1979 Reno Silver Sox Statistics
Team Record: 74-67
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Eddie Watt (74-67)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 59,422, Avg. 843
The Reno Silver Sox of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Silver Sox scored 814 runs and gave up 729 runs. John Alvarez led Reno with 18 home runs, and Albert Richmond walloped 15 or more also. John Alvarez drove in 100 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .306. Eric Show and Steve Fireovid paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Eric Show earned a 3.57 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Reno Silver Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Eric Show, Andy Hawkins, Steve Fireovid, Doug Gwosdz and Mike Martin.
Eddie Watt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Show | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.57 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 144 | 79 | 67 | 12 | 92 | 2 | 186 | 14 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Steve Fireovid | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.07 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 168.0 | 182 | 92 | 76 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 135 | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Randal Miller | 12 | 5 | .706 | 1.80 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 80.0 | 54 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Donald Johnson | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.85 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 189 | 108 | 91 | 14 | 79 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Troy Dixon | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.81 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 169 | 90 | 74 | 13 | 88 | 0 | 146 | 10 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Andy Hawkins | 8 | 13 | .381 | 5.60 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 188.0 | 232 | 143 | 117 | 12 | 97 | 3 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Willie Hardwick | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.56 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70.0 | 70 | 66 | 51 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||
| David Jannusch | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.84 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 76 | 45 | 43 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Sydney Church | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68.0 | 65 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Keen | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tim Hamm | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gregory Patton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 67 | .525 | 4.38 | 300 | 141 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 24 | 1208.0 | 1239 | 722 | 588 | 89 | 633 | 18 | 1003 | 40 | 14 | 106 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Alvarez | 134 | 590 | 510 | 89 | 156 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 69 | .306 | .388 | .502 | .890 | 256 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Frank Hardy | 135 | 618 | 553 | 69 | 153 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 86 | .277 | .345 | .360 | .705 | 199 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Blakley | 132 | 582 | 518 | 82 | 140 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 10 | 47 | 129 | .270 | .333 | .363 | .696 | 188 | 3 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 124 | 535 | 438 | 85 | 129 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 72 | 12 | 4 | 89 | 87 | .295 | .417 | .447 | .865 | 196 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Albert Richmond | 134 | 570 | 472 | 90 | 114 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 74 | 55 | 8 | 87 | 126 | .242 | .360 | .398 | .759 | 188 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Almon | 124 | 503 | 395 | 68 | 105 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 69 | 11 | 7 | 99 | 108 | .266 | .415 | .413 | .828 | 163 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Pastors | 84 | 365 | 316 | 48 | 93 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 38 | 55 | .294 | .373 | .411 | .784 | 130 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Curt Reed | 56 | 263 | 217 | 48 | 71 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 31 | .327 | .439 | .465 | .904 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Doug Gwosdz | 85 | 313 | 258 | 37 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 65 | .260 | .361 | .380 | .741 | 98 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Mike Martin | 83 | 287 | 255 | 38 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 48 | .243 | .323 | .353 | .676 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Stevenson | 46 | 212 | 180 | 41 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 32 | .250 | .345 | .350 | .695 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mobil Cox | 35 | 150 | 125 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .224 | .338 | .368 | .706 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Andy Hawkins | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Hardwick | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Fireovid | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Show | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1285 | 4999 | 4247 | 722 | 1167 | 175 | 50 | 94 | 631 | 154 | 46 | 635 | 862 | .275 | .372 | .406 | .778 | 1724 | 0 | 38 | 53 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Hardy | 1B | 125 | 1096 | 92 | 18 | 99 | .985 | 9.504 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | 2B | 114 | 248 | 300 | 18 | 61 | .968 | 4.807 | ||||
| Mobil Cox | 2B | 23 | 46 | 45 | 6 | 13 | .938 | 3.957 | ||||
| John Alvarez | 2B | 8 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Richard Hertel | 2B | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Curt Reed | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Alvarez | 3B | 123 | 93 | 261 | 32 | 12 | .917 | 2.878 | ||||
| Mike Parker | 3B | 11 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 2.182 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | 3B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Almon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Doug Gwosdz | C | 82 | 583 | 51 | 8 | 2 | .988 | 7.732 | 20 | |||
| Mike Martin | C | 69 | 439 | 36 | 13 | 3 | .973 | 6.884 | 22 | |||
| Robert Blakley | OF | 116 | 148 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .958 | 1.371 | ||||
| John Almon | OF | 116 | 212 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 1.931 | ||||
| Albert Richmond | OF | 111 | 168 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.694 | ||||
| Curt Reed | OF | 50 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.420 | ||||
| Randal Miller | P | 51 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .431 | ||||
| Sydney Church | P | 41 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .244 | ||||
| Eric Show | P | 28 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Willie Hardwick | P | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .250 | ||||
| Donald Johnson | P | 27 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 1.407 | ||||
| Andy Hawkins | P | 27 | 10 | 33 | 8 | 3 | .843 | 1.593 | ||||
| Troy Dixon | P | 27 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| David Jannusch | P | 26 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .808 | ||||
| Steve Fireovid | P | 26 | 18 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .961 | 1.885 | ||||
| Gregory Patton | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .545 | ||||
| Tim Hamm | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Daniel Keen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregory Pastors | SS | 81 | 118 | 255 | 21 | 48 | .947 | 4.605 | ||||
| John Stevenson | SS | 46 | 84 | 139 | 17 | 31 | .929 | 4.848 | ||||
| Mobil Cox | SS | 8 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 8 | .958 | 5.750 | ||||
| John Alvarez | SS | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1396 | 3445 | 1508 | 181 | 306 | .965 | 3.548 | 42 | 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.
