Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981
86-76, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buck Rodgers (39-31) and George Bamberger (47-45)
Scored 811 runs, Allowed 682 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,857,408 (5th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Charlie Moore | 27 | 111 | 356 | 320 | 42 | 93 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 28 | .291 | .336 | .363 | .699 | 95 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | 1B | Cecil Cooper* | 30 | 153 | 678 | 622 | 96 | 219 | 33 | 4 | 25 | 122 | 17 | 6 | 39 | 42 | .352 | .387 | .539 | .926 | 155 | 335 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | 2B | Paul Molitor | 23 | 111 | 512 | 450 | 81 | 137 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 48 | 48 | .304 | .372 | .438 | .809 | 125 | 197 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | SS | Robin Yount | 24 | 143 | 647 | 611 | 121 | 179 | 49 | 10 | 23 | 87 | 20 | 5 | 26 | 67 | .293 | .321 | .519 | .840 | 130 | 317 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 3B | Jim Gantner* | 27 | 132 | 457 | 415 | 47 | 117 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 29 | .282 | .330 | .376 | .706 | 96 | 156 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | LF | Ben Oglivie* | 31 | 156 | 660 | 592 | 94 | 180 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 118 | 11 | 9 | 54 | 71 | .304 | .362 | .563 | .925 | 153 | 333 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | CF | Gorman Thomas | 29 | 162 | 697 | 628 | 78 | 150 | 26 | 3 | 38 | 105 | 8 | 5 | 58 | 170 | .239 | .303 | .471 | .774 | 112 | 296 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | RF | Sixto Lezcano | 26 | 112 | 460 | 411 | 51 | 94 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 75 | .229 | .298 | .421 | .719 | 98 | 173 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | DH | Dick Davis | 26 | 106 | 381 | 365 | 50 | 99 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 43 | .271 | .297 | .386 | .683 | 89 | 141 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 10 | 3B | Don Money | 33 | 86 | 336 | 289 | 39 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 36 | .256 | .348 | .498 | .847 | 133 | 144 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | UT | Sal Bando | 36 | 78 | 291 | 254 | 28 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .197 | .278 | .311 | .589 | 64 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | C | Buck Martinez | 31 | 76 | 238 | 219 | 16 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .224 | .266 | .306 | .572 | 59 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DH | Mark Brouhard | 24 | 45 | 133 | 125 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .232 | .278 | .400 | .678 | 87 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MI | Ed Romero | 22 | 42 | 115 | 104 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .260 | .319 | .356 | .674 | 88 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | RF | Vic Harris# | 30 | 34 | 103 | 89 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .213 | .304 | .315 | .619 | 73 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DH | Larry Hisle | 33 | 17 | 76 | 60 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | .283 | .421 | .583 | 1.004 | 177 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | UT | John Poff* | 27 | 19 | 71 | 68 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .250 | .282 | .368 | .649 | 79 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | C | Ned Yost | 24 | 15 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .161 | .161 | .161 | .323 | -10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 19 | P | Mike Caldwell | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | P | Bob McClure | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | P | John Flinn | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | P | Jerry Augustine* | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | P | Fred Holdsworth | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | P | Moose Haas | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | P | Bill Castro | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | P | Lary Sorensen | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | P | Dan Boitano | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | P | Reggie Cleveland | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | P | Dave LaPoint* | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | P | Bill Travers* | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | P | Jim Slaton | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | P | Paul Mitchell | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | P | Rickey Keeton | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 162 | 6242 | 5653 | 811 | 1555 | 298 | 36 | 203 | 774 | 131 | 56 | 455 | 745 | .275 | .329 | .448 | .777 | 114 | 2534 | 98 | 25 | 58 | 51 | 59 | ||
