1979 Lethbridge Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 38-30
Finished 1st in the PL's North Division
Manager: Gail Henley (38-30)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Henderson Stadium
Attendance: 20,656, Avg. 608
Playoffs - Lethbridge Dodgers 2 games, Helena Phillies 0
The Lethbridge Dodgers of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 38 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Dodgers scored 462 runs and conceded 348 runs. Greg Brock led Lethbridge with 16 home runs and drove in 77 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .356 clip. Rich Rodas topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.12 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Lethbridge Dodgers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rich Rodas, Greg Brock, Morris Madden and Candy Maldonado.
Gail Henley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Rodas | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 81 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 148 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Morris Madden | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.93 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 62 | 44 | 27 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| David Daniel | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.54 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46.0 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kenneth Lindsey | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.52 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87.0 | 73 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Kent Johnson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.50 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 67 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Kellam | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.56 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 63 | 40 | 35 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Glenn Terry | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.77 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Powers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.86 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 55 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rodney Nelson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.84 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ernesto Borbon | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Robert White | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 44 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Ewald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francis Wilczewski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 30 | .559 | 3.74 | 142 | 68 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 602.0 | 579 | 348 | 250 | 34 | 271 | 5 | 590 | 23 | 10 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Brock | 66 | 305 | 247 | 61 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 77 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 26 | .356 | .466 | .640 | 1.105 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Murphy Sua | 62 | 295 | 275 | 56 | 88 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 35 | .320 | .351 | .425 | .776 | 117 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Candy Maldonado | 59 | 261 | 234 | 42 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 56 | .299 | .348 | .474 | .822 | 111 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Clay Smith | 57 | 254 | 221 | 30 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 30 | .290 | .363 | .385 | .748 | 85 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| William Sobbe | 49 | 216 | 186 | 30 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | .301 | .380 | .344 | .724 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Hector Guzman | 46 | 184 | 161 | 31 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 29 | .342 | .409 | .373 | .782 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Otis Bradley | 63 | 266 | 213 | 48 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 45 | 79 | .235 | .373 | .343 | .715 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Silicani | 49 | 206 | 173 | 30 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 35 | .272 | .365 | .329 | .694 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| George Johnson | 47 | 185 | 144 | 38 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 14 | .312 | .465 | .382 | .847 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Mann | 33 | 158 | 132 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 15 | .288 | .386 | .311 | .696 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Kopjo | 38 | 138 | 114 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 27 | .298 | .409 | .325 | .733 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Houston | 35 | 137 | 116 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .276 | .382 | .431 | .813 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Malkin | 24 | 102 | 83 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | .229 | .347 | .325 | .672 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Marcos Rodriguez | 30 | 64 | 59 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .254 | .279 | .356 | .635 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rick Misuraca | 14 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .172 | .250 | .241 | .491 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Meadows | 8 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .238 | .111 | .349 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 680 | 2825 | 2405 | 462 | 708 | 106 | 17 | 39 | 387 | 60 | 34 | 335 | 439 | .294 | .383 | .401 | .785 | 965 | 0 | 24 | 42 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Brock | 1B | 65 | 543 | 36 | 8 | 48 | .986 | 8.908 | ||||
| Jeffrey Kopjo | 1B | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Robert Silicani | 2B | 40 | 91 | 123 | 8 | 34 | .964 | 5.350 | ||||
| Clay Smith | 2B | 25 | 61 | 45 | 4 | 14 | .964 | 4.240 | ||||
| Leo Mann | 2B | 7 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 3.429 | ||||
| Murphy Sua | 3B | 62 | 54 | 133 | 23 | 10 | .890 | 3.016 | ||||
| Robert Silicani | 3B | 8 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .731 | 2.375 | ||||
| Rick Misuraca | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| William Sobbe | C | 47 | 451 | 40 | 10 | 3 | .980 | 1.447 | 19 | |||
| John Malkin | C | 21 | 151 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .967 | 8.429 | 11 | |||
| Otis Bradley | OF | 62 | 96 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .938 | 1.694 | ||||
| Candy Maldonado | OF | 59 | 81 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 1.458 | ||||
| George Johnson | OF | 32 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .833 | 1.094 | ||||
| Marcos Rodriguez | OF | 30 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Clay Smith | OF | 22 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jeffrey Kopjo | OF | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Rick Misuraca | OF | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Melvin Meadows | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Hector Guzman | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rodney Nelson | P | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .667 | .375 | ||||
| Kenneth Lindsey | P | 14 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.929 | ||||
| Rich Rodas | P | 13 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Morris Madden | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Kent Johnson | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| David Daniel | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Glenn Terry | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .083 | ||||
| Wayne Kellam | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Powers | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Robert White | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Ernesto Borbon | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Francis Wilczewski | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Ewald | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hector Guzman | SS | 43 | 67 | 114 | 31 | 16 | .854 | 4.209 | ||||
| Leo Mann | SS | 28 | 43 | 90 | 9 | 17 | .937 | 4.750 | ||||
| Robert Silicani | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 732 | 1809 | 760 | 154 | 154 | .943 | 3.510 | 30 | 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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