1979 Visalia Oaks Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 2nd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Tom Kelly (86-54)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 50,199, Avg. 717

1979 Visalia Oaks Roster

Playoffs - San Jose Missions 2 games, Visalia Oaks 1

The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Oaks topped the league with 876 runs, ignited by 115 home runs. Visalia surrendered 703 runs. Mark Funderburk walloped 31 home runs for the team, while Les Pearsey swatted 15 or more, too. Les Pearsey drove in 121 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .326 average. Steve Green led the team with 16 wins, and Tom Biko earned a 3.15 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Mark Funderburk and Tom Kelly both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tom Kelly 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
Steve Green	16	6	.727	3.50	27	27		8	1	0	208.0	222	104	81	10	38	1	98	6	1	5
Tom Biko	14	9	.609	3.15	30	28		10	2	0	177.0	184	81	62	6	79	4	101	5	2	3
Steve Wagner	13	9	.591	4.27	27	26		5	0	0	196.0	214	114	93	16	84	1	143	1	2	21
Wade Adamson	11	5	.688	4.13	34	16		3	2	2	146.0	136	75	67	8	72	3	121	1	1	10
Timothy Barr	10	3	.769	3.37	38	10		2	0	4	115.0	112	57	43	5	48	4	99	3	0	13
Clyde Reichard	5	5	.500	2.44	58	0		0	0	19	70.0	48	21	19	3	39	2	92	1	0	9
Ike Pettaway	5	7	.417	5.12	24	13		0	0	2	116.0	137	82	66	11	56	3	76	1	0	9
Charles Belk	4	1	.800	4.03	19	1		0	0	3	29.0	34	16	13	3	11	1	9	1	0	0
Steven VandeLaan	2	0	1.000	5.91	14	0		0	0	2	32.0	44	30	21	2	12	0	20	1	0	1
Tom Kelly	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1		0	0	0	8.0	5	3	2	0	7	0	2	0	1	0
Charles Salagan	1	0	1.000	5.45	16	2		0	0	0	38.0	43	28	23	2	28	0	36	2	1	8
Abner Johnson					19						0.0
Totals	82	45	.646	3.89	307	124	0	28	5	32	1135.0	1179	611	490	66	474	19	797	22	8	79	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
Les Pearsey	133	613	531	111	173	27	9	20	121	12	4	68	88	.326	.402	.524	.925	278		4	3	7
Mark Funderburk	128	556	484	106	150	20	1	31	109	11	3	56	101	.310	.384	.548	.931	265		7	1	8
Jerry Ennis	131	561	491	75	135	22	5	4	63	11	7	53	73	.275	.348	.365	.712	179		6	3	8
Andres Romero	117	459	393	54	105	20	7	6	67	19	8	53	67	.267	.354	.399	.753	157		3	4	6
Randy Greer	118	479	385	82	101	14	4	2	48	22	4	81	54	.262	.390	.335	.725	129		4	2	7
George Slembecker	127	489	412	69	96	14	4	8	46	6	5	68	99	.233	.339	.345	.683	142		1	2	6
Alvin Moore	108	408	331	60	89	5	4	9	56	10	4	75	55	.269	.402	.390	.792	129		0	0	2
Blane McDonald	96	362	320	49	87	21	2	10	62	4	3	29	47	.272	.331	.444	.774	142		3	2	8
Chino Cadahia	91	336	281	45	80	15	0	6	59	2	2	40	23	.285	.369	.402	.771	113		2	5	8
Paul Croft	69	307	250	68	71	11	3	9	39	24	4	48	71	.284	.408	.460	.868	115		6	1	2
Kenneth Berger	76	318	264	61	63	11	5	2	25	11	2	46	51	.239	.356	.341	.696	90		3	3	2
Ronald Smith	86	324	258	45	55	4	2	0	33	13	2	56	42	.213	.352	.244	.596	63		1	6	3
Martyn Maxwell	26	111	93	26	31	7	1	7	19	1	3	16	21	.333	.432	.656	1.088	61		1	0	1
Ron Wilkinson	26	106	92	16	26	2	0	0	7	8	2	12	16	.283	.362	.304	.666	28		0	1	1
William Marrero	15	56	47	7	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	25	.213	.339	.298	.637	14		0	0	0
Bernardo Leonard	4	20	19	2	6	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	.316	.350	.474	.824	9		0	0	0
Steve Green	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Timothy Barr	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Wade Adamson	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tom Kelly	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1454	5511	4656	876	1278	197	47	115	761	156	53	712	842	.274	.371	.411	.782	1914	0	41	33	69	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mark Funderburk	1B	108	1031	74	20	69	.982	1.231
Andres Romero	1B	21	150	12	2	19	.988	7.714
Blane McDonald	1B	9	54	3	2	4	.966	6.333
Les Pearsey	1B	7	71	4	1	7	.987	1.714
Chino Cadahia	1B	4	23	2	0	2	1.000	6.250
Ronald Smith	1B	2	6	1	0	1	1.000	3.500
George Slembecker	1B	2	16	0	1	2	.941	8.000
Kenneth Berger	1B	2	7	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Tom Kelly	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jerry Ennis	2B	104	218	293	15	61	.971	4.913
Ronald Smith	2B	34	63	97	6	19	.964	4.706
Ron Wilkinson	2B	12	25	25	2	6	.962	4.167
George Slembecker	2B	3	4	6	0	2	1.000	3.333
Les Pearsey	3B	119	90	284	22	23	.944	3.143
Ronald Smith	3B	17	4	39	3	3	.935	2.529
George Slembecker	3B	10	5	16	3	2	.875	2.100
Martyn Maxwell	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ron Wilkinson	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Chino Cadahia	C	80	455	56	19	3	.964	6.388	12
Blane McDonald	C	76	414	59	13	2	.973	6.224	11
Randy Greer	OF	108	191	5	6	0	.970	1.815
Alvin Moore	OF	84	114	9	5	0	.961	1.464
Andres Romero	OF	73	124	5	6	0	.956	1.767
Kenneth Berger	OF	71	146	8	2	1	.987	2.169
Paul Croft	OF	63	102	10	13	0	.896	1.778
Mark Funderburk	OF	15	7	3	1	0	.909	.667
Jerry Ennis	OF	15	13	2	2	0	.882	1.000
Martyn Maxwell	OF	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	.300
William Marrero	OF	10	7	0	1	0	.875	.700
Bernardo Leonard	OF	4	14	0	1	0	.933	3.500
Clyde Reichard	P	58	3	10	1	0	.929	.224
Timothy Barr	P	38	13	20	2	2	.943	.868
Wade Adamson	P	34	5	16	5	1	.808	.618
Tom Biko	P	30	9	31	1	3	.976	1.333
Steve Wagner	P	27	19	26	3	0	.938	1.667
Steve Green	P	27	22	34	2	1	.966	2.074
Ike Pettaway	P	24	10	17	4	1	.871	1.125
Abner Johnson	P	19						.000
Charles Belk	P	19	4	7	1	0	.917	.579
Charles Salagan	P	16	0	1	3	0	.250	.062
Steven VandeLaan	P	14	5	5	3	0	.769	.714
Tom Kelly	P	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
George Slembecker	SS	112	143	362	33	49	.939	4.509
Ronald Smith	SS	23	39	69	11	12	.908	4.696
Ron Wilkinson	SS	11	16	33	2	6	.961	4.455
Les Pearsey	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1521	3649	1654	217	302	.961	3.487	23	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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