1979 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 33-35
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: J. R. Miner (33-35)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 23,530, Avg. 692
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 33 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles plated 338 runs and allowed 320 runs. John Stefero drove in 42 runs. Angelo Blake led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Lawrence Woodall topped the team with 6 wins, while Tim Norris recorded a 3.48 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Larry Sheets, Storm Davis, Bill Swaggerty and John Stefero.
J. R. Miner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Woodall | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.58 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 60 | 45 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Swaggerty | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.76 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 76 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Storm Davis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.88 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 44 | 34 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tim Norris | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.48 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 63 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Freddie Smith | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.20 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tim Maples | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.49 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Fred Conradi | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| David Pfeiffer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.39 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Wick | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.08 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 39.0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Zedonek | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.89 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 45 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 33 | .484 | 4.18 | 144 | 64 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 515.0 | 460 | 300 | 239 | 34 | 284 | 3 | 351 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Jurena | 62 | 260 | 221 | 49 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 36 | 25 | .276 | .377 | .430 | .807 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stanley Hendrickson | 62 | 255 | 205 | 44 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 26 | .283 | .421 | .395 | .816 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Schuman | 58 | 224 | 190 | 28 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 48 | .300 | .402 | .405 | .807 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Angelo Blake | 59 | 239 | 185 | 32 | 56 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 23 | .303 | .445 | .481 | .926 | 89 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Stefero | 59 | 232 | 200 | 37 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 35 | .275 | .342 | .470 | .812 | 94 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Steven Espinoza | 49 | 179 | 144 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 19 | .278 | .406 | .333 | .739 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Robert Palmer | 36 | 127 | 106 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .189 | .312 | .292 | .604 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Hawthorne | 25 | 99 | 84 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .214 | .323 | .417 | .740 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lonnie Ivie | 30 | 86 | 79 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .215 | .247 | .253 | .500 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John DeLeon | 32 | 96 | 85 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 40 | .200 | .292 | .294 | .586 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruss Bowman | 45 | 123 | 102 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 29 | .167 | .309 | .245 | .554 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Schriner | 23 | 69 | 55 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .236 | .348 | .236 | .585 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Randolph Miller | 22 | 69 | 63 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .206 | .265 | .238 | .503 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Martinez | 11 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .250 | .364 | .286 | .649 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Richard | 10 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .179 | .304 | .231 | .535 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Martinez | 16 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | .167 | .324 | .267 | .591 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Sheets | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .308 | .500 | .808 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Murelli | 8 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .154 | .214 | .192 | .407 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Boyce | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Keck | 6 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .167 | .348 | .222 | .570 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Harvey | 14 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .107 | .219 | .214 | .433 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Smith | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Williams | 15 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .043 | .154 | .043 | .197 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 664 | 2317 | 1937 | 309 | 480 | 81 | 18 | 34 | 268 | 48 | 15 | 322 | 365 | .248 | .359 | .361 | .720 | 699 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John DeLeon | 1B | 29 | 218 | 9 | 6 | 13 | .974 | 7.828 | ||||
| Bruss Bowman | 1B | 27 | 169 | 16 | 7 | 18 | .964 | 6.852 | ||||
| Kyle Hawthorne | 1B | 15 | 143 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .981 | 1.067 | ||||
| Angelo Blake | 2B | 40 | 100 | 90 | 16 | 13 | .922 | 4.750 | ||||
| Randolph Miller | 2B | 18 | 34 | 45 | 5 | 11 | .940 | 4.389 | ||||
| Steven Espinoza | 2B | 8 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 4.500 | ||||
| Timothy Richard | 2B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Stefero | 3B | 49 | 34 | 90 | 18 | 8 | .873 | 2.531 | ||||
| Nelson Harvey | 3B | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .652 | 2.143 | ||||
| Daniel Keck | 3B | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Robert Boyce | 3B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Steven Espinoza | 3B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Palmer | C | 36 | 193 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 5.944 | 3 | |||
| Lonnie Ivie | C | 23 | 128 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 6.174 | 6 | |||
| John Stefero | C | 5 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 5.800 | 2 | |||
| Manuel Martinez | C | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4 | |||
| Mark Jurena | OF | 61 | 100 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 1.803 | ||||
| Stanley Hendrickson | OF | 61 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.230 | ||||
| Dave Schuman | OF | 51 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.765 | ||||
| Terry Schriner | OF | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Luis Martinez | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.250 | ||||
| Larry Sheets | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John DeLeon | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Wick | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| David Pfeiffer | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Swaggerty | P | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Fred Conradi | P | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .235 | ||||
| Gary Zedonek | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Freddie Smith | P | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .857 | ||||
| Lawrence Woodall | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Tim Norris | P | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Tim Maples | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Storm Davis | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Steven Espinoza | SS | 42 | 61 | 124 | 12 | 20 | .939 | 4.405 | ||||
| Charles Williams | SS | 10 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Timothy Richard | SS | 8 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 6.375 | ||||
| Donald Murelli | SS | 7 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Freddie Smith | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .400 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 685 | 1508 | 628 | 114 | 122 | .949 | 3.118 | 15 | 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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