1979 Springfield Redbirds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 73-63
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Hal Lanier (73-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 94,910, Avg. 1,396

1979 Springfield Redbirds Roster

The Springfield Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1979 season with a record of 73 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Redbirds plated 688 runs and allowed 680 runs. Leon Durham paced Springfield with 23 home runs, while Jim Lentine walloped 15 or more, too. Leon Durham drove in 88 runs. Keith Smith led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .350 average. Dan O'Brien topped the squad with 10 wins, and John Urrea recorded a 3.52 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Will McEnaney, John Urrea, Leon Durham, Jim Otten, Tito Landrum, Neil Fiala, John Fulgham, Roy Thomas, Roger Freed, Kim Seaman, John Littlefield, Ryan Kurosaki, Hal Lanier, Bob Sykes, Dan O'Brien, Tom Herr, Tom Bruno, Greg Terlecky, Mike Dimmel, Joe Edelen, Jim Lentine, Keith Smith, Mike Ramsey, Manny Castillo, Terry Kennedy, George Frazier and Glenn Brummer were all players from the 1979 Springfield Redbirds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hal Lanier 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
Dan O'Brien	10	5	.667	4.44	22	21		6	2	0	142.0	156	78	70	22	42	2	83	6	1	3
Greg Terlecky	9	5	.643	5.56	20	19		2	0	0	115.0	150	83	71	14	44	4	53	4	1	6
John Urrea	8	5	.615	3.52	20	17		3	0	2	128.0	115	60	50	8	58	5	64	6	1	9
Kim Seaman	7	4	.636	5.72	31	11		0	0	2	85.0	101	61	54	14	64	3	61	1	0	7
John Fulgham	6	3	.667	3.16	11	11		5	1	0	77.0	61	31	27	7	25	1	50	2	1	0
John Littlefield	6	5	.545	2.93	29	0		0	0	10	46.0	41	15	15	1	8	4	25	1	0	0
Jim Otten	5	5	.500	4.21	33	3		3	0	8	77.0	70	39	36	6	46	5	62	5	1	4
Roy Thomas	5	6	.455	5.84	17	9		1	0	3	74.0	79	55	48	11	31	2	85	2	1	3
Tom Chamberlain	4	4	.500	4.78	12	12		3	1	0	81.0	74	45	43	9	35	0	40	7	1	1
Joe Edelen	4	7	.364	6.72	13	13		1	0	0	67.0	88	53	50	8	34	2	39	5	1	3
Ryan Kurosaki	3	5	.375	6.07	35	3		0	0	2	89.0	102	66	60	10	37	4	46	3	1	1
Tom Bruno	3	6	.333	4.42	11	10		3	0	0	57.0	58	36	28	10	19	3	35	1	2	1
Hector Eduardo	2	1	.667	4.14	6	6		1	0	0	37.0	33	18	17	3	20	0	29	2	0	2
George Frazier	1	2	.333	2.41	24	0		0	0	6	56.0	40	17	15	7	23	5	56	1	0	0
Will McEnaney	0	0		2.08	7	0		0	0	1	13.0	9	5	3	3	2	0	5	0	0	0
Joe Hamende	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0	0	9.0	13	6	6	0	6	0	4	1	0	0
Bob Sykes	0	0		16.20	4	1		0	0	0	5.0	13	12	9	1	7	1	4	1	0	1
Totals	73	63	.537	4.68	297	136	0	28	4	34	1158.0	1203	680	602	134	501	41	741	48	11	41	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
Manny Castillo	127	554	524	75	169	29	4	2	57	7	5	16	23	.323	.338	.405	.743	212		0	7	7
Keith Smith	119	473	448	77	157	17	4	9	61	30	11	21	28	.350	.377	.467	.844	209		0	1	3
Leon Durham	127	520	449	84	139	33	4	23	88	16	4	65	61	.310	.400	.555	.955	249		4	0	2
Tom Herr	109	491	423	74	124	20	6	6	48	29	10	54	51	.293	.374	.411	.785	174		4	4	6
Dave Bialas	120	471	410	66	116	27	5	2	60	6	3	55	56	.283	.369	.388	.757	159		3	0	3
Jim Lentine	106	454	383	73	109	19	0	15	62	18	3	56	39	.285	.386	.452	.838	173		9	3	3
Terry Kennedy	84	329	294	35	86	18	1	13	64	0	1	32	52	.293	.362	.493	.855	145		1	0	2
Mike Ramsey	97	314	281	28	62	9	3	1	27	11	5	19	41	.221	.267	.285	.552	80		0	11	3
Ronnie Farkas	88	290	242	37	60	10	2	2	28	0	0	36	35	.248	.340	.331	.671	80		2	2	8
Tito Landrum	61	219	193	28	50	8	2	6	34	8	3	14	35	.259	.323	.415	.737	80		6	2	4
Frank Hunsaker	38	131	115	11	38	6	0	0	20	1	0	12	10	.330	.385	.383	.767	44		0	1	3
Mike Dimmel	63	164	140	26	34	6	3	1	15	4	2	16	22	.243	.342	.350	.692	49		5	3	0
Dave Penniall	52	176	156	16	34	5	1	2	19	1	1	14	28	.218	.285	.301	.586	47		1	4	1
Roger Freed	45	159	126	16	28	1	0	8	23	0	0	32	25	.222	.377	.421	.798	53		0	0	1
