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1979 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 47-113
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 585
Runs Allowed: 799
Exp W-L: 58-102
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 1,351,069
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 6th in the American League
AA: 81-56, 2nd in the American League
A: 74-63, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Alan Bannister 27 154 586 68 143 21 5 2 49 12 2 55 40 .244 .311 .307 .618 55.8 4.5 3.6
2B  Ted Sizemore 34 152 564 61 167 25 2 6 64 0 0 35 14 .296 .338 .379 .717 67.1 9.1 2.3
C *Ernie Whitt 27 147 511 46 111 20 4 9 73 0 0 51 51 .217 .286 .325 .611 48.4 3.3 3.3
1B *Willie Aikens 24 104 396 40 106 21 0 6 47 1 0 40 90 .268 .333 .366 .699 47.6 5.9 1.4
RF  Lonnie Smith 23 105 389 69 115 18 9 8 47 41 14 43 45 .296 .371 .450 .821 63.7 10.1 1.3
3B  Juan Bernhardt 25 101 371 38 109 16 3 7 53 4 2 5 18 .294 .307 .410 .717 42.3 5.5 2.0
C #Ted Simmons 29 82 313 23 65 12 0 2 21 0 1 20 39 .208 .254 .265 .520 18.8 0.0 2.8
SS  Bill Almon 26 98 304 27 70 11 4 2 26 1 2 19 52 .230 .273 .313 .586 23.9 0.9 3.7
CF #Rod Gaspar 33 110 280 31 69 10 1 2 17 2 0 39 32 .246 .338 .311 .648 30.8 3.1 1.5
C  Rick Cerone 25 99 284 31 70 14 2 4 26 0 0 16 22 .246 .287 .352 .639 25.0 2.0 1.2
LF  Bobby Mitchell 35 88 229 19 43 8 1 5 32 1 0 12 46 .188 .226 .297 .523 14.3 0.0 0.9
SS  Rich Dauer 26 82 232 15 47 5 0 3 16 0 0 11 8 .203 .242 .263 .505 10.0 0.0 2.0
CF *John Hale 25 53 178 25 42 5 0 3 16 1 0 34 30 .236 .358 .315 .673 22.0 2.6 1.0
1B *Gonzalo Marquez 33 53 197 14 47 3 2 1 10 0 0 10 20 .239 .275 .289 .565 15.0 0.6 0.8
3B *Dave May 35 53 166 11 28 3 0 1 11 0 0 22 31 .169 .266 .205 .471 9.0 0.0 2.1
3B #Bud Harrelson 35 106 152 27 43 6 2 1 15 1 2 23 22 .283 .373 .368 .741 18.8 2.1 0.8
3B  Bob Robertson 32 53 157 14 25 8 1 3 13 1 0 14 35 .159 .227 .280 .507 9.7 0.0 0.8
RF  Dick Davis 25 66 149 12 25 6 1 1 11 0 0 3 24 .168 .187 .242 .429 5.1 0.0 0.5
1B *Pat Putnam 25 21 76 12 19 7 1 4 13 0 0 7 10 .250 .310 .526 .836 12.2 1.7 0.0
RF *Tim Corcoran 26 19 16 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .250 .350 .250 .600 2.3 0.2 0.1
SS  Jerry Davanon 33 27 15 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .133 .278 .133 .411 0.8 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 28.7 1773 5565 585 1350 219 38 70 566 65 23 465 632 .243 .301 .333 .635 542.4 51.6 32.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 11 10 8 8 11 10 9 3 7 6 10 11 11 11 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tom Dixon 24 8 16 .333 33 33 0 235.3 246 96 18 72 102 3.67 12.8
*Buddy Schultz 28 4 13 .235 32 32 0 200.0 204 104 27 93 97 4.68 6.4
*Bob Knepper 25 9 13 .409 27 27 0 193.7 231 85 18 43 85 3.95 9.9
 Stan Perzanowski 28 8 12 .400 21 21 0 162.3 147 67 8 79 56 3.71 9.1
 Don Wilson 34 4 9 .308 47 16 4 146.7 181 77 13 42 52 4.73 4.7
 Francisco Barrios 26 3 15 .167 40 9 1 123.7 151 65 9 58 49 4.73 3.0
 Don Newhauser 31 2 6 .250 53 0 7 82.3 78 46 5 64 43 5.03 3.0
 John Fulgham 23 2 5 .286 36 0 3 72.3 63 28 10 20 19 3.48 5.1
 Mike Marshall 36 2 8 .200 19 12 2 68.3 83 48 2 42 24 6.32 0.0
 Bruce Taylor 26 2 5 .286 45 0 6 65.7 72 32 9 22 26 4.39 3.3
*Rich Wortham 25 3 5 .375 10 8 1 44.0 55 40 6 30 19 8.18 0.0
 Tom Murphy 33 0 4 .000 23 0 1 26.7 39 25 4 13 4 8.44 0.0
 Ed Farmer 29 0 0 .000 8 0 1 13.0 19 7 1 6 5 4.85 0.0
