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1979 Louisville Sluggers
Record: 84-78
Finish: 2nd in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 663
Runs Allowed: 607
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,646,043
Manager: Jimmy Morris

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-62, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 78-60, 3rd in the Johnson League
A: 79-59, 4th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF  Tom Laverriere 24 153 648 96 172 43 12 8 62 68 17 39 103 .265 .315 .406 .721 86.7 14.3 4.1
LF *Oswaldo Gaona 29 151 524 97 133 25 4 30 96 18 5 96 42 .254 .379 .489 .867 103.2 19.8 2.8
1B  Bob Oberdorsten 32 153 541 55 164 19 3 8 69 0 1 59 47 .303 .388 .394 .782 84.4 15.4 2.7
3B #Henry Jones 21 151 515 81 129 40 3 9 53 18 9 72 147 .250 .347 .392 .740 72.3 11.7 4.0
SS  Tommy Cuccia 33 149 532 67 137 24 7 8 53 1 0 51 101 .258 .322 .374 .696 62.8 8.4 7.5
C  Al Janski 36 135 476 44 111 20 0 19 69 0 1 25 140 .233 .270 .395 .665 48.2 4.1 5.9
RF *Kevin Haubert 24 106 393 60 94 16 2 14 48 8 0 44 66 .239 .333 .397 .730 55.8 8.3 2.7
SS  Monty Vincell 26 128 416 39 109 17 6 3 41 37 9 21 112 .262 .303 .353 .657 47.6 6.2 5.3
3B  Tony Trudeau 31 106 275 32 61 19 3 6 36 0 1 31 23 .222 .303 .378 .681 30.8 3.6 2.4
2B  James Zhang 28 61 156 12 31 7 1 0 18 0 1 11 39 .199 .243 .256 .499 10.2 0.0 2.3
CF  Bill Melton 32 69 142 21 37 3 3 5 22 0 0 22 28 .261 .365 .430 .795 22.9 4.1 1.5
1B #James Iverson 27 88 138 9 31 9 0 1 16 1 2 4 19 .225 .253 .312 .565 10.3 0.2 0.3
C  Thad Krueter 34 50 126 14 24 7 1 3 15 0 2 5 41 .190 .221 .333 .555 8.2 0.0 1.7
P  Lorenzo Diaz 30 37 108 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 59 .046 .046 .056 .101 -6.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Andy Zalot 34 67 104 11 25 1 2 3 15 1 2 3 25 .240 .275 .375 .650 9.5 0.8 1.1
P *Kevin Robinson 27 30 88 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 50 .080 .120 .091 .210 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jacob Butler 34 33 79 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 37 .063 .098 .076 .174 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P #Rudy Ramirez 37 35 48 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 24 .063 .082 .125 .207 -1.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Werner Frisch 34 23 43 4 11 0 0 2 5 1 0 4 3 .256 .319 .395 .714 6.1 0.9 0.5
P #Gustavo Aranda 32 19 41 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .122 .122 .195 .317 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Julio Guillerma 32 13 40 2 6 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 15 .150 .150 .275 .425 1.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Dale McCall 33 14 37 7 8 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 .216 .275 .270 .545 2.9 0.1 0.2
P  Sol Hernandez 28 7 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .167 .167 .222 .389 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Desmond Morgan 34 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Pasquale Morales 34 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Mariano Bourassa 29 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Robert Armstrong 37 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Norman Fordham 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Horace Horton 36 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *David Dublin 30 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1968 5506 663 1311 261 50 119 634 155 51 498 1160 .238 .308 .369 .676 647.6 98.0 45.0
  Rank among 12 JL teams 11 9 12 7 6 6 9 5 7 4 7 12 8 11 9 8  
