1979 Pawtucket Red Sox

1979 > Class AAA > 1979 International League
Overall: 66-74
Scored 582 runs, Allowed 551 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-66

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Joe Morgan
Represented: Pawtucket, RI
Ballpark: n/a
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	Sam Bowen	26	125	526	456	68	107	16	4	28	75	4	6	60	113	.235	.323	.471	.795	215	2	3	5
2	Ray Boyer	25	14	63	52	7	15	3	1	1	9	1	0	8	6	.288	.397	.442	.839	23	2	0	1
3	Barry Butera*	23	106	346	310	50	96	15	1	14	55	5	3	31	26	.310	.374	.500	.874	155	2	1	2
4	David Denton	24	114	390	344	34	69	11	1	9	28	3	1	36	82	.201	.284	.317	.601	109	5	3	2
5	Otis Foster	25	68	255	210	32	46	5	0	4	18	0	0	42	23	.219	.345	.300	.645	63	0	0	3
6	Garry Hancock*	25	111	432	406	51	132	22	3	15	58	1	5	22	36	.325	.361	.505	.866	205	2	0	2
7	Glenn Hoffman	20	139	569	520	70	148	13	3	11	54	1	1	29	66	.285	.332	.385	.717	200	10	6	4
8	Kenneth Huizenga	25	114	314	294	23	57	14	0	5	23	0	1	15	39	.194	.235	.293	.527	86	1	3	1
9	Buddy Hunter	31	76	260	227	18	50	9	1	0	23	0	1	26	25	.220	.301	.269	.570	61	1	4	2
10	Dave Koza	24	101	390	360	53	86	10	0	27	63	3	1	20	90	.239	.292	.492	.784	177	8	0	2
11	Roger LaFrancois*	22	106	340	305	19	70	10	2	5	24	0	2	21	43	.230	.291	.325	.616	99	6	7	1
12	Andy Merchant*	28	57	168	151	20	23	3	0	3	10	0	0	15	14	.152	.232	.232	.464	35	1	0	1
13	Mike O'Berry	25	34	93	78	6	13	1	0	1	5	0	0	11	24	.167	.267	.218	.485	17	0	3	1
14	Dave Stapleton	25	140	605	553	88	169	33	1	15	64	2	5	41	40	.306	.354	.450	.805	249	4	1	6
15	Julio Valdez#	23	103	399	370	43	82	12	6	5	31	2	3	18	105	.222	.268	.327	.595	121	6	3	2
	15 Players	24.3	140	5150	4636	582	1163	177	23	143	540	22	29	395	732	.251	.314	.392	.706	1815	50	34	35	24

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	Mike Burns	24	8	13	.381	4.14	30	28		10	0	1	187.0	173	100	86	14	95	12	93	7	0	8	1.433	8.3	0.7	4.6	4.5	0.98
2	Al Faust	23	4	3	.571	2.65	21	2		2	2	3	68.0	62	21	20	1	19	4	32	1	1	4	1.191	8.2	0.1	2.5	4.2	1.68
3	Joel Finch	22	9	1	.900	2.63	16	16		4	1	0	106.0	93	41	31	2	38	4	49	5	0	5	1.236	7.9	0.2	3.2	4.2	1.29
4	Glenn Hoffman	20	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
5	Buddy Hunter	31	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	John LaRose*	27	2	6	.250	4.92	47	1		0	0	4	53.0	68	40	29	6	29	5	30	2	0	3	1.830	11.5	1.0	4.9	5.1	1.03
7	Danny Parks	24	1	2	.333	5.04	5	5		0	0	0	25.0	25	14	14	5	11	0	11	2	0	0	1.440	9.0	1.8	4.0	4.0	1.00
8	Chuck Rainey	24	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	2		1	1	0	17.0	8	0	0	0	3	1	9	0	0	0	0.647	4.2	0.0	1.6	4.8	3.00
9	Win Remmerswaal	25	4	6	.400	2.05	39	1		0	0	7	92.0	66	22	21	7	35	9	93	3	1	5	1.098	6.5	0.7	3.4	9.1	2.66
10	Allen Ripley	26	7	1	.875	1.40	23	4		2	1	1	77.0	54	13	12	3	28	4	51	1	0	4	1.065	6.3	0.4	3.3	6.0	1.82
11	Steve Schneck	23	8	13	.381	4.66	29	28		5	1	0	143.0	129	80	74	14	101	6	99	6	0	8	1.608	8.1	0.9	6.4	6.2	0.98
12	Bobby Sprowl*	23	5	9	.357	3.21	17	16		9	2	0	112.0	95	48	40	5	38	1	70	2	1	2	1.188	7.6	0.4	3.1	5.6	1.84	Stats for 2 teams
13	William Suter	26	10	13	.435	4.03	28	28		11	2	0	174.0	169	95	78	23	75	4	120	1	1	9	1.402	8.7	1.2	3.9	6.2	1.60
14	John Tudor*	25	10	11	.476	2.93	25	24		9	1	0	163.0	145	73	53	14	52	8	103	0	0	9	1.209	8.0	0.8	2.9	5.7	1.98
15	Dave Wallace	31	0	1	.000	2.77	9	0		0	0	1	26.0	22	10	8	3	18	5	18	1	0	3	1.538	7.6	1.0	6.2	6.2	1.00
16	Richard Waller	25	2	3	.400	4.64	30	0		0	0	1	66.0	62	37	34	2	40	5	39	5	2	5	1.545	8.5	0.3	5.5	5.3	0.98
	16 Players	24.7	66	74	.471	3.45	140	140	95	45	9	18	1207.0	1087	551	463	95	547	67	752	34	5	63	1.354	8.1	0.7	4.1	5.6	1.37

