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1979 Memphis Chicks

1979 > Class AA > 1979 Southern League (West)
Overall: 82-62
Scored 716 runs, Allowed 617 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-62

Affiliation: Montreal Expos-NL
Manager: Billy Gardner
Represented: Memphis, TN
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium (Memphis, TN)
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 Ray Crowley* 26 66 292 226 57 64 13 2 11 43 2 2 63 43 .283 .436 .504 .941 114 0 1 2
2 Rick Engle 22 27 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 1 0
3 Godfrey Evans 23 59 221 181 19 40 3 2 1 12 2 4 33 30 .221 .343 .276 .619 50 1 5 1
4 Larry Goldetsky 23 51 160 138 20 35 6 4 0 15 3 0 19 40 .254 .352 .355 .707 49 2 1 0
5 Bill Gullickson 20 16 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 1 0
6 Warren Hemm* 24 15 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 3 0 0 0
7 Dave Hostetler 23 145 628 548 77 148 28 4 20 114 2 1 70 110 .270 .357 .445 .802 244 6 0 4
8 Tony Johnson 23 141 588 504 82 147 28 9 14 85 25 6 78 115 .292 .388 .466 .854 235 3 0 3
9 Charlie Lea 22 24 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0
10 Steven Lovins 22 50 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0
11 Steven Michael* 22 56 199 178 19 32 6 2 1 16 1 3 19 20 .180 .258 .253 .510 45 0 1 1
12 Julio Perez# 20 38 162 137 19 32 4 0 1 18 1 1 21 4 .234 .329 .285 .614 39 0 1 3
13 Tony Phillips# 20 52 180 156 31 44 4 2 3 11 3 2 19 13 .282 .362 .391 .753 61 1 3 1
14 Tim Raines# 19 145 650 552 104 160 25 10 5 50 59 12 90 51 .290 .390 .399 .789 220 3 2 3
15 Rick Ramos 23 15 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 1 0
16 Pat Rooney 21 125 507 458 52 115 18 5 16 69 4 2 44 118 .251 .315 .417 .732 191 0 2 3
17 Randall Schafer 25 94 353 327 43 87 11 3 20 66 1 1 20 66 .266 .311 .502 .812 164 2 2 2
18 John Scoras 25 121 463 393 58 92 17 6 5 46 1 4 54 73 .234 .326 .346 .672 136 3 6 7
19 Dennis Sherow 24 28 128 111 18 28 3 1 0 6 5 2 17 17 .252 .352 .297 .649 33 0 0 0
20 Doug Simunic 23 64 231 203 15 42 9 0 2 18 0 1 20 34 .207 .282 .281 .563 57 2 4 2
21 Bryn Smith 23 27 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 1 0 2 0
22 Grayling Tobias# 23 81 362 317 50 79 11 4 0 24 5 4 39 30 .249 .331 .309 .641 98 1 3 2
23 Tim Wallach 21 75 304 257 50 84 16 4 18 51 0 2 37 53 .327 .417 .630 1.048 162 5 2 3
23 Players 22.5 145 5475 4726 716 1235 204 58 117 646 114 47 645 833 .261 .351 .403 .754 1906 29 38 37 34
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 Hal Dues 24 2 2 .500 4.09 7 7 1 0 0 44.0 51 24 20 4 19 1 12 0 0 2 1.591 10.4 0.8 3.9 2.5 0.63
2 Rick Engle* 22 6 8 .429 4.70 27 27 4 0 0 161.0 162 95 84 20 68 0 103 0 1 6 1.429 9.1 1.1 3.8 5.8 1.51
3 Mike Finlayson 24 4 3 .571 4.34 11 8 3 0 0 56.0 61 29 27 6 17 1 24 0 0 3 1.393 9.8 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.41
4 Jeffrey Gingrich 25 8 9 .471 3.83 35 10 5 2 1 127.0 151 69 54 12 49 4 66 13 0 10 1.575 10.7 0.9 3.5 4.7 1.35
5 Bill Gullickson 20 10 3 .769 3.65 16 16 8 1 0 116.0 110 52 47 9 42 1 115 1 0 5 1.310 8.5 0.7 3.3 8.9 2.74
6 Warren Hemm* 24 2 2 .500 5.59 15 3 0 0 0 37.0 52 25 23 4 22 1 15 1 0 1 2.000 12.6 1.0 5.4 3.6 0.68
7 Charlie Lea 22 8 8 .500 4.39 24 24 3 1 0 162.0 161 88 79 11 71 2 81 6 0 9 1.432 8.9 0.6 3.9 4.5 1.14
8 Steven Lovins 22 11 5 .688 2.62 50 0 0 0 18 79.0 58 26 23 1 43 6 67 3 0 9 1.278 6.6 0.1 4.9 7.6 1.56
9 Rick Ramos 23 8 2 .800 3.60 15 15 7 3 0 105.0 109 44 42 8 24 3 76 1 1 0 1.267 9.3 0.7 2.1 6.5 3.17
10 Bryn Smith 23 11 10 .524 3.38 27 27 10 1 0 184.0 175 80 69 10 74 7 115 2 0 9 1.353 8.6 0.5 3.6 5.6 1.55
11 Robert Tenenini 23 8 3 .727 4.04 42 3 3 0 5 98.0 116 52 44 2 42 5 50 3 1 5 1.612 10.7 0.2 3.9 4.6 1.19
12 Rick Williams* 22 5 7 .417 3.31 33 5 1 0 5 68.0 46 33 25 1 44 4 25 4 0 8 1.324 6.1 0.1 5.8 3.3 0.57
12 Players 22.7 82 62 .569 3.91 145 145 100 45 10 29 1237.0 1252 617 537 88 515 35 749 34 3 67 1.428 9.1 0.6 3.7 5.4 1.45

