1979 Tacoma Tugs

1979 > Class AAA > 1979 Pacific Coast League (North)
Overall: 74-73
Scored 662 runs, Allowed 689 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-76

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Gene Dusan
Represented: Tacoma, WA
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium (Tacoma, WA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978 / 1980

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Bob Allietta	27	107	375	319	40	96	14	1	3	46	5	5	36	21	.301	.381	.379	.760	121	7	10	3
2	Dell Alston*	26	75	353	310	58	83	13	5	1	33	43	11	35	28	.268	.337	.352	.689	109	0	3	5
3	Juan Berenguer	24	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
4	Wayne Cage*	27	86	362	315	47	87	14	3	13	55	1	2	42	77	.276	.359	.463	.823	146	0	3	2
5	Mike Champion	24	136	561	501	62	156	19	4	3	71	12	7	43	78	.311	.366	.383	.750	192	4	7	6
6	Rich Chiles*	29	130	512	455	58	119	29	3	5	61	11	6	47	47	.262	.331	.371	.703	169	2	5	3
7	Bobby Cuellar	26	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
8	Bo Diaz	26	34	124	115	5	28	7	0	2	11	0	0	5	21	.243	.275	.357	.632	41	0	4	0
9	Taylor Duncan	26	27	104	97	6	16	5	0	0	7	0	0	6	13	.165	.212	.216	.428	21	0	0	1		Stats for 2 teams
10	Jerry Dybzinski	23	132	545	469	58	119	16	3	1	25	25	10	52	58	.254	.335	.307	.642	144	7	13	4
11	Rob Ellis	28	92	379	331	54	98	13	5	9	54	5	5	36	59	.296	.361	.447	.808	148	2	2	8		Stats for 2 teams
12	Mike Garman	29	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		Stats for 2 teams
13	Ron Hassey*	26	44	185	157	25	53	10	0	3	27	2	1	23	15	.338	.415	.459	.874	72	0	2	3
14	Larry Lintz#	29	3	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0
15	Sheldon Mallory*	25	86	350	289	48	79	11	2	6	33	26	11	52	45	.273	.391	.388	.778	112	5	2	2
16	Steve Narleski	23	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
17	Tim Norrid*	24	135	498	421	61	113	16	3	8	55	4	11	64	73	.268	.365	.378	.743	159	3	5	5
18	Dave Oliver*	28	134	559	493	65	140	17	7	1	69	6	3	49	42	.284	.345	.353	.698	174	1	9	7
19	Sal Rende*	23	69	279	237	34	62	6	3	5	31	2	1	40	32	.262	.369	.376	.745	89	1	0	1
20	Horace Speed	27	66	270	219	35	45	5	2	4	18	9	3	45	79	.205	.342	.301	.643	66	1	4	1
21	Hugh Yancy	28	96	366	313	46	87	13	0	3	34	10	1	40	31	.278	.351	.348	.699	109	0	4	9
	21 Players	26.1	147	5560	4816	662	1306	202	36	61	596	154	73	585	688	.271	.350	.366	.716	1763	32	72	55	38

