1979 Vancouver Canadians Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 79-68
Finished 1st in the PCL's North Division
Manager: John Felske (79-68)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 131,367, Avg. 1,787

1979 Vancouver Canadians Roster

Playoffs - Hawaii Islanders 2 games, Vancouver Canadians 1

The Vancouver Canadians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1979 season with a record of 79 wins and 68 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Canadians plated 637 runs and allowed 592 runs. Craig Ryan paced Vancouver with 16 home runs and drove in 81 runs. Lenn Sakata led all regular hitters by connecting at a .300 clip. Mark Bomback topped the squad with 22 wins, while Rickey Keeton, too added 15 or more wins, too Mark Bomback recorded a 2.56 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1979 Vancouver Canadians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Randy Stein, Lenn Sakata, Ed Romero, Jeff Yurak, Rickey Keeton, Andy Replogle, Bob Galasso, Willie Mueller, Vic Harris, Mark Bomback, Dan Boitano, Skip James, Marshall Edwards, Clay Carroll, Ned Yost and Tim Nordbrook.

John Felske 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
Mark Bomback	22	7	.759	2.56	33	33		16	5	0	246.0	225	87	70	3	67	0	151	7	0	8
Rickey Keeton	15	14	.517	3.77	32	32		12	3	0	203.0	187	102	85	11	82	2	96	3	1	4
Andy Replogle	11	12	.478	4.48	29	29		5	0	0	185.0	202	96	92	12	71	6	87	1	0	3
Willie Mueller	7	3	.700	4.47	41	12		1	0	3	131.0	145	73	65	11	41	2	51	1	0	4
Dan Boitano	6	8	.429	3.67	53	0		0	0	18	81.0	78	34	33	3	42	7	48	2	0	12
Gus Quiros	6	9	.400	3.65	35	15		7	0	1	148.0	150	65	60	9	41	1	72	5	1	5
Rich Olsen	4	3	.571	3.71	14	14		1	0	0	80.0	84	35	33	7	38	0	53	3	0	6
Bob Galasso	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0		0	0	1	11.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	1
Ed Carroll	1	1	.500	4.30	16	0		0	0	0	23.0	18	13	11	1	22	0	20	0	0	4
Kunikazu Ogawa	1	7	.125	5.37	28	1		0	0	4	67.0	72	43	40	6	27	1	43	2	2	1
Randy Stein					12						0.0
Clay Carroll	0	2	.000	9.00	12	0		0	0	1	22.0	38	23	22	3	6	1	18	2	0	1
Totals	74	66	.529	3.84	311	136	0	42	8	28	1197.0	1204	571	511	66	439	20	648	26	4	49	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
Vic Harris	142	590	509	82	140	25	7	9	66	14	7	69	48	.275	.361	.405	.766	206		3	3	6
Lenn Sakata	118	492	454	59	136	21	3	6	64	16	7	30	43	.300	.344	.399	.743	181		3	1	4
Ed Romero	139	583	515	65	134	26	6	0	39	9	4	52	47	.260	.329	.334	.663	172		3	9	4
Billy Severns	104	442	371	52	118	14	2	0	33	15	8	68	9	.318	.425	.367	.792	136		1	2	0
Craig Ryan	135	534	488	58	118	22	2	16	81	3	3	40	96	.242	.300	.393	.693	192		2	0	4
Creighton Tevlin	109	465	400	57	115	23	4	4	40	8	5	58	28	.288	.380	.395	.775	158		2	5	0
Ned Yost	130	454	419	43	110	12	2	3	53	8	4	18	75	.263	.294	.322	.616	135		3	8	6
Marshall Edwards	111	425	385	39	105	10	1	2	44	19	7	30	25	.273	.331	.319	.650	123		5	2	3
Juan Lopez	113	411	375	46	99	21	5	2	33	3	3	26	48	.264	.310	.363	.673	136		1	5	4
Skip James	106	423	342	51	94	17	4	9	53	0	3	69	56	.275	.390	.427	.817	146		1	3	8
Jeff Yurak	56	215	179	27	45	6	1	6	22	4	0	31	35	.251	.372	.397	.769	71		4	0	1
Tim Nordbrook	75	254	213	30	41	5	1	2	24	4	1	35	28	.192	.306	.254	.559	54		1	2	3
Bill Foley	28	112	102	15	26	2	1	5	21	0	0	9	31	.255	.321	.441	.763	45		1	0	0
Ronald Jacobs	47	114	100	9	20	4	0	0	2	0	1	11	17	.200	.279	.240	.519	24		0	3	0
Mike Henderson	6	17	16	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.312	.353	.375	.728	6		0	0	0
Willie Mueller	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1461	5532	4869	636	1306	209	39	64	576	103	53	547	590	.268	.343	.367	.710	1785	0	30	43	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Skip James	1B	93	888	52	3	94	.997	1.108
Craig Ryan	1B	59	533	41	6	51	.990	9.729
Bill Foley	1B	1	7	0	1	1	.875	7.000
Lenn Sakata	2B	117	266	407	14	92	.980	5.752
Juan Lopez	2B	17	28	42	1	7	.986	4.118
Vic Harris	2B	16	26	42	2	9	.971	4.250
Tim Nordbrook	2B	1	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.000
Mike Henderson	2B	1	2	4	0	2	1.000	6.000
Juan Lopez	3B	88	40	147	13	13	.935	2.125
Tim Nordbrook	3B	54	31	117	9	13	.943	2.741
Vic Harris	3B	10	3	10	2	2	.867	1.300
Jeff Yurak	3B	4	3	3	1	0	.857	1.500
Ed Romero	3B	3	4	6	0	0	1.000	3.333
Mike Henderson	3B	3	3	10	1	1	.929	4.333
Lenn Sakata	3B	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ned Yost	C	124	604	64	10	8	.985	5.387	8
Ronald Jacobs	C	40	134	21	1	4	.994	3.875	1
Vic Harris	OF	110	274	9	3	1	.990	2.573
Creighton Tevlin	OF	104	180	11	2	1	.990	1.837
Billy Severns	OF	101	168	8	5	3	.972	1.743
Marshall Edwards	OF	99	200	11	6	4	.972	2.131
Jeff Yurak	OF	28	34	2	2	0	.947	1.286
Craig Ryan	OF	11	12	0	1	0	.923	1.091
Tim Nordbrook	OF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Ned Yost	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Skip James	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Dan Boitano	P	53	5	16	0	1	1.000	.396
Willie Mueller	P	41	7	15	0	1	1.000	.537
Gus Quiros	P	35	12	31	2	3	.956	1.229
Mark Bomback	P	33	17	43	1	7	.984	1.818
Rickey Keeton	P	32	18	34	1	4	.981	1.625
Andy Replogle	P	29	10	27	1	4	.974	1.276
Kunikazu Ogawa	P	28	6	12	0	0	1.000	.643
Ed Carroll	P	16	0	5	0	1	1.000	.312
Rich Olsen	P	14	7	12	0	1	1.000	1.357
Randy Stein	P	12						.000
Clay Carroll	P	12	1	5	1	1	.857	.500
Bob Galasso	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Ed Romero	SS	134	215	414	26	97	.960	4.694
Tim Nordbrook	SS	15	25	56	4	9	.953	5.400
Juan Lopez	SS	7	5	17	1	5	.957	3.143
Totals		1561	3784	1702	120	440	.979	3.514	9	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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