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1979 Oklahoma City 89ers

1979 > Class AAA > 1979 American Association (West)
Overall: 72-63
Scored 733 runs, Allowed 681 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-63

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Lee Elia
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium (Oklahoma City, OK)
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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Luis Aguayo 20 113 412 370 54 101 21 1 8 46 3 4 23 82 .273 .320 .400 .720 148 6 6 7
2 Porfi Altamirano 27 21 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0
3 Mike Anderson 28 9 39 36 8 10 2 0 1 8 0 1 2 8 .278 .333 .417 .750 15 1 0 0
4 Ramon Aviles 27 72 283 252 37 63 7 1 0 18 1 0 28 19 .250 .325 .286 .611 72 0 3 0
5 Gary Beare 26 27 8 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .200 .500 .200 .700 1 0 0 0
6 Fred Beene# 36 27 10 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .222 .333 2 0 1 0
7 Marty Bystrom 20 26 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 0 0 0
8 Robert DeMeo 27 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
9 Kerry Dineen* 26 30 141 111 20 30 6 1 0 12 1 3 28 13 .270 .414 .342 .757 38 0 1 1
10 Orlando Gonzalez* 27 125 556 480 87 150 29 7 6 76 16 2 65 44 .313 .393 .440 .833 211 1 7 3
11 Orlando Isales 19 95 322 303 45 83 17 8 3 35 9 3 15 54 .274 .305 .413 .718 125 0 1 3
12 Dan Larson 24 24 8 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .286 .536 2 0 0 0
13 Peter Manos 25 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0
14 Jose Martinez 22 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 0 0 1 0
15 Len Matuszek* 24 72 263 228 31 60 9 3 4 31 2 6 29 35 .263 .345 .382 .726 87 1 2 3
16 Don McCormack 23 115 428 384 45 100 18 3 3 55 4 0 36 73 .260 .326 .346 .673 133 3 2 3
17 Rudy Meoli* 28 20 78 62 14 15 6 0 1 10 2 1 15 8 .242 .390 .387 .777 24 0 1 0
18 Keith Moreland 25 130 578 494 86 149 34 3 20 109 2 1 64 56 .302 .377 .504 .881 249 4 3 13
19 Jim Morrison 26 79 333 281 59 90 15 0 22 61 10 4 40 46 .320 .402 .609 1.011 171 4 0 8
20 John Poff* 26 132 568 481 77 141 34 5 20 90 4 4 76 79 .293 .392 .509 .901 245 4 4 3
21 Luis Rodriguez 22 13 54 53 2 12 4 1 0 4 0 1 1 7 .226 .241 .340 .580 18 0 0 0
22 Stephen Ruling# 25 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 1 0
23 Orlando Sanchez* 22 31 102 92 14 27 5 2 1 9 1 0 4 20 .293 .330 .424 .754 39 2 2 2
24 Kevin Saucier* 22 24 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
25 Lonnie Smith 23 110 514 451 106 149 26 9 7 44 34 11 56 52 .330 .408 .475 .883 214 4 2 1
26 John Vukovich 31 101 415 382 38 111 20 1 12 66 2 3 22 56 .291 .326 .442 .768 169 1 4 6
27 Mike Wolf 24 104 349 311 30 67 2 1 0 30 4 4 27 30 .215 .280 .228 .508 71 2 6 3 Stats for 2 teams
27 Players 24.7 135 5179 4537 733 1303 256 45 108 682 91 45 516 671 .287 .360 .435 .795 1973 31 42 53 43
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Porfi Altamirano 27 2 5 .286 3.88 21 2 0 0 0 51.0 56 25 22 3 27 7 41 1 0 0 1.627 9.9 0.5 4.8 7.2 1.52
2 Carlos Arroyo* 20 3 5 .375 4.14 38 4 0 0 3 74.0 81 39 34 5 30 3 41 3 1 1 1.500 9.9 0.6 3.6 5.0 1.37
3 Gary Beare 26 12 1 .923 4.00 27 14 3 1 1 126.0 132 75 56 13 60 9 65 5 0 2 1.524 9.4 0.9 4.3 4.6 1.08
4 Fred Beene 36 10 5 .667 4.03 26 12 2 1 1 114.0 114 58 51 7 42 7 52 0 1 1 1.368 9.0 0.6 3.3 4.1 1.24
5 Marty Bystrom 20 9 5 .643 4.08 26 26 7 0 0 172.0 174 102 78 15 69 5 108 7 5 5 1.413 9.1 0.8 3.6 5.7 1.57
6 Cardell Camper 26 0 0 7.88 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 7 7 2 5 0 6 1 0 0 1.875 11.2 2.2 5.6 6.8 1.20
7 Don Fowler 22 2 2 .500 4.98 19 1 0 0 1 47.0 47 30 26 5 26 5 22 1 0 1 1.553 9.0 1.0 5.0 4.2 0.85
8 Jack Kucek 26 7 8 .467 3.69 34 7 0 0 7 83.0 74 40 34 4 63 6 62 1 0 7 1.651 8.0 0.4 6.8 6.7 0.98
9 Dan Larson 24 9 8 .529 4.81 24 24 7 2 0 146.0 162 93 78 13 70 3 87 2 2 7 1.589 10.0 0.8 4.3 5.4 1.24
10 Peter Manos 25 3 3 .500 6.06 29 0 0 0 3 52.0 55 37 35 11 19 4 30 0 0 2 1.423 9.5 1.9 3.3 5.2 1.58
11 Jose Martinez 22 4 10 .286 5.26 21 21 2 0 0 106.0 128 77 62 8 55 6 54 3 0 4 1.726 10.9 0.7 4.7 4.6 0.98
12 Dickie Noles 22 6 4 .600 3.91 12 12 5 0 0 76.0 69 38 33 7 28 1 48 3 1 5 1.276 8.2 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.71
13 Stephen Ruling 25 3 6 .333 6.52 11 10 2 0 0 58.0 58 44 42 8 29 1 35 3 2 1 1.500 9.0 1.2 4.5 5.4 1.21
14 Kevin Saucier* 22 2 1 .667 2.11 24 1 0 0 4 47.0 40 16 11 3 24 7 20 2 2 0 1.362 7.7 0.6 4.6 3.8 0.83
14 Players 24.3 72 63 .533 4.42 135 135 107 28 5 20 1158.0 1200 681 569 104 547 64 671 32 14 36 1.509 9.3 0.8 4.3 5.2 1.23

