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1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 81-79
Finish: 2nd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 720
Runs Allowed: 674
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,050,536
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 9th in the National League
AA: 76-61, 3rd in the National League
A: 59-78, 11th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
DH #Eddie Murray 23 154 596 78 171 22 1 28 74 2 0 65 67 .287 .356 .468 .825 93.1 19.3 2.6
SS  Don Money 32 149 603 72 169 32 1 9 72 2 0 39 81 .280 .322 .381 .703 71.0 11.1 9.9
CF  Dan Ford 27 156 587 85 167 27 3 26 92 8 6 45 68 .284 .340 .474 .813 87.9 17.6 3.4
DH  Andre Dawson 24 148 571 64 140 26 2 16 62 9 6 27 55 .245 .285 .382 .667 61.2 7.2 0.0
RF  Ellis Valentine 24 152 556 59 158 36 4 9 73 0 1 35 62 .284 .323 .412 .735 66.2 10.7 2.6
LF *Al Oliver 32 141 534 76 168 30 12 3 54 10 3 21 35 .315 .343 .433 .775 69.4 13.9 2.0
2B  Joel Youngblood 27 140 467 54 121 25 3 6 52 2 1 41 58 .259 .323 .364 .687 53.4 8.4 2.1
C #Biff Pocoroba 25 139 442 63 136 29 2 9 65 0 0 53 12 .308 .378 .443 .821 69.0 14.6 4.0
3B *Dan Driessen 27 132 360 42 101 14 4 7 49 4 2 42 32 .281 .350 .400 .750 51.6 9.6 2.7
SS  Mike Andrews 35 85 201 28 52 9 1 4 24 0 0 29 29 .259 .348 .373 .721 25.7 3.5 1.3
RF  Mike Vail 27 64 172 19 54 9 0 3 23 0 1 9 18 .314 .344 .419 .763 21.2 3.8 0.6
2B *Ken Boswell 33 51 152 24 35 6 2 2 24 3 1 19 11 .230 .314 .336 .649 16.6 2.0 2.1
C  Steve Swisher 27 47 130 16 39 2 0 1 12 0 2 10 13 .300 .345 .338 .684 13.9 1.9 1.1
3B  Bob Bailey 36 46 120 14 23 3 3 1 7 1 0 12 24 .192 .265 .292 .557 9.0 0.2 0.7
3B  Syd O'Brien 34 48 63 17 11 1 0 1 8 1 1 7 14 .175 .254 .238 .492 4.1 0.0 0.6
RF *Dave Marshall 36 26 54 6 14 4 0 0 6 1 0 4 13 .259 .305 .333 .638 5.7 0.9 0.3
  Team Totals 29.3 1678 5608 717 1559 275 38 125 697 43 24 458 592 .278 .332 .407 .740 719.0 124.5 36.0
  Rank among 12 NL teams 5 7 2 1 7 8 7 10 6 10 1 2 6 3 5 6  
* - 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
 Dennis Eckersley 24 13 13 .500 36 36 0 248.3 244 103 18 50 138 3.73 13.6
 Milt Wilcox 29 11 13 .458 30 30 0 223.3 195 88 14 69 141 3.55 13.5
 John Montefusco 29 15 8 .652 28 28 0 223.0 204 78 18 72 110 3.15 16.7
 Fernando Arroyo 27 13 6 .684 22 22 0 179.7 187 67 11 22 74 3.36 12.6
*Jim Umbarger 26 4 14 .222 47 17 9 152.7 181 78 15 31 55 4.60 5.0
 Pete Vuckovich 26 12 9 .571 58 13 11 139.0 119 51 12 54 64 3.30 12.4
*Ron Guidry 28 5 8 .385 31 13 0 120.3 129 70 18 33 55 5.24 1.7
*Mike Flanagan 27 6 5 .545 58 1 16 57.0 57 32 8 41 26 5.05 2.5
*John Morris 37 1 1 .500 26 0 2 50.7 52 21 3 15 20 3.73 2.9
 Joaquin Andujar 26 0 2 .000 17 0 0 34.3 40 15 1 12 8 3.93 0.7
 Roric Harrison 32 1 0 1.000 7 0 1 11.7 12 5 1 7 3 3.86 0.8
Team Totals 28.3 81 79 .506 360 160 39 1440.0 1420 608 119 406 694 3.80 82.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 8 8 6 8 8 6 7 8 1 9 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 .989 33.5
B.Pocoroba 1124.0 124 135 577 58 10 1 .984 32.5
S.Swisher 316.0 36 41 160 18 3 0 .983 20.7
Team Total 1440.0 160 176 737 76 13 1 .984 30.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
E.Murray 1351.0 151 152 1695 129 13 154 .993 12.15
M.Vail 36.0 4 4 45 1 1 6 .979 11.50
D.Driessen 27.0 3 5 33 1 0 3 1.000 11.33
B.Bailey 6.0 0 1 6 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
K.Boswell 5.4 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 11.67
B.Pocoroba 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1426.4 159 164 1787 132 14 165 .993 12.11
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
J.Youngblood 558.0 65 70 132 240 11 53 .971 6.00
M.Andrews 499.0 54 68 106 236 9 41 .974 6.17
K.Boswell 88.0 11 12 20 44 1 10 .985 6.55
S.O'Brien 75.0 7 11 12 30 4 8 .913 5.04
Team Total 1220.0 137 161 270 550 25 112 .970 6.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
D.Driessen 847.0 92 118 38 230 14 14 .950 2.85
J.Youngblood 429.3 52 55 30 100 13 9 .909 2.73
S.O'Brien 68.7 6 17 8 19 1 5 .964 3.54
B.Bailey 68.7 8 13 8 14 0 2 1.000 2.88
K.Boswell 6.9 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.61
M.Andrews 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1422.9 159 206 85 364 28 30 .941 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
