1979 Santa Clara Padres Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 47-93
Finished 5th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Joseph Volpi (47-93)
Location: Santa Clara, California
Ballpark: Washington Park
Attendance: 19,952, Avg. 285
1979 Santa Clara Padres RosterTeam Record: 47-93
Finished 5th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Joseph Volpi (47-93)
Location: Santa Clara, California
Ballpark: Washington Park
Attendance: 19,952, Avg. 285
The Santa Clara Padres of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 47 wins and 93 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Padres scored 692 runs and surrendered 984 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Bennett led Santa Clara with 17 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Steven Grimes paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .285 clip. John Hills topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 5.3 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ron Tingley and John Hobbs both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joseph Volpi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hills | 7 | 18 | .280 | 5.30 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 194 | 147 | 103 | 14 | 116 | 1 | 125 | 4 | 2 | 19 | ||
| Kent Hunziker | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.54 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 111.0 | 120 | 82 | 56 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Robert Davis | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.85 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 71 | 52 | 39 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Stephen Lettrich | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.90 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 98 | 77 | 59 | 12 | 84 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Mark Wulfemeyer | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7.45 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 57 | 59 | 48 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Mark Boggs | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.79 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101.0 | 111 | 76 | 65 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Charles Phillips | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 48 | 39 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| David Nobles | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Thomson | 28 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Krajewski | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Keen | 24 | 0.0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Fiorante | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Givens | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracy Harris | 64 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| John Hobbs | 9 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Wysocki | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Volpi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Tingley | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steven Grimes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Holmes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 24.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 65 | .270 | 5.68 | 340 | 99 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 643.0 | 716 | 547 | 406 | 53 | 442 | 3 | 453 | 31 | 14 | 90 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Grimes | 130 | 564 | 478 | 76 | 136 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 77 | 82 | .285 | .385 | .379 | .764 | 181 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jim Bennett | 137 | 554 | 479 | 66 | 123 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 80 | 10 | 6 | 61 | 89 | .257 | .339 | .426 | .765 | 204 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 91 | 417 | 350 | 61 | 106 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 36 | 21 | 66 | 57 | .303 | .412 | .360 | .772 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eric Attaway | 88 | 387 | 295 | 50 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 87 | 36 | .285 | .449 | .305 | .754 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tony Incaviglia | 108 | 419 | 322 | 64 | 84 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 85 | 99 | .261 | .418 | .366 | .784 | 118 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Donald Eagan | 100 | 380 | 313 | 53 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 70 | .256 | .382 | .361 | .743 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | 72 | 270 | 248 | 38 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38 | .274 | .319 | .431 | .750 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Martin Serrano | 61 | 201 | 172 | 26 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 20 | .250 | .350 | .267 | .617 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tadeusz Nowakowski | 54 | 189 | 176 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 48 | .222 | .267 | .295 | .563 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Caira | 43 | 182 | 166 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 40 | .211 | .258 | .325 | .584 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Robert Klebba | 31 | 125 | 116 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | .250 | .298 | .267 | .566 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Tingley | 52 | 166 | 143 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 37 | .203 | .288 | .245 | .533 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Joe Maddon | 20 | 64 | 60 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .250 | .281 | .283 | .565 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Skow | 19 | 65 | 53 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .245 | .385 | .472 | .856 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Bedrosian | 19 | 72 | 56 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .214 | .371 | .286 | .657 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edward Packard | 21 | 70 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .175 | .314 | .175 | .490 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Howard Robinson | 16 | 65 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | .153 | .231 | .186 | .417 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Lettrich | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Jones | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Hunziker | 23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Boggs | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1143 | 4212 | 3565 | 548 | 920 | 137 | 19 | 49 | 472 | 101 | 62 | 573 | 714 | .258 | .361 | .348 | .710 | 1242 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Attaway | 1B | 23 | 220 | 12 | 4 | 15 | .983 | 1.087 | ||||
| Robert Klebba | 1B | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tadeusz Nowakowski | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 87 | 209 | 241 | 27 | 49 | .943 | 5.172 | ||||
| David Bedrosian | 2B | 19 | 41 | 47 | 11 | 14 | .889 | 4.632 | ||||
| Howard Robinson | 2B | 15 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 7 | .901 | 4.267 | ||||
| Martin Serrano | 2B | 11 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .955 | 3.818 | ||||
| Robert Klebba | 2B | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steven Grimes | 2B | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .955 | 5.250 | ||||
| Dennis Caira | 2B | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ron Tingley | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Stephen Lettrich | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | 3B | 78 | 71 | 165 | 34 | 13 | .874 | 3.026 | ||||
| Robert Klebba | 3B | 24 | 14 | 57 | 6 | 5 | .922 | 2.958 | ||||
| Martin Serrano | 3B | 19 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 2 | .821 | 2.421 | ||||
| Steven Grimes | 3B | 16 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 2 | .855 | 2.938 | ||||
| Gary Skow | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Maddon | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | C | 47 | 269 | 36 | 9 | 8 | .971 | 6.489 | 12 | |||
| Ron Tingley | C | 42 | 251 | 42 | 6 | 4 | .980 | 6.976 | 7 | |||
| Tadeusz Nowakowski | C | 41 | 249 | 42 | 21 | 4 | .933 | 7.098 | 18 | |||
| Joe Maddon | C | 11 | 71 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 7.000 | 5 | |||
| Gary Skow | C | 8 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Jim Bennett | OF | 123 | 239 | 9 | 12 | 4 | .954 | 2.016 | ||||
| Donald Eagan | OF | 82 | 114 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .953 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eric Attaway | OF | 63 | 79 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .934 | 1.349 | ||||
| Dennis Caira | OF | 40 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 2.225 | ||||
| Edward Packard | OF | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.438 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | OF | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | OF | 10 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Maddon | OF | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ron Tingley | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Gary Skow | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Tommy Jones | OF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Howard Robinson | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Putman | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tadeusz Nowakowski | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stephen Lettrich | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Boggs | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tracy Harris | P | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Hills | P | 35 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .906 | .829 | ||||
| Douglas Thomson | P | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Christopher Krajewski | P | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Keen | P | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stephen Lettrich | P | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .826 | .826 | ||||
| Gary Fiorante | P | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Nobles | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kent Hunziker | P | 20 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mark Boggs | P | 20 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Mark Wulfemeyer | P | 15 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Robert Davis | P | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| John Hobbs | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Phillips | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Steven Grimes | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Paul Wysocki | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Holmes | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Givens | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Volpi | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Tingley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steven Grimes | SS | 92 | 157 | 275 | 31 | 49 | .933 | 4.696 | ||||
| Martin Serrano | SS | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | SS | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .684 | 4.333 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | SS | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Robert Klebba | SS | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1278 | 2374 | 1254 | 250 | 211 | .936 | 2.839 | 44 | 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.
