1979 Great Falls Giants Statistics
Team Record: 32-38
Finished 3rd in the PL's North Division
Manager: (32-38)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 54,842, Avg. 1,567
The Great Falls Giants of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 32 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Giants scored 403 runs and yielded 435 runs. Rob Deer recorded 44 runs batted in. James Wojcik led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .368 clip. Frank Williams and Arthur Maebe topped the team with 6 wins each, while Frank Williams registered a 3.36 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Great Falls Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chris Brown, Frank Williams, Scott Garrelts, Tom O'Malley, Randy Kutcher and Rob Deer.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Maebe | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.41 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 102 | 56 | 47 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Frank Williams | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.36 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 85 | 53 | 34 | 5 | 53 | 2 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Sensenbrenner | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.54 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 104 | 58 | 48 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jerald Felt | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Goodchild | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 85 | 60 | 45 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Rathjen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 49.0 | 53 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Craig Bricker | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.78 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.0 | 48 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jerry Stovall | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Hinrichs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.98 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52.0 | 62 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| David Thornton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Hagemann | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.58 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Scott Garrelts | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 45 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Harry Wing | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Chue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 32 | 38 | .457 | 4.97 | 162 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 599.0 | 672 | 435 | 331 | 37 | 293 | 8 | 484 | 28 | 7 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wojcik | 60 | 262 | 212 | 48 | 78 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 31 | .368 | .473 | .467 | .940 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Perodin | 66 | 295 | 274 | 49 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 37 | .281 | .327 | .310 | .637 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rob Deer | 63 | 264 | 218 | 49 | 69 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 62 | .317 | .422 | .560 | .982 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Burdi | 57 | 234 | 209 | 31 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .297 | .349 | .383 | .732 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Randy Kutcher | 65 | 275 | 245 | 55 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 50 | .253 | .327 | .327 | .654 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Chris Brown | 47 | 185 | 171 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 47 | .269 | .308 | .421 | .729 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Shadid | 49 | 182 | 163 | 27 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 28 | .233 | .308 | .288 | .596 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tony Bolla | 53 | 195 | 173 | 24 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .208 | .281 | .318 | .599 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jorge Monroig | 46 | 146 | 129 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | .240 | .322 | .434 | .756 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom O'Malley | 42 | 142 | 119 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | .244 | .355 | .336 | .691 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cordie Dillard | 33 | 112 | 95 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .295 | .378 | .411 | .789 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joseph Lorenz | 38 | 118 | 93 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | .247 | .385 | .280 | .664 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Kean Rich | 34 | 100 | 84 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .250 | .370 | .369 | .739 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryel McNealy | 36 | 118 | 95 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | .200 | .322 | .232 | .553 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Kevin Johnson | 23 | 77 | 70 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | .086 | .156 | .114 | .270 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Szymarek | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .583 | .700 | 1.283 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Garrelts | 11 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Rathjen | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Cleland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Chue | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 760 | 2742 | 2383 | 403 | 634 | 85 | 34 | 29 | 319 | 91 | 32 | 291 | 492 | .266 | .349 | .367 | .715 | 874 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Burdi | 1B | 30 | 224 | 17 | 11 | 17 | .956 | 8.033 | ||||
| Darryel McNealy | 1B | 28 | 187 | 11 | 9 | 7 | .957 | 7.071 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | 1B | 24 | 150 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .988 | 6.625 | ||||
| James Wojcik | 2B | 43 | 94 | 126 | 13 | 19 | .944 | 5.116 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 2B | 12 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .915 | 3.583 | ||||
| Cordie Dillard | 2B | 9 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 6 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Kevin Johnson | 2B | 6 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .808 | 3.500 | ||||
| James Shadid | 2B | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Chris Brown | 3B | 36 | 31 | 77 | 11 | 6 | .908 | 3.000 | ||||
| James Shadid | 3B | 28 | 26 | 55 | 9 | 5 | .900 | 2.893 | ||||
| Joseph Lorenz | 3B | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .750 | 2.100 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Bolla | C | 53 | 356 | 27 | 6 | 4 | .985 | 7.226 | 22 | |||
| Frank Burdi | C | 24 | 155 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 7.208 | 7 | |||
| Ronald Perodin | OF | 65 | 122 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 1.969 | ||||
| Rob Deer | OF | 60 | 95 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jorge Monroig | OF | 38 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .937 | 1.553 | ||||
| Kean Rich | OF | 25 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Kevin Johnson | OF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cordie Dillard | OF | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | OF | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| James Wojcik | OF | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| James Shadid | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Darryel McNealy | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Paul Szymarek | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dennis Rathjen | P | 27 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .880 | .815 | ||||
| Phillip Hinrichs | P | 26 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Arthur Maebe | P | 15 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.667 | ||||
| Christopher Goodchild | P | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Frank Williams | P | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Dave Sensenbrenner | P | 13 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.154 | ||||
| Timothy Hagemann | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Craig Bricker | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Scott Garrelts | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Jerry Stovall | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Chue | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Wing | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Thornton | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jerald Felt | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Randy Kutcher | SS | 55 | 79 | 109 | 29 | 7 | .866 | 3.418 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | SS | 10 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .862 | 2.500 | ||||
| Kevin Johnson | SS | 6 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| James Shadid | SS | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 776 | 1795 | 693 | 160 | 95 | .940 | 3.206 | 29 | 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.
