1979 Spokane Indians Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-79
Finished 5th in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Rene Lachemann (68-79)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 217,300, Avg. 2,956

1979 Spokane Indians Roster

The Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 68 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.

The Indians scored 705 runs and gave up 779 runs. Jack Pierce paced Spokane with 16 home runs, and Danny Walton walloped 15 or more, too. Royle Stillman and Jack Pierce each drove in 90 runs. Reggie Walton led batters with significant playing time by hitting .322. Jim Lewis topped the squad with 13 wins, while Gary Lance recorded a 2.94 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Spokane Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Danny Walton, Terry Bulling, Mike Potter, Juan Bernhardt, Joe Decker, Jack Heidemann, Rob Dressler, Reggie Walton, Royle Stillman, Bill Plummer, Randy Stein, Jack Pierce, Ed Crosby, Steve Stroughter, Ken Pape, Rod Craig, Rafael Vásquez, Mike Davey, Steve Burke, Gary Wheelock, Charlie Beamon, Gary Lance, Bud Anderson and Jim Lewis.

Rene Lachemann 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
Jim Lewis	13	11	.542	3.69	28	28		8	1	0	183.0	206	95	75	10	56	2	98	3	0	5
Gary Lance	10	8	.556	2.94	54	10		2	0	5	147.0	161	73	48	3	56	5	73	4	1	3
Greg Biercevicz	10	10	.500	4.72	24	22		5	1	0	141.0	166	91	74	15	41	1	66	2	0	7
Rafael Vásquez	8	11	.421	5.36	22	21		9	0	0	126.0	153	90	75	11	50	1	63	2	1	4
Gary Wheelock	7	5	.583	4.36	18	15		2	0	0	97.0	118	53	47	7	30	2	19	2	1	3
Mike Davey	4	4	.500	3.91	66	1		0	0	12	92.0	103	46	40	4	39	4	64	0	1	1
Steve Burke	3	1	.750	6.80	40	1		0	0	2	82.0	116	80	62	3	40	0	42	3	0	12
Joe Decker	3	2	.600	3.06	29	4		0	0	5	53.0	51	21	18	0	34	4	29	0	0	4
Rob Dressler	3	4	.429	3.77	10	10		4	0	0	74.0	76	36	31	2	24	1	39	0	0	3
Robert Simond	2	6	.250	5.24	12	12		1	0	0	67.0	90	53	39	4	42	0	38	1	2	4
Bud Anderson	2	13	.133	6.43	19	19		1	0	0	105.0	124	84	75	7	60	0	56	2	0	2
Rob Pietroburgo	1	4	.200	6.17	32	0		0	0	1	54.0	62	40	37	6	17	0	33	0	0	1
Randy Stein					4						0.0
Charlie Beamon	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Plummer	0	0		18.00	2	0		0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Crosby	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	66	79	.455	4.60	362	143	0	32	2	25	1224.0	1430	766	625	72	494	20	620	19	6	49	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
Reggie Walton	122	498	463	79	149	31	7	11	76	9	5	29	71	.322	.362	.490	.852	227		2	1	3
Danny Walton	146	595	522	71	135	39	0	15	81	2	2	60	103	.259	.340	.420	.760	219		7	1	5
Jack Pierce	133	529	472	64	132	27	4	16	90	1	2	48	92	.280	.343	.456	.799	215		1	2	6
Manny Estrada	116	452	398	66	107	26	1	1	34	13	4	46	32	.269	.344	.347	.690	138		1	4	3
Juan Bernhardt	98	413	391	43	106	18	2	3	49	1	2	17	22	.271	.303	.350	.653	137		2	0	3
Mike Potter	117	452	407	47	101	12	4	5	47	1	2	40	87	.248	.315	.334	.649	136		0	4	1
Bill Plummer	116	424	369	37	94	12	2	4	46	1	1	42	66	.255	.332	.331	.662	122		3	5	5
Steve Stroughter	81	342	300	58	90	18	5	12	43	6	4	36	35	.300	.375	.513	.888	154		1	3	2
Ed Crosby	103	380	338	50	81	11	4	0	36	3	1	35	23	.240	.313	.296	.609	100		2	3	2
Jack Heidemann	100	387	339	45	80	17	2	0	36	2	4	37	53	.236	.305	.298	.603	101		0	4	7
