1979 Waterbury A's Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 49-91
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Ed Nottle (49-91)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 30,339, Avg. 433

1979 Waterbury A's Roster

The Waterbury A's of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 49 wins and 91 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The A's scored 543 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 720 runs. Kelvin Moore led Waterbury with 14 home runs Scott Meyer drove in 57 runs. Shooty Babitt paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .267 average. Dave Beard topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1979 Waterbury A's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tim Conroy, Shooty Babitt, Mike Davis, Bert Bradley, Mike Patterson, Dave Beard, Scott Meyer, Kelvin Moore, Dennis DeBarr, Keith Atherton and Bobby Moore.

Ed Nottle 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
Dave Beard	10	14	.417	3.02	25	24		20	0	0	191.0	192	87	64	14	63	9	111	2	2	7
Lawrence Groover	9	13	.409	4.42	35	20		11	0	2	165.0	181	106	81	15	70	4	85	5	1	6
Tim Conroy	7	14	.333	5.22	25	25		4	1	0	138.0	115	95	80	6	119	0	106	12	2	22
Bobby Moore	5	7	.417	5.93	17	17		3	0	0	85.0	86	64	56	8	69	0	42	1	0	13
Dennis Wyszynski	3	3	.500	3.88	31	0		0	0	2	95.0	88	48	41	12	35	3	63	2	0	6
Randy Green	3	7	.300	3.82	13	13		5	0	0	92.0	112	52	39	7	19	0	40	2	0	1
John Tronerud	3	8	.273	6.08	21	17		5	0	1	117.0	164	93	79	9	47	2	42	0	0	7
Bert Bradley	2	2	.500	2.00	5	5		3	1	0	45.0	36	11	10	2	13	0	8	0	1	0
Bart Braun	2	3	.400	4.09	20	0		0	0	0	33.0	45	20	15	1	11	2	24	0	1	5
Dennis DeBarr	2	8	.200	5.29	22	7		2	0	0	68.0	91	52	40	4	29	0	34	3	0	5
Edwin Retzer	1	3	.250	4.96	16	4		2	1	0	49.0	53	34	27	8	29	1	31	1	0	6
Frank Harris					23						0.0
Bruce Fournier	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Clapham	0	2	.000	4.50	3	2		2	0	0	16.0	16	9	8	0	13	0	5	1	0	2
Keith Atherton	0	3	.000	5.57	4	4		0	0	0	21.0	28	23	13	2	13	1	7	0	0	1
Totals	47	87	.351	4.48	261	138	0	57	3	5	1116.0	1211	697	556	88	530	22	598	30	7	81	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
Shooty Babitt	133	542	484	68	129	25	6	6	55	19	13	44	47	.267	.325	.380	.705	184		3	1	10
Kelvin Moore	83	339	317	46	106	19	3	14	56	12	2	19	76	.334	.373	.546	.919	173		1	1	1
Ron McNeely	127	520	440	59	106	9	4	2	37	25	9	65	29	.241	.340	.293	.633	129		2	11	2
Bruce Fournier	127	485	422	46	105	18	5	6	41	3	6	55	30	.249	.336	.358	.694	151		2	3	3
Scott Meyer	129	499	465	37	99	26	3	6	57	2	4	27	67	.213	.258	.320	.578	149		2	3	2
LeRoy Robbins	122	465	395	48	96	22	2	7	40	7	8	58	81	.243	.349	.362	.711	143		7	4	1
Mike Patterson	84	321	286	42	78	12	5	10	40	18	8	35	41	.273	.352	.455	.807	130		0	0	0
Mike Davis	97	414	351	51	77	9	5	6	39	15	11	47	58	.219	.314	.325	.639	114		4	7	5
Bob Grandas	59	254	221	44	55	4	4	4	24	28	4	27	28	.249	.332	.357	.689	79		1	4	1
