1979 Phoenix Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 59-88
Finished 5th in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (59-88)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 162,496, Avg. 2,211

1979 Phoenix Giants Roster

The Phoenix Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 59 wins and 88 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Giants scored 694 runs and surrendered 803 runs. Greg Johnston led Phoenix with 10 home runs Chris Bourjos drove in 87 runs. Casey Parsons paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Mike Rowland topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.63 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Lenny Randle, Mike Rowland, Ed Plank, Jeff Little, Phil Nastu, Bob Kearney, Bill Bordley, Don Carrithers, Rich Murray, Max Venable, Dennis Littlejohn, Chris Bourjos, Greg Johnston, Guy Sularz, Al Holland, Casey Parsons, Terry Cornutt, Joe Strain and Tom Heintzelman were all players from the 1979 Phoenix Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rocky Bridges 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
Mike Rowland	10	12	.455	3.63	30	25		8	1	0	191.0	209	98	77	10	59	7	102	3	0	2
Bill Bordley	8	11	.421	4.56	27	27		6	0	0	156.0	181	106	79	11	94	5	84	3	3	20
Don Carrithers	7	4	.636	4.13	36	8		2	0	0	133.0	154	72	61	5	65	7	75	3	0	17
Jeff Little	7	13	.350	5.91	28	25		3	0	0	140.0	179	110	92	9	76	2	72	4	0	17
Earnest Schmidt	6	12	.333	5.53	24	17		1	0	0	122.0	140	96	75	5	60	10	57	6	1	3
Terry Cornutt	5	4	.556	3.16	38	0		0	0	5	74.0	79	32	26	1	37	3	34	2	0	1
Ed Plank	4	8	.333	3.16	53	0		0	0	10	91.0	92	45	32	3	53	16	47	1	0	6
Steve Cline	2	2	.500	3.35	25	0		0	0	4	43.0	50	24	16	2	35	8	26	0	0	3
Randy Hammon	2	13	.133	6.19	21	18		3	0	0	112.0	159	94	77	3	46	4	43	1	2	6
Phil Nastu	1	1	.500	3.32	7	7		0	0	0	38.0	38	17	14	4	15	0	27	2	0	0
Doug Schaefer	1	5	.167	4.82	14	8		1	0	0	56.0	52	34	30	4	29	2	26	0	0	4
Al Holland					13						0.0
Rick Sanderlin	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Hypes	0	0		11.70	10	0		0	0	0	20.0	27	33	26	3	31	0	7	2	0	12
Totals	53	85	.384	4.62	327	135	0	24	1	19	1178.0	1364	761	605	60	600	64	601	27	6	91	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
Casey Parsons	142	637	566	99	175	35	16	5	63	21	10	58	59	.309	.376	.454	.830	257		5	4	4
Chris Bourjos	142	596	553	68	167	32	9	8	87	14	10	31	54	.302	.341	.436	.777	241		5	1	6
Guy Sularz	144	598	521	79	153	23	4	2	68	14	9	65	63	.294	.374	.365	.739	190		5	2	5
Greg Johnston	104	467	415	64	123	17	10	10	72	16	3	44	60	.296	.363	.458	.820	190		2	1	5
Rich Murray	125	503	441	63	116	13	8	5	67	6	6	54	90	.263	.340	.363	.703	160		1	0	7
Mike Rex	126	496	443	51	103	17	3	2	49	10	3	46	41	.233	.307	.298	.605	132		3	1	3
Mark Kuecker	129	488	422	48	102	19	4	1	55	3	6	51	94	.242	.316	.313	.629	132		0	4	11
Joe Strain	75	340	310	47	92	13	1	1	26	7	6	24	18	.297	.349	.355	.704	110		2	2	2
Dennis Littlejohn	66	281	239	33	68	11	5	5	34	5	2	34	52	.285	.370	.435	.805	104		2	0	6
Tom Heintzelman	69	293	246	30	60	13	1	5	29	4	1	41	51	.244	.353	.366	.719	90		2	1	3
Max Venable	38	175	150	27	46	5	4	0	11	17	6	24	20	.307	.406	.393	.799	59		1	0	0
Rick Sanderlin	50	172	156	24	41	8	2	1	14	5	0	12	14	.263	.326	.359	.685	56		3	0	1
Rick Bradley	63	233	198	26	38	10	0	2	19	0	1	31	36	.192	.300	.273	.573	54		1	0	3
Bob Kearney	38	137	124	11	17	2	1	2	10	0	0	13	20	.137	.219	.218	.437	27		0	0	0
Earnest Schmidt	24	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Ed Plank	53	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Don Carrithers	39	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Mike Rowland	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jeff Little	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Doug Schaefer	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1502	5428	4796	672	1304	218	68	49	605	122	63	528	674	.272	.344	.376	.721	1805	0	32	16	56	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rich Murray	1B	119	1043	86	26	114	.977	9.487
Guy Sularz	1B	28	243	17	3	16	.989	9.286
Tom Heintzelman	1B	3	36	5	1	2	.976	13.667
Greg Johnston	1B	1	10	2	0	0	1.000	12.000
Rick Bradley	1B	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000
Joe Strain	2B	75	169	238	15	47	.964	5.427
Mike Rex	2B	75	165	214	8	58	.979	5.053
Tom Heintzelman	3B	42	30	94	9	15	.932	2.952
Mike Rex	3B	37	33	69	12	10	.895	2.757
Guy Sularz	3B	32	23	56	7	11	.919	2.469
Dennis Littlejohn	C	62	299	48	2	5	.994	5.597	11
Rick Bradley	C	54	265	40	7	9	.978	5.648	6
Bob Kearney	C	35	183	27	7	2	.968	6.000	1
Casey Parsons	OF	141	232	12	3	3	.988	1.730
Chris Bourjos	OF	139	276	24	10	4	.968	2.158
Greg Johnston	OF	103	273	8	6	1	.979	2.728
Max Venable	OF	38	96	4	3	4	.971	2.632
Rick Sanderlin	OF	26	35	5	3	1	.930	1.538
Guy Sularz	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Bradley	OF	2	1	1	1	1	.667	1.000
Ed Plank	P	53	12	19	0	1	1.000	.585
Terry Cornutt	P	38	3	15	2	1	.900	.474
Don Carrithers	P	36	11	32	3	5	.935	1.194
Mike Rowland	P	30	13	30	4	0	.915	1.433
Jeff Little	P	28	5	19	2	1	.923	.857
Bill Bordley	P	27	11	27	0	1	1.000	1.407
Steve Cline	P	25	4	10	0	1	1.000	.560
Earnest Schmidt	P	24	21	11	2	0	.941	1.333
Randy Hammon	P	21	6	20	4	0	.867	1.238
Doug Schaefer	P	14	4	9	0	1	1.000	.929
Al Holland	P	13						.000
Kyle Hypes	P	10	0	5	1	1	.833	.500
Phil Nastu	P	7	2	5	1	0	.875	1.000
Rick Sanderlin	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mark Kuecker	SS	129	195	342	36	71	.937	4.163
Mike Rex	SS	14	20	54	3	5	.961	5.286
Guy Sularz	SS	10	17	19	4	2	.900	3.600
Totals		1495	3745	1567	185	393	.966	3.553	18	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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