1979 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 64-71
Finished 4th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Sonny Ruberto (64-71)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 157,669, Avg. 2,336
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 64 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals tallied 489 runs and allowed 500 runs. George Bjorkman and Kelly Paris each drove in 53 runs. Raymond Rivas led all regular hitters by hitting .334. Andy Rincon and David Jorn topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Andy Rincon recorded a 3.36 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ralph Citarella, Jim Otten, Bob Sykes, Luis DeLeón, Jim Gott, Al Olmsted, John Stuper, George Bjorkman, Kelly Paris and Andy Rincon.
Sonny Ruberto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Rincon | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.36 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 158.0 | 153 | 74 | 59 | 4 | 66 | 7 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||
| David Jorn | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.78 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 143.0 | 164 | 72 | 60 | 7 | 42 | 6 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.47 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 92.0 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.23 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 101.0 | 91 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kerry Burchett | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.47 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 205 | 81 | 71 | 5 | 38 | 5 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||
| David Jones | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.10 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93.0 | 86 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark David | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.86 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63.0 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Gadowski | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.77 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 79 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Stuper | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.71 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.0 | 84 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Jim Otten | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Murphy | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sherman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.70 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Morton | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.29 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 39 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ralph Citarella | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rafael Colon | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Sykes | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Gott | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 64 | 71 | .474 | 3.24 | 346 | 137 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 1157.0 | 1142 | 500 | 416 | 32 | 459 | 47 | 686 | 57 | 6 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Rivas | 126 | 508 | 434 | 59 | 145 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 27 | .334 | .422 | .392 | .813 | 170 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Felipe Zayas | 120 | 500 | 447 | 42 | 116 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 71 | .260 | .327 | .336 | .662 | 150 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Kelly Paris | 118 | 444 | 388 | 52 | 110 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 40 | 39 | .284 | .350 | .353 | .703 | 137 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 103 | 411 | 351 | 43 | 98 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 36 | .279 | .366 | .316 | .682 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| George Bjorkman | 118 | 472 | 384 | 56 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 82 | .247 | .374 | .383 | .756 | 147 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| LeRoy Grossini | 122 | 444 | 372 | 41 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 55 | 58 | .185 | .292 | .212 | .504 | 79 | 2 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Michael Wolters | 91 | 312 | 255 | 45 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 37 | .247 | .377 | .322 | .699 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Toothman | 101 | 313 | 281 | 20 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 57 | .224 | .291 | .270 | .562 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| James McIntyre | 93 | 313 | 277 | 27 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 78 | .217 | .294 | .267 | .562 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John DelMonte | 69 | 250 | 215 | 19 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 47 | .242 | .344 | .316 | .660 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Cirbo | 72 | 236 | 206 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 23 | .209 | .270 | .277 | .546 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Mark Bumstead | 72 | 233 | 198 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 46 | .162 | .275 | .192 | .467 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Keith Spreckels | 37 | 143 | 119 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 28 | .235 | .331 | .336 | .667 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Calise | 25 | 101 | 88 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 21 | .239 | .337 | .307 | .643 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Howell | 25 | 70 | 63 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 24 | .222 | .300 | .254 | .554 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Witt | 28 | 98 | 88 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 25 | .148 | .216 | .193 | .410 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jose Cazares | 18 | 39 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .105 | .128 | .105 | .233 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Burchett | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Silver | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Jones | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Jorn | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Gadowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caraballo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stuper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sherman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1358 | 4932 | 4242 | 489 | 1032 | 160 | 20 | 23 | 405 | 111 | 93 | 565 | 719 | .243 | .334 | .307 | .640 | 1301 | 0 | 30 | 54 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Toothman | 1B | 85 | 726 | 36 | 5 | 61 | .993 | 8.965 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 1B | 33 | 212 | 22 | 1 | 22 | .996 | 7.091 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | 1B | 33 | 265 | 18 | 1 | 36 | .996 | 8.576 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Raymond Rivas | 2B | 112 | 251 | 306 | 21 | 79 | .964 | 4.973 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 2B | 32 | 57 | 104 | 5 | 21 | .970 | 5.031 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | 2B | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kelly Paris | 3B | 87 | 79 | 207 | 29 | 24 | .908 | 3.287 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 3B | 36 | 20 | 66 | 6 | 4 | .935 | 2.389 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | 3B | 17 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
| Mike Calise | 3B | 11 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.636 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | C | 100 | 556 | 67 | 14 | 7 | .978 | 6.230 | 12 | |||
| Dennis Cirbo | C | 38 | 203 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 5.921 | 7 | |||
| Jose Caraballo | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Felipe Zayas | OF | 103 | 130 | 22 | 8 | 3 | .950 | 1.476 | ||||
| James McIntyre | OF | 91 | 161 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 1.846 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 76 | 134 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .967 | 1.921 | ||||
| John DelMonte | OF | 67 | 146 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 2.224 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | OF | 34 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 2.059 | ||||
| Harold Witt | OF | 27 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.852 | ||||
| Randy Howell | OF | 20 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.200 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Mike Calise | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis DeLeón | P | 59 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .186 | ||||
| John Stuper | P | 42 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .381 | ||||
| Mark David | P | 39 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .564 | ||||
| Steven Sherman | P | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Kerry Burchett | P | 27 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 25 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.160 | ||||
| David Jorn | P | 24 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Al Olmsted | P | 23 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 1.174 | ||||
| David Jones | P | 23 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .739 | ||||
| Dennis Gadowski | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Dennis Morton | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Ralph Citarella | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Bob Sykes | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Jim Gott | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Murphy | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rafael Colon | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Otten | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | SS | 121 | 223 | 363 | 26 | 798 | .958 | 4.843 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | SS | 13 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .943 | 3.846 | ||||
| Mark Bumstead | SS | 7 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1510 | 3478 | 1524 | 158 | 1088 | .969 | 3.313 | 19 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