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Moose Haas | 24 | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.10 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 252.1 | 246 | 96 | 87 | 25 | 56 | 6 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1023 | 125 | 1.197 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 2.61 |
| 2 | SP | Mike Caldwell* | 31 | 13 | 11 | .542 | 4.03 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 225.1 | 248 | 112 | 101 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 940 | 96 | 1.349 | 9.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 1.32 |
| 3 | SP | Lary Sorensen | 24 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.68 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 195.2 | 242 | 91 | 80 | 13 | 45 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 839 | 105 | 1.467 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.20 |
| 4 | SP | Bill Travers* | 27 | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.91 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 154.1 | 147 | 76 | 67 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 650 | 99 | 1.257 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.32 |
| 5 | SP | Paul Mitchell | 30 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.53 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 89.1 | 92 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 110 | 1.198 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.93 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Bob McClure* | 28 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.08 | 52 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 90.2 | 83 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 390 | 126 | 1.324 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.27 |
| 7 | RP | Reggie Cleveland | 32 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.73 | 45 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 154.1 | 150 | 73 | 64 | 9 | 49 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 657 | 104 | 1.289 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.10 |
| 8 | RP | Bill Castro | 28 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.77 | 56 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 84.1 | 89 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 350 | 140 | 1.257 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.88 |
| 9 | RP | Jerry Augustine* | 27 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.52 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.2 | 83 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 321 | 86 | 1.708 | 10.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 0.61 |
| 10 | RP | John Flinn | 25 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.89 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 100 | 1.378 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 0.75 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rickey Keeton | 23 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 81 | 1.553 | 11.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.89 | |
| 12 | Fred Holdsworth | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 85 | 1.678 | 11.0 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 1.33 | ||
| 13 | Dan Boitano | 27 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 48 | 1.811 | 13.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.83 | |
| 14 | Jim Slaton | 30 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 88 | 1.347 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.80 | |
| 15 | Dave LaPoint* | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 65 | 2.000 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 0.38 | |
| Team Totals | 27.4 | 86 | 76 | .531 | 3.73 | 162 | 162 | 114 | 48 | 12 | 30 | 1450.0 | 1530 | 682 | 601 | 137 | 420 | 37 | 575 | 24 | 6 | 33 | 6150 | 104 | 1.345 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.37 | ||
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10364 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Augustine | 27 | 39 | 1 | 69.2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.81 | 0.36 | P | |||||||||||||
| Sal Bando | 36 | 79 | 54 | 475.1 | 186 | 62 | 112 | 12 | 14 | .935 | -3.2 | -8.1 | -4.2 | -0.9 | -3.3 | 1 | 3.29 | 2.20 | 3B-1B-DH | |||||||
| Dan Boitano | 27 | 11 | 0 | 17.2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.53 | 0.27 | P | |||||||||||||
| Mark Brouhard | 24 | 43 | 13 | 137.1 | 82 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .988 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | -1 | 0 | 5.31 | 1.88 | RF-1B-LF-DH | ||||||
