1979 Helena Phillies

1979 > Class Rookie > 1979 Pioneer League (South)
Overall: 43-26
Scored 521 runs, Allowed 446 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 39-30

Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies-NL
Manager: Roly de Armas
Represented: Helena, MT
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	Tracy Anderson	21	45	195	163	43	50	10	3	0	18	2	0	29	43	.307	.415	.405	.820	66	2	0	1
2	Joseph Bruno*	22	68	344	291	78	112	12	4	2	48	32	7	48	18	.385	.469	.474	.943	138	0	3	2
3	Willie Darkis	19	69	319	272	55	73	10	5	20	83	1	2	40	109	.268	.373	.563	.936	153	6	0	1
4	Kenneth Ellenberg	18	57	248	222	40	57	6	2	3	35	5	1	22	52	.257	.327	.342	.669	76	2	0	2
5	David Enos#	22	36	130	107	24	30	5	1	1	23	6	1	22	20	.280	.403	.374	.777	40	0	1	0
6	Rusty Hamric	21	59	278	243	51	87	9	4	0	40	13	9	30	25	.358	.426	.428	.854	104	1	1	3
7	Michael Hanson	19	15	53	44	7	15	4	0	1	8	0	1	7	11	.341	.442	.500	.942	22	1	1	0
8	David Harrigan	20	44	200	179	33	43	11	1	5	31	3	0	15	54	.240	.315	.397	.712	71	5	0	1
9	Whitney Harry	18	50	217	190	39	44	3	0	5	29	1	4	24	66	.232	.319	.326	.646	62	1	1	1
10	Jon Lindsey*	20	64	302	265	47	77	8	0	3	44	14	8	33	56	.291	.369	.355	.723	94	1	1	2
11	Kenneth Martinson	20	46	205	183	33	55	9	1	3	26	1	3	19	31	.301	.369	.410	.779	75	1	2	0
12	Jeffrey Nate	18	24	77	67	17	16	2	1	0	5	2	0	6	15	.239	.316	.299	.614	20	2	1	1
13	Trent Purcell*	18	38	136	107	22	29	8	0	1	12	7	0	27	34	.271	.422	.374	.796	40	1	1	0
14	Harold Warner*	19	39	155	131	32	35	4	1	4	32	1	2	23	38	.267	.381	.405	.785	53	1	0	0
	14 Players	19.8	69	2859	2464	521	723	101	23	48	434	88	38	345	572	.293	.384	.412	.795	1014	24	12	14	17

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	Jay Baller	18	5	6	.455	5.78	13	13		3	1	0	67.0	89	59	43	9	34	0	68	3	2	6	1.836	12.0	1.2	4.6	9.1	2.00
2	Herbert Bennett	18	1	3	.250	7.12	7	5		0	0	0	24.0	24	26	19	3	17	0	18	0	1	3	1.708	9.0	1.1	6.4	6.8	1.06
3	Francisco Berenguer	19	0	3	.000	9.71	12	4		0	0	0	38.0	73	56	41	5	21	0	19	3	1	3	2.474	17.3	1.2	5.0	4.5	0.90
4	Adam Conti	19	1	0	1.000	6.16	7	0		0	0	0	19.0	27	13	13	3	9	0	13	0	0	5	1.895	12.8	1.4	4.3	6.2	1.44
5	Matthew Dorin	19	2	2	.500	6.30	11	8		0	0	0	40.0	53	33	28	4	27	0	30	1	0	0	2.000	11.9	0.9	6.1	6.8	1.11
6	Steve Dunnegan	18	7	2	.778	3.84	16	10		2	0	0	89.0	79	52	38	7	62	3	95	5	0	10	1.584	8.0	0.7	6.3	9.6	1.53
7	Russell Gums	19	4	2	.667	2.72	27	0		0	0	2	53.0	48	35	16	4	28	1	60	4	4	6	1.434	8.2	0.7	4.8	10.2	2.14
8	Earl Hutchinson	18	1	0	1.000	4.71	10	0		0	0	0	21.0	24	24	11	1	26	0	20	1	0	11	2.381	10.3	0.4	11.1	8.6	0.77
9	Paul Lewis	21	1	1	.500	7.62	21	0		0	0	3	26.0	37	26	22	2	24	0	26	4	0	4	2.346	12.8	0.7	8.3	9.0	1.08
10	David Mitchell	18	5	3	.625	3.32	16	10		1	0	1	84.0	83	40	31	6	22	0	59	1	0	4	1.250	8.9	0.6	2.4	6.3	2.68
11	Kyle Money	18	4	1	.800	3.86	9	8		0	0	0	42.0	38	24	18	4	23	0	37	3	0	1	1.452	8.1	0.9	4.9	7.9	1.61
12	Roy Smith	17	5	0	1.000	2.50	5	5		2	0	0	36.0	21	16	10	2	16	0	42	0	0	4	1.028	5.2	0.5	4.0	10.5	2.63
13	Thomas Toyfair	18	3	2	.600	5.67	6	6		0	0	0	27.0	36	26	17	4	15	0	21	4	0	3	1.889	12.0	1.3	5.0	7.0	1.40
14	Fred Warner*	21	4	1	.800	2.68	27	0		0	0	6	37.0	20	16	11	0	31	1	44	3	0	2	1.378	4.9	0.0	7.5	10.7	1.42
	14 Players	18.9	43	26	.623	4.75	69	69	61	8	3	12	603.0	652	446	318	54	355	5	552	32	8	62	1.670	9.7	0.8	5.3	8.2	1.55

