1979 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Vern Benson (77-63)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 176,539, Avg. 2,522
Playoffs - Syracuse Chiefs 3 games, Richmond Braves 2
Finals - Columbus Clippers 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 3
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 581 runs and gave up 539 runs. Greg Wells led Syracuse with 13 home runs Doug Ault recorded 71 runs batted in. Garth Iorg paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .281. Mark Wiley topped the squad with 12 wins, while Jackson Todd recorded a 3.34 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jerry Garvin, Doug Ault, Mark Wiley, Willie Upshaw, Andre Robertson, Domingo Ramos, Steve Luebber, Ernie Whitt, Luis Leal, Geno Petralli, Tom Buskey, Mike Willis, Dave Baker, Luis Rosado, Pat Kelly, Garth Iorg, Danny Ainge, Dave McKay, Steve Grilli, Ted Wilborn, Mike Sember, Joe Cannon, Butch Alberts, Mark Lemongello, Butch Edge, Dave Stieb, Ken Reynolds, Greg Wells and Jackson Todd were all players from the 1979 Syracuse Chiefs who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Vern Benson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Wiley | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.65 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 197.0 | 192 | 88 | 80 | 18 | 45 | 2 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.39 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 183.0 | 157 | 78 | 69 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 128 | 7 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jackson Todd | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.34 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 124.0 | 116 | 48 | 46 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Grilli | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.01 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 103.0 | 93 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Benson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.89 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 68 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Fore | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 92 | 45 | 37 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave May | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.02 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 92 | 56 | 46 | 8 | 47 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Stieb | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Butch Edge | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.42 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 104.0 | 89 | 41 | 28 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Mark Lemongello | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ken Reynolds | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.32 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 71 | 45 | 39 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Garvin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Leal | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Willis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.29 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 34.0 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Buskey | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jay Robertson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.72 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 3.36 | 281 | 140 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 26 | 1227.0 | 1116 | 539 | 458 | 78 | 432 | 12 | 705 | 25 | 3 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Upshaw | 140 | 591 | 526 | 71 | 131 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 90 | .249 | .318 | .395 | .713 | 208 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Garth Iorg | 121 | 498 | 430 | 65 | 121 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 44 | .281 | .351 | .388 | .740 | 167 | 4 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Doug Ault | 121 | 494 | 444 | 53 | 112 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 58 | .252 | .315 | .417 | .732 | 185 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Greg Wells | 99 | 406 | 380 | 50 | 104 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 45 | .274 | .307 | .439 | .746 | 167 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dave McKay | 96 | 408 | 353 | 54 | 95 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 72 | .269 | .347 | .385 | .732 | 136 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Ernie Whitt | 114 | 434 | 382 | 32 | 95 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 43 | .249 | .321 | .372 | .693 | 142 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Don Pisker | 111 | 443 | 385 | 57 | 95 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 111 | .247 | .336 | .408 | .743 | 157 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dave Baker | 116 | 437 | 396 | 42 | 88 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 67 | .222 | .281 | .343 | .625 | 136 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Joe Cannon | 59 | 247 | 231 | 41 | 67 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 55 | .290 | .333 | .489 | .823 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wilborn | 61 | 253 | 227 | 28 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 53 | .247 | .296 | .291 | .587 | 66 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Danny Ainge | 27 | 112 | 101 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .248 | .309 | .327 | .636 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Sember | 49 | 163 | 140 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 56 | .150 | .250 | .229 | .479 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Butch Alberts | 19 | 67 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .233 | .273 | .333 | .606 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Geno Petralli | 18 | 61 | 56 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .232 | .250 | .268 | .518 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pat Kelly | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Robertson | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1158 | 4635 | 4132 | 532 | 1040 | 178 | 57 | 83 | 500 | 43 | 30 | 377 | 745 | .252 | .316 | .383 | .699 | 1581 | 0 | 30 | 55 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Wells | 1B | 98 | 920 | 63 | 5 | 77 | .995 | 1.031 | ||||
| Willie Upshaw | 1B | 39 | 379 | 16 | 6 | 30 | .985 | 1.128 | ||||
| Doug Ault | 1B | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | 1B | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Dave McKay | 2B | 76 | 183 | 258 | 9 | 43 | .980 | 5.803 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | 2B | 37 | 67 | 107 | 8 | 23 | .956 | 4.703 | ||||
| Danny Ainge | 2B | 26 | 56 | 77 | 4 | 19 | .971 | 5.115 | ||||
| Mike Sember | 2B | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Dave Baker | 3B | 101 | 76 | 181 | 19 | 15 | .931 | 2.545 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | 3B | 35 | 28 | 68 | 8 | 4 | .923 | 2.743 | ||||
| Dave McKay | 3B | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | C | 88 | 479 | 64 | 3 | 3 | .995 | 6.170 | 4 | |||
| Geno Petralli | C | 18 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 4.389 | 1 | |||
| Pat Kelly | C | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 4.400 | 0 | |||
| Willie Upshaw | OF | 98 | 165 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .956 | 1.765 | ||||
| Don Pisker | OF | 95 | 184 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .945 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doug Ault | OF | 88 | 146 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 1.727 | ||||
| Ted Wilborn | OF | 61 | 168 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.885 | ||||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 59 | 153 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 2.661 | ||||
| Ernie Whitt | OF | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Sember | OF | 8 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.875 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Butch Alberts | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Grilli | P | 49 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .286 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 29 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.276 | ||||
| Mark Wiley | P | 27 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.148 | ||||
| Butch Edge | P | 26 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .654 | ||||
| Jackson Todd | P | 21 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| Mike Willis | P | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Ken Reynolds | P | 19 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .778 | .737 | ||||
| Dave May | P | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Chuck Fore | P | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Jay Robertson | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Buskey | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Benson | P | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jerry Garvin | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Stieb | P | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Lemongello | P | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Luis Leal | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Sember | SS | 24 | 30 | 76 | 5 | 8 | .955 | 4.417 | ||||
| Garth Iorg | SS | 24 | 44 | 75 | 3 | 15 | .975 | 4.958 | ||||
| Dave Baker | SS | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Andre Robertson | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1295 | 3308 | 1236 | 115 | 266 | .975 | 3.509 | 5 | 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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