Charlie Beamon	52	219	204	31	72	14	4	2	35	11	3	14	9	.353	.397	.490	.887	100		1	0	0
Rod Craig	46	204	181	36	57	8	2	2	13	16	6	18	18	.315	.378	.414	.792	75		1	3	1
Terry Bulling	52	184	160	23	54	14	2	2	18	2	2	22	18	.338	.421	.488	.908	78		1	1	0
Ken Pape	45	122	111	14	35	6	1	0	9	1	2	10	9	.315	.372	.387	.759	43		0	1	0
Ed Pebley	21	91	79	11	24	4	0	0	2	1	1	12	8	.304	.396	.354	.750	28		0	0	0
Frankie George	16	58	51	9	16	4	0	1	5	1	1	6	6	.314	.397	.451	.848	23		1	0	0
Greg Biagini	19	74	66	12	16	3	2	1	10	0	0	7	17	.242	.311	.394	.705	26		0	0	1
Rafael Vásquez	23	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Rob Pietroburgo	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Steve Burke	42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1481	5430	4856	698	1350	264	42	75	630	71	42	480	671	.278	.343	.396	.739	1923	0	23	32	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jack Pierce	1B	130	1172	80	17	115	.987	9.631
Charlie Beamon	1B	12	108	11	2	8	.983	9.917
Juan Bernhardt	1B	7	45	3	1	2	.980	6.857
Bill Plummer	1B	3	22	0	1	3	.957	7.333
Ken Pape	1B	2	15	1	1	1	.941	8.000
Danny Walton	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jack Heidemann	2B	88	169	300	13	64	.973	5.330
Manny Estrada	2B	54	113	156	10	55	.964	4.981
Ed Pebley	2B	5	13	13	1	4	.963	5.200
Ken Pape	2B	2	2	7	0	1	1.000	4.500
Ed Crosby	2B	2	1	4	1	1	.833	2.500
Juan Bernhardt	2B	2	6	7	0	3	1.000	6.500
Juan Bernhardt	3B	75	72	127	12	10	.943	2.653
Manny Estrada	3B	33	22	49	6	5	.922	2.152
Greg Biagini	3B	17	15	30	5	2	.900	2.647
Ken Pape	3B	13	9	18	2	3	.931	2.077
Bill Plummer	3B	9	5	11	1	4	.941	1.778
Ed Crosby	3B	4	1	6	1	0	.875	1.750
Jack Pierce	3B	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ed Pebley	3B	2	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.500
Bill Plummer	C	102	467	49	13	9	.975	5.059	9
Terry Bulling	C	50	218	31	4	3	.984	4.980	8
Reggie Walton	OF	120	298	7	9	0	.971	2.542
Mike Potter	OF	117	206	13	7	4	.969	1.872
Steve Stroughter	OF	79	143	9	3	0	.981	1.924
Rod Craig	OF	45	113	2	1	1	.991	2.556
Charlie Beamon	OF	40	85	3	2	0	.978	2.200
Juan Bernhardt	OF	17	33	1	1	0	.971	2.000
Frankie George	OF	16	36	1	0	0	1.000	2.312
Manny Estrada	OF	5	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.400
Greg Biagini	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mike Davey	P	66	2	11	0	0	1.000	.197
Gary Lance	P	54	7	20	1	0	.964	.500
Steve Burke	P	40	7	18	3	3	.893	.625
Rob Pietroburgo	P	32	0	6	1	0	.857	.188
Joe Decker	P	29	4	11	0	0	1.000	.517
Jim Lewis	P	28	15	35	4	2	.926	1.786
Greg Biercevicz	P	24	11	22	6	0	.846	1.375
Rafael Vásquez	P	22	11	12	1	2	.958	1.045
Bud Anderson	P	19	4	15	3	0	.864	1.000
Gary Wheelock	P	18	8	17	1	1	.962	1.389
Robert Simond	P	12	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.500
Rob Dressler	P	10	4	20	1	0	.960	2.400
Randy Stein	P	4						.000
Bill Plummer	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Crosby	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Charlie Beamon	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ed Crosby	SS	92	153	254	26	61	.940	4.424
Manny Estrada	SS	26	35	79	13	15	.898	4.385
Ed Pebley	SS	14	24	53	6	10	.928	5.500
Ken Pape	SS	14	17	41	8	5	.879	4.143
Jack Heidemann	SS	8	10	21	0	6	1.000	3.875
Totals		1572	3726	1592	188	406	.966	3.383	17	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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