1979 Miami Marlins
Record: 59-101
Finish: 4th in NL East Division
Runs Scored: 625
Runs Allowed: 793
Exp W-L: 63-97
 
Ballpark: Marlins Park
Attendance: 1,439,427
Manager: Carlos Gonzalez

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 8th in the National League
AA: 67-70, 6th in the National League
A: 63-74, 7th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
2B  Taylor Duncan 26 151 584 64 153 29 4 2 32 0 1 12 46 .262 .276 .336 .612 48.0 5.2 4.5
1B *Bill Buckner 29 149 515 59 143 36 3 8 57 1 2 26 55 .278 .312 .406 .718 59.9 11.9 1.9
3B *Graig Nettles 34 150 481 52 90 22 4 18 61 1 1 50 94 .187 .264 .362 .626 45.1 3.5 3.7
C *Darrell Porter 27 136 454 58 109 18 8 15 51 4 2 58 82 .240 .325 .414 .739 59.4 10.8 5.1
SS  Rod Gilbreath 26 151 476 32 100 11 3 6 38 3 5 29 48 .210 .255 .284 .539 27.5 0.0 3.7
RF  Ron Swoboda 35 132 416 52 101 12 8 11 48 3 4 40 95 .243 .312 .389 .701 50.8 8.8 1.6
C *Ed Ott 27 118 423 46 109 22 1 8 41 3 2 27 51 .258 .302 .371 .673 45.5 7.7 1.8
1B  Gorman Thomas 28 136 373 54 71 21 0 16 51 0 1 57 94 .190 .297 .375 .672 42.2 5.3 1.7
1B *Mike Jorgensen 30 134 371 46 89 16 0 10 45 0 0 51 42 .240 .335 .364 .699 48.3 9.3 0.2
CF  Larry Herndon 25 126 377 38 91 13 3 4 44 8 4 14 71 .241 .267 .324 .591 30.0 1.9 1.9
2B  Willie Horton 36 122 362 35 102 7 0 7 28 0 0 14 37 .282 .314 .359 .673 36.0 5.6 0.4
1B  Mike Ivie 26 102 295 36 86 19 2 6 42 1 0 21 37 .292 .339 .431 .769 41.8 9.8 1.0
C  Dave Duncan 33 67 193 21 37 10 2 9 36 0 0 18 20 .192 .263 .404 .667 19.9 2.0 1.8
LF  Jeffrey Leonard 23 89 184 22 47 12 1 3 22 2 0 16 42 .255 .313 .380 .694 21.4 4.1 0.6
1B  Rob Picciolo 26 73 119 8 20 3 0 1 11 0 0 3 19 .168 .194 .218 .412 3.2 0.0 1.1
P  Roy Lee Jackson 25 18 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1854 5629 625 1349 251 39 124 607 26 22 436 835 .240 .295 .364 .659 578.9 85.9 31.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 4 11 11 5 6 9 11 12 3 12 12 11 12 10 11 11  
* - 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
 Don Demola 26 10 12 .455 35 35 0 271.0 254 100 36 31 184 3.32 18.8
*Jim Burton 29 7 14 .333 31 31 0 219.0 210 91 25 72 92 3.74 12.1
*Britt Burns 20 7 16 .304 30 30 0 213.7 225 106 22 91 102 4.47 7.0
 Bill Gullickson 20 7 16 .304 28 28 0 209.0 222 105 15 51 60 4.52 7.2
 Tim Stoddard 26 8 12 .400 41 22 1 183.3 170 96 27 83 104 4.71 4.8
 Jack Morris 24 5 8 .385 49 5 0 120.7 138 78 8 52 64 5.82 0.4
 Gil Patterson 23 4 8 .333 27 9 1 86.0 82 48 9 53 55 5.02 1.9
 Roy Lee Jackson 25 3 5 .375 58 0 1 71.7 66 26 6 28 34 3.27 5.5
 Donnie Moore 25 7 5 .583 53 0 23 57.7 72 37 10 23 32 5.78 2.3
 Don Durham 30 1 4 .200 27 0 1 19.3 21 15 5 10 8 6.98 0.0
 Dave Rozema 22 0 0 .000 4 0 0 7.3 14 7 1 5 5 8.59 0.0
*Pat Underwood 22 0 1 .000 2 0 0 1.7 2 1 1 0 1 5.42 0.0
Team Totals 24.3 59 101 .369 385 160 27 1460.3 1476 710 165 499 741 4.38 60.0
Rank among 12 NL teams 12 12 11 12 2 11 12 12 5 5 11  
* - 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 .989 33.5
D.Porter 944.3 105 108 523 45 5 0 .991 39.3
D.Duncan 412.7 44 52 198 16 2 0 .991 26.7
E.Ott 102.3 11 16 64 4 3 0 .958 25.0
G.Thomas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1460.3 160 177 785 65 10 0 .988 35.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
E.Ott 788.7 94 96 933 68 12 81 .988 11.42
B.Buckner 326.0 37 40 422 28 1 38 .998 12.42
D.Porter 118.0 14 15 162 14 2 13 .989 13.42
G.Thomas 98.3 10 15 127 9 1 7 .993 12.45
M.Jorgensen 68.7 4 15 91 7 1 5 .990 12.85
M.Ivie 55.7 1 24 70 6 1 12 .987 12.29
D.Duncan 4.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Gilbreath 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 210 1812 132 18 156 .991 11.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
R.Gilbreath 898.0 107 108 198 364 14 76 .976 5.63
T.Duncan 303.7 36 36 62 136 6 28 .971 5.87
W.Horton 135.3 9 35 21 57 4 11 .951 5.19
L.Herndon 106.7 7 27 21 53 2 9 .974 6.24
R.Picciolo 16.7 1 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1460.3 160 210 305 615 26 124 .973 5.67
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
G.Nettles 1259.0 147 149 66 326 17 20 .958 2.80
R.Picciolo 152.3 11 37 12 41 1 3 .981 3.13
T.Duncan 23.0 1 2 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.74
R.Gilbreath 15.0 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.60
L.Herndon 7.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Jackson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Swoboda 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 194 79 376 19 23 .960 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
