1979 Shelby Pirates Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-78
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Zimmer (56-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 15,570, Avg. 232
1979 Shelby Pirates RosterTeam Record: 56-78
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Tom Zimmer (56-78)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: Veterans Stadium
Attendance: 15,570, Avg. 232
The Shelby Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 56 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Pirates scored 564 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 675 runs. Eddie Vargas walloped 31 home runs for Shelby, while Patrick Rubino swatted 20 or more also. Eddie Vargas drove in 78 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .282. Thomas Siebert led the team with 7 wins, and Michael Brown recorded a 5.29 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Shelby Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Chip Lang, Doug Frobel, Eddie Vargas and Jeff Zaske.
Tom Zimmer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Siebert | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.93 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 91 | 55 | 38 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Luis Jimenez | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.57 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 84.0 | 67 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Brown | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.29 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 111 | 86 | 67 | 11 | 76 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Crucito Carvajal | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.57 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56.0 | 58 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Angel Barez | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.72 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104.0 | 93 | 52 | 43 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Jeff Zaske | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.22 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 91 | 80 | 58 | 7 | 96 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Michael Pill | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.47 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 74 | 42 | 32 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Taylor | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Arthur Ray | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.94 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 45 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ignacio Martinez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.09 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35.0 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Walter Wojton | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.04 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 83.0 | 68 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chip Lang | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Kirby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.52 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Lance Dodd | 1 | 6 | .143 | 8.35 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 65 | 64 | 51 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Donald Cline | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Merulla | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sergio Peralta | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cicatiello | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Brauer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fernando Guerra | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.04 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Huey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 71 | .418 | 4.23 | 295 | 121 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 1015.0 | 953 | 628 | 477 | 75 | 594 | 10 | 785 | 36 | 21 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Vargas | 126 | 474 | 440 | 76 | 124 | 23 | 5 | 31 | 78 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 101 | .282 | .329 | .568 | .897 | 250 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Patrick Rubino | 122 | 443 | 367 | 64 | 97 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 65 | .264 | .381 | .425 | .807 | 156 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Carlos Rios | 128 | 439 | 391 | 46 | 97 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 38 | 56 | .248 | .316 | .302 | .618 | 118 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 117 | 404 | 357 | 48 | 85 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 99 | .238 | .306 | .336 | .642 | 120 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Wesley Hair | 87 | 326 | 293 | 33 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 62 | .239 | .307 | .328 | .635 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| James Poff | 97 | 343 | 304 | 36 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 64 | .220 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 97 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Brad Garnett | 103 | 343 | 311 | 36 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 103 | .196 | .269 | .367 | .636 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Merulla | 85 | 279 | 229 | 34 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 45 | .249 | .375 | .362 | .738 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| William Waag | 60 | 230 | 210 | 33 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 28 | .267 | .330 | .324 | .654 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrell Salazar | 56 | 200 | 184 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 29 | .272 | .325 | .429 | .754 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jessie Daniels | 43 | 164 | 151 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 31 | .305 | .348 | .430 | .778 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Brauer | 50 | 167 | 135 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 37 | .207 | .333 | .274 | .607 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Doug Frobel | 48 | 142 | 130 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | .185 | .223 | .277 | .500 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Olszak | 25 | 96 | 83 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | .265 | .344 | .349 | .693 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Faulconer | 38 | 127 | 107 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 33 | .196 | .298 | .262 | .560 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Raul Andino | 25 | 98 | 80 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 11 | .212 | .340 | .350 | .690 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Angel Rodriguez | 29 | 78 | 76 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .211 | .231 | .368 | .599 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Cicatiello | 22 | 70 | 64 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .234 | .300 | .406 | .706 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Berquis Baez | 22 | 83 | 72 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | .208 | .313 | .250 | .563 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Riemer | 20 | 68 | 60 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .150 | .235 | .350 | .585 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Fleming | 16 | 57 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .104 | .228 | .146 | .374 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Johnny Taylor | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Zimmer | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pill | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Ray | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chip Lang | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Barez | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Wojton | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Zaske | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Siebert | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Brown | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Crucito Carvajal | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Jimenez | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ignacio Martinez | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1532 | 4667 | 4124 | 564 | 992 | 155 | 30 | 103 | 475 | 139 | 71 | 434 | 900 | .241 | .318 | .368 | .686 | 1516 | 0 | 45 | 44 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 118 | 863 | 49 | 10 | 72 | .989 | 7.729 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | 1B | 18 | 138 | 10 | 2 | 10 | .987 | 8.222 | ||||
| Terrell Salazar | 1B | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Brad Garnett | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| James Poff | 2B | 58 | 111 | 136 | 12 | 31 | .954 | 4.259 | ||||
| William Waag | 2B | 51 | 95 | 110 | 10 | 21 | .953 | 4.020 | ||||
| Jessie Daniels | 2B | 35 | 60 | 62 | 8 | 12 | .938 | 3.486 | ||||
| Robert Brauer | 2B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | 3B | 46 | 46 | 67 | 12 | 4 | .904 | 2.457 | ||||
| James Poff | 3B | 29 | 25 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .937 | 2.034 | ||||
| Terrell Salazar | 3B | 22 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .857 | 1.364 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | 3B | 20 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 4 | .852 | 2.600 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | 3B | 14 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Brauer | 3B | 14 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .778 | 1.500 | ||||
| Angel Rodriguez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Patrick Rubino | C | 104 | 636 | 91 | 9 | 8 | .988 | 6.990 | 20 | |||
| Tony Merulla | C | 37 | 201 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 6.000 | 5 | |||
| Angel Rodriguez | C | 8 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 4.125 | 1 | |||
| Wesley Hair | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 97 | 190 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .951 | 2.021 | ||||
| Brad Garnett | OF | 84 | 122 | 5 | 16 | 3 | .888 | 1.512 | ||||
| Charles Faulconer | OF | 36 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | OF | 35 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .895 | 1.457 | ||||
| Robert Brauer | OF | 27 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .878 | 1.333 | ||||
| Raul Andino | OF | 24 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.875 | ||||
| Thomas Olszak | OF | 23 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.565 | ||||
| Gary Cicatiello | OF | 22 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.545 | ||||
| Berquis Baez | OF | 21 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.524 | ||||
| Mark Riemer | OF | 20 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Steven Fleming | OF | 15 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.867 | ||||
| Angel Rodriguez | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| James Poff | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Merulla | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jessie Daniels | OF | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Walter Wojton | P | 34 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .441 | ||||
| Crucito Carvajal | P | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
| Jeff Zaske | P | 25 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .722 | .520 | ||||
| Michael Brown | P | 24 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .958 | ||||
| Lance Dodd | P | 20 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .350 | ||||
| Thomas Siebert | P | 16 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 1.188 | ||||
| Ignacio Martinez | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Luis Jimenez | P | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .812 | ||||
| Angel Barez | P | 16 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .829 | 1.812 | ||||
| John Huey | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Donald Cline | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fernando Guerra | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Michael Pill | P | 12 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Sergio Peralta | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Arthur Ray | P | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Dennis Kirby | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chip Lang | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Merulla | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Cicatiello | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Brauer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Rios | SS | 127 | 230 | 316 | 48 | 63 | .919 | 4.299 | ||||
| William Waag | SS | 8 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .833 | 3.125 | ||||
| Robert Brauer | SS | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3290 | 1195 | 224 | 257 | .952 | 3.076 | 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.
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