1979 Pawtucket Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Joe Morgan (66-74)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium
Attendance: 147,420, Avg. 2,106
The Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Red Sox scored 582 runs and allowed 551 runs. Sam Bowen led Pawtucket with 28 home runs, while Garry Hancock, Dave Stapleton and Dave Koza each walloped 15 or more, too. Sam Bowen recorded 75 runs batted in. Garry Hancock paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .325 clip. John Tudor and Burke Suter topped the squad with 10 wins each, and John Tudor recorded a 2.93 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Dave Stapleton, Sam Bowen, Win Remmerswaal, John Tudor, Garry Hancock, Glenn Hoffman, Dave Wallace, Joel Finch, Chuck Rainey, Buddy Hunter, Andy Merchant, Roger LaFrancois, Bobby Sprowl, Mike O'Berry, Julio Valdez, John LaRose and Allen Ripley were all players from the 1979 Pawtucket Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joe Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Tudor | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.93 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 163.0 | 145 | 73 | 53 | 14 | 52 | 8 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Burke Suter | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.03 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 169 | 95 | 78 | 23 | 75 | 4 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Joel Finch | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.63 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 106.0 | 93 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Burns | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.14 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 187.0 | 173 | 100 | 86 | 14 | 95 | 12 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Schneck | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.66 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 143.0 | 129 | 80 | 74 | 14 | 101 | 6 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Allen Ripley | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.40 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 77.0 | 54 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Al Faust | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.65 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 68.0 | 62 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Win Remmerswaal | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.05 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 92.0 | 66 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 35 | 9 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Richard Waller | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.64 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 62 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| John LaRose | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.92 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 68 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Rainey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Parks | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.04 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glenn Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Wallace | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 73 | .475 | 3.46 | 308 | 139 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 18 | 1199.0 | 1077 | 547 | 461 | 95 | 545 | 67 | 747 | 34 | 5 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Stapleton | 140 | 605 | 553 | 88 | 169 | 33 | 1 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 40 | .306 | .354 | .450 | .805 | 249 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Glenn Hoffman | 139 | 569 | 520 | 70 | 148 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 66 | .285 | .332 | .385 | .717 | 200 | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Garry Hancock | 111 | 432 | 406 | 51 | 132 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 36 | .325 | .361 | .505 | .866 | 205 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sam Bowen | 125 | 526 | 456 | 68 | 107 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 75 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 113 | .235 | .323 | .471 | .795 | 215 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Barry Butera | 106 | 346 | 310 | 50 | 96 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 26 | .310 | .374 | .500 | .874 | 155 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dave Koza | 101 | 390 | 360 | 53 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 90 | .239 | .292 | .492 | .784 | 177 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Julio Valdez | 103 | 399 | 370 | 43 | 82 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 105 | .222 | .268 | .327 | .595 | 121 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Roger LaFrancois | 106 | 340 | 305 | 19 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 43 | .230 | .291 | .325 | .616 | 99 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Dave Denton | 114 | 390 | 344 | 34 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 82 | .201 | .284 | .317 | .601 | 109 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ken Huizenga | 114 | 314 | 294 | 23 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .194 | .235 | .293 | .527 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Buddy Hunter | 76 | 260 | 227 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 25 | .220 | .301 | .269 | .570 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Otis Foster | 68 | 255 | 210 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 23 | .219 | .345 | .300 | .645 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Andy Merchant | 57 | 168 | 151 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .152 | .232 | .232 | .464 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Boyer | 14 | 63 | 52 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .288 | .397 | .442 | .839 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike O'Berry | 34 | 93 | 78 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .167 | .267 | .218 | .485 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 1408 | 5150 | 4636 | 582 | 1163 | 177 | 23 | 143 | 540 | 22 | 29 | 395 | 732 | .251 | .314 | .392 | .706 | 1815 | 0 | 50 | 34 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Stapleton | 1B | 71 | 515 | 58 | 1 | 49 | .998 | 8.070 | ||||
| Dave Koza | 1B | 50 | 442 | 39 | 5 | 38 | .990 | 9.620 | ||||
| Otis Foster | 1B | 32 | 253 | 18 | 4 | 26 | .985 | 8.469 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 1B | 11 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.818 | ||||
| Mike O'Berry | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Buddy Hunter | 2B | 66 | 132 | 177 | 8 | 39 | .975 | 4.682 | ||||
| Dave Denton | 2B | 60 | 91 | 119 | 10 | 18 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 2B | 32 | 60 | 88 | 4 | 19 | .974 | 4.625 | ||||
| Glenn Hoffman | 3B | 102 | 89 | 175 | 15 | 13 | .946 | 2.588 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | 3B | 45 | 58 | 80 | 4 | 12 | .972 | 3.067 | ||||
| Dave Denton | 3B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Roger LaFrancois | C | 96 | 489 | 73 | 8 | 4 | .986 | 5.854 | 10 | |||
| Mike O'Berry | C | 32 | 164 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .968 | 5.625 | 3 | |||
| Andy Merchant | C | 31 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .993 | 4.645 | 3 | |||
| Sam Bowen | OF | 125 | 273 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 2.272 | ||||
| Ken Huizenga | OF | 114 | 157 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.412 | ||||
| Garry Hancock | OF | 107 | 166 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 1.692 | ||||
| Barry Butera | OF | 84 | 109 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 1.357 | ||||
| Ray Boyer | OF | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Koza | OF | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | OF | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Andy Merchant | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John LaRose | P | 47 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .298 | ||||
| Win Remmerswaal | P | 39 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Richard Waller | P | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Burns | P | 30 | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .893 | 2.233 | ||||
| Steve Schneck | P | 29 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.345 | ||||
| Burke Suter | P | 28 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| John Tudor | P | 25 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.760 | ||||
| Allen Ripley | P | 23 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .739 | ||||
| Al Faust | P | 21 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joel Finch | P | 16 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .935 | 2.688 | ||||
| Dave Wallace | P | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Danny Parks | P | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Chuck Rainey | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Hunter | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Glenn Hoffman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Valdez | SS | 103 | 178 | 305 | 34 | 60 | .934 | 4.689 | ||||
| Glenn Hoffman | SS | 40 | 83 | 111 | 4 | 23 | .980 | 4.850 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | SS | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1557 | 3601 | 1535 | 147 | 333 | .972 | 3.299 | 16 | 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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