1979 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 4th in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (73-67)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 111,570, Avg. 1,594
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Tidewater Tides 1
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the IL.
The Tides surrendered 533 runs, least in the league. Tidewater plated 527 runs, worst in the circuit,. Marshall Brant paced the squad with 22 home runs and accounted for 65 RBI. Mookie Wilson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .267. Scott Holman topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.99 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1979 Tidewater Tides who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jesse Orosco, Mario Ramirez, Hubie Brooks, Ed Glynn, Kelvin Chapman, Butch Benton, Bob Apodaca, Mike Scott, John Pacella, Ron Washington, Jeff Reardon, Sergio Ferrer, Bob Myrick, Earl Stephenson, Marshall Brant, Roy Lee Jackson, Bob Gorinski, Dwight Bernard, Scott Holman, Tom Hausman, Mike Bruhert, José Moreno, Dan Norman, Mookie Wilson and Luis Rosado.
Frank Verdi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Holman | 13 | 7 | .650 | 1.99 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 149.0 | 125 | 45 | 33 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Roy Lee Jackson | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.74 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 137.0 | 143 | 63 | 57 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Scott | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | 103 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Michael Van De Casteele | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.37 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 154 | 70 | 65 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| John Pacella | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.68 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 129 | 65 | 58 | 4 | 61 | 2 | 95 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Hausman | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.50 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 75 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Reardon | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.09 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 69.0 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jesse Orosco | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.89 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 82 | 45 | 35 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Myrick | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Clark | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.62 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 44 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dwight Bernard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.77 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 61.0 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Bruhert | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.42 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50.0 | 51 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Earl Stephenson | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Cipot | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Glynn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Thurberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Pearson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Apodaca | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 71 | 64 | .526 | 3.58 | 330 | 140 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 37 | 1134.0 | 1093 | 511 | 451 | 57 | 406 | 34 | 661 | 29 | 4 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mookie Wilson | 141 | 590 | 529 | 84 | 141 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 49 | 12 | 45 | 91 | .267 | .332 | .374 | .706 | 198 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Marshall Brant | 138 | 541 | 488 | 58 | 123 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 119 | .252 | .312 | .439 | .750 | 214 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| José Moreno | 119 | 463 | 407 | 49 | 104 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 59 | .256 | .335 | .339 | .674 | 138 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ed Cipot | 124 | 459 | 370 | 40 | 92 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 56 | .249 | .387 | .384 | .771 | 142 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Kelvin Chapman | 106 | 409 | 352 | 45 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 45 | 57 | .241 | .341 | .318 | .659 | 112 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dan Norman | 81 | 330 | 297 | 35 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 40 | .276 | .340 | .431 | .771 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mario Ramirez | 132 | 419 | 376 | 42 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 92 | .218 | .276 | .303 | .579 | 114 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Ron Washington | 83 | 303 | 273 | 18 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 56 | .264 | .317 | .352 | .668 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Butch Benton | 94 | 340 | 313 | 39 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 54 | .198 | .252 | .262 | .514 | 82 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Gorinski | 61 | 191 | 179 | 19 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 53 | .201 | .251 | .363 | .614 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sergio Ferrer | 29 | 130 | 104 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 16 | .192 | .325 | .298 | .623 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Juan Monasterio | 24 | 89 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .202 | .239 | .333 | .572 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rogers | 20 | 75 | 68 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .206 | .270 | .265 | .535 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Hough | 28 | 78 | 70 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .157 | .231 | .229 | .459 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Bryant | 18 | 59 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hubie Brooks | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .438 | .667 | 1.104 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Till | 13 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .188 | .297 | .219 | .516 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Pacella | 29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Holman | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Orosco | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roy Lee Jackson | 33 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Bernard | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Van De Casteele | 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Thurberg | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Scott | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Myrick | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Prewitt | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bruhert | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Glynn | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1458 | 4587 | 4063 | 479 | 967 | 159 | 40 | 71 | 434 | 116 | 33 | 419 | 780 | .238 | .313 | .349 | .662 | 1419 | 0 | 35 | 43 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | 1B | 138 | 1231 | 74 | 11 | 124 | .992 | 9.457 | ||||
| Ed Cipot | 1B | 6 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Luis Rosado | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kelvin Chapman | 2B | 106 | 248 | 303 | 14 | 74 | .975 | 5.198 | ||||
| Mario Ramirez | 2B | 27 | 61 | 108 | 1 | 29 | .994 | 6.259 | ||||
| José Moreno | 2B | 11 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 3.909 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 2B | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 6.000 | ||||
| José Moreno | 3B | 75 | 55 | 129 | 13 | 8 | .934 | 2.453 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 3B | 70 | 56 | 118 | 9 | 10 | .951 | 2.486 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | 3B | 12 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Luis Rosado | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Butch Benton | C | 82 | 406 | 38 | 9 | 8 | .980 | 5.415 | 15 | |||
| Stan Hough | C | 17 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 4.588 | 1 | |||
| Steven Till | C | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 3.286 | 1 | |||
| Mookie Wilson | OF | 141 | 317 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .979 | 2.326 | ||||
| Dan Norman | OF | 80 | 141 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .975 | 1.925 | ||||
| Ed Cipot | OF | 74 | 105 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 1.473 | ||||
| José Moreno | OF | 41 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .942 | 1.585 | ||||
| Bob Gorinski | OF | 27 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Juan Monasterio | OF | 22 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Robert Bryant | OF | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Stan Hough | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Steven Till | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roy Lee Jackson | P | 33 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dwight Bernard | P | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .152 | ||||
| Michael Van De Casteele | P | 32 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .344 | ||||
| Jeff Reardon | P | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .367 | ||||
| Earl Stephenson | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pacella | P | 26 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| Scott Holman | P | 24 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 2.083 | ||||
| Mike Bruhert | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Russell Clark | P | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Mike Scott | P | 18 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Jesse Orosco | P | 16 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Tom Hausman | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bob Myrick | P | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Larry Prewitt | P | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Don Pearson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Cipot | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Apodaca | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mario Ramirez | SS | 105 | 129 | 324 | 8 | 65 | .983 | 4.314 | ||||
| Sergio Ferrer | SS | 29 | 51 | 89 | 13 | 29 | .915 | 4.828 | ||||
| Ron Washington | SS | 23 | 21 | 39 | 4 | 6 | .938 | 2.609 | ||||
| Hubie Brooks | SS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1442 | 3204 | 1493 | 130 | 385 | .973 | 3.257 | 17 | 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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