1979 Portland Beavers

1979 > Class AAA > 1979 Pacific Coast League (North)
Overall: 73-74
Scored 748 runs, Allowed 720 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-71

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Johnny Lipon
Represented: Portland, OR
Ballpark: PGE Park (Portland, OR)
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	Dale Berra	22	56	238	210	37	68	13	2	6	32	2	1	19	29	.324	.387	.490	.878	103	4	3	2
2	Doe Boyland*	24	30	113	102	10	25	6	0	2	12	2	1	10	21	.245	.319	.363	.681	37	1	0	0
3	Craig Cacek	24	147	636	565	92	180	33	7	17	102	5	7	58	40	.319	.383	.492	.875	278	5	2	6
4	Eugeniuo Cotes	23	79	311	285	39	74	14	3	10	45	14	7	20	60	.260	.315	.435	.750	124	4	0	2
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Rod Gilbreath	26	112	494	408	69	119	13	9	2	54	17	5	71	39	.292	.393	.382	.775	156	1	8	6
9	Gary Hargis	22	103	406	386	52	107	23	4	5	42	6	2	8	33	.277	.292	.396	.689	153	1	9	2
10	Al Holland	26	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		Stats for 2 teams
11	Manny Lantigua	27	59	198	185	11	39	6	0	0	24	0	1	5	30	.211	.226	.243	.469	45	0	3	5
12	Vance Law	22	131	513	448	62	139	16	8	2	52	8	4	47	69	.310	.377	.395	.772	177	2	14	2
13	Larry Littleton	25	133	514	459	66	128	24	6	8	71	4	4	46	82	.279	.344	.410	.754	188	1	6	2
14	Alberto Lois	23	5	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.444	.545	.667	1.212	6	0	0	0
15	Ronald Mitchell	27	56	194	169	28	39	14	3	0	13	8	4	21	22	.231	.320	.349	.669	59	2	0	2
16	Oswaldo Olivares*	24	127	536	456	83	137	15	5	0	41	28	9	68	46	.300	.397	.355	.752	162	6	4	2
17	Kevin Pasley	25	20	57	54	7	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	.278	.298	.315	.613	17	0	0	1
18	Gene Pentz	26	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
19	Lenny Randle#	30	66	288	243	42	67	13	3	1	25	15	4	35	31	.276	.375	.366	.742	89	5	3	2		Stats for 2 teams
20	Harry Saferight*	30	129	541	479	67	127	23	5	11	81	1	1	52	71	.265	.338	.403	.741	193	3	2	5
21	Tommy Sandt	28	88	336	292	47	94	14	2	2	42	1	1	36	30	.322	.394	.404	.798	118	0	6	2
22	Alfredo Torres	21	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
23	Richard Walterhouse*	26	25	105	94	9	16	4	0	0	5	1	1	11	19	.170	.257	.213	.470	20	0	0	0
	23 Players	25.4	147	5611	4947	748	1416	233	59	72	670	107	55	524	651	.286	.356	.401	.757	1983	35	61	44	25