Robert Klebba	87	313	284	14	54	4	0	2	25	2	3	22	45	.190	.252	.225	.477	64		2	3	2
Paul Mize	65	230	193	22	52	5	1	1	22	2	5	28	33	.269	.370	.321	.691	62		4	3	2
Al Armstead	44	156	125	20	34	1	2	3	14	17	3	22	45	.272	.396	.384	.780	48		5	2	2
Eric Attaway	40	144	122	11	27	2	0	0	5	0	0	14	27	.221	.302	.238	.540	29		1	5	2
Paul Stevens	38	142	112	14	22	3	1	0	8	2	3	24	20	.196	.338	.241	.579	27		0	6	0
Al Minker	28	105	78	13	15	0	0	0	10	4	0	21	8	.192	.376	.192	.569	15		2	4	0
Tadeusz Nowakowski	10	34	32	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.125	.176	.125	.301	4		0	0	0
Frank Kolarek	21	66	58	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.069	.169	.069	.238	4		1	1	0
Tim Conroy	25	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Tronerud	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1340	5032	4387	545	1063	159	41	67	478	156	79	517	662	.242	.325	.343	.668	1505	0	37	58	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kelvin Moore	1B	80	700	35	13	73	.983	9.188
LeRoy Robbins	1B	31	230	11	4	25	.984	7.774
Al Minker	1B	28	237	18	5	25	.981	9.107
Eric Attaway	1B	3	24	2	1	3	.963	8.667
Mike Patterson	1B	1	9	1	1	1	.909	1.000
Shooty Babitt	2B	124	275	383	29	87	.958	5.306
Paul Mize	2B	18	33	48	2	12	.976	4.500
Ron McNeely	2B	3	5	5	0	1	1.000	3.333
Bruce Fournier	3B	120	108	203	29	32	.915	2.592
Robert Klebba	3B	13	13	29	6	1	.875	3.231
LeRoy Robbins	3B	8	5	6	3	1	.786	1.375
Scott Meyer	C	117	540	86	14	9	.978	5.350	33
Frank Kolarek	C	17	88	10	3	1	.970	5.765	2
Tadeusz Nowakowski	C	10	49	8	2	1	.966	5.700	1
Mike Davis	OF	90	208	7	15	2	.935	2.389
Mike Patterson	OF	72	135	5	7	2	.952	1.944
Ron McNeely	OF	69	118	3	3	0	.976	1.754
LeRoy Robbins	OF	61	109	4	6	1	.950	1.852
Bob Grandas	OF	55	125	4	1	1	.992	2.345
Al Armstead	OF	38	66	5	5	0	.934	1.868
Eric Attaway	OF	32	58	3	2	2	.968	1.906
Paul Stevens	OF	7	20	2	0	1	1.000	3.143
Shooty Babitt	OF	3	3	1	0	1	1.000	1.333
Scott Meyer	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Robert Klebba	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lawrence Groover	P	35	12	23	1	0	.972	1.000
Dennis Wyszynski	P	31	5	12	0	3	1.000	.548
Tim Conroy	P	25	2	16	5	1	.783	.720
Dave Beard	P	25	9	24	3	2	.917	1.320
Frank Harris	P	23						.000
Dennis DeBarr	P	22	6	12	2	1	.900	.818
John Tronerud	P	21	13	12	3	2	.893	1.190
Bart Braun	P	20	3	6	2	0	.818	.450
Bobby Moore	P	17	3	24	1	1	.964	1.588
Edwin Retzer	P	16	3	6	0	1	1.000	.562
Randy Green	P	13	9	21	1	0	.968	2.308
Bert Bradley	P	5	1	12	0	1	1.000	2.600
Keith Atherton	P	4	2	4	1	0	.857	1.500
Mark Clapham	P	3	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.667
Bruce Fournier	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Robert Klebba	SS	71	123	174	24	31	.925	4.183
Paul Mize	SS	49	78	146	11	36	.953	4.571
Paul Stevens	SS	26	45	54	4	18	.961	3.808
Totals		1409	3475	1429	209	379	.959	3.480	36	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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