 Bill Caudill 22 0 1 .000 2 2 0 5.0 10 10 1 3 2 18.00 0.0
 Tom Griffin 31 0 1 .000 2 0 0 2.3 4 3 0 2 1 11.59 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 47 113 .294 398 160 26 1441.3 1583 733 131 589 584 4.58 57.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 12 12 7 11 8 11 10 10 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 32.3
E.Whitt 712.3 79 85 313 44 6 0 .983 36.6
T.Simmons 699.0 78 79 302 31 7 1 .979 31.6
R.Cerone 30.0 3 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.3 160 170 627 75 13 1 .982 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
R.Cerone 594.0 68 79 765 42 6 67 .993 12.23
G.Marquez 437.3 53 53 552 49 6 61 .990 12.37
W.Aikens 215.0 25 25 270 31 2 35 .993 12.60
D.Davis 114.0 11 21 141 13 1 16 .994 12.16
J.Bernhardt 34.0 3 11 40 2 0 5 1.000 11.12
T.Corcoran 18.0 0 11 25 1 0 4 1.000 13.00
B.Robertson 13.0 0 4 16 3 0 1 1.000 13.15
E.Whitt 11.0 0 6 17 1 1 2 .947 14.73
T.Simmons 5.0 0 1 6 2 0 0 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1441.3 160 211 1832 144 16 191 .992 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
A.Bannister 737.7 84 91 170 356 12 78 .978 6.42
T.Sizemore 563.3 63 69 147 273 8 66 .981 6.71
R.Dauer 97.0 13 15 27 41 0 11 1.000 6.31
B.Harrelson 42.3 0 18 6 15 0 6 1.000 4.46
J.Davanon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 194 351 685 20 161 .981 6.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
J.Bernhardt 787.3 93 93 44 221 13 18 .953 3.03
R.Dauer 431.3 53 54 35 110 4 11 .973 3.03
B.Harrelson 181.7 14 43 10 51 2 10 .968 3.02
D.May 19.0 0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.84
A.Bannister 12.0 0 6 0 4 0 2 1.000 3.00
J.Davanon 4.0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Gaspar 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
B.Almon 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1441.3 160 209 91 394 20 42 .960 3.03
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
B.Almon 790.3 96 97 143 365 8 70 .984 5.78
D.May 445.3 53 53 73 199 4 55 .986 5.50
R.Dauer 102.0 11 14 16 50 0 5 1.000 5.82
B.Harrelson 53.0 0 26 13 14 0 3 1.000 4.58
J.Davanon 28.0 0 12 3 7 1 2 .909 3.21
B.Mitchell 15.7 0 12 3 7 0 2 1.000 5.75
J.Bernhardt 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
A.Bannister 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 218 252 642 14 137 .985 5.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
W.Aikens 670.7 75 78 138 2 0 1 1.000 1.88
B.Mitchell 469.7 53 54 113 1 0 1 1.000 2.18
A.Bannister 204.0 24 24 42 0 5 0 .894 1.85
D.Davis 73.0 8 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
R.Gaspar 16.0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94
L.Smith 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 177 314 3 5 2 .984 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
R.Gaspar 527.0 53 81 162 2 3 1 .982 2.80
J.Hale 421.0 50 50 136 1 0 0 1.000 2.93
B.Robertson 417.0 53 53 110 1 0 1 1.000 2.40
D.Davis 69.3 4 22 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
P.Putnam 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.May 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Mitchell 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 212 428 4 3 2 .993 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
L.Smith 858.7 97 98 194 2 3 0 .985 2.05
A.Bannister 359.3 39 39 87 4 2 0 .978 2.28
R.Gaspar 121.0 14 15 31 1 1 0 .970 2.38
