1979 Reading Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 77-61
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Jim Snyder (77-61)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 84,200, Avg. 1,220
The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 77 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Phillies yielded 545 runs, fewest in the league. Reading plated 637 runs. George Vukovich paced the team with 13 home runs and accounted for 88 RBI. Jay Loviglio led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Scott Munninghoff topped the squad with 14 wins, while Bob Walk earned a 2.24 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Reading Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Walk, Len Matuszek, Scott Munninghoff, Jerry Reed, Orlando Sánchez, Warren Brusstar, George Vukovich, Jay Loviglio, Dickie Noles, Cardell Camper, Ozzie Virgil, Larry Anderson, Cliff Speck, Jesús Hernáiz and Erskine Thomason.
Jim Snyder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Munninghoff | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.73 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 188.0 | 172 | 94 | 78 | 9 | 94 | 6 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Bob Walk | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.24 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 185.0 | 156 | 62 | 46 | 11 | 77 | 4 | 135 | 10 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jerry Reed | 11 | 4 | .733 | 1.91 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 80.0 | 67 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Ruling | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.97 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 112.0 | 91 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Cardell Camper | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.70 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 129.0 | 139 | 64 | 53 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Erskine Thomason | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.60 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 100 | 50 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jesús Hernáiz | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.68 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 87 | 41 | 38 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Fowler | 3 | 5 | .375 | 1.50 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.0 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Speck | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.34 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 60 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sammye Welborn | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7.09 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 93 | 70 | 63 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norman Shiera | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Armand Abreu | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Peter Manos | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.61 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.0 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Warren Brusstar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Hart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dickie Noles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Anderson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 31.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 61 | .558 | 3.49 | 252 | 138 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 21 | 1154.0 | 1088 | 545 | 447 | 80 | 487 | 36 | 671 | 38 | 3 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Loviglio | 131 | 577 | 504 | 92 | 148 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 55 | 12 | 52 | 53 | .294 | .359 | .375 | .734 | 189 | 3 | 11 | 7 | ||
| George Vukovich | 138 | 584 | 501 | 80 | 147 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 88 | 16 | 11 | 65 | 52 | .293 | .368 | .439 | .807 | 220 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Elijah Bonaparte | 119 | 483 | 428 | 65 | 121 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 31 | 12 | 38 | 74 | .283 | .337 | .360 | .697 | 154 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Pete Dempsey | 130 | 484 | 430 | 64 | 120 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 84 | .279 | .333 | .416 | .749 | 179 | 16 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Nicholas Popovich | 123 | 493 | 446 | 55 | 118 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 86 | .265 | .329 | .390 | .719 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ozzie Virgil | 128 | 509 | 429 | 57 | 99 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 81 | .231 | .336 | .331 | .667 | 142 | 10 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Luis Rodriguez | 92 | 337 | 313 | 55 | 95 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 29 | .304 | .346 | .412 | .758 | 129 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ramon Lora | 84 | 296 | 282 | 29 | 83 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 36 | .294 | .319 | .404 | .723 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Orlando Sánchez | 70 | 243 | 219 | 23 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 30 | .324 | .369 | .466 | .835 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Kraus | 103 | 304 | 270 | 35 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 53 | .233 | .311 | .315 | .626 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Jones | 79 | 254 | 231 | 25 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 41 | .238 | .293 | .346 | .639 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Berger | 45 | 161 | 141 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 24 | .248 | .327 | .319 | .646 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Len Matuszek | 32 | 125 | 108 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .287 | .384 | .528 | .912 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| José Castro | 20 | 82 | 76 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .303 | .338 | .355 | .693 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Curry | 11 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .194 | .310 | .278 | .587 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter Manos | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesús Hernáiz | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1337 | 4978 | 4417 | 637 | 1216 | 182 | 51 | 69 | 567 | 169 | 83 | 409 | 673 | .275 | .340 | .386 | .726 | 1707 | 0 | 49 | 48 | 55 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Popovich | 1B | 70 | 664 | 67 | 3 | 56 | .996 | 1.443 | ||||
| Joe Jones | 1B | 58 | 495 | 47 | 8 | 40 | .985 | 9.345 | ||||
| Len Matuszek | 1B | 17 | 140 | 15 | 2 | 13 | .987 | 9.118 | ||||
| Orlando Sánchez | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jay Loviglio | 2B | 131 | 211 | 451 | 15 | 76 | .978 | 5.053 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 2B | 9 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 5.111 | ||||
| Jeff Kraus | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Dempsey | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pete Dempsey | 3B | 45 | 36 | 67 | 3 | 9 | .972 | 2.289 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 3B | 42 | 33 | 79 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 2.667 | ||||
| Nicholas Popovich | 3B | 33 | 29 | 50 | 3 | 5 | .963 | 2.394 | ||||
| Len Matuszek | 3B | 13 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 2.462 | ||||
| Jeff Kraus | 3B | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ramon Lora | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ozzie Virgil | C | 104 | 532 | 64 | 12 | 10 | .980 | 5.731 | 15 | |||
| Ramon Lora | C | 37 | 185 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 5.486 | 6 | |||
| George Vukovich | OF | 137 | 238 | 13 | 8 | 3 | .969 | 1.832 | ||||
| Elijah Bonaparte | OF | 118 | 177 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .941 | 1.619 | ||||
| Jeff Kraus | OF | 94 | 179 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Berger | OF | 43 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .954 | 1.930 | ||||
| Orlando Sánchez | OF | 33 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .941 | 1.939 | ||||
| Ramon Lora | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Reed | P | 45 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .333 | ||||
| Scott Munninghoff | P | 26 | 26 | 44 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 2.692 | ||||
| Bob Walk | P | 24 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.917 | ||||
| Cardell Camper | P | 22 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Jesús Hernáiz | P | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Don Fowler | P | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sammye Welborn | P | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Erskine Thomason | P | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Stephen Ruling | P | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.000 | ||||
| Peter Manos | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Norman Shiera | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 9 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Armand Abreu | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Thomas Hart | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dickie Noles | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Warren Brusstar | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Anderson | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Dempsey | SS | 81 | 123 | 245 | 27 | 54 | .932 | 4.543 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | SS | 41 | 77 | 129 | 12 | 24 | .945 | 5.024 | ||||
| José Castro | SS | 20 | 39 | 59 | 8 | 10 | .925 | 4.900 | ||||
| Totals | 1404 | 3462 | 1582 | 159 | 327 | .969 | 3.593 | 21 | 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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