1979 West Haven Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Stump Merrill (83-56)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: West Haven, Connecticut
Ballpark: Quigley Stadium
Attendance: 71,302, Avg. 1,026
The West Haven Yankees of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Yankees tallied 679 runs and conceded 578 runs. Joe Lefebvre paced West Haven with 21 home runs, while Mark Johnston walloped 15 or more, too. Joe Lefebvre drove in 107 runs. Kenny Baker led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .303 clip. Tom Filer topped the squad with 12 wins, and Mike Griffin recorded a 2.95 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1979 West Haven Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Willie McGee, Dave Righetti, Tim Lollar, Pat Tabler, Mike Griffin, Juan Espino, Brian Dayett, Tom Filer, Joe Lefebvre, Dennis Sherrill, Don Cooper and Andy McGaffigan.
Stump Merrill served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Filer | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.62 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 132 | 73 | 62 | 15 | 53 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tim Lewis | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.36 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 118.0 | 110 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Andy McGaffigan | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.81 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 144.0 | 136 | 75 | 61 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Dan Ledduke | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.19 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 93.0 | 89 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tim Lollar | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.18 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 122 | 55 | 42 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Griffin | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.95 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 | 120 | 53 | 41 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Cooper | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54.0 | 49 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steve Taylor | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 57 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Softy | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.37 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 70 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Righetti | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.96 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Lysgaard | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.81 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 63 | 40 | 40 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Greg Cochran | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Neal Mersch | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.87 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ricky Burdette | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lefebvre | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Polinsky | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 56 | .597 | 3.71 | 272 | 139 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 24 | 1174.0 | 1116 | 578 | 484 | 109 | 427 | 22 | 755 | 25 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lefebvre | 138 | 584 | 487 | 85 | 142 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 107 | 5 | 6 | 79 | 61 | .292 | .389 | .520 | .908 | 253 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Buck Showalter | 129 | 526 | 469 | 71 | 131 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 30 | .279 | .332 | .345 | .677 | 162 | 2 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Brian Dayett | 135 | 532 | 465 | 58 | 119 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 90 | .256 | .333 | .389 | .722 | 181 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Kenny Baker | 111 | 443 | 379 | 67 | 115 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 35 | .303 | .395 | .401 | .796 | 152 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Harer | 104 | 444 | 386 | 62 | 110 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 40 | .285 | .373 | .363 | .736 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mark Johnston | 123 | 466 | 366 | 65 | 97 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 52 | .265 | .407 | .462 | .869 | 169 | 10 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Juan Espino | 95 | 339 | 296 | 40 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 69 | .236 | .322 | .361 | .684 | 107 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mark Harris | 116 | 384 | 323 | 43 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 40 | .195 | .282 | .211 | .492 | 68 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Pat Callahan | 80 | 253 | 218 | 30 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 43 | .284 | .368 | .381 | .749 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Nate Chapman | 55 | 242 | 214 | 36 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 21 | .276 | .354 | .421 | .775 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pat Tabler | 56 | 232 | 190 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 44 | .300 | .411 | .505 | .917 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Willie McGee | 49 | 132 | 115 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 17 | .243 | .326 | .313 | .639 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tim Lollar | 65 | 143 | 122 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 38 | .230 | .324 | .377 | .701 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Irwin | 33 | 114 | 102 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .265 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dan Schmitz | 20 | 85 | 69 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | .304 | .390 | .348 | .738 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rick Stenholm | 16 | 73 | 62 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .306 | .397 | .435 | .833 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Greg Jemison | 13 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | .311 | .415 | .378 | .793 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Sherrill | 21 | 80 | 66 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | .212 | .350 | .212 | .562 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 19 | 76 | 65 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | .185 | .263 | .215 | .479 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Griffin | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1395 | 5204 | 4440 | 678 | 1188 | 175 | 41 | 95 | 597 | 99 | 68 | 606 | 627 | .268 | .358 | .390 | .748 | 1730 | 0 | 43 | 72 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Showalter | 1B | 62 | 524 | 49 | 6 | 48 | .990 | 9.242 | ||||
| Wayne Harer | 1B | 47 | 359 | 44 | 2 | 27 | .995 | 8.574 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | 1B | 18 | 137 | 14 | 4 | 10 | .974 | 8.389 | ||||
| Tim Lollar | 1B | 17 | 137 | 9 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 8.588 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 1B | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 2B | 81 | 171 | 206 | 13 | 32 | .967 | 4.654 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 2B | 56 | 122 | 169 | 13 | 42 | .957 | 5.196 | ||||
| Mark Harris | 2B | 11 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .966 | 2.545 | ||||
| Brian Dayett | 3B | 135 | 86 | 226 | 24 | 17 | .929 | 2.311 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | 3B | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Juan Espino | C | 91 | 509 | 57 | 13 | 4 | .978 | 6.220 | 12 | |||
| Pat Callahan | C | 30 | 133 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 5.133 | 7 | |||
| Dennis Irwin | C | 29 | 142 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 5.517 | 5 | |||
| Joe Lefebvre | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Joe Lefebvre | OF | 131 | 238 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 1.939 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | OF | 94 | 147 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .962 | 1.606 | ||||
| Nate Chapman | OF | 55 | 143 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .960 | 2.618 | ||||
| Wayne Harer | OF | 53 | 125 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 2.396 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 47 | 88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.936 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | OF | 32 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.688 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | OF | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 2.231 | ||||
| Greg Jemison | OF | 13 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.385 | ||||
| Rick Stenholm | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Ledduke | P | 46 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .457 | ||||
| Tim Lewis | P | 30 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .393 | ||||
| Tom Filer | P | 24 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 2.125 | ||||
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 23 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.130 | ||||
| Tim Lollar | P | 22 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Griffin | P | 17 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .824 | 1.647 | ||||
| Neal Mersch | P | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Mark Softy | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Righetti | P | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Bob Polinsky | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Jim Lysgaard | P | 11 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Steve Taylor | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ricky Burdette | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Greg Cochran | P | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Harris | SS | 104 | 157 | 278 | 24 | 55 | .948 | 4.183 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | SS | 20 | 30 | 49 | 5 | 9 | .940 | 3.950 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | SS | 19 | 36 | 55 | 3 | 8 | .968 | 4.789 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | SS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Totals | 1456 | 3527 | 1448 | 168 | 289 | .967 | 3.417 | 24 | 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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