1979 Utica Blue Jays Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 25-41
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Yawkey Division
Manager: John McLaren (25-41)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 19,100, Avg. 579

1979 Utica Blue Jays Roster

The Utica Blue Jays of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1979 season with a record of 25 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Yawkey Division.

The Blue Jays tallied 359 runs and allowed 472 runs, most in the league. Edward Petryschuk paced Utica with 10 home runs and recorded 45 runs batted in. Brian Stemberger topped all regular batters by hitting .359. Randy Ford led the team with 7 wins, while Brian Stemberger registered a 2.91 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

José Escobar played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Utica Blue Jays to do so.

John McLaren 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
Randy Ford	7	6	.538	4.50	16	15		5	1	0	104.0	120	65	52	7	55	0	78	4	0	12
Brian Stemberger	4	4	.500	2.91	14	11		2	1	0	65.0	59	30	21	3	30	2	42	2	2	5
Thomas O'Dowd	4	7	.364	6.04	14	14		0	0	0	67.0	62	58	45	9	69	1	43	1	1	6
Rafael Pimentel	3	10	.231	6.26	16	13		3	0	0	69.0	78	65	48	7	52	3	35	3	0	6
Robert Oravec	2	3	.400	5.11	19	3		0	0	3	44.0	50	30	25	6	24	2	29	1	0	4
Mario Mudano	2	3	.400	6.65	16	5		0	0	1	46.0	67	45	34	9	21	2	23	0	1	5
Paul White	2	5	.286	7.12	27	2		0	0	4	48.0	51	45	38	6	38	3	44	4	0	4
Alan DeRatt	1	2	.333	5.18	13	3		0	0	2	33.0	36	27	19	7	33	0	25	0	0	5
Mark Holton	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
Alfredo Velazquez	0	0		2.25	2	0		0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jeffery Vail	0	0		4.68	10	0		0	0	0	25.0	22	14	13	4	16	1	13	1	0	1
Bradley Burger	0	0		6.00	3	0		0	0	0	3.0	3	3	2	0	6	1	2	0	0	2
Armengol Cuevas	0	0		16.00	12	0		0	0	0	18.0	26	37	32	3	30	2	20	1	2	1
Manuel Lunar	0	1	.000	8.53	19	0		0	0	0	38.0	67	52	36	6	24	2	29	1	1	3
Totals	25	41	.379	5.82	183	66	0	10	2	10	566.0	644	472	366	67	405	19	385	18	7	56	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
Brian Stemberger	63	238	198	43	71	9	1	8	41	6	5	36	31	.359	.462	.535	.998	106		3	0	1
Edward Petryschuk	58	246	209	31	61	10	1	10	45	3	1	31	40	.292	.390	.493	.883	103		4	0	2
José Escobar	62	248	204	44	54	5	3	2	21	4	3	40	52	.265	.385	.348	.733	71		0	4	0
Bob Bonnette	42	193	158	35	53	8	0	3	26	5	2	31	25	.335	.451	.443	.894	70		3	0	1
Michael Lessard	58	237	194	39	53	10	1	1	26	10	4	38	28	.273	.392	.351	.743	68		2	0	3
Alfredo Velazquez	50	188	167	27	46	8	1	4	20	2	1	18	46	.275	.356	.407	.764	68		3	0	0
Juan Perez	49	169	145	32	40	7	0	2	15	8	1	20	21	.276	.373	.366	.738	53		3	0	1
Vincent Williams	54	208	196	20	39	6	1	5	27	4	5	7	74	.199	.238	.316	.554	62		3	2	0
Luis Guzman	50	167	154	16	34	7	2	4	26	7	0	12	26	.221	.277	.370	.647	57		0	1	0
Carlos Cabrera	36	116	101	11	24	1	0	3	13	0	2	12	33	.238	.322	.337	.658	34		1	1	1
Domingo Connor	36	119	108	13	23	4	0	0	10	1	1	9	29	.213	.277	.250	.527	27		1	0	1
Carlos Leal	40	137	116	10	21	4	0	0	15	1	2	19	41	.181	.301	.216	.517	25		1	1	0
Adrian Franjul	33	85	68	8	17	2	0	0	5	4	0	15	19	.250	.381	.279	.660	19		0	1	1
Richard Palmer	20	72	55	5	14	4	1	0	10	0	1	15	15	.255	.403	.364	.766	20		0	0	2
Santiago Tapia	44	116	99	17	12	1	0	0	0	9	0	9	39	.121	.230	.131	.361	13		5	3	0
Julio Paula	11	43	38	5	11	1	0	0	6	2	0	4	10	.289	.357	.316	.673	12		0	1	0
Jeffery Vail	21	28	22	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.273	.429	.318	.747	7		0	0	0
Totals	727	2610	2232	359	579	88	11	42	308	66	28	322	542	.259	.358	.365	.723	815	0	29	14	13	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edward Petryschuk	1B	56	459	22	8	47	.984	8.589
Jeffery Vail	1B	8	52	4	4	7	.933	7.000
Michael Lessard	1B	7	42	2	1	2	.978	6.286
Bob Bonnette	1B	1	6	1	0	0	1.000	7.000
Michael Lessard	2B	32	59	87	1	19	.993	4.562
José Escobar	2B	26	64	48	7	15	.941	4.308
Adrian Franjul	2B	11	14	19	5	6	.868	3.000
Luis Guzman	2B	8	16	10	2	2	.929	3.250
Bob Bonnette	3B	38	39	81	14	8	.896	3.158
Michael Lessard	3B	15	13	32	3	5	.938	3.000
Julio Paula	3B	8	5	17	3	0	.880	2.750
Brian Stemberger	3B	4	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.750
Luis Guzman	3B	3	4	6	0	1	1.000	3.333
Alfredo Velazquez	3B	2	3	2	2	0	.714	2.500
José Escobar	3B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Alfredo Velazquez	C	45	247	28	11	3	.962	6.111	7
Richard Palmer	C	20	136	15	5	3	.968	7.550	9
Carlos Cabrera	C	12	23	2	1	0	.962	2.083	7
Vincent Williams	OF	50	96	3	14	1	.876	1.980
Juan Perez	OF	43	56	3	8	1	.881	1.372
Carlos Leal	OF	40	52	3	2	0	.965	1.375
Santiago Tapia	OF	38	51	5	11	1	.836	1.474
Luis Guzman	OF	32	49	4	2	0	.964	1.656
Domingo Connor	OF	29	29	3	7	1	.821	1.103
Carlos Cabrera	OF	10	10	1	2	0	.846	1.100
Brian Stemberger	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Paul White	P	27	7	11	0	0	1.000	.667
Robert Oravec	P	19	1	8	2	0	.818	.474
Manuel Lunar	P	19	3	4	0	0	1.000	.368
Rafael Pimentel	P	16	5	15	1	1	.952	1.250
Mario Mudano	P	16	3	16	1	0	.950	1.188
Randy Ford	P	16	8	25	0	1	1.000	2.062
Brian Stemberger	P	14	3	18	2	3	.913	1.500
Thomas O'Dowd	P	14	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.214
Alan DeRatt	P	13	2	3	0	2	1.000	.385
Armengol Cuevas	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Jeffery Vail	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Bradley Burger	P	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Alfredo Velazquez	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mark Holton	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
José Escobar	SS	35	59	83	15	17	.904	4.057
Adrian Franjul	SS	18	22	47	11	7	.862	3.833
Brian Stemberger	SS	16	20	40	8	6	.882	3.750
Bob Bonnette	SS	5	1	16	4	4	.810	3.400
Michael Lessard	SS	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals		798	1672	708	158	164	.938	2.982	23	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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