1979 Holyoke Millers Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: George Farson (63-76)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
Ballpark: MacKenzie Stadium
Attendance: 50,207, Avg. 722
The Holyoke Millers of the Eastern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.
The Millers scored 601 runs and allowed 692 runs. Don Whiting and Bill Foley led Holyoke with 18 home runs apiece., while Robert Schuster and Larry Rush walloped 15 or more, too. Don Whiting drove in 78 runs. Thomas Soto paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Rene Quinones topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.51 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1979 Holyoke Millers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Yurak, Kevin Bass, Lance Rautzhan, Sam Hinds, Larry Landreth and Barry Cort.
George Farson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rene Quinones | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.51 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 136.0 | 111 | 60 | 53 | 9 | 70 | 2 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Rich Olsen | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.49 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 72 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Sam Hinds | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.32 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 123.0 | 134 | 70 | 59 | 12 | 62 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Steve Reed | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.54 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 94.0 | 77 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randall Boyce | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.88 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 118.0 | 130 | 77 | 64 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Lance Rautzhan | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.08 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 66 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Driver | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.91 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 102.0 | 129 | 80 | 67 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tim Cook | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.64 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 | 161 | 108 | 94 | 24 | 81 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Barry Cort | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 56 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Weldon Swift | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.80 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 118.0 | 144 | 90 | 76 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ed Carroll | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.31 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.0 | 40 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Daryl Bailey | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Calvin Riggar | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Landreth | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.76 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 63 | 76 | .453 | 4.53 | 298 | 139 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 22 | 1147.0 | 1176 | 692 | 577 | 104 | 550 | 9 | 678 | 36 | 7 | 93 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Rush | 137 | 523 | 484 | 56 | 131 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 76 | 22 | 6 | 26 | 103 | .271 | .306 | .421 | .727 | 204 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Kevin Bass | 135 | 541 | 490 | 69 | 129 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 54 | 17 | 10 | 37 | 77 | .263 | .318 | .359 | .678 | 176 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Don Whiting | 129 | 524 | 441 | 75 | 125 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 83 | .283 | .383 | .460 | .843 | 203 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Soto | 126 | 467 | 424 | 47 | 123 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 26 | .290 | .324 | .347 | .670 | 147 | 2 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Mike Henderson | 112 | 487 | 402 | 68 | 114 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 71 | 26 | .284 | .387 | .363 | .750 | 146 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Robert Schuster | 130 | 487 | 418 | 65 | 107 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 77 | .256 | .355 | .443 | .797 | 185 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Foley | 96 | 385 | 333 | 46 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 82 | .270 | .358 | .492 | .851 | 164 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Smith | 126 | 434 | 382 | 53 | 89 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 48 | .233 | .316 | .335 | .651 | 128 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Steve Splitt | 71 | 250 | 241 | 21 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 52 | .245 | .268 | .344 | .612 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Bevington | 85 | 253 | 214 | 26 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | .252 | .352 | .364 | .716 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Yurak | 58 | 242 | 197 | 31 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 41 | .239 | .361 | .452 | .813 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Richard Duran | 39 | 134 | 118 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | .254 | .336 | .339 | .675 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gersan Jarquin | 45 | 128 | 118 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | .161 | .214 | .195 | .409 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Terry Shoebridge | 15 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .194 | .286 | .278 | .563 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Porter Wyatt | 22 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .163 | .245 | .233 | .477 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Columbus Duncan | 9 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .185 | .267 | .259 | .526 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Hall | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Weldon Swift | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Reed | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rene Quinones | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Driver | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daryl Bailey | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Cook | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1529 | 4990 | 4380 | 601 | 1138 | 175 | 38 | 102 | 549 | 78 | 64 | 485 | 714 | .260 | .335 | .387 | .722 | 1695 | 0 | 31 | 51 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Schuster | 1B | 126 | 1070 | 87 | 10 | 93 | .991 | 9.183 | ||||
| Richard Duran | 1B | 18 | 128 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .986 | 7.667 | ||||
| Larry Rush | 1B | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Steve Splitt | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terry Bevington | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mike Henderson | 2B | 91 | 196 | 241 | 8 | 61 | .982 | 4.802 | ||||
| Gersan Jarquin | 2B | 35 | 54 | 84 | 4 | 9 | .972 | 3.943 | ||||
| Porter Wyatt | 2B | 16 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 7 | .895 | 3.188 | ||||
| Thomas Soto | 2B | 10 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.100 | ||||
| Terry Bevington | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rocky Hall | 2B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Rush | 3B | 137 | 130 | 276 | 27 | 24 | .938 | 2.964 | ||||
| Mike Henderson | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Soto | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gersan Jarquin | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Foley | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Foley | C | 69 | 338 | 58 | 9 | 3 | .978 | 5.739 | 9 | |||
| Terry Bevington | C | 69 | 333 | 42 | 11 | 3 | .972 | 5.435 | 6 | |||
| Terry Shoebridge | C | 13 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Richard Duran | C | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.000 | 2 | |||
| Kevin Bass | OF | 135 | 280 | 16 | 17 | 1 | .946 | 2.193 | ||||
| Bobby Smith | OF | 119 | 204 | 9 | 11 | 0 | .951 | 1.790 | ||||
| Steve Splitt | OF | 69 | 94 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .932 | 1.391 | ||||
| Don Whiting | OF | 62 | 95 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .925 | 1.597 | ||||
| Jeff Yurak | OF | 46 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.630 | ||||
| Richard Duran | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Steve Reed | P | 46 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Rene Quinones | P | 40 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Ronnie Driver | P | 38 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .632 | ||||
| Weldon Swift | P | 29 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .690 | ||||
| Tim Cook | P | 26 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | .875 | 1.346 | ||||
| Ed Carroll | P | 26 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .429 | .115 | ||||
| Randall Boyce | P | 26 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Sam Hinds | P | 20 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rich Olsen | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Lance Rautzhan | P | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.636 | ||||
| Barry Cort | P | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Larry Landreth | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Daryl Bailey | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Calvin Riggar | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .200 | .333 | ||||
| Thomas Soto | SS | 119 | 192 | 356 | 15 | 63 | .973 | 4.605 | ||||
| Mike Henderson | SS | 25 | 46 | 64 | 10 | 8 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Gersan Jarquin | SS | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.833 | ||||
| Totals | 1492 | 3442 | 1514 | 173 | 302 | .966 | 3.322 | 18 | 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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