1979 Wichita Aeros Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 57-79
Finished 4th in the AA's West Division
Manager: Jack Hiatt (57-79)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 92,611, Avg. 1,362

1979 Wichita Aeros Roster

The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 57 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Aeros scored 620 runs and yielded 686 runs. Karl Pagel walloped 39 home runs for Wichita, and Mike Gordon added 15 or more, too. Karl Pagel drove in 123 runs and topped all regular batters with a .316 average. Randy Martz led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 4.1 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1979 Wichita Aeros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Gorinski, Mike Gordon, Darrell Woodard, Greg Keatley, George Riley, Steve Macko, Jim Tracy, Manny Seoane, Luis Delgado, Al Javier, Bill Caudill, Dave Geisel, Jesús Figueroa, Steve Davis, Randy Martz, Doug Capilla, Derek Botelho, Kurt Seibert, Gene Krug, Donnie Moore, Jim Willoughby and Karl Pagel.

Jack Hiatt 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
Randy Martz	8	13	.381	4.10	30	26		5	1	0	178.0	196	96	81	21	47	2	66	2	0	4
Manny Seoane	6	5	.545	4.84	20	18		1	0	0	106.0	125	61	57	9	51	3	43	3	3	6
Doug Capilla	6	8	.429	4.55	28	9		1	0	4	83.0	85	44	42	7	51	2	45	1	0	5
Dave Geisel	5	5	.500	2.51	45	1		1	0	7	79.0	76	29	22	4	47	4	49	1	1	3
Paul Semall	5	6	.455	5.07	12	12		6	0	0	87.0	82	57	49	12	40	0	32	0	0	3
Chuck Rogers	5	9	.357	4.63	26	19		4	1	0	142.0	149	80	73	18	64	4	69	3	0	0
Vince Valentini	5	10	.333	5.22	22	21		2	0	0	131.0	136	86	76	16	76	3	67	0	0	4
Norm Churchill	4	1	.800	3.40	11	7		1	1	2	53.0	54	20	20	5	26	0	21	0	0	6
Bill Caudill	3	1	.750	2.75	6	5		1	1	0	36.0	27	11	11	3	17	0	36	1	0	0
Byron Wilkerson	3	6	.333	6.29	53	1		0	0	2	73.0	81	56	51	13	71	7	42	3	2	2
George Riley	3	8	.273	6.08	38	6		0	0	5	74.0	75	53	50	6	53	4	53	3	2	4
Jim Willoughby	2	1	.667	5.82	22	0		0	0	5	34.0	44	24	22	7	21	7	15	1	0	0
Derek Botelho	1	2	.333	8.53	4	4		0	0	0	19.0	30	20	18	4	8	0	18	0	0	2
Donnie Moore	1	3	.250	8.07	5	5		1	0	0	29.0	29	26	26	4	20	0	16	1	0	1
Raymond Gault	0	0		4.50	4	0		0	0	0	8.0	9	4	4	1	9	0	5	1	0	1
Bill Harris	0	0		10.12	3	1		0	0	0	8.0	14	9	9	1	6	2	2	0	0	1
Mark Parker	0	1	.000	12.00	2	1		0	0	0	6.0	6	10	8	0	6	1	4	0	0	2
Totals	57	79	.419	4.86	331	136	0	23	4	25	1146.0	1218	686	619	131	613	39	583	20	8	44	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
Karl Pagel	136	575	472	96	149	25	0	39	123	10	3	100	109	.316	.436	.617	1.052	291		1	1	1
Steve Davis	134	567	500	73	133	20	3	14	68	10	6	58	73	.266	.342	.402	.744	201		2	3	4
Jesús Figueroa	116	473	426	58	124	15	0	1	27	28	12	43	38	.291	.356	.333	.689	142		0	4	0
Steve Macko	119	484	426	56	104	27	1	6	44	13	5	46	55	.244	.322	.354	.676	151		4	5	3
Kurt Seibert	129	519	420	65	102	14	3	4	36	10	11	85	54	.243	.371	.319	.690	134		3	7	4
Gene Krug	87	333	314	37	82	15	1	7	39	1	1	12	31	.261	.290	.382	.672	120		2	2	3
Al Javier	71	288	267	36	80	13	0	5	41	7	1	8	32	.300	.333	.404	.738	108		8	0	5
Joe Hernandez	110	359	328	43	76	17	3	5	30	5	4	23	45	.232	.280	.348	.628	114		0	6	2
Mike Gordon	100	371	303	45	70	12	2	16	51	1	1	60	76	.231	.354	.442	.796	134		0	4	4
Jim Tracy	44	177	150	26	41	9	1	4	18	0	2	21	36	.273	.362	.427	.788	64		2	0	4
Greg Keatley	46	174	162	18	41	9	2	5	24	0	0	12	37	.253	.305	.426	.731	69		0	0	0
Kevin Drury	61	186	167	14	37	7	2	0	15	0	2	16	18	.222	.290	.287	.578	48		1	0	2
Bob Gorinski	41	145	124	11	27	2	1	5	15	1	0	21	27	.218	.331	.371	.702	46		0	0	0
Bill Evers	27	68	50	8	15	2	0	2	14	2	3	17	10	.300	.471	.460	.931	23		0	0	1
Darrell Woodard	12	52	44	5	13	1	0	0	2	4	0	7	11	.295	.404	.318	.722	14		1	0	0