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
Roger LaFrancois	96	489	73	8	4	.986	5.85	10
Mike O'Berry	32	164	16	6	2	.968	5.63	3
Andy Merchant	31	128	16	1	4	.993	4.65	3

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Stapleton	71	515	58	1	49	.998	8.07
Dave Koza	50	442	39	5	38	.990	9.62
Otis Foster	32	253	18	4	26	.985	8.47
Buddy Hunter	11	36	6	0	6	1.000	3.82
Mike O'Berry	2	4	0	2	0	.667	2.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Buddy Hunter	66	132	177	8	39	.975	4.68
David Denton	60	91	119	10	18	.955	3.50
Dave Stapleton	32	60	88	4	19	.974	4.63

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Glenn Hoffman	102	89	175	15	13	.946	2.59
Dave Stapleton	45	58	80	4	12	.972	3.07
David Denton	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.67

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Julio Valdez	103	178	305	34	60	.934	4.69
Glenn Hoffman	40	83	111	4	23	.980	4.85
Dave Stapleton	3	3	4	0	1	1.000	2.33

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sam Bowen	125	273	11	5	1	.983	2.27
Kenneth Huizenga	114	157	4	2	1	.988	1.41
Garry Hancock	107	166	15	3	3	.984	1.69
Barry Butera	84	109	5	4	2	.966	1.36
Ray Boyer	14	27	1	1	0	.966	2.00
Dave Koza	12	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.17
Dave Stapleton	11	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.45
Andy Merchant	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John LaRose	47	1	13	2	0	.875	0.30
Win Remmerswaal	39	8	7	0	0	1.000	0.38
Mike Burns	30	27	40	8	3	.893	2.23
Richard Waller	30	7	8	0	2	1.000	0.50
Steve Schneck	29	12	27	4	0	.907	1.34
William Suter	28	12	18	6	1	.833	1.07
John Tudor	25	8	36	2	0	.957	1.76
Allen Ripley	23	7	10	0	0	1.000	0.74
Al Faust	21	7	14	1	2	.955	1.00
Bobby Sprowl	17	1	15	0	0	1.000	0.94	Stats for 2 teams
Joel Finch	16	15	28	3	4	.935	2.69
Dave Wallace	9	3	1	0	0	1.000	0.44
Danny Parks	5	5	8	0	0	1.000	2.60
Chuck Rainey	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00
Glenn Hoffman	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Buddy Hunter	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Sam Bowen	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Sep 18, 1952	Brunswick, GA, US
Ray Boyer	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 16, 1954	Newark, NJ, US
Mike Burns	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 19, 1954	Jackson, MI, US
Barry Butera	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 23, 1956	New Orleans, LA, US
David Denton	24	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Dec 22, 1954	Las Vegas, NV, US
Al Faust	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	May 6, 1956
Joel Finch	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Aug 20, 1956	South Bend, IN, US
Otis Foster	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Nov 19, 1953
Garry Hancock	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 23, 1954	Tampa, FL, US
Glenn Hoffman	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jul 7, 1958	Orange, CA, US
Kenneth Huizenga	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 4, 1953
Buddy Hunter	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Aug 9, 1947	Omaha, NE, US
Dave Koza	24	R	L	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 16, 1954	Norfolk, VA, US
Roger LaFrancois	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	215	Aug 2, 1956	Norwich, CT, US
John LaRose	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 25, 1951	Pawtucket, RI, US
Andy Merchant	28	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Aug 30, 1950	Mobile, AL, US
Mike O'Berry	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 20, 1954	Birmingham, AL, US
Danny Parks	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 19, 1954	Huntsville, AL, US
Chuck Rainey	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 14, 1954	San Diego, CA, US
Win Remmerswaal	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	160	Mar 8, 1954	The Hague, NL
Allen Ripley	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Oct 18, 1952	Norwood, MA, US
Steve Schneck	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 14, 1956
Bobby Sprowl	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 14, 1956	Sandusky, OH, US
Dave Stapleton	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Jan 16, 1954	Fairhope, AL, US
William Suter	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Oct 2, 1952
John Tudor	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 2, 1954	Schenectady, NY, US
Julio Valdez	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	160	Jun 3, 1956	San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Dave Wallace	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Sep 7, 1947	Waterbury, CT, US
Richard Waller	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Apr 7, 1954	Passaic, NJ, US

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