1979 Paintsville Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 52-13
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Bill Livesey (52-13)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Paintsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Central Park
Attendance: 21,214, Avg. 653
The Paintsville Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 52 wins and 13 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Yankees paced the circuit with just 218 runs allowed. Paintsville scored 403 runs. Rob Teegarden led the team with 14 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .330 clip. Pete Filson topped the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 1.68 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 Paintsville Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Otis Nixon, Pete Filson and Greg Gagne.
Bill Livesey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Filson | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.68 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 51 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 118 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Frank Ricci | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.77 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Free | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.61 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 33.0 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Budweg | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.94 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 44 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Campbell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.42 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 46 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Erol Akchurin | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.34 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chris Lein | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.06 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 71 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| George DeMaria | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.72 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43.0 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Beyler | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Guerra | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Melgar | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Vanderplas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Booker | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gumercindo Diaz | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 52 | 10 | .839 | 3.32 | 104 | 63 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 499.0 | 401 | 211 | 184 | 31 | 270 | 1 | 446 | 22 | 8 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Teegarden | 65 | 266 | 212 | 66 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 32 | .330 | .455 | .632 | 1.087 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randy Guerra | 63 | 253 | 212 | 43 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 28 | .307 | .406 | .505 | .911 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Huey Gayden | 62 | 249 | 214 | 50 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 19 | .304 | .392 | .360 | .752 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Otis Nixon | 63 | 264 | 203 | 58 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 40 | .286 | .441 | .379 | .820 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Rogers | 60 | 243 | 181 | 50 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 23 | .304 | .442 | .354 | .795 | 64 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Greg Sporrer | 58 | 201 | 164 | 28 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 26 | .256 | .357 | .323 | .680 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Luis Ortiz | 39 | 118 | 106 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | .255 | .308 | .434 | .742 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Hage | 37 | 85 | 70 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .329 | .424 | .500 | .924 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Rudolph | 36 | 102 | 85 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | .271 | .376 | .412 | .788 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Derwin McNealy | 32 | 85 | 76 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 22 | .263 | .325 | .408 | .733 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Howser | 39 | 102 | 76 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 9 | .250 | .426 | .263 | .689 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Greg Gagne | 41 | 120 | 106 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 25 | .179 | .269 | .255 | .524 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Benedict | 36 | 97 | 84 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .190 | .284 | .238 | .522 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Hall | 24 | 56 | 50 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .220 | .304 | .280 | .584 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Zimmerer | 28 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .267 | .405 | .267 | .672 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 683 | 2278 | 1869 | 398 | 521 | 83 | 21 | 34 | 351 | 50 | 25 | 349 | 309 | .279 | .391 | .400 | .791 | 748 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Guerra | 1B | 60 | 450 | 32 | 3 | 32 | .994 | 8.033 | ||||
| Jeff Rudolph | 1B | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Joseph Hage | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | 2B | 25 | 31 | 46 | 1 | 10 | .987 | 3.080 | ||||
| Greg Sporrer | 2B | 23 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 12 | .984 | 2.609 | ||||
| George Zimmerer | 2B | 20 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .935 | 2.150 | ||||
| Tom Howser | 2B | 20 | 34 | 40 | 5 | 7 | .937 | 3.700 | ||||
| Otis Nixon | 3B | 62 | 52 | 120 | 10 | 12 | .945 | 2.774 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| George Zimmerer | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Howser | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Benedict | C | 33 | 220 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .992 | 7.121 | 2 | |||
| Jeff Rudolph | C | 28 | 157 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 6.071 | 5 | |||
| Kurt Hall | C | 21 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 4.381 | 1 | |||
| Rob Teegarden | OF | 63 | 80 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .957 | 1.397 | ||||
| Huey Gayden | OF | 60 | 98 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .954 | 1.717 | ||||
| Mickey Rogers | OF | 53 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.528 | ||||
| Derwin McNealy | OF | 17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Joseph Hage | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Pete Filson | P | 13 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.154 | ||||
| Chris Lein | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| David Free | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Frank Ricci | P | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| James Campbell | P | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Richard Budweg | P | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| George DeMaria | P | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Booker | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeffrey Beyler | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Erol Akchurin | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Gumercindo Diaz | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Melgar | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Randy Guerra | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Vanderplas | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Sporrer | SS | 43 | 34 | 67 | 6 | 13 | .944 | 2.349 | ||||
| Greg Gagne | SS | 31 | 28 | 62 | 14 | 6 | .865 | 2.903 | ||||
| Otis Nixon | SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| George Zimmerer | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Ortiz | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Howser | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 689 | 1483 | 540 | 75 | 111 | .964 | 2.936 | 8 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