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Vic Albury*	32	5	3	.625	4.58	13	9		0	0	0	53.0	64	29	27	5	25	1	20	0	0	2	1.679	10.9	0.8	4.2	3.4	0.80
2	Larry Andersen	26	10	6	.625	4.02	27	12		4	0	4	112.0	124	59	50	5	32	2	52	3	1	2	1.393	10.0	0.4	2.6	4.2	1.63
3	Juan Berenguer	24	8	8	.500	4.88	26	26		4	0	0	166.0	128	101	90	11	129	1	220	3	1	17	1.548	6.9	0.6	7.0	11.9	1.71
4	Rick Borchers*	24	7	5	.583	4.38	24	16		3	1	1	109.0	108	75	53	11	60	3	38	1	0	4	1.541	8.9	0.9	5.0	3.1	0.63
5	Tom Brennan	26	12	7	.632	3.17	26	26		8	3	0	176.0	176	70	62	8	38	4	102	6	1	3	1.216	9.0	0.4	1.9	5.2	2.68
6	Tom Brown	29	2	3	.400	4.50	39	0		0	0	5	74.0	87	45	37	7	27	3	37	0	0	3	1.541	10.6	0.9	3.3	4.5	1.37	Stats for 2 teams
7	Bobby Cuellar	26	3	7	.300	3.33	37	4		1	0	4	127.0	127	61	47	6	53	9	69	2	1	4	1.417	9.0	0.4	3.8	4.9	1.30
8	Mike Garman	29	6	3	.667	4.66	44	0		0	0	10	87.0	104	53	45	7	31	2	38	2	1	2	1.552	10.8	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.23	Stats for 2 teams
9	Todd Heimer*	24	1	1	.500	4.95	7	0		0	0	0	20.0	14	16	11	1	32	0	14	0	0	3	2.300	6.3	0.4	14.4	6.3	0.44
10	Gary Melson	26	6	9	.400	3.55	26	21		5	1	0	137.0	134	69	54	6	68	2	105	7	3	3	1.474	8.8	0.4	4.5	6.9	1.54
11	Steve Narleski	23	1	1	.500	4.09	4	1		0	0	0	11.0	7	7	5	1	5	1	4	0	1	1	1.091	5.7	0.8	4.1	3.3	0.80
12	Carl Nicholson	23	1	2	.333	6.90	6	6		0	0	0	30.0	43	27	23	3	22	0	20	1	1	6	2.167	12.9	0.9	6.6	6.0	0.91
13	Nate Puryear	24	7	10	.412	4.93	19	19		6	1	0	115.0	127	74	63	4	67	2	50	4	0	4	1.687	9.9	0.3	5.2	3.9	0.75
14	Mike Stanton	26	3	3	.500	2.40	8	7		3	1	0	45.0	43	17	12	1	23	3	34	2	0	4	1.467	8.6	0.2	4.6	6.8	1.48
15	Sandy Wihtol	24	5	5	.500	2.44	49	0		0	0	16	85.0	73	24	23	4	38	8	73	2	1	5	1.306	7.7	0.4	4.0	7.7	1.92
16	Jesse Wright*	25	0	1	.000	14.62	5	0		0	0	0	8.0	12	13	13	0	9	0	4	1	0	2	2.625	13.5	0.0	10.1	4.5	0.44
	16 Players	25.9	74	73	.503	4.05	147	147	113	34	12	37	1274.0	1266	689	573	73	634	41	847	33	10	61	1.491	8.9	0.5	4.5	6.0	1.34

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Bob Allietta	83	387	45	5	6	.989	5.20	8
Ron Hassey	38	281	42	2	3	.994	8.50	3
Bo Diaz	31	223	24	5	4	.980	7.97	2
Tim Norrid	4	8	1	1	0	.900	2.25	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Cage	76	660	73	9	64	.988	9.64
Sal Rende	56	500	30	3	42	.994	9.46
Tim Norrid	9	71	5	1	4	.987	8.44
Bob Allietta	6	24	1	1	4	.962	4.17
Dell Alston	6	38	3	0	5	1.000	6.83

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Oliver	129	250	363	22	74	.965	4.75
Hugh Yancy	23	35	48	6	7	.933	3.61
Mike Champion	3	5	5	1	0	.909	3.33
Larry Lintz	3	5	6	2	1	.846	3.67

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Champion	117	68	214	16	12	.946	2.41
Taylor Duncan	16	14	25	3	2	.929	2.44	Stats for 2 teams
Hugh Yancy	16	15	26	6	4	.872	2.56
Tim Norrid	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.33
Ron Hassey	2	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.50
Rob Ellis	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Dybzinski	132	269	409	30	91	.958	5.14
Mike Champion	16	16	33	6	7	.891	3.06
Dave Oliver	6	9	16	1	3	.962	4.17

