1979 Alexandria Mariners Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 74-62
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Bobby Floyd (74-62)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Ballpark: Four Mile Run Park
Attendance: 34,614, Avg. 509

1979 Alexandria Mariners Roster

The Alexandria Mariners of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Mariners tallied 589 runs and yielded 595 runs. Gary Pellant paced Alexandria with 18 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .279 clip. Bryan Clark topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Alexandria Mariners who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Brian Snyder, Ron Musselman, Bryan Clark, Karl Best and Dave Valle.

Bobby Floyd served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bryan Clark	14	5	.737	2.64	23	23		13	3	0	167.0	124	57	49	3	112	0	116	9	0	27
Peter Garrity	11	3	.786	3.98	35	9		2	0	2	104.0	125	62	46	1	29	1	48	7	1	1
Robert Simond	9	4	.692	2.86	15	15		8	2	0	107.0	107	54	34	4	39	0	82	1	1	4
Karl Best	8	11	.421	3.23	24	24		8	0	0	167.0	150	74	60	6	85	1	108	8	1	10
Jeff Cary	7	5	.583	2.60	57	0		0	0	21	83.0	65	32	24	4	38	4	82	4	1	2
Rick Adair	6	5	.545	2.81	13	12		2	1	0	80.0	86	29	25	1	26	1	53	3	0	7
Donald Minnick	6	5	.545	3.25	21	18		3	1	1	97.0	77	55	35	2	61	0	63	7	3	8
Brian Snyder	3	3	.500	2.03	6	6		1	1	0	31.0	23	11	7	0	22	0	20	3	1	1
Ron Musselman	3	4	.429	3.10	27	9		1	0	1	90.0	87	44	31	5	30	1	60	3	2	1
Mark Batten	3	4	.429	5.19	11	8		0	0	0	59.0	73	41	34	4	11	0	33	2	0	2
Richard Graser	2	3	.400	6.32	31	1		0	0	2	37.0	43	35	26	3	33	1	32	1	0	3
Tim Hallgren	2	6	.250	6.75	17	7		0	0	0	52.0	78	45	39	3	10	0	31	2	0	0
Jim Gabella	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Rudiman	0	0		3.38	8	0		0	0	0	16.0	9	8	6	0	21	0	13	1	2	2
Elias Salva	0	1	.000	11.70	5	0		0	0	0	10.0	22	18	13	0	7	0	7	0	0	1
Randy Martinez	0	3	.000	8.07	10	4		0	0	0	29.0	34	30	26	3	24	1	15	1	0	3
Totals	74	62	.544	3.62	304	136	0	38	8	27	1130.0	1103	595	455	39	548	10	763	52	12	72	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Gary Pellant	132	526	441	77	123	24	2	18	70	10	6	73	66	.279	.382	.465	.847	205		4	2	6
Rod Hobbs	126	489	417	61	107	15	2	8	61	51	8	62	94	.257	.353	.360	.712	150		2	4	4
Michael Moore	134	521	452	55	101	26	0	10	58	5	3	57	111	.223	.314	.347	.661	157		5	2	5
Charles Lindsay	116	469	419	69	98	4	4	0	22	48	16	31	79	.234	.298	.263	.560	110		8	9	2
Kyle Koke	119	410	358	47	97	10	1	2	39	16	5	41	47	.271	.351	.321	.672	115		4	5	2
Carlos Matamoros	102	433	391	43	97	21	2	2	37	19	9	26	38	.248	.301	.327	.629	128		5	8	3
Tito Nanni	113	445	402	49	91	19	1	6	48	15	4	38	132	.226	.290	.323	.613	130		0	0	5
Christopher Hudson	90	300	253	36	66	9	3	3	30	4	0	38	55	.261	.361	.356	.717	90		3	4	2
Elwood Holland	99	349	292	50	65	6	2	1	26	36	4	51	26	.223	.339	.267	.606	78		2	1	3
Thomas Mee	80	246	204	34	53	5	3	2	24	4	1	36	19	.260	.367	.343	.710	70		1	1	4
John Randolph	70	222	197	24	46	7	2	2	23	1	1	18	16	.234	.294	.320	.613	63		0	4	3
Dave Valle	58	201	169	17	36	5	0	6	25	1	2	23	24	.213	.318	.349	.667	59		4	3	2
Jim Gabella	50	140	123	15	27	6	1	1	14	1	1	8	24	.220	.263	.309	.572	38		0	7	2
Gary Skow	25	74	62	10	16	4	0	1	9	0	0	11	14	.258	.378	.371	.749	23		1	0	0
Rudy Árias	16	43	40	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	.175	.214	.175	.389	7		0	1	0
Werner Lajszky	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1331	4869	4220	589	1030	161	23	62	488	211	60	516	755	.244	.329	.337	.666	1423	0	39	51	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Michael Moore	1B	134	1172	77	20	100	.984	9.321
Thomas Mee	1B	3	15	2	0	0	1.000	5.667
Christopher Hudson	1B	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Carlos Matamoros	2B	102	246	293	18	67	.968	5.284
John Randolph	2B	35	72	91	5	15	.970	4.657
Jim Gabella	2B	5	11	14	0	4	1.000	5.000
Gary Pellant	3B	120	89	235	30	20	.915	2.700
Jim Gabella	3B	18	7	34	5	3	.891	2.278
Christopher Hudson	C	62	324	30	9	3	.975	5.710	17
Dave Valle	C	54	290	44	11	5	.968	6.185	15
Gary Skow	C	16	87	4	4	0	.958	5.688	8
Rudy Árias	C	16	89	8	1	0	.990	6.062	5
Rod Hobbs	OF	122	207	9	16	1	.931	1.770
Charles Lindsay	OF	114	271	7	10	0	.965	2.439
Tito Nanni	OF	105	150	5	11	1	.934	1.476
Thomas Mee	OF	49	58	2	3	1	.952	1.224
Christopher Hudson	OF	16	14	1	2	1	.882	.938
Elwood Holland	OF	12	12	0	2	0	.857	1.000
Gary Skow	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Cary	P	57	5	20	2	0	.926	.439
Peter Garrity	P	35	10	16	9	1	.743	.743
Richard Graser	P	31	0	5	1	0	.833	.161
Ron Musselman	P	27	4	20	2	0	.923	.889
Karl Best	P	24	9	27	1	1	.973	1.500
Bryan Clark	P	23	13	40	2	2	.964	2.304
Donald Minnick	P	21	6	18	4	4	.857	1.143
Tim Hallgren	P	17	2	10	2	0	.857	.706
Robert Simond	P	15	7	31	5	3	.884	2.533
Rick Adair	P	13	3	30	1	1	.971	2.538
Mark Batten	P	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy Martinez	P	10	0	7	1	1	.875	.700
Paul Rudiman	P	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	.375
Brian Snyder	P	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Elias Salva	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400
Jim Gabella	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Kyle Koke	SS	118	180	376	38	71	.936	4.712
John Randolph	SS	27	21	59	7	8	.920	2.963
Jim Gabella	SS	5	3	3	1	0	.857	1.200
Totals		1442	3386	1532	225	313	.956	3.411	45	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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