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	Juan Arias	22	0	1	.000	9.00	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75
2	Stew Cliburn	22	3	2	.600	4.91	7	6		0	0	0	33.0	43	19	18	2	17	0	17	1	0	3	1.818	11.7	0.5	4.6	4.6	1.00
3	Joe Coleman	32	5	1	.833	2.78	32	0		0	0	3	55.0	53	18	17	3	20	2	34	0	0	3	1.327	8.7	0.5	3.3	5.6	1.70
4	Greg Field	22	4	13	.235	4.85	23	22		4	0	0	117.0	153	75	63	6	33	3	58	2	1	2	1.590	11.8	0.5	2.5	4.5	1.76
5	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
6	Al Holland*	26	10	10	.500	4.50	29	28		3	1	0	174.0	173	99	87	13	87	0	140	2	1	13	1.494	8.9	0.7	4.5	7.2	1.61	Stats for 2 teams
7	Rick Jones*	24	12	8	.600	3.59	33	22		8	2	3	173.0	185	84	69	9	53	1	112	0	0	9	1.376	9.6	0.5	2.8	5.8	2.11
8	Bob Kaiser*	29	0	1	.000	9.00	4	2		0	0	0	10.0	15	10	10	1	9	0	2	0	0	1	2.400	13.5	0.9	8.1	1.8	0.22
9	Larry Littleton	25	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.000	13.5	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
10	Ronald Mitchell	27	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
11	Roger Nelson	35	0	0		13.50	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	3	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
12	Dave Pagan	29	2	0	1.000	5.57	9	1		0	0	0	21.0	24	13	13	1	8	0	12	2	0	1	1.524	10.3	0.4	3.4	5.1	1.50
13	Mike Pazik*	29	1	1	.500	3.94	6	2		0	0	1	16.0	17	9	7	0	5	0	7	1	0	2	1.375	9.6	0.0	2.8	3.9	1.40
14	Gene Pentz	26	5	6	.455	4.33	57	0		0	0	12	81.0	78	44	39	6	57	5	66	7	0	5	1.667	8.7	0.7	6.3	7.3	1.16
15	Pascual Perez	22	9	7	.563	5.50	20	20		1	0	0	103.0	121	70	63	9	47	0	51	1	0	5	1.631	10.6	0.8	4.1	4.5	1.09
16	Dick Pole	28	5	1	.833	4.31	13	12		2	1	0	71.0	77	35	34	3	31	1	23	0	0	5	1.521	9.8	0.4	3.9	2.9	0.74
17	Tommy Sandt	28	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	5	6	2	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	2.750	11.2	4.5	13.5	2.2	0.17
18	Rod Scurry*	23	5	5	.500	4.13	35	15		1	0	0	122.0	121	64	56	11	72	1	94	2	0	7	1.582	8.9	0.8	5.3	6.9	1.31
19	James Smith	22	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1		0	0	0	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.33
20	Rich Standart	27	1	3	.250	7.27	10	3		0	0	0	26.0	32	22	21	4	8	1	16	1	0	0	1.538	11.1	1.4	2.8	5.5	2.00
21	Dan Warthen*	26	10	9	.526	3.56	49	11		1	0	3	154.0	139	69	61	11	80	5	92	4	0	7	1.422	8.1	0.6	4.7	5.4	1.15
22	Jim Willoughby	30	3	2	.600	2.85	24	2		0	0	5	60.0	61	29	19	4	9	0	28	5	0	3	1.167	9.2	0.6	1.4	4.2	3.11
23	Ben Wiltbank	23	2	6	.250	6.00	12	12		0	0	0	54.0	64	46	36	2	44	1	20	3	0	8	2.000	10.7	0.3	7.3	3.3	0.45
	23 Players	25.8	73	74	.497	4.50	147	147	129	18	10	29	1252.0	1383	720	626	89	567	20	712	30	3	71	1.558	9.9	0.6	4.1	5.1	1.26

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
Harry Saferight	88	425	37	12	9	.975	5.25	5
Manny Lantigua	56	288	33	7	3	.979	5.73	4
Kevin Pasley	18	73	12	0	1	1.000	4.72	1

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Craig Cacek	146	1201	138	14	117	.990	9.17
Ronald Mitchell	3	13	3	0	0	1.000	5.33
Doe Boyland	1	9	1	0	1	1.000	10.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gary Hargis	79	163	219	7	47	.982	4.84
Rod Gilbreath	39	83	101	5	21	.974	4.72
Tommy Sandt	23	56	48	2	14	.981	4.52
Vance Law	12	42	33	4	9	.949	6.25
Lenny Randle	1	5	2	1	3	.875	7.00	Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rod Gilbreath	55	48	119	8	13	.954	3.04
Lenny Randle	43	36	98	6	6	.957	3.12	Stats for 2 teams
Vance Law	42	42	90	2	10	.985	3.14
Tommy Sandt	20	16	29	3	4	.938	2.25
Richard Walterhouse	19	19	27	5	2	.902	2.42
Taylor Duncan	16	14	25	3	2	.929	2.44	Stats for 2 teams
Ronald Mitchell	12	5	14	7	1	.731	1.58
Dale Berra	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
Rob Ellis	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Vance Law	78	117	185	16	33	.950	3.87
Dale Berra	47	67	156	8	32	.965	4.74
Gary Hargis	16	25	46	4	10	.947	4.44
Rod Gilbreath	10	14	31	3	3	.938	4.50

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Larry Littleton	133	317	10	5	0	.985	2.46
Oswaldo Olivares	117	177	17	7	5	.965	1.66
Rob Ellis	79	118	11	2	4	.985	1.63	Stats for 2 teams
Eugeniuo Cotes	70	118	9	6	0	.955	1.81
Ronald Mitchell	41	77	5	4	0	.953	2.00
Lenny Randle	21	59	1	2	0	.968	2.86	Stats for 2 teams
Doe Boyland	11	21	1	2	0	.917	2.00
Rod Gilbreath	7	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.29
Richard Walterhouse	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Alberto Lois	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Tommy Sandt	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gene Pentz	57	9	9	2	2	.900	0.32
Dan Warthen	49	12	24	2	1	.947	0.73
Mike Garman	44	9	8	1	0	.944	0.39	Stats for 2 teams
Rod Scurry	35	7	25	0	0	1.000	0.91
Rick Jones	33	13	20	3	4	.917	1.00
Joe Coleman	32	10	7	1	0	.944	0.53
Al Holland	29	13	26	3	1	.929	1.34	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Willoughby	24	7	3	1	0	.909	0.42
Greg Field	23	7	8	3	0	.833	0.65
Pascual Perez	20	15	18	1	2	.971	1.65
Dick Pole	13	8	8	0	0	1.000	1.23
Ben Wiltbank	12	5	12	1	0	.944	1.42
Rich Standart	10	4	3	0	0	1.000	0.70
Dave Pagan	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.22
Stew Cliburn	7	4	4	0	1	1.000	1.14
Mike Pazik	6	3	0	1	0	.750	0.50
Bob Kaiser	4	0	2	0	1	1.000	0.50
Juan Arias	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Tommy Sandt	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Larry Littleton	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Ronald Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Roger Nelson	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
James Smith	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Juan Arias	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Mar 28, 1957	Navarelle, DO
Dale Berra	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 13, 1956	Ridgewood, NJ, US
Doe Boyland	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	200	Jan 6, 1955	Chicago, IL, US
Craig Cacek	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Sep 10, 1954	Los Angeles, CA, US
Stew Cliburn	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Dec 19, 1956	Jackson, MS, US
Joe Coleman	32	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Feb 3, 1947	Boston, MA, US
Eugeniuo Cotes	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Dec 15, 1955	Batey Guerrero, DO
Taylor Duncan	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	May 12, 1953	Memphis, TN, US
Rob Ellis	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 3, 1950	Grand Rapids, MI, US
Greg Field	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jan 6, 1957	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Mike Garman	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 16, 1949	Caldwell, ID, US
Rod Gilbreath	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Sep 24, 1952	Laurel, MS, US
Gary Hargis	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Nov 2, 1956	Minneapolis, MN, US
Al Holland	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	207	Aug 16, 1952	Roanoke, VA, US
Rick Jones	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	190	Apr 16, 1955	Jacksonville, FL, US
Bob Kaiser	29	S	L	5' 10.0"	175	Apr 29, 1950	Cincinnati, OH, US
Manny Lantigua	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Apr 3, 1952	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Vance Law	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 1, 1956	Boise, ID, US
Larry Littleton	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 3, 1954	Charlotte, NC, US
Alberto Lois	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	May 6, 1956	Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, DO
Ronald Mitchell	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Sep 18, 1951	Phoenix, AZ, US
Roger Nelson	35	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jun 7, 1944	Altadena, CA, US
Oswaldo Olivares	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	154	Sep 15, 1954	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Dave Pagan	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Sep 15, 1949	Nipawin, SK, CA
Kevin Pasley	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 22, 1953	Brooklyn, NY, US
Mike Pazik	29	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 26, 1950	Lynn, MA, US
Gene Pentz	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jun 21, 1953	Johnstown, PA, US
Pascual Perez	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	162	May 17, 1957	San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Dick Pole	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Oct 13, 1950	Trout Creek, MI, US
Lenny Randle	30	S	R	5' 10.0"	169	Feb 12, 1949	Long Beach, CA, US
Harry Saferight	30	L	R	5' 11.0"	195	Mar 4, 1949	Richmond, VA, US
Tommy Sandt	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 22, 1950	Brooklyn, NY, US
Rod Scurry	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 17, 1956	Sacramento, CA, US
James Smith	22	R	R	6' 6.0"	210	1957
Rich Standart	27	L	R	6' 2.0"	155	Jan 4, 1952	Stockton, CA, US
Alfredo Torres	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 29, 1958	Maracay, Aragua, VE
Richard Walterhouse	26	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	1953
Dan Warthen	26	S	L	6' 0.0"	200	Dec 1, 1952	Omaha, NE, US
Jim Willoughby	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jan 31, 1949	Salinas, CA, US
Ben Wiltbank	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 13, 1956	Lewes, DE, US

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