1979 Cedar Rapids Giants Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-78
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Wayne Cato (58-78)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 73,206, Avg. 1,077
1979 Cedar Rapids Giants RosterTeam Record: 58-78
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Wayne Cato (58-78)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 73,206, Avg. 1,077
The Cedar Rapids Giants of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 58 wins and 78 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Giants tallied 619 runs and conceded 737 runs. John Rabb paced Cedar Rapids with 19 home runs and recorded 90 runs batted in. Mark Benson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .294 clip. Matthew Sutherland topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.4 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 Cedar Rapids Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rob Deer, John Rabb and Jeff Stember.
Wayne Cato 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Sutherland | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.40 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 145 | 86 | 63 | 6 | 113 | 1 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jeffrey Stadler | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.86 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 175.0 | 166 | 95 | 75 | 14 | 98 | 1 | 129 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Lou Marietta | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.33 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 151 | 80 | 64 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| William Bellomo | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.03 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 134.0 | 142 | 81 | 60 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Kelly Anderson | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.79 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 92.0 | 90 | 63 | 49 | 9 | 61 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Steven Duckhorn | 6 | 17 | .261 | 6.00 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 156.0 | 150 | 128 | 104 | 17 | 117 | 1 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Jeff Stember | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.66 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 51 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Robert Henderson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.00 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.0 | 85 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Harry Wing | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.33 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ray Cosio | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.56 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Michael Martinez | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.68 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Fisher | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| David Thornton | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Chue | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Matrisciano | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.32 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 58 | 78 | .426 | 4.66 | 278 | 136 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 16 | 1122.0 | 1137 | 737 | 581 | 85 | 656 | 12 | 775 | 61 | 9 | 101 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Plinski | 130 | 566 | 479 | 98 | 136 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 72 | 21 | 75 | 62 | .284 | .384 | .376 | .760 | 180 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Philip Sutton | 127 | 542 | 477 | 64 | 120 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 29 | 15 | 52 | 64 | .252 | .326 | .298 | .624 | 142 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
| John Rabb | 125 | 498 | 447 | 63 | 118 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 90 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 75 | .264 | .323 | .438 | .761 | 196 | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Mark Benson | 118 | 483 | 388 | 68 | 114 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 23 | 2 | 82 | 53 | .294 | .416 | .415 | .831 | 161 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Ned Raines | 111 | 382 | 329 | 51 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 39 | 10 | 51 | 53 | .261 | .360 | .295 | .654 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Francisco Rojas | 99 | 331 | 296 | 26 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 45 | .267 | .342 | .348 | .690 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Oliver | 106 | 381 | 325 | 41 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 86 | .197 | .307 | .277 | .584 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Curry | 61 | 224 | 193 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 48 | .301 | .387 | .466 | .854 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frankie Thon | 59 | 211 | 194 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | .273 | .325 | .325 | .650 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Doss | 53 | 215 | 198 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 30 | .242 | .299 | .343 | .642 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Craig Hedrick | 66 | 228 | 193 | 28 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 53 | .202 | .322 | .316 | .638 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cummings | 56 | 215 | 184 | 29 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 34 | .207 | .312 | .245 | .556 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Greg Baker | 42 | 173 | 141 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 42 | .220 | .349 | .369 | .718 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charles Boothe | 38 | 123 | 101 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | .248 | .377 | .307 | .684 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rob Deer | 29 | 94 | 86 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 34 | .209 | .266 | .267 | .533 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Szymarek | 17 | 61 | 49 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | .286 | .426 | .816 | 1.243 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Torassa | 18 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .225 | .273 | .325 | .598 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Juan Oppenheimer | 26 | 63 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .184 | .349 | .265 | .615 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Morton | 26 | 69 | 63 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kean Rich | 25 | 67 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 21 | .143 | .373 | .204 | .577 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Marietta | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesus Cruz | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Duckhorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1343 | 4985 | 4294 | 615 | 1076 | 169 | 27 | 63 | 528 | 250 | 102 | 586 | 812 | .251 | .344 | .347 | .691 | 1488 | 0 | 46 | 26 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Oliver | 1B | 95 | 806 | 38 | 9 | 75 | .989 | 8.884 | ||||
| Charles Curry | 1B | 35 | 306 | 16 | 3 | 19 | .991 | 9.200 | ||||
| Juan Oppenheimer | 1B | 14 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .953 | 5.857 | ||||
| Richard Doss | 1B | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 8.333 | ||||
| Craig Hedrick | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Paul Plinski | 2B | 63 | 121 | 155 | 7 | 38 | .975 | 4.381 | ||||
| Frankie Thon | 2B | 55 | 94 | 150 | 19 | 35 | .928 | 4.436 | ||||
| Ned Raines | 2B | 23 | 40 | 60 | 7 | 6 | .935 | 4.348 | ||||
| Richard Doss | 3B | 50 | 52 | 117 | 14 | 15 | .923 | 3.380 | ||||
| Paul Plinski | 3B | 42 | 34 | 94 | 11 | 9 | .921 | 3.048 | ||||
| Ned Raines | 3B | 37 | 27 | 77 | 11 | 11 | .904 | 2.811 | ||||
| John Rabb | 3B | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Bruce Oliver | 3B | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| John Rabb | C | 61 | 352 | 47 | 13 | 7 | .968 | 6.541 | 11 | |||
| Bob Cummings | C | 45 | 263 | 45 | 7 | 5 | .978 | 6.844 | 13 | |||
| Charles Boothe | C | 24 | 124 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .980 | 6.125 | 4 | |||
| George Torassa | C | 14 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| Mark Benson | OF | 106 | 174 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .952 | 1.698 | ||||
| Francisco Rojas | OF | 86 | 128 | 10 | 10 | 4 | .932 | 1.605 | ||||
| Craig Hedrick | OF | 59 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.424 | ||||
| Greg Baker | OF | 40 | 91 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .933 | 2.450 | ||||
| Ned Raines | OF | 39 | 81 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 2.256 | ||||
| John Rabb | OF | 27 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Rob Deer | OF | 27 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.333 | ||||
| Stanley Morton | OF | 23 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.391 | ||||
| Kean Rich | OF | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Paul Szymarek | OF | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Jesus Cruz | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Paul Plinski | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Juan Oppenheimer | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kelly Anderson | P | 43 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .349 | ||||
| Robert Henderson | P | 36 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .611 | ||||
| Lou Marietta | P | 28 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.107 | ||||
| Jeffrey Stadler | P | 26 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Steven Duckhorn | P | 26 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Matthew Sutherland | P | 25 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.400 | ||||
| William Bellomo | P | 25 | 10 | 32 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.680 | ||||
| Ronald Matrisciano | P | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Michael Martinez | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Harry Wing | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Jeff Stember | P | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Ray Cosio | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Thornton | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jose Chue | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Philip Sutton | SS | 125 | 167 | 356 | 34 | 67 | .939 | 4.184 | ||||
| Paul Plinski | SS | 14 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Ned Raines | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1442 | 3373 | 1452 | 218 | 320 | .957 | 3.346 | 29 | 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.
