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1979 Cleveland (N) Spiders
Record: 66-94
Finish: 3rd in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 599
Runs Allowed: 725
Exp W-L: 66-94
 
Ballpark: League Park
Attendance: 2,141,842
Manager: Ricky Sanford II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-83, 12th in the National League
AA: 73-64, 4th in the National League
A: 60-77, 10th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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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
RF *Jim Spencer 31 156 608 78 159 22 1 28 70 0 0 51 54 .262 .321 .439 .760 81.4 16.1 5.3
1B *Curt Blefary 35 156 544 72 122 24 2 20 68 0 0 102 125 .224 .350 .386 .736 82.9 17.3 0.2
LF *Glenn Adams 31 153 604 63 157 21 1 10 56 0 0 33 78 .260 .297 .348 .645 59.3 7.7 4.2
LF *Ruppert Jones 24 145 562 62 113 22 3 12 52 5 2 64 95 .201 .281 .315 .596 50.7 3.5 4.0
2B *Rance Mulliniks 23 152 530 49 131 20 2 10 64 0 0 61 68 .247 .322 .349 .671 59.4 9.0 5.4
2B *Jack Brohamer 29 151 502 45 118 22 1 3 43 3 2 36 12 .235 .290 .301 .591 38.4 1.8 1.5
C  John Wockenfuss 30 143 462 49 103 11 1 12 53 2 3 62 84 .223 .313 .329 .642 51.1 6.4 6.2
SS  Rick Renick 35 153 455 52 95 12 0 15 53 0 0 53 82 .209 .292 .334 .626 48.8 5.6 6.4
CF  Rick Reichardt 36 121 441 47 108 16 2 13 56 5 1 43 87 .245 .316 .379 .695 55.0 9.6 1.5
C #Bob Didier 30 90 288 21 50 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 50 .174 .221 .208 .429 9.0 0.0 2.4
CF *Jim Lyttle 33 92 228 19 52 12 1 2 20 1 0 24 56 .228 .302 .316 .617 19.9 1.6 1.6
2B  Bill Russell 30 64 128 14 33 5 3 0 12 5 1 8 20 .258 .307 .344 .650 13.2 2.2 1.1
RF #Bobby Thompson 25 80 76 25 16 2 2 0 5 25 10 6 13 .211 .294 .289 .584 8.1 0.6 0.6
P  Max Leon 29 11 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1667 5432 597 1258 199 19 125 569 46 20 561 824 .232 .305 .344 .649 577.2 81.3 40.2
  Rank among 12 NL teams 11 12 12 12 12 7 12 9 2 5 11 12 11 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
 Dave Wehrmeister 26 8 16 .333 35 35 0 230.0 208 93 16 93 137 3.64 13.0
 Steve Rogers 29 8 15 .348 30 30 0 230.0 235 105 18 93 88 4.11 12.0
*Balor Moore 28 10 14 .417 33 33 0 221.7 201 96 21 91 177 3.90 12.1
 Max Leon 29 7 16 .304 28 28 0 193.7 236 116 24 46 64 5.39 1.8
*Bill Landis 36 10 8 .556 84 0 2 163.0 165 76 17 77 82 4.20 9.1
*Steve Carlton 34 5 4 .556 12 12 0 94.7 86 27 3 22 39 2.57 9.1
*Mike Caldwell 30 4 4 .500 49 0 0 92.3 107 46 9 30 39 4.48 4.0
*Rich Hinton 32 4 4 .500 47 0 1 84.7 92 40 10 40 31 4.25 4.3
*Jon Warden 32 0 9 .000 22 22 0 62.0 67 38 11 26 25 5.52 0.0
*Billy McCool 34 10 4 .714 50 0 22 58.0 44 22 2 46 43 3.41 10.2
*Pete Falcone 25 0 0 .000 5 0 1 5.7 6 1 0 3 3 1.59 0.9
Team Totals 30.5 66 94 .413 395 160 26 1435.6 1447 660 131 567 728 4.14 76.5
Rank among 12 NL teams 10 10 12 10 9 8 10 10 10 7 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 .989 33.5
J.Wockenfuss 1092.7 121 126 594 63 5 2 .992 29.1
B.Didier 343.0 39 39 168 27 3 0 .985 44.4
Team Total 1435.7 160 165 762 90 8 2 .991 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
R.Reichardt 1025.7 116 117 1218 92 19 120 .986 11.50
B.Didier 248.3 27 32 303 17 3 31 .991 11.60
J.Wockenfuss 89.0 10 10 123 5 0 10 1.000 12.94
C.Blefary 49.7 5 7 65 6 1 9 .986 12.87
G.Adams 22.0 2 5 23 3 1 2 .963 10.64
J.Spencer 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1435.7 160 172 1734 123 24 172 .987 11.64
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
R.Renick 1225.7 145 147 329 529 13 120 .985 6.30
J.Lyttle 100.0 7 21 23 36 1 11 .983 5.31
B.Russell 100.0 8 16 21 40 2 11 .968 5.49
J.Spencer 8.0 0 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.88
J.Brohamer 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1435.7 160 190 376 611 16 143 .984 6.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
J.Brohamer 1246.0 145 147 81 315 37 33 .915 2.86
B.Didier 112.3 10 20 5 28 1 2 .971 2.64
B.Russell 70.7 5 19 4 19 1 3 .958 2.93
R.Renick 4.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
R.Mulliniks 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.7 160 188 90 364 39 38 .921 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
R.Mulliniks 1285.0 147 150 189 587 25 98 .969 5.44
B.Russell 85.0 8 13 13 44 4 7 .934 6.04
J.Lyttle 57.7 5 14 8 24 0 7 1.000 4.99
R.Renick 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Jones 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Adams 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.7 160 180 211 658 29 112 .968 5.45
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
R.Jones 1188.7 137 142 264 12 1 4 .996 2.09
J.Lyttle 84.7 9 13 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
B.Thompson 67.0 6 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
