1979 Waterloo Indians Statistics
Team Record: 81-54
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Cal Emery (81-54)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 70,196, Avg. 1,040
Playoffs - Waterloo Indians 2 games, Wausau Timbers 1
Finals - Quad Cities Cubs 2 games, Waterloo Indians 1
The Waterloo Indians of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 81 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Indians led the circuit with 707 runs, ignited by 125 home runs. Waterloo allowed 571 runs. Thomas Anderson walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Dave Hudgens swatted 15 or more, too. Thomas Anderson accounted for 92 RBI. Peter Peltz paced all regular batters by hitting .303. Robin Fuson topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1979 Waterloo Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Carmelo Castillo, Larry White and Dave Hudgens.
Cal Emery 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Fuson | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.48 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 149.0 | 113 | 58 | 41 | 9 | 89 | 3 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| John Walters | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.74 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 106 | 61 | 47 | 9 | 80 | 1 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randall Rambis | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.73 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 78.0 | 53 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Troy Wilder | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.97 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 68 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Keith Hendry | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.90 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 123.0 | 133 | 79 | 67 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Raymond Richard | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.41 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 39 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Hoban | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.60 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 32 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Leach | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.51 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 60 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Robert Hussey | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.58 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 65 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Matt Bullinger | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.02 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 47.0 | 49 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gregory Johnson | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.82 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 102.0 | 93 | 48 | 32 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leonard Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Scott Dwyer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Reid Cassidy | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Barnhart | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| David Warnecke | 0 | 0 | 2.50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rick Colzie | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Ganci | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Asbell | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry White | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Francis Regan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 48 | .616 | 3.30 | 295 | 122 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 26 | 1065.0 | 923 | 525 | 391 | 74 | 571 | 19 | 771 | 27 | 9 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hudgens | 127 | 512 | 422 | 87 | 123 | 34 | 2 | 26 | 85 | 18 | 7 | 78 | 97 | .291 | .402 | .566 | .968 | 239 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Peter Peltz | 122 | 501 | 403 | 94 | 122 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 25 | 8 | 95 | 48 | .303 | .435 | .417 | .852 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Anderson | 127 | 483 | 408 | 72 | 112 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 92 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 115 | .275 | .373 | .542 | .915 | 221 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Roberto Alvarez | 111 | 422 | 355 | 55 | 108 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 40 | .304 | .395 | .431 | .826 | 153 | 8 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Ed Saavedra | 111 | 444 | 387 | 60 | 107 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 54 | .276 | .356 | .367 | .722 | 142 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Donald Hubbard | 90 | 381 | 338 | 50 | 105 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 69 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 43 | .311 | .370 | .476 | .847 | 161 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Venson Davis | 119 | 433 | 386 | 57 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 63 | .233 | .300 | .334 | .634 | 129 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| William Hallstrom | 103 | 360 | 315 | 36 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 39 | .279 | .346 | .330 | .676 | 104 | 7 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Tim Glass | 98 | 366 | 314 | 50 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 101 | .245 | .350 | .408 | .757 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Lynn Garrett | 67 | 253 | 215 | 34 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 34 | .214 | .312 | .298 | .610 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gary Hinson | 52 | 210 | 191 | 21 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 37 | .204 | .268 | .277 | .545 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Carmelo Castillo | 49 | 162 | 138 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 29 | .203 | .306 | .319 | .625 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Steven McMurray | 63 | 177 | 148 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 37 | .189 | .301 | .304 | .605 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Craig Adams | 26 | 96 | 76 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | .276 | .427 | .447 | .874 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Chaney | 39 | 121 | 102 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 31 | .186 | .306 | .284 | .590 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Terry Tyson | 13 | 59 | 54 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .259 | .298 | .389 | .687 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Martinez | 13 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .312 | .333 | .406 | .740 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Colzie | 14 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .391 | .400 | .478 | .878 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Marcus Clark | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .600 | .636 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Hudson | 18 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .125 | .314 | .250 | .564 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1365 | 5103 | 4357 | 706 | 1157 | 207 | 20 | 125 | 625 | 147 | 69 | 623 | 819 | .266 | .359 | .408 | .767 | 1779 | 0 | 32 | 54 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Anderson | 1B | 109 | 926 | 71 | 20 | 82 | .980 | 9.147 | ||||
| Dave Hudgens | 1B | 29 | 235 | 15 | 6 | 18 | .977 | 8.621 | ||||
| Venson Davis | 1B | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Roberto Alvarez | 1B | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Donald Hubbard | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Marcus Clark | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roberto Alvarez | 2B | 64 | 120 | 145 | 11 | 24 | .960 | 4.141 | ||||
| Gary Hinson | 2B | 49 | 93 | 100 | 14 | 26 | .932 | 3.939 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | 2B | 30 | 64 | 93 | 3 | 21 | .981 | 5.233 | ||||
| Peter Peltz | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Peter Peltz | 3B | 114 | 78 | 239 | 32 | 17 | .908 | 2.781 | ||||
| Roberto Alvarez | 3B | 22 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 1 | .812 | 1.773 | ||||
| Donald Hubbard | 3B | 10 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 2.300 | ||||
| Venson Davis | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rodney Hudson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gary Hinson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Glass | C | 83 | 491 | 28 | 14 | 7 | .974 | 6.253 | 18 | |||
| Steven McMurray | C | 63 | 288 | 35 | 16 | 4 | .953 | 5.127 | 12 | |||
| Rodney Hudson | C | 16 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .991 | 6.750 | 5 | |||
| Venson Davis | OF | 114 | 219 | 16 | 9 | 6 | .963 | 2.061 | ||||
| Ed Saavedra | OF | 104 | 188 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .970 | 1.885 | ||||
| Donald Hubbard | OF | 80 | 129 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 1.675 | ||||
| Lynn Garrett | OF | 60 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.333 | ||||
| Carmelo Castillo | OF | 38 | 54 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .887 | 1.447 | ||||
| Craig Adams | OF | 23 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.261 | ||||
| Dave Hudgens | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Rick Colzie | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Marcus Clark | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Randall Rambis | P | 41 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .537 | ||||
| Matt Bullinger | P | 39 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .256 | ||||
| Gregory Johnson | P | 32 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .969 | ||||
| Keith Hendry | P | 24 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.375 | ||||
| John Walters | P | 22 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Robin Fuson | P | 20 | 13 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.900 | ||||
| Reid Cassidy | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Wilder | P | 12 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Robert Hussey | P | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.583 | ||||
| David Warnecke | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Ron Leach | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leonard Jones | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| John Hoban | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Francis Regan | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Scott Dwyer | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raymond Richard | P | 7 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.286 | ||||
| Lou Ganci | P | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Colzie | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Barnhart | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Asbell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry White | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Hallstrom | SS | 75 | 91 | 180 | 27 | 33 | .909 | 3.613 | ||||
| Bruce Chaney | SS | 39 | 41 | 110 | 6 | 23 | .962 | 3.872 | ||||
| Roberto Alvarez | SS | 25 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 12 | .892 | 3.640 | ||||
| Terry Tyson | SS | 13 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 6 | .927 | 3.923 | ||||
| Peter Peltz | SS | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1497 | 3446 | 1415 | 233 | 302 | .954 | 3.247 | 35 | 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.
