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1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

98-64, Finished 1st in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Chuck Tanner (98-64)
Scored 775 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67

Ballpark: Three Rivers Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,435,454 (10th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 106

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Baltimore Orioles
Won NL Championship Series (3-0) over Cincinnati Reds

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1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Ed Ott* 27 117 439 403 49 110 20 2 7 51 0 1 26 62 .273 .314 .385 .699 86 155 8 0 6 4 8
2 1B Willie Stargell* 39 126 480 424 60 119 19 0 32 82 0 1 47 105 .281 .352 .552 .904 139 234 10 3 0 6 12
3 2B Rennie Stennett 28 108 348 319 31 76 13 2 0 24 1 4 24 25 .238 .289 .292 .581 56 93 11 0 2 3 6
4 SS Tim Foli 28 133 587 525 70 153 23 1 1 65 6 5 28 14 .291 .335 .345 .679 83 181 7 9 19 6 0
5 3B Bill Madlock 28 85 353 311 48 102 17 3 7 44 21 8 34 22 .328 .390 .469 .860 130 146 14 1 2 5 8
6 LF Bill Robinson 36 148 455 421 59 111 17 6 24 75 13 2 24 81 .264 .302 .504 .805 112 212 13 1 4 5 11
7 CF Omar Moreno* 26 162 757 695 110 196 21 12 8 69 77 21 51 104 .282 .333 .381 .714 91 265 7 3 6 2 9
8 RF Dave Parker* 28 158 707 622 109 193 45 7 25 94 20 4 67 101 .310 .380 .526 .906 141 327 7 9 0 9 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 IF Phil Garner 30 150 612 549 76 161 32 8 11 59 17 8 55 74 .293 .359 .441 .800 113 242 6 3 2 3 15
10 UT John Milner* 29 128 386 326 52 90 9 4 16 60 3 5 53 37 .276 .373 .475 .849 126 155 5 1 0 6 6
11 C Steve Nicosia 23 70 215 191 22 55 16 0 4 13 0 2 23 17 .288 .364 .435 .799 113 83 5 0 1 0 7
12 LF Lee Lacy 31 84 208 182 17 45 9 3 5 15 6 1 22 36 .247 .327 .412 .739 97 75 1 1 0 3 2
13 IF Dale Berra 22 44 138 123 11 26 5 0 3 15 0 0 11 17 .211 .272 .325 .597 60 40 5 0 2 2 2
14 UT Manny Sanguillen 35 56 80 74 8 17 5 2 0 4 0 0 2 5 .230 .247 .351 .598 59 26 3 0 3 1 2
15 OF Mike Easler* 28 55 62 54 8 15 1 1 2 11 0 1 8 13 .278 .371 .444 .815 118 24 0 0 0 0 0
16 SS Frank Taveras 29 11 45 45 4 11 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 .244 .244 .311 .556 48 14 2 0 0 0 0
17 UT Matt Alexander# 32 44 13 13 16 7 0 1 0 1 13 1 0 0 .538 .538 .692 1.231 228 9 0 0 0 0 0
18 Doe Boyland* 24 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Alberto Lois 23 11 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Gary Hargis 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Bert Blyleven 28 38 85 70 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 33 .129 .129 .143 .271 -27 10 2 0 15 0 0
22 P John Candelaria* 25 33 77 68 0 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .132 .145 .191 .336 -11 13 4 0 8 0 0
23 P Bruce Kison 29 37 63 55 6 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 19 .145 .161 .236 .397 5 13 2 0 7 0 0
24 P Don Robinson 22 29 56 49 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .204 .250 .204 .454 23 10 0 0 4 0 0
25 P Jim Bibby 34 34 52 45 3 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 25 .178 .196 .333 .529 39 15 0 1 6 0 0
