
1979 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 73-74
Finished 3rd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Johnny Lipon (73-74)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 159,181, Avg. 2,166
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Beavers plated 748 runs and allowed 720 runs. Craig Cacek paced Portland with 17 home runs and drove in 102 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Rick Jones topped the squad with 12 wins, and Dan Warthen recorded a 3.56 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Bob Kaiser, Alberto Lois, Vance Law, Dick Pole, Mike Pazik, Stew Cliburn, Al Holland, Mike Garman, Roger Nelson, Craig Cacek, Larry Littleton, Joe Coleman, Taylor Duncan, Dave Pagan, Gene Pentz, Doe Boyland, Rick Jones, Tommy Sandt, Rob Ellis, Pascual Pérez, Jim Willoughby, Dan Warthen, Rod Gilbreath, Kevin Pasley, Rod Scurry, Gary Hargis, Dale Berra and Lenny Randle were all players from the 1979 Portland Beavers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Johnny Lipon 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Jones | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.59 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 173.0 | 185 | 84 | 69 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
Dan Warthen | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.56 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 154.0 | 139 | 69 | 61 | 11 | 80 | 5 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Pascual Pérez | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.50 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 121 | 70 | 63 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Joe Coleman | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.78 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55.0 | 53 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Dick Pole | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.31 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 77 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Rod Scurry | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.13 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 121 | 64 | 56 | 11 | 72 | 1 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Gene Pentz | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.33 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 81.0 | 78 | 44 | 39 | 6 | 57 | 5 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
Greg Field | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.85 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 153 | 75 | 63 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Jim Willoughby | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.85 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | 61 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
Stew Cliburn | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.91 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Dave Pagan | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.57 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ben Wiltbank | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.00 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 64 | 46 | 36 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
Mike Pazik | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.94 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Rich Standart | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Garman | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al Holland | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ron Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tommy Sandt | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Roger Nelson | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Littleton | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Kaiser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Juan Arias | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 67 | 67 | .500 | 4.39 | 381 | 131 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 1114.3 | 1210 | 629 | 543 | 76 | 508 | 20 | 642 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Cacek | 147 | 636 | 565 | 92 | 180 | 33 | 7 | 17 | 102 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 40 | .319 | .383 | .492 | .875 | 278 | 5 | 2 | 6 | ||
Vance Law | 131 | 513 | 448 | 62 | 139 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 69 | .310 | .377 | .395 | .772 | 177 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||
Oswaldo Olivares | 127 | 536 | 456 | 83 | 137 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 28 | 9 | 68 | 46 | .300 | .397 | .355 | .752 | 162 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
Larry Littleton | 133 | 514 | 459 | 66 | 128 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 82 | .279 | .344 | .410 | .754 | 188 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
Harry Saferight | 129 | 541 | 479 | 67 | 127 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 71 | .265 | .338 | .403 | .741 | 193 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
Rod Gilbreath | 112 | 494 | 408 | 69 | 119 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 71 | 39 | .292 | .393 | .382 | .775 | 156 | 1 | 8 | 6 | ||
Gary Hargis | 103 | 406 | 386 | 52 | 107 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 33 | .277 | .292 | .396 | .689 | 153 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
Tommy Sandt | 88 | 336 | 292 | 47 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 30 | .322 | .394 | .404 | .798 | 118 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
Eugenio Cotes | 79 | 311 | 285 | 39 | 74 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 60 | .260 | .315 | .435 | .750 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dale Berra | 56 | 238 | 210 | 37 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 29 | .324 | .387 | .490 | .878 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Ron Mitchell | 56 | 194 | 169 | 28 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | .231 | .320 | .349 | .669 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Manny Lantigua | 59 | 198 | 185 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 30 | .211 | .226 | .243 | .469 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
Doe Boyland | 30 | 113 | 102 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 21 | .245 | .319 | .363 | .681 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Walterhouse | 25 | 105 | 94 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .170 | .257 | .213 | .470 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kevin Pasley | 20 | 57 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 | .298 | .315 | .613 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Alberto Lois | 5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .444 | .545 | .667 | 1.212 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Alfredo Torres | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Pentz | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pascual Pérez | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Ben Wiltbank | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1394 | 5207 | 4605 | 684 | 1312 | 220 | 55 | 65 | 623 | 97 | 49 | 476 | 594 | .285 | .353 | .399 | .752 | 1837 | 0 | 30 | 57 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Craig Cacek | 1B | 146 | 1201 | 138 | 14 | 117 | .990 | 9.171 | ||||
Ron Mitchell | 1B | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
Doe Boyland | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Gary Hargis | 2B | 79 | 163 | 219 | 7 | 47 | .982 | 4.835 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | 2B | 39 | 83 | 101 | 5 | 21 | .974 | 4.718 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | 2B | 23 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 14 | .981 | 4.522 | ||||
Vance Law | 2B | 12 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 9 | .949 | 6.250 | ||||
Lenny Randle | 2B | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | 3B | 55 | 48 | 119 | 8 | 13 | .954 | 3.036 | ||||
Vance Law | 3B | 42 | 42 | 90 | 2 | 10 | .985 | 3.143 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | 3B | 20 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 2.250 | ||||
Dick Walterhouse | 3B | 19 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 2.421 | ||||
Ron Mitchell | 3B | 12 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .731 | 1.583 | ||||
Rob Ellis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Dale Berra | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Harry Saferight | C | 88 | 425 | 37 | 12 | 9 | .975 | 5.250 | 5 | |||
Manny Lantigua | C | 56 | 288 | 33 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 5.732 | 4 | |||
Kevin Pasley | C | 18 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.722 | 1 | |||
Larry Littleton | OF | 133 | 317 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .985 | 2.459 | ||||
Oswaldo Olivares | OF | 117 | 177 | 17 | 7 | 5 | .965 | 1.658 | ||||
Eugenio Cotes | OF | 70 | 118 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .955 | 1.814 | ||||
Ron Mitchell | OF | 41 | 77 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .953 | 2.000 | ||||
Lenny Randle | OF | 21 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 2.857 | ||||
Doe Boyland | OF | 11 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | OF | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
Dick Walterhouse | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Alberto Lois | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Gene Pentz | P | 57 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .316 | ||||
Dan Warthen | P | 49 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .947 | .735 | ||||
Rod Scurry | P | 35 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .914 | ||||
Rick Jones | P | 33 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 4 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
Joe Coleman | P | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .531 | ||||
Jim Willoughby | P | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .417 | ||||
Mike Garman | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
Greg Field | P | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .652 | ||||
Pascual Pérez | P | 20 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
Al Holland | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
Dick Pole | P | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
Ben Wiltbank | P | 12 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
Rich Standart | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
Dave Pagan | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
Stew Cliburn | P | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
Mike Pazik | P | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
Bob Kaiser | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Tommy Sandt | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Juan Arias | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
James Smith | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Roger Nelson | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Ron Mitchell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Larry Littleton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Vance Law | SS | 78 | 117 | 185 | 16 | 33 | .950 | 3.872 | ||||
Dale Berra | SS | 47 | 67 | 156 | 8 | 32 | .965 | 4.745 | ||||
Gary Hargis | SS | 16 | 25 | 46 | 4 | 10 | .947 | 4.438 | ||||
Rod Gilbreath | SS | 10 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 4.500 | ||||
Totals | 1558 | 3622 | 1519 | 150 | 349 | .972 | 3.300 | 10 | 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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