D.Davis 87.0 10 11 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.55
T.Corcoran 10.3 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
J.Hale 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Mitchell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 169 329 8 6 0 .983 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
T.Dixon 235.3 33 33 11 16 0 1 1.000 1.03
B.Schultz 200.0 32 32 10 33 0 3 1.000 1.94
B.Knepper 193.7 27 27 11 30 2 3 .953 1.91
S.Perzanowski 162.3 21 21 9 29 1 4 .974 2.11
D.Wilson 146.7 16 47 10 14 3 3 .889 1.47
F.Barrios 123.7 9 40 10 19 5 2 .853 2.11
D.Newhauser 82.3 0 53 7 21 0 1 1.000 3.06
J.Fulgham 72.3 0 36 7 17 1 1 .960 2.99
M.Marshall 68.3 12 19 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.11
B.Taylor 65.7 0 45 7 10 0 3 1.000 2.33
R.Wortham 44.0 8 10 7 10 0 0 1.000 3.48
T.Murphy 26.7 0 23 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Farmer 13.0 0 8 0 4 1 0 .800 2.77
B.Caudill 5.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
T.Griffin 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.3 160 398 95 224 13 23 .961 1.99
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Sizemore .296
On-Base Pct Sizemore .338
Slugging Pct Smith .385
OPS Sizemore .717
XR Sizemore 67.1
Games Bannister 154
At-Bats Bannister 586
Runs Smith 69
Hits Sizemore 167
Total Bases Sizemore 214
Singles Sizemore 134
Doubles Sizemore 25
Triples Smith 9
Homeruns Whitt 9
RBIs Whitt 73
Stolen Bases Smith 41
Caught Stealing Smith 14
Walks Bannister 55
Strikeouts Aikens 90
ERA Dixon 3.67
Wins Knepper 9
Losses Dixon 16
Winning Pct Knepper .409
Saves Newhauser 7
Games Pitched Newhauser 53
Games Started Dixon 33
Complete Games Perzanowski 6
Shutouts Dixon 2
Innings Pitched Dixon 235.3
Hits Allowed Dixon 246
Homeruns Allowed Schultz 27
Strikeouts Dixon 102
Walks Allowed Schultz 93
Walks per 9IP Knepper 2.0
Hits per 9IP Perzanowski 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Schultz 4.4
WHiP Dixon 1.35
OAVG Perzanowski .245
OOBP Dixon .321
OSLG Perzanowski .329
OOPS Perzanowski .665
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Mike Marshall $ 7,250,000
Dave Winfield $ 2,964,286
Bud Harrelson $ 1,484,000
Don Wilson $ 1,292,000
Ted Simmons $ 450,077
Rod Gaspar $ 450,000
Don Newhauser $ 350,000
John Fulgham $ 300,000
Ed Farmer $ 300,000
Tom Dixon $ 300,000
Dick Davis $ 300,000
Jerry Davanon $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
Rick Cerone $ 300,000
Bill Caudill $ 300,000
Juan Bernhardt $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Alan Bannister $ 300,000
Bill Almon $ 300,000
Tim Corcoran $ 300,000
Willie Aikens $ 300,000
John Hale $ 300,000
Rich Wortham $ 300,000
Bob Knepper $ 300,000
Gonzalo Marquez $ 300,000
Bobby Mitchell $ 300,000
Tom Murphy $ 300,000
Pat Putnam $ 300,000
Bob Robertson $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Lonnie Smith $ 300,000
Bruce Taylor $ 300,000
Ernie Whitt $ 300,000
Tom Griffin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Bert Blyleven
Willie Crawford
$9,900,000		 Boston (N) Mike Marshall
Dave Winfield
2/13 Signed     Ted Sizemore
2/14 Signed     Ted Simmons
4/3 Signed     Bud Harrelson
4/3 Signed     Don Wilson
4/3 Signed     Mickey Stanley
7/31 Traded Stan Perzanowski Minnesota Ozzie Osborn
10/28 Released Ted Sizemore    
10/28 Released Dave May    
 
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