D.Money 1255.0 144 147 210 566 16 105 .980 5.56
K.Boswell 259.1 34 34 42 109 2 17 .987 5.25
B.Bailey 88.0 10 15 14 29 2 6 .956 4.40
M.Andrews 56.7 4 15 10 23 0 7 1.000 5.24
S.O'Brien 19.3 0 8 2 8 0 2 1.000 4.66
Team Total 1678.1 192 219 278 735 20 137 .981 5.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
A.Oliver 1107.3 125 135 235 4 6 2 .976 1.94
M.Vail 134.3 13 20 33 0 1 0 .971 2.21
J.Youngblood 90.0 10 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Bailey 68.3 8 11 7 0 1 0 .875 0.92
S.O'Brien 18.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Money 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Swisher 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boswell 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.9 159 184 298 4 8 2 .974 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
D.Ford 1307.7 147 150 379 5 11 3 .972 2.64
D.Marshall 62.3 6 10 15 0 1 0 .938 2.17
M.Vail 61.0 6 10 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
K.Boswell 3.4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
Team Total 1434.4 159 171 414 5 12 3 .972 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
E.Valentine 1249.0 144 151 291 11 14 3 .956 2.18
D.Marshall 75.3 8 13 17 2 1 0 .950 2.27
M.Vail 62.0 6 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
J.Youngblood 25.0 2 8 4 0 1 0 .800 1.44
D.Ford 10.0 0 5 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
A.Dawson 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Boswell 3.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
A.Oliver 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Andujar 1.3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.1 160 195 325 13 18 3 .949 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
D.Eckersley 248.3 36 36 14 47 1 1 .984 2.21
M.Wilcox 223.3 30 30 10 37 2 2 .959 1.89
J.Montefusco 223.0 28 28 18 33 1 6 .981 2.06
F.Arroyo 179.7 22 22 10 32 0 2 1.000 2.10
J.Umbarger 152.7 17 47 17 33 3 4 .943 2.95
P.Vuckovich 139.0 13 58 12 22 1 2 .971 2.20
R.Guidry 120.3 13 31 4 22 1 0 .963 1.94
M.Flanagan 57.0 1 58 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Morris 50.7 0 26 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.95
J.Andujar 34.3 0 17 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.57
R.Harrison 11.7 0 7 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.54
Team Total 1440.0 160 360 89 250 9 20 .974 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oliver .315
On-Base Pct Pocoroba .378
Slugging Pct Ford .474
OPS Murray .825
XR Murray 93.1
Games Ford 156
At-Bats Money 603
Runs Ford 85
Hits Murray 171
Total Bases Murray 279
Singles Money 127
Doubles Valentine 36
Triples Oliver 12
Homeruns Murray 28
RBIs Ford 92
Stolen Bases Oliver 10
Caught Stealing Dawson, Ford 6
Walks Murray 65
Strikeouts Money 81
ERA Montefusco 3.15
Wins Montefusco 15
Losses Umbarger 14
Winning Pct Arroyo .684
Saves Flanagan 16
Games Pitched Flanagan, Vuckovich 58
Games Started Eckersley 36
Complete Games Arroyo 9
Shutouts Montefusco, Wilcox 3
Innings Pitched Eckersley 248.3
Hits Allowed Eckersley 244
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley, Guidry, Montefusco 18
Strikeouts Wilcox 141
Walks Allowed Montefusco 72
Walks per 9IP Arroyo 1.1
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilcox 5.7
WHiP Arroyo 1.16
OAVG Wilcox .229
OOBP Eckersley .289
OSLG Wilcox .331
OOPS Wilcox .622
Team All-Stars
Dennis Eckersley
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 4,500,000
John Morris $ 4,000,000
Don Money $ 3,950,000
Al Oliver $ 3,800,000
Ken Boswell $ 3,600,000
Dan Ford $ 3,600,000
Dave Marshall $ 3,475,000
Bob Bailey $ 3,250,000
John Montefusco $ 3,085,714
Dennis Eckersley $ 2,873,571
Ron Guidry $ 2,492,857
Dan Driessen $ 1,971,429
Mike Andrews $ 1,550,000
Syd O'Brien $ 350,000
Tony Muser $ 350,000
Doug Bird $ 350,000
Joaquin Andujar $ 300,000
Fernando Arroyo $ 300,000
Pete Vuckovich $ 300,000
Andre Dawson $ 300,000
Ellis Valentine $ 300,000
Biff Pocoroba $ 300,000
Roric Harrison $ 300,000
Mike Vail $ 300,000
Joel Youngblood $ 300,000
Jim Umbarger $ 300,000
Eddie Murray $ 300,000
Steve Swisher $ 300,000
Mike Flanagan $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Doug Decinces Tampa Bay Ken Boswell
 
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