1979 Las Vegas Hustlers
Record: 76-86
Finish: 3rd in FL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 649
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: The Casino by Moe Fugger
Attendance: 2,844,144
Manager: Jacky Wilburn

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-69, 4th in the Frick League
AA: 65-73, 9th in the Frick League
A: 63-75, 11th 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
RF *Jed Desmidt 34 156 584 69 169 29 5 13 76 0 0 39 86 .289 .339 .423 .762 79.3 17.5 1.8
1B #Fred Mahaffey 22 151 553 64 165 12 1 19 76 0 0 23 104 .298 .335 .427 .762 74.8 16.1 2.0
LF  George Kuhn 29 134 500 70 124 29 6 12 56 29 18 53 86 .248 .320 .402 .722 64.6 12.0 1.9
2B  Pete Maneri 31 144 504 58 119 19 3 19 69 9 3 39 34 .236 .290 .399 .688 59.4 9.5 4.1
3B *Rod Givens 35 123 435 49 118 21 7 5 38 3 4 25 52 .271 .314 .386 .700 48.0 8.7 4.0
2B  Choo Choo Webster 35 127 404 56 105 14 5 12 54 0 5 37 62 .260 .326 .408 .734 52.5 9.8 4.4
SS #Keith Minuso 37 109 328 34 96 10 2 3 25 5 3 15 48 .293 .326 .363 .688 36.1 6.9 3.7
CF *Sanford Wood 33 121 282 30 64 9 0 5 24 0 0 19 73 .227 .289 .312 .601 25.9 2.9 1.2
C  Justin Baldwin 29 87 266 25 70 18 2 7 32 2 0 18 72 .263 .313 .425 .737 35.0 7.2 2.7
C  Bobby Lerner 37 62 211 16 54 12 0 1 23 1 0 8 42 .256 .284 .327 .611 18.9 2.5 2.1
2B  Tim Riener 35 108 197 27 67 9 1 8 38 0 1 8 32 .340 .369 .518 .887 31.9 8.5 1.4
3B  Fred Lorenzen 36 66 185 21 41 7 1 7 23 0 0 13 44 .222 .275 .384 .659 19.4 2.5 1.7
1B *Tyrone Getoblaster 23 58 169 20 43 9 0 1 16 0 1 23 28 .254 .344 .325 .669 17.5 2.5 0.5
CF *Bobby Rayburn 37 73 150 27 36 9 1 2 11 17 2 4 34 .240 .268 .353 .621 16.0 2.3 0.7
C  Chris Jennings 37 39 112 14 31 6 1 2 13 0 0 6 27 .277 .314 .402 .715 12.2 2.2 0.8
1B  Hank Jefferson 32 57 103 12 18 3 1 4 12 0 1 7 32 .175 .227 .340 .567 7.4 0.0 0.4
P  Justin Alexander 24 36 86 4 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 40 .163 .189 .163 .352 1.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Al Niden 37 39 81 10 23 4 0 1 10 0 0 17 15 .284 .408 .370 .779 13.8 3.3 0.4
CF #Miguel Cervantes 25 26 78 13 15 3 0 1 3 7 4 10 27 .192 .281 .269 .550 7.0 0.2 0.4
P  Alex Lopez 26 32 75 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .027 .027 .027 .053 -5.3 0.0 0.0
P *Hector Juarez 34 32 72 4 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 35 .139 .151 .181 .331 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Jacob Prestwood 24 33 58 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .052 .052 .052 .103 -3.6 0.0 0.0
RF *Elroy Futon 37 10 40 7 14 1 0 2 5 2 0 5 6 .350 .422 .525 .947 8.4 2.4 0.1
RF *Bernie Carbo 30 18 29 4 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 9 .172 .294 .345 .639 3.1 0.4 0.1
C  Digs Baxter 33 11 30 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 9 .167 .161 .300 .461 1.0 0.0 0.2
P  Christian Perras 32 31 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Ben Diskin 34 12 23 4 4 1 0 0 3 3 2 4 7 .174 .296 .217 .514 1.3 0.0 0.1
P  Lynn Eaves 31 11 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Burt Grossman 33 39 17 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .118 .250 .176 .426 0.9 0.0 0.0
SS  Terry Lieberman 30 26 17 7 7 5 1 0 2 9 0 1 2 .412 .444 .824 1.268 5.8 2.1 0.3
P  Barton Emberton 34 69 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P #Leroy Hardy 34 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Wilbur Wood 36 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Kyle 24 62 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Steve Iavre 33 67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Aaron Alfonso 38 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Donald Fishel 25 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.8 2283 5659 658 1428 235 38 126 628 87 46 388 1086 .252 .303 .374 .677 629.8 119.6 35.2
  Rank among 12 FL teams 4 6 5 10 12 5 6 12 4 10 5 5 8 7 7 6  
* - 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
 Justin Alexander 24 17 11 .607 36 36 0 248.7 229 88 16 77 269 3.19 18.1
