1979 Walla Walla Padres Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 40-30
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Curt Daniels (40-30)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Ballpark: Borleske Stadium
Attendance: 20,358, Avg. 582

1979 Walla Walla Padres Roster

Playoffs - Central Oregon Phillies 2 games, Walla Walla Padres 1

The Walla Walla Padres of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Padres scored 371 runs and yielded 355 runs. Douglas Lulay drove in 62 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Tim Hamm led the team with 8 wins, while David Froelich registered a 2.88 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1979 Walla Walla Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bob Geren, Joe Lansford and Mark Parent.

Curt Daniels 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
Tim Hamm	8	6	.571	3.73	14	14		4	0	0	94.0	107	49	39	5	31	0	52	2	0	4
David Froelich	6	5	.545	2.88	13	13		7	2	0	100.0	83	39	32	7	26	1	87	3	0	7
Curtis Smith	4	0	1.000	3.82	20	0		0	0	1	33.0	36	15	14	0	18	2	26	3	0	3
Dan Sijer	4	2	.667	3.82	13	9		3	0	0	73.0	67	39	31	5	39	0	52	2	0	3
Rodney Peterson	4	2	.667	4.91	15	4		1	0	0	44.0	45	30	24	2	22	0	42	3	0	10
Mike Barba	4	3	.571	3.65	21	0		0	0	5	37.0	17	19	15	0	40	3	46	0	0	7
Courtney Wyrick	4	5	.444	4.39	15	11		2	0	2	84.0	78	58	41	7	53	1	55	3	0	10
Danny Danielson	3	2	.600	3.04	14	5		0	0	1	68.0	68	29	23	3	37	2	45	3	0	9
Gregory Patton	2	2	.500	7.40	12	9		0	0	0	45.0	54	38	37	7	31	0	15	7	1	4
Thomas Brokop	1	2	.333	7.65	8	4		0	0	0	20.0	19	21	17	0	31	0	4	0	0	3
Philip Wilson	0	1	.000	6.55	13	1		0	0	0	22.0	29	18	16	0	25	0	22	0	1	0
Totals	40	30	.571	4.20	158	70	0	17	2	9	620.0	603	355	289	36	353	9	446	26	2	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
Douglas Lulay	70	313	275	48	88	15	5	7	62	10	6	26	56	.320	.391	.487	.878	134		6	6	0
Aaron Cain	69	309	240	59	72	8	3	6	42	23	3	61	39	.300	.444	.433	.878	104		3	3	2
Daniel Gausepohl	66	307	268	47	66	5	3	6	31	17	9	32	43	.246	.327	.354	.681	95		1	4	2
Gregory Thys	63	283	224	44	65	4	2	2	19	10	5	49	28	.290	.427	.353	.779	79		5	4	1
Jerry DeSimone	67	297	225	39	64	10	4	0	32	13	3	65	36	.284	.444	.364	.808	82		1	4	2
Francisco Gonzalez	68	293	229	34	53	8	1	2	40	0	3	53	47	.231	.376	.301	.677	69		3	3	5
John Stevenson	24	100	79	14	27	3	2	0	5	5	1	17	13	.342	.469	.430	.900	34		2	2	0
Bob Geren	54	185	151	19	26	5	0	0	16	0	0	32	39	.172	.315	.205	.521	31		0	1	1
Mark Parent	40	139	126	8	24	4	0	1	11	0	0	8	31	.190	.235	.246	.481	31		0	3	2
Joe Lansford	44	176	146	17	21	2	0	6	31	1	0	25	71	.144	.263	.281	.544	41		0	1	4
Alfredo Rodriguez	43	132	101	9	16	4	0	1	11	3	1	23	38	.158	.315	.228	.543	23		2	2	4
Steve Johnson	47	131	102	15	16	0	0	0	6	6	2	25	39	.157	.333	.157	.490	16		2	2	0
Tommy Jones	19	47	39	5	11	2	0	0	5	1	0	4	7	.282	.341	.333	.674	13		0	3	1
Mick Dwyer	19	53	42	8	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	19	.143	.321	.143	.464	6		0	0	0
Anthony McGrue	10	28	24	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	4	8	.167	.286	.208	.494	5		0	0	0
Greg Tarnow	18	29	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18	.074	.138	.074	.212	2		0	0	0
Curtis Smith	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Totals	742	2823	2299	371	562	71	20	31	318	91	33	437	532	.244	.368	.333	.701	766	0	25	38	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Lansford	1B	24	204	21	6	23	.974	9.375
Mick Dwyer	1B	16	104	4	5	4	.956	6.750
Alfredo Rodriguez	1B	15	120	8	2	13	.985	8.533
Gregory Thys	1B	14	114	13	4	7	.969	9.071
Douglas Lulay	1B	7	67	1	2	4	.971	9.714
Bob Geren	1B	4	32	2	0	4	1.000	8.500
Gregory Thys	2B	44	103	109	8	26	.964	4.818
Francisco Gonzalez	2B	27	63	66	3	8	.977	4.778
Tommy Jones	2B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Francisco Gonzalez	3B	35	29	70	9	8	.917	2.829
Jerry DeSimone	3B	19	13	41	10	1	.844	2.842
Alfredo Rodriguez	3B	16	13	27	6	3	.870	2.500
Gregory Thys	3B	3	1	7	1	0	.889	2.667
John Stevenson	3B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Douglas Lulay	3B	2	0	1	2	0	.333	.500
Mark Parent	C	38	228	34	6	3	.978	6.895	15
Bob Geren	C	37	183	23	9	0	.958	5.568	19
Greg Tarnow	C	17	53	2	2	0	.965	3.235	4
Aaron Cain	OF	67	96	7	2	1	.981	1.537
Daniel Gausepohl	OF	66	127	6	3	1	.978	2.015
Douglas Lulay	OF	61	115	8	4	3	.969	2.016
Steve Johnson	OF	19	25	0	4	0	.862	1.316
Tommy Jones	OF	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Anthony McGrue	OF	4	2	0	1	0	.667	.500
Mark Parent	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Barba	P	21	2	10	0	0	1.000	.571
Curtis Smith	P	20	0	4	0	2	1.000	.200
Courtney Wyrick	P	15	6	15	5	1	.808	1.400
Rodney Peterson	P	15	2	4	0	1	1.000	.400
Tim Hamm	P	14	8	27	0	2	1.000	2.500
Danny Danielson	P	14	9	15	1	1	.960	1.714
Philip Wilson	P	13	0	3	0	0	1.000	.231
Dan Sijer	P	13	6	21	4	0	.871	2.077
David Froelich	P	13	3	20	2	1	.920	1.769
Gregory Patton	P	12	0	10	1	1	.909	.833
Thomas Brokop	P	8	1	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Jerry DeSimone	SS	47	76	169	19	31	.928	5.213
John Stevenson	SS	22	39	74	8	7	.934	5.136
Tommy Jones	SS	2	3	4	1	0	.875	3.500
Gregory Thys	SS	1	3	3	1	0	.857	6.000
Alfredo Rodriguez	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		775	1858	837	131	156	.954	3.477	38	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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