1979 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-69
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Roy Majtyka (67-69)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 166,063, Avg. 2,442

1979 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 67 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Indians gave up 559 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Indianapolis plated 527 runs, worst in the circuit,. John Valle paced the team with 23 home runs, while Don Lyle walloped 15 or more as well. John Valle drove in 71 runs. Ron Oester led all regular hitters with a .281 average. Jay Howell topped the squad with 10 wins, and Bruce Berenyi recorded a 2.82 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1979 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dan Dumoulin, Larry Rothschild, Sam Mejías, Manny Sarmiento, Eddie Milner, Charlie Leibrandt, Doug Corbett, Mike Grace, Harry Spilman, Butch Alberts, Ron Oester, Bruce Berenyi, Don Werner, Sheldon Burnside, Nyls Nyman, Ángel Torres, Frank Pastore, George Cappuzzello, Jay Howell, Arturo DeFreites, Paul Moskau, Mario Soto, Geoff Combe and Steve Bowling.

Roy Majtyka served as manager.

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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
Jay Howell	10	10	.500	5.13	24	23		2	2	0	128.0	121	82	73	6	84	4	79	1	1	8
Bruce Berenyi	9	9	.500	2.82	25	25		6	3	0	166.0	134	64	52	0	98	7	136	4	0	13
Dave Moore	8	12	.400	4.32	28	22		6	2	1	146.0	142	82	70	14	71	3	84	5	0	3
Charlie Leibrandt	8	14	.364	2.94	27	26		5	2	0	162.0	146	67	53	7	65	2	100	2	4	2
Frank Pastore	7	2	.778	2.78	10	10		5	0	0	68.0	51	21	21	6	17	0	69	1	1	3
Ángel Torres	6	2	.750	2.77	19	3		1	0	3	39.0	36	14	12	4	14	1	23	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	6	4	.600	3.00	39	2		0	0	5	57.0	50	22	19	3	33	3	48	4	0	2
Dave May	3	0	1.000	4.19	11	6		0	0	0	43.0	36	21	20	3	26	0	16	0	0	0
Doug Corbett	3	6	.333	2.95	69	0		0	0	8	110.0	94	38	36	9	39	2	77	3	0	0
Dan Dumoulin	2	2	.500	5.69	18	7		0	0	0	49.0	51	33	31	1	59	0	19	2	0	4
Manny Sarmiento	1	0	1.000	2.37	19	0		0	0	2	38.0	41	14	10	2	11	1	34	0	0	1
Geoff Combe	1	0	1.000	4.50	14	0		0	0	0	22.0	28	12	11	2	16	1	7	0	0	1
Mario Soto	1	1	.500	3.96	15	0		0	0	2	25.0	20	11	11	3	18	2	38	2	1	3
George Cappuzzello	1	1	.500	12.71	19	0		0	0	3	17.0	17	26	24	3	19	0	13	1	0	1
Larry Rothschild	1	6	.143	5.27	33	10		0	0	6	82.0	85	52	48	3	56	3	68	1	0	3
Paul Moskau	0	0		0.00	2	2		0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Totals	67	69	.493	3.82	372	136	0	25	9	30	1157.0	1054	559	491	66	627	29	816	26	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
Ron Oester	136	570	509	62	143	19	6	2	33	23	8	48	60	.281	.346	.354	.700	180		4	7	2
Mike Grace	125	468	409	54	112	19	6	8	42	8	5	54	78	.274	.357	.408	.765	167		0	3	2
Don Lyle	114	445	390	41	100	16	1	17	62	7	5	46	81	.256	.336	.433	.770	169		3	2	4
John Valle	127	462	408	65	96	20	2	23	71	9	0	50	85	.235	.318	.463	.781	189		1	0	3
Harry Spilman	71	306	267	42	77	13	3	3	27	12	2	37	29	.288	.374	.393	.767	105		0	1	1
Butch Alberts	69	271	241	32	70	9	4	6	40	6	3	20	37	.290	.352	.436	.788	105		5	1	4
Don Werner	99	312	260	35	66	18	3	7	36	1	4	41	52	.254	.362	.427	.789	111		5	3	3
Arturo DeFreites	65	262	240	32	62	11	3	8	33	1	0	16	57	.258	.305	.429	.735	103		2	0	4
Mickey Duval	117	320	294	31	60	9	1	0	21	8	4	25	55	.204	.266	.241	.508	71		0	1	0
Tommy Mutz	97	295	253	28	57	9	1	6	29	1	3	36	45	.225	.323	.340	.663	86		2	1	3
Sam Mejías	47	201	178	21	50	15	1	4	25	5	2	18	26	.281	.347	.444	.791	79		0	5	0
Randy Davidson	88	235	212	22	43	7	1	1	14	7	1	15	18	.203	.260	.259	.519	55		2	4	2
Paul O'Neill	32	117	109	11	27	4	0	6	18	0	0	6	16	.248	.299	.450	.749	49		2	0	0
Nyls Nyman	44	155	143	14	27	6	0	3	11	2	1	11	18	.189	.247	.294	.540	42		0	1	0
Eddie Milner	30	109	98	9	18	0	2	0	5	2	1	8	15	.184	.250	.224	.474	22		1	1	1
