1979 Miami Orioles Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-81
Finished 4th in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Lance Nichols (60-81)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Miami, Florida
Ballpark: Miami Stadium
Attendance: 41,313, Avg. 586

1979 Miami Orioles Roster

The Miami Orioles of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 60 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.

The Orioles scored 473 runs and conceded 557 runs. Cal Ripken drove in 54 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .303 average. Brooks Carey led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Miami Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Shelby, Willie Royster, Allan Ramirez, Vic Rodríguez, Cal Ripken and Don Welchel.

Lance Nichols 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
Brooks Carey	10	7	.588	2.45	19	19		10	2	0	125.0	118	44	34	5	23	0	116	5	0	4
Bobo Gonzalez	8	3	.727	2.88	13	13		3	0	0	78.0	75	28	25	3	21	0	77	0	1	5
Michael Rachuba	7	11	.389	4.00	31	19		5	2	2	135.0	125	69	60	5	85	3	102	5	2	7
Allen Edwards	6	8	.429	3.07	32	14		4	0	1	126.0	112	62	43	0	74	2	73	5	1	10
Will George	5	5	.500	3.21	14	14		4	2	0	84.0	90	43	30	4	37	0	66	3	1	4
Don Welchel	5	6	.455	2.94	14	14		7	0	0	95.0	86	34	31	2	34	1	53	4	0	6
William Purdy	4	6	.400	2.82	47	1		0	0	7	102.0	108	42	32	2	35	3	44	4	2	8
Steven VandeLaan	3	2	.600	3.51	21	4		1	0	2	59.0	66	26	23	1	31	4	26	2	0	5
Allan Ramirez	3	9	.250	2.61	14	14		5	1	0	93.0	97	40	27	3	35	1	54	1	1	3
Eddie Hook	3	9	.250	3.33	23	23		3	0	0	135.0	158	74	50	4	56	1	77	3	5	6
Peder White	2	3	.400	3.11	23	0		0	0	4	55.0	54	22	19	4	14	1	38	3	0	5
Charles Salagan	2	4	.333	4.63	13	5		0	0	0	35.0	34	24	18	2	32	2	28	1	0	2
Gregory McArthur	2	4	.333	4.85	18	1		0	0	0	39.0	39	23	21	3	38	3	22	9	0	4
Tim Norris	0	0		7.20	9	0		0	0	0	20.0	26	18	16	1	18	2	7	1	1	4
Luis Peralta	0	4	.000	4.50	11	0		0	0	2	16.0	13	8	8	0	11	3	12	1	0	1
Totals	60	81	.426	3.29	302	141	0	42	7	18	1197.0	1201	557	437	39	544	26	795	47	14	74	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
Cal Ripken	105	430	393	51	119	28	1	5	54	4	3	31	64	.303	.354	.417	.772	164		1	4	1
John Denman	115	466	393	61	110	12	9	7	44	33	6	65	87	.280	.381	.410	.791	161		1	4	3
Kurt Fabrizio	117	447	380	38	97	18	4	4	45	4	1	44	46	.255	.333	.355	.689	135		4	12	7
John Shelby	132	538	478	50	96	11	6	3	38	13	10	44	120	.201	.273	.268	.541	128		5	7	4
Charles Ross	116	446	388	29	92	16	3	2	38	2	1	45	29	.237	.317	.309	.626	120		3	4	6
Eddie Rodriguez	120	420	388	41	89	12	4	1	25	9	1	19	85	.229	.270	.289	.559	112		3	9	1
Gregory Burtt	108	363	327	31	85	10	5	0	29	2	3	24	93	.260	.317	.321	.638	105		4	6	2
Donald Bowman	89	354	317	32	79	15	1	5	34	4	2	26	71	.249	.319	.350	.669	111		7	3	1
Vic Rodríguez	67	252	228	23	70	10	2	1	31	2	0	18	19	.307	.361	.382	.743	87		2	3	1
Scott Christopher	71	290	265	38	66	7	8	0	12	17	8	19	15	.249	.304	.336	.640	89		2	4	0
Steven Espinoza	71	259	214	32	48	2	1	0	17	3	7	35	43	.224	.336	.243	.579	52		2	6	2
Willie Royster	39	143	130	11	42	8	0	1	11	6	3	10	26	.323	.378	.408	.785	53		2	0	1
Donald Murelli	43	145	139	11	40	0	0	0	7	2	0	3	24	.288	.308	.288	.595	40		1	2	0
Juan Corey	49	151	131	10	26	4	0	0	8	0	0	13	36	.198	.291	.229	.520	30		4	3	0
Robert Boyce	28	98	88	6	21	2	0	1	4	1	2	10	15	.239	.316	.295	.612	26		0	0	0
Anderson Marston	13	49	40	3	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	9	9	.250	.388	.300	.688	12		0	0	0
Timothy Richard	19	47	37	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	11	.243	.349	.243	.592	9		2	4	0
William Marrero	29	85	76	2	9	0	1	0	4	2	0	4	31	.118	.181	.145	.325	11		2	2	1
