1979 Winston-Salem Red Sox Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 85-55
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Bill Slack (85-55)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 68,702, Avg. 981

1979 Winston-Salem Red Sox Roster

The Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1979 season with a record of 85 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the CL.

The Red Sox scored 675 runs, most in the league. Winston-Salem gave up 599 runs. Craig Brooks and Reid Nichols paced the team with 12 home runs apiece. Jack Sauer drove in 74 runs. Reid Nichols led batters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Mike Howard topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.3 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1979 Winston-Salem Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Shields, Steve Crawford, John Lickert and Reid Nichols.

Bill Slack 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
Mike Howard	12	3	.800	2.30	33	16		7	0	2	149.0	107	49	38	4	62	1	161	4	0	11
Martin Rivas	11	6	.647	3.74	36	9		5	1	6	118.0	108	61	49	8	30	3	93	4	1	1
Steve Shields	11	8	.579	3.02	24	22		5	0	0	152.0	149	78	51	9	80	3	152	1	2	13
Steve Crawford	11	11	.500	2.94	29	28		15	3	0	211.0	208	88	69	4	67	3	127	2	0	13
Mark Baum	10	1	.909	3.36	14	14		3	0	0	91.0	67	39	34	1	69	4	94	7	2	9
Dave Tyler	9	4	.692	1.43	25	10		3	2	3	82.0	58	19	13	1	38	2	70	2	1	0
Dan Weppner	8	7	.533	4.21	23	20		5	2	0	126.0	147	80	59	8	42	1	72	4	1	7
Keith Pecka	6	6	.500	3.00	31	9		0	0	2	96.0	101	54	32	8	47	3	63	4	0	5
Al Hulbert	3	2	.600	5.10	31	4		0	0	2	67.0	81	54	38	6	37	2	43	2	0	6
Dave Schoppee	3	4	.429	2.47	37	0		0	0	19	62.0	50	23	17	0	14	2	47	2	0	5
Andrew Madden	1	2	.333	3.77	9	9		0	0	0	31.0	23	22	13	0	25	0	11	1	0	4
Edward Connors	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel Tavera	0	0		18.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	6	6	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
Reid Nichols	0	0		45.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	4	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cooke	0	1	.000	4.22	14	0		0	0	0	32.0	41	21	15	0	15	2	20	1	0	4
Totals	85	55	.607	3.23	310	141	0	43	8	34	1222.0	1148	599	439	50	536	26	954	34	7	78	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
Reid Nichols	134	607	532	107	156	25	5	12	59	66	12	56	47	.293	.371	.427	.798	227		12	4	3
Jack Sauer	137	549	470	68	137	21	7	3	74	16	9	63	68	.291	.375	.385	.760	181		3	7	6
Erwin Bryant	120	509	442	57	127	9	4	0	47	18	6	56	25	.287	.367	.326	.692	144		1	7	3
Noel Roman	116	470	426	57	115	13	7	0	45	27	9	29	64	.270	.319	.333	.652	142		4	6	5
Gino Gentile	121	483	404	66	108	19	5	5	56	13	5	64	71	.267	.368	.376	.745	152		3	8	4
Craig Brooks	114	454	377	71	102	16	8	12	62	17	5	68	85	.271	.384	.451	.835	170		3	4	2
Stanley Smith	107	427	384	38	101	18	4	9	61	2	2	31	78	.263	.322	.401	.723	154		3	8	1
John Lickert	112	427	356	42	97	14	3	3	43	8	2	58	49	.272	.378	.354	.732	126		4	6	3
Miguel Tavera	117	430	385	52	90	6	2	0	27	22	7	32	86	.234	.294	.260	.553	100		1	11	1
Edward Connors	88	340	300	42	77	14	2	7	35	0	1	31	76	.257	.328	.387	.715	116		2	5	2
Mark Kaeterle	61	206	179	24	29	6	0	5	19	0	0	19	61	.162	.248	.279	.527	50		2	4	2
James Mugele	37	134	115	16	26	8	1	1	9	0	3	13	26	.226	.308	.339	.647	39		2	1	3
Ronnie Harrington	34	121	93	14	20	0	1	1	13	1	1	24	34	.215	.375	.269	.644	25		1	1	2
Leonard Thompson	39	118	101	7	20	0	0	0	7	0	0	10	16	.198	.274	.198	.472	20		1	5	1
Reggie Whittemore	34	116	97	12	18	5	1	0	4	3	1	18	40	.186	.319	.258	.577	25		1	0	0
Steve Crawford	29	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2		0	0	0
Dave Tyler	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1428	5395	4664	675	1225	174	50	58	562	193	63	573	827	.263	.346	.359	.705	1673	0	43	77	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Stanley Smith	1B	69	582	38	11	48	.983	8.986
Mark Kaeterle	1B	59	461	31	7	31	.986	8.339
Reggie Whittemore	1B	27	224	6	5	16	.979	8.519
Erwin Bryant	2B	113	232	341	19	59	.968	5.071
Miguel Tavera	2B	35	63	78	8	12	.946	4.029
Noel Roman	2B	6	6	15	3	3	.875	3.500
Edward Connors	3B	81	42	129	29	7	.855	2.111
Miguel Tavera	3B	67	39	86	15	4	.893	1.866
Noel Roman	3B	6	1	9	5	0	.667	1.667
Erwin Bryant	3B	6	4	9	4	0	.765	2.167
Reid Nichols	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Lickert	C	110	707	77	10	3	.987	7.127	19
Leonard Thompson	C	39	233	15	3	2	.988	6.359	7
Ronnie Harrington	C	9	48	3	1	0	.981	5.667	2
Jack Sauer	OF	135	189	16	11	1	.949	1.519
Reid Nichols	OF	130	239	23	10	1	.963	2.015
Gino Gentile	OF	117	209	6	9	0	.960	1.838
Craig Brooks	OF	36	44	2	3	0	.939	1.278
Miguel Tavera	OF	22	48	2	3	0	.943	2.273
Stanley Smith	OF	10	5	0	1	0	.833	.500
Dave Schoppee	P	37	8	18	0	2	1.000	.703
Martin Rivas	P	36	5	17	3	1	.880	.611
Mike Howard	P	33	4	26	5	1	.857	.909
Keith Pecka	P	31	5	26	0	0	1.000	1.000
Al Hulbert	P	31	5	12	3	0	.850	.548
Steve Crawford	P	29	18	34	6	3	.897	1.793
Dave Tyler	P	25	6	10	0	0	1.000	.640
Steve Shields	P	24	7	20	13	1	.675	1.125
Dan Weppner	P	23	4	19	3	0	.885	1.000
Dick Cooke	P	14	1	9	0	0	1.000	.714
Mark Baum	P	14	4	8	3	0	.800	.857
Andrew Madden	P	9	3	7	1	0	.909	1.111
Miguel Tavera	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Reid Nichols	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Edward Connors	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Noel Roman	SS	104	158	328	42	53	.920	4.673
Reid Nichols	SS	5	6	13	2	0	.905	3.800
Erwin Bryant	SS	4	10	9	1	4	.950	4.750
James Mugele	SS	3	44	97	18	18	.887	47.000
Miguel Tavera	SS	1	1	4	0	2	1.000	5.000
Totals		1505	3666	1543	257	272	.953	3.461	28	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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