1979 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 4th in the CL's South Division
Manager: Jack Mull (66-73)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 74,985, Avg. 1,079
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Giants tallied 779 runs and surrendered 763 runs. Jerry Lane paced Fresno with 29 home runs, while James Rothford and Chili Davis walloped 15 or more, too. Chili Davis drove in 95 runs. James Rothford topped hitters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Glenn Fisher and Ronald Pisel paced the team with 9 wins each, and Glenn Fisher recorded a 2.93 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1979 Fresno Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Ransom, DeWayne Buice, Jeff Stember, Dan Gladden, Chili Davis and Bob Brenly.
Jack Mull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Fisher | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.93 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 132.0 | 123 | 56 | 43 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 111 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Ronald Pisel | 9 | 11 | .450 | 5.49 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 118 | 82 | 75 | 8 | 79 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Robert Omo | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.89 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 158 | 96 | 75 | 14 | 80 | 1 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| DeWayne Buice | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.71 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97.0 | 83 | 51 | 40 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Pat Alexander | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.33 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 131.0 | 140 | 81 | 63 | 9 | 70 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Greg Moyer | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.92 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 139.0 | 168 | 93 | 76 | 10 | 60 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Michael Wardlow | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.10 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 112.0 | 96 | 74 | 51 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 161 | 4 | 3 | 27 | ||
| Mike Tucker | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 55.0 | 53 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Stember | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44.0 | 43 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rick Kittrell | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.57 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 116.0 | 132 | 58 | 46 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Michael Bungarz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.07 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| David Nobles | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Murphy | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lou Marietta | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Hartwig | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Schopp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.55 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 28 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 66 | 70 | .485 | 4.40 | 307 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 22 | 1181.0 | 1226 | 732 | 577 | 87 | 640 | 10 | 935 | 28 | 20 | 114 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Lane | 127 | 556 | 492 | 100 | 140 | 36 | 3 | 29 | 88 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 74 | .285 | .360 | .547 | .907 | 269 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chili Davis | 134 | 584 | 490 | 91 | 132 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 95 | 30 | 4 | 80 | 91 | .269 | .371 | .467 | .838 | 229 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| James Rothford | 118 | 482 | 434 | 61 | 130 | 26 | 5 | 18 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 111 | .300 | .357 | .507 | .864 | 220 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| David Wiggins | 106 | 464 | 379 | 79 | 112 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 80 | 55 | .296 | .417 | .427 | .844 | 162 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Anthony | 104 | 449 | 382 | 60 | 98 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 49 | .257 | .353 | .377 | .730 | 144 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dan Gladden | 60 | 253 | 228 | 41 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 30 | .307 | .361 | .395 | .756 | 90 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Richard Doss | 72 | 284 | 253 | 37 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 53 | .277 | .342 | .443 | .784 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Brenly | 56 | 246 | 212 | 49 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 31 | .307 | .396 | .505 | .901 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Butch Rowe | 102 | 379 | 303 | 56 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 66 | 73 | .211 | .353 | .360 | .713 | 109 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Jeff Ransom | 62 | 253 | 216 | 29 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 47 | .255 | .352 | .352 | .704 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Keith Brooks | 48 | 174 | 156 | 27 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 35 | .244 | .314 | .288 | .602 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Feinberg | 36 | 150 | 134 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | .269 | .327 | .343 | .670 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Loureiro | 40 | 133 | 126 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .262 | .301 | .333 | .634 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Dunn | 35 | 152 | 134 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .246 | .311 | .269 | .579 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Donald Jamerson | 57 | 215 | 169 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 40 | .195 | .352 | .284 | .636 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Michael Woods | 32 | 122 | 106 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 24 | .226 | .314 | .264 | .578 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rick Cyburt | 45 | 150 | 121 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | .182 | .306 | .207 | .512 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| James Morley | 28 | 96 | 82 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .171 | .274 | .220 | .493 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| George Torassa | 34 | 109 | 93 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 38 | .151 | .231 | .194 | .424 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bob Cummings | 17 | 62 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .203 | .230 | .254 | .484 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Ziccardi | 16 | 52 | 37 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | .297 | .490 | .432 | .923 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Thon | 18 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .186 | .217 | .209 | .427 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Bolla | 12 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DeWayne Buice | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Omo | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Wardlow | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Kittrell | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1478 | 5449 | 4681 | 779 | 1219 | 219 | 39 | 118 | 680 | 111 | 38 | 628 | 857 | .260 | .351 | .399 | .750 | 1870 | 0 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Rothford | 1B | 106 | 977 | 54 | 22 | 73 | .979 | 9.726 | ||||
| Mark Loureiro | 1B | 27 | 175 | 18 | 4 | 14 | .980 | 7.148 | ||||
| John Ziccardi | 1B | 9 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .964 | 9.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Feinberg | 1B | 9 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| David Wiggins | 1B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jerry Lane | 2B | 102 | 199 | 247 | 29 | 56 | .939 | 4.373 | ||||
| Butch Rowe | 2B | 27 | 51 | 66 | 2 | 15 | .983 | 4.333 | ||||
| Frankie Thon | 2B | 17 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 5 | .975 | 4.529 | ||||
| Dan Gladden | 2B | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Dunn | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Richard Doss | 3B | 72 | 60 | 197 | 18 | 12 | .935 | 3.569 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | 3B | 55 | 39 | 133 | 17 | 12 | .910 | 3.127 | ||||
| Butch Rowe | 3B | 19 | 20 | 43 | 7 | 2 | .900 | 3.316 | ||||
| Jeff Ransom | C | 51 | 365 | 40 | 14 | 7 | .967 | 7.941 | 20 | |||
| Chili Davis | C | 42 | 228 | 33 | 9 | 4 | .967 | 6.214 | 17 | |||
| George Torassa | C | 33 | 192 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 6.424 | 10 | |||
| Bob Cummings | C | 16 | 97 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 6.500 | 4 | |||
| Jerry Lane | C | 8 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Tony Bolla | C | 8 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 4.250 | 2 | |||
| David Wiggins | OF | 105 | 201 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .981 | 1.971 | ||||
| Thomas Anthony | OF | 90 | 174 | 15 | 4 | 7 | .979 | 2.100 | ||||
| Chili Davis | OF | 73 | 111 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 1.658 | ||||
| Donald Jamerson | OF | 54 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .935 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dan Gladden | OF | 44 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Keith Brooks | OF | 30 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.100 | ||||
| Kenneth Feinberg | OF | 25 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jerry Lane | OF | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| James Morley | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jeff Ransom | OF | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| John Ziccardi | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| DeWayne Buice | P | 46 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .304 | ||||
| Greg Moyer | P | 35 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .886 | ||||
| Robert Omo | P | 28 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .793 | .821 | ||||
| Ronald Pisel | P | 26 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .826 | .731 | ||||
| Glenn Fisher | P | 25 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .840 | ||||
| Pat Alexander | P | 23 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.913 | ||||
| Michael Wardlow | P | 22 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.045 | ||||
| Rick Kittrell | P | 21 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Jeff Stember | P | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Mike Tucker | P | 17 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Michael Bungarz | P | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| David Nobles | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Schopp | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Lou Marietta | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Robert Murphy | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Hartwig | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Butch Rowe | SS | 52 | 53 | 146 | 18 | 18 | .917 | 3.827 | ||||
| Rick Cyburt | SS | 45 | 52 | 119 | 12 | 15 | .934 | 3.800 | ||||
| James Dunn | SS | 33 | 32 | 109 | 9 | 19 | .940 | 4.273 | ||||
| Michael Woods | SS | 24 | 32 | 57 | 14 | 8 | .864 | 3.708 | ||||
| Dan Gladden | SS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1521 | 3594 | 1608 | 245 | 301 | .955 | 3.420 | 53 | 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.
