1979 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 76-57
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: (76-57)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 183,643, Avg. 2,762
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Shreveport Captains 0
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 3 games, San Antonio Dodgers 0
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 76 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Travelers surrendered 474 runs, fewest in the league. Arkansas tallied 589 runs. Joe DeSa paced the team with 13 home runs and recorded 86 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .317 clip. Hector Eduardo, David Johnson and Ray Searage topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Hector Eduardo registered a 2.62 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1979 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ray Searage, Mike Dimmel, Gene Roof, Ty Waller, Andy Rincon, Joe Edelen, Luis DeLeón, Jim Gott, John Littlefield, Joe DeSa, Al Olmsted, Neil Fiala and Tito Landrum.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Searage | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.22 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.0 | 73 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Hector Eduardo | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.62 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 134.0 | 102 | 50 | 39 | 4 | 70 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||
| David Johnson | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.27 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 136 | 67 | 52 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Tom Chamberlain | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.81 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 82 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.85 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159.0 | 208 | 80 | 68 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ray Williams | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.12 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 72.0 | 65 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Arno Kirchenwitz | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.27 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 120 | 56 | 47 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.69 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 79 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.69 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 83 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Chris Davis | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.31 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 74.0 | 75 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Freddie Tisdale | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Littlefield | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.17 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 58.0 | 52 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Gott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 76 | 57 | .571 | 3.27 | 299 | 133 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 1107.0 | 1107 | 474 | 402 | 58 | 416 | 20 | 622 | 47 | 5 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 130 | 526 | 463 | 71 | 147 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 65 | .317 | .389 | .492 | .881 | 228 | 13 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gene Roof | 128 | 559 | 478 | 86 | 145 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 72 | 49 | .303 | .401 | .431 | .832 | 206 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Dotson | 129 | 509 | 451 | 81 | 138 | 32 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 16 | 10 | 51 | 81 | .306 | .377 | .488 | .865 | 220 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ty Waller | 126 | 478 | 432 | 48 | 122 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 60 | .282 | .348 | .410 | .758 | 177 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Neil Fiala | 105 | 445 | 369 | 51 | 107 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 44 | .290 | .369 | .358 | .727 | 132 | 2 | 17 | 8 | ||
| Randy Thomas | 111 | 385 | 349 | 42 | 88 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 42 | .252 | .311 | .301 | .612 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Freddie Tisdale | 97 | 325 | 297 | 33 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 29 | .263 | .314 | .370 | .684 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Delany | 95 | 323 | 286 | 24 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 36 | .252 | .326 | .315 | .641 | 90 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tito Landrum | 71 | 294 | 265 | 44 | 71 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 37 | .268 | .332 | .415 | .747 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Penniall | 55 | 222 | 197 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 32 | .244 | .311 | .330 | .641 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 32 | 128 | 118 | 15 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .339 | .383 | .373 | .756 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 58 | 148 | 137 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .255 | .295 | .350 | .645 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Riggleman | 46 | 127 | 110 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .273 | .346 | .382 | .728 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Daniel Winslow | 23 | 72 | 63 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .317 | .403 | .397 | .800 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 19 | 76 | 69 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .275 | .320 | .362 | .682 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Len Strelitz | 27 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hector Eduardo | 20 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .185 | .214 | .259 | .474 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Witt | 14 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .087 | .125 | .130 | .255 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | 9 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .125 | .208 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dimmel | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Searage | 43 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 12 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Chamberlain | 13 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .077 | .250 | .077 | .327 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arno Kirchenwitz | 24 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Johnson | 27 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Davis | 43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Williams | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Littlefield | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1549 | 4838 | 4289 | 589 | 1181 | 226 | 37 | 57 | 532 | 81 | 46 | 436 | 591 | .275 | .345 | .385 | .730 | 1652 | 0 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe DeSa | 1B | 126 | 1129 | 71 | 11 | 102 | .991 | 9.524 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 1B | 9 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 7.778 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 1B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 8.000 | ||||
| Frank Hunsaker | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Neil Fiala | 2B | 105 | 217 | 301 | 12 | 63 | .977 | 4.933 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 18 | 46 | 53 | 2 | 10 | .980 | 5.500 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 2B | 7 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 5 | .912 | 4.429 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | 2B | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.200 | ||||
| Harold Witt | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ty Waller | 3B | 121 | 105 | 275 | 26 | 36 | .936 | 3.140 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 11 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 2.727 | ||||
| Harold Witt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Delany | C | 88 | 395 | 30 | 7 | 5 | .984 | 4.830 | 7 | |||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 29 | 149 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.655 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Winslow | C | 17 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 4.706 | 1 | |||
| Fulvio Bertolotti | C | 9 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
| Gene Dotson | OF | 127 | 244 | 16 | 10 | 7 | .963 | 2.047 | ||||
| Gene Roof | OF | 126 | 217 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .970 | 1.817 | ||||
| Tito Landrum | OF | 70 | 134 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .972 | 2.014 | ||||
| Dave Penniall | OF | 53 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.491 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | OF | 20 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.450 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | OF | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Harold Witt | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Dimmel | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Williams | P | 44 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .318 | ||||
| Chris Davis | P | 43 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .302 | ||||
| Ray Searage | P | 42 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .310 | ||||
| Len Strelitz | P | 27 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 1.630 | ||||
| John Littlefield | P | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arno Kirchenwitz | P | 24 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Hector Eduardo | P | 20 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.150 | ||||
| Tom Chamberlain | P | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Al Olmsted | P | 12 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 12 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis DeLeón | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Randy Thomas | SS | 110 | 176 | 296 | 20 | 58 | .959 | 4.291 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 37 | 39 | 80 | 5 | 14 | .960 | 3.216 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1404 | 3326 | 1421 | 130 | 337 | .973 | 3.381 | 8 | 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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