1979 San Jose Missions Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 89-51
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Bob Didier (89-51)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: San Jose, California
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 71,320, Avg. 1,019

1979 San Jose Missions Roster

Playoffs - San Jose Missions 2 games, Visalia Oaks 1
Finals - San Jose Missions 3 games, Stockton Ports 2

The San Jose Missions of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 89 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Missions scored 804 runs and yielded 616 runs. Dave Henderson led San Jose with 27 home runs, and Jim Maler walloped 15 or more as well. Dave Edler drove in 104 runs. Miguel Negron paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .328 clip. Dave Smith and Ronald McGee topped the team with 15 wins each, while Dave Smith recorded a 2.65 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1979 San Jose Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jeff Byrd, John Hobbs, Vance McHenry, Bud Anderson, Dave Henderson, Rod Craig, Buddy Black, Jim Maler, Bob Stoddard, Orlando Mercado, Carlos Diaz and Dave Edler.

Bob Didier 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
Dave Smith	15	6	.714	2.65	42	19		3	0	4	156.0	125	65	46	5	62	2	113	7	1	13
Ronald McGee	15	6	.714	2.76	26	25		10	3	0	186.0	146	78	57	8	87	1	111	6	2	14
Jeff Byrd	12	6	.667	2.98	26	23		4	0	0	151.0	97	72	50	6	117	1	161	15	0	17
Doug Smith	11	7	.611	3.54	26	21		7	3	0	140.0	120	67	55	8	78	4	77	9	2	14
Bob Stoddard	7	5	.583	3.00	20	16		3	1	0	120.0	78	45	40	6	58	1	104	2	1	7
Bud Anderson	5	3	.625	3.86	9	8		1	0	0	49.0	49	23	21	2	17	0	47	3	0	3
Carlos Diaz	4	1	.800	6.38	26	0		0	0	3	24.0	26	18	17	1	13	1	36	0	1	1
Richard Naumann	3	3	.500	7.56	27	5		0	0	0	50.0	58	42	42	7	32	1	23	0	0	5
Steven Knight	3	5	.375	2.72	52	2		1	0	9	86.0	74	28	26	3	42	8	62	3	0	6
Michael Bainer	2	1	.667	6.84	17	1		0	0	1	25.0	30	19	19	2	20	1	19	0	0	6
Brian Harrison	1	1	.500	6.00	10	0		0	0	0	12.0	14	10	8	3	15	0	8	1	0	0
Christopher Krajewski					32						0.0
Tracy Harris					5						0.0									0
John Hobbs					23						0.0									1
Paul Givens					7						0.0
Gary Fiorante					10						0.0
Rudy Árias	0	0		36.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Black	0	1	.000	3.00	17	2		0	0	1	27.0	17	11	9	1	16	1	24	2	0	2
Alvin Edge	0	2	.000	9.00	6	2		0	0	0	10.0	14	11	10	1	8	0	10	1	0	3
Totals	78	47	.624	3.51	382	124	0	29	7	18	1037.0	852	493	404	54	567	21	795	49	8	91	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
Jim Maler	139	572	523	89	162	30	5	24	100	11	7	40	102	.310	.360	.524	.884	274		4	0	5
Miguel Negron	135	515	467	66	153	20	5	2	62	14	17	38	57	.328	.379	.405	.783	189		4	0	6
Dave Henderson	136	573	507	103	152	23	3	27	99	19	4	56	115	.300	.370	.517	.887	262		4	0	6
Dave Edler	138	605	508	101	152	28	7	14	104	42	13	72	89	.299	.386	.465	.850	236		7	6	12
Alfred Weston	137	620	522	110	150	15	6	4	45	66	25	81	36	.287	.383	.362	.745	189		2	12	3
Orlando Mercado	110	392	335	53	86	18	2	10	54	7	2	47	78	.257	.342	.412	.754	138		0	3	7
John Flammang	123	345	306	50	84	15	2	1	44	22	7	30	42	.275	.339	.346	.686	106		1	6	2
Ed Pebley	88	292	250	47	80	19	2	1	31	16	9	35	30	.320	.401	.424	.825	106		1	3	3
Rod Craig	64	285	238	51	75	7	5	3	27	35	9	39	25	.315	.409	.424	.833	101		0	6	2
Vance McHenry	107	367	307	44	65	6	2	2	30	21	13	40	63	.212	.313	.264	.577	81		6	12	2
Larry Patterson	70	185	161	14	51	8	0	2	34	3	1	23	32	.317	.400	.404	.804	65		0	0	1
David Nowland	77	146	125	21	31	6	1	0	15	4	3	12	30	.248	.322	.312	.634	39		3	3	3
Jeff Byrd	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1350	4898	4249	750	1241	195	40	90	645	260	110	513	699	.292	.369	.420	.789	1786	0	32	52	52	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Maler	1B	139	1260	75	17	111	.987	9.604
Larry Patterson	1B	5	15	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Orlando Mercado	1B	1	7	1	0	2	1.000	8.000
Alfred Weston	2B	132	269	347	24	79	.962	4.667
Ed Pebley	2B	9	18	20	0	8	1.000	4.222
Vance McHenry	2B	3	7	6	0	3	1.000	4.333
David Nowland	2B	2	3	4	0	1	1.000	3.500
Dave Edler	3B	135	111	309	29	26	.935	3.111
Ed Pebley	3B	5	1	9	0	1	1.000	2.000
David Nowland	3B	3	2	2	4	0	.500	1.333
Larry Patterson	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Orlando Mercado	C	99	622	70	17	4	.976	6.990	24
Larry Patterson	C	32	193	12	3	1	.986	6.406	4
Dave Henderson	OF	132	264	18	4	3	.986	2.136
John Flammang	OF	108	111	13	4	3	.969	1.148
Miguel Negron	OF	98	130	10	4	3	.972	1.429
Rod Craig	OF	45	54	1	2	0	.965	1.222
David Nowland	OF	43	32	1	1	0	.971	.767
Ed Pebley	OF	4	4	1	1	0	.833	1.250
Larry Patterson	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Steven Knight	P	52	5	10	2	0	.882	.288
Dave Smith	P	42	11	22	2	3	.943	.786
Christopher Krajewski	P	32						.000
Richard Naumann	P	27	3	11	2	0	.875	.519
Doug Smith	P	26	9	21	2	4	.938	1.154
Ronald McGee	P	26	9	43	8	4	.867	2.000
Carlos Diaz	P	26	1	4	0	0	1.000	.192
Jeff Byrd	P	26	8	32	3	2	.930	1.538
John Hobbs	P	23						.000
Bob Stoddard	P	20	1	19	4	1	.833	1.000
Buddy Black	P	17	2	7	0	0	1.000	.529
Michael Bainer	P	17	0	1	2	0	.333	.059
Brian Harrison	P	10	1	6	1	0	.875	.700
Gary Fiorante	P	10						.000
Bud Anderson	P	9	3	7	2	0	.833	1.111
Paul Givens	P	7						.000
Alvin Edge	P	6	2	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Tracy Harris	P	5						.000
Rudy Árias	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Vance McHenry	SS	100	156	305	25	54	.949	4.610
Ed Pebley	SS	35	47	77	12	11	.912	3.543
David Nowland	SS	24	31	56	4	18	.956	3.625
Totals		1539	3397	1521	179	343	.965	3.196	28	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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