
1979 Toledo Mud Hens Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Cal Ermer (63-76)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Ballpark: Ned Skeldon Stadium
Attendance: 148,592, Avg. 2,138
The Toledo Mud Hens of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.
The Mud Hens scored 573 runs and allowed 591 runs. Dave Coleman led Toledo with 20 home runs Jesús Vega drove in 72 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .293. Terry Sheehan paced the squad with 10 wins, while Paul Thormodsgard earned a 2.94 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Toledo Mud Hens who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rick Sofield, Mike Bacsik, John Verhoeven, Sal Butera, Dave Coleman, Gary Ward, Darrell Jackson, Kevin Stanfield, Paul Thormodsgard, Greg Thayer, Ray Smith, Hosken Powell, Dan Graham, Rudy Meoli, Dave Engle, Jesús Vega, Gary Serum, Stan Perzanowski, Jeff Holly, Roger Erickson and Terry Felton.
Cal Ermer 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Sheehan | 10 | 10 | .500 | 5.66 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 163 | 103 | 93 | 19 | 66 | 2 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 9 | ||
Kevin Stanfield | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.11 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 171.0 | 180 | 89 | 78 | 12 | 58 | 4 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||
Terry Felton | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.42 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 184.0 | 156 | 89 | 70 | 17 | 74 | 4 | 127 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||
Paul Thormodsgard | 7 | 13 | .350 | 2.94 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 196.0 | 186 | 86 | 64 | 17 | 61 | 3 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ||
Darrell Jackson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.64 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 80 | 41 | 36 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
John Verhoeven | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.97 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 100.0 | 96 | 42 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Bruce MacPherson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.56 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 96 | 44 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Jeff Holly | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.88 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 71 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Greg Thayer | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.54 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 84.0 | 77 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Roger Erickson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.59 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mike Bacsik | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gary Serum | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Thomas Sain | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stan Perzanowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 63 | 76 | .453 | 3.61 | 296 | 139 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 16 | 1214.0 | 1182 | 593 | 487 | 88 | 464 | 40 | 707 | 53 | 5 | 68 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Ward | 134 | 577 | 506 | 75 | 133 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 67 | 17 | 9 | 58 | 92 | .263 | .340 | .407 | .747 | 206 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
Jesús Vega | 129 | 508 | 450 | 62 | 132 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 63 | .293 | .351 | .447 | .798 | 201 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
Dave Coleman | 134 | 555 | 485 | 65 | 115 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 98 | .237 | .321 | .425 | .745 | 206 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
Dave Engle | 106 | 390 | 363 | 46 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 54 | .287 | .332 | .397 | .728 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dan Graham | 119 | 468 | 403 | 48 | 86 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 78 | .213 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
Dennis Mantick | 107 | 372 | 323 | 39 | 77 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 76 | .238 | .303 | .276 | .578 | 89 | 2 | 15 | 3 | ||
Archie Amerson | 103 | 372 | 333 | 39 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 51 | .231 | .300 | .393 | .693 | 131 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Sal Butera | 78 | 266 | 236 | 20 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 16 | .297 | .360 | .377 | .737 | 89 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
Francisco Vilorio | 83 | 311 | 282 | 26 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 29 | .241 | .293 | .305 | .598 | 86 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
Ray Smith | 78 | 260 | 233 | 24 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 19 | .249 | .297 | .322 | .619 | 75 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
Rudy Meoli | 51 | 222 | 189 | 36 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 37 | .265 | .360 | .365 | .725 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Rick Sofield | 54 | 217 | 177 | 28 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 40 | .237 | .363 | .339 | .702 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Doc Estes | 62 | 180 | 163 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | .245 | .299 | .350 | .649 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
Alexis Ramirez | 27 | 95 | 85 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .235 | .293 | .259 | .552 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Wayne Caughey | 31 | 124 | 105 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | .190 | .303 | .248 | .551 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Hosken Powell | 10 | 52 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .250 | .365 | .318 | .684 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1306 | 4969 | 4377 | 553 | 1103 | 181 | 30 | 89 | 511 | 63 | 36 | 463 | 693 | .252 | .324 | .368 | .692 | 1611 | 0 | 20 | 71 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesús Vega | 1B | 93 | 890 | 53 | 8 | 92 | .992 | 1.140 | ||||
Dan Graham | 1B | 30 | 245 | 25 | 5 | 13 | .982 | 9.000 | ||||
Dave Coleman | 1B | 10 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 9.600 | ||||
Doc Estes | 1B | 8 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .959 | 8.875 | ||||
Dennis Mantick | 2B | 106 | 254 | 319 | 9 | 72 | .985 | 5.406 | ||||
Francisco Vilorio | 2B | 28 | 42 | 68 | 2 | 14 | .982 | 3.929 | ||||
Rudy Meoli | 2B | 23 | 43 | 57 | 1 | 12 | .990 | 4.348 | ||||
Dave Engle | 3B | 87 | 72 | 197 | 23 | 22 | .921 | 3.092 | ||||
Dan Graham | 3B | 51 | 42 | 107 | 14 | 13 | .914 | 2.922 | ||||
Dave Coleman | 3B | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Sal Butera | C | 75 | 392 | 33 | 11 | 1 | .975 | 5.667 | 6 | |||
Ray Smith | C | 73 | 358 | 28 | 11 | 3 | .972 | 5.288 | 5 | |||
Gary Ward | OF | 130 | 323 | 12 | 11 | 2 | .968 | 2.577 | ||||
Dave Coleman | OF | 110 | 222 | 16 | 8 | 6 | .967 | 2.164 | ||||
Archie Amerson | OF | 77 | 115 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.545 | ||||
Rick Sofield | OF | 51 | 89 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .939 | 1.824 | ||||
Hosken Powell | OF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
Doc Estes | OF | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
Jesús Vega | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
John Verhoeven | P | 50 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .460 | ||||
Greg Thayer | P | 46 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .326 | ||||
Jeff Holly | P | 38 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Kevin Stanfield | P | 29 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 1.069 | ||||
Paul Thormodsgard | P | 28 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
Terry Sheehan | P | 28 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.071 | ||||
Terry Felton | P | 28 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
Bruce MacPherson | P | 16 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.938 | ||||
Darrell Jackson | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .929 | ||||
Mike Bacsik | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .429 | ||||
Roger Erickson | P | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Stan Perzanowski | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Gary Serum | P | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Thomas Sain | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Francisco Vilorio | SS | 56 | 94 | 163 | 15 | 40 | .945 | 4.589 | ||||
Rudy Meoli | SS | 34 | 37 | 96 | 5 | 14 | .964 | 3.912 | ||||
Wayne Caughey | SS | 31 | 56 | 93 | 12 | 21 | .925 | 4.806 | ||||
Alexis Ramirez | SS | 27 | 36 | 66 | 6 | 14 | .944 | 3.778 | ||||
Totals | 1418 | 3565 | 1544 | 176 | 364 | .967 | 3.603 | 11 | 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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