1979 Dunedin Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 68-69
Finished 3rd in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Denis Menke (68-69)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Dunedin, Florida
Ballpark: Grant Field
Attendance: 36,676, Avg. 535
The Dunedin Blue Jays of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 68 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Blue Jays plated 567 runs, tops in the circuit. Dunedin conceded 588 runs. Lloyd Moseby paced the team with 18 home runs, and Tim Thompson walloped 15 or more, too. Lloyd Moseby drove in 84 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .332 clip. Luis Leal led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 Dunedin Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Hodgson, Fred Manrique, Dave Stieb, Brian Milner, Lloyd Moseby, Dale Mohorcic, Geno Petralli, Luis Leal, Charlie Puleo and Andre Robertson.
Denis Menke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Leal | 12 | 2 | .857 | 2.64 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 150.0 | 137 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Puleo | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.46 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 126 | 72 | 61 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| William Baltz | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.71 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 143.0 | 135 | 61 | 43 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| David Smith | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.89 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 89 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Dave Stieb | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 54 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Richard Morgan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.25 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 72.0 | 79 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Stoeber | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.03 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 102 | 54 | 39 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Mohorcic | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.42 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 134 | 59 | 52 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mike Cuellar | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33.0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Frank | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.49 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Fore | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.77 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike Dempsey | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.42 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 97 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Gill | 1 | 7 | .125 | 4.12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 64 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Cullen | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gregory Coughlin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Liber | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18.0 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 69 | .496 | 3.85 | 270 | 137 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 21 | 1126.0 | 1166 | 588 | 482 | 52 | 452 | 28 | 630 | 32 | 14 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Moseby | 129 | 520 | 446 | 89 | 148 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 84 | 16 | 12 | 63 | 103 | .332 | .425 | .531 | .956 | 237 | 10 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Thompson | 126 | 511 | 456 | 64 | 134 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 77 | .294 | .356 | .465 | .821 | 212 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Andre Wood | 127 | 501 | 456 | 59 | 130 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 50 | .285 | .334 | .388 | .722 | 177 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Paul Hodgson | 127 | 482 | 446 | 45 | 112 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 75 | .251 | .299 | .339 | .638 | 151 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Kelly | 123 | 457 | 397 | 46 | 107 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 73 | .270 | .355 | .390 | .745 | 155 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Samuel Crafort | 112 | 462 | 399 | 64 | 88 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 58 | 119 | .221 | .317 | .248 | .566 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pete Rowe | 94 | 334 | 282 | 39 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 23 | .255 | .355 | .348 | .703 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Phil Lansford | 106 | 369 | 335 | 33 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 68 | .197 | .242 | .248 | .490 | 83 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Tom Goffena | 83 | 319 | 271 | 31 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 44 | .229 | .318 | .240 | .558 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Andre Robertson | 70 | 285 | 264 | 35 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 50 | .216 | .266 | .307 | .573 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Geno Petralli | 52 | 197 | 184 | 18 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 20 | .288 | .335 | .375 | .710 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Ereu | 48 | 184 | 175 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .240 | .264 | .286 | .549 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Brian Milner | 38 | 141 | 133 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .188 | .227 | .241 | .468 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Lebo | 18 | 58 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .269 | .345 | .308 | .653 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Paula | 13 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .269 | .296 | .346 | .642 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Domingo Connor | 13 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .179 | .179 | .179 | .357 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Manrique | 5 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Dempsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1285 | 4892 | 4366 | 567 | 1125 | 158 | 29 | 67 | 504 | 65 | 33 | 420 | 790 | .258 | .326 | .353 | .679 | 1542 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thompson | 1B | 105 | 1009 | 58 | 15 | 79 | .986 | 1.162 | ||||
| Mike Kelly | 1B | 30 | 261 | 11 | 7 | 26 | .975 | 9.067 | ||||
| Andre Wood | 2B | 123 | 263 | 435 | 28 | 82 | .961 | 5.675 | ||||
| Andre Robertson | 2B | 10 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 5.200 | ||||
| William Ereu | 2B | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Phil Lansford | 3B | 99 | 97 | 160 | 20 | 12 | .928 | 2.596 | ||||
| Tom Goffena | 3B | 27 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 4 | .912 | 2.296 | ||||
| William Ereu | 3B | 11 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.909 | ||||
| Geno Petralli | 3B | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pete Rowe | C | 81 | 406 | 40 | 11 | 3 | .976 | 5.506 | 12 | |||
| Geno Petralli | C | 45 | 200 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 5.200 | 11 | |||
| Mike Lebo | C | 14 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 5.357 | 2 | |||
| Brian Milner | C | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Lloyd Moseby | OF | 129 | 190 | 11 | 9 | 1 | .957 | 1.558 | ||||
| Paul Hodgson | OF | 125 | 215 | 14 | 9 | 4 | .962 | 1.832 | ||||
| Samuel Crafort | OF | 110 | 247 | 6 | 12 | 1 | .955 | 2.300 | ||||
| Mike Kelly | OF | 40 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.575 | ||||
| Domingo Connor | OF | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Julio Paula | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Goffena | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Geno Petralli | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Morgan | P | 41 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .390 | ||||
| Mark Stoeber | P | 31 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .516 | ||||
| Dale Mohorcic | P | 23 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 1.174 | ||||
| Charlie Puleo | P | 22 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.682 | ||||
| Mike Dempsey | P | 22 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .636 | ||||
| William Baltz | P | 22 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.636 | ||||
| Luis Leal | P | 21 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .667 | ||||
| David Smith | P | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Liber | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gary Frank | P | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| John Gill | P | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Dave Stieb | P | 8 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Mike Cuellar | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gregory Coughlin | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Chuck Fore | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Mike Cullen | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Kelly | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andre Robertson | SS | 60 | 111 | 214 | 21 | 36 | .939 | 5.417 | ||||
| Tom Goffena | SS | 54 | 84 | 158 | 18 | 37 | .931 | 4.481 | ||||
| William Ereu | SS | 24 | 30 | 69 | 11 | 9 | .900 | 4.125 | ||||
| Fred Manrique | SS | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1399 | 3398 | 1524 | 203 | 310 | .960 | 3.518 | 26 | 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.