Larry Rothschild	38	35	28	3	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.357	.387	.500	.887	14		0	4	1
Dave Moore	30	55	49	4	10	1	0	0	8	0	1	4	23	.204	.264	.224	.489	11		0	2	0
Jay Howell	24	46	42	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.214	.233	.214	.447	9		0	3	0
Jimmy Arline	15	51	47	6	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	7	.170	.235	.213	.448	10		0	0	0
Bruce Berenyi	26	60	48	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.125	.192	.125	.317	6		1	8	0
Charlie Leibrandt	27	56	49	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	26	.122	.204	.184	.387	9		0	2	0
Dave May	11	16	14	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.333	.286	.619	4		0	1	0
Doug Corbett	69	15	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	3		0	3	0
Steve Bowling	3	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.556	.856	5		0	0	0
Frank Pastore	10	25	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.095	.174	.095	.269	2		0	2	0
George Cappuzzello	19	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Ángel Torres	20	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	2	0
Dan Dumoulin	18	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	4	0
Geoff Combe	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Mario Soto	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Manny Sarmiento	19	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Sheldon Burnside	39	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	2	0
Paul Moskau	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Totals	1662	4954	4366	527	1070	182	34	96	488	92	41	465	784	.245	.320	.368	.688	1608	0	28	65	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Arturo DeFreites	1B	65	538	45	7	49	.988	8.969
Butch Alberts	1B	47	378	35	5	24	.988	8.787
Harry Spilman	1B	15	109	8	1	13	.992	7.800
Don Werner	1B	9	53	8	0	6	1.000	6.778
John Valle	1B	8	69	2	3	5	.959	8.875
Nyls Nyman	1B	4	10	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Randy Davidson	1B	2	15	1	0	2	1.000	8.000
Mike Grace	2B	90	154	239	12	39	.970	4.367
Randy Davidson	2B	66	110	171	9	29	.969	4.258
Harry Spilman	3B	60	45	84	7	8	.949	2.150
Mike Grace	3B	43	23	50	4	7	.948	1.698
Paul O'Neill	3B	32	17	59	10	3	.884	2.375
Butch Alberts	3B	17	12	15	3	1	.900	1.588
Tommy Mutz	C	74	443	48	14	8	.972	6.635	5
Don Werner	C	71	422	49	12	9	.975	6.634	3
John Valle	OF	111	164	9	5	2	.972	1.559
Don Lyle	OF	108	183	11	7	3	.965	1.796
Mickey Duval	OF	96	145	12	2	4	.987	1.635
Sam Mejías	OF	46	112	4	0	0	1.000	2.522
Nyls Nyman	OF	35	50	2	1	0	.981	1.486
Eddie Milner	OF	25	49	2	2	0	.962	2.040
Jimmy Arline	OF	13	29	0	0	0	1.000	2.231
Mike Grace	OF	4	11	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Butch Alberts	OF	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Steve Bowling	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Don Werner	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Doug Corbett	P	69	4	24	1	1	.966	.406
Sheldon Burnside	P	39	3	9	0	0	1.000	.308
Larry Rothschild	P	33	4	10	0	1	1.000	.424
Dave Moore	P	28	10	14	1	1	.960	.857
Charlie Leibrandt	P	27	16	41	0	1	1.000	2.111
Bruce Berenyi	P	25	13	24	1	0	.974	1.480
Jay Howell	P	24	11	26	0	2	1.000	1.542
Ángel Torres	P	19	2	4	0	1	1.000	.316
Manny Sarmiento	P	19	2	3	1	0	.833	.263
George Cappuzzello	P	19	1	3	0	1	1.000	.211
Dan Dumoulin	P	18	3	13	0	1	1.000	.889
Mario Soto	P	15	0	3	0	0	1.000	.200
Geoff Combe	P	14	3	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Dave May	P	11	3	4	1	2	.875	.636
Frank Pastore	P	10	2	7	0	1	1.000	.900
Paul Moskau	P	2	1	0	0	1	1.000	.500
Ron Oester	SS	136	244	397	31	81	.954	4.713
Mike Grace	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1557	3472	1444	140	306	.972	3.157	8	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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