Michael Thompson	11	44	38	10	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	4	.289	.364	.289	.653	11		0	0	1
Dennis Mork	7	27	22	1	9	2	0	0	4	0	1	5	5	.409	.519	.500	1.019	11		0	0	0
Chuck Rogers	27	19	13	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	7	.308	.438	.769	1.207	10		0	3	0
Randy Martz	30	20	13	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	7	.308	.526	.385	.911	5		0	1	0
Don Stricklen	5	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.267	.312	.267	.579	4		0	0	0
Vince Valentini	22	18	15	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	.267	.312	.400	.712	6		0	2	0
Manny Seoane	22	8	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500	.750	4		0	0	0
Paul Semall	13	14	13	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.308	.522	4		0	0	0
George Riley	38	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1		0	2	0
Dave Geisel	45	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Jim Willoughby	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Byron Wilkerson	53	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Doug Capilla	29	11	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3	0
Norm Churchill	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Derek Botelho	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Totals	1572	4975	4320	612	1136	191	22	115	560	93	52	554	706	.263	.348	.397	.745	1716	0	24	43	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gene Krug	1B	84	744	74	7	85	.992	9.738
Jim Tracy	1B	42	363	20	11	46	.972	9.119
Karl Pagel	1B	19	138	5	1	13	.993	7.526
Bill Evers	1B	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Kurt Seibert	2B	50	136	144	5	37	.982	5.600
Steve Macko	2B	50	129	142	4	35	.985	5.420
Kevin Drury	2B	32	78	89	4	21	.977	5.219
Darrell Woodard	2B	12	29	40	1	21	.986	5.750
Steve Davis	2B	3	4	8	0	1	1.000	4.000
Kurt Seibert	3B	65	51	125	5	16	.972	2.708
Steve Davis	3B	64	43	148	8	15	.960	2.984
Michael Thompson	3B	10	2	23	1	2	.962	2.500
Don Stricklen	3B	4	1	3	1	0	.800	1.000
Kevin Drury	3B	3	1	5	3	1	.667	2.000
Mike Gordon	C	88	389	50	5	3	.989	4.989	6
Greg Keatley	C	36	174	23	2	0	.990	5.472	1
Bill Evers	C	19	63	11	1	0	.987	3.895	0
Jesús Figueroa	OF	113	211	14	4	1	.983	1.991
Joe Hernandez	OF	106	237	5	2	1	.992	2.283
Karl Pagel	OF	99	132	9	3	2	.979	1.424
Al Javier	OF	71	131	3	4	1	.971	1.887
Kurt Seibert	OF	13	9	1	0	1	1.000	.769
Bob Gorinski	OF	11	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.091
Dennis Mork	OF	7	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.429
Jim Tracy	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Byron Wilkerson	P	53	1	14	0	0	1.000	.283
Dave Geisel	P	45	6	9	0	0	1.000	.333
George Riley	P	38	2	10	1	0	.923	.316
Randy Martz	P	30	14	28	2	3	.955	1.400
Doug Capilla	P	28	2	10	0	0	1.000	.429
Chuck Rogers	P	26	4	17	4	1	.840	.808
Jim Willoughby	P	22	2	9	0	0	1.000	.500
Vince Valentini	P	22	16	22	4	1	.905	1.727
Manny Seoane	P	20	9	16	6	1	.806	1.250
Paul Semall	P	12	5	11	1	2	.941	1.333
Norm Churchill	P	11	1	8	0	0	1.000	.818
Bill Caudill	P	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Donnie Moore	P	5	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.600
Raymond Gault	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Derek Botelho	P	4	2	1	1	0	.750	.750
Bill Harris	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Parker	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Macko	SS	74	118	210	13	52	.962	4.432
Steve Davis	SS	70	109	224	11	48	.968	4.757
Kurt Seibert	SS	2	5	7	0	2	1.000	6.000
Totals		1481	3394	1549	115	412	.977	3.338	7	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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