1979 Winter Haven Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 79-58
Finished 1st in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Rac Slider (79-58)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winter Haven, Florida
Ballpark: Chain O'Lakes Park
Attendance: 28,022, Avg. 409
Playoffs - Winter Haven Red Sox 3 games, Fort Lauderdale Yankees 0
The Winter Haven Red Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1979 season with a record of 79 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Red Sox scored 555 runs and allowed 462 runs. Kenny Young and Jackie Wright each recorded 51 runs batted in. Kenny Young led all regular batters with a .302 average. Gary Givens topped the team with 16 wins, while Bob Ojeda as well added 15 or more victories as well Dennis Burtt recorded a 2.37 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Lee Graham, Marty Barrett, Bobby Sprowl, Dennis Burtt, Bob Ojeda, Bruce Hurst and Marc Sullivan were all players from the 1979 Winter Haven Red Sox who played in the Majors during their careers.
Rac Slider 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Givens | 16 | 12 | .571 | 2.67 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 206.0 | 189 | 85 | 61 | 9 | 67 | 3 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Ojeda | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.43 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 200.0 | 163 | 66 | 54 | 5 | 84 | 1 | 150 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Burtt | 11 | 10 | .524 | 2.37 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 152.0 | 113 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 74 | 2 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Stephen Collins | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.20 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 135.0 | 122 | 60 | 48 | 2 | 87 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Bruce Hurst | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.93 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 57 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kevin Kane | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.20 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 90.0 | 63 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Clint Johnson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.21 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 61.0 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.67 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 81 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Dale | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bill Davis | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.92 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.0 | 53 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Carlander | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.43 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 78 | 48 | 41 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Miklosi | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Gill | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Baldwin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 79 | 58 | .577 | 2.81 | 263 | 137 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 26 | 1174.0 | 999 | 462 | 366 | 36 | 510 | 15 | 801 | 29 | 6 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Young | 113 | 468 | 400 | 65 | 121 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 36 | 6 | 53 | 72 | .302 | .382 | .392 | .775 | 157 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Jackie Wright | 128 | 479 | 425 | 38 | 107 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 79 | .252 | .323 | .294 | .618 | 125 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Lee Graham | 117 | 474 | 404 | 65 | 103 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 40 | 13 | 60 | 46 | .255 | .357 | .295 | .652 | 119 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Frank Gill | 107 | 379 | 329 | 52 | 92 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 38 | 23 | .280 | .349 | .328 | .678 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Russ Quetti | 100 | 385 | 330 | 36 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 49 | .212 | .305 | .258 | .563 | 85 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jim Watkins | 68 | 273 | 233 | 27 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 39 | 25 | .279 | .381 | .343 | .724 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Parker | 81 | 289 | 254 | 29 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 44 | .228 | .311 | .260 | .571 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marty Barrett | 57 | 214 | 178 | 25 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | .298 | .365 | .354 | .719 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| James Fabiano | 90 | 311 | 241 | 42 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 52 | .216 | .377 | .315 | .692 | 76 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Sandberg | 71 | 260 | 213 | 22 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 44 | .239 | .357 | .338 | .695 | 72 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Andreas Schardt | 51 | 171 | 155 | 23 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 26 | .297 | .345 | .445 | .790 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Julio Collazo | 52 | 190 | 167 | 19 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 33 | .269 | .354 | .353 | .708 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Miklosi | 43 | 153 | 133 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .278 | .340 | .331 | .671 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Juan Pautt | 50 | 180 | 140 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 41 | .236 | .391 | .293 | .684 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Del Bender | 49 | 168 | 152 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 44 | .217 | .274 | .263 | .538 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Morgan | 49 | 168 | 154 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .214 | .280 | .273 | .552 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Colbert | 73 | 208 | 163 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 43 | .160 | .328 | .190 | .519 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Wadsworth | 46 | 154 | 125 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .200 | .346 | .264 | .610 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Lee | 28 | 100 | 85 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .282 | .371 | .376 | .748 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marc Sullivan | 31 | 101 | 92 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .207 | .253 | .250 | .503 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1405 | 5126 | 4374 | 555 | 1093 | 145 | 23 | 27 | 483 | 155 | 48 | 599 | 731 | .250 | .344 | .312 | .656 | 1365 | 0 | 48 | 62 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Sandberg | 1B | 57 | 431 | 33 | 7 | 33 | .985 | 8.140 | ||||
| Del Bender | 1B | 45 | 374 | 27 | 5 | 30 | .988 | 8.911 | ||||
| Andreas Schardt | 1B | 38 | 271 | 23 | 4 | 28 | .987 | 7.737 | ||||
| Timothy Wadsworth | 1B | 15 | 105 | 8 | 4 | 4 | .966 | 7.533 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | 1B | 5 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| James Fabiano | 2B | 68 | 135 | 155 | 13 | 19 | .957 | 4.265 | ||||
| Marty Barrett | 2B | 52 | 124 | 144 | 6 | 40 | .978 | 5.154 | ||||
| Ron Lee | 2B | 21 | 34 | 42 | 4 | 10 | .950 | 3.619 | ||||
| Frank Gill | 2B | 10 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 3.700 | ||||
| Jackie Wright | 3B | 126 | 74 | 254 | 22 | 19 | .937 | 2.603 | ||||
| Julio Collazo | 3B | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| James Fabiano | 3B | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jerry Miklosi | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Lee | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Colbert | C | 65 | 333 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .984 | 5.538 | 5 | |||
| John Morgan | C | 49 | 258 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 5.776 | 6 | |||
| Marc Sullivan | C | 31 | 146 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 5.355 | 7 | |||
| Timothy Wadsworth | C | 22 | 118 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .970 | 5.909 | 2 | |||
| Lee Graham | OF | 113 | 176 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.593 | ||||
| Frank Gill | OF | 92 | 153 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .988 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jim Watkins | OF | 67 | 151 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 2.403 | ||||
| Kenny Young | OF | 65 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 1.708 | ||||
| Robert Parker | OF | 60 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .956 | 1.433 | ||||
| Juan Pautt | OF | 50 | 68 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Fabiano | OF | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| William Grant | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Colbert | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Burtt | P | 35 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Stephen Collins | P | 33 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .848 | ||||
| Clint Johnson | P | 31 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .484 | ||||
| Bob Ojeda | P | 29 | 10 | 52 | 3 | 6 | .954 | 2.138 | ||||
| Gary Givens | P | 29 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.828 | ||||
| Bill Davis | P | 26 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .615 | ||||
| Kevin Kane | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Paul Carlander | P | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Bruce Hurst | P | 12 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Chuck Dale | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jerry Miklosi | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Gill | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Baldwin | P | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Marty Barrett | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Russ Quetti | SS | 100 | 156 | 289 | 28 | 46 | .941 | 4.450 | ||||
| Jerry Miklosi | SS | 36 | 60 | 102 | 5 | 18 | .970 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ron Lee | SS | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 4.400 | ||||
| James Fabiano | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1488 | 3531 | 1464 | 151 | 289 | .971 | 3.357 | 20 | 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.