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Don McCormack 72 347 32 13 2 .967 5.26 6
Keith Moreland 66 397 42 13 5 .971 6.65 11
Robert DeMeo 1 6 4 0 0 1.000 10.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Poff 90 734 68 10 57 .988 8.91
Len Matuszek 54 412 39 9 31 .980 8.35
Orlando Gonzalez 3 26 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
John Vukovich 1 3 2 1 1 .833 5.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jim Morrison 61 118 194 9 36 .972 5.11
Ramon Aviles 57 116 170 9 29 .969 5.02
Luis Aguayo 18 45 46 5 8 .948 5.06
Mike Wolf 7 10 19 1 2 .967 4.14 Stats for 2 teams

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Vukovich 99 81 181 11 10 .960 2.65
Mike Wolf 23 20 23 5 5 .896 1.87 Stats for 2 teams
Jim Morrison 15 11 32 8 2 .843 2.87
Len Matuszek 12 9 16 1 1 .962 2.08
Luis Rodriguez 12 10 16 2 2 .929 2.17
Keith Moreland 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Luis Aguayo 91 146 274 22 49 .950 4.62
Mike Wolf 61 127 200 17 41 .951 5.36 Stats for 2 teams
Rudy Meoli 20 32 55 7 6 .926 4.35
Ramon Aviles 15 26 32 7 5 .892 3.87
Luis Rodriguez 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Orlando Gonzalez 129 232 5 6 1 .975 1.84
Lonnie Smith 110 268 13 12 3 .959 2.55
Orlando Isales 85 169 6 13 0 .931 2.06
John Poff 53 80 1 2 1 .976 1.53
Kerry Dineen 30 55 3 3 0 .951 1.93
Orlando Sanchez 16 27 0 1 0 .964 1.69
Mike Anderson 9 29 1 0 0 1.000 3.33

