1979 Rochester Red Wings Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 53-86
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Doc Edwards (53-86)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Rochester, New York
Ballpark: Silver Stadium
Attendance: 200,013, Avg. 2,878

1979 Rochester Red Wings Roster

The Rochester Red Wings of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 53 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.

The Red Wings plated 558 runs and yielded 656 runs, most in the league. Ron Diggle paced Rochester with 13 home runs Tom Chism recorded 60 runs batted in. Jim Smith topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .238 clip. Joe Kerrigan led the squad with 10 wins, while Jeff Rineer recorded a 4.39 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Art James, Tony Chevez, Wayne Tyrone, Mike Eden, Carlos López, Mike Boddicker, Jim Smith, Wayne Krenchicki, Dennis Blair, Nate Snell, Joe Kerrigan, Tommy Bianco, Dave Machemer, Earl Stephenson, Larry Johnson, Willie Royster, Tom Chism, Victor Bernal, Bobby Bonner, Gerry Pirtle, John Flinn, Jeff Rineer, Taylor Duncan, Mike Wallace, Mark Corey, Dave Ford and Benny Ayala were all players from the 1979 Rochester Red Wings who played in the Majors during their careers.

Doc Edwards served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Joe Kerrigan	10	6	.625	3.51	64	0		0	0	11	95.0	88	41	37	9	49	9	55	3	1	7
Dave Ford	6	5	.545	3.55	15	15		4	0	0	109.0	110	55	43	11	25	1	63	3	0	4
John Flinn	6	6	.500	2.70	26	10		3	0	1	100.0	92	36	30	4	22	4	71	8	0	2
Jeff Rineer	5	15	.250	4.39	30	26		7	1	1	162.0	175	93	79	17	45	2	79	6	1	1
Victor Bernal	4	1	.800	3.64	20	0		0	0	0	42.0	39	18	17	4	18	3	24	3	0	3
Mike Boddicker	4	6	.400	6.00	15	12		2	1	0	72.0	88	48	48	10	27	1	48	1	0	4
Nate Snell	4	7	.364	4.38	12	12		4	2	0	76.0	72	44	37	10	22	1	35	2	0	0
Pete Torrez	3	2	.600	5.27	8	7		1	0	0	41.0	45	27	24	4	20	0	15	0	1	0
Jose Bastian	3	3	.500	3.73	19	14		3	0	2	82.0	77	42	34	9	40	4	48	1	2	1
Dennis Blair	2	2	.500	6.43	7	7		1	0	0	35.0	47	25	25	3	11	0	21	0	0	2
Tony Chevez	2	7	.222	5.16	23	14		2	0	0	96.0	117	62	55	9	37	2	37	3	1	0
Gerry Pirtle	2	9	.182	4.89	49	2		0	0	1	105.0	121	69	57	12	36	9	68	4	0	4
Randy Fierbaugh	1	1	.500	3.60	10	4		0	0	0	40.0	37	16	16	5	20	1	22	2	0	0
Larry Jones	1	7	.125	3.00	10	9		1	0	0	57.0	63	21	19	5	20	1	39	0	0	4
Earl Stephenson					19						0.0
Tony Franklin	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Wallace	0	6	.000	6.34	15	7		0	0	0	44.0	64	42	31	3	18	1	32	1	1	4
Totals	53	83	.390	4.29	343	139	0	28	4	16	1157.0	1237	639	552	115	410	39	657	37	7	36	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
Tom Chism	107	430	372	60	116	25	4	11	60	1	3	50	41	.312	.393	.489	.882	182		2	2	4
Jim Smith	130	465	404	48	96	15	2	4	34	5	2	44	76	.238	.315	.314	.629	127		3	11	3
Mike Eden	95	380	333	46	90	10	3	5	36	6	4	39	23	.270	.347	.363	.711	121		2	3	3
Ron Diggle	109	398	353	50	90	18	1	13	38	4	5	43	63	.255	.335	.422	.757	149		0	1	1
Jeffrey Youngbauer	92	333	307	32	83	13	5	5	43	2	5	18	26	.270	.310	.394	.704	121		1	4	3
Mark Corey	92	358	317	38	79	21	1	10	30	6	5	35	68	.249	.329	.416	.745	132		3	2	1
Dave Machemer	89	291	260	39	76	14	3	1	31	15	3	21	27	.292	.346	.381	.727	99		1	8	1
Kevin Kennedy	109	397	360	28	71	8	4	3	32	0	3	26	40	.197	.258	.267	.524	96		4	5	2
Carlos López	62	252	234	38	66	10	2	6	30	24	7	14	43	.282	.317	.419	.736	98		0	0	4
Wayne Krenchicki	66	273	249	21	65	7	2	0	22	6	6	16	22	.261	.301	.305	.606	76		0	4	4
Tommy Bianco	91	329	292	24	64	10	1	2	26	2	1	33	31	.219	.299	.281	.580	82		1	1	2
Art James	54	226	199	26	52	13	2	3	21	3	2	21	18	.261	.336	.392	.728	78		2	3	1