| Mike Caldwell | 31 | 34 | 33 | 225.1 | 46 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 1.80 | 1.32 | P | |||||||||||||
| Bill Castro | 28 | 56 | 0 | 84.1 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .880 | 2.35 | 0.39 | P | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Cleveland | 32 | 45 | 13 | 154.1 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.92 | 0.73 | P | |||||||||||||
| Cecil Cooper | 30 | 153 | 142 | 1248.0 | 1447 | 1336 | 106 | 5 | 160 | .997 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 1 | 10.40 | 9.42 | 1B-DH | |||||||
| Dick Davis | 26 | 103 | 34 | 293.1 | 71 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .972 | -5.0 | -20.5 | -2.0 | -1.6 | -0.5 | -3 | 2.12 | 0.67 | RF-LF-DH | |||||||
| John Flinn | 25 | 20 | 1 | 37.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.19 | 0.45 | P | |||||||||||||
| Jim Gantner | 27 | 136 | 114 | 1038.1 | 509 | 159 | 335 | 15 | 70 | .971 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4 | 4.28 | 3.63 | 2B-3B-SS | |||||||
| Moose Haas | 24 | 33 | 33 | 252.1 | 53 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 6 | .943 | 1.78 | 1.52 | P | |||||||||||||
| Vic Harris | 30 | 34 | 22 | 231.0 | 64 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .969 | -0.3 | -1.6 | 0.7 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -1 | 0 | 2.42 | 1.82 | RF-CF-LF-3B-2B | ||||||
| Larry Hisle | 33 | 17 | 0.00 | DH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Holdsworth | 28 | 9 | 0 | 19.2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.29 | 0.56 | P | |||||||||||||
| Rickey Keeton | 23 | 5 | 5 | 28.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.22 | 1.40 | P | |||||||||||||
| Dave LaPoint | 20 | 5 | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | P | ||||||||||||||
| Sixto Lezcano | 26 | 112 | 106 | 939.2 | 240 | 228 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .983 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.5 | -1 | 2.26 | 2.11 | RF-DH | |||||||
| Buck Martinez | 31 | 76 | 75 | 622.0 | 331 | 293 | 33 | 5 | 3 | .985 | 5.0 | 9.6 | 5 | 4.72 | 4.29 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 24 | 39% | C | |||||
| Bob McClure | 28 | 52 | 5 | 90.2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.19 | 0.23 | P | |||||||||||||
| Paul Mitchell | 30 | 17 | 11 | 89.1 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.22 | 1.29 | P | |||||||||||||
| Paul Molitor | 23 | 111 | 102 | 906.1 | 616 | 260 | 336 | 20 | 90 | .968 | -3.9 | -5.2 | -5.9 | 1.7 | -7.6 | 2 | 5.92 | 5.37 | 2B-SS-3B-DH | |||||||
| Don Money | 33 | 85 | 67 | 585.1 | 317 | 176 | 129 | 12 | 35 | .962 | -1.8 | -3.7 | -2.8 | -1.3 | -1.4 | 1 | 4.69 | 3.59 | 3B-1B-2B-DH | |||||||
| Charlie Moore | 27 | 105 | 77 | 735.2 | 351 | 319 | 28 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.25 | 3.30 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 19 | 34% | C | |||||
| Ben Oglivie | 31 | 157 | 150 | 1332.0 | 408 | 381 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .978 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 11.2 | 1 | 2.70 | 2.54 | LF-RF-CF-DH | |||||||
| John Poff | 27 | 17 | 10 | 83.2 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | -1.6 | -22.9 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 | 4.09 | 2.24 | RF-1B-DH | ||||||
| Ed Romero | 22 | 40 | 28 | 280.0 | 174 | 60 | 102 | 12 | 20 | .931 | -6.4 | -27.4 | -5.4 | -1.8 | -3.6 | -1 | 5.21 | 4.05 | SS-2B-3B | |||||||
| Jim Slaton | 30 | 3 | 3 | 16.1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 1.00 | P | |||||||||||||
| Lary Sorensen | 24 | 35 | 29 | 195.2 | 48 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.21 | 1.37 | P | |||||||||||||
| Gorman Thomas | 29 | 162 | 160 | 1418.0 | 468 | 455 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .985 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | -1.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 2.93 | 2.85 | CF-DH | |||||||
| Bill Travers | 27 | 29 | 25 | 154.1 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.75 | 1.03 | P | |||||||||||||
| Ned Yost | 24 | 15 | 10 | 92.1 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.48 | 3.07 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 33% | C | |||||
| Robin Yount | 24 | 142 | 132 | 1181.2 | 722 | 239 | 455 | 28 | 89 | .961 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 7.3 | -2.0 | 1 | 5.29 | 4.89 | SS-DH | |||||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 162 | 1458 | 13050.0 | 6383 | 4350 | 1886 | 147 | 523 | .977 | 24.8 | 2.3 | 16.8 | 11.9 | 5.0 | -6 | 9 | 5 | 4.30 | 3.15 | 6 | 33 | 81 | 46 | 36% | |
| Rank in 14 AL teams | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |