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1979 Buffalo Bisons
Record: 85-77
Finish: 2nd in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 719
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,367,073
Manager: Alex Lamabe

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-73, 8th in the Frick League
AA: 53-85, 12th in the Frick League
A: 79-59, 1st in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
SS  Hector Garcia 29 150 584 90 153 26 12 24 62 44 10 35 90 .262 .336 .471 .807 98.4 21.7 5.1
SS  Sam Tuttle 28 152 561 81 150 20 3 28 99 9 7 50 105 .267 .339 .463 .802 85.7 17.6 3.6
LF  Larry Hisle 31 153 535 80 135 27 4 21 58 17 5 58 110 .252 .329 .436 .765 81.1 16.8 4.4
1B  Clue Heywood 32 136 506 80 117 22 2 40 95 1 1 29 128 .231 .270 .520 .790 71.4 11.9 1.4
RF *Walter Wambold 32 146 452 57 104 28 1 27 80 2 3 34 125 .230 .292 .476 .767 62.6 11.0 3.8
LF #Izzy Vaughn 33 136 392 63 112 16 0 15 55 3 2 81 108 .286 .412 .441 .853 74.1 18.0 2.9
C *William Wright 28 118 388 37 92 16 4 11 54 9 1 40 27 .237 .310 .384 .694 48.4 8.0 3.3
2B  Cravin Moorhead 25 127 364 65 97 19 9 10 39 53 12 53 96 .266 .361 .451 .812 64.8 14.6 2.9
2B  Pete Madewald 32 110 292 37 77 19 3 7 33 7 3 15 50 .264 .299 .421 .720 37.9 7.1 1.9
CF  Carlton McFee 32 112 268 29 61 13 5 10 36 8 5 18 54 .228 .280 .425 .706 33.0 5.5 2.5
3B *Rex Cutler 34 85 238 31 58 12 0 6 27 1 0 40 76 .244 .360 .370 .730 35.7 7.3 1.8
C  Tony Quinn 29 70 196 18 49 9 0 1 11 0 0 11 25 .250 .290 .311 .602 17.5 1.9 1.3
LF  Jim Betoni 36 70 126 12 25 10 1 1 18 0 2 11 16 .198 .259 .317 .576 9.6 0.2 0.6
P #Chuck Delong 32 32 88 5 5 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 41 .057 .088 .148 .236 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Todd Adams 27 35 91 6 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 48 .077 .116 .077 .193 -4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Beckmeyer 23 35 85 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 44 .071 .071 .082 .153 -5.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Jeff Jarrett 34 18 51 10 15 6 0 0 5 1 1 10 12 .294 .410 .412 .822 8.4 2.0 0.4
P  Christopher Pump 23 31 55 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 15 .036 .053 .055 .107 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Fernandez 33 20 42 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 22 .119 .140 .238 .378 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Catron 33 17 31 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 19 .129 .270 .161 .432 1.8 0.0 0.0
LF  William Rice 36 16 22 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 6 .227 .469 .273 .741 4.2 0.8 0.3
3B  Willie Bodkin 29 6 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .235 .235 .235 .471 0.8 0.0 0.1
P  Michael Hick 34 29 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Stanley Spadowski 34 12 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .625 .500 1.125 1.9 0.6 0.0
P  Tom Greaves 32 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Louis Mattison 29 38 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Geraldo Garcia 27 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Marty McGraw 28 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Rudi Stein 35 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jay Lombardo 27 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.6 2074 5424 719 1287 251 44 204 690 155 53 512 1234 .237 .310 .413 .722 721.0 145.2 36.4
  Rank among 12 FL teams 11 4 9 5 9 1 4 8 6 1 10 9 6 4 4 4  
