1979 Tucson Toros Statistics
Team Record: 74-74
Finished 3rd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Rich Donnelly (74-74)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Ballpark: Hi Corbett Field
Attendance: 175,213, Avg. 2,368
The Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 74 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Toros scored 760 runs and conceded 747 runs. Gary Gray led Tucson with 17 home runs Mike Hart recorded 72 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .303 average. Larry McCall paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.78 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Tucson Toros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Gonzales, Gary Gray, Mike Hart, Dan Duran, Tom Grieve, Don Kainer, Brian Allard, Mike Heath, Mike Bruhert, Odie Davis, LaRue Washington, Greg Mahlberg, Bob Babcock, Gary Holle, Rick Lisi, Danny Darwin, Dave Roberts, Dave Rajsich, Tom Brown, Larry McCall, Bob Myrick, Jim Umbarger and Ed Lynch.
Rich Donnelly 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry McCall | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.78 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 212.0 | 239 | 108 | 89 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Brian Allard | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.50 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 159 | 81 | 69 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ed Lynch | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.85 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 184 | 96 | 84 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
Danny Darwin | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.60 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 89 | 43 | 38 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
Jim Umbarger | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.41 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133.0 | 166 | 85 | 80 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
Don Kainer | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.34 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 167.0 | 222 | 114 | 99 | 9 | 56 | 5 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Bob Babcock | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.23 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 64.0 | 53 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
Myrl Smith | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.88 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 60 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Mike Bruhert | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.35 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 79 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Steven Bianchi | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.57 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 83 | 42 | 34 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
Bob Myrick | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.93 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Dave Rajsich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Jakubowski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.45 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 51 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Brown | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dave Moharter | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 73 | 73 | .500 | 4.64 | 336 | 148 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 22 | 1225.0 | 1439 | 731 | 632 | 58 | 479 | 21 | 594 | 37 | 4 | 53 | 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 Hart | 139 | 604 | 466 | 98 | 141 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 19 | 4 | 122 | 85 | .303 | .442 | .451 | .892 | 210 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
Marty Scott | 124 | 487 | 420 | 58 | 118 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 44 | .281 | .365 | .400 | .765 | 168 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
Dan Duran | 113 | 464 | 388 | 65 | 106 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 56 | .273 | .375 | .410 | .785 | 159 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
LaRue Washington | 76 | 361 | 320 | 65 | 99 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 6 | 39 | 31 | .309 | .382 | .425 | .807 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Gary Gray | 87 | 359 | 315 | 58 | 96 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 43 | .305 | .376 | .556 | .932 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
Odie Davis | 119 | 453 | 376 | 54 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 98 | .253 | .363 | .324 | .687 | 122 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ||
Keath Chauncey | 116 | 412 | 352 | 67 | 94 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 53 | 38 | .267 | .359 | .338 | .697 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
Mike Bucci | 101 | 403 | 332 | 47 | 85 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 48 | 43 | .256 | .354 | .337 | .692 | 112 | 3 | 19 | 1 | ||
Ron Gooch | 72 | 294 | 257 | 42 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 28 | .319 | .376 | .393 | .769 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
Tom Grieve | 93 | 364 | 304 | 46 | 81 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 72 | .266 | .376 | .490 | .866 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Gary Holle | 52 | 231 | 208 | 32 | 71 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 29 | .341 | .403 | .462 | .864 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dan Gonzales | 51 | 215 | 198 | 37 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .323 | .363 | .571 | .933 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Greg Mahlberg | 87 | 331 | 271 | 31 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 45 | .221 | .329 | .299 | .628 | 81 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
Mike Heath | 54 | 216 | 196 | 21 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 25 | .270 | .330 | .347 | .677 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Wayne Pinkerton | 51 | 175 | 154 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 32 | .195 | .286 | .279 | .565 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Joseph Russell | 24 | 83 | 74 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .284 | .354 | .351 | .705 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dave Roberts | 9 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .382 | .421 | .676 | 1.098 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Israel Gutierrez | 19 | 69 | 58 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .207 | .303 | .293 | .596 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mel Barrow | 10 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .282 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cecil Strawn | 11 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .128 | .171 | .154 | .325 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Lisi | 6 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry McCall | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1444 | 5659 | 4817 | 759 | 1340 | 220 | 68 | 82 | 690 | 139 | 54 | 698 | 745 | .278 | .369 | .403 | .772 | 1942 | 0 | 26 | 61 | 57 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Duran | 1B | 96 | 793 | 44 | 5 | 78 | .994 | 8.719 | ||||
Marty Scott | 1B | 39 | 320 | 16 | 6 | 31 | .982 | 8.615 | ||||
Gary Holle | 1B | 17 | 171 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1.000 | 1.706 | ||||
Tom Grieve | 1B | 7 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.143 | ||||
Gary Gray | 1B | 6 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 9.833 | ||||
Ron Gooch | 2B | 72 | 164 | 226 | 8 | 53 | .980 | 5.417 | ||||
LaRue Washington | 2B | 36 | 79 | 87 | 7 | 23 | .960 | 4.611 | ||||
Wayne Pinkerton | 2B | 30 | 66 | 107 | 4 | 22 | .977 | 5.767 | ||||
Dave Roberts | 2B | 9 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Israel Gutierrez | 2B | 8 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
Odie Davis | 2B | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Marty Scott | 3B | 86 | 68 | 150 | 7 | 13 | .969 | 2.535 | ||||
Mike Bucci | 3B | 68 | 59 | 130 | 11 | 7 | .945 | 2.779 | ||||
Israel Gutierrez | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Wayne Pinkerton | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Greg Mahlberg | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Greg Mahlberg | C | 78 | 339 | 49 | 5 | 2 | .987 | 4.974 | 5 | |||
Mike Heath | C | 38 | 183 | 24 | 7 | 4 | .967 | 5.447 | 6 | |||
Joseph Russell | C | 24 | 98 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .953 | 5.042 | 2 | |||
Cecil Strawn | C | 9 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 6.111 | 3 | |||
Mike Bucci | C | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
Mike Hart | OF | 136 | 265 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .965 | 2.029 | ||||
Keath Chauncey | OF | 108 | 228 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 2.176 | ||||
Tom Grieve | OF | 80 | 128 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 1.725 | ||||
Dan Gonzales | OF | 50 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.600 | ||||
Mike Bucci | OF | 31 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.806 | ||||
LaRue Washington | OF | 29 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.241 | ||||
Dan Duran | OF | 22 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
Mel Barrow | OF | 10 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
Rick Lisi | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Israel Gutierrez | OF | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
Gary Holle | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Bob Babcock | P | 41 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .341 | ||||
Steven Bianchi | P | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
Larry McCall | P | 29 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .931 | ||||
Don Kainer | P | 28 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.393 | ||||
Ed Lynch | P | 27 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
Jim Umbarger | P | 26 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
Bob Myrick | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .500 | ||||
Brian Allard | P | 22 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
Stan Jakubowski | P | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
Mike Bruhert | P | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .714 | .476 | ||||
Tom Brown | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
Myrl Smith | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .389 | ||||
Danny Darwin | P | 13 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
Dave Rajsich | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Dave Moharter | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Odie Davis | SS | 117 | 217 | 356 | 38 | 79 | .938 | 4.897 | ||||
Wayne Pinkerton | SS | 19 | 29 | 58 | 2 | 8 | .978 | 4.579 | ||||
LaRue Washington | SS | 15 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 9 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
Mike Bucci | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Totals | 1600 | 3770 | 1592 | 169 | 389 | .969 | 3.351 | 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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