1979 Geneva Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 50-19
Finished 1st in the NYPL's Wrigley Division
Manager: Bob Hartsfield (50-19)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Geneva, New York
Ballpark: McDonough Park
Attendance: 22,828, Avg. 662
Playoffs - Oneonta Yankees 2 games, Geneva Cubs 1
The Geneva Cubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 50 wins and 19 losses, finishing first in the league's Wrigley Division.
The Cubs scored 470 runs, best in the league. Geneva conceded 267 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Randy LaVigne, Jack Upton and Tom Grant led the squad with 10 home runs apiece. Jack Upton drove in 63 runs. Mel Hall topped all regular batters with a .315 average. Tim Millner paced the team with 9 wins, while Richard Renwick registered a 1.84 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Geneva Cubs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Soff, Scott Fletcher, Mike Diaz, Tom Grant and Mel Hall.
Bob Hartsfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Millner | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.39 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 69 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Richard Renwick | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1.84 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 93.0 | 79 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Blyth | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.78 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55.0 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bryan Hardy | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.79 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 84.0 | 72 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Wilkins | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.23 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 83 | 49 | 39 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mike Thompson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.94 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65.0 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ray Soff | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.70 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 48 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| James McManus | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 43 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Crawford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Vaji | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Gerry Mims | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Raymond Gault | 0 | 3 | .000 | 27.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 50 | 19 | .725 | 3.40 | 133 | 69 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 609.0 | 525 | 267 | 230 | 33 | 309 | 10 | 476 | 25 | 0 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Kelley | 65 | 316 | 282 | 62 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 23 | .294 | .361 | .348 | .708 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jack Upton | 69 | 319 | 274 | 45 | 82 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 39 | .299 | .370 | .485 | .856 | 133 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Scott Fletcher | 67 | 325 | 261 | 59 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 29 | .310 | .438 | .425 | .864 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mel Hall | 66 | 292 | 251 | 49 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 41 | .315 | .397 | .462 | .859 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Randy LaVigne | 63 | 285 | 252 | 44 | 79 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 43 | .313 | .378 | .484 | .862 | 122 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mike Diaz | 63 | 267 | 237 | 45 | 74 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 24 | .312 | .386 | .489 | .875 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick DeLoach | 55 | 227 | 187 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 42 | .257 | .369 | .460 | .829 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tom Grant | 48 | 176 | 148 | 35 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 18 | .304 | .391 | .554 | .945 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Howard Shapiro | 49 | 166 | 140 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 12 | .250 | .364 | .329 | .692 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Stricklen | 36 | 101 | 95 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .242 | .277 | .347 | .625 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Fiori | 27 | 93 | 76 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .250 | .380 | .263 | .644 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Creten | 23 | 68 | 62 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .242 | .309 | .306 | .615 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Compton | 33 | 116 | 82 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 27 | .183 | .409 | .244 | .653 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kirk Ortega | 20 | 47 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .362 | .333 | .695 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Millhauser | 21 | 38 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .241 | .421 | .241 | .662 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Millner | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 717 | 2837 | 2419 | 470 | 697 | 106 | 20 | 60 | 402 | 63 | 32 | 355 | 341 | .288 | .380 | .423 | .803 | 1023 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Upton | 1B | 69 | 595 | 38 | 7 | 53 | .989 | 9.174 | ||||
| Howard Shapiro | 2B | 45 | 92 | 96 | 1 | 25 | .995 | 4.178 | ||||
| Joseph Fiori | 2B | 21 | 34 | 50 | 4 | 5 | .955 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gregg Creten | 2B | 14 | 27 | 31 | 2 | 7 | .967 | 4.143 | ||||
| Rick DeLoach | 3B | 54 | 39 | 82 | 12 | 6 | .910 | 2.241 | ||||
| Don Stricklen | 3B | 28 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 1 | .931 | 2.393 | ||||
| Gregg Creten | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Fiori | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Diaz | C | 61 | 423 | 35 | 7 | 1 | .985 | 7.508 | 19 | |||
| Kirk Ortega | C | 14 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.786 | 5 | |||
| Mike Kelley | OF | 64 | 143 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.375 | ||||
| Mel Hall | OF | 63 | 113 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .944 | 1.873 | ||||
| Randy LaVigne | OF | 53 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .963 | 1.981 | ||||
| Tom Grant | OF | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Bruce Compton | OF | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Glenn Millhauser | OF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bob Blyth | P | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Richard Renwick | P | 15 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Mark Wilkins | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Mike Thompson | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Tim Millner | P | 12 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gerry Mims | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| James McManus | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| Bryan Hardy | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Ray Soff | P | 9 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 3.111 | ||||
| Mark Vaji | P | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Raymond Gault | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Russell Crawford | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 67 | 99 | 195 | 18 | 33 | .942 | 4.388 | ||||
| Don Stricklen | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Joseph Fiori | SS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Glenn Millhauser | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 734 | 1830 | 746 | 81 | 149 | .970 | 3.510 | 24 | 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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