1979 Rangers Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-21
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Andy Hancock (33-21)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1979 Rangers RosterTeam Record: 33-21
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Andy Hancock (33-21)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Rangers of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 33 wins and 21 losses, finishing second in the GCL.
The Rangers scored 302 runs and allowed 271 runs. Pete O'Brien drove in 31 runs. Donnie Scott led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .308 clip. Tony Fossas topped the team with 6 wins, while Michael Roberts registered a 0.71 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1979 Rangers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Fontenot, Tony Fossas, Dave Schmidt, Pete O'Brien, Donnie Scott and Jay Pettibone.
Andy Hancock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Fossas | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.00 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 54 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Roberts | 5 | 1 | .833 | 0.71 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 51.0 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jay Pettibone | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.64 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.0 | 57 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ray Fontenot | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.06 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 28 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Greg Eason | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.78 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 37 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Ricossa | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.40 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.0 | 55 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Smith | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Jerry Vasquez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.55 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Schmidt | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mel Gilliam | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 56 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| David Orzel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark Gammage | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Hager | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.80 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 21 | .611 | 3.94 | 143 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 478.0 | 472 | 271 | 209 | 12 | 245 | 1 | 338 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Ball | 43 | 200 | 168 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 29 | .280 | .377 | .351 | .728 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pete O'Brien | 50 | 228 | 189 | 39 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | .243 | .361 | .317 | .679 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Donnie Scott | 45 | 183 | 146 | 18 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 17 | .308 | .418 | .390 | .808 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Schaefer | 42 | 168 | 148 | 26 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 6 | .291 | .371 | .331 | .702 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Beaudoin | 32 | 135 | 117 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 10 | .299 | .393 | .325 | .717 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Baker | 43 | 167 | 119 | 19 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 12 | .286 | .469 | .311 | .780 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rodger Bastien | 39 | 165 | 139 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 17 | .223 | .339 | .295 | .634 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Childs | 25 | 99 | 85 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 11 | .318 | .404 | .400 | .804 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Reynolds | 17 | 85 | 74 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 4 | .351 | .429 | .392 | .820 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Stafford | 28 | 106 | 84 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 27 | .298 | .429 | .345 | .774 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Keith Showell | 28 | 108 | 90 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 15 | .244 | .343 | .244 | .587 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Donofrio | 27 | 105 | 86 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .233 | .340 | .291 | .631 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Goodman | 18 | 81 | 65 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .246 | .372 | .277 | .649 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Romey | 20 | 62 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .278 | .355 | .278 | .633 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Tanzi | 12 | 56 | 47 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .277 | .393 | .319 | .712 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Reasonover | 23 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .250 | .333 | .327 | .660 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Bush | 13 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .362 | .375 | .737 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Neufang | 10 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .250 | .387 | .250 | .637 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elwood Zebley | 10 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .250 | .348 | .400 | .748 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Robinson | 6 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .227 | .292 | .318 | .610 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tjader | 6 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .185 | .267 | .593 | .859 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelton McMath | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .545 | .853 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Orzel | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Velazguez | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owens | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 554 | 2189 | 1817 | 302 | 491 | 63 | 14 | 7 | 251 | 95 | 35 | 319 | 231 | .270 | .380 | .332 | .712 | 603 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete O'Brien | 1B | 50 | 465 | 44 | 7 | 40 | .986 | 1.180 | ||||
| Larry Donofrio | 1B | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| James Schaefer | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Michael Childs | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Beaudoin | 2B | 20 | 56 | 63 | 10 | 17 | .922 | 5.950 | ||||
| William Goodman | 2B | 17 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 13 | .969 | 5.471 | ||||
| Stanley Baker | 2B | 15 | 39 | 48 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 5.800 | ||||
| James Tjader | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Larry Reasonover | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Stanley Baker | 3B | 20 | 13 | 47 | 5 | 3 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Larry Reasonover | 3B | 19 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 7 | .854 | 2.158 | ||||
| Robert Tanzi | 3B | 10 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Michael Childs | 3B | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| James Tjader | 3B | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Beaudoin | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Goodman | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | C | 30 | 187 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .981 | 6.867 | 10 | |||
| Larry Donofrio | C | 20 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .991 | 5.750 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Neufang | C | 8 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Elwood Zebley | C | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Ball | OF | 43 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 2.023 | ||||
| James Schaefer | OF | 38 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.816 | ||||
| Charles Stafford | OF | 27 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Keith Showell | OF | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| Larry Reynolds | OF | 15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Michael Childs | OF | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Romey | OF | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Gregory Robinson | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Mike Beaudoin | OF | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 2.833 | ||||
| Richard Velazguez | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shelton McMath | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Owens | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Roberts | P | 24 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .708 | ||||
| Gordon Ricossa | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Smith | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Mel Gilliam | P | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Jay Pettibone | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Tony Fossas | P | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| David Orzel | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .222 | ||||
| James Hager | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Ray Fontenot | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Vasquez | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dave Schmidt | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Greg Eason | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Mark Gammage | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rodger Bastien | SS | 39 | 75 | 135 | 20 | 22 | .913 | 5.385 | ||||
| John Bush | SS | 11 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 4.273 | ||||
| Stanley Baker | SS | 7 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .919 | 4.857 | ||||
| Totals | 620 | 1434 | 647 | 105 | 141 | .952 | 3.356 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
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