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
David Harrigan	36		284	28	8	2	.975	8.67	17
Kenneth Martinson	34		268	23	7	0	.977	8.56	16

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tracy Anderson	38	308	24	8	24	.976	8.74
Whitney Harry	30	247	7	8	18	.969	8.47
David Enos	3	13	0	1	0	.929	4.33

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Rusty Hamric	58		126	182	16	28	.951	5.31
David Enos	15		28	34	5	7	.925	4.13

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kenneth Ellenberg	56	54	94	23	13	.865	2.64
David Enos	12	10	19	1	1	.967	2.42
Michael Hanson	6	4	8	3	2	.800	2.00
Jon Lindsey	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jon Lindsey	51	75	140	28	18	.885	4.22
Jeffrey Nate	19	21	30	16	4	.761	2.68
David Enos	2	1	5	2	1	.750	3.00
Rusty Hamric	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Willie Darkis	69	98	5	2	1	.981	1.49
Joseph Bruno	68	135	16	7	1	.956	2.22
Harold Warner	39	57	6	5	0	.926	1.62
Trent Purcell	38	57	3	1	1	.984	1.58

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Gums	27	2	6	1	0	.889	0.30
Fred Warner	27	0	3	1	0	.750	0.11
Paul Lewis	21	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.38
Steve Dunnegan	16	1	9	3	2	.769	0.63
David Mitchell	16	6	21	1	3	.964	1.69
Jay Baller	13	3	11	1	2	.933	1.08
Francisco Berenguer	12	0	9	1	0	.900	0.75
Matthew Dorin	11	3	2	3	0	.625	0.45
Earl Hutchinson	10	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.10
Kyle Money	9	2	3	1	0	.833	0.56
Herbert Bennett	7	1	7	2	0	.800	1.14
Adam Conti	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29
Thomas Toyfair	6	0	2	1	0	.667	0.33
Roy Smith	5	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.20

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Tracy Anderson	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1958
Jay Baller	18	R	R	6' 6.0"	215	Oct 6, 1960	Stayton, OR, US
Herbert Bennett	18		R	6' 6.0"	220	1961
Francisco Berenguer	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	166	1960
Joseph Bruno	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1957
Adam Conti	19		R	6' 1.0"	190	1960
Miguel Cuevas	20	R	R	6' 0.0"		1959
Willie Darkis	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Jan 26, 1960	Guthrie, OK, US
Matthew Dorin	19		R	6' 5.0"	215	1960
Steve Dunnegan	18		R	6' 1.0"	190	Dec 28, 1960
Kenneth Ellenberg	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1961
David Enos	22	S	R	6' 2.0"	185	1957
Russell Gums	19		R	6' 1.0"	220	1960
Rusty Hamric	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Feb 6, 1958	Abilene, TX, US
Michael Hanson	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1960
David Harrigan	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 28, 1958
Whitney Harry	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	198	Aug 17, 1960
Earl Hutchinson	18		R	6' 4.0"	180	1961
Paul Lewis	21		R	6' 1.0"	180	1958
Jon Lindsey	20	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	1959
Kenneth Martinson	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1959
David Mitchell	18		R	6' 3.0"	185	1961
Kyle Money	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Oct 24, 1960	Greenville, TX, US
Jeffrey Nate	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Feb 10, 1961
Trent Purcell	18	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	1961
Roy Smith	17	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Sep 6, 1961	Mount Vernon, NY, US
Thomas Toyfair	18		R	6' 0.0"	170	1961
Fred Warner	21		L	6' 0.0"	175	1958
Harold Warner	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	165	Sep 5, 1959	Edmond, OK, US

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