1979 Medicine Hat Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 27-42
Finished 4th in the PL's North Division
Manager: Dennis Holmberg (27-42)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 13,343, Avg. 387
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the Pioneer League ended the 1979 season with a record of 27 wins and 42 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Blue Jays plated 388 runs and allowed 512 runs, most in the league. Ricky Eberly drove in 46 runs. Jimmy Waugh led hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Mark Eichhorn topped the team with 7 wins, while Steve Senteney registered a 3.09 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1979 Medicine Hat Blue Jays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Eichhorn, Toby Hernández, Fred Manrique, Steve Senteney and Ron Shepherd.
Dennis Holmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Eichhorn | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.39 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 101 | 62 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Seiber | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 101 | 58 | 33 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Orvin Kiser | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.07 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Junior Phillips | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.83 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 103 | 69 | 57 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Steve Senteney | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.09 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 64.0 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| William Rosenlund | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bradley Burger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.84 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 33 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Holton | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.83 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 62 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Gregory Coughlin | 0 | 0 | 19.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Luis Soriano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 59 | 53 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cesar Chavez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.45 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Silverio Valdez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.55 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 51 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Gambrell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.84 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 41 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 27 | 42 | .391 | 5.46 | 186 | 69 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 598.0 | 698 | 512 | 363 | 47 | 326 | 10 | 473 | 29 | 7 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Manrique | 66 | 293 | 270 | 47 | 81 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 59 | .300 | .345 | .426 | .771 | 115 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Waugh | 57 | 257 | 227 | 43 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 42 | .317 | .377 | .507 | .884 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Phillip Turner | 69 | 307 | 269 | 39 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 36 | .268 | .358 | .342 | .700 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Wetenkamp | 66 | 266 | 233 | 48 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 54 | .283 | .372 | .451 | .823 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Paula | 56 | 255 | 226 | 41 | 65 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 56 | .288 | .362 | .394 | .756 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ricky Eberly | 63 | 258 | 210 | 32 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 26 | .276 | .399 | .371 | .771 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Toby Hernández | 63 | 228 | 210 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 52 | .214 | .260 | .271 | .532 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hector Moncion | 56 | 223 | 191 | 36 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 17 | .225 | .312 | .272 | .584 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Shepherd | 49 | 197 | 178 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 66 | .208 | .274 | .315 | .589 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Moscat | 40 | 129 | 105 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .210 | .336 | .257 | .593 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jose Concepcion | 28 | 70 | 64 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .250 | .314 | .297 | .611 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rolando Columna | 32 | 93 | 76 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 19 | .197 | .344 | .276 | .620 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Castillo | 34 | 93 | 77 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 44 | .195 | .333 | .299 | .632 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Javier | 22 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .098 | .224 | .122 | .346 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 701 | 2719 | 2377 | 388 | 611 | 88 | 28 | 33 | 318 | 42 | 21 | 277 | 547 | .257 | .340 | .359 | .700 | 854 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Turner | 1B | 67 | 627 | 34 | 14 | 51 | .979 | 9.866 | ||||
| Lee Wetenkamp | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Eberly | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 2B | 44 | 101 | 145 | 18 | 33 | .932 | 5.591 | ||||
| Frank Moscat | 2B | 32 | 62 | 75 | 9 | 13 | .938 | 4.281 | ||||
| Rolando Columna | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ricky Eberly | 3B | 52 | 34 | 94 | 28 | 4 | .821 | 2.462 | ||||
| Lee Wetenkamp | 3B | 10 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 3.500 | ||||
| Julio Paula | 3B | 9 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.444 | ||||
| Rolando Columna | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Toby Hernández | C | 62 | 398 | 57 | 18 | 2 | .962 | 7.339 | 26 | |||
| Jose Concepcion | C | 16 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 4.625 | 9 | |||
| Lee Wetenkamp | OF | 53 | 66 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .910 | 1.340 | ||||
| Hector Moncion | OF | 50 | 69 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .916 | 1.520 | ||||
| Ron Shepherd | OF | 49 | 92 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .924 | 1.980 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | OF | 28 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .806 | .893 | ||||
| Jimmy Waugh | OF | 27 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.370 | ||||
| Ramon Javier | OF | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Rolando Columna | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Ricky Eberly | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Senteney | P | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .269 | ||||
| Orvin Kiser | P | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Luis Soriano | P | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| John Seiber | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Junior Phillips | P | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 16 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 2.438 | ||||
| Silverio Valdez | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Paul Gambrell | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Cesar Chavez | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Holton | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| William Rosenlund | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bradley Burger | P | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Gregory Coughlin | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Fred Manrique | SS | 65 | 103 | 208 | 37 | 36 | .894 | 4.785 | ||||
| Julio Paula | SS | 8 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .857 | 3.750 | ||||
| Rolando Columna | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 791 | 1789 | 796 | 179 | 152 | .935 | 3.268 | 35 | 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.
