1979 Tacoma Tugs Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-73
Finished 2nd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Gene Dusan (74-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 181,443, Avg. 2,469

1979 Tacoma Tugs Roster

The Tacoma Tugs of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Tugs scored 662 runs and gave up 689 runs. Wayne Cage led Tacoma with 13 home runs Mike Champion drove in 71 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Tom Brennan paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.17 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Tacoma Tugs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Stanton, Juan Berenguer, Hugh Yancy, Rob Ellis, Rich Chiles, Ron Hassey, Sandy Wihtol, Horace Speed, Sheldon Mallory, Mike Champion, Jerry Dybzinski, Bobby Cuellar, Mike Garman, Tom Brown, Larry Lintz, Wayne Cage, Bob Allietta, Vic Albury, Dave Oliver, Dell Alston, Taylor Duncan, Larry Andersen, Tom Brennan and Bo Díaz.

Gene Dusan 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
Tom Brennan	12	7	.632	3.17	26	26		8	3	0	176.0	176	70	62	8	38	4	102	6	1	3
Larry Andersen	10	6	.625	4.02	27	12		4	0	4	112.0	124	59	50	5	32	2	52	3	1	2
Juan Berenguer	8	8	.500	4.88	26	26		4	0	0	166.0	128	101	90	11	129	1	220	3	1	17
Rick Borchers	7	5	.583	4.38	24	16		3	1	1	109.0	108	75	53	11	60	3	38	1	0	4
Nate Puryear	7	10	.412	4.93	19	19		6	1	0	115.0	127	74	63	4	67	2	50	4	0	4
Gary Melson	6	9	.400	3.55	26	21		5	1	0	137.0	134	69	54	6	68	2	105	7	3	3
Vic Albury	5	3	.625	4.58	13	9		0	0	0	53.0	64	29	27	5	25	1	20	0	0	2
Sandy Wihtol	5	5	.500	2.44	49	0		0	0	16	85.0	73	24	23	4	38	8	73	2	1	5
Mike Stanton	3	3	.500	2.40	8	7		3	1	0	45.0	43	17	12	1	23	3	34	2	0	4
Bobby Cuellar	3	7	.300	3.33	37	4		1	0	4	127.0	127	61	47	6	53	9	69	2	1	4
Steve Narleski	1	1	.500	4.09	4	1		0	0	0	11.0	7	7	5	1	5	1	4	0	1	1
Todd Heimer	1	1	.500	4.95	7	0		0	0	0	20.0	14	16	11	1	32	0	14	0	0	3
Carl Nicholson	1	2	.333	6.90	6	6		0	0	0	30.0	43	27	23	3	22	0	20	1	1	6
Mike Garman					21						0.0
Tom Brown					19						0.0
Jesse Wright	0	1	.000	14.62	5	0		0	0	0	8.0	12	13	13	0	9	0	4	1	0	2
Totals	69	68	.504	4.02	317	147	0	34	7	25	1194.0	1180	642	533	66	601	36	805	32	10	60	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
Mike Champion	136	561	501	62	156	19	4	3	71	12	7	43	78	.311	.366	.383	.750	192		4	7	6
Dave Oliver	134	559	493	65	140	17	7	1	69	6	3	49	42	.284	.345	.353	.698	174		1	9	7
Rich Chiles	130	512	455	58	119	29	3	5	61	11	6	47	47	.262	.331	.371	.703	169		2	5	3
Jerry Dybzinski	132	545	469	58	119	16	3	1	25	25	10	52	58	.254	.335	.307	.642	144		7	13	4
Tim Norrid	135	498	421	61	113	16	3	8	55	4	11	64	73	.268	.365	.378	.743	159		3	5	5
Bob Allietta	107	375	319	40	96	14	1	3	46	5	5	36	21	.301	.381	.379	.760	121		7	10	3
Hugh Yancy	96	366	313	46	87	13	0	3	34	10	1	40	31	.278	.351	.348	.699	109		0	4	9
Wayne Cage	86	362	315	47	87	14	3	13	55	1	2	42	77	.276	.359	.463	.823	146		0	3	2
Dell Alston	75	353	310	58	83	13	5	1	33	43	11	35	28	.268	.337	.352	.689	109		0	3	5