Jim Riggleman	35	100	93	9	22	4	0	2	9	3	1	5	26	.237	.290	.344	.634	32		2	0	0
Glenn Brummer	44	119	104	19	22	2	0	1	11	3	1	13	15	.212	.305	.260	.565	27		1	1	0
Neil Fiala	21	67	58	5	18	4	1	1	8	0	0	7	10	.310	.403	.466	.869	27		2	0	0
Dan O'Brien	22	16	12	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.417	.533	.417	.950	5		0	1	0
John Fulgham	11	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.429	.500	.429	.929	3		0	0	0
Greg Terlecky	20	16	14	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	3		0	1	0
Joe Edelen	15	7	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.500	.929	3		0	0	0
Hal Lanier	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Jim Otten	33	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	0	0
Roy Thomas	17	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
John Urrea	20	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.167	.375	.167	.542	1		0	1	0
Tom Bruno	11	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Tom Chamberlain	12	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	1	0
Will McEnaney	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Littlefield	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Kim Seaman	33	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
George Frazier	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ryan Kurosaki	37	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	2	0
Totals	1628	5131	4524	688	1287	220	36	94	641	137	50	476	582	.284	.355	.411	.766	1861	0	40	45	46	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dave Bialas	1B	109	880	81	9	92	.991	8.817
Leon Durham	1B	30	161	15	1	13	.994	5.867
Roger Freed	1B	10	84	6	1	6	.989	9.000
Jim Riggleman	1B	3	17	2	0	3	1.000	6.333
Ronnie Farkas	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tom Herr	2B	107	225	324	10	70	.982	5.131
Neil Fiala	2B	21	41	44	1	7	.988	4.048
Manny Castillo	2B	17	26	40	2	7	.971	3.882
Mike Ramsey	2B	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.000
Ronnie Farkas	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Manny Castillo	3B	118	94	191	18	11	.941	2.415
Ronnie Farkas	3B	25	12	21	3	2	.917	1.320
Jim Riggleman	3B	13	9	16	2	5	.926	1.923
Terry Kennedy	C	74	434	38	13	3	.973	6.378	10
Glenn Brummer	C	41	196	12	4	2	.981	5.073	1
Frank Hunsaker	C	36	161	15	1	5	.994	4.889	5
Roger Freed	C	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	0
Dave Bialas	C	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Lentine	OF	105	210	11	4	3	.982	2.105
Leon Durham	OF	98	143	4	5	2	.967	1.500
Keith Smith	OF	75	135	3	3	0	.979	1.840
Tito Landrum	OF	60	126	5	2	2	.985	2.183
Mike Dimmel	OF	54	105	3	2	0	.982	2.000
Dave Penniall	OF	42	67	3	3	0	.959	1.667
Jim Riggleman	OF	6	14	0	1	0	.933	2.333
Dave Bialas	OF	5	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.800
Mike Ramsey	OF	4	3	0	1	0	.750	.750
Ryan Kurosaki	P	35	7	12	3	1	.864	.543
Jim Otten	P	33	1	6	1	0	.875	.212
Kim Seaman	P	31	2	9	1	0	.917	.355
John Littlefield	P	29	3	9	0	1	1.000	.414
George Frazier	P	24	4	11	1	0	.938	.625
Dan O'Brien	P	22	9	24	2	2	.943	1.500
John Urrea	P	20	12	18	3	1	.909	1.500
Greg Terlecky	P	20	5	11	3	0	.842	.800
Roy Thomas	P	17	4	9	0	0	1.000	.765
Joe Edelen	P	13	8	15	0	1	1.000	1.769
Tom Chamberlain	P	12	4	9	1	0	.929	1.083
John Fulgham	P	11	5	12	1	0	.944	1.545
Tom Bruno	P	11	4	6	3	2	.769	.909
Will McEnaney	P	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.000
Hector Eduardo	P	6	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.000
Bob Sykes	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Joe Hamende	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Ramsey	SS	88	134	198	24	50	.933	3.773
Ronnie Farkas	SS	61	95	147	15	37	.942	3.967
Hal Lanier	SS	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Totals		1505	3469	1347	145	330	.971	3.200	16	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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