1979 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 75-63
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (75-63)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 42,012, Avg. 609
The Asheville Tourists of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 75 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Tourists led the league with 721 runs, ignited by 115 home runs. Asheville surrendered 683 runs, most in the circuit. Luis Gonzalez paced the team with 26 home runs, while Stanley Reese and Amos Lewis walloped 15 or more as well. Luis Gonzalez drove in 87 runs. Tracy Cowger topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .294 clip. Jim Farr paced the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.29 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Asheville Tourists who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Farr, Mike Richardt, George Wright, Jack Lazorko and Gene Nelson.
Wayne Terwilliger served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Farr | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.29 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 171 | 82 | 61 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gene Nelson | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.60 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 155.0 | 149 | 77 | 62 | 13 | 44 | 2 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Vickers | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.46 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 164.0 | 168 | 87 | 63 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Wesley Williams | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.72 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 162.0 | 156 | 85 | 67 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 129 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Linvel Mosby | 8 | 14 | .364 | 6.59 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 125 | 105 | 82 | 8 | 113 | 1 | 83 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Patrick Nelson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.16 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 122.0 | 130 | 80 | 70 | 10 | 66 | 4 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Dan Hartwig | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.76 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 72 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lazorko | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37.0 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jeff Scott | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Chapman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.08 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38.0 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Kwolek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.59 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 39 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andrew Tam | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.45 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 45 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| James Nickerson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.36 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 58 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeffrey Zitek | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James McWilliams | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 63 | .543 | 4.12 | 269 | 139 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 23 | 1154.0 | 1201 | 683 | 528 | 80 | 545 | 29 | 828 | 32 | 11 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Cowger | 117 | 447 | 408 | 68 | 120 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 48 | .294 | .330 | .387 | .718 | 158 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Luis Gonzalez | 114 | 434 | 389 | 67 | 113 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 70 | .290 | .346 | .571 | .916 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Jeffrey Zitek | 117 | 450 | 390 | 61 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 22 | 3 | 52 | 54 | .251 | .337 | .395 | .732 | 154 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| George Wright | 115 | 429 | 379 | 53 | 97 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 51 | .256 | .331 | .354 | .685 | 134 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Stanley Reese | 104 | 415 | 377 | 55 | 90 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 41 | .239 | .306 | .408 | .715 | 154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Richardt | 75 | 324 | 283 | 61 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 22 | .311 | .376 | .428 | .804 | 121 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| David Miller | 110 | 393 | 339 | 66 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 44 | 8 | 40 | 48 | .254 | .344 | .324 | .668 | 110 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Albert Ortiz | 96 | 375 | 307 | 61 | 83 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 62 | 32 | .270 | .395 | .365 | .759 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Amos Lewis | 88 | 323 | 264 | 56 | 73 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 98 | .277 | .402 | .572 | .974 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Tanzi | 83 | 271 | 240 | 28 | 63 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 31 | .262 | .337 | .329 | .666 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steven Righetti | 94 | 290 | 265 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 61 | .226 | .284 | .389 | .672 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Israel Gutierrez | 54 | 197 | 174 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 30 | .259 | .316 | .351 | .667 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Larry Reynolds | 39 | 155 | 139 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 23 | .309 | .373 | .374 | .747 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Hibner | 97 | 274 | 212 | 42 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 102 | .184 | .358 | .344 | .702 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas McGivney | 35 | 101 | 85 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .188 | .303 | .306 | .609 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Dixon | 21 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .218 | .241 | .255 | .496 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Neufang | 15 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .209 | .277 | .233 | .509 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Childs | 19 | 47 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .128 | .277 | .282 | .559 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Nelson | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1419 | 5034 | 4389 | 723 | 1140 | 204 | 28 | 115 | 616 | 179 | 60 | 523 | 754 | .260 | .341 | .398 | .739 | 1745 | 0 | 43 | 31 | 48 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Gonzalez | 1B | 63 | 549 | 26 | 26 | 36 | .957 | 9.127 | ||||
| Stanley Reese | 1B | 62 | 482 | 33 | 7 | 41 | .987 | 8.306 | ||||
| Steven Righetti | 1B | 23 | 154 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 6.913 | ||||
| Albert Ortiz | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mike Richardt | 2B | 74 | 173 | 212 | 16 | 37 | .960 | 5.203 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | 2B | 50 | 89 | 131 | 6 | 18 | .973 | 4.400 | ||||
| Larry Reynolds | 2B | 11 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Steven Righetti | 2B | 8 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Robert Tanzi | 2B | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Albert Ortiz | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Tanzi | 3B | 61 | 50 | 109 | 17 | 5 | .903 | 2.607 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | 3B | 53 | 40 | 69 | 17 | 14 | .865 | 2.057 | ||||
| Steven Righetti | 3B | 44 | 34 | 73 | 5 | 5 | .955 | 2.432 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | 3B | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tracy Cowger | C | 108 | 642 | 91 | 23 | 9 | .970 | 6.787 | 20 | |||
| Thomas McGivney | C | 31 | 155 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 5.581 | 7 | |||
| Jerry Neufang | C | 13 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 0 | |||
| George Wright | OF | 115 | 245 | 22 | 7 | 6 | .974 | 2.322 | ||||
| David Miller | OF | 103 | 151 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.563 | ||||
| Albert Ortiz | OF | 89 | 108 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .975 | 1.337 | ||||
| David Hibner | OF | 81 | 132 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .954 | 1.790 | ||||
| Larry Reynolds | OF | 29 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.655 | ||||
| Daniel Dixon | OF | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.722 | ||||
| Steven Righetti | OF | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Michael Childs | OF | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gene Nelson | P | 33 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Vickers | P | 27 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.185 | ||||
| Patrick Nelson | P | 26 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .714 | .577 | ||||
| Wesley Williams | P | 25 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.720 | ||||
| James Nickerson | P | 25 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .750 | .480 | ||||
| Linvel Mosby | P | 24 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .958 | ||||
| Jim Farr | P | 24 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jack Lazorko | P | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .391 | ||||
| David Chapman | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .579 | ||||
| Andrew Tam | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dan Hartwig | P | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.455 | ||||
| Charles Kwolek | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Scott | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| James McWilliams | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeffrey Zitek | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeffrey Zitek | SS | 114 | 163 | 364 | 49 | 49 | .915 | 4.623 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | SS | 15 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 5 | .882 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Tanzi | SS | 12 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 2.667 | ||||
| James Nickerson | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jerry Neufang | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Israel Gutierrez | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1472 | 3461 | 1488 | 247 | 261 | .952 | 3.362 | 27 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