Grant Headford	20	56	47	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	20	.106	.204	.106	.310	5		1	2	1
Cecil Whitehead	8	28	24	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.125	.250	.167	.417	4		0	0	0
Stanley Hendrickson	10	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	2		1	0	0
Tom Eaton	3	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1		0	0	0
Douglas Nave	9	19	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	.067	.222	.067	.289	1		0	1	0
Eddie Hook	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Purdy	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Pavlik	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Allen Edwards	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1390	5117	4524	474	1120	158	45	30	411	105	48	438	865	.248	.318	.322	.641	1458	0	47	77	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kurt Fabrizio	1B	80	580	43	9	60	.986	7.788
Donald Bowman	1B	60	491	36	6	52	.989	8.783
William Marrero	1B	9	77	6	1	9	.988	9.222
Charles Ross	1B	5	48	1	1	4	.980	9.800
Eddie Rodriguez	2B	118	280	353	18	84	.972	5.364
Vic Rodríguez	2B	20	40	50	5	11	.947	4.500
Steven Espinoza	2B	5	8	12	1	4	.952	4.000
Timothy Richard	2B	4	6	12	2	2	.900	4.500
Tom Eaton	2B	3	6	10	1	2	.941	5.333
Cal Ripken	2B	1	3	4	1	0	.875	7.000
Cal Ripken	3B	58	63	122	12	17	.939	3.190
Vic Rodríguez	3B	34	26	55	6	7	.931	2.382
Robert Boyce	3B	24	22	38	10	3	.857	2.500
Timothy Richard	3B	14	8	18	4	2	.867	1.857
Steven Espinoza	3B	11	10	22	1	1	.970	2.909
William Marrero	3B	8	7	11	4	0	.818	2.250
Donald Bowman	3B	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
Eddie Rodriguez	3B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Charles Ross	C	71	404	61	17	2	.965	6.549	17
Willie Royster	C	37	217	32	4	5	.984	6.730	5
Juan Corey	C	35	197	19	3	1	.986	6.171	8
Douglas Nave	C	9	33	6	0	2	1.000	4.333	0
John Shelby	OF	129	252	22	8	7	.972	2.124
John Denman	OF	105	207	13	4	3	.982	2.095
Gregory Burtt	OF	76	106	6	4	0	.966	1.474
Scott Christopher	OF	71	108	9	0	2	1.000	1.648
Grant Headford	OF	19	24	1	1	1	.962	1.316
Donald Bowman	OF	15	27	7	0	3	1.000	2.267
Anderson Marston	OF	10	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
William Marrero	OF	8	10	0	1	0	.909	1.250
John Pavlik	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Vic Rodríguez	OF	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.667
Stanley Hendrickson	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Steven Espinoza	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
William Purdy	P	47	1	14	1	1	.938	.319
Allen Edwards	P	32	9	9	3	1	.857	.562
Michael Rachuba	P	31	4	21	5	1	.833	.806
Peder White	P	23	5	6	0	0	1.000	.478
Eddie Hook	P	23	11	19	6	1	.833	1.304
Steven VandeLaan	P	21	7	9	0	1	1.000	.762
Brooks Carey	P	19	3	14	0	0	1.000	.895
Gregory McArthur	P	18	4	4	1	0	.889	.444
Don Welchel	P	14	5	12	0	0	1.000	1.214
Allan Ramirez	P	14	6	13	1	1	.950	1.357
Will George	P	14	2	18	3	0	.870	1.429
Charles Salagan	P	13	3	5	0	0	1.000	.615
Bobo Gonzalez	P	13	2	5	0	0	1.000	.538
Luis Peralta	P	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	.182
Tim Norris	P	9	2	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Steven Espinoza	SS	54	66	183	17	30	.936	4.611
Cal Ripken	SS	52	83	135	17	37	.928	4.192
Donald Murelli	SS	43	80	108	8	21	.959	4.372
John Shelby	SS	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Robert Boyce	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1508	3587	1558	186	378	.965	3.412	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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