1979 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 34-35
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Elmira, New York
Attendance: 35,071, Avg. 1,017
The Elmira Pioneer Red Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 34 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the league's Yawkey Division.
The Pioneer Red Sox scored 431 runs and yielded 395 runs. Lee Pruitt drove in 58 runs. Gus Malespin led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. Bill Moloney topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.1 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Tom McCarthy and Jackie Gutiérrez both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Moloney | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60.0 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jay Fredlund | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.07 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 78 | 41 | 29 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Scott Gering | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.76 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 83 | 53 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steven Schaefer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.15 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 81 | 49 | 36 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Mark Saunders | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.92 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.0 | 63 | 45 | 35 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gordon Davis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.96 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 46 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Donald Hayford | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.30 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 55 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas DeSanto | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.83 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tom McCarthy | 2 | 6 | .250 | 7.04 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 67 | 50 | 36 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Birrell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Tremblay | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 35 | .493 | 4.65 | 171 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 583.0 | 584 | 395 | 301 | 27 | 403 | 16 | 449 | 28 | 4 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Pruitt | 69 | 299 | 254 | 50 | 80 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 46 | .315 | .415 | .469 | .883 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gus Malespin | 59 | 251 | 207 | 43 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 12 | .319 | .436 | .454 | .890 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Lee | 63 | 283 | 237 | 48 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 48 | .228 | .344 | .338 | .682 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Doc Brummer | 57 | 198 | 169 | 30 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | .284 | .358 | .367 | .724 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Lloyd Bessard | 50 | 197 | 163 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 27 | .282 | .390 | .411 | .801 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | 63 | 211 | 183 | 29 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 25 | .251 | .332 | .295 | .627 | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Steven Fortune | 57 | 209 | 159 | 28 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 42 | .277 | .432 | .384 | .816 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dave Holt | 62 | 224 | 162 | 38 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 56 | 24 | .259 | .452 | .457 | .909 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Arturo Samaniego | 58 | 171 | 149 | 26 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .255 | .314 | .383 | .696 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Danny Huffstickler | 41 | 142 | 110 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 29 | .300 | .443 | .355 | .797 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Eddins | 45 | 154 | 125 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | .208 | .315 | .280 | .595 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Frank Vazquez | 40 | 115 | 99 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 21 | .222 | .310 | .293 | .603 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Teller | 30 | 76 | 58 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | .276 | .440 | .431 | .871 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve McQueen | 22 | 57 | 41 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | .341 | .518 | .439 | .957 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edgardo Serrano | 27 | 58 | 50 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .220 | .291 | .280 | .571 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Ackley | 25 | 70 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | .196 | .400 | .294 | .694 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ed Berroa | 24 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .182 | .270 | .212 | .482 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 792 | 2752 | 2250 | 431 | 602 | 108 | 25 | 30 | 369 | 51 | 14 | 414 | 376 | .268 | .385 | .378 | .763 | 850 | 0 | 28 | 40 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Fortune | 1B | 51 | 347 | 28 | 5 | 20 | .987 | 7.353 | ||||
| Lee Pruitt | 1B | 26 | 186 | 15 | 3 | 19 | .985 | 7.731 | ||||
| Jim Teller | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arturo Samaniego | 2B | 48 | 77 | 76 | 13 | 13 | .922 | 3.188 | ||||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | 2B | 24 | 52 | 58 | 3 | 12 | .973 | 4.583 | ||||
| Edgardo Serrano | 2B | 19 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .885 | 2.421 | ||||
| Glenn Eddins | 3B | 43 | 35 | 60 | 14 | 4 | .872 | 2.209 | ||||
| Danny Huffstickler | 3B | 39 | 31 | 57 | 17 | 3 | .838 | 2.256 | ||||
| Steve McQueen | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Doc Brummer | C | 49 | 292 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 6.408 | 8 | |||
| Dave Holt | C | 21 | 127 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 6.238 | 10 | |||
| John Ackley | C | 16 | 70 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 4.750 | 3 | |||
| Eddie Lee | OF | 61 | 122 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 2.131 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | OF | 56 | 96 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| Lee Pruitt | OF | 47 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.681 | ||||
| Lloyd Bessard | OF | 43 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 1.651 | ||||
| Ed Berroa | OF | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .650 | ||||
| Jim Teller | OF | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bill Moloney | P | 21 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .905 | ||||
| Donald Hayford | P | 21 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Jay Fredlund | P | 19 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Tom McCarthy | P | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Scott Gering | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Steven Schaefer | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Mark Saunders | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Thomas DeSanto | P | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .688 | ||||
| Gordon Davis | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Wayne Tremblay | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Bob Birrell | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | SS | 42 | 45 | 99 | 9 | 14 | .941 | 3.429 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | SS | 38 | 27 | 72 | 10 | 9 | .908 | 2.605 | ||||
| Steve McQueen | SS | 11 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 5 | .794 | 2.455 | ||||
| Totals | 838 | 1754 | 643 | 122 | 116 | .952 | 2.860 | 21 | 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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