J.Spencer 28.3 3 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.59
G.Adams 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
R.Reichardt 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Wockenfuss 13.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
R.Mulliniks 7.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
C.Blefary 6.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
M.Leon 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1435.7 160 185 325 12 2 4 .994 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
J.Spencer 1280.7 144 145 336 11 0 7 1.000 2.44
J.Lyttle 81.0 9 10 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.00
B.Thompson 74.0 7 12 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
Team Total 1435.7 160 167 370 13 0 8 1.000 2.40
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
G.Adams 1214.3 141 144 288 6 0 4 1.000 2.18
J.Lyttle 105.0 13 14 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
B.Thompson 49.3 3 15 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.28
B.Russell 47.7 3 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
J.Wockenfuss 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Didier 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Blefary 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Spencer 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
R.Reichardt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Jones 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.6 160 191 331 6 0 4 1.000 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
D.Wehrmeister 230.0 35 35 16 33 0 1 1.000 1.92
S.Rogers 230.0 30 30 17 45 2 2 .969 2.43
B.Moore 221.7 33 33 10 35 4 5 .918 1.83
M.Leon 193.7 28 28 11 16 1 2 .964 1.25
B.Landis 163.0 0 84 10 29 0 2 1.000 2.15
S.Carlton 94.7 12 12 8 18 1 1 .963 2.47
M.Caldwell 92.3 0 49 10 16 1 2 .963 2.53
R.Hinton 84.7 0 47 5 9 1 0 .933 1.49
J.Warden 62.0 22 22 5 9 2 2 .875 2.03
B.McCool 58.0 0 50 2 13 1 2 .938 2.33
P.Falcone 5.7 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.77
Team Total 1435.6 160 395 94 226 13 19 .961 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Spencer .262
On-Base Pct Blefary .350
Slugging Pct Spencer .439
OPS Spencer .760
XR Blefary 82.9
Games Blefary, Spencer 156
At-Bats Spencer 608
Runs Spencer 78
Hits Spencer 159
Total Bases Spencer 267
Singles Adams 125
Doubles Blefary 24
Triples Jones, Russell 3
Homeruns Spencer 28
RBIs Spencer 70
Stolen Bases Thompson 25
Caught Stealing Thompson 10
Walks Blefary 102
Strikeouts Blefary 125
ERA Wehrmeister 3.64
Wins Landis, McCool, Moore 10
Losses Leon, Wehrmeister 16
Winning Pct Landis .556
Saves McCool 22
Games Pitched Landis 84
Games Started Wehrmeister 35
Complete Games Leon, Rogers 7
Shutouts Carlton, Rogers 1
Innings Pitched Rogers, Wehrmeister 230.0
Hits Allowed Leon 236
Homeruns Allowed Leon 24
Strikeouts Moore 177
Walks Allowed Rogers, Wehrmeister 93
Walks per 9IP Leon 2.1
Hits per 9IP Wehrmeister 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Moore 7.2
WHiP Wehrmeister 1.31
OAVG Moore .236
OOBP Wehrmeister .312
OSLG Wehrmeister .366
OOPS Wehrmeister .678
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
John Hiller $ 15,500,000
Curt Blefary $ 7,250,000
Jim Spencer $ 5,500,000
Steve Rogers $ 3,664,286
Rick Reichardt $ 2,888,888
Billy McCool $ 2,650,000
Bill Landis $ 2,200,000
Rick Renick $ 400,000
Jack Brohamer $ 300,000
Mike Caldwell $ 300,000
Bob Didier $ 300,000
Pete Falcone $ 300,000
Rich Hinton $ 300,000
Ruppert Jones $ 300,000
Glenn Adams $ 300,000
Jim Lyttle $ 300,000
John Wockenfuss $ 300,000
Balor Moore $ 300,000
Rance Mulliniks $ 300,000
Bill Russell $ 300,000
Bobby Thompson $ 300,000
Jon Warden $ 300,000
Dave Wehrmeister $ 300,000
Max Leon $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/22 Traded Dave Pagan
Tony Solaita		 Los Angeles Ruppert Jones
2/22 Traded Kurt Bevacqua
Jim Shellenback
Nate Colbert		 San Diego Rick Reichardt
2/22 Traded Bill Slayback
Dave Hilton		 New York (A) Billy Mccool
Pat Rockett
4/3 Traded Rick Monday
Andre Thornton
Earl Williams
Pedro Borbon		 Detroit Dale Berra
Julio Cruz
Kip Young
4/3 Traded Dennis Leonard
Joe Foy		 Detroit Gene Pentz
4/3 Traded Terry Crowley
Scipio Spinks		 New York (N) Preston Hanna
Larry Demery
Renie Martin
4/3 Signed     Bob Didier
4/3 Signed     Bill Russell
5/1 Released Danny Walton    
5/1 Released Dave Freisleben    
5/1 Released Mike Willis    
5/1 Released Norm Mcrae    
5/1 Released Jerry Janeski    
5/1 Released Leo Foster    
5/1 Released George Theodore    
6/1 Traded Steve Carlton Minnesota John Hiller
Shane Rawley
Jerry Don Gleaton
7/1 Traded Eric Raich Boston (A) Harry Parker
 
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