1979 Quad Cities Cubs Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-56
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jim Napier (77-56)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 89,256, Avg. 1,342

1979 Quad Cities Cubs Roster

Playoffs - Quad Cities Cubs 2 games, Clinton Dodgers 1
Finals - Quad Cities Cubs 2 games, Waterloo Indians 1

The Quad Cities Cubs of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 77 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Cubs scored 665 runs and allowed 570 runs. Joe Hicks paced Quad Cities with 13 home runs and recorded 74 runs batted in. Mark Gilbert led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Randy Clark topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.53 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Dave Owen and Mark Gilbert both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Jim Napier 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
Randy Clark	16	5	.762	2.53	24	24		9	2	0	171.0	144	64	48	4	63	2	86	0	0	9
Steven Viskas	14	6	.700	2.74	25	24		6	3	0	161.0	120	59	49	4	66	1	135	4	1	9
Thomas Spino	9	9	.500	3.17	28	23		6	1	1	162.0	141	74	57	9	81	3	102	4	3	10
Robert Madden	8	6	.571	3.95	23	19		2	0	0	107.0	70	56	47	5	97	0	81	9	0	5
Mike Wright	8	7	.533	4.87	25	21		1	1	1	122.0	112	79	66	8	88	0	119	5	3	15
Richard McClure	7	2	.778	2.73	49	0		0	0	14	66.0	52	28	20	2	37	5	61	1	0	11
John Bargfeldt	4	2	.667	4.41	25	1		1	1	2	49.0	47	30	24	2	34	4	39	5	0	3
Norm Churchill	4	3	.571	4.50	20	4		0	0	1	48.0	55	35	24	2	21	0	39	3	0	3
Joe McClain	3	5	.375	3.81	30	14		3	0	3	104.0	95	61	44	5	62	5	80	4	1	9
Joey Cole	2	0	1.000	9.50	10	0		0	0	0	18.0	24	20	19	1	15	0	13	1	0	5
Eddie Moore	2	4	.333	4.72	28	1		0	0	1	61.0	71	38	32	3	34	2	52	3	0	5
Thomas Morris	0	7	.000	3.93	20	3		1	0	1	55.0	52	26	24	2	19	3	34	0	1	3
Totals	77	56	.579	3.64	307	134	0	29	8	24	1124.0	983	570	454	47	617	25	841	39	9	87	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
Joe Hicks	132	550	461	78	138	23	5	13	74	24	6	75	77	.299	.398	.456	.854	210		4	5	5
Mark Gilbert	117	487	407	80	128	12	7	0	55	50	22	65	51	.314	.416	.378	.795	154		8	4	3
Craig Kornfeld	123	524	459	78	119	18	5	1	44	41	11	51	40	.259	.335	.327	.662	150		3	8	3
James Mitchell	116	437	347	54	100	16	0	1	64	19	4	82	39	.288	.420	.343	.763	119		1	1	6
Tex Morgan	115	446	357	68	84	8	5	3	28	30	9	79	82	.235	.380	.311	.690	111		4	6	0
Hal Kizer	75	322	273	38	80	14	5	1	48	11	2	33	42	.293	.362	.392	.754	107		2	4	10
Gordy Hodgson	102	350	296	42	72	11	7	1	38	7	2	47	62	.243	.349	.338	.686	100		3	0	4
Wayne Rohlfing	81	269	242	35	67	13	2	6	42	3	2	19	70	.277	.328	.421	.750	102		2	1	5
Edwin Mohr	106	386	330	36	61	15	0	1	34	2	7	39	78	.185	.271	.239	.510	79		1	13	3
Michael Shepston	72	239	192	30	42	6	1	2	25	3	3	43	32	.219	.366	.292	.657	56		2	1	1
James Messmer	47	176	153	17	38	3	0	0	17	3	2	18	23	.248	.333	.268	.601	41		2	2	1
Andrew Walker	63	181	155	25	36	2	2	1	16	9	4	20	32	.232	.318	.290	.609	45		1	2	3
Ted Trevino	40	155	137	19	33	6	0	4	20	3	0	18	29	.241	.329	.372	.701	51		0	0	0
Ted May	58	213	157	28	33	11	0	6	35	4	3	50	51	.210	.405	.395	.800	62		2	3	1
Dave Owen	45	170	129	23	18	3	0	0	4	14	2	38	25	.140	.335	.163	.498	21		0	3	0
Charlie Godley	13	39	30	3	8	2	0	0	2	3	0	7	4	.267	.405	.333	.739	10		0	2	0
Tim Carroll	19	54	44	8	8	1	0	0	6	3	0	8	12	.182	.308	.205	.512	9		0	2	0
Jerome Ahlert	5	14	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	.273	.429	.273	.701	3		1	0	0
John Bargfeldt	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Eddie Moore	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	1	0
Thomas Spino	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	1	0
Totals	1337	5020	4184	666	1071	164	39	40	553	230	79	696	752	.256	.363	.342	.706	1433	0	36	59	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Hicks	1B	130	1180	78	26	97	.980	9.677
Gordy Hodgson	1B	6	47	1	0	2	1.000	8.000
Craig Kornfeld	2B	116	267	286	29	61	.950	4.767
James Messmer	2B	17	38	43	6	9	.931	4.765
Jerome Ahlert	2B	5	7	2	1	2	.900	1.800
Hal Kizer	2B	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.000
James Mitchell	3B	111	79	230	22	21	.934	2.784
James Messmer	3B	24	14	37	8	3	.864	2.125
Wayne Rohlfing	3B	19	8	26	2	1	.944	1.789
Andrew Walker	3B	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Michael Shepston	C	70	443	61	4	9	.992	7.200	6
Ted May	C	38	210	25	3	3	.987	6.184	9
Ted Trevino	C	35	221	25	3	1	.988	7.029	6
Joe Hicks	C	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	4
Tex Morgan	OF	114	192	7	9	3	.957	1.746
Mark Gilbert	OF	114	198	3	5	2	.976	1.763
Edwin Mohr	OF	104	149	7	5	1	.969	1.500
Gordy Hodgson	OF	54	47	5	3	0	.945	.963
Andrew Walker	OF	25	17	1	2	0	.900	.720
Charlie Godley	OF	13	10	0	0	0	1.000	.769
Tim Carroll	OF	10	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Wayne Rohlfing	OF	5	7	1	1	1	.889	1.600
Richard McClure	P	49	2	6	3	1	.727	.163
Joe McClain	P	30	4	15	4	2	.826	.633
Thomas Spino	P	28	10	43	3	3	.946	1.893
Eddie Moore	P	28	6	13	0	0	1.000	.679
Mike Wright	P	25	3	11	3	1	.824	.560
Steven Viskas	P	25	8	18	1	1	.963	1.040
John Bargfeldt	P	25	3	8	1	1	.917	.440
Randy Clark	P	24	11	40	4	3	.927	2.125
Robert Madden	P	23	2	21	2	2	.920	1.000
Thomas Morris	P	20	3	22	0	0	1.000	1.250
Norm Churchill	P	20	3	11	1	2	.933	.700
Joey Cole	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Hal Kizer	SS	72	89	227	19	35	.943	4.389
Dave Owen	SS	45	56	139	11	25	.947	4.333
Andrew Walker	SS	12	6	26	6	2	.842	2.667
James Messmer	SS	6	6	18	4	4	.857	4.000
Craig Kornfeld	SS	4	9	15	4	4	.857	6.000
James Mitchell	SS	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Totals		1462	3376	1478	196	302	.961	3.320	25	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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