1979 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 25-43
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Nick Leyva (25-43)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 29,591, Avg. 870

1979 Johnson City Cardinals Roster

The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1979 season with a record of 25 wins and 43 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Cardinals tallied 299 runs and yielded 436 runs. James Dieters drove in 31 runs. Jack Ayer topped batters with significant playing time with a .289 average, while Earl Weaver recorded a 5.12 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Johnson City Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom Dozier, Mark Salas, Terry Clark and Ralph Citarella.

Nick Leyva served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Terry Clark	4	2	.667	1.97	23	0		0	8	32.0	31	10	7	1	11	2	22	0	1	0
Robert Brooks	4	3	.571	5.53	12	9		2	0	57.0	70	37	35	2	20	0	20	5	0	1
Rafael Colon	4	6	.400	7.88	14	14		1	0	64.0	94	65	56	12	34	0	42	5	2	4
Jesus Gonzalez	3	0	1.000	5.35	14	3		0	0	37.0	32	25	22	5	35	0	27	2	0	6
Earl Weaver	3	5	.375	5.12	13	13		1	0	65.0	70	53	37	6	29	0	35	0	0	3
David Bright	2	0	1.000	6.30	10	2		0	0	20.0	27	15	14	3	15	0	11	0	0	2
Timothy Fish	2	8	.200	11.16	11	5		0	0	25.0	41	40	31	2	26	1	21	0	0	1
John Rincon	1	1	.500	5.34	18	0		0	2	32.0	31	20	19	5	17	2	12	4	0	1
Tom Dozier	1	3	.250	5.14	11	7		0	0	35.0	48	28	20	2	15	0	12	1	0	2
Jeffrey Warburton	1	4	.200	6.49	13	5		1	0	43.0	45	36	31	5	41	1	20	4	0	1
Michael Pittman	0	0		0.60	5	0		0	0	15.0	7	2	1	0	10	0	8	0	0	1
Lazaro Santin	0	0		6.75	6	0		0	0	4.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	3	0	0	1
Hector Perez	0	0		10.64	10	0		0	0	11.0	22	15	13	3	10	0	4	0	0	1
Jose Perez	0	0		18.00	2	0		0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Gotay	0	1	.000	0.00	2	0		0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ralph Citarella	0	2	.000	5.57	4	4		1	0	21.0	23	15	13	1	12	1	16	0	0	1
Frank Ostrow	0	2	.000	5.59	12	0		0	0	29.0	26	25	18	3	16	0	15	0	0	1
Lynn Pinkston	0	3	.000	5.29	16	0		0	2	17.0	15	15	10	0	25	5	6	0	1	4
Jeffery Taylor	0	3	.000	6.55	10	6		0	1	33.0	45	29	24	4	14	0	12	3	0	1
Totals	25	43	.368	5.90	206	68	0	6	13	543.0	635	436	356	54	341	12	287	24	4	31	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
Luis Roman	64	271	241	37	66	10	0	3	25	9	7	23	28	.274	.340	.353	.692	85		2	3	2
Jack Ayer	65	262	218	35	63	15	3	4	25	17	1	40	27	.289	.404	.440	.844	96		2	2	0
James Dieters	66	248	192	32	51	8	2	6	31	8	3	47	28	.266	.407	.422	.829	81		3	0	6
James Harskamp	53	202	179	25	44	6	3	3	24	2	2	16	35	.246	.315	.363	.678	65		3	2	2
Mark Salas	53	158	144	23	35	4	2	5	23	2	0	11	14	.243	.297	.403	.700	58		0	3	0
Roosevelt Lett	45	153	129	20	33	4	0	3	15	5	2	19	31	.256	.366	.357	.723	46		4	0	1
Felix Tejeda	37	122	118	11	31	3	0	0	17	0	0	3	7	.263	.279	.288	.567	34		0	0	1
Steven Jerman	42	124	114	13	27	2	2	1	11	0	0	8	6	.237	.293	.316	.608	36		1	1	0
John Perlongo	45	135	112	16	26	2	1	0	11	4	0	20	17	.232	.353	.268	.621	30		1	2	0
Carlos Matos	40	132	121	12	26	5	0	1	10	2	0	10	35	.215	.280	.281	.561	34		1	0	0
Timothy Presko	23	81	72	16	21	0	0	2	11	1	2	6	10	.292	.354	.375	.729	27		1	2	0
Billy Fink	38	123	97	16	21	4	2	2	6	2	2	22	19	.216	.364	.361	.724	35		1	2	1
Gary Zunino	22	81	77	5	19	1	2	1	9	0	0	4	17	.247	.284	.351	.635	27		0	0	0
Phillip Baskerville	20	80	68	11	18	0	1	3	9	2	1	12	15	.265	.375	.426	.801	29		0	0	0
Bob Hicks	6	24	24	3	8	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.500	.833	12		0	0	0
