1979 Walla Walla Padres Statistics
Team Record: 40-30
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Curt Daniels (40-30)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Ballpark: Borleske Stadium
Attendance: 20,358, Avg. 582
Playoffs - Central Oregon Phillies 2 games, Walla Walla Padres 1
The Walla Walla Padres of the Northwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Padres scored 371 runs and yielded 355 runs. Douglas Lulay drove in 62 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Tim Hamm led the team with 8 wins, while David Froelich registered a 2.88 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1979 Walla Walla Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Lansford, Bob Geren and Mark Parent.
Curt Daniels 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hamm | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.73 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 107 | 49 | 39 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| David Froelich | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.88 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 83 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Curtis Smith | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.82 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 36 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dan Sijer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.82 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 67 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rodney Peterson | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.91 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 45 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Mike Barba | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.65 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37.0 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Courtney Wyrick | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.39 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 84.0 | 78 | 58 | 41 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Danny Danielson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.04 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 68 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Gregory Patton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.40 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 54 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Brokop | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.65 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Philip Wilson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 30 | .571 | 4.20 | 158 | 70 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 620.0 | 603 | 355 | 289 | 36 | 353 | 9 | 446 | 26 | 2 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Lulay | 70 | 313 | 275 | 48 | 88 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 56 | .320 | .391 | .487 | .878 | 134 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Cain | 69 | 309 | 240 | 59 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 3 | 61 | 39 | .300 | .444 | .433 | .878 | 104 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Gausepohl | 66 | 307 | 268 | 47 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 32 | 43 | .246 | .327 | .354 | .681 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gregory Thys | 63 | 283 | 224 | 44 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 49 | 28 | .290 | .427 | .353 | .779 | 79 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jerry DeSimone | 67 | 297 | 225 | 39 | 64 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 65 | 36 | .284 | .444 | .364 | .808 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Gonzalez | 68 | 293 | 229 | 34 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 47 | .231 | .376 | .301 | .677 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| John Stevenson | 24 | 100 | 79 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 13 | .342 | .469 | .430 | .900 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Geren | 54 | 185 | 151 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 39 | .172 | .315 | .205 | .521 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mark Parent | 40 | 139 | 126 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .190 | .235 | .246 | .481 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lansford | 44 | 176 | 146 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 71 | .144 | .263 | .281 | .544 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Alfredo Rodriguez | 43 | 132 | 101 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 38 | .158 | .315 | .228 | .543 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Johnson | 47 | 131 | 102 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 39 | .157 | .333 | .157 | .490 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Jones | 19 | 47 | 39 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .282 | .341 | .333 | .674 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mick Dwyer | 19 | 53 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .143 | .321 | .143 | .464 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony McGrue | 10 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .167 | .286 | .208 | .494 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Tarnow | 18 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .074 | .138 | .074 | .212 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Smith | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 742 | 2823 | 2299 | 371 | 562 | 71 | 20 | 31 | 318 | 91 | 33 | 437 | 532 | .244 | .368 | .333 | .701 | 766 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lansford | 1B | 24 | 204 | 21 | 6 | 23 | .974 | 9.375 | ||||
| Mick Dwyer | 1B | 16 | 104 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .956 | 6.750 | ||||
| Alfredo Rodriguez | 1B | 15 | 120 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .985 | 8.533 | ||||
| Gregory Thys | 1B | 14 | 114 | 13 | 4 | 7 | .969 | 9.071 | ||||
| Douglas Lulay | 1B | 7 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 9.714 | ||||
| Bob Geren | 1B | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Gregory Thys | 2B | 44 | 103 | 109 | 8 | 26 | .964 | 4.818 | ||||
| Francisco Gonzalez | 2B | 27 | 63 | 66 | 3 | 8 | .977 | 4.778 | ||||
| Tommy Jones | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Francisco Gonzalez | 3B | 35 | 29 | 70 | 9 | 8 | .917 | 2.829 | ||||
| Jerry DeSimone | 3B | 19 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 1 | .844 | 2.842 | ||||
| Alfredo Rodriguez | 3B | 16 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .870 | 2.500 | ||||
| Gregory Thys | 3B | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| John Stevenson | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Douglas Lulay | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Parent | C | 38 | 228 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 6.895 | 15 | |||
| Bob Geren | C | 37 | 183 | 23 | 9 | 0 | .958 | 5.568 | 19 | |||
| Greg Tarnow | C | 17 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 3.235 | 4 | |||
| Aaron Cain | OF | 67 | 96 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.537 | ||||
| Daniel Gausepohl | OF | 66 | 127 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 2.015 | ||||
| Douglas Lulay | OF | 61 | 115 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .969 | 2.016 | ||||
| Steve Johnson | OF | 19 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.316 | ||||
| Tommy Jones | OF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Anthony McGrue | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Parent | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Barba | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Curtis Smith | P | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Courtney Wyrick | P | 15 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .808 | 1.400 | ||||
| Rodney Peterson | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tim Hamm | P | 14 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Danny Danielson | P | 14 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Philip Wilson | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Dan Sijer | P | 13 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 2.077 | ||||
| David Froelich | P | 13 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Gregory Patton | P | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Thomas Brokop | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry DeSimone | SS | 47 | 76 | 169 | 19 | 31 | .928 | 5.213 | ||||
| John Stevenson | SS | 22 | 39 | 74 | 8 | 7 | .934 | 5.136 | ||||
| Tommy Jones | SS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gregory Thys | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Alfredo Rodriguez | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 775 | 1858 | 837 | 131 | 156 | .954 | 3.477 | 38 | 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.
