1979 Austin Riverbats Index Page

1979 Austin Riverbats

Record: 91-71
Finish: 2nd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 682
Runs Allowed: 576
Exp W-L: 93-69

Ballpark: The Grotto
Attendance: 3,854,136
Manager: Don Zimmer

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 84-54, 2nd in the Frick League
AA: 66-72, 8th in the Frick League
A: 65-73, 9th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 3-4 to California Crusaders
Won FL Cartwright Cup 4-0 over Montreal Blazers
Won Doubleday Series 3-0 over Des Moines Kernels

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
1B	Jack Kelly	36	157	572	86	158	25	6	28	96	1	0	57	38	.276	.343	.488	.830	91.7	17.3	2.8
2B	Ryoko Masaki	24	155	573	67	159	21	8	4	57	44	10	26	79	.277	.324	.363	.687	71.0	11.4	4.1
RF	*Mitchell Page	26	152	515	71	142	24	1	20	77	5	0	50	89	.276	.344	.443	.787	74.8	13.7	3.9
C	Del Heaven	22	140	515	52	141	15	0	3	39	1	2	25	77	.274	.306	.320	.626	46.1	4.5	7.5
LF	*Woodrow Wilhoite	29	141	435	62	139	18	4	4	36	14	11	45	61	.320	.388	.407	.795	66.6	13.0	2.5
CF	*George Kobayashi	24	139	396	46	111	21	2	8	65	21	5	34	86	.280	.334	.404	.738	54.3	9.3	3.2
SS	Russ Brand	31	117	371	38	87	11	7	7	34	15	9	23	60	.235	.281	.358	.639	35.3	3.0	4.8
RF	*Elroy Futon	37	96	335	46	102	15	4	14	51	15	1	37	48	.304	.377	.499	.875	62.6	13.3	1.6
SS	Sanderson Roosevelt	36	88	307	39	68	8	3	9	32	17	7	16	81	.221	.263	.355	.618	28.7	1.9	5.3
3B	Jason Yother	32	100	206	14	55	11	0	1	20	1	2	9	24	.267	.297	.335	.632	16.7	1.0	1.8
2B	#Hayfu Sobah	36	54	182	32	52	17	2	10	31	3	1	25	13	.286	.374	.566	.940	36.6	7.9	1.9
2B	Jake Bradley	34	99	153	19	40	10	1	2	22	3	0	10	21	.261	.305	.379	.684	17.6	2.4	0.4
3B	Maka Tua	23	47	122	22	28	8	2	5	21	0	1	13	33	.230	.299	.451	.750	16.8	2.6	1.4
P	Vernon Meyer	26	41	121	3	10	5	1	0	6	0	0	2	53	.083	.097	.140	.237	-2.3	0.0	0.0
P	Mike Madorin	32	39	110	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	60	.027	.085	.036	.122	-5.8	0.0	0.0
LF	*Nathaniel Ortiz	26	72	105	25	21	3	2	1	9	23	3	6	15	.200	.246	.295	.541	11.4	1.1	0.9
P	*Frank Rogers	27	41	99	6	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	42	.081	.117	.111	.228	-2.1	0.0	0.0
C	Lance Houston	30	52	96	17	24	5	4	1	7	7	1	16	7	.250	.357	.417	.774	14.2	2.6	1.6
P	*Jacinto Merino	29	37	86	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	41	.081	.122	.105	.227	-2.9	0.0	0.0
RF	*Andre Sandoval	27	32	86	16	41	4	2	8	26	0	2	4	12	.477	.500	.849	1.349	27.6	7.6	0.6
3B	Frederick Galdamez	30	44	68	6	17	3	0	1	6	0	0	3	15	.250	.278	.338	.616	6.1	0.5	0.3
3B	Miguel Lozano	30	38	48	5	12	2	2	0	5	0	0	5	8	.250	.321	.375	.696	5.1	0.6	0.5
SS	Angel Maya	33	19	49	4	6	0	1	1	5	0	1	1	13	.122	.157	.224	.381	0.1	0.0	1.0
P	*Ronald Wasser	27	31	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-0.7	0.0	0.0
P	Gary Ford	25	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	#Reynaldo Carlino	35	49	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Roger Reuter	36	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Jose Higa	28	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Davey Cantoni	33	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.8	2093	5574	682	1431	232	52	127	654	170	58	424	989	.257	.312	.385	.697	668.7	113.8	46.1
	Rank among 12 FL teams			5	5	4	11	7	4	5	5	7	8	2	4	5	5	5	5
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Vernon Meyer	26	21	12	.636	40	40	0	332.7	287	89	18	52	303	2.41	30.8
Mike Madorin	32	18	16	.529	39	39	0	302.3	307	98	19	35	150	2.92	19.2
*Frank Rogers	27	20	12	.625	41	41	0	279.0	178	75	19	86	186	2.42	25.2
Jacinto Merino	29	12	16	.429	37	36	0	246.3	230	136	22	81	283	4.97	2.0
Reynaldo Carlino	35	2	3	.400	49	0	19	58.0	49	18	4	11	29	2.79	11.1
George Thrilkil	24	4	4	.500	55	0	2	57.7	58	25	6	11	40	3.90	4.0
*Ronald Wasser	27	4	2	.667	31	4	1	54.7	59	18	2	20	17	2.96	4.1
*Jose Higa	28	2	1	.667	45	0	5	50.7	45	16	3	12	27	2.84	6.6
Roger Reuter	36	5	2	.714	52	0	20	50.0	55	19	4	16	65	3.42	7.0
Gary Ford	25	1	2	.333	8	2	0	23.7	24	9	1	4	21	3.42	1.1
Amado Riojas	33	0	0	.000	7	0	0	8.0	6	3	1	1	8	3.38	0.5
Davey Cantoni	33	1	0	1.000	8	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	4	0.00	1.3
Thomas Money	23	1	1	.500	2	0	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	3	4.50	0.2
Willy Bodfish	38	0	0	.000	1	0	0	1.3	5	4	1	1	0	27.07	0.0
Team Totals	29.7	91	71	.562	415	162	47	1472.3	1310	511	100	331	1136	3.12	113.0
Rank among 12 FL teams				3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	5	2
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.988	27.9
D.Heaven	1246.7	139	140	963	77	15	0	.986	31.7
L.Houston	225.7	23	32	193	12	1	0	.995	31.6
Team Total	1472.3	162	172	1156	89	16	0	.987	31.7
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	9.99
J.Kelly	1317.3	146	154	1349	84	13	113	.991	9.79
F.Galdamez	100.0	10	15	109	9	0	5	1.000	10.62
L.Houston	30.0	3	10	30	1	0	2	1.000	9.30
M.Tua	17.0	2	3	17	0	0	1	1.000	9.00
R.Brand	8.0	1	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.88
Team Total	1472.3	162	183	1512	94	13	121	.992	9.82
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	4.92
R.Masaki	791.7	88	90	142	235	15	47	.962	4.29
J.Bradley	191.0	20	33	50	62	2	16	.982	5.28
H.Sobah	180.9	21	22	32	66	2	12	.980	4.88
M.Lozano	28.0	2	7	6	6	0	1	1.000	3.86
R.Brand	10.0	1	3	4	4	0	3	1.000	7.20
S.Roosevelt	1.7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.29
L.Houston	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1204.3	132	157	234	374	19	79	.970	4.54
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.949	2.55
R.Brand	862.7	100	105	45	192	3	13	.988	2.47
J.Yother	285.0	28	47	18	63	4	6	.953	2.56
M.Tua	260.0	29	34	11	57	0	4	1.000	2.35
M.Lozano	57.0	5	13	6	8	1	1	.933	2.21
N.Ortiz	5.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
F.Galdamez	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1472.3	162	201	80	321	8	24	.980	2.45
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.968	4.24
S.Roosevelt	703.1	84	86	88	235	11	39	.967	4.13
R.Masaki	516.7	59	63	70	152	8	26	.965	3.87
H.Sobah	254.0	29	32	29	82	6	16	.949	3.93
A.Maya	120.0	12	17	15	44	4	8	.937	4.43
J.Bradley	45.0	5	5	5	11	2	2	.889	3.20
M.Lozano	38.0	2	12	5	13	0	0	1.000	4.26
R.Brand	34.0	3	6	4	9	0	4	1.000	3.44
Team Total	1710.8	194	221	216	546	31	95	.961	4.01
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.02
W.Wilhoite	923.3	107	114	220	1	4	0	.982	2.15
M.Page	304.0	33	44	72	0	4	0	.947	2.13
E.Futon	129.9	15	18	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.18
G.Kobayashi	100.0	8	22	19	2	0	0	1.000	1.89
N.Ortiz	66.0	6	16	16	1	1	0	.944	2.32
J.Yother	56.0	6	11	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.93
A.Sandoval	16.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
Team Total	1595.2	177	227	358	4	9	0	.976	2.04

