1979 Memphis Chicks Statistics
Team Record: 82-62
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (82-62)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 226,832, Avg. 3,150
Playoffs - Nashville Sounds 2 games, Memphis Chicks 1
The Memphis Chicks of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 82 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Chicks scored 716 runs, most in the league. Memphis conceded 617 runs. Randall Schafer and Dave Hostetler paced the team with 20 home runs apiece., while Pat Rooney and Tim Wallach walloped 15 or more also. Dave Hostetler accounted for 114 RBI. Tony Johnson led batters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Steven Lovins and Bryn Smith topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Bryn Smith recorded a 3.38 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Memphis Chicks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hal Dues, Pat Rooney, Tim Raines, Charlie Lea, Tim Wallach, Tony Johnson, Rick Engle, Bill Gullickson, Tony Phillips, Bryn Smith and Dave Hostetler.
Billy Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Lovins | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.62 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 79.0 | 58 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bryn Smith | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.38 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 184.0 | 175 | 80 | 69 | 10 | 74 | 7 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.65 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 110 | 52 | 47 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rick Ramos | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.60 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 105.0 | 109 | 44 | 42 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Tenenini | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.04 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 98.0 | 116 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Lea | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.39 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 162.0 | 161 | 88 | 79 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Jeff Gingrich | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.83 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 127.0 | 151 | 69 | 54 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Rick Engle | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.70 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 162 | 95 | 84 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Rick Williams | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.31 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 68.0 | 46 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Finlayson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.34 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 61 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hal Dues | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.09 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 51 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.59 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 52 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 62 | .572 | 3.91 | 302 | 145 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 29 | 1237.0 | 1252 | 617 | 537 | 88 | 515 | 35 | 749 | 34 | 3 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Raines | 145 | 650 | 552 | 104 | 160 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 50 | 59 | 12 | 90 | 51 | .290 | .390 | .399 | .789 | 220 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dave Hostetler | 145 | 628 | 548 | 77 | 148 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 110 | .270 | .357 | .445 | .802 | 244 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tony Johnson | 141 | 588 | 504 | 82 | 147 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 85 | 25 | 6 | 78 | 115 | .292 | .388 | .466 | .854 | 235 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pat Rooney | 125 | 507 | 458 | 52 | 115 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 118 | .251 | .315 | .417 | .732 | 191 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Scoras | 121 | 463 | 393 | 58 | 92 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 73 | .234 | .326 | .346 | .672 | 136 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Randall Schafer | 94 | 353 | 327 | 43 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 66 | .266 | .311 | .502 | .812 | 164 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tim Wallach | 75 | 304 | 257 | 50 | 84 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 53 | .327 | .417 | .630 | 1.048 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Grayling Tobias | 81 | 362 | 317 | 50 | 79 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 30 | .249 | .331 | .309 | .641 | 98 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ray Crowley | 66 | 292 | 226 | 57 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 43 | .283 | .436 | .504 | .941 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tony Phillips | 52 | 180 | 156 | 31 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | .282 | .362 | .391 | .753 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Doug Simunic | 64 | 231 | 203 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 34 | .207 | .282 | .281 | .563 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Godfrey Evans | 59 | 221 | 181 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 30 | .221 | .343 | .276 | .619 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Larry Goldetsky | 51 | 160 | 138 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 40 | .254 | .352 | .355 | .707 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julio Perez | 38 | 162 | 137 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | .234 | .329 | .285 | .614 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steven Michael | 56 | 199 | 178 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | .180 | .258 | .253 | .510 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Sherow | 28 | 128 | 111 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | .252 | .352 | .297 | .649 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hemm | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Lea | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gullickson | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Ramos | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Engle | 27 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bryn Smith | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steven Lovins | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1515 | 5475 | 4726 | 716 | 1236 | 204 | 58 | 117 | 646 | 114 | 47 | 645 | 833 | .262 | .351 | .404 | .755 | 1907 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hostetler | 1B | 113 | 959 | 55 | 9 | 94 | .991 | 8.973 | ||||
| Tim Wallach | 1B | 32 | 283 | 20 | 1 | 22 | .997 | 9.469 | ||||
| Doug Simunic | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Scoras | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Raines | 2B | 145 | 341 | 413 | 23 | 93 | .970 | 5.200 | ||||
| Larry Goldetsky | 2B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | 2B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Scoras | 3B | 100 | 89 | 193 | 14 | 24 | .953 | 2.820 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 3B | 31 | 24 | 84 | 5 | 8 | .956 | 3.484 | ||||
| Tim Wallach | 3B | 10 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Larry Goldetsky | 3B | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Randall Schafer | C | 90 | 518 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .991 | 6.133 | 7 | |||
| Doug Simunic | C | 60 | 290 | 47 | 8 | 5 | .977 | 5.617 | 7 | |||
| Tony Johnson | OF | 139 | 236 | 15 | 17 | 1 | .937 | 1.806 | ||||
| Pat Rooney | OF | 123 | 253 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .981 | 2.130 | ||||
| Grayling Tobias | OF | 80 | 169 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.175 | ||||
| Steven Michael | OF | 48 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .964 | 2.208 | ||||
| Dennis Sherow | OF | 27 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.963 | ||||
| John Scoras | OF | 23 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.783 | ||||
| Ray Crowley | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Randall Schafer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Lovins | P | 50 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .240 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 42 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Jeff Gingrich | P | 35 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .946 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 33 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .455 | ||||
| Bryn Smith | P | 27 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.370 | ||||
| Rick Engle | P | 27 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.259 | ||||
| Charlie Lea | P | 24 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Gullickson | P | 16 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Rick Ramos | P | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Warren Hemm | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Finlayson | P | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Hal Dues | P | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Godfrey Evans | SS | 59 | 112 | 205 | 22 | 40 | .935 | 5.373 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | SS | 47 | 63 | 133 | 18 | 14 | .916 | 4.170 | ||||
| Larry Goldetsky | SS | 35 | 61 | 106 | 8 | 15 | .954 | 4.771 | ||||
| Julio Perez | SS | 9 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1495 | 3714 | 1558 | 161 | 343 | .970 | 3.526 | 14 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
