1979 Tulsa Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 58-75
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Jimmie Schaffer (58-75)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 48,844, Avg. 734
The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 58 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Drillers scored 570 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Rick Lisi led Tulsa with 22 home runs and recorded 84 runs batted in, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .306. Charles Lamson topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.29 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Tulsa Drillers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Lisi, Chris Smith, Tony Fossas, Len Whitehouse, Nick Capra, Wayne Tolleson, Terry Bogener, Mike Richardt, Mark Mercer, Jerry Don Gleaton and John Butcher.
Jimmie Schaffer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Lamson | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.29 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 162 | 76 | 57 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| John Butcher | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5.11 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 155.0 | 197 | 106 | 88 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| David Crutcher | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.22 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 179 | 102 | 91 | 13 | 77 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Steven Nielsen | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.64 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 131.0 | 159 | 70 | 53 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Len Whitehouse | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.65 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 126 | 75 | 64 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Mark Mercer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.99 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 70.0 | 73 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Don Gleaton | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.89 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stan Jakubowski | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.09 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.0 | 50 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Rainbolt | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.55 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 61 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Finch | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.57 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 70 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Nickerson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Fossas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mel Barrow | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Kelly | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Vasquez | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10.64 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 40 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 75 | .436 | 4.47 | 258 | 133 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 20 | 1080.0 | 1232 | 653 | 536 | 77 | 466 | 22 | 661 | 38 | 12 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Lisi | 120 | 492 | 435 | 86 | 133 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 83 | .306 | .380 | .554 | .934 | 241 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chris Smith | 98 | 395 | 354 | 46 | 117 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 32 | .331 | .395 | .449 | .844 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Terry Bogener | 108 | 417 | 352 | 52 | 111 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 44 | 36 | .315 | .415 | .423 | .839 | 149 | 17 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Carney | 108 | 446 | 405 | 51 | 100 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 33 | 43 | .247 | .301 | .360 | .661 | 146 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mel Barrow | 90 | 377 | 336 | 50 | 98 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 34 | 36 | .292 | .360 | .378 | .738 | 127 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Tolleson | 130 | 484 | 418 | 43 | 98 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 56 | 79 | .234 | .327 | .297 | .624 | 124 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Mike Richardt | 68 | 291 | 272 | 50 | 89 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 24 | .327 | .365 | .482 | .846 | 131 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Barbe | 102 | 387 | 343 | 43 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 68 | .254 | .337 | .324 | .660 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Russell | 84 | 300 | 263 | 37 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 34 | .228 | .310 | .312 | .622 | 82 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Nick Capra | 66 | 240 | 212 | 29 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 32 | .278 | .353 | .354 | .707 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Cecil Strawn | 58 | 208 | 186 | 20 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 43 | .280 | .343 | .371 | .714 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Gooch | 53 | 227 | 192 | 16 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 27 | .271 | .362 | .312 | .674 | 60 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jack Ramirez | 51 | 172 | 158 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | .222 | .269 | .272 | .541 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shelton McMath | 39 | 144 | 125 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 38 | .192 | .280 | .312 | .592 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Victor Mabee | 7 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Dixon | 11 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .192 | .407 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Elwood Zebley | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1198 | 4651 | 4117 | 559 | 1125 | 182 | 36 | 63 | 498 | 128 | 60 | 431 | 612 | .273 | .347 | .381 | .727 | 1568 | 0 | 45 | 31 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Barbe | 1B | 97 | 850 | 61 | 6 | 92 | .993 | 9.392 | ||||
| Rick Lisi | 1B | 33 | 311 | 25 | 6 | 37 | .982 | 1.182 | ||||
| James Capowski | 1B | 5 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 7.200 | ||||
| Chris Smith | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Richardt | 2B | 67 | 162 | 218 | 6 | 77 | .984 | 5.672 | ||||
| Ron Gooch | 2B | 51 | 127 | 143 | 8 | 39 | .971 | 5.294 | ||||
| Nick Capra | 2B | 14 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 11 | .915 | 3.857 | ||||
| Jack Ramirez | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jack Ramirez | 3B | 49 | 24 | 99 | 10 | 13 | .925 | 2.510 | ||||
| Nick Capra | 3B | 49 | 35 | 125 | 15 | 16 | .914 | 3.265 | ||||
| Chris Smith | 3B | 22 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.727 | ||||
| James Capowski | 3B | 17 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .913 | 2.471 | ||||
| Ron Gooch | 3B | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Barbe | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Joseph Russell | C | 79 | 422 | 60 | 14 | 7 | .972 | 6.101 | 6 | |||
| Cecil Strawn | C | 52 | 241 | 39 | 8 | 6 | .972 | 5.385 | 3 | |||
| Elwood Zebley | C | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.400 | 0 | |||
| Terry Bogener | OF | 97 | 152 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.629 | ||||
| Ronald Carney | OF | 95 | 148 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.632 | ||||
| Mel Barrow | OF | 87 | 178 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .974 | 2.161 | ||||
| Rick Lisi | OF | 72 | 142 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 2.014 | ||||
| Shelton McMath | OF | 32 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.406 | ||||
| Chris Smith | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Daniel Dixon | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
| James Capowski | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Mercer | P | 40 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .325 | ||||
| Ray Rainbolt | P | 36 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| David Crutcher | P | 26 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.077 | ||||
| John Butcher | P | 26 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.423 | ||||
| Len Whitehouse | P | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .680 | ||||
| Steven Nielsen | P | 24 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .904 | 1.958 | ||||
| Charles Lamson | P | 24 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .792 | ||||
| Stan Jakubowski | P | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Finch | P | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Harold Kelly | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Jerry Vasquez | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| James Nickerson | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tony Fossas | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mel Barrow | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Wayne Tolleson | SS | 129 | 179 | 413 | 41 | 84 | .935 | 4.589 | ||||
| Nick Capra | SS | 3 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 6.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1344 | 3239 | 1471 | 172 | 410 | .965 | 3.504 | 9 | 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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