1979 Clinton Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 74-59
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Dick McLaughlin (74-59)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 41,949, Avg. 631
Playoffs - Quad Cities Cubs 2 games, Clinton Dodgers 1
The Clinton Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Dodgers yielded 566 runs, fewest in the league. Clinton plated 608 runs. Mark Elliott drove in 55 runs. Mitch Webster led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .326. Larry Wright topped the squad with 11 wins, while Mathew Reeves recorded a 2.85 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Clinton Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Alejandro Peña, Leo Hernández, Candy Maldonado, Alan Wiggins, Dann Bilardello, Orel Hershiser, Mitch Webster, Steve Sax, Dave Sax and Germán Rivera.
Dick McLaughlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Wright | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.53 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 163.0 | 139 | 80 | 64 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 123 | 9 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Roberto Alexander | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.91 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 106.0 | 100 | 61 | 46 | 4 | 45 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Mathew Reeves | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.85 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 142.0 | 129 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 74 | 1 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Clint Wickensheimer | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.53 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 63 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Felix Oroz | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.75 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 85.0 | 69 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Larry Ferst | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.08 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 106.0 | 98 | 54 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Kevin Joyce | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.47 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 62.0 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rodney Nelson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.63 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Albert | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Orel Hershiser | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.09 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David LaPointe | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.52 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 37 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Alejandro Peña | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.18 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 53 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dave Sax | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert White | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.77 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Franklin Bryant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.88 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Francis Wilczewski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.80 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eric Schmidt | 0 | 7 | .000 | 4.18 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 56 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 59 | .556 | 3.55 | 281 | 133 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 1089.0 | 939 | 566 | 430 | 49 | 533 | 11 | 775 | 49 | 17 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Webster | 123 | 547 | 473 | 95 | 154 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 54 | 21 | 58 | 58 | .326 | .404 | .404 | .808 | 191 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Steve Sax | 115 | 455 | 386 | 64 | 112 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 8 | 57 | 30 | .290 | .380 | .355 | .735 | 137 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Mark Elliott | 103 | 368 | 326 | 38 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 27 | .270 | .317 | .359 | .676 | 117 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| John Lee Robbins | 97 | 351 | 297 | 52 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 7 | 52 | 47 | .290 | .393 | .340 | .733 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Beyers | 74 | 299 | 271 | 33 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | .303 | .348 | .413 | .761 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Germán Rivera | 100 | 379 | 338 | 43 | 82 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 50 | .243 | .311 | .361 | .672 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Sax | 97 | 336 | 282 | 37 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 31 | .270 | .362 | .404 | .767 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Alan Wiggins | 95 | 367 | 296 | 57 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 65 | 40 | .257 | .393 | .274 | .667 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mark Sheehy | 73 | 278 | 250 | 32 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 20 | .288 | .345 | .344 | .689 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Leo Hernández | 29 | 124 | 113 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .336 | .364 | .478 | .842 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Clay Smith | 51 | 196 | 174 | 17 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 33 | .218 | .294 | .270 | .564 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Candy Maldonado | 50 | 180 | 158 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 29 | .234 | .306 | .367 | .673 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dann Bilardello | 52 | 163 | 142 | 18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 11 | .239 | .327 | .310 | .637 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chris Gandy | 49 | 165 | 144 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 33 | .208 | .301 | .333 | .634 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Gloyd | 52 | 174 | 155 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 21 | .194 | .267 | .232 | .500 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Maples | 53 | 130 | 113 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 35 | .186 | .264 | .248 | .512 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Mohler | 32 | 102 | 91 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .198 | .284 | .231 | .515 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Bradley | 29 | 82 | 63 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 29 | .175 | .366 | .302 | .667 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Schultz | 10 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | .303 | .429 | .364 | .792 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Malkin | 16 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .079 | .125 | .079 | .204 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Villaescusa | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1304 | 4784 | 4149 | 608 | 1098 | 174 | 27 | 35 | 494 | 232 | 98 | 496 | 558 | .265 | .346 | .345 | .691 | 1431 | 0 | 49 | 38 | 52 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Elliott | 1B | 98 | 808 | 61 | 11 | 66 | .988 | 8.867 | ||||
| Chris Gandy | 1B | 33 | 246 | 11 | 11 | 17 | .959 | 7.788 | ||||
| Alan Wiggins | 1B | 10 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Dave Sax | 1B | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mark Sheehy | 2B | 73 | 139 | 179 | 12 | 42 | .964 | 4.356 | ||||
| Steve Sax | 2B | 34 | 65 | 66 | 14 | 18 | .903 | 3.853 | ||||
| Clay Smith | 2B | 25 | 28 | 38 | 4 | 8 | .943 | 2.640 | ||||
| Alan Wiggins | 2B | 8 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.125 | ||||
| Timothy Gloyd | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Germán Rivera | 3B | 98 | 74 | 199 | 17 | 16 | .941 | 2.786 | ||||
| Leo Hernández | 3B | 29 | 22 | 66 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 3.034 | ||||
| Alan Wiggins | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Sax | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dave Sax | 3B | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Clay Smith | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stephen Maples | C | 53 | 237 | 33 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 5.094 | 9 | |||
| Dann Bilardello | C | 50 | 283 | 31 | 3 | 5 | .991 | 6.280 | 7 | |||
| Dave Sax | C | 44 | 207 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 5.205 | 10 | |||
| John Malkin | C | 16 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.250 | 4 | |||
| Mitch Webster | OF | 122 | 272 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .966 | 2.311 | ||||
| Tom Beyers | OF | 74 | 152 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.135 | ||||
| John Lee Robbins | OF | 69 | 110 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 1.681 | ||||
| Steve Sax | OF | 49 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.020 | ||||
| Candy Maldonado | OF | 48 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.792 | ||||
| Otis Bradley | OF | 25 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.240 | ||||
| Stanley Mohler | OF | 19 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.421 | ||||
| Alan Wiggins | OF | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dave Sax | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Kevin Joyce | P | 39 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .231 | ||||
| Mathew Reeves | P | 25 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Wright | P | 23 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 2.174 | ||||
| Larry Ferst | P | 23 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.435 | ||||
| Rodney Nelson | P | 22 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .500 | ||||
| Alejandro Peña | P | 21 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Roberto Alexander | P | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orel Hershiser | P | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clint Wickensheimer | P | 14 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Felix Oroz | P | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Eric Schmidt | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Jeff Albert | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Kent Johnson | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| David LaPointe | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Francis Wilczewski | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Robert White | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .125 | ||||
| Franklin Bryant | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Dave Sax | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Wiggins | SS | 62 | 79 | 173 | 30 | 28 | .894 | 4.065 | ||||
| Timothy Gloyd | SS | 50 | 62 | 133 | 23 | 24 | .894 | 3.900 | ||||
| Clay Smith | SS | 16 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 4 | .882 | 2.812 | ||||
| Greg Schultz | SS | 9 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .932 | 4.556 | ||||
| Germán Rivera | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .733 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1429 | 3268 | 1363 | 205 | 262 | .958 | 3.241 | 30 | 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.
