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1979 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 66-94
Finish: 4th in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 555
Runs Allowed: 731
Exp W-L: 60-100
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 1,792,898
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 2nd in the American League
AA: 71-66, 6th in the American League
A: 71-66, 7th 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 *Ken Oberkfell 23 154 587 51 139 13 7 1 36 2 2 59 21 .237 .305 .288 .593 55.3 6.0 9.1
DH #Rusty Torres 30 151 566 60 132 22 0 13 69 2 4 78 85 .233 .325 .341 .666 63.3 8.4 0.0
2B  Paul Molitor 22 152 589 73 169 28 6 11 81 8 2 44 11 .287 .336 .411 .747 73.2 13.5 5.2
RF  Merv Rettenmund 36 151 548 62 111 20 2 8 34 3 2 67 135 .203 .290 .290 .580 49.2 3.4 3.8
CF *Ralph Garr 33 153 520 41 139 16 4 5 49 6 10 26 44 .267 .301 .342 .643 49.2 5.6 3.4
CF  Leroy Stanton 33 155 508 54 126 23 1 15 58 1 0 24 109 .248 .284 .386 .670 53.1 7.5 5.6
1B *Wayne Cage 27 148 475 40 97 19 3 8 54 1 0 49 109 .204 .277 .307 .585 43.4 3.4 4.2
1B #Richie Scheinblum 36 151 486 42 109 17 2 1 34 0 0 29 100 .224 .271 .274 .544 32.9 0.3 3.4
C  Bruce Bochy 24 144 431 45 93 19 2 11 41 0 0 27 84 .216 .261 .346 .607 38.0 3.3 5.2
C  Carlton Fisk 31 118 254 26 59 5 1 9 40 0 1 20 32 .232 .299 .366 .665 22.2 1.2 1.4
CF  Paul Blair 35 87 186 13 39 5 0 4 19 0 1 15 32 .210 .269 .301 .570 12.4 0.0 1.6
3B  Pete Mackanin 27 95 142 27 26 2 0 4 11 4 0 8 22 .183 .227 .282 .508 8.6 0.0 1.4
CF  Ken Berry 38 43 74 15 24 1 0 2 11 0 0 7 10 .324 .390 .419 .809 10.8 2.2 0.6
1B  Ossie Blanco 33 49 62 3 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 14 .129 .182 .177 .359 0.3 0.0 0.6
C  Bo Diaz 26 12 17 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .294 .294 .353 .647 1.6 0.3 0.1
  Team Totals 30.3 1763 5445 553 1276 191 28 93 542 27 22 457 809 .234 .294 .331 .625 513.6 55.1 45.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 11 12 12 11 11 9 12 11 2 9 11 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Lary Sorensen 23 15 17 .469 35 35 0 265.7 301 111 15 50 61 3.76 21.2
*Jon Matlack 29 8 20 .286 34 34 0 263.7 264 120 32 93 129 4.10 16.0
 Jim Beattie 24 12 14 .462 34 34 0 244.0 261 111 10 106 100 4.09 16.7
*Randy Niemann 23 12 7 .632 29 29 0 203.0 183 69 8 79 63 3.06 20.9
*George Riley 22 4 16 .200 26 26 0 173.7 210 101 15 67 45 5.23 4.3
 Craig Swan 28 7 7 .500 46 0 2 93.7 95 39 9 34 29 3.75 7.6
*Randy Jones 29 2 1 .667 37 0 2 68.7 53 23 9 21 34 3.01 7.3
*Rusty Gerhardt 28 4 8 .333 55 0 33 58.3 79 42 7 23 19 6.48 1.8
 Mark Lee 26 2 3 .400 55 0 0 38.3 55 28 4 18 16 6.57 0.0
 Rick Mahler 25 0 1 .000 2 2 0 19.0 22 8 1 4 3 3.79 1.2
 Warren Brusstar 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.2
 Fergie Jenkins 36 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 26.7 66 94 .413 355 160 37 1429.6 1524 653 111 497 499 4.11 97.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 8 10 9 10 5 7 5 12 7  
* - 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
B.Bochy 1005.7 128 129 389 57 10 1 .978 32.0
C.Fisk 392.0 29 94 144 14 6 0 .963 31.3
B.Diaz 32.0 3 6 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1429.7 160 229 542 72 16 1 .975 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
W.Cage 1227.3 147 148 1509 104 5 137 .997 11.83
O.Blanco 185.3 13 49 219 13 1 20 .996 11.27
R.Scheinblum 8.0 0 6 10 0 1 0 .909 11.25
L.Stanton 6.0 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
R.Torres 3.0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 208 1750 118 7 157 .996 11.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
P.Molitor 1250.7 141 143 314 536 18 107 .979 6.12
P.Blair 141.0 16 17 32 56 2 13 .978 5.62
P.Mackanin 34.0 3 6 13 18 0 6 1.000 8.21
B.Bochy 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1429.7 160 169 359 611 20 126 .980 6.11
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
R.Scheinblum 1218.0 148 150 82 328 13 30 .969 3.03
P.Mackanin 200.0 12 53 18 49 3 7 .957 3.02
P.Molitor 7.7 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.52
P.Blair 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Oberkfell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bochy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 209 101 380 16 38 .968 3.03
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
K.Oberkfell 1308.0 147 152 214 586 17 94 .979 5.50
