1979 Modesto A's Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (66-74)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 61,037, Avg. 872
1979 Modesto A's Roster

The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The A's scored 790 runs and allowed 850 runs. Kelvin Moore led Modesto with 16 home runs Donald Morris drove in 99 runs. Frederick DeVito paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Ron Jensen and Keith Atherton topped the team with 9 wins each, while Ron Jensen recorded a 3.85 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Modesto A's who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Darryl Cias, Keith Atherton, Kelvin Moore, Mike Davis, Mike Woodard and Bert Bradley.

Gaylen Pitts 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
Ron Jensen98.5293.852525610173.01729374177331292212
Keith Atherton98.5295.982121900146.01901079718514103341
Bart Braun81.8892.3818000434.032109513317000
Donald Schubert813.3815.342823701160.0182113951760399336
Frederick Lund78.4675.953314410112.014992741661271617
Craig Harris54.5564.219910047.0494022338027609
John Gosse54.5564.50438307104.01216852930380105
Walter Bigos42.6672.8031000561.0652619328349202
Chuck Dougherty35.37510.108800041.0755446621026102
Bert Bradley22.5003.869420135.0281915410024100
Ronnie Mantsch23.4002.2520000344.0411411117422302
Kennedy Corzel24.3334.66131230083.0945043525242103
Michael Yesenchak11.50010.3214000034.0604439323419413
Donald VanMarter19.1007.82121210061.08767531142032332
Thomas Brunswick000.00100003.01000001000
Dennis Wyszynski000.00300014.02000203000
David McCarthy007.006100018.029221447014000
Richard Holloway02.0007.4111300134.0423128332125202
Totals6674.4715.213051400362231194.01419850691125533327833814560

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
Donald Morris1366025407715324410991884871.283.342.398.740215356
Frederick DeVito117500456651453231083722757.318.360.467.827213665
Robert Markham13557746597134211963234103107.288.418.396.814184414
Mike Woodard118507431901248323161177037.288.387.334.721144132
Dana Berry1023943375383172855245293.246.348.380.728128203
Thomas Brunswick77345306418292141343334.268.338.320.65898051
Al Minker763192654775130948214732.283.396.434.830115412
Kelvin Moore512351994564511655213358.322.421.5981.019119201
Paul Stevens6329421856641210231666726.294.458.358.81678162
Mike Davis4119516148631040191353420.391.497.5031.00181000
Pat Dempsey57235208255333125612222.255.326.312.63965122
Darryl Cias56210180265182133422535.283.368.367.73566113
Al Armstead702882493151546271773493.205.304.329.63482221
Paul Stockley58195171303952110212144.228.312.298.61151030
Steven Roberts48177139233110519703725.223.390.338.72847100
Gordon Eakin371109692051018311121.208.284.281.56627012
Paul Spillane3613811261811117132131.161.294.214.50824122
Jay Greb3311710013153008211625.150.267.180.44718010
Frank Kneuer2272647131021100714.203.292.312.60420100
Stephen Gelfarb6861200010020.333.500.333.8332000
John Gosse43220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Totals1382552047057901280183348268618968710846.272.369.378.746177703039360


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Dana Berry1B74631311059.9858.946
Al Minker1B6249835932.9838.597
Kelvin Moore1B1068235.9597.000
Stephen Gelfarb1B120001.0002.000
Mike Woodard2B1102302533051.9424.391
Thomas Brunswick2B20364944.9554.250
Paul Stevens2B12403249.9476.000
Gordon Eakin2B121011.0003.000
Frederick DeVito3B107842403114.9133.028
Steven Roberts3B26154544.9382.308
Thomas Brunswick3B851522.9092.500
Paul Stevens3B25250.5833.500
Gordon Eakin3B112001.0003.000
Pat DempseyC5330742112.9696.5855
Darryl CiasC422372931.9896.3336
Paul SpillaneC362232553.9806.8893
Frank KneuerC15861461.9436.6672
Robert MarkhamOF13529414142.9572.281
Donald MorrisOF1221841570.9661.631
Al ArmsteadOF701703101.9452.471
Mike DavisOF3976370.9192.026
Kelvin MooreOF34481110.8171.441
Paul StevensOF1525110.9631.733
Steven RobertsOF11260001.0002.364
Al MinkerOF56110.8751.400
John GosseP43316011.000.442
Frederick LundP33517001.000.667
Walter BigosP31212011.000.452
Donald SchubertP2893612.9781.607
Ron JensenP2592321.9411.280
Keith AthertonP21724001.0001.476
Ronnie MantschP20310021.000.650
Bart BraunP1805011.000.278
Michael YesenchakP1425001.000.500
Kennedy CorzelP132710.900.692
Donald VanMarterP124620.833.833
Richard HollowayP1115011.000.545
Craig HarrisP93421.778.778
Bert BradleyP91910.9091.111
Chuck DoughertyP82310.833.625
David McCarthyP614011.000.833
Dennis WyszynskiP30000.000
Thomas BrunswickP10000.000
Paul StockleySS57921391728.9314.053
Jay GrebSS3233901419.8983.844
Gordon EakinSS32491011114.9324.688
Paul StevensSS2855681213.9114.393
Thomas BrunswickSS26520.8465.500
Totals146735881444244276.9543.4301600

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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