Michael Melton	16	47	41	5	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	5	19	.195	.298	.341	.639	14		1	0	0
Jose Sanchez	17	37	30	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	3	.200	.265	.233	.498	7		0	3	1
Ruben Rodriguez	23	43	35	6	6	3	0	0	3	1	0	6	19	.171	.326	.257	.583	9		2	0	0
Jose Caraballo	18	35	32	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	10	.156	.206	.188	.393	6		0	1	0
Stanley McCauley	5	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	.111	.238	.111	.349	2		0	0	0
Reginald Chevalier	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Michael Kopala	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Patrick Proulx	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Terry Clark	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Danny Liggins	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	729	2390	2072	292	516	74	19	35	248	57	21	261	350	.249	.337	.354	.691	733	0	22	21	14	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Perlongo	1B	44	347	16	3	29	.992	8.250
James Dieters	1B	22	168	11	3	19	.984	8.136
Bob Hicks	1B	6	42	1	1	1	.977	7.167
Stanley McCauley	1B	3	17	1	0	2	1.000	6.000
Jose Sanchez	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Steven Jerman	2B	40	74	101	8	25	.956	4.375
Felix Tejeda	2B	23	50	47	5	12	.951	4.217
Jose Sanchez	2B	11	18	20	2	6	.950	3.455
James Harskamp	3B	34	42	59	14	8	.878	2.971
James Dieters	3B	28	23	51	7	3	.914	2.643
Jack Ayer	3B	8	6	20	5	4	.839	3.250
Stanley McCauley	3B	2	1	6	0	0	1.000	3.500
Felix Tejeda	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mark Salas	C	48	194	19	6	2	.973	4.438	10
Jose Caraballo	C	17	48	2	0	2	1.000	2.941	1
Michael Melton	C	15	59	6	0	0	1.000	4.333	0
Michael Kopala	C	4	6	3	1	0	.900	2.250	0
Reginald Chevalier	C	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Luis Roman	OF	62	115	16	11	2	.923	2.113
Roosevelt Lett	OF	44	61	3	4	0	.941	1.455
Carlos Matos	OF	40	87	3	0	0	1.000	2.250
Billy Fink	OF	35	68	3	2	2	.973	2.029
Phillip Baskerville	OF	20	31	0	0	0	1.000	1.550
Ruben Rodriguez	OF	18	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.056
Jack Ayer	OF	8	20	2	0	2	1.000	2.750
Terry Clark	P	23	2	9	0	1	1.000	.478
John Rincon	P	18	2	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Lynn Pinkston	P	16	3	4	0	0	1.000	.438
Jesus Gonzalez	P	14	3	9	0	0	1.000	.857
Rafael Colon	P	14	1	4	0	0	1.000	.357
Earl Weaver	P	13	0	10	2	0	.833	.769
Jeffrey Warburton	P	13	1	6	0	0	1.000	.538
Frank Ostrow	P	12	0	5	0	1	1.000	.417
Robert Brooks	P	12	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.083
Timothy Fish	P	11	1	6	1	0	.875	.636
Tom Dozier	P	11	3	4	1	0	.875	.636
Jeffery Taylor	P	10	0	6	0	0	1.000	.600
Hector Perez	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
David Bright	P	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	.300
Lazaro Santin	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Michael Pittman	P	5	2	4	1	0	.857	1.200
Ralph Citarella	P	4	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jose Perez	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ruben Gotay	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Jack Ayer	SS	48	54	122	12	22	.936	3.667
Timothy Presko	SS	20	22	54	7	9	.916	3.800
James Harskamp	SS	3	3	8	0	0	1.000	3.667
Steven Jerman	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		813	1603	667	96	152	.959	2.792	11	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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