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Carlos Arroyo 38 3 5 1 1 .889 0.21
Jack Kucek 34 3 9 1 0 .923 0.35
Peter Manos 29 3 10 1 1 .929 0.45
Gary Beare 27 8 19 2 1 .931 1.00
Fred Beene 26 11 20 3 2 .912 1.19
Marty Bystrom 26 17 28 4 3 .918 1.73
Dan Larson 24 11 11 1 3 .957 0.92
Kevin Saucier 24 2 15 0 1 1.000 0.71
Porfi Altamirano 21 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.52
Jose Martinez 21 7 12 0 1 1.000 0.90
Don Fowler 19 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.32
Dickie Noles 12 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.25
Stephen Ruling 11 3 10 2 0 .867 1.18
Cardell Camper 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Luis Aguayo 20 R R 5' 9.0" 173 Mar 13, 1959 Vega Baja, PR
Porfi Altamirano 27 R R 6' 0.0" 175 May 17, 1952 Ciudad Dario, Matagalpa, NI
Mike Anderson 28 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 22, 1951 Florence, SC, US
Carlos Arroyo 20 L L 5' 11.0" 160 Nov 21, 1958 Vega Alta, PR
Ramon Aviles 27 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Jan 22, 1952 Manati, PR
Gary Beare 26 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Aug 22, 1952 San Diego, CA, US
Fred Beene 36 S R 5' 9.0" 155 Nov 24, 1942 Angleton, TX, US
Marty Bystrom 20 R R 6' 5.0" 200 Jul 26, 1958 Coral Gables, FL, US
Cardell Camper 26 R R 6' 3.0" 208 Jul 6, 1952 Boley, OK, US
Robert DeMeo 27 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 15, 1951
Kerry Dineen 26 L L 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 1, 1952 Englewood, NJ, US
Don Fowler 22 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Dec 7, 1956 Dana Point, CA, US
Orlando Gonzalez 27 L L 6' 2.0" 180 Nov 15, 1951 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Orlando Isales 19 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Dec 22, 1959 Santurce, PR
Jack Kucek 26 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 8, 1953 Warren, OH, US
Dan Larson 24 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Jul 4, 1954 Los Angeles, CA, US
Peter Manos 25 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Nov 5, 1953
Jose Martinez 22 R R 6' 3.0" 185 May 24, 1957 Sabana Grande, PR
Len Matuszek 24 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Sep 27, 1954 Toledo, OH, US
Don McCormack 23 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Sep 18, 1955 Omak, WA, US
Rudy Meoli 28 L R 5' 9.0" 165 May 1, 1951 Troy, NY, US
Keith Moreland 25 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 2, 1954 Dallas, TX, US
Jim Morrison 26 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 23, 1952 Pensacola, FL, US
Dickie Noles 22 R R 6' 2.0" 160 Nov 19, 1956 Charlotte, NC, US
John Poff 26 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 23, 1952 Chillicothe, OH, US
Luis Rodriguez 22 R R 5' 8.0" 168 Nov 16, 1956
Stephen Ruling 25 S R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 10, 1953
Orlando Sanchez 22 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Sep 7, 1956 Canovanas, PR
Kevin Saucier 22 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 9, 1956 Pensacola, FL, US
Lonnie Smith 23 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Dec 22, 1955 Chicago, IL, US
John Vukovich 31 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Jul 31, 1947 Sacramento, CA, US
Mike Wolf 24 R R 6' 1.0" 165 Jun 20, 1955

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