1979 Helena Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 43-26
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Roly de Armas (43-26)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Helena, Montana
Ballpark: Kindrick Legion Field
Attendance: 23,005, Avg. 667
Playoffs - Lethbridge Dodgers 2 games, Helena Phillies 0
The Helena Phillies of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 43 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Phillies scored 521 runs, best in the league. Helena yielded 446 runs. Willie Darkis led the team with 20 home runs and drove in 83 runs. Joe Bruno topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .385. Steve Dunnegan paced the squad with 7 wins, while David Mitchell registered a 3.32 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jay Baller and Roy Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Roly de Armas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dunnegan | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.84 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 79 | 52 | 38 | 7 | 62 | 3 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Roy Smith | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| David Mitchell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.32 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 83 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jay Baller | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.78 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 89 | 59 | 43 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Fred Warner | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.68 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37.0 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kyle Money | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.86 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Russell Gums | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.72 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 48 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Thomas Toyfair | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 36 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Matt Dorin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.30 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 53 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Adam Conti | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Lewis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.62 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.0 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Herbert Bennett | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Francisco Berenguer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.71 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 73 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 43 | 26 | .623 | 4.75 | 187 | 69 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 603.0 | 652 | 446 | 318 | 54 | 355 | 5 | 552 | 32 | 8 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bruno | 68 | 344 | 291 | 78 | 112 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 32 | 7 | 48 | 18 | .385 | .469 | .474 | .943 | 138 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rusty Hamric | 59 | 278 | 243 | 51 | 87 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 25 | .358 | .426 | .428 | .854 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jon Lindsey | 64 | 302 | 265 | 47 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 33 | 56 | .291 | .369 | .355 | .723 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Willie Darkis | 69 | 319 | 272 | 55 | 73 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 109 | .268 | .373 | .562 | .936 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Ellenberg | 57 | 248 | 222 | 40 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 52 | .257 | .327 | .342 | .669 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Martinson | 46 | 205 | 183 | 33 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 31 | .301 | .369 | .410 | .779 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tracy Anderson | 45 | 195 | 163 | 43 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 43 | .307 | .415 | .405 | .820 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Whitney Harry | 50 | 217 | 190 | 39 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 66 | .232 | .319 | .326 | .646 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Harrigan | 44 | 200 | 179 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 54 | .240 | .315 | .397 | .712 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold Warner | 39 | 155 | 131 | 32 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 38 | .267 | .381 | .405 | .785 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Enos | 36 | 130 | 107 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 20 | .280 | .403 | .374 | .777 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Trent Purcell | 38 | 136 | 107 | 22 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 34 | .271 | .422 | .374 | .796 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Nate | 24 | 77 | 67 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .239 | .316 | .299 | .614 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Hanson | 15 | 53 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .341 | .442 | .500 | .942 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 654 | 2859 | 2464 | 521 | 723 | 101 | 23 | 48 | 434 | 88 | 38 | 345 | 572 | .293 | .384 | .412 | .795 | 1014 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Anderson | 1B | 38 | 308 | 24 | 8 | 24 | .976 | 8.737 | ||||
| Whitney Harry | 1B | 30 | 247 | 7 | 8 | 18 | .969 | 8.467 | ||||
| David Enos | 1B | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | 2B | 58 | 126 | 182 | 16 | 28 | .951 | 5.310 | ||||
| David Enos | 2B | 15 | 28 | 34 | 5 | 7 | .925 | 4.133 | ||||
| Kenneth Ellenberg | 3B | 56 | 54 | 94 | 23 | 13 | .865 | 2.643 | ||||
| David Enos | 3B | 12 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Michael Hanson | 3B | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jon Lindsey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Harrigan | C | 36 | 284 | 28 | 8 | 2 | .975 | 8.667 | 17 | |||
| Kenneth Martinson | C | 34 | 268 | 23 | 7 | 0 | .977 | 8.559 | 16 | |||
| Willie Darkis | OF | 69 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.493 | ||||
| Joe Bruno | OF | 68 | 135 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .956 | 2.221 | ||||
| Harold Warner | OF | 39 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .926 | 1.615 | ||||
| Trent Purcell | OF | 38 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.579 | ||||
| Fred Warner | P | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .111 | ||||
| Russell Gums | P | 27 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .296 | ||||
| Paul Lewis | P | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| David Mitchell | P | 16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| Steve Dunnegan | P | 16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .769 | .625 | ||||
| Jay Baller | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Francisco Berenguer | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Matt Dorin | P | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .455 | ||||
| Earl Hutchinson | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Kyle Money | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Adam Conti | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Herbert Bennett | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Thomas Toyfair | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Roy Smith | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jon Lindsey | SS | 51 | 75 | 140 | 28 | 18 | .885 | 4.216 | ||||
| Jeff Nate | SS | 19 | 21 | 30 | 16 | 4 | .761 | 2.684 | ||||
| David Enos | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 763 | 1809 | 711 | 156 | 128 | .942 | 3.303 | 33 | 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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