1979 Tacoma Tugs Statistics
Team Record: 74-73
Finished 2nd in the PCL's North Division
Manager: Gene Dusan (74-73)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 181,443, Avg. 2,469
The Tacoma Tugs of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 73 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Tugs scored 662 runs and gave up 689 runs. Wayne Cage led Tacoma with 13 home runs Mike Champion drove in 71 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Tom Brennan paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.17 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1979 Tacoma Tugs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Stanton, Ron Hassey, Juan Berenguer, Rich Chiles, Rob Ellis, Hugh Yancy, Sheldon Mallory, Horace Speed, Bob Allietta, Larry Lintz, Tom Brown, Wayne Cage, Vic Albury, Jerry Dybzinski, Mike Champion, Sandy Wihtol, Bobby Cuellar, Mike Garman, Dell Alston, Dave Oliver, Larry Andersen, Taylor Duncan, Bo Díaz and Tom Brennan.
Gene Dusan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brennan | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.17 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 176.0 | 176 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 102 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Larry Andersen | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.02 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 112.0 | 124 | 59 | 50 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Juan Berenguer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.88 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 166.0 | 128 | 101 | 90 | 11 | 129 | 1 | 220 | 3 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Rick Borchers | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.38 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 109.0 | 108 | 75 | 53 | 11 | 60 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Nate Puryear | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.93 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 127 | 74 | 63 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Melson | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.55 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 137.0 | 134 | 69 | 54 | 6 | 68 | 2 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Vic Albury | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.58 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 64 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sandy Wihtol | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.44 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 85.0 | 73 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mike Stanton | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.40 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 43 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Cuellar | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.33 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 127.0 | 127 | 61 | 47 | 6 | 53 | 9 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Narleski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Todd Heimer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.95 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Carl Nicholson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.90 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 43 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mike Garman | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Brown | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jesse Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.02 | 317 | 147 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 25 | 1194.0 | 1180 | 642 | 533 | 66 | 601 | 36 | 805 | 32 | 10 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Champion | 136 | 561 | 501 | 62 | 156 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 78 | .311 | .366 | .383 | .750 | 192 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Dave Oliver | 134 | 559 | 493 | 65 | 140 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 42 | .284 | .345 | .353 | .698 | 174 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Rich Chiles | 130 | 512 | 455 | 58 | 119 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 11 | 6 | 47 | 47 | .262 | .331 | .371 | .703 | 169 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Dybzinski | 132 | 545 | 469 | 58 | 119 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 52 | 58 | .254 | .335 | .307 | .642 | 144 | 7 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Tim Norrid | 135 | 498 | 421 | 61 | 113 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 64 | 73 | .268 | .365 | .378 | .743 | 159 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Bob Allietta | 107 | 375 | 319 | 40 | 96 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 21 | .301 | .381 | .379 | .760 | 121 | 7 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Hugh Yancy | 96 | 366 | 313 | 46 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 31 | .278 | .351 | .348 | .699 | 109 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Wayne Cage | 86 | 362 | 315 | 47 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 77 | .276 | .359 | .463 | .823 | 146 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dell Alston | 75 | 353 | 310 | 58 | 83 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 35 | 28 | .268 | .337 | .352 | .689 | 109 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Sheldon Mallory | 86 | 350 | 289 | 48 | 79 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 52 | 45 | .273 | .391 | .388 | .778 | 112 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sal Rende | 69 | 279 | 237 | 34 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 32 | .262 | .369 | .376 | .745 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ron Hassey | 44 | 185 | 157 | 25 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 15 | .338 | .415 | .459 | .874 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Horace Speed | 66 | 270 | 219 | 35 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 79 | .205 | .342 | .301 | .643 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bo Díaz | 34 | 124 | 115 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .243 | .275 | .357 | .632 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Steve Narleski | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Lintz | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Cuellar | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Berenguer | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Puryear | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1423 | 5356 | 4629 | 645 | 1267 | 190 | 36 | 58 | 570 | 156 | 72 | 574 | 651 | .274 | .354 | .368 | .722 | 1703 | 0 | 31 | 71 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Cage | 1B | 76 | 660 | 73 | 9 | 64 | .988 | 9.645 | ||||
| Sal Rende | 1B | 56 | 500 | 30 | 3 | 42 | .994 | 9.464 | ||||
| Tim Norrid | 1B | 9 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .987 | 8.444 | ||||
| Dell Alston | 1B | 6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.833 | ||||
| Bob Allietta | 1B | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Dave Oliver | 2B | 129 | 250 | 363 | 22 | 74 | .965 | 4.752 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 2B | 23 | 35 | 48 | 6 | 7 | .933 | 3.609 | ||||
| Larry Lintz | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Mike Champion | 2B | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Mike Champion | 3B | 117 | 68 | 214 | 16 | 12 | .946 | 2.410 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | 3B | 16 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 4 | .872 | 2.562 | ||||
| Tim Norrid | 3B | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ron Hassey | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Allietta | C | 83 | 387 | 45 | 5 | 6 | .989 | 5.205 | 8 | |||
| Ron Hassey | C | 38 | 281 | 42 | 2 | 3 | .994 | 8.500 | 3 | |||
| Bo Díaz | C | 31 | 223 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .980 | 7.968 | 2 | |||
| Tim Norrid | C | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | |||
| Rich Chiles | OF | 118 | 188 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 1.686 | ||||
| Tim Norrid | OF | 94 | 178 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 1.979 | ||||
| Sheldon Mallory | OF | 75 | 168 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .955 | 2.253 | ||||
| Horace Speed | OF | 65 | 124 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 1.969 | ||||
| Dell Alston | OF | 63 | 132 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .959 | 2.254 | ||||
| Hugh Yancy | OF | 25 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .880 | ||||
| Mike Champion | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Allietta | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sandy Wihtol | P | 49 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .955 | .429 | ||||
| Bobby Cuellar | P | 37 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .568 | ||||
| Larry Andersen | P | 27 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Gary Melson | P | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .815 | .846 | ||||
| Tom Brennan | P | 26 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.808 | ||||
| Juan Berenguer | P | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Borchers | P | 24 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 1.417 | ||||
| Mike Garman | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate Puryear | P | 19 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Tom Brown | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Albury | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Todd Heimer | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Carl Nicholson | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Jesse Wright | P | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Steve Narleski | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Dybzinski | SS | 132 | 269 | 409 | 30 | 91 | .958 | 5.136 | ||||
| Mike Champion | SS | 16 | 16 | 33 | 6 | 7 | .891 | 3.062 | ||||
| Dave Oliver | SS | 6 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1521 | 3769 | 1578 | 174 | 357 | .968 | 3.515 | 13 | 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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