1979 Stockton Ports Statistics
Team Record: 73-68
Finished 2nd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Lee Sigman (73-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Stockton, California
Ballpark: Billy Hebert Field
Attendance: 25,901, Avg. 367
Playoffs - Stockton Ports 2 games, Lodi Dodgers 0
Finals - San Jose Missions 3 games, Stockton Ports 2
The Stockton Ports of the California League ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Ports led the league with just 594 runs allowed. Stockton scored 654 runs. Eddie Brunson drove in 71 runs. John Skorochocki paced all regular batters by hitting .300. Dave LaPoint and Tony Torres topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Gerald Ako recorded a 2.87 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Dave LaPoint, Jaime Cocanower, Bob Skube, Barry Cort, Doug Loman, Steve Lake, Frank DiPino and David Green were all players from the 1979 Stockton Ports who played in the Majors during their careers.
Lee Sigman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Torres | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.25 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 183.0 | 149 | 77 | 66 | 8 | 93 | 0 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Dave LaPoint | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.15 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 180.0 | 144 | 74 | 63 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 208 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Gerald Ako | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.87 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 113.0 | 115 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Montgomery | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.90 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 147 | 66 | 56 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| David Curran | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.55 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 99.0 | 97 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Frank DiPino | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.45 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 92 | 45 | 38 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daryl Bailey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.79 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38.0 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Cort | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.34 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 66 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Nicholson | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.40 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 86.0 | 81 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 64 | 7 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Calvin Riggar | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 43 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jaime Cocanower | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.15 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78.0 | 73 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Steven Christison | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.88 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 51 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lee Sigman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Jenkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 68 | .518 | 3.58 | 292 | 141 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 20 | 1215.0 | 1118 | 594 | 483 | 51 | 558 | 21 | 888 | 25 | 8 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Brunson | 138 | 584 | 500 | 88 | 149 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 69 | 93 | .298 | .387 | .408 | .795 | 204 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Doug Loman | 138 | 593 | 521 | 76 | 144 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 81 | .276 | .358 | .405 | .762 | 211 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Skorochocki | 123 | 535 | 456 | 78 | 137 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 64 | 36 | .300 | .389 | .384 | .773 | 175 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| David Green | 136 | 551 | 500 | 68 | 131 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 20 | 8 | 42 | 95 | .262 | .317 | .378 | .695 | 189 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Franklin Thomas | 96 | 422 | 367 | 58 | 103 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 17 | 51 | 43 | .281 | .368 | .330 | .698 | 121 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steve Lake | 94 | 352 | 329 | 36 | 93 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 41 | .283 | .305 | .392 | .698 | 129 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Ivan Rodriguez | 128 | 486 | 434 | 47 | 92 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 92 | .212 | .284 | .260 | .544 | 113 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Don Valgardson | 98 | 392 | 352 | 37 | 88 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 85 | .250 | .316 | .369 | .686 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Richard Duran | 64 | 273 | 232 | 40 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 33 | .328 | .413 | .474 | .887 | 110 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Melvin Manning | 129 | 447 | 367 | 50 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 70 | 115 | .180 | .319 | .256 | .575 | 94 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Columbus Duncan | 71 | 293 | 254 | 35 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 62 | .201 | .297 | .350 | .647 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Terry Shoebridge | 59 | 216 | 174 | 19 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 28 | .270 | .405 | .287 | .692 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Russell Ramirez | 36 | 115 | 92 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 24 | .217 | .357 | .293 | .650 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Julio Cuarezma | 11 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .276 | .344 | .448 | .792 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Kingsolver | 8 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .105 | .414 | .158 | .572 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Skube | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1330 | 5326 | 4631 | 648 | 1208 | 177 | 56 | 54 | 572 | 144 | 63 | 586 | 841 | .261 | .346 | .358 | .704 | 1659 | 0 | 36 | 34 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Duran | 1B | 43 | 352 | 16 | 2 | 34 | .995 | 8.558 | ||||
| Don Valgardson | 1B | 42 | 378 | 22 | 5 | 23 | .988 | 9.524 | ||||
| John Skorochocki | 1B | 35 | 254 | 10 | 1 | 21 | .996 | 7.543 | ||||
| Columbus Duncan | 1B | 32 | 289 | 11 | 4 | 26 | .987 | 9.375 | ||||
| Eddie Brunson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Franklin Thomas | 2B | 94 | 195 | 233 | 14 | 44 | .968 | 4.553 | ||||
| John Skorochocki | 2B | 49 | 104 | 118 | 9 | 27 | .961 | 4.531 | ||||
| Julio Cuarezma | 2B | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 6 | .966 | 5.600 | ||||
| Melvin Manning | 3B | 125 | 94 | 249 | 35 | 24 | .907 | 2.744 | ||||
| John Skorochocki | 3B | 21 | 20 | 37 | 5 | 6 | .919 | 2.714 | ||||
| Julio Cuarezma | 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Franklin Thomas | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Russell Ramirez | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Columbus Duncan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Lake | C | 83 | 504 | 73 | 8 | 7 | .986 | 6.952 | 12 | |||
| Terry Shoebridge | C | 59 | 344 | 49 | 8 | 0 | .980 | 6.661 | 9 | |||
| Kurt Kingsolver | C | 8 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 6.125 | 0 | |||
| Richard Duran | C | 3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 5.667 | 1 | |||
| Doug Loman | OF | 136 | 258 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .968 | 1.985 | ||||
| David Green | OF | 134 | 282 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 2.164 | ||||
| Eddie Brunson | OF | 120 | 172 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .963 | 1.533 | ||||
| Russell Ramirez | OF | 28 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.357 | ||||
| John Skorochocki | OF | 10 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.700 | ||||
| Steve Lake | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Bob Skube | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gerald Ako | P | 54 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Richard Nicholson | P | 36 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Dave LaPoint | P | 27 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.296 | ||||
| Larry Montgomery | P | 26 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.269 | ||||
| Tony Torres | P | 25 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| David Curran | P | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .773 | ||||
| Daryl Bailey | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .409 | ||||
| Jaime Cocanower | P | 20 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 1 | .765 | 1.300 | ||||
| Steven Christison | P | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Frank DiPino | P | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Barry Cort | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .615 | ||||
| Calvin Riggar | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Jerry Jenkins | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lee Sigman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ivan Rodriguez | SS | 127 | 189 | 377 | 37 | 65 | .939 | 4.457 | ||||
| John Skorochocki | SS | 15 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 5 | .964 | 3.533 | ||||
| Julio Cuarezma | SS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Melvin Manning | SS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Franklin Thomas | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1480 | 3649 | 1481 | 188 | 306 | .965 | 3.466 | 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.
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