1979 Quad Cities Cubs Statistics
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
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.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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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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