1979 Montreal Blazers
Record: 90-72
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 652
Runs Allowed: 576
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Thunderdome
Attendance: 4,015,393
Manager: James Patterson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-78, 10th in the Frick League
AA: 71-67, 4th in the Frick League
A: 63-75, 10th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 0-4 to Austin Riverbats
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Seattle Storm
 
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
3B  Leroy Jeffcoat 32 153 569 97 168 27 12 20 84 22 7 59 41 .295 .367 .490 .858 94.9 21.4 4.6
RF *Hugh Hamilton 32 157 564 67 162 28 3 15 63 4 2 51 71 .287 .350 .427 .777 85.2 17.9 3.6
2B  Todd Elison 32 144 533 69 134 28 3 16 66 16 5 44 53 .251 .312 .405 .717 71.4 12.6 7.8
SS  Yogi Zimmer 34 148 536 63 136 44 3 11 62 4 2 36 119 .254 .304 .409 .713 62.1 10.9 9.6
LF  Drew McGinley 26 151 520 55 135 19 6 4 43 7 9 49 73 .260 .323 .342 .666 55.2 7.9 4.0
C  Harry Harris 31 144 507 66 124 33 5 13 65 5 2 55 70 .245 .321 .406 .727 64.2 11.3 6.8
1B  Zachary Johnson 37 143 506 65 127 19 10 14 70 5 6 32 122 .251 .296 .411 .707 59.3 9.5 1.9
LF  Damon Shiznit 27 106 264 28 54 14 2 1 18 3 1 12 58 .205 .244 .284 .528 15.9 0.0 3.0
3B  Ramon Villegas 27 93 212 26 51 5 3 12 35 0 1 11 61 .241 .276 .462 .738 25.6 3.9 1.0
2B  Hugh Thornsberry 32 70 159 20 38 9 1 2 17 12 1 21 24 .239 .335 .346 .681 19.8 3.4 2.3
CF *Robert Cohee 31 84 163 13 32 5 5 0 13 4 1 12 42 .196 .256 .288 .544 11.8 0.4 1.5
CF *Ricky Everett 32 41 168 25 47 11 5 1 23 15 4 5 18 .280 .303 .423 .725 21.6 4.3 1.4
P *Roy Hobbs, Jr. 34 40 105 5 15 4 0 0 5 0 1 6 51 .143 .189 .181 .370 2.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Steve Clockmer 31 29 109 14 21 6 1 5 17 4 0 10 28 .193 .258 .404 .662 11.2 1.1 0.9
P  David Hudson 30 37 108 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 63 .028 .063 .056 .118 -6.0 0.0 0.0
C *Andy Polski 35 40 102 13 25 3 1 3 19 0 0 11 26 .245 .328 .382 .710 13.4 2.4 1.3
P  Kurt Stallwith 34 39 104 5 9 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 54 .087 .087 .144 .231 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Ostrosser 26 35 93 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 35 .108 .170 .129 .299 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Hans Heywood 32 54 81 6 24 4 0 0 11 0 1 2 8 .296 .306 .346 .652 8.6 1.2 0.2
LF *Robert Otto 24 33 33 2 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .364 .417 .394 .811 4.9 1.3 0.2
P  Ebby Calvin Laloosh 35 12 24 2 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .250 .296 .333 .630 2.8 0.4 0.0
P *Alvin Barela 29 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *David Smythe 34 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Northern 28 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Robert Quinton 25 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1861 5467 652 1333 268 61 118 624 101 44 433 1037 .244 .302 .380 .682 620.9 109.8 50.1
  Rank among 12 FL teams 9 7 8 3 3 7 7 11 3 5 4 8 9 6 6 7  
* - 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
*Roy Hobbs, Jr. 34 20 13 .606 40 40 0 308.7 234 102 22 61 380 2.97 25.8
 Kurt Stallwith 34 19 8 .704 39 39 0 300.0 268 78 15 49 277 2.34 30.7
 David Hudson 30 21 14 .600 37 37 0 300.0 268 110 22 58 189 3.30 19.8
 Ed Ostrosser 26 15 14 .517 35 35 0 269.7 241 101 42 50 190 3.37 16.8
 Ebby Calvin Laloosh 35 4 4 .500 12 11 0 75.7 74 35 15 11 74 4.16 3.5
 Rudy Sparrow 25 5 6 .455 63 0 36 53.3 52 21 7 11 74 3.54 9.8
*Cody Rollins 34 4 2 .667 46 0 2 41.3 48 33 9 32 42 7.19 0.0
*Alvin Barela 29 1 3 .250 39 0 1 34.0 27 10 2 10 38 2.65 3.7
 Robert Quinton 25 0 5 .000 34 0 0 29.3 43 14 0 12 23 4.30 0.0
*Frank Northern 28 0 2 .000 19 0 0 21.3 24 13 2 10 10 5.49 0.0
*David Smythe 34 1 1 .500 15 0 1 18.0 19 14 3 7 9 7.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 90 72 .556 379 162 40 1451.3 1298 531 139 311 1306 3.29 110.1
Rank among 12 FL teams 4 4 8 4 5 2 9 3 1 2 3  
* - 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
H.Harris 1207.3 134 140 1107 86 14 2 .988 27.9
A.Polski 244.0 28 29 211 11 1 2 .996 19.2
Team Total 1451.3 162 169 1318 97 15 4 .990 26.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.99
Z.Johnson 1126.0 125 140 1135 86 17 88 .986 9.76
R.Villegas 210.3 24 26 217 12 1 18 .996 9.80
H.Heywood 115.0 13 17 124 13 1 10 .993 10.72
Team Total 1451.3 162 183 1476 111 19 116 .988 9.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.92
T.Elison 1207.7 137 140 221 404 8 75 .987 4.66