1979 Salinas Angels Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Chris Cannizzaro (69-71)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Salinas, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 53,023, Avg. 757
The Salinas Angels of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Angels scored 651 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 715 runs. Tom Brunansky led Salinas with 23 home runs and drove in 76 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .270. Rick Steirer topped the squad with 11 wins, and Steve Brown recorded a 2.41 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Steve Brown, Rick Steirer, Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, Chris Cannizzaro, Daryl Sconiers, Mike Bishop, Pat Keedy and Mike Witt were all players from the 1979 Salinas Angels who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Chris Cannizzaro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Steirer | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.87 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 193.0 | 210 | 106 | 83 | 15 | 66 | 9 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Steve Brown | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.41 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.0 | 109 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Richard Rommel | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.44 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 71.0 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 39 | 9 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Greg Johnson | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.57 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 157 | 101 | 86 | 17 | 85 | 10 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mike Witt | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.11 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 141.0 | 156 | 96 | 80 | 13 | 70 | 7 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jeff Conner | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.38 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 110 | 64 | 53 | 9 | 60 | 8 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Robert Healey | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.92 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Perry Morrison | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.80 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.0 | 54 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Boyle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.84 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73.0 | 82 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Vallone | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.41 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41.0 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Chevolek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Duran | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.47 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.0 | 57 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Paul Wysocki | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Thomson | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Skaggs | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Riffel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Hamilton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Walters | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.49 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 47 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.19 | 366 | 138 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 1172.0 | 1213 | 671 | 545 | 96 | 563 | 84 | 799 | 36 | 4 | 72 | 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 Brunansky | 140 | 596 | 485 | 85 | 131 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 76 | 20 | 15 | 100 | 116 | .270 | .396 | .464 | .860 | 225 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Gilbert | 135 | 544 | 488 | 77 | 118 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 132 | .242 | .319 | .359 | .677 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Carnes | 134 | 574 | 494 | 67 | 112 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 7 | 59 | 80 | .227 | .312 | .294 | .605 | 145 | 4 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Daryl Sconiers | 108 | 414 | 365 | 60 | 105 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 80 | .288 | .359 | .458 | .817 | 167 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Dailey | 118 | 431 | 401 | 50 | 105 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 45 | .262 | .301 | .309 | .611 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| William Springman | 108 | 386 | 366 | 43 | 88 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 76 | .240 | .265 | .393 | .659 | 144 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Mark Nocciolo | 116 | 421 | 356 | 60 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 80 | .233 | .339 | .357 | .696 | 127 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jon Riffel | 100 | 311 | 289 | 28 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 57 | .270 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bishop | 62 | 262 | 218 | 47 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 48 | .307 | .418 | .546 | .963 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Leo Lemon | 100 | 305 | 266 | 29 | 58 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 74 | .218 | .299 | .267 | .566 | 71 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| James Hamilton | 95 | 286 | 265 | 30 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 55 | .204 | .247 | .272 | .519 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wade Schexnayder | 79 | 217 | 196 | 24 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 78 | .158 | .235 | .235 | .470 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pat Keedy | 52 | 150 | 125 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 50 | .208 | .336 | .328 | .664 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donny Jones | 26 | 86 | 72 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .250 | .357 | .347 | .704 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Tipa | 29 | 77 | 70 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .229 | .276 | .343 | .619 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Barry Cheesman | 26 | 60 | 48 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .229 | .373 | .292 | .665 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Johnson | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1456 | 5121 | 4505 | 640 | 1101 | 165 | 39 | 92 | 548 | 144 | 90 | 522 | 1026 | .244 | .324 | .360 | .684 | 1620 | 0 | 22 | 45 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Sconiers | 1B | 97 | 804 | 42 | 7 | 77 | .992 | 8.722 | ||||
| Mike Bishop | 1B | 40 | 354 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | 9.225 | ||||
| Jon Riffel | 1B | 12 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .987 | 6.417 | ||||
| James Hamilton | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Cheesman | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Brunansky | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Springman | 2B | 99 | 217 | 227 | 25 | 67 | .947 | 4.485 | ||||
| James Hamilton | 2B | 47 | 85 | 98 | 13 | 22 | .934 | 3.894 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | 2B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Barry Cheesman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | 3B | 69 | 42 | 114 | 21 | 14 | .881 | 2.261 | ||||
| Pat Keedy | 3B | 44 | 35 | 87 | 8 | 11 | .938 | 2.773 | ||||
| James Hamilton | 3B | 39 | 24 | 53 | 5 | 5 | .939 | 1.974 | ||||
| Mike Bishop | 3B | 22 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .902 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mark Nocciolo | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Filiberto Gonzalez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mark Nocciolo | C | 108 | 629 | 92 | 14 | 11 | .981 | 6.676 | 20 | |||
| Donny Jones | C | 25 | 146 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 7.040 | 2 | |||
| Barry Cheesman | C | 23 | 92 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 4.304 | 4 | |||
| Wade Schexnayder | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Tom Brunansky | OF | 140 | 279 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 2.071 | ||||
| Dennis Gilbert | OF | 133 | 234 | 21 | 7 | 7 | .973 | 1.917 | ||||
| Leo Lemon | OF | 83 | 151 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .956 | 1.843 | ||||
| Robert Dailey | OF | 66 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.303 | ||||
| Jon Riffel | OF | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .885 | ||||
| Stephen Tipa | OF | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| James Hamilton | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Richard Rommel | P | 51 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .510 | ||||
| Perry Morrison | P | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .244 | ||||
| Gary Boyle | P | 33 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Mike Witt | P | 30 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Jeff Conner | P | 30 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .500 | ||||
| Rick Steirer | P | 29 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .931 | ||||
| Greg Johnson | P | 27 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.074 | ||||
| James Vallone | P | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .818 | ||||
| Tom Chevolek | P | 20 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Healey | P | 19 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.053 | ||||
| David Duran | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Steve Brown | P | 17 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Douglas Thomson | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Walters | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .625 | .455 | ||||
| Paul Wysocki | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackie Skaggs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jon Riffel | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Hamilton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Carnes | SS | 134 | 174 | 411 | 34 | 62 | .945 | 4.366 | ||||
| Pat Keedy | SS | 8 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 4.250 | ||||
| James Hamilton | SS | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| Totals | 1617 | 3565 | 1474 | 189 | 344 | .964 | 3.116 | 26 | 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.
