1979 Toledo Mud Hens Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
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

1979 Toledo Mud Hens Roster

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 Mike Bacsik, Rick Sofield, John Verhoeven, Sal Butera, Gary Ward, Darrell Jackson, Paul Thormodsgard, Kevin Stanfield, Dave Coleman, Ray Smith, Jesús Vega, Greg Thayer, Hosken Powell, Dan Graham, Rudy Meoli, Dave Engle, Roger Erickson, Stan Perzanowski, Gary Serum, Terry Felton and Jeff Holly.

Cal Ermer 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
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
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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