1979 Knoxville Sox Statistics
Team Record: 65-76
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Gordy Lund (65-76)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 62,876, Avg. 892
The Knoxville Sox of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 65 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Sox scored 620 runs and allowed 671 runs. Chris Nyman led Knoxville with 18 home runs Mark Naehring drove in 71 runs. Leo Sutherland paced all regular hitters with a .319 average. LaMarr Hoyt and Richard Dotson topped the team with 9 wins each, while Jackie Smith recorded a 3.54 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Knoxville Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Leo Sutherland, Fran Mullins, Reggie Patterson, John Flannery, Rod Allen, Britt Burns, LaMarr Hoyt, Tom Spencer, Art James, Larry Monroe, Lorenzo Gray, Ron Kittle, Chris Nyman, Bill Moran, Richard Dotson and Rich Barnes.
Gordy Lund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMarr Hoyt | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.96 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 82.0 | 80 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dotson | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.70 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 163.0 | 133 | 81 | 67 | 14 | 88 | 2 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Rich Barnes | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.19 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 136 | 79 | 61 | 4 | 86 | 4 | 91 | 13 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.54 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 127 | 61 | 48 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Britt Burns | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.83 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 110.0 | 126 | 68 | 59 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Mitch Lukevics | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.50 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 48 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Platel | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.65 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 80 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Larry Monroe | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.21 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 107.0 | 103 | 73 | 62 | 15 | 72 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Ray Murillo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.05 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40.0 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ted Barnicle | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.66 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 95 | 64 | 56 | 12 | 50 | 2 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Luis Guzman | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Patterson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Teutsch | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.05 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 40 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Vasquez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Guillermo Gutierrez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Woods | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.85 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 67 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Spencer | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Moran | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.71 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 65 | 76 | .461 | 4.51 | 281 | 141 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 1132.0 | 1166 | 671 | 567 | 94 | 548 | 17 | 748 | 42 | 16 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Sutherland | 124 | 498 | 452 | 65 | 144 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 37 | 61 | .319 | .372 | .387 | .759 | 175 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Mark Naehring | 128 | 516 | 402 | 67 | 118 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 75 | .294 | .433 | .418 | .851 | 168 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Andy Pasillas | 114 | 428 | 386 | 43 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 49 | .298 | .354 | .420 | .773 | 162 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Lorenzo Gray | 116 | 475 | 402 | 68 | 101 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 60 | 61 | .251 | .357 | .328 | .685 | 132 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| A. J. Hill | 95 | 391 | 359 | 54 | 99 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 57 | .276 | .319 | .348 | .668 | 125 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Chris Nyman | 86 | 358 | 302 | 59 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 67 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 38 | .308 | .402 | .566 | .968 | 171 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Flannery | 124 | 423 | 386 | 37 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 53 | .220 | .277 | .277 | .554 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rod Allen | 86 | 309 | 281 | 32 | 75 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 58 | .267 | .311 | .388 | .699 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tom Spencer | 78 | 304 | 272 | 37 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 27 | .254 | .312 | .368 | .680 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| John Hanley | 69 | 264 | 233 | 28 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 54 | .283 | .347 | .365 | .712 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dom Fucci | 66 | 239 | 194 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 45 | .242 | .373 | .335 | .708 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fran Mullins | 53 | 183 | 164 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 26 | .268 | .330 | .384 | .714 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Kittle | 53 | 174 | 157 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 47 | .274 | .339 | .459 | .798 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Art James | 27 | 103 | 97 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .381 | .417 | .546 | .964 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Trucks | 61 | 198 | 170 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 60 | .182 | .269 | .294 | .564 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Joel Perez | 17 | 63 | 56 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .286 | .365 | .446 | .812 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Torres | 10 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .412 | .500 | .588 | 1.088 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Curt Etchandy | 11 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .138 | .212 | .172 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bambi Mesa | 5 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .357 | .364 | .721 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donn Seidholz | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Smith | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Barnes | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1384 | 5019 | 4391 | 621 | 1205 | 191 | 33 | 77 | 544 | 133 | 64 | 501 | 748 | .274 | .351 | .386 | .736 | 1693 | 0 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Nyman | 1B | 84 | 695 | 52 | 5 | 78 | .993 | 8.893 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 1B | 25 | 163 | 16 | 4 | 19 | .978 | 7.160 | ||||
| John Hanley | 1B | 23 | 185 | 9 | 2 | 21 | .990 | 8.435 | ||||
| Dom Fucci | 1B | 5 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 1B | 4 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Donn Seidholz | 1B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| A. J. Hill | 2B | 85 | 185 | 213 | 12 | 52 | .971 | 4.682 | ||||
| John Flannery | 2B | 58 | 146 | 136 | 7 | 45 | .976 | 4.862 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | 3B | 111 | 74 | 207 | 17 | 21 | .943 | 2.532 | ||||
| Joel Perez | 3B | 15 | 11 | 35 | 5 | 4 | .902 | 3.067 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | 3B | 12 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 3.083 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | 3B | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Chris Nyman | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Andy Pasillas | C | 92 | 491 | 44 | 11 | 8 | .980 | 5.815 | 8 | |||
| Phil Trucks | C | 53 | 282 | 24 | 10 | 3 | .968 | 5.774 | 4 | |||
| Ron Kittle | C | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Leo Sutherland | OF | 117 | 256 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .950 | 2.282 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 68 | 120 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .962 | 1.882 | ||||
| Rod Allen | OF | 68 | 98 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .954 | 1.529 | ||||
| Dom Fucci | OF | 59 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.831 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | OF | 50 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .955 | 1.700 | ||||
| Ron Kittle | OF | 30 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Art James | OF | 22 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.727 | ||||
| Ray Torres | OF | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| John Hanley | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Flannery | OF | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Phil Trucks | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| LaMarr Hoyt | P | 37 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | P | 31 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .867 | .839 | ||||
| Larry Monroe | P | 29 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .759 | ||||
| Richard Dotson | P | 25 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.120 | ||||
| Rich Barnes | P | 22 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Ray Murillo | P | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Britt Burns | P | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Ted Barnicle | P | 20 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Mark Teutsch | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Ronald Woods | P | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Mark Platel | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Bill Moran | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Mitch Lukevics | P | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Guillermo Gutierrez | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Reggie Patterson | P | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Guzman | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Trucks | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Vasquez | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Flannery | SS | 59 | 81 | 147 | 22 | 30 | .912 | 3.864 | ||||
| Fran Mullins | SS | 51 | 57 | 150 | 17 | 26 | .924 | 4.059 | ||||
| Lorenzo Gray | SS | 30 | 40 | 72 | 3 | 23 | .974 | 3.733 | ||||
| Curt Etchandy | SS | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Bambi Mesa | SS | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 3.800 | ||||
| Mark Naehring | SS | 4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1462 | 3369 | 1386 | 177 | 370 | .964 | 3.252 | 13 | 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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