T.Duncan 957.3 111 113 140 428 14 75 .976 5.34
R.Gilbreath 353.3 39 43 59 165 3 28 .987 5.71
R.Picciolo 131.0 10 30 18 51 1 9 .986 4.74
R.Swoboda 9.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Ott 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Buckner 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Leonard 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Horton 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 194 220 646 18 112 .980 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
B.Buckner 756.7 88 91 173 2 0 1 1.000 2.08
M.Ivie 554.3 61 67 125 4 0 0 1.000 2.09
W.Horton 69.3 7 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
J.Leonard 33.3 1 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
R.Swoboda 29.0 3 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.31
L.Herndon 10.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
G.Nettles 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Gilbreath 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 197 335 6 0 1 1.000 2.10
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
L.Herndon 763.3 91 94 214 2 7 0 .969 2.55
G.Thomas 634.3 66 88 180 6 3 2 .984 2.64
B.Buckner 38.3 3 9 9 0 1 0 .900 2.11
W.Horton 15.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
R.Gilbreath 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Swoboda 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Leonard 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
R.Jackson 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 196 405 8 12 2 .972 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
R.Swoboda 961.7 117 119 236 2 6 0 .975 2.23
J.Leonard 336.0 33 60 80 1 6 0 .931 2.17
G.Thomas 96.3 8 18 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.78
M.Jorgensen 54.0 2 21 8 0 1 0 .889 1.33
B.Buckner 6.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Ott 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Picciolo 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Jackson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 228 346 4 13 0 .964 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
D.Demola 271.0 35 35 15 45 1 4 .984 1.99
J.Burton 219.0 31 31 6 32 0 3 1.000 1.56
B.Burns 213.7 30 30 14 34 3 1 .941 2.02
B.Gullickson 209.0 28 28 13 27 3 0 .930 1.72
T.Stoddard 183.3 22 41 17 28 2 1 .957 2.21
J.Morris 120.7 5 49 11 21 1 2 .970 2.39
G.Patterson 86.0 9 27 9 14 0 1 1.000 2.41
R.Jackson 71.7 0 58 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Moore 57.7 0 53 1 15 1 3 .941 2.50
D.Durham 19.3 0 27 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.26
D.Rozema 7.3 0 4 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.46
P.Underwood 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 160 385 91 231 11 16 .967 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Buckner .278
On-Base Pct Porter .325
Slugging Pct Porter .414
OPS Porter .739
XR Buckner 59.9
Games Gilbreath, Duncan 151
At-Bats Duncan 584
Runs Duncan 64
Hits Duncan 153
Total Bases Buckner 209
Singles Duncan 118
Doubles Buckner 36
Triples Porter, Swoboda 8
Homeruns Nettles 18
RBIs Nettles 61
Stolen Bases Herndon 8
Caught Stealing Gilbreath 5
Walks Porter 58
Strikeouts Swoboda 95
ERA Demola 3.32
Wins Demola 10
Losses Burns, Gullickson 16
Winning Pct Demola .455
Saves Moore 23
Games Pitched Jackson 58
Games Started Demola 35
Complete Games Demola 10
Shutouts Demola 2
Innings Pitched Demola 271.0
Hits Allowed Demola 254
Homeruns Allowed Demola 36
Strikeouts Demola 184
Walks Allowed Burns 91
Walks per 9IP Demola 1.0
Hits per 9IP Stoddard 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Demola 6.1
WHiP Demola 1.05
OAVG Demola .244
OOBP Demola .269
OSLG Gullickson .380
OOPS Demola .667
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Willie Horton $ 4,800,000
Dave Duncan $ 2,500,000
Darrell Porter $ 2,000,000
Jim Burton $ 1,685,714
Mike Jorgensen $ 1,350,000
Tony Pierce $ 1,000,000
Boots Day $ 684,000
Ron Swoboda $ 500,000
Bill Buckner $ 492,857
Graig Nettles $ 400,000
Don Durham $ 350,000
Donnie Moore $ 350,000
Rod Gilbreath $ 350,000
Don Demola $ 300,000
Bill Gullickson $ 300,000
Britt Burns $ 300,000
Larry Herndon $ 300,000
Taylor Duncan $ 300,000
Mike Ivie $ 300,000
Jeffrey Leonard $ 300,000
Pat Underwood $ 300,000
Jack Morris $ 300,000
Ed Ott $ 300,000
Gil Patterson $ 300,000
Rob Picciolo $ 300,000
Dave Rozema $ 300,000
Tim Stoddard $ 300,000
Gorman Thomas $ 300,000
Roy Lee Jackson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Dave Duncan
2/10 Signed     Ron Swoboda