26 P Jim Rooker 36 19 36 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .121 .147 .121 .268 -27 4 1 0 2 0 0
27 P Ed Whitson 24 19 18 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .071 .000 .071 -79 0 0 0 4 0 0
28 P Kent Tekulve 32 94 17 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .133 .188 .133 .321 -12 2 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Enrique Romo 31 84 16 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 2 0 0 4 0 0
30 P Grant Jackson# 36 72 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Dave Roberts* 34 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 P Joe Coleman 32 10 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 57 2 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Rick Rhoden 26 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 438 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Dock Ellis# 34 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 163 6330 5661 775 1541 264 52 148 710 180 66 483 855 .272 .330 .416 .746 99 2353 113 32 98 56 102
Rank in 12 NL teams 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 6 8 4 2 5 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bert Blyleven 28 12 5 .706 3.60 37 37 0 4 0 0 237.1 238 102 95 21 92 8 172 6 0 9 1018 109 1.390 9.0 0.8 3.5 6.5 1.87
2 SP John Candelaria* 25 14 9 .609 3.22 33 30 2 8 0 0 207.0 201 83 74 25 41 6 101 3 0 2 850 122 1.169 8.7 1.1 1.8 4.4 2.46
3 SP Bruce Kison 29 13 7 .650 3.19 33 25 2 3 1 0 172.1 157 70 61 13 45 5 105 4 0 5 704 123 1.172 8.2 0.7 2.4 5.5 2.33
4 SP Don Robinson 22 8 8 .500 3.87 29 25 1 4 0 0 160.2 171 74 69 12 52 5 96 4 1 6 684 102 1.388 9.6 0.7 2.9 5.4 1.85
5 SP Jim Rooker* 36 4 7 .364 4.60 19 17 0 1 0 0 103.2 106 58 53 11 39 5 44 0 0 6 444 85 1.399 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.8 1.13
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Kent Tekulve 32 10 8 .556 2.75 94 0 67 0 0 31 134.1 109 46 41 5 49 20 75 2 0 4 550 143 1.176 7.3 0.3 3.3 5.0 1.53
7 RP Jim Bibby 34 12 4 .750 2.81 34 17 2 4 1 0 137.2 110 51 43 9 47 6 103 4 0 5 562 140 1.140 7.2 0.6 3.1 6.7 2.19
8 RP Enrique Romo 31 10 5 .667 2.99 84 0 25 0 0 5 129.1 122 50 43 11 43 9 106 3 6 6 537 131 1.276 8.5 0.8 3.0 7.4 2.47
9 RP Grant Jackson* 36 8 5 .615 2.96 72 0 29 0 0 14 82.0 67 32 27 9 35 5 39 2 1 3 339 133 1.244 7.4 1.0 3.8 4.3 1.11
10 RP Dave Roberts* 34 5 2 .714 3.26 21 3 5 0 0 1 38.2 47 18 14 1 12 4 15 1 0 0 170 121 1.526 10.9 0.2 2.8 3.5 1.25
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Ed Whitson 24 2 3 .400 4.37 19 7 4 0 0 1 57.2 53 36 28 6 36 3 31 1 1 2 263 90 1.543 8.3 0.9 5.6 4.8 0.86
12 Joe Coleman 32 0 0 6.10 10 0 2 0 0 0 20.2 29 17 14 1 9 1 14 1 0 3 101 64 1.839 12.6 0.4 3.9 6.1 1.56
13 Dock Ellis 34 0 0 2.57 3 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 29 153 1.571 11.6 1.3 2.6 1.3 0.50
14 Rick Rhoden 26 0 1 .000 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 55 1.400 9.0 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
Team Totals 29.3 98 64 .605 3.42 163 163 139 24 2 52 1493.1 1424 643 568 125 504 77 904 31 9 52 6272 115 1.291 8.6 0.8 3.0 5.4 1.79
Rank in 12 NL teams 1 12 3 10 8 1 1 4 3 3 7 6 9921
