1979 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 37-33
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Fred Waters (37-33)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 16,660, Avg. 476
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 37 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Twins scored 402 runs and surrendered 353 runs. Kevin Miller led Elizabethton with 15 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .336 clip. Ed Hodge topped the team with 8 wins, and Bob Konopa recorded a 3.77 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1979 Elizabethton Twins who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Hodge, Kent Hrbek and Gary Gaetti.
Fred Waters 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Hodge | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.33 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 82 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sam Arrington | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.56 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 86 | 49 | 38 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bob Konopa | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.77 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 60 | 41 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Fagely | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.82 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Smokey Everett | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.89 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Palica | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 49 | 38 | 23 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry May | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 61 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bob Mulligan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Thomas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.80 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Jackson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Robert Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.53 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boyce Orosco | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Riley | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Persandi | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wiliiam Sterk | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 33 | .529 | 4.54 | 145 | 71 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 565.0 | 559 | 353 | 285 | 36 | 274 | 10 | 393 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Miller | 70 | 280 | 241 | 47 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 44 | .336 | .421 | .589 | 1.011 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Christensen | 56 | 235 | 206 | 41 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 8 | .306 | .369 | .476 | .845 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gary Gaetti | 66 | 278 | 230 | 50 | 59 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 40 | .257 | .378 | .522 | .900 | 120 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bohnet | 55 | 217 | 174 | 38 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 23 | .322 | .442 | .563 | 1.005 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rick Austin | 48 | 178 | 156 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .308 | .388 | .436 | .824 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Shefte | 61 | 230 | 185 | 41 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 23 | .238 | .377 | .276 | .653 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Stocker | 39 | 174 | 143 | 37 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 41 | .266 | .391 | .378 | .768 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Beswick | 42 | 182 | 154 | 29 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 26 | .234 | .346 | .338 | .684 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alexander Dovalis | 44 | 146 | 128 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .258 | .329 | .352 | .680 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Derek Bulcock | 42 | 153 | 131 | 19 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 17 | .252 | .359 | .267 | .627 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Brandt | 45 | 160 | 137 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 41 | .161 | .272 | .204 | .477 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jose Mesa | 21 | 76 | 68 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .265 | .333 | .368 | .701 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brad Carlson | 29 | 93 | 85 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .212 | .269 | .341 | .610 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Jensen | 22 | 68 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .254 | .308 | .390 | .698 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Kent Hrbek | 17 | 66 | 59 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .203 | .288 | .288 | .576 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfredo Agras | 11 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .235 | .381 | .294 | .675 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Stovall | 6 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .455 | .705 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Brito | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Stoltenberg | 4 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .083 | .214 | .167 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 683 | 2597 | 2208 | 402 | 585 | 116 | 12 | 58 | 346 | 40 | 10 | 331 | 377 | .265 | .365 | .407 | .772 | 899 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Miller | 1B | 35 | 272 | 11 | 4 | 18 | .986 | 8.086 | ||||
| Robert Bohnet | 1B | 22 | 187 | 9 | 6 | 18 | .970 | 8.909 | ||||
| Kent Hrbek | 1B | 16 | 126 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .986 | 8.562 | ||||
| Alexander Dovalis | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Rick Austin | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 13.000 | ||||
| Alexander Dovalis | 2B | 35 | 72 | 92 | 9 | 18 | .948 | 4.686 | ||||
| Derek Bulcock | 2B | 26 | 49 | 67 | 6 | 14 | .951 | 4.462 | ||||
| Rick Beswick | 2B | 7 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 4.857 | ||||
| Enrique Brito | 2B | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Stoltenberg | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bruce Stocker | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Gaetti | 3B | 56 | 44 | 105 | 18 | 10 | .892 | 2.661 | ||||
| Richard Shefte | 3B | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Kevin Miller | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Stoltenberg | 3B | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Robert Bohnet | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rick Austin | C | 44 | 247 | 20 | 10 | 1 | .964 | 6.068 | 6 | |||
| Timothy Jensen | C | 22 | 122 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .962 | 5.727 | 4 | |||
| Alexander Dovalis | C | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.500 | 0 | |||
| Don Stovall | C | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.800 | 0 | |||
| Alfredo Agras | C | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | 0 | |||
| James Christensen | OF | 55 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.491 | ||||
| Kevin Brandt | OF | 45 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .893 | 1.111 | ||||
| Bruce Stocker | OF | 38 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.711 | ||||
| Rick Beswick | OF | 33 | 76 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .867 | 2.364 | ||||
| Jose Mesa | OF | 19 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .861 | 1.632 | ||||
| Brad Carlson | OF | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Kevin Miller | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Alfredo Agras | OF | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Smokey Everett | P | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .158 | ||||
| Ed Hodge | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Konopa | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Sam Arrington | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .538 | ||||
| Christopher Thomas | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Larry May | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Wayne Palica | P | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Timothy Fagely | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| George Persandi | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Jones | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Bob Mulligan | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Boyce Orosco | P | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ralph Jackson | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Wiliiam Sterk | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Riley | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Richard Shefte | SS | 49 | 70 | 129 | 17 | 17 | .921 | 4.061 | ||||
| Derek Bulcock | SS | 14 | 20 | 48 | 9 | 6 | .883 | 4.857 | ||||
| Gary Gaetti | SS | 10 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 8 | .948 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 743 | 1688 | 667 | 140 | 132 | .944 | 3.170 | 10 | 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.