 Alex Lopez 26 13 14 .481 32 32 0 231.0 206 94 17 73 259 3.66 9.9
 Hector Juarez 34 15 13 .536 32 32 0 211.3 203 69 11 82 211 2.94 15.5
 Jacob Prestwood 24 8 14 .364 33 32 0 190.0 187 87 14 85 170 4.12 5.5
 Christian Perras 32 3 7 .300 31 13 0 100.3 124 65 10 52 89 5.83 0.0
 Burt Grossman 33 2 8 .200 39 6 0 87.0 113 71 17 50 39 7.34 0.0
 Barton Emberton 34 4 2 .667 69 0 1 72.3 76 38 6 40 48 4.73 2.7
*Steve Iavre 33 3 2 .600 67 0 45 69.0 50 18 2 13 50 2.35 16.0
 Lynn Eaves 31 3 3 .500 10 10 0 65.0 59 27 2 17 46 3.74 2.9
*Donald Fishel 25 2 5 .286 63 0 0 55.3 63 36 3 28 32 5.86 0.0
*Johnny Kyle 24 3 2 .600 57 0 0 51.0 51 27 7 29 35 4.76 1.5
 Leroy Hardy 34 2 4 .333 34 0 0 36.3 50 30 8 21 30 7.43 0.0
*Aaron Alfonso 38 0 1 .000 16 0 0 20.0 32 17 3 11 17 7.65 0.0
*Wilbur Wood 36 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 8.0 8 4 2 2 2 4.50 0.4
 Brian Hancock 29 0 0 .000 4 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 4 5 0.00 0.7
Team Totals 30.5 76 86 .469 524 162 46 1449.6 1451 671 118 584 1302 4.17 73.1
Rank among 12 FL teams 8 8 4 8 8 8 7 10 11 3 10  
* - 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
J.Baldwin 643.0 71 78 600 49 8 1 .988 27.0
B.Lerner 490.7 56 58 443 32 1 1 .998 26.7
C.Jennings 234.2 21 32 191 10 1 0 .995 17.1
D.Baxter 43.6 3 4 38 4 0 0 1.000 28.6
Team Total 1411.5 151 172 1272 95 10 2 .993 25.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.99
F.Mahaffey 1222.0 137 147 1138 89 13 109 .990 9.04
A.Niden 146.0 18 20 149 11 2 18 .988 9.86
J.Baldwin 32.7 3 7 29 3 0 6 1.000 8.82
B.Carbo 21.0 2 4 22 3 0 4 1.000 10.71
H.Jefferson 17.0 1 4 17 2 0 2 1.000 10.06
R.Givens 16.9 2 2 22 2 0 3 1.000 12.78
D.Baxter 15.5 1 1 17 2 0 3 1.000 11.03
B.Lerner 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 1 1.000 10.00
T.Riener 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1485.1 165 187 1407 112 15 147 .990 9.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.92
C.Webster 876.7 96 112 181 290 6 71 .987 4.84
P.Maneri 321.0 36 38 66 95 4 20 .976 4.51
T.Riener 244.7 30 32 57 79 1 19 .993 5.00
T.Lieberman 4.0 0 2 1 3 1 1 .800 9.00
G.Kuhn 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 185 305 467 12 111 .985 4.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.55
R.Givens 940.9 99 113 62 212 22 24 .926 2.62
F.Lorenzen 386.9 43 53 26 86 7 7 .941 2.61
K.Minuso 39.3 3 10 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.43
A.Niden 26.0 3 3 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.12
T.Riener 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Kyle 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Jefferson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1405.1 149 182 98 317 29 33 .935 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.24
P.Maneri 795.3 89 89 105 219 22 52 .936 3.67
K.Minuso 635.0 73 78 110 216 9 35 .973 4.62
T.Lieberman 18.0 0 11 3 10 0 1 1.000 6.50
J.Baldwin 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 179 218 445 31 88 .955 4.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.02
G.Kuhn 834.0 92 102 188 1 2 1 .990 2.04
T.Getoblaster 400.0 47 51 72 1 0 0 1.000 1.64
B.Rayburn 52.0 6 6 10 0 1 0 .909 1.73
B.Carbo 33.0 4 7 9 0 2 0 .818 2.45
H.Jefferson 28.3 0 13 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
S.Wood 18.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
E.Futon 15.5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
C.Webster 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
F.Lorenzen 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Diskin 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Cervantes 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baxter 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1399.5 154 187 290 2 5 1 .983 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.58
S.Wood 588.7 64 89 146 5 1 2 .993 2.31
B.Rayburn 260.0 27 40 77 0 4 0 .951 2.67
G.Kuhn 258.0 30 30 70 1 0 1 1.000 2.48
H.Jefferson 185.7 21 25 44 2 1 1 .979 2.23
M.Cervantes 175.0 21 22 50 1 1 0 .981 2.62
B.Diskin 53.0 7 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
B.Carbo 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.Maneri 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Getoblaster 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1531.3 171 217 407 9 7 4 .983 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.03
J.Desmidt 1311.7 150 154 251 11 7 6 .974 1.80
E.Futon 76.1 7 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
S.Wood 61.0 6 10 12 0 1 0 .923 1.77
B.Rayburn 24.0 1 9 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.63
T.Lieberman 23.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
B.Carbo 14.0 0 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.64
M.Cervantes 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kuhn 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Riener 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Jefferson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1526.8 169 192 291 12 9 7 .971 1.79
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.85
J.Alexander 248.7 36 36 13 35 2 4 .960 1.74
A.Lopez 231.0 32 32 12 30 1 2 .977 1.64
H.Juarez 211.3 32 32 13 22 2 2 .946 1.49
J.Prestwood 190.0 32 33 9 29 1 2 .974 1.80
C.Perras 100.3 13 31 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.61
B.Grossman 87.0 6 39 7 16 1 3 .958 2.38
B.Emberton 72.3 0 69 4 15 1 2 .950 2.36
S.Iavre 69.0 0 67 2 13 1 0 .938 1.96
L.Eaves 65.0 10 10 6 8 2 0 .875 1.94
D.Fishel 55.3 0 63 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.30
J.Kyle 51.0 0 57 0 10 0 2 1.000 1.76
L.Hardy 36.3 0 34 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
A.Alfonso 20.0 0 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
W.Wood 8.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Hancock 4.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1449.6 162 524 76 203 11 19 .962 1.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mahaffey .298
On-Base Pct Desmidt .339
Slugging Pct Mahaffey .427
OPS Mahaffey .762
XR Desmidt 79.3
Games Desmidt 156
At-Bats Desmidt 584
Runs Kuhn 70
Hits Desmidt 169
Total Bases Desmidt 247
Singles Mahaffey 133
Doubles Desmidt, Kuhn 29
Triples Givens 7
Homeruns Mahaffey, Maneri 19
RBIs Mahaffey, Desmidt 76
Stolen Bases Kuhn 29
Caught Stealing Kuhn 18
Walks Kuhn 53
Strikeouts Mahaffey 104
ERA Juarez 2.94
Wins Alexander 17
Losses Lopez, Prestwood 14
Winning Pct Alexander .607
Saves Iavre 45
Games Pitched Emberton 69
Games Started Alexander 36
Complete Games Lopez 10
Shutouts Lopez 2
Innings Pitched Alexander 248.7
Hits Allowed Alexander 229
Homeruns Allowed Grossman, Lopez 17
Strikeouts Alexander 269
Walks Allowed Prestwood 85
Walks per 9IP Alexander 2.8
Hits per 9IP Lopez 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Lopez 10.1
WHiP Lopez 1.21
OAVG Lopez .236
OOBP Lopez .296
OSLG Juarez .320
OOPS Juarez .650
Team All-Stars
Steve Iavre
Player Salaries
Keith Minuso $ 5,220,000
Pete Maneri $ 5,111,333
Choo Choo Webster $ 4,500,000
Steve Iavre $ 3,900,000
Jed Desmidt $ 3,500,000
Leroy Hardy $ 2,300,000
Harris Browne $ 2,000,000
Christian Perras $ 2,000,000
Tim Riener $ 1,900,000
Chris Jennings $ 1,750,000
Burt Grossman $ 1,600,000
Justin Alexander $ 1,528,571
Barton Emberton $ 1,500,000
Sanford Wood $ 1,000,000
Bernie Carbo $ 1,000,000
Justin Baldwin $ 940,000
Thom McGee $ 700,000
Rod Givens $ 600,000
Bobby Lerner $ 576,000
Hank Jefferson $ 540,000
Al Niden $ 528,000
Donald Fishel $ 500,786
Alex Lopez $ 300,000
Terry Lieberman $ 300,000
Miguel Cervantes $ 300,000
Jacob Prestwood $ 300,000
Ben Diskin $ 300,000
Lynn Eaves $ 300,000
Tyrone Getoblaster $ 300,000
Scott Finister $ 300,000
Wilbur Wood $ 300,000
Cito Gaston $ 300,000
George Kuhn $ 300,000
Fred Mahaffey $ 300,000
Brian Hancock $ 300,000
Hector Juarez $ 300,000
Johnny Kyle $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/11 Elroy Futon
Bob Veltman
Miguel Cervantes
Dave Magnusson
Charles Mauk
Joel Saragosa
5/1 Digs Baxter
Henry Mitcher
Burt Grossman
Rod Givens
7/1 Guille Murillo Al Niden
7/1 Fred Lorenzen Chris Jennings
Harris Browne