1979 Wausau Timbers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-61
Finished 2nd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Tom Robson (69-61)
Location: Wausau, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 43,059, Avg. 662

1979 Wausau Timbers Roster

Playoffs - Waterloo Indians 2 games, Wausau Timbers 1

The Wausau Timbers of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 69 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Timbers plated 706 runs and surrendered 644 runs. Dave Stockstill paced Wausau with 27 home runs, and Bob Johnson walloped 15 or more, too. Dave Stockstill accounted for 101 RBI. Bob Johnson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Ted Davis topped the squad with 12 wins, while Brent Gaff recorded a 2.98 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1979 Wausau Timbers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bob Johnson, Ramón Romero, Brent Gaff and Mike Hart.

Tom Robson 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
Ted Davis	12	9	.571	4.14	22	22		9	1	0	148.0	151	83	68	13	69	2	94	4	0	4
Brent Gaff	10	5	.667	2.98	20	20		10	2	0	145.0	147	71	48	10	48	1	99	3	3	7
Alec Christianson	10	7	.588	1.98	53	0		0	0	12	91.0	64	29	20	6	44	8	85	2	1	2
Tom Owens	9	14	.391	3.89	26	26		12	1	0	176.0	169	91	76	10	97	2	136	5	3	12
Kevin Keenan	6	6	.500	4.08	16	11		3	0	0	86.0	89	56	39	6	42	1	74	4	0	4
Buddy Lowe	6	6	.500	5.57	26	15		4	1	0	105.0	108	79	65	10	62	3	67	4	0	11
Ramón Romero	4	1	.800	6.55	17	11		0	0	0	66.0	77	53	48	6	53	0	53	4	0	7
Greg Eason	3	1	.750	3.97	5	5		1	0	0	34.0	28	17	15	3	26	0	13	1	1	0
Jack Littrell	3	2	.600	5.05	29	3		0	0	1	73.0	95	55	41	4	41	0	38	1	0	7
Wally Goff	2	6	.250	6.10	15	11		0	0	0	62.0	68	49	42	3	51	1	72	3	0	2
Richard Barnhart					27						0.0
Reid Cassidy					6						0.0
Gerald Stutzriem	0	1	.000	6.75	10	1		0	0	0	16.0	18	14	12	1	19	0	12	1	0	1
Totals	65	58	.528	4.26	272	125	0	39	5	13	1002.0	1014	597	474	72	552	18	743	32	8	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
Bob Johnson	124	529	433	89	131	20	0	24	79	4	0	89	78	.303	.422	.515	.937	223		3	1	3
Dave Stockstill	127	550	459	88	130	23	7	27	101	3	1	84	54	.283	.393	.540	.934	248		2	1	4
Todd Winterfeldt	105	454	393	57	103	34	0	9	68	7	5	49	59	.262	.339	.417	.757	164		1	3	8
Mike Jirschele	127	500	407	64	98	15	4	7	54	7	3	77	78	.241	.374	.349	.723	142		11	3	2
Jim Payne	107	422	375	55	97	12	2	3	42	21	6	35	80	.259	.331	.325	.656	122		6	5	1
Victor Mabee	81	304	276	46	79	13	2	5	34	4	3	22	39	.286	.340	.402	.742	111		2	1	3
John Zisk	92	352	288	46	79	18	1	10	47	0	4	54	80	.274	.389	.448	.836	129		3	2	5
Arnold McCrary	92	339	296	47	76	9	2	5	31	19	3	36	31	.257	.338	.351	.690	104		2	2	3
Randy Craig	93	355	296	51	71	14	1	3	32	1	1	48	44	.240	.351	.324	.676	96		4	5	2
Mike Hart	52	213	177	34	46	9	1	1	21	3	0	33	23	.260	.379	.339	.718	60		1	2	0
Mike Taylor	44	163	141	20	34	3	2	3	21	7	1	16	27	.241	.314	.355	.669	50		0	4	2
Cameron Killebrew	55	195	163	26	33	6	0	7	29	3	0	27	64	.202	.316	.368	.684	60		1	2	2
Israel Gutierrez	33	124	111	10	28	3	1	1	9	0	2	11	22	.252	.323	.324	.647	36		1	0	1
William Gaffney	34	119	99	17	26	3	1	0	15	3	0	16	16	.263	.356	.313	.669	31		0	1	3
John Cook	37	135	106	25	25	5	0	0	8	7	1	22	19	.236	.381	.283	.664	30		4	1	2
Lloyd Turner	38	119	107	20	19	1	0	1	10	3	2	11	27	.178	.261	.215	.475	23		1	0	0
Michael Thompson	20	86	73	11	16	4	0	2	9	4	2	10	8	.219	.310	.356	.666	26		0	2	1
Totals	1261	4959	4200	706	1091	192	24	108	610	96	34	640	749	.260	.360	.394	.754	1655	0	42	35	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Zisk	1B	71	596	32	15	57	.977	8.845
Randy Craig	1B	65	584	18	14	52	.977	9.262
Mike Jirschele	2B	126	285	333	27	99	.958	4.905
Jim Payne	2B	7	11	7	1	1	.947	2.571
Israel Gutierrez	2B	3	5	5	1	0	.909	3.333
Todd Winterfeldt	3B	105	70	243	16	17	.951	2.981
Michael Thompson	3B	18	15	29	6	2	.880	2.444
Israel Gutierrez	3B	9	2	19	0	4	1.000	2.333
Mike Jirschele	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bob Johnson	C	109	666	86	18	9	.977	6.899	19
Randy Craig	C	26	179	19	4	0	.980	7.615	1
Dave Stockstill	OF	124	157	20	7	2	.962	1.427
Arnold McCrary	OF	85	134	6	6	2	.959	1.647
Victor Mabee	OF	57	90	6	5	3	.950	1.684
Mike Hart	OF	42	79	3	0	1	1.000	1.952
John Cook	OF	31	54	4	2	1	.967	1.871
Lloyd Turner	OF	27	30	2	3	1	.914	1.185
Cameron Killebrew	OF	27	37	1	0	0	1.000	1.407
Mike Taylor	OF	15	27	0	3	0	.900	1.800
John Zisk	OF	4	3	0	1	0	.750	.750
Jim Payne	OF	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Alec Christianson	P	53	5	20	1	2	.962	.472
Jack Littrell	P	29	1	9	2	2	.833	.345
Richard Barnhart	P	27						.000
Tom Owens	P	26	5	22	3	1	.900	1.038
Buddy Lowe	P	26	5	23	4	2	.875	1.077
Ted Davis	P	22	11	29	4	4	.909	1.818
Brent Gaff	P	20	4	27	4	2	.886	1.550
Ramón Romero	P	17	1	11	1	0	.923	.706
Kevin Keenan	P	16	4	15	3	1	.864	1.188
Wally Goff	P	15	1	10	0	1	1.000	.733
Gerald Stutzriem	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Reid Cassidy	P	6						.000
Greg Eason	P	5	0	7	1	0	.875	1.400
Jim Payne	SS	92	94	265	36	44	.909	3.902
William Gaffney	SS	34	59	98	7	15	.957	4.618
Israel Gutierrez	SS	9	9	20	2	4	.935	3.222
Lloyd Turner	SS	4	5	15	5	4	.800	5.000
Totals		1367	3234	1407	202	333	.958	3.395	20	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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