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rich Chiles	118	188	11	4	2	.980	1.69
Tim Norrid	94	178	8	7	0	.964	1.98
Rob Ellis	79	118	11	2	4	.985	1.63	Stats for 2 teams
Sheldon Mallory	75	168	1	8	0	.955	2.25
Horace Speed	65	124	4	4	0	.970	1.97
Dell Alston	63	132	10	6	2	.959	2.25
Hugh Yancy	25	21	1	4	1	.846	0.88
Bob Allietta	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Mike Champion	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sandy Wihtol	49	5	16	1	4	.955	0.43
Mike Garman	44	9	8	1	0	.944	0.39	Stats for 2 teams
Tom Brown	39	0	7	0	0	1.000	0.18	Stats for 2 teams
Bobby Cuellar	37	7	14	2	0	.913	0.57
Larry Andersen	27	14	24	2	3	.950	1.41
Juan Berenguer	26	11	15	2	1	.929	1.00
Tom Brennan	26	12	35	2	1	.959	1.81
Gary Melson	26	14	8	5	2	.815	0.85
Rick Borchers	24	9	25	3	5	.919	1.42
Nate Puryear	19	11	19	3	1	.909	1.58
Vic Albury	13	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.00
Mike Stanton	8	2	11	1	2	.929	1.63
Todd Heimer	7	0	3	1	0	.750	0.43
Carl Nicholson	6	0	5	1	1	.833	0.83
Jesse Wright	5	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.20
Steve Narleski	4	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Vic Albury	32	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	May 12, 1947	Key West, FL, US
Bob Allietta	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	May 1, 1952	New Bedford, MA, US
Dell Alston	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 22, 1952	Valhalla, NY, US
Larry Andersen	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 6, 1953	Portland, OR, US
Juan Berenguer	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	186	Nov 30, 1954	Aguadulce, Cocle, PA
Rick Borchers	24	R	L	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 28, 1955
Tom Brennan	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 30, 1952	Chicago, IL, US
Tom Brown	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Aug 10, 1949	Lafayette, LA, US
Wayne Cage	27	L	L	6' 4.0"	205	Nov 23, 1951	Monroe, LA, US
Mike Champion	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 10, 1955	Montgomery, AL, US
Rich Chiles	29	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 22, 1949	Sacramento, CA, US
Bobby Cuellar	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	188	Aug 20, 1952	Alice, TX, US
Bo Diaz	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 23, 1953	Cua, Miranda, VE
Taylor Duncan	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	May 12, 1953	Memphis, TN, US
Jerry Dybzinski	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jul 7, 1955	Cleveland, OH, US
Rob Ellis	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 3, 1950	Grand Rapids, MI, US
Mike Garman	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 16, 1949	Caldwell, ID, US
Ron Hassey	26	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Feb 27, 1953	Tucson, AZ, US
Todd Heimer	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	210	Mar 7, 1955
Larry Lintz	29	S	R	5' 9.0"	150	Oct 10, 1949	Martinez, CA, US
Sheldon Mallory	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Jul 16, 1953	Argo, IL, US
Gary Melson	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 27, 1953
Steve Narleski	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 12, 1955	Camden, NJ, US
Carl Nicholson	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	1956
Tim Norrid	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 8, 1955	Ripley, TN, US
Dave Oliver	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 7, 1951	Stockton, CA, US
Nate Puryear	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Jul 30, 1954	Biloxi, MS, US
Sal Rende	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	Oct 17, 1955
Horace Speed	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 4, 1951	Los Angeles, CA, US
Mike Stanton	26	S	R	6' 2.0"	205	Sep 25, 1952	St. Louis, MO, US
Sandy Wihtol	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 1, 1955	Palo Alto, CA, US
Jesse Wright	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 14, 1954	New Preston, CT, US
Hugh Yancy	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 16, 1950	Sarasota, FL, US

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