1979 Salem Pirates Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Jim Mahoney (54-82)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 43,036, Avg. 633
1979 Salem Pirates RosterTeam Record: 54-82
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Jim Mahoney (54-82)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 43,036, Avg. 633
The Salem Pirates of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Pirates plated 558 runs and yielded 645 runs, most in the league. Brent Hillenga paced Salem with 10 home runs Junior Ortiz drove in 66 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .283 average. Paulo DeLeon paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.7 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1979 Salem Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Farr, Junior Ortiz, Ron Wotus and Larry Demery.
Jim Mahoney 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulo DeLeon | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.70 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 124.0 | 107 | 58 | 51 | 14 | 45 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Frank Miloszewski | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.37 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 134.0 | 151 | 90 | 65 | 14 | 72 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Larry Nicholson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 94 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Philip Cyburt | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.97 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 107 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Burden | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.60 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45.0 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Calderon | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.62 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 87.0 | 89 | 43 | 35 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Douglas Britt | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.81 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 78.0 | 66 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Farr | 3 | 10 | .231 | 4.99 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 119.0 | 138 | 81 | 66 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Luis Jimenez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.68 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Rock | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.43 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 66 | 57 | 38 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Jim Parke | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.67 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Notarino | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.04 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.0 | 62 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Powell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.46 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Davis | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.25 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 64 | 43 | 28 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Marc Gelinas | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.79 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dean Rick | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Demery | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Angel Barez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Peterson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 82 | .397 | 4.04 | 318 | 136 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 1126.0 | 1191 | 645 | 506 | 92 | 499 | 17 | 794 | 34 | 7 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Federici | 128 | 525 | 474 | 56 | 125 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 26 | 6 | 39 | 46 | .264 | .317 | .321 | .638 | 152 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Junior Ortiz | 108 | 435 | 396 | 35 | 112 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 55 | .283 | .326 | .384 | .709 | 152 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Michael Barnes | 109 | 466 | 340 | 60 | 102 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 109 | 89 | .300 | .474 | .462 | .936 | 157 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||
| David Emala | 128 | 486 | 384 | 59 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 93 | 93 | .211 | .371 | .307 | .678 | 118 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Quade | 77 | 323 | 281 | 35 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 47 | .270 | .350 | .335 | .685 | 94 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Eduardo Mirabel | 99 | 370 | 329 | 35 | 76 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 93 | .231 | .303 | .356 | .659 | 117 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| John Macauley | 63 | 263 | 242 | 40 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 31 | .302 | .345 | .343 | .688 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Brent Hillenga | 103 | 412 | 324 | 37 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 62 | .222 | .361 | .373 | .735 | 121 | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | 94 | 328 | 280 | 47 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 38 | 52 | .221 | .316 | .243 | .559 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Wascar Reyes | 66 | 285 | 242 | 36 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 38 | 29 | .227 | .332 | .256 | .588 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William Waag | 62 | 233 | 215 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 31 | .251 | .306 | .349 | .655 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Kuvinka | 69 | 258 | 239 | 30 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 64 | .184 | .227 | .322 | .550 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Roger Wick | 55 | 178 | 154 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 38 | .214 | .307 | .318 | .625 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Olszak | 36 | 138 | 118 | 12 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | .237 | .343 | .424 | .767 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Aubin | 29 | 113 | 107 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 40 | .224 | .265 | .280 | .546 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wesley Hair | 21 | 88 | 81 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .185 | .239 | .222 | .461 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Wotus | 8 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .308 | .379 | .308 | .687 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Messmer | 13 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .098 | .196 | .098 | .293 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Nicely | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Miloszewski | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Calderon | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philip Cyburt | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Davis | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Gelinas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Faulconer | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Notarino | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Farr | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1411 | 5005 | 4296 | 557 | 1045 | 168 | 35 | 51 | 500 | 102 | 30 | 582 | 840 | .243 | .336 | .334 | .670 | 1436 | 0 | 36 | 52 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Hillenga | 1B | 71 | 609 | 43 | 7 | 54 | .989 | 9.183 | ||||
| Richard Federici | 1B | 63 | 534 | 35 | 3 | 43 | .995 | 9.032 | ||||
| Roger Wick | 1B | 5 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 7.000 | ||||
| Junior Ortiz | 1B | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Ron Wotus | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 13.000 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 2B | 78 | 170 | 225 | 14 | 49 | .966 | 5.064 | ||||
| Wascar Reyes | 2B | 58 | 107 | 135 | 20 | 19 | .924 | 4.172 | ||||
| Scott Kuvinka | 3B | 64 | 57 | 113 | 15 | 14 | .919 | 2.656 | ||||
| David Emala | 3B | 37 | 33 | 82 | 8 | 5 | .935 | 3.108 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 3B | 22 | 18 | 71 | 5 | 6 | .947 | 4.045 | ||||
| Ron Wotus | 3B | 7 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 3.714 | ||||
| James Messmer | 3B | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | 3B | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 2.000 | ||||
| Junior Ortiz | C | 102 | 625 | 84 | 17 | 12 | .977 | 6.951 | 17 | |||
| Roger Wick | C | 37 | 190 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 5.757 | 10 | |||
| Scott Kuvinka | C | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
| Bienvenido DeLaRosa | OF | 84 | 139 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .926 | 1.798 | ||||
| Mike Quade | OF | 77 | 184 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.506 | ||||
| David Emala | OF | 72 | 87 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .940 | 1.306 | ||||
| Richard Federici | OF | 64 | 107 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .959 | 1.812 | ||||
| Thomas Olszak | OF | 29 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.552 | ||||
| Eduardo Mirabel | OF | 28 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .800 | 1.286 | ||||
| Brent Hillenga | OF | 28 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Jerry Aubin | OF | 24 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .930 | 2.208 | ||||
| Wesley Hair | OF | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Junior Ortiz | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Charles Faulconer | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Anthony Nicely | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Wick | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Britt | P | 35 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .657 | ||||
| Jose Calderon | P | 32 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .469 | ||||
| John Burden | P | 28 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .536 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 26 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.192 | ||||
| Paulo DeLeon | P | 26 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Frank Miloszewski | P | 25 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .898 | 1.760 | ||||
| Luis Jimenez | P | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .053 | ||||
| Philip Cyburt | P | 18 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.556 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Larry Nicholson | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Anthony Notarino | P | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Robert Davis | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jim Parke | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Powell | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Marc Gelinas | P | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Rick Peterson | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Demery | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Angel Barez | P | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dean Rick | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Macauley | SS | 63 | 104 | 180 | 25 | 29 | .919 | 4.508 | ||||
| William Waag | SS | 62 | 85 | 187 | 14 | 39 | .951 | 4.387 | ||||
| David Emala | SS | 12 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 4 | .804 | 3.750 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1437 | 3380 | 1516 | 224 | 297 | .956 | 3.407 | 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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