1979 Victoria Mussels Statistics
Team Record: 41-31
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Bill Bryk (41-31)
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 8,073, Avg. 224
The Victoria Mussels of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Mussels scored 430 runs and conceded 358 runs. Emil Drzayich drove in 61 runs. Nicholas Kintz paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Edward Koziol topped the team with 9 wins, while Roy Moretti recorded a 2.2 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Tom Candiotti played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Victoria Mussels to do so.
Bill Bryk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Koziol | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.82 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 | 114 | 65 | 53 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Hartery | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.07 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88.0 | 86 | 46 | 30 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Roy Moretti | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.20 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 82.0 | 67 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tom Candiotti | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.44 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 63 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Caraher | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.74 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 61 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Douglas Mathey | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.38 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 49 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Avallone | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.68 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 50 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Calvin Beal | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.62 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Randolph Holt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Hays | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Nolan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Weis | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.85 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 31 | .569 | 3.96 | 150 | 72 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 628.0 | 624 | 358 | 276 | 33 | 338 | 4 | 502 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Drzayich | 71 | 310 | 271 | 41 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 44 | .284 | .355 | .446 | .801 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pedro Rabassa | 62 | 245 | 181 | 46 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 58 | 37 | .381 | .531 | .597 | 1.128 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Nicholas Kintz | 60 | 255 | 214 | 36 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 27 | .299 | .394 | .374 | .767 | 80 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Purpura | 68 | 280 | 237 | 29 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 39 | .253 | .355 | .300 | .654 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Douglas Morganti | 61 | 256 | 201 | 47 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 29 | .284 | .423 | .453 | .876 | 91 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Burton | 66 | 295 | 239 | 54 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 31 | .238 | .359 | .360 | .718 | 86 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Roderick Murphy | 59 | 218 | 178 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 19 | .247 | .369 | .331 | .701 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Dorsey | 39 | 150 | 131 | 24 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 33 | .321 | .396 | .565 | .961 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gareth Ledbetter | 39 | 167 | 145 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .283 | .343 | .476 | .819 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Calvin Beal | 45 | 104 | 94 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 26 | .298 | .365 | .404 | .770 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickie Hopkins | 34 | 115 | 98 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .245 | .348 | .306 | .654 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brian Edwards | 22 | 76 | 65 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .292 | .387 | .308 | .694 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Freitas | 15 | 58 | 46 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .391 | .517 | .522 | 1.039 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Potts | 19 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .315 | .397 | .481 | .878 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chris Gandy | 28 | 95 | 81 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .198 | .284 | .259 | .543 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Larry Nolan | 17 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chester Nelson | 13 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .065 | .118 | .065 | .182 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roy Moretti | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Weis | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 772 | 2756 | 2293 | 408 | 640 | 117 | 24 | 40 | 370 | 57 | 41 | 380 | 400 | .279 | .383 | .403 | .786 | 925 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Drzayich | 1B | 71 | 566 | 31 | 12 | 64 | .980 | 8.408 | ||||
| Chris Gandy | 1B | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.600 | ||||
| Nicholas Kintz | 1B | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 2B | 67 | 173 | 133 | 12 | 52 | .962 | 4.567 | ||||
| Roderick Murphy | 2B | 9 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Nicholas Kintz | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Douglas Morganti | 3B | 36 | 25 | 77 | 11 | 10 | .903 | 2.833 | ||||
| Nicholas Kintz | 3B | 30 | 27 | 61 | 12 | 5 | .880 | 2.933 | ||||
| John Freitas | 3B | 11 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 2.727 | ||||
| Gareth Ledbetter | C | 38 | 280 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 8.105 | 4 | |||
| Brian Edwards | C | 22 | 116 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .943 | 6.000 | 7 | |||
| Nickie Hopkins | C | 13 | 74 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .965 | 6.308 | 6 | |||
| Chester Nelson | C | 10 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| James Burton | OF | 64 | 146 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .969 | 2.406 | ||||
| Pedro Rabassa | OF | 54 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .933 | 1.296 | ||||
| Calvin Beal | OF | 33 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.727 | ||||
| Douglas Morganti | OF | 21 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| Nicholas Kintz | OF | 21 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| Thomas Dorsey | OF | 19 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.789 | ||||
| Robert Potts | OF | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.167 | ||||
| Larry Nolan | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Freitas | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roy Moretti | P | 36 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .688 | .306 | ||||
| Edward Koziol | P | 20 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Steve Hartery | P | 19 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.368 | ||||
| David Weis | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| John Caraher | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Tom Candiotti | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Douglas Mathey | P | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Calvin Beal | P | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Mike Avallone | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Larry Nolan | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Randolph Holt | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jack Hays | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roderick Murphy | SS | 49 | 67 | 144 | 12 | 30 | .946 | 4.306 | ||||
| Nicholas Kintz | SS | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .769 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 756 | 1863 | 686 | 115 | 184 | .957 | 3.372 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