* - 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
 Todd Adams 27 12 15 .444 33 33 0 248.0 240 102 26 52 213 3.70 11.8
 Eric Beckmeyer 23 15 14 .517 35 35 0 247.7 176 97 34 82 148 3.52 12.9
 Chuck Delong 32 16 9 .640 32 30 1 231.0 227 94 17 31 155 3.66 13.6
 Christopher Pump 23 6 9 .400 31 23 1 157.0 155 89 21 70 111 5.10 0.2
*Pedro Fernandez 33 8 6 .571 19 18 0 116.3 111 47 13 37 64 3.64 6.6
 Mark Catron 33 6 5 .545 17 13 0 100.3 116 63 13 37 96 5.65 0.0
 Marty McGraw 28 7 3 .700 77 0 7 85.0 59 30 9 36 83 3.18 10.2
 Rudi Stein 35 4 6 .400 60 0 29 60.0 60 27 4 26 55 4.05 7.2
 Michael Hick 34 4 1 .800 29 4 1 57.7 56 24 1 18 27 3.75 3.7
 Louis Mattison 29 2 2 .500 38 0 2 54.0 51 15 0 20 52 2.50 5.0
*Jay Lombardo 27 2 2 .500 47 0 3 40.3 39 19 6 17 32 4.24 2.4
 Geraldo Garcia 27 2 3 .400 24 1 2 26.7 31 26 5 20 24 8.78 0.0
 Tom Greaves 32 1 2 .333 9 3 1 25.3 37 18 1 11 16 6.40 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 85 77 .525 451 160 47 1449.3 1358 651 150 457 1076 4.04 73.5
Rank among 12 FL teams 6 6 2 6 9 5 11 9 8 7 9  
* - 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
W.Wright 974.7 110 115 748 58 10 0 .988 30.1
T.Quinn 474.7 52 60 355 19 9 1 .977 14.3
Team Total 1449.3 162 175 1103 77 19 1 .984 24.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.99
C.Heywood 1115.7 124 129 1060 78 12 68 .990 9.18
R.Cutler 212.3 25 25 198 10 3 17 .986 8.82
S.Tuttle 60.0 6 7 77 6 0 4 1.000 12.45
P.Madewald 53.0 6 6 57 3 1 4 .984 10.19
L.Hisle 8.3 1 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.72
Team Total 1449.3 162 168 1401 97 16 93 .989 9.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.92
C.Moorhead 744.3 88 96 118 265 6 34 .985 4.63
P.Madewald 577.0 61 84 127 167 6 37 .980 4.59
S.Tuttle 125.0 13 17 29 38 1 7 .985 4.82
H.Garcia 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Betoni 1.9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.74
Team Total 1451.2 162 201 275 471 13 78 .983 4.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.55
S.Tuttle 1039.0 117 120 63 205 19 9 .934 2.32
R.Cutler 378.3 42 47 39 85 8 8 .939 2.95
W.Bodkin 32.0 3 5 2 9 1 0 .917 3.09
J.Betoni 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 173 104 299 28 17 .935 2.50
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.24
H.Garcia 1293.3 145 146 190 391 17 58 .972 4.04
C.Moorhead 95.0 11 11 9 25 4 5 .895 3.22
S.Tuttle 55.0 6 7 9 18 1 3 .964 4.42
W.Bodkin 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Cutler 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 166 208 435 22 66 .967 3.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.02
I.Vaughn 713.3 84 87 170 3 1 1 .994 2.18
L.Hisle 434.0 49 53 115 3 4 0 .967 2.45
C.McFee 167.7 18 29 49 4 0 1 1.000 2.85
W.Wambold 101.3 10 17 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
J.Betoni 38.3 1 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
S.Spadowski 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Rice 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Jarrett 0.8 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1462.4 162 199 373 10 5 2 .987 2.36
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.58
L.Hisle 830.7 93 95 242 4 7 2 .972 2.67
C.McFee 391.3 45 45 119 2 1 0 .992 2.78
I.Vaughn 212.0 24 24 64 1 1 0 .985 2.76
C.Heywood 7.3 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.37
