1979 Orlando Twins Statistics
Team Record: 60-81
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Roy McMillan (60-81)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 41,021, Avg. 582
The Orlando Twins of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 60 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Twins scored 580 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 684 runs. Johnny Pittman led Orlando with 15 home runs Steven McManaman accounted for 56 RBI. Steve Douglas paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .277 average. Bob Veselic topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.58 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Randy Bush, Jim Gideon, Bob Veselic, Brad Havens, Mike Kinnunen, Tim Laudner, Rick Sofield, Scott Ullger and Lenny Faedo were all players from the 1979 Orlando Twins who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Roy McMillan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Veselic | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.58 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 201.0 | 220 | 101 | 80 | 10 | 71 | 2 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Warren Mertens | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.17 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 177.0 | 202 | 98 | 82 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Mapel | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.70 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 65 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Kinnunen | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.12 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 129 | 63 | 54 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bruce MacPherson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.63 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 66 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Wally Sarmiento | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.63 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Brueggemann | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.96 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.0 | 50 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brad Havens | 4 | 10 | .286 | 7.28 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 128 | 85 | 76 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Robert Blake | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.94 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 94 | 48 | 45 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Gideon | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.19 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 47 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Joe Isaacs | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.63 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57.0 | 73 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark Clapham | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.57 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 104 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Martyn Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Dobbs | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jose Reyes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.04 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Julio Alonso | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dwight Lewis | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.68 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 81 | .426 | 4.53 | 240 | 141 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 20 | 1161.3 | 1290 | 684 | 584 | 88 | 465 | 7 | 655 | 27 | 11 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Douglas | 112 | 467 | 430 | 54 | 119 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 58 | .277 | .315 | .407 | .722 | 175 | 2 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Scott Ullger | 126 | 501 | 412 | 66 | 111 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 73 | .269 | .376 | .398 | .774 | 164 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Steve Benson | 121 | 514 | 448 | 67 | 108 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 53 | 54 | .241 | .321 | .326 | .647 | 146 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Lance Hallberg | 90 | 358 | 315 | 45 | 93 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 44 | .295 | .371 | .422 | .793 | 133 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lenny Faedo | 103 | 378 | 336 | 35 | 91 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 22 | .271 | .327 | .354 | .681 | 119 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Pittman | 114 | 460 | 389 | 64 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 80 | .234 | .341 | .419 | .760 | 163 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Steven McManaman | 104 | 420 | 372 | 38 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 122 | .228 | .310 | .382 | .691 | 142 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kevin McWhirter | 96 | 382 | 341 | 51 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 49 | .235 | .306 | .402 | .708 | 137 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Steve Herz | 82 | 300 | 261 | 34 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 24 | .245 | .330 | .326 | .656 | 85 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Randy Bush | 76 | 304 | 243 | 33 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50 | .255 | .396 | .395 | .791 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Doc Estes | 46 | 197 | 166 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | .289 | .385 | .355 | .740 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tim Laudner | 45 | 166 | 141 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19 | .241 | .329 | .355 | .684 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rick Sofield | 30 | 123 | 101 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | .267 | .398 | .376 | .775 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martyn Maxwell | 33 | 120 | 113 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .239 | .283 | .372 | .655 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Vilorio | 26 | 102 | 94 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .223 | .257 | .287 | .545 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Wilkinson | 22 | 80 | 72 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .167 | .197 | .181 | .378 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Mark Maher | 19 | 62 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .180 | .290 | .200 | .490 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 1245 | 4934 | 4284 | 562 | 1082 | 185 | 34 | 88 | 516 | 66 | 29 | 521 | 670 | .253 | .335 | .373 | .709 | 1599 | 0 | 31 | 61 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bush | 1B | 71 | 653 | 38 | 13 | 73 | .982 | 9.732 | ||||
| Johnny Pittman | 1B | 69 | 640 | 39 | 12 | 73 | .983 | 9.841 | ||||
| Doc Estes | 1B | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 2B | 91 | 193 | 308 | 10 | 75 | .980 | 5.505 | ||||
| Ron Wilkinson | 2B | 9 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 7 | .962 | 5.667 | ||||
| Francisco Vilorio | 2B | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | 3B | 100 | 86 | 200 | 23 | 22 | .926 | 2.860 | ||||
| Francisco Vilorio | 3B | 23 | 33 | 40 | 6 | 4 | .924 | 3.174 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | 3B | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 2.556 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 3B | 8 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ron Wilkinson | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Herz | C | 81 | 440 | 50 | 13 | 6 | .974 | 6.049 | 3 | |||
| Tim Laudner | C | 43 | 224 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .977 | 5.884 | 9 | |||
| Mark Maher | C | 19 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .958 | 3.579 | 0 | |||
| Steve Douglas | OF | 107 | 182 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 1.748 | ||||
| Steven McManaman | OF | 94 | 124 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .950 | 1.426 | ||||
| Kevin McWhirter | OF | 89 | 196 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 2.281 | ||||
| Lance Hallberg | OF | 86 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.535 | ||||
| Rick Sofield | OF | 30 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 2.500 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | OF | 16 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Warren Mertens | P | 32 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 3 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Veselic | P | 28 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jeff Brueggemann | P | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .393 | ||||
| Brad Havens | P | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Mike Kinnunen | P | 17 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.941 | ||||
| Mark Clapham | P | 17 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Robert Blake | P | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Julio Alonso | P | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .562 | ||||
| Steve Mapel | P | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.545 | ||||
| Dwight Lewis | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Joe Isaacs | P | 11 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.455 | ||||
| Bruce MacPherson | P | 10 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Jose Reyes | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jim Gideon | P | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Wally Sarmiento | P | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Gary Dobbs | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Martyn Maxwell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lenny Faedo | SS | 103 | 153 | 352 | 30 | 73 | .944 | 4.903 | ||||
| Steve Benson | SS | 21 | 35 | 77 | 12 | 19 | .903 | 5.333 | ||||
| Ron Wilkinson | SS | 11 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 5 | .911 | 4.636 | ||||
| Scott Ullger | SS | 9 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .812 | 2.889 | ||||
| Totals | 1337 | 3388 | 1523 | 186 | 405 | .964 | 3.673 | 12 | 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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