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1979 Western Carolinas League

1979 > Class A > League History
Overall: 413 games, 6 teams, approx. 137 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1978

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1978

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm Aff W L Ties W-L% GB
Greenwood Braves ATL 78 60 0 .565 --
Asheville Tourists TEX 75 63 1 .543 3
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 73 66 0 .525 5.5
Greensboro Hornets CIN 65 71 0 .478 12
Gastonia Cardinals STL 65 74 0 .468 13.5
Shelby Pirates PIT 56 78 1 .418 20

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Asheville Tourists TEX 20.9 5.19 139 5033 4388 721 1142 204 28 115 615 179 60 523 765 .260 .341 .398 .740 1747 43 31 48 39
Greenwood Braves ATL 21.1 5.13 138 5178 4426 708 1194 178 32 61 588 282 98 623 734 .270 .363 .366 .729 1619 50 35 44 51
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 20.4 4.55 139 5185 4564 633 1142 183 46 68 544 140 66 499 929 .250 .329 .355 .685 1621 52 45 25 33
Gastonia Cardinals STL 21.0 4.48 139 5235 4564 623 1169 186 23 77 545 88 41 542 873 .256 .337 .358 .695 1632 37 54 38 36
Greensboro Hornets CIN 20.8 4.34 136 5125 4320 590 1041 169 19 63 494 127 53 646 1021 .241 .344 .333 .677 1437 51 78 30 40
Shelby Pirates PIT 20.5 4.18 135 4681 4136 564 992 155 30 103 476 139 71 436 906 .240 .318 .367 .684 1516 45 44 20 34
League Totals 20.8 4.65 826 30437 26398 3839 6680 1075 178 487 3262 955 389 3269 5228 .253 .339 .363 .702 9572 278 287 205 233

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 20.2 4.27 73 66 .525 3.44 139 139 105 34 12 22 1193.0 1133 593 456 76 483 51 830 47 16 76 1.355 8.5 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.72
Gastonia Cardinals STL 20.6 4.37 65 74 .468 3.63 139 139 120 19 11 28 1184.0 1078 608 477 77 623 79 905 63 20 103 1.437 8.2 0.6 4.7 6.9 1.45
Greensboro Hornets CIN 20.1 4.60 65 71 .478 3.74 136 136 117 19 9 29 1154.0 1087 626 480 100 514 36 980 39 13 85 1.387 8.5 0.8 4.0 7.6 1.91
Greenwood Braves ATL 21.5 4.74 78 60 .565 3.70 138 138 103 35 12 14 1161.0 1147 654 477 78 478 28 852 56 21 101 1.400 8.9 0.6 3.7 6.6 1.78
Asheville Tourists TEX 20.8 4.91 75 63 .543 4.11 139 139 97 42 7 23 1155.0 1201 683 528 80 545 29 828 32 11 79 1.512 9.4 0.6 4.2 6.5 1.52
Shelby Pirates PIT 20.5 5.00 56 78 .418 4.22 135 135 105 30 5 19 1100.0 1034 675 516 76 626 10 833 41 21 87 1.509 8.5 0.6 5.1 6.8 1.33
League Totals 20.6 4.65 412 412 .500 3.80 826 826 647 179 56 135 6947.0 6680 3839 2934 487 3269 233 5228 278 102 531 1.432 8.7 0.6 4.2 6.8 1.60

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 139 3578 1533 200 121 .962 27 Bill Dancy
Gastonia Cardinals STL 139 3552 1550 203 110 .962 24 John Lewis
Greensboro Hornets CIN 136 3461 1329 235 106 .953 27 Jim Lett
Asheville Tourists TEX 139 3464 1485 247 110 .952 27 n/a
Shelby Pirates PIT 135 3301 1211 228 104 .952 26 Tom Zimmer
Greenwood Braves ATL 138 3482 1512 264 108 .950 22 Al Gallagher
League Totals 826 20838 8620 1377 659 .955 153