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