Larry Johnson	40	144	131	14	41	4	1	3	14	1	1	10	18	.313	.357	.427	.784	56		0	1	2
Willie Royster	47	137	128	17	36	4	0	3	13	2	4	7	28	.281	.324	.383	.706	49		1	1	0
Blake Doyle	39	149	131	23	34	2	4	0	21	1	0	16	7	.260	.338	.336	.674	44		0	1	1
Wayne Tyrone	43	153	139	24	33	5	0	5	21	1	0	12	23	.237	.301	.381	.682	53		1	0	1
Taylor Duncan	36	145	132	12	31	6	0	2	16	0	1	10	15	.235	.287	.326	.612	43		0	2	1
Benny Ayala	17	70	62	10	22	1	3	1	7	0	1	6	6	.355	.420	.516	.936	32		1	1	0
Thomas Smith	26	74	67	7	11	2	0	1	9	1	0	4	9	.164	.205	.239	.444	16		0	1	2
Bobby Bonner	4	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	3		0	0	0
Jeff Rineer	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Joe Kerrigan	64	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Nate Snell	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tony Chevez	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mike Wallace	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1493	5021	4487	558	1159	188	38	78	504	80	53	425	589	.258	.323	.369	.692	1657	0	22	51	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tom Chism	1B	95	789	76	13	86	.985	9.105
Wayne Tyrone	1B	24	199	15	2	23	.991	8.917
Tommy Bianco	1B	22	177	22	4	10	.980	9.045
Willie Royster	1B	2	9	1	1	0	.909	5.000
Mark Corey	1B	2	10	1	2	0	.846	5.500
Taylor Duncan	1B	1	9	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Wayne Krenchicki	2B	57	123	154	9	31	.969	4.860
Blake Doyle	2B	37	73	94	3	9	.982	4.514
Mike Eden	2B	27	51	89	2	17	.986	5.185
Dave Machemer	2B	21	39	62	4	11	.962	4.810
Bobby Bonner	2B	4	8	7	0	2	1.000	3.750
Tommy Bianco	2B	3	5	8	0	1	1.000	4.333
Wayne Tyrone	2B	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.000
Mike Eden	3B	43	23	79	5	7	.953	2.372
Tommy Bianco	3B	34	19	72	5	7	.948	2.676
Taylor Duncan	3B	33	30	77	8	5	.930	3.242
Dave Machemer	3B	21	11	42	3	0	.946	2.524
Wayne Tyrone	3B	15	11	16	5	1	.844	1.800
Wayne Krenchicki	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Larry Johnson	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Kevin Kennedy	C	108	586	56	7	10	.989	5.944	5
Larry Johnson	C	22	102	6	2	2	.982	4.909	2
Willie Royster	C	10	65	6	0	0	1.000	7.100	2
Jeffrey Youngbauer	OF	92	200	12	4	0	.981	2.304
Mark Corey	OF	86	140	6	1	0	.993	1.698
Ron Diggle	OF	70	136	3	5	1	.965	1.986
Art James	OF	47	89	2	4	0	.958	1.936
Carlos López	OF	42	97	4	2	0	.981	2.405
Willie Royster	OF	27	46	4	5	1	.909	1.852
Thomas Smith	OF	26	46	3	3	0	.942	1.885
Benny Ayala	OF	17	37	0	2	0	.949	2.176
Tommy Bianco	OF	14	14	1	1	0	.938	1.071
Larry Johnson	OF	13	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.154
Dave Machemer	OF	10	12	0	1	0	.923	1.200
Joe Kerrigan	P	64	9	22	0	1	1.000	.484
Gerry Pirtle	P	49	7	12	1	2	.950	.388
Jeff Rineer	P	30	7	22	3	2	.906	.967
John Flinn	P	26	10	16	2	3	.929	1.000
Tony Chevez	P	23	8	18	0	2	1.000	1.130
Victor Bernal	P	20	3	1	1	0	.800	.200
Earl Stephenson	P	19						.000
Jose Bastian	P	19	11	17	5	0	.848	1.474
Mike Wallace	P	15	3	2	1	0	.833	.333
Dave Ford	P	15	7	16	1	1	.958	1.533
Mike Boddicker	P	15	8	11	1	0	.950	1.267
Nate Snell	P	12	12	16	0	0	1.000	2.333
Larry Jones	P	10	1	10	1	0	.917	1.100
Randy Fierbaugh	P	10	3	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Pete Torrez	P	8	4	8	0	2	1.000	1.500
Dennis Blair	P	7	4	5	0	0	1.000	1.286
Tony Franklin	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Smith	SS	130	240	358	26	66	.958	4.600
Wayne Krenchicki	SS	6	5	17	0	1	1.000	3.667
Mike Eden	SS	4	2	3	1	0	.833	1.250
Dave Machemer	SS	3	9	12	2	3	.913	7.000
Bobby Bonner	SS	1	2	5	0	1	1.000	7.000
Totals		1516	3529	1497	149	310	.971	3.315	9	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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