P.Mackanin 117.7 13 21 19 43 2 8 .969 4.74
P.Molitor 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1429.7 160 176 234 630 19 103 .978 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
R.Garr 1273.0 148 149 314 3 12 3 .964 2.24
P.Blair 85.0 7 19 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
K.Berry 61.7 5 14 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.90
L.Stanton 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Torres 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Rettenmund 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 188 348 3 12 3 .967 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
L.Stanton 1262.7 144 146 410 16 0 6 1.000 3.04
P.Blair 122.0 12 21 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
K.Berry 36.0 4 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.25
B.Bochy 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Garr 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Molitor 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 178 460 17 0 6 1.000 3.00
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
M.Rettenmund 1255.7 146 150 343 3 13 0 .964 2.48
P.Blair 101.0 8 24 30 2 0 1 1.000 2.85
K.Berry 56.0 6 11 20 1 1 0 .955 3.38
L.Stanton 10.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
R.Torres 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Scheinblum 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bochy 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Garr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.7 160 191 395 6 14 1 .966 2.52
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
L.Sorensen 265.7 35 35 25 35 2 2 .968 2.03
J.Matlack 263.7 34 34 17 36 2 1 .964 1.81
J.Beattie 244.0 34 34 10 34 1 6 .978 1.62
R.Niemann 203.0 29 29 11 37 1 2 .980 2.13
G.Riley 173.7 26 26 12 25 0 2 1.000 1.92
C.Swan 93.7 0 46 6 12 2 1 .900 1.73
R.Jones 68.7 0 37 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.57
R.Gerhardt 58.3 0 55 2 7 1 0 .900 1.39
M.Lee 38.3 0 55 3 6 1 1 .900 2.11
R.Mahler 19.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Brusstar 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Jenkins 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1429.6 160 355 91 203 10 15 .967 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Molitor .287
On-Base Pct Molitor .336
Slugging Pct Molitor .411
OPS Molitor .747
XR Molitor 73.2
Games Stanton 155
At-Bats Molitor 589
Runs Molitor 73
Hits Molitor 169
Total Bases Molitor 242
Singles Molitor 124
Doubles Molitor 28
Triples Oberkfell 7
Homeruns Stanton 15
RBIs Molitor 81
Stolen Bases Molitor 8
Caught Stealing Garr 10
Walks Torres 78
Strikeouts Rettenmund 135
ERA Niemann 3.06
Wins Sorensen 15
Losses Matlack 20
Winning Pct Niemann .632
Saves Gerhardt 33
Games Pitched Gerhardt, Lee 55
Games Started Sorensen 35
Complete Games Sorensen 11
Shutouts Beattie, Sorensen 2
Innings Pitched Sorensen 265.7
Hits Allowed Sorensen 301
Homeruns Allowed Matlack 32
Strikeouts Matlack 129
Walks Allowed Beattie 106
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.7
Hits per 9IP Niemann 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Matlack 4.4
WHiP Niemann 1.29
OAVG Niemann .242
OOBP Niemann .314
OSLG Niemann .331
OOPS Niemann .645
Team All-Stars
Paul Molitor
Player Salaries
Merv Rettenmund $ 4,000,000
Jon Matlack $ 4,000,000
Leroy Stanton $ 2,385,714
Ralph Garr $ 2,000,000
Craig Swan $ 1,817,143
Carlton Fisk $ 1,699,000
Richie Scheinblum $ 1,600,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 1,600,000
Ken Berry $ 800,000
Randy Jones $ 750,000
Paul Blair $ 600,000
John Miller $ 501,000
Rusty Torres $ 500,000
Pete Mackanin $ 350,000
Rick Mahler $ 300,000
Jim Beattie $ 300,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 300,000
Paul Molitor $ 300,000
Randy Niemann $ 300,000
Ken Oberkfell $ 300,000
Bo Diaz $ 300,000
Wayne Cage $ 300,000
Warren Brusstar $ 300,000
Bruce Bochy $ 300,000
Ossie Blanco $ 300,000
George Riley $ 300,000
Lary Sorensen $ 300,000
Mark Lee $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Randy Jones
2/12 Signed     Fergie Jenkins
2/14 Traded Jim Slaton New York (N) Bruce Bochy
2/24 Signed     Richie Scheinblum
2/24 Signed     Paul Blair
2/24 Signed     Ken Berry
2/25 Signed     Ralph Garr
2/26 Signed     Merv Rettenmund
4/3 Released Garry Hancock    
4/3 Released Dennis Kinney    
 
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