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.58
G.Kobayashi	685.0	75	86	209	8	0	1	1.000	2.85
M.Page	629.0	72	75	196	3	4	0	.980	2.85
N.Ortiz	120.3	13	20	37	1	0	0	1.000	2.84
W.Wilhoite	21.0	2	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	3.43
J.Yother	15.0	0	7	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
S.Roosevelt	1.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1471.4	162	194	452	13	4	1	.991	2.84
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	2.03
E.Futon	639.4	72	74	132	2	0	2	1.000	1.89
M.Page	248.0	28	30	67	0	0	0	1.000	2.43
A.Sandoval	181.0	23	24	48	2	2	0	.962	2.49
G.Kobayashi	97.3	9	19	20	1	3	0	.875	1.94
N.Ortiz	88.3	8	17	17	1	1	1	.947	1.83
J.Yother	83.7	8	15	19	0	0	0	1.000	2.04
R.Brand	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1338.7	148	180	303	6	6	3	.981	2.08
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.85
V.Meyer	332.7	40	40	19	56	5	3	.938	2.03
M.Madorin	302.3	39	39	16	48	1	3	.985	1.91
F.Rogers	279.0	41	41	7	30	3	1	.925	1.19
J.Merino	246.3	36	37	11	29	0	0	1.000	1.46
R.Carlino	58.0	0	49	2	13	0	1	1.000	2.33
G.Thrilkil	57.7	0	55	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.56
R.Wasser	54.7	4	31	6	14	0	1	1.000	3.29
J.Higa	50.7	0	45	1	4	1	0	.833	0.89
R.Reuter	50.0	0	52	1	5	1	0	.857	1.08
G.Ford	23.7	2	8	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.90
A.Riojas	8.0	0	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.25
D.Cantoni	6.0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
T.Money	2.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
W.Bodfish	1.3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.77
Team Total	1472.3	162	415	67	214	11	10	.962	1.72

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Wilhoite	.312
On-Base Pct	Wilhoite	.379
Slugging Pct	Kelly	.488
OPS	Kelly	.830
XR	Kelly	91.7
Games	Kelly	157
At-Bats	Masaki	573
Runs	Kelly	86
Hits	Masaki	159
Total Bases	Kelly	279
Singles	Masaki	126
Doubles	Kelly	25
Triples	Masaki	8
Homeruns	Kelly	28
RBIs	Kelly	96
Stolen Bases	Masaki	44
Caught Stealing	Wilhoite	11
Walks	Kelly	57
Strikeouts	Pag