1979 Shreveport Captains Statistics
Team Record: 73-62
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Andy Gilbert (73-62)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 47,333, Avg. 701
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Shreveport Captains 0
The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Captains tallied 579 runs and surrendered 494 runs. Steve Wilkins paced Shreveport with 21 home runs, while Jose Barrios walloped 15 or more, too. Jose Barrios drove in 84 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Bob Tufts led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Shreveport Captains who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Runnells, Max Venable, Mark Calvert, Jeff Ransom, Bob Kearney, Gorman Heimueller, Bob Brenly, Fred Breining, Alan Hargesheimer, Bob Tufts and Jose Barrios.
Andy Gilbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tufts | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.45 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 176.0 | 175 | 60 | 48 | 10 | 69 | 5 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Mendoza | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.15 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 85 | 37 | 34 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mike Glinatsis | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.93 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 167.0 | 162 | 81 | 73 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Scott Budner | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.00 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 162.0 | 148 | 67 | 54 | 11 | 61 | 3 | 110 | 7 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Steve Cline | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.54 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Tucker | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.59 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 73.0 | 67 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alan Hargesheimer | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.53 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 141.0 | 165 | 96 | 71 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Fred Breining | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 50 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gorman Heimueller | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.88 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 58 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pat Roy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.93 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 43.0 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.92 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Calvert | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.30 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 56 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Earnest Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 62 | .541 | 3.28 | 258 | 135 | 0 | 56 | 11 | 15 | 1107.0 | 1074 | 494 | 403 | 67 | 467 | 23 | 611 | 37 | 11 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Barrios | 118 | 454 | 410 | 56 | 133 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 83 | .324 | .373 | .512 | .885 | 210 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Craig Landis | 126 | 516 | 436 | 66 | 132 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 58 | .303 | .399 | .424 | .823 | 185 | 12 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ken Barton | 129 | 534 | 460 | 62 | 119 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 37 | .259 | .344 | .383 | .727 | 176 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Howard Mitchell | 121 | 483 | 405 | 65 | 113 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 50 | .279 | .375 | .373 | .748 | 151 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Tom Runnells | 128 | 494 | 435 | 45 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 55 | .234 | .303 | .294 | .597 | 128 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Steve Wilkins | 117 | 430 | 337 | 59 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 86 | .297 | .440 | .543 | .983 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mark Woodbrey | 106 | 445 | 378 | 67 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 66 | .254 | .352 | .347 | .699 | 131 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Pechek | 92 | 328 | 267 | 50 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 28 | .311 | .431 | .360 | .790 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Kearney | 63 | 244 | 224 | 27 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .268 | .312 | .371 | .683 | 83 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Brenly | 64 | 214 | 193 | 33 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 38 | .295 | .364 | .487 | .852 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Ransom | 43 | 155 | 145 | 10 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .276 | .314 | .331 | .645 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Szymarek | 24 | 72 | 68 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .353 | .389 | .559 | .948 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Budner | 37 | 63 | 58 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .276 | .300 | .293 | .593 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Max Venable | 18 | 76 | 69 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .232 | .303 | .304 | .607 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Elrod | 38 | 121 | 103 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .155 | .254 | .214 | .468 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Cummings | 12 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .268 | .302 | .317 | .619 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gorman Heimueller | 29 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Tufts | 26 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .107 | .138 | .179 | .317 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mark Calvert | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Breining | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Hargesheimer | 25 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .083 | .214 | .167 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Hypes | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Cline | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tucker | 20 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .077 | .083 | .160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Scheetz | 11 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .045 | .160 | .045 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Roy | 40 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Glinatsis | 26 | 35 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .000 | .031 | .000 | .031 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Mendoza | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1481 | 4876 | 4210 | 579 | 1134 | 168 | 25 | 89 | 529 | 60 | 41 | 524 | 678 | .269 | .354 | .385 | .738 | 1619 | 0 | 46 | 59 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Barrios | 1B | 116 | 1071 | 62 | 15 | 113 | .987 | 9.767 | ||||
| Wayne Pechek | 1B | 12 | 102 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .981 | 8.833 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | 1B | 8 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 8.125 | ||||
| Steve Wilkins | 1B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ken Barton | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ken Barton | 2B | 126 | 294 | 344 | 26 | 87 | .961 | 5.063 | ||||
| Howard Mitchell | 2B | 11 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 5 | .902 | 4.182 | ||||
| James Wojcik | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Howard Mitchell | 3B | 89 | 65 | 215 | 19 | 24 | .936 | 3.146 | ||||
| James Elrod | 3B | 27 | 16 | 58 | 9 | 2 | .892 | 2.741 | ||||
| Steve Wilkins | 3B | 18 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .925 | 2.056 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | 3B | 16 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .907 | 2.438 | ||||
| Ken Barton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Kearney | C | 60 | 312 | 49 | 7 | 4 | .981 | 6.017 | 7 | |||
| Jeff Ransom | C | 32 | 140 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 4.875 | 4 | |||
| Bob Brenly | C | 26 | 114 | 18 | 1 | 6 | .992 | 5.077 | 4 | |||
| Bob Cummings | C | 12 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 6.167 | 4 | |||
| Michael Scheetz | C | 7 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 5.286 | 1 | |||
| Craig Landis | OF | 123 | 197 | 16 | 9 | 4 | .959 | 1.732 | ||||
| Mark Woodbrey | OF | 101 | 231 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 2.337 | ||||
| Steve Wilkins | OF | 85 | 129 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.576 | ||||
| Wayne Pechek | OF | 55 | 86 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .957 | 1.636 | ||||
| Max Venable | OF | 18 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Paul Szymarek | OF | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Bob Brenly | OF | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Scott Budner | OF | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Pat Roy | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gorman Heimueller | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Pat Roy | P | 38 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Gorman Heimueller | P | 27 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .778 | ||||
| Bob Tufts | P | 26 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.308 | ||||
| Mike Glinatsis | P | 26 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 1.500 | ||||
| Alan Hargesheimer | P | 24 | 10 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .936 | 1.833 | ||||
| Scott Budner | P | 24 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Mendoza | P | 21 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Mike Tucker | P | 20 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.350 | ||||
| Steve Cline | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kyle Hypes | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Fred Breining | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mark Calvert | P | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Earnest Schmidt | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Tom Runnells | SS | 125 | 190 | 413 | 19 | 79 | .969 | 4.824 | ||||
| Howard Mitchell | SS | 11 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.182 | ||||
| Totals | 1381 | 3322 | 1568 | 149 | 383 | .970 | 3.541 | 20 | 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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