1979 San Antonio Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 69-62
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Don LeJohn (69-62)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: V.J. Keefe Stadium
Attendance: 63,990, Avg. 977
Playoffs - San Antonio Dodgers 2 games, Midland Cubs 1
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 3 games, San Antonio Dodgers 0
The San Antonio Dodgers of the Texas League ended the 1979 season with a record of 69 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Dodgers scored 630 runs and surrendered 594 runs. Mike Zouras led San Antonio with 21 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Gary Weiss paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .321 clip. Doug Harrison and Mark Nipp topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Rusty McDonald registered a 3.05 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1979 San Antonio Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gary Weiss, Brian Holton, Steve Shirley, Myron White, Steve Howe, Ron Roenicke, Don Crow, Tack Wilson, Leo Hernández, Mark Bradley and Ted Power.
Don LeJohn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Nipp | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.14 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 150 | 71 | 54 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Doug Harrison | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.33 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 160.0 | 155 | 85 | 77 | 7 | 95 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rusty McDonald | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.05 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 121.0 | 123 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Richard Goulding | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.98 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 147.0 | 147 | 76 | 65 | 16 | 52 | 4 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Steve Howe | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.13 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 78 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Lashley | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.39 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 69.0 | 66 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 42 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Ted Power | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 69 | 44 | 37 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Richard Sander | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 42 | 31 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Steve Shirley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.06 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brian Holton | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.71 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 50 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brian Baldwin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.84 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 48 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Brian Hayes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Augie Ruiz | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.62 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 32 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Albert | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Nobles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Bain | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.62 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 61 | .527 | 4.00 | 258 | 131 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 15 | 1098.0 | 1093 | 584 | 488 | 82 | 555 | 26 | 651 | 28 | 7 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tack Wilson | 130 | 594 | 492 | 105 | 155 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 56 | 24 | 82 | 42 | .315 | .419 | .435 | .854 | 214 | 7 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Gary Weiss | 125 | 549 | 455 | 82 | 146 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 28 | 9 | 76 | 81 | .321 | .418 | .451 | .868 | 205 | 2 | 13 | 3 | ||
| Ron Roenicke | 130 | 573 | 464 | 82 | 140 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 69 | 47 | 15 | 99 | 77 | .302 | .424 | .463 | .888 | 215 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ed Santos | 107 | 428 | 396 | 60 | 126 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 57 | .318 | .359 | .500 | .859 | 198 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mike Zouras | 127 | 510 | 446 | 65 | 108 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 117 | .242 | .334 | .453 | .787 | 202 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Bradley | 98 | 405 | 328 | 46 | 95 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 55 | 23 | 8 | 63 | 79 | .290 | .400 | .442 | .843 | 145 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Larry Fobbs | 121 | 479 | 392 | 53 | 93 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 14 | 10 | 78 | 43 | .237 | .362 | .370 | .731 | 145 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| John Shoemaker | 60 | 219 | 192 | 31 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | .245 | .324 | .266 | .590 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Del Vecchio | 64 | 202 | 179 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 23 | .223 | .282 | .279 | .561 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Myron White | 31 | 136 | 128 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .297 | .333 | .523 | .857 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Crow | 55 | 198 | 177 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 23 | .192 | .258 | .249 | .506 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Leo Hernández | 36 | 136 | 128 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .250 | .294 | .352 | .646 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hilario Soriano | 37 | 127 | 115 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .243 | .285 | .296 | .580 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| David Richards | 21 | 76 | 71 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .239 | .280 | .296 | .576 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Lanning | 23 | 86 | 79 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .203 | .259 | .253 | .512 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Baez | 23 | 91 | 82 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .195 | .267 | .280 | .547 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rusty McDonald | 29 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Lashley | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sander | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Howe | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Goulding | 25 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Nipp | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Harrison | 24 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Augie Ruiz | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Holton | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Hayes | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Power | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Baldwin | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Shirley | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1431 | 4891 | 4199 | 630 | 1140 | 213 | 31 | 91 | 544 | 197 | 77 | 567 | 659 | .271 | .360 | .402 | .762 | 1688 | 0 | 28 | 73 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Zouras | 1B | 65 | 558 | 41 | 9 | 56 | .985 | 9.215 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 1B | 52 | 443 | 30 | 2 | 44 | .996 | 9.096 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | 1B | 18 | 154 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .988 | 9.000 | ||||
| Larry Fobbs | 2B | 119 | 244 | 296 | 29 | 70 | .949 | 4.538 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | 2B | 14 | 23 | 36 | 1 | 7 | .983 | 4.214 | ||||
| Mike Zouras | 3B | 58 | 52 | 121 | 28 | 11 | .861 | 2.983 | ||||
| Leo Hernández | 3B | 33 | 19 | 51 | 8 | 3 | .897 | 2.121 | ||||
| David Lanning | 3B | 23 | 19 | 55 | 4 | 5 | .949 | 3.217 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | 3B | 19 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 2.158 | ||||
| John Shoemaker | 3B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Don Crow | C | 55 | 269 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 5.600 | 9 | |||
| Hilario Soriano | C | 36 | 202 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 6.306 | 9 | |||
| Jessie Baez | C | 23 | 139 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 7.304 | 3 | |||
| David Richards | C | 21 | 106 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .948 | 6.048 | 1 | |||
| Tack Wilson | OF | 116 | 243 | 9 | 7 | 8 | .973 | 2.172 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | OF | 108 | 272 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 2.611 | ||||
| Mark Bradley | OF | 94 | 163 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .961 | 1.840 | ||||
| Ed Santos | OF | 46 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.935 | ||||
| Myron White | OF | 31 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.742 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mickey Lashley | P | 42 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .238 | ||||
| Rusty McDonald | P | 29 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .844 | .931 | ||||
| Richard Goulding | P | 25 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.160 | ||||
| Mark Nipp | P | 24 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.292 | ||||
| Doug Harrison | P | 24 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.458 | ||||
| Richard Sander | P | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Steve Shirley | P | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Augie Ruiz | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Steve Howe | P | 13 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Brian Holton | P | 13 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Brian Hayes | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ted Power | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Brian Baldwin | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff Albert | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Bain | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| James Nobles | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Weiss | SS | 125 | 220 | 410 | 35 | 83 | .947 | 5.040 | ||||
| James Del Vecchio | SS | 10 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1329 | 3328 | 1427 | 185 | 325 | .963 | 3.578 | 22 | 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.