Sheldon Mallory	86	350	289	48	79	11	2	6	33	26	11	52	45	.273	.391	.388	.778	112		5	2	2
Sal Rende	69	279	237	34	62	6	3	5	31	2	1	40	32	.262	.369	.376	.745	89		1	0	1
Ron Hassey	44	185	157	25	53	10	0	3	27	2	1	23	15	.338	.415	.459	.874	72		0	2	3
Horace Speed	66	270	219	35	45	5	2	4	18	9	3	45	79	.205	.342	.301	.643	66		1	4	1
Bo Díaz	34	124	115	5	28	7	0	2	11	0	0	5	21	.243	.275	.357	.632	41		0	4	0
Steve Narleski	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Lintz	3	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0	0
Bobby Cuellar	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Juan Berenguer	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Nate Puryear	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1423	5356	4629	645	1267	190	36	58	570	156	72	574	651	.274	.354	.368	.722	1703	0	31	71	51	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wayne Cage	1B	76	660	73	9	64	.988	9.645
Sal Rende	1B	56	500	30	3	42	.994	9.464
Tim Norrid	1B	9	71	5	1	4	.987	8.444
Dell Alston	1B	6	38	3	0	5	1.000	6.833
Bob Allietta	1B	6	24	1	1	4	.962	4.167
Dave Oliver	2B	129	250	363	22	74	.965	4.752
Hugh Yancy	2B	23	35	48	6	7	.933	3.609
Larry Lintz	2B	3	5	6	2	1	.846	3.667
Mike Champion	2B	3	5	5	1	0	.909	3.333
Mike Champion	3B	117	68	214	16	12	.946	2.410
Hugh Yancy	3B	16	15	26	6	4	.872	2.562
Tim Norrid	3B	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.333
Ron Hassey	3B	2	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.500
Bob Allietta	C	83	387	45	5	6	.989	5.205	8
Ron Hassey	C	38	281	42	2	3	.994	8.500	3
Bo Díaz	C	31	223	24	5	4	.980	7.968	2
Tim Norrid	C	4	8	1	1	0	.900	2.250	0
Rich Chiles	OF	118	188	11	4	2	.980	1.686
Tim Norrid	OF	94	178	8	7	0	.964	1.979
Sheldon Mallory	OF	75	168	1	8	0	.955	2.253
Horace Speed	OF	65	124	4	4	0	.970	1.969
Dell Alston	OF	63	132	10	6	2	.959	2.254
Hugh Yancy	OF	25	21	1	4	1	.846	.880
Mike Champion	OF	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Bob Allietta	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Sandy Wihtol	P	49	5	16	1	4	.955	.429
Bobby Cuellar	P	37	7	14	2	0	.913	.568
Larry Andersen	P	27	14	24	2	3	.950	1.407
Gary Melson	P	26	14	8	5	2	.815	.846
Tom Brennan	P	26	12	35	2	1	.959	1.808
Juan Berenguer	P	26	11	15	2	1	.929	1.000
Rick Borchers	P	24	9	25	3	5	.919	1.417
Mike Garman	P	21						.000
Nate Puryear	P	19	11	19	3	1	.909	1.579
Tom Brown	P	19						.000
Vic Albury	P	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Stanton	P	8	2	11	1	2	.929	1.625
Todd Heimer	P	7	0	3	1	0	.750	.429
Carl Nicholson	P	6	0	5	1	1	.833	.833
Jesse Wright	P	5	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.200
Steve Narleski	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Jerry Dybzinski	SS	132	269	409	30	91	.958	5.136
Mike Champion	SS	16	16	33	6	7	.891	3.062
Dave Oliver	SS	6	9	16	1	3	.962	4.167
Totals		1521	3769	1578	174	357	.968	3.515	13	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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