J.Jarrett 4.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Spadowski 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Wambold 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Betoni 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1453.6 162 170 434 7 9 2 .980 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
W.Wambold 997.7 113 126 267 9 3 1 .989 2.49
J.Betoni 168.0 14 23 41 1 3 0 .933 2.25
J.Jarrett 97.9 9 10 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.48
W.Rice 76.0 9 12 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
C.McFee 33.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
L.Hisle 9.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1381.6 150 179 371 12 6 2 .985 2.50
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
T.Adams 248.0 33 33 9 37 1 1 .979 1.67
E.Beckmeyer 247.7 35 35 11 27 2 1 .950 1.38
C.Delong 231.0 30 32 14 21 0 1 1.000 1.36
C.Pump 157.0 23 31 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.49
P.Fernandez 116.3 18 19 6 25 1 5 .969 2.40
M.Catron 100.3 13 17 4 16 1 0 .952 1.79
M.McGraw 85.0 0 77 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.38
R.Stein 60.0 0 60 1 8 1 2 .900 1.35
M.Hick 57.7 4 29 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.72
L.Mattison 54.0 0 38 3 5 1 0 .889 1.33
J.Lombardo 40.3 0 47 0 9 0 0 1.000 2.01
G.Garcia 26.7 1 24 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.68
T.Greaves 25.3 3 9 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.78
Team Total 1449.3 160 451 62 191 7 11 .973 1.57
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Vaughn .269
On-Base Pct Vaughn .392
Slugging Pct Heywood .520
OPS Vaughn .808
XR Garcia 98.4
Games Hisle 153
At-Bats Garcia 584
Runs Garcia 90
Hits Garcia 153
Total Bases Garcia 275
Singles Tuttle 99
Doubles Wambold 28
Triples Garcia 12
Homeruns Heywood 40
RBIs Tuttle 99
Stolen Bases Moorhead 53
Caught Stealing Moorhead 12
Walks Vaughn 81
Strikeouts Heywood 128
ERA Beckmeyer 3.52
Wins Delong 16
Losses Adams 15
Winning Pct Delong .640
Saves Stein 29
Games Pitched McGraw 77
Games Started Beckmeyer 35
Complete Games Delong 12
Shutouts Adams 2
Innings Pitched Adams 248.0
Hits Allowed Adams 240
Homeruns Allowed Beckmeyer 34
Strikeouts Adams 213
Walks Allowed Beckmeyer 82
Walks per 9IP Delong 1.2
Hits per 9IP Beckmeyer 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Adams 7.7
WHiP Beckmeyer 1.04
OAVG Beckmeyer .195
OOBP Beckmeyer .267
OSLG Beckmeyer .357
OOPS Beckmeyer .624
Team All-Stars
Hector Garcia
Player Salaries
Chuck Delong $ 9,720,000
Larry Hisle $ 7,500,000
Rudi Stein $ 7,220,000
Izzy Vaughn $ 5,500,000
Walter Wambold $ 5,000,000
Mark Catron $ 4,000,000
Jeff Jarrett $ 4,000,000
Hector Garcia $ 3,828,571
Clue Heywood $ 3,760,000
Todd Adams $ 3,700,000
Carlton McFee $ 3,700,000
Pete Madewald $ 3,500,000
Marty McGraw $ 3,050,000
Cravin Moorhead $ 2,550,000
Christopher Pump $ 2,292,857
Michael Hick $ 1,800,000
Louis Mattison $ 1,600,000
Tony Quinn $ 360,000
William Wright $ 300,000
Tom Greaves $ 300,000
William Rice $ 300,000
Geraldo Garcia $ 300,000
Stanley Spadowski $ 300,000
Sam Tuttle $ 300,000
Willie Bodkin $ 300,000
Eric Beckmeyer $ 300,000
Jay Lombardo $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Reynaldo Carlino Geraldo Garcia
2/3 Voo Fowler Pedro Fernandez
Bill Hilderbrand
George Kemper
2/3 Ace Holder
Marcel Sandoval
Davey Mellor
Jose Neff		 Christopher Pump
Hector Garcia
Franklin Resendiz
2/10 Carlos Herrera John Landon
7/1 Waldo Velazco Mark Catron
7/31 Jim Betoni
John Landon
Jake Hatfield		 Jeff Jarrett
 
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