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
Randall Schafer 90 518 34 5 4 .991 6.13 7
Doug Simunic 60 290 47 8 5 .977 5.62 7

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Hostetler 113 959 55 9 94 .991 8.97
Tim Wallach 32 283 20 1 22 .997 9.47
John Scoras 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Doug Simunic 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tim Raines 145 341 413 23 93 .970 5.20
Larry Goldetsky 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.00
Tony Phillips 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 6.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Scoras 100 89 193 14 24 .953 2.82
Julio Perez 31 24 84 5 8 .956 3.48
Larry Goldetsky 10 7 6 1 0 .929 1.30
Tim Wallach 10 7 15 3 1 .880 2.20

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Godfrey Evans 59 112 205 22 40 .935 5.37
Tony Phillips 47 63 133 18 14 .916 4.17
Larry Goldetsky 35 61 106 8 15 .954 4.77
Julio Perez 9 14 25 2 1 .951 4.33

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tony Johnson 139 236 15 17 1 .937 1.81
Pat Rooney 123 253 9 5 2 .981 2.13
Grayling Tobias 80 169 5 3 0 .983 2.18
Steven Michael 48 101 5 4 2 .964 2.21
Dennis Sherow 27 51 2 3 0 .946 1.96
John Scoras 23 41 0 1 0 .976 1.78
Ray Crowley 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
Randall Schafer 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steven Lovins 50 5 7 1 0 .923 0.24
Robert Tenenini 42 5 12 0 1 1.000 0.40
Jeffrey Gingrich 35 8 27 2 5 .946 1.00
Rick Williams 33 3 12 1 1 .938 0.45
Rick Engle 27 9 25 0 2 1.000 1.26
Bryn Smith 27 13 24 3 1 .925 1.37
Charlie Lea 24 17 19 2 1 .947 1.50
Bill Gullickson 16 4 15 0 2 1.000 1.19
Warren Hemm 15 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.40
Rick Ramos 15 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.13
Mike Finlayson 11 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.27
Hal Dues 7 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.86

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Ray Crowley 26 L L 6' 4.0" 205 Jan 15, 1953 Chicago, IL, US
Hal Dues 24 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Sep 22, 1954 La Marque, TX, US
Rick Engle 22 R L 5' 11.0" 181 Apr 7, 1957 Corbin, KY, US
Godfrey Evans 23 R R 6' 3.0" 176 Jan 30, 1956 Compton, CA, US
Mike Finlayson 24 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Aug 5, 1954 NS, CA
Jeffrey Gingrich 25 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 19, 1953 CA, US
Larry Goldetsky 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Apr 14, 1956 St. Paul, MN, US
Bill Gullickson 20 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Feb 20, 1959 Marshall, MN, US
Warren Hemm 24 L L 6' 4.0" 205 Jul 7, 1954 IL, US
Dave Hostetler 23 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Mar 27, 1956 Pasadena, CA, US
Tony Johnson 23 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jun 23, 1956 Memphis, TN, US
Charlie Lea 22 R R 6' 4.0" 194 Dec 25, 1956 Orleans, FR
Steven Lovins 22 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Aug 5, 1956
Steven Michael 22 L L 6' 1.0" 200 1957
Julio Perez 20 S R 5' 11.0" 155 Sep 17, 1958 New York, NY, US
Tony Phillips 20 S R 5' 10.0" 175 Apr 25, 1959 Atlanta, GA, US
Tim Raines 19 S R 5' 8.0" 160 Sep 16, 1959 Sanford, FL, US
Rick Ramos 23 R R 6' 5.0" 215 May 11, 1956
Pat Rooney 21 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 28, 1957 Chicago, IL, US
Randall Schafer 25 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Jan 14, 1954 Sydney, OH, US
John Scoras 25 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Mar 8, 1954 Long Branch, NJ, US
Dennis Sherow 24 R R 6' 5.0" 195 Jan 4, 1955 CA, US
Doug Simunic 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 17, 1956 Mount Clemens, MI, US
Bryn Smith 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 11, 1955 Marietta, GA, US
Robert Tenenini 23 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Feb 28, 1956 Syracuse, NY, US
Grayling Tobias 23 S L 5' 11.0" 160 1956 St. Louis, MO, US
Tim Wallach 21 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Sep 14, 1957 Huntington Beach, CA, US
Rick Williams 22 L L 6' 1.0" 192 Nov 21, 1956 Fort Worth, TX, US

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