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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
Matt Alexander 32 13 2 33.1 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 36.0 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1 0 2.43 0.69 CF-RF-LF-SS
Dale Berra 22 44 31 327.0 141 43 86 12 14 .915 -0.4 -1.5 -1.4 2.2 -3.6 1 3.55 2.93 SS-3B
Jim Bibby 34 34 17 137.2 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.50 P
Bert Blyleven 28 37 37 237.1 34 14 20 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.92 P
John Candelaria 25 33 30 207.0 38 2 36 0 3 1.000 1.65 1.15 P
Joe Coleman 32 10 0 20.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.44 0.10 P
Mike Easler 28 4 3 21.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -51.4 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 LF-RF
Dock Ellis 34 3 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.33 P
Tim Foli 28 132 129 1151.0 674 255 404 15 97 .978 5.0 5.2 3.0 3.2 -0.3 2 5.15 4.99 SS
Phil Garner 30 175 146 1338.2 652 234 396 22 82 .966 4.6 4.1 3.6 -2.1 5.7 1 4.24 3.60 2B-3B-SS
Grant Jackson 36 72 0 82.0 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.21 0.15 P
Bruce Kison 29 33 25 172.1 41 10 30 1 2 .976 2.09 1.21 P
Lee Lacy 31 46 41 359.2 87 76 8 3 1 .966 -1.4 -4.7 -2.4 -5.5 3.1 1 0 2.10 1.83 LF-2B
Bill Madlock 28 85 85 751.2 223 63 153 7 12 .969 -4.6 -7.3 -4.6 0.9 -5.5 0 2.59 2.54 3B
John Milner 29 112 85 718.2 392 364 20 8 28 .980 -7.6 -12.7 -4.6 -1.0 -3.6 -3 0 4.81 3.43 LF-1B
Omar Moreno 26 162 161 1479.1 510 489 8 13 2 .975 4.0 3.2 6.0 3.0 3.0 -2 3.02 3.07 CF
Steve Nicosia 23 65 55 492.2 348 320 25 3 4 .991 0.0 0.0 0 6.30 5.31 2 15 31 16 34% C
Ed Ott 27 116 103 957.0 669 612 53 4 6 .994 -2.0 -2.5 -2 6.25 5.73 7 34 72 33 31% C
Dave Parker 28 158 158 1432.1 374 343 16 15 2 .960 1.9 1.6 -0.1 2.8 -2.8 2 2.26 2.27 RF
Rick Rhoden 26 1 1 5.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 2.00 P
Dave Roberts 34 21 3 38.2 11 1 9 1 1 .909 2.33 0.48 P
Bill Robinson 36 156 95 969.2 421 399 19 3 18 .993 3.1 3.8 6.1 4.5 1.5 -3 0 3.88 2.68 LF-1B-RF-3B
Don Robinson 22 29 25 160.2 19 7 10 2 1 .895 0.95 0.59 P
Enrique Romo 31 84 0 129.1 36 10 25 1 3 .972 2.44 0.42 P
Jim Rooker 36 19 17 103.2 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.82 1.11 P
Manny Sanguillen 35 13 10 79.1 75 67 6 2 3 .973 -1.8 -27.2 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 0 -1 8.28 5.62 1 3 5 3 38% C-1B
Willie Stargell 39 113 105 961.1 999 949 47 3 102 .997 -3.6 -4.5 -3.6 -5.1 1.5 0 9.32 8.81 1B
Rennie Stennett 28 102 84 783.2 466 172 282 12 63 .974 11.3 17.3 10.3 4.9 5.4 1 5.21 4.45 2B
Frank Taveras 29 11 11 90.0 46 17 26 3 4 .935 -3.3 -44.0 -2.3 -1.6 -0.7 -1 4.30 3.91 SS
Kent Tekulve 32 95 0 134.2 37 8 28 1 0 .973 0.3 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.41 0.38 P-LF
Ed Whitson 24 19 7 57.2 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.25 0.42 P
Team Totals 29.8 163 1467 13440.0 6366 4480 1752 134 451 .979 5.6 0.5 8.6 5.3 3.2 -4 4 -3 4.17 3.12 10 52 108 52 33%
Rank in 12 NL teams 7 3 5
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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics