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1979 Billings Mustangs

1979 > Class Rookie > 1979 Pioneer League (South)
Overall: 43-26
Scored 360 runs, Allowed 283 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 42-27

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: James Hoff
Represented: Billings, 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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Jeff Ayers? 20 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
2 Scott Beals 20 26 68 57 10 13 4 0 0 9 0 2 8 15 .228 .313 .298 .612 17 0 1 2
3 Bill Boddy 18 43 144 127 19 34 5 0 1 22 6 0 14 34 .268 .336 .331 .666 42 0 1 2
4 Newt Box? 22 24 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 .056 .227 .056 .283 1 0 0 0
5 Bob Buchanan* 18 17 40 39 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 .205 .225 .205 .430 8 1 0 0
6 Keefe Cato 21 12 18 14 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .071 .235 .071 .307 1 0 1 0
7 Steve Daniels? 21 22 12 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 2 1
8 Mike Dowless 18 14 25 19 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .158 .261 .211 .471 4 0 2 1
9 Perry Estep* 20 18 41 34 4 8 1 0 1 3 3 0 7 5 .235 .366 .353 .719 12 0 0 0
10 Rodolfo Feliz 16 22 48 41 3 7 0 1 0 5 2 0 7 17 .171 .292 .220 .511 9 0 0 0
11 Nick Fiorillo? 22 20 51 49 8 18 2 1 1 8 3 1 1 8 .367 .380 .510 .890 25 0 1 0
12 Kevin Flannery? 21 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0
13 Dario Guzman 17 55 195 170 34 54 13 3 2 28 8 4 20 40 .318 .400 .465 .865 79 4 0 1
14 Duke Hinds 22 56 223 175 26 36 7 3 2 26 9 3 36 35 .206 .357 .314 .672 55 7 2 3
15 Rod Johnson 22 63 264 214 49 70 10 1 1 37 10 5 43 27 .327 .441 .397 .838 85 2 3 2
16 Jeff Jones 21 66 280 232 49 69 9 1 11 49 8 1 35 75 .297 .403 .487 .890 113 8 2 3
17 Russ Jones 21 61 241 198 38 57 5 2 4 36 10 2 37 50 .288 .408 .394 .802 78 3 3 0
18 Kurt Kepshire* 19 24 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0
19 Danny Lamar 18 34 119 107 7 18 2 0 0 7 3 1 7 16 .168 .217 .187 .404 20 0 4 1
20 Ronald Little* 18 62 243 231 31 64 6 2 0 21 10 2 11 53 .277 .313 .320 .633 74 1 0 0
21 Anthony Masone 20 7 26 23 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .217 .269 .217 .487 5 0 0 1
22 Mark Miller 21 57 251 218 34 55 4 2 0 13 14 2 30 29 .252 .343 .289 .632 63 0 3 0
23 Carlos Porte 16 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
24 Keith Schrimsher? 21 10 22 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .067 .176 .067 .243 1 0 5 0
25 Mark Simon* 21 64 232 193 25 38 6 2 0 22 7 1 32 62 .197 .308 .249 .557 48 0 5 2
26 Mike Sullivan 19 4 13 13 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 .308 .308 .462 .769 6 0 0 0
27 Mike Sullivan 20 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 1 0
28 Julio Tirado* 17 31 82 74 6 15 2 1 0 8 0 0 6 20 .203 .280 .257 .537 19 2 0 0
29 Jose Valdez 17 6 9 9 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .444 .889 4 0 0 0
29 Players 19.9 69 2700 2300 360 584 77 20 23 302 97 25 315 548 .254 .348 .335 .683 770 28 38 19 10
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 Jeff Ayers 20 0 3 .000 7.43 16 1 0 0 0 23.0 29 26 19 6 20 2 18 2 0 3 2.130 11.3 2.3 7.8 7.0 0.90
2 Greg Bangert* 22 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 0 1 3.0 5 4 2 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 2.667 15.0 0.0 9.0 12.0 1.33
3 Newt Box* 22 2 4 .333 4.60 19 2 0 0 0 45.0 53 39 23 4 19 1 40 0 2 1 1.600 10.6 0.8 3.8 8.0 2.11
4 Bob Buchanan* 18 7 5 .583 3.36 14 14 3 1 0 91.0 82 42 34 6 25 2 80 3 3 1 1.176 8.1 0.6 2.5 7.9 3.20
5 Keefe Cato 21 9 1 .900 1.33 11 11 6 0 0 88.0 55 14 13 3 8 0 101 0 0 0 0.716 5.6 0.3 0.8 10.3 12.63
6 Steve Daniels 21 2 3 .400 2.08 22 1 0 0 8 52.0 37 17 12 2 12 4 74 3 0 0 0.942 6.4 0.3 2.1 12.8 6.17
7 Mike Dowless 18 3 4 .429 3.48 12 11 0 0 0 62.0 66 41 24 4 22 0 54 3 1 1 1.419 9.6 0.6 3.2 7.8 2.45
8 Nick Fiorillo* 22 10 2 .833 2.00 14 14 4 2 0 99.0 73 29 22 1 45 2 114 6 1 13 1.192 6.6 0.1 4.1 10.4 2.53
9 Kevin Flannery 21 0 0 5.06 5 2 0 0 0 16.0 17 11 9 5 3 0 13 0 0 1 1.250 9.6 2.8 1.7 7.3 4.33
10 Jeff Jones 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 18.0 0.67
11 Kurt Kepshire 19 4 0 1.000 2.52 24 1 0 0 7 50.0 30 16 14 3 27 4 57 0 1 3 1.140 5.4 0.5 4.9 10.3 2.11
12 Rick Myles* 20 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
13 Keith Schrimsher 21 4 2 .667 2.95 10 10 1 0 0 64.0 59 26 21 2 17 1 65 4 0 3 1.188 8.3 0.3 2.4 9.1 3.82
14 Mark Simon 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
15 Mike Sullivan 20 2 2 .500 5.21 8 2 0 0 0 19.0 25 16 11 2 8 2 27 0 0 1 1.737 11.8 0.9 3.8 12.8 3.38
15 Players 20.2 43 26 .623 2.99 69 69 55 14 6 16 615.0 534 283 204 38 213 18 651 22 8 28 1.215 7.8 0.6 3.1 9.5 3.06

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
Bill Boddy 41 351 32 8 2 .980 9.34 10
Danny Lamar 33 283 12 10 1 .967 8.94 6
Mike Sullivan 4 28 2 3 0 .909 7.50 1

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Russ Jones 52 372 18 12 29 .970 7.50
Julio Tirado 23 110 9 4 6 .967 5.17
Jeff Jones 8 41 5 7 0 .868 5.75
Mark Miller 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Duke Hinds 51 98 118 10 22 .956 4.24
Mark Miller 25 33 51 8 9 .913 3.36
Carlos Porte 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rod Johnson 61 57 121 17 9 .913 2.92
Scott Beals 10 3 10 6 1 .684 1.30
Rodolfo Feliz 5 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mark Simon 61 94 124 23 16 .905 3.57
Scott Beals 16 10 21 5 7 .861 1.94
Rodolfo Feliz 11 8 12 1 3 .952 1.82

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeff Jones 58 83 5 3 1 .967 1.52
Ronald Little 58 74 4 7 0 .918 1.34
Dario Guzman 45 62 4 1 0 .985 1.47
Mark Miller 38 59 4 2 1 .969 1.66
Perry Estep 13 15 1 2 1 .889 1.23
Russ Jones 13 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.54
Anthony Masone 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Jose Valdez 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kurt Kepshire 24 2 8 1 1 .909 0.42
Steve Daniels 22 2 6 1 0 .889 0.36
Newt Box 19 0 13 1 0 .929 0.68
Jeff Ayers 16 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.25
Bob Buchanan 14 7 17 3 1 .889 1.71
Nick Fiorillo 14 4 17 4 0 .840 1.50
Mike Dowless 12 3 9 2 1 .857 1.00
Keefe Cato 11 7 15 1 2 .957 2.00
Keith Schrimsher 10 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.60
Mike Sullivan 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Kevin Flannery 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60
Greg Bangert 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67
Jeff Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rick Myles 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mark Simon 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jeff Ayers 20 R 6' 3.0" 195 Feb 25, 1959
Greg Bangert 22 L 6' 3.0" 185 Sep 20, 1956
Scott Beals 20 R R 6' 1.0" 178 Jul 26, 1958
Bill Boddy 18 R R 6' 0.0" 170 May 6, 1961
Newt Box 22 L 6' 1.0" Sep 7, 1956
Bob Buchanan 18 L L 6' 1.0" 185 May 3, 1961 Ridley Park, PA, US
Keefe Cato 21 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 6, 1958 Yonkers, NY, US
Steve Daniels 21 R 6' 3.0" 190 Jun 16, 1958
Mike Dowless 18 R R 6' 5.0" 225 Dec 13, 1960 Bethesda, MD, US
Perry Estep 20 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Sep 3, 1958
Rodolfo Feliz 16 R R 5' 11.0" 147 Jun 26, 1963
Nick Fiorillo 22 L 6' 3.0" 195 Apr 8, 1957
Kevin Flannery 21 R 6' 3.0" 195 Nov 30, 1957 Detroit, MI, US
Dario Guzman 17 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 15, 1961
Duke Hinds 22 R R 5' 8.0" 155 Jun 6, 1957
Rod Johnson 22 R R 6' 1.0" 183 May 5, 1957
Jeff Jones 21 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 22, 1957 Philadelphia, PA, US
Russ Jones 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 23, 1957
Kurt Kepshire 19 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 3, 1959 Bridgeport, CT, US
Danny Lamar 18 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 18, 1960
Ronald Little 18 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Feb 8, 1961 Asheboro, NC, US
Anthony Masone 20 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 16, 1958
Mark Miller 21 R R 6' 0.0" 172 Nov 13, 1957 Chester, PA, US
Rick Myles 20 L L 6' 3.0" 192 Apr 12, 1959 Kokomo, IN, US
Carlos Porte 16 R R 5' 9.0" 145 Sep 6, 1962
Keith Schrimsher 21 R 6' 2.0" 200 Dec 23, 1957
Mark Simon 21 L R 6' 3.0" 185 Jul 27, 1957
Mike Sullivan 20 R R 6' 0.0" 176 Nov 4, 1958
Mike Sullivan 19 R R 6' 1.0" 185 May 16, 1960
Julio Tirado 17 L L 6' 3.0" 165 Dec 18, 1961
Jose Valdez 17 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Oct 19, 1961

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