1979 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Bill Dancy (73-66)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 28,960, Avg. 417

1979 Spartanburg Phillies Roster

Playoffs - Greenwood Braves 3 games, Spartanburg Phillies 1

The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Phillies topped the league with just 593 runs allowed. Spartanburg scored 633 runs. George Bell led the team with 22 home runs, while Edwin Neal walloped 15 or more, too. George Bell drove in 102 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .305 average. Darren Burroughs paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.05 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Davis, Don Carman, Wil Culmer, Ryne Sandberg and George Bell.

Bill Dancy 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
Darren Burroughs	13	8	.619	3.05	26	26		8	1	0	183.0	158	79	62	12	71	1	180	11	4	11
Mark Davis	11	9	.550	3.20	26	26		9	5	0	166.0	147	76	59	18	49	7	135	3	5	10
John DeVincenzo	10	5	.667	1.75	50	0		0	0	12	72.0	61	24	14	2	23	3	39	1	1	5
Miguel Alicea	9	6	.600	4.32	25	25		5	2	0	146.0	163	80	70	8	61	3	75	6	5	8
Jim Rasmussen	9	9	.500	3.54	26	26		7	2	0	173.0	166	90	68	13	66	5	114	7	0	8
Don Carman	6	3	.667	3.92	37	8		3	1	0	78.0	72	36	34	3	28	2	70	2	0	3
Rip Rollins	5	10	.333	4.27	25	25		2	0	0	154.0	165	97	73	13	61	5	81	3	0	17
Carlos Cabassa	4	2	.667	2.51	32	1		0	0	0	61.0	39	24	17	1	38	8	40	4	0	4
Martin Shoemaker	2	0	1.000	0.00	3	0		0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Donald Woodward	2	6	.250	3.84	31	2		0	0	1	68.0	75	44	29	3	45	7	31	6	0	6
Dan Prior	2	8	.200	3.18	51	0		0	0	9	85.0	86	43	30	3	40	10	60	4	1	4
Totals	73	66	.525	3.45	332	139	0	34	11	22	1191.0	1133	593	456	76	483	51	830	47	16	76	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
George Bell	130	528	491	78	150	24	15	22	102	10	5	26	98	.305	.345	.550	.895	270		6	1	4
Raymond Borucki	136	582	499	83	149	32	6	5	83	13	7	74	51	.299	.387	.417	.804	208		2	1	6
Ryne Sandberg	138	612	539	83	133	21	7	4	47	21	7	64	95	.247	.328	.334	.662	180		1	8	0
Angelo Ross	102	423	382	63	112	11	4	2	33	32	13	33	47	.293	.356	.359	.715	137		5	2	1
Paul Kiess	137	544	485	44	110	17	1	5	38	3	3	48	149	.227	.299	.297	.596	144		3	6	2
Keith Washington	121	459	423	49	106	6	2	0	30	27	15	26	70	.251	.299	.274	.573	116		4	4	2
Edwin Neal	116	468	414	62	98	19	4	17	68	11	6	42	103	.237	.313	.425	.738	176		5	5	2
Wil Culmer	68	257	228	35	70	17	3	6	46	12	2	18	68	.307	.381	.487	.868	111		10	0	1
Jeffrey Ulrich	94	365	309	34	66	11	0	2	29	4	2	44	66	.214	.321	.269	.590	83		6	4	2
Philip Thomson	81	248	201	34	44	7	0	1	22	3	1	41	30	.219	.364	.269	.633	54		5	1	0
Aaron Navarette	91	290	239	29	39	3	3	0	10	3	2	44	47	.163	.296	.201	.497	48		2	3	2
Michael Henson	49	152	137	14	28	5	0	0	14	0	0	9	42	.204	.253	.241	.494	33		1	2	3
Alvin White	32	65	53	11	12	1	1	1	7	1	3	11	11	.226	.369	.340	.709	18		1	0	0
David Littlefield	14	46	41	5	9	2	0	1	6	0	0	5	8	.220	.304	.341	.646	14		0	0	0
Dean Baugh	15	33	31	6	6	3	0	2	3	0	0	1	9	.194	.242	.484	.726	15		1	0	0
Rip Rollins	25	39	32	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.094	.237	.188	.424	6		0	1	0
Darren Burroughs	26	12	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.222	.586	2		0	1	0
Jim Rasmussen	26	15	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	2		0	1	0
Don Carman	37	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	2	0
Miguel Alicea	25	9	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.250	.286	.536	2		0	1	0
Mark Davis	26	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	2	0
Dan Prior	51	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John DeVincenzo	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Miguel Cuevas	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Carlos Cabassa	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Donald Woodward	31	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1657	5183	4563	633	1142	183	46	68	543	140	66	498	928	.250	.329	.355	.685	1621	0	52	45	25	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Kiess	1B	137	1290	61	24	109	.983	9.861
Alvin White	1B	4	18	1	0	3	1.000	4.750
Aaron Navarette	2B	90	200	207	20	49	.953	4.522
Philip Thomson	2B	66	121	157	19	41	.936	4.212
Raymond Borucki	3B	132	109	311	19	18	.957	3.182
Philip Thomson	3B	6	5	8	2	1	.867	2.167
Dean Baugh	3B	5	4	4	2	1	.800	1.600
Jeffrey Ulrich	C	92	559	69	8	6	.987	6.826	14
Michael Henson	C	40	248	11	8	1	.970	6.475	11
David Littlefield	C	12	73	10	4	3	.954	6.917	2
Miguel Cuevas	C	2	3	1	1	1	.800	2.000	0
Keith Washington	OF	116	226	19	7	4	.972	2.112
George Bell	OF	114	206	14	8	1	.965	1.930
Angelo Ross	OF	93	175	14	7	2	.964	2.032
Edwin Neal	OF	73	115	6	9	1	.931	1.658
Wil Culmer	OF	28	40	2	8	1	.840	1.500
Alvin White	OF	7	17	0	0	0	1.000	2.429
Dan Prior	P	51	4	13	2	2	.895	.333
John DeVincenzo	P	50	3	15	3	0	.857	.360
Don Carman	P	37	1	10	0	1	1.000	.297
Carlos Cabassa	P	32	5	15	2	2	.909	.625
Donald Woodward	P	31	1	7	2	0	.800	.258
Jim Rasmussen	P	26	8	20	0	4	1.000	1.077
Mark Davis	P	26	6	20	5	0	.839	1.000
Darren Burroughs	P	26	2	27	1	1	.967	1.115
Rip Rollins	P	25	1	17	4	0	.818	.720
Miguel Alicea	P	25	3	24	0	4	1.000	1.080
Martin Shoemaker	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Ryne Sandberg	SS	138	134	467	35	80	.945	4.355
Philip Thomson	SS	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Totals		1489	3578	1532	200	336	.962	3.432	27	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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