1979 Peninsula Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Ron Clark (68-68)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 44,050, Avg. 648
The Peninsula Pilots of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Pilots scored 605 runs and allowed 572 runs. Greg Walker and Steve Curry paced Peninsula with 10 home runs apiece. Tom Lombarski drove in 70 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Thomas Hart led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.22 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Peninsula Pilots who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Greg Walker, Wil Culmer, Bob Dernier and Cliff Speck.
Ron Clark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hart | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.22 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 162.0 | 115 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Ernest Gause | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.94 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 156.0 | 148 | 70 | 51 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Oscar Acosta | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.04 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 147 | 67 | 55 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Daryl Adams | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.53 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 137.0 | 156 | 81 | 69 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Cliff Speck | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.81 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 77.0 | 65 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Philip Teston | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.28 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74.0 | 61 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Marcos Gonzalez | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.00 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84.0 | 95 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| James Lasek | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.07 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 83 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gregory Moore | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.78 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 113 | 76 | 61 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Norman Shiera | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.69 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Armand Abreu | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.25 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.0 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Martinez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Fusari | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.40 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.0 | 62 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 68 | .500 | 3.53 | 296 | 136 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 1142.0 | 1109 | 572 | 448 | 48 | 488 | 27 | 727 | 37 | 8 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dernier | 135 | 592 | 491 | 102 | 143 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 77 | 10 | 80 | 58 | .291 | .393 | .363 | .756 | 178 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Tom Lombarski | 118 | 489 | 434 | 64 | 133 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 60 | .306 | .380 | .396 | .776 | 172 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Manuel McDonald | 134 | 489 | 466 | 52 | 128 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 35 | .275 | .300 | .335 | .635 | 156 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Greg Walker | 122 | 499 | 446 | 59 | 125 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 92 | .280 | .343 | .426 | .770 | 190 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Williams | 123 | 504 | 460 | 50 | 108 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 73 | .235 | .294 | .309 | .603 | 142 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Steve Curry | 119 | 478 | 389 | 68 | 104 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 82 | 73 | .267 | .392 | .429 | .821 | 167 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Mike Ibarra | 92 | 332 | 310 | 33 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 55 | .258 | .297 | .358 | .655 | 111 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steven Swain | 84 | 304 | 273 | 36 | 78 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 63 | .286 | .352 | .381 | .733 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pace | 87 | 322 | 276 | 43 | 70 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 36 | 66 | .254 | .344 | .333 | .677 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| José Castro | 66 | 269 | 245 | 37 | 67 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .273 | .333 | .424 | .758 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Ballard | 78 | 289 | 259 | 27 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 36 | .236 | .300 | .301 | .601 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Colin Sullivan | 65 | 229 | 196 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 51 | .189 | .280 | .281 | .561 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Wil Culmer | 33 | 124 | 107 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 50 | .150 | .242 | .159 | .401 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Smith | 17 | 67 | 53 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .132 | .313 | .151 | .464 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Teston | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Fusari | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1341 | 4991 | 4409 | 604 | 1157 | 174 | 45 | 51 | 521 | 153 | 37 | 477 | 745 | .262 | .337 | .357 | .694 | 1574 | 0 | 29 | 49 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Walker | 1B | 113 | 973 | 53 | 19 | 80 | .982 | 9.080 | ||||
| Steven Swain | 1B | 17 | 165 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .982 | 9.882 | ||||
| Tom Lombarski | 1B | 7 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .966 | 8.143 | ||||
| Steve Curry | 2B | 108 | 223 | 327 | 22 | 74 | .962 | 5.093 | ||||
| José Castro | 2B | 18 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 7 | .978 | 4.833 | ||||
| Ronald Smith | 2B | 12 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 4.333 | ||||
| Tom Lombarski | 3B | 79 | 58 | 158 | 20 | 15 | .915 | 2.734 | ||||
| José Castro | 3B | 36 | 20 | 72 | 4 | 3 | .958 | 2.556 | ||||
| Bob Dernier | 3B | 14 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 2.214 | ||||
| Manuel McDonald | 3B | 9 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 3.222 | ||||
| Mike Ibarra | C | 78 | 408 | 57 | 14 | 3 | .971 | 5.962 | 14 | |||
| Glenn Ballard | C | 60 | 364 | 39 | 11 | 6 | .973 | 6.717 | 7 | |||
| Wayne Williams | OF | 123 | 202 | 20 | 19 | 6 | .921 | 1.805 | ||||
| Bob Dernier | OF | 121 | 315 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .976 | 2.669 | ||||
| Michael Pace | OF | 69 | 101 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .938 | 1.522 | ||||
| Colin Sullivan | OF | 58 | 97 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .931 | 1.862 | ||||
| Steven Swain | OF | 33 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Wil Culmer | OF | 22 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .875 | 2.227 | ||||
| Philip Teston | P | 43 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .349 | ||||
| Marcos Gonzalez | P | 33 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .515 | ||||
| Armand Abreu | P | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .296 | ||||
| Cliff Speck | P | 26 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .731 | ||||
| Daryl Adams | P | 25 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ernest Gause | P | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Fusari | P | 24 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .708 | ||||
| Thomas Hart | P | 23 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Oscar Acosta | P | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .913 | ||||
| Gregory Moore | P | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| James Lasek | P | 17 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.941 | ||||
| Norman Shiera | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Ronald Martinez | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Manuel McDonald | SS | 125 | 194 | 399 | 33 | 70 | .947 | 4.744 | ||||
| Ronald Smith | SS | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Steve Curry | SS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1404 | 3427 | 1454 | 205 | 299 | .960 | 3.476 | 21 | 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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