* - 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
 Lorenzo Diaz 30 22 10 .688 37 37 0 286.7 259 73 7 51 271 2.29 29.0
*Kevin Robinson 27 15 9 .625 30 30 0 237.3 232 76 14 42 166 2.88 18.9
 Jacob Butler 34 9 11 .450 33 33 0 213.3 185 96 17 66 200 4.05 7.9
 Rudy Ramirez 37 10 7 .588 35 19 0 147.3 151 53 12 33 79 3.24 10.1
 Gustavo Aranda 32 2 10 .167 19 17 0 116.0 122 60 20 47 165 4.66 1.1
*Julio Guillerma 32 6 4 .600 13 13 0 109.7 95 29 6 7 57 2.38 11.6
*Desmond Morgan 34 2 5 .286 40 2 0 65.3 70 38 10 18 31 5.23 0.0
 Wallace Chilsen 32 5 7 .417 63 0 32 57.0 53 20 7 11 56 3.16 11.0
*Mariano Bourassa 29 2 5 .286 46 0 1 49.3 44 28 5 26 34 5.11 1.0
 Sol Hernandez 28 3 2 .600 7 7 0 47.0 37 14 2 20 31 2.68 3.9
*David Dublin 30 1 1 .500 33 0 1 44.0 31 10 3 17 30 2.05 5.7
 Horace Horton 36 2 1 .667 30 0 1 31.0 25 12 1 9 32 3.48 3.2
 Pasquale Morales 34 1 1 .500 29 0 0 28.0 34 13 2 7 20 4.18 1.3
 Christopher Howell 27 4 0 1.000 20 0 1 20.0 19 4 2 5 18 1.80 3.7
 Robert Armstrong 37 0 3 .000 10 0 0 12.3 8 5 1 9 13 3.65 0.6
*Norman Fordham 26 0 2 .000 2 2 0 7.3 14 3 0 3 2 3.68 0.0
Team Totals 31.6 84 78 .519 447 160 36 1471.7 1379 534 109 371 1205 3.27 109.0
Rank among 12 JL teams 6 6 9 6 4 3 5 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 .990 26.7
A.Janski 1155.0 130 134 978 64 16 3 .985 29.1
T.Krueter 315.7 32 45 243 25 2 0 .993 35.1
A.Zalot 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1471.7 162 180 1221 89 18 3 .986 30.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.89
B.Oberdorsten 1317.7 145 151 1347 110 9 111 .994 9.95
J.Iverson 152.0 17 22 158 10 2 21 .988 9.95
A.Zalot 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 174 1507 120 11 132 .993 9.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.83
M.Vincell 1026.0 120 124 204 359 19 77 .967 4.94
J.Zhang 360.7 35 55 81 132 2 28 .991 5.32
W.Frisch 85.0 7 18 10 34 1 4 .978 4.66
Team Total 1471.7 162 197 295 525 22 109 .974 5.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.63
H.Jones 761.3 87 87 43 170 11 14 .951 2.52
T.Trudeau 515.3 53 73 32 147 20 15 .899 3.13
B.Melton 192.3 22 29 14 49 1 5 .984 2.95
J.Zhang 1.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Zalot 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 193 89 366 32 34 .934 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.16
T.Cuccia 1279.0 143 147 197 397 11 80 .982 4.18
A.Zalot 174.7 19 27 21 63 3 10 .966 4.33
H.Jones 13.0 0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.15
J.Zhang 3.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
M.Vincell 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 183 220 469 14 91 .980 4.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.99
O.Gaona 1326.0 146 148 236 8 2 3 .992 1.66
H.Jones 66.0 8 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.32
J.Iverson 42.7 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.27
T.Laverriere 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
K.Haubert 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.McCall 8.0 0 4 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.63
T.Cuccia 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Melton 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 169 266 9 2 4 .993 1.68
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.71
T.Laverriere 969.0 104 110 263 5 5 1 .982 2.49
H.Jones 381.7 45 45 82 5 4 2 .956 2.05
B.Melton 95.0 10 15 40 2 1 1 .977 3.98
D.McCall 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
Team Total 1471.7 162 173 388 12 10 4 .976 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.03
K.Haubert 931.3 103 103 218 5 6 2 .974 2.15
T.Laverriere 371.7 42 42 69 1 3 1 .959 1.70
T.Trudeau 84.7 9 9 23 0 1 0 .958 2.45
D.McCall 53.0 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19
H.Jones 17.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
J.Iverson 11.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
O.Gaona 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.7 162 164 322 6 11 3 .968 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.93
L.Diaz 286.7 37 37 8 26 2 2 .944 1.07
K.Robinson 237.3 30 30 8 39 0 2 1.000 1.78
J.Butler 213.3 33 33 20 36 1 4 .982 2.36
R.Ramirez 147.3 19 35 18 25 5 1 .896 2.63
G.Aranda 116.0 17 19 8 19 1 1 .964 2.09
J.Guillerma 109.7 13 13 6 14 0 2 1.000 1.64
D.Morgan 65.3 2 40 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.20
W.Chilsen 57.0 0 63 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.21
M.Bourassa 49.3 0 46 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.46
S.Hernandez 47.0 7 7 4 8 0 0 1.000 2.30
D.Dublin 44.0 0 33 5 11 0 3 1.000 3.27
H.Horton 31.0 0 30 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.74
P.Morales 28.0 0 29 5 3 1 0 .889 2.57
C.Howell 20.0 0 20 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.90
R.Armstrong 12.3 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19
N.Fordham 7.3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.7 160 447 94 218 10 15 .969 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oberdorsten .303
On-Base Pct Oberdorsten .388
Slugging Pct Gaona .489
OPS Gaona .867
XR Gaona 103.2
Games Laverriere, Oberdorsten 153
At-Bats Laverriere 648
Runs Gaona 97
Hits Laverriere 172
Total Bases Laverriere 263
Singles Oberdorsten 134
Doubles Laverriere 43
Triples Laverriere 12
Homeruns Gaona 30
RBIs Gaona 96
Stolen Bases Laverriere 68
Caught Stealing Laverriere 17
Walks Gaona 96
Strikeouts Jones 147
ERA Diaz 2.29
Wins Diaz 22
Losses Butler 11
Winning Pct Diaz .688
Saves Chilsen 32
Games Pitched Chilsen 63
Games Started Diaz 37
Complete Games Robinson 10
Shutouts Robinson 3
Innings Pitched Diaz 286.7
Hits Allowed Diaz 259
Homeruns Allowed Aranda 20
Strikeouts Diaz 271
Walks Allowed Butler 66
Walks per 9IP Robinson 1.6
Hits per 9IP Butler 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Diaz 8.5
WHiP Diaz 1.08
OAVG Butler .232
OOBP Diaz .279
OSLG Diaz .298
OOPS Diaz .577
Team All-Stars
Lorenzo Diaz
Player Salaries
Lorenzo Diaz $ 9,200,000
Kevin Robinson $ 7,500,000
Bob Oberdorsten $ 7,200,000
Tony Trudeau $ 6,600,100
Al Janski $ 6,001,000
Oswaldo Gaona $ 5,342,857
Tommy Cuccia $ 5,300,100
Andy Zalot $ 3,800,000
Jacob Butler $ 3,800,000
Robert Armstrong $ 3,750,000
Julio Guillerma $ 3,400,000
Wallace Chilsen $ 3,000,000
James Iverson $ 1,528,571
Bill Melton $ 1,250,000
Andrew Kyser $ 1,160,357
Mariano Bourassa $ 1,150,000
Pasquale Morales $ 900,000
Werner Frisch $ 800,000
Dave Duncan $ 600,000
Rudy Ramirez $ 600,000
Thad Krueter $ 500,000
Desmond Morgan $ 480,000
Carlos Herrera $ 400,000
Billie Segars $ 350,000
Eric Berman $ 324,000
James Zhang $ 300,000
Henry Jones $ 300,000
Christopher Howell $ 300,000
Dale McCall $ 300,000
Tom Laverriere $ 300,000
Norman Fordham $ 300,000
Kevin Haubert $ 300,000
Monty Vincell $ 300,000
David Dublin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 John Landon Carlos Herrera
3/2 Xavier Vasquez Oscar Matz
David Dublin
William Golliday
5/21 Kenneth Williamson
Luke Sciortino		 Christopher Howell
7/1 Al Niden Guille Murillo
7/11 Horace Horton
Gustavo Aranda
Mitch Mandoon		 Jake Pease
Norman Fordham
Joe Sixpack
Robert Armstrong
7/31 Mike Jansen
Sol Hernandez
Ezra Sarachaga		 Julio Guillerma
 
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