||
| Orlando Álvarez | 42 | 153 | 153 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | .248 | .248 | .353 | .601 | 54 | ||||||||
| German Geigel | 37 | 138 | 138 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .268 | .268 | .290 | .558 | 40 | ||||||||
| Bobby Tolan | 30 | 109 | 109 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .284 | .284 | .394 | .679 | 43 | ||||||||
| Leo Foster | 32 | 112 | 112 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .205 | .205 | .321 | .527 | 36 | ||||||||
| Angel Cantres | 28 | 89 | 89 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .225 | .225 | .303 | .528 | 27 | ||||||||
| Miguel Villaran | 28 | 79 | 79 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .266 | .494 | 21 | ||||||||
| Mike Gatlin | 30 | 89 | 89 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .191 | .191 | .371 | .562 | 33 | ||||||||
| Jorge Rivera | 16 | 43 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .209 | .209 | .256 | .465 | 11 | ||||||||
| Julio Hernandez | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ángel Mangual | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||
| Jim Sylvester | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eddie Guzman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 310 | 1000 | 1000 | 89 | 245 | 38 | 12 | 10 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .245 | .337 | .582 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Velazquez | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Bonifacio Aponte | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Baney | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Agosto | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Wrona | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Esteban Texidor | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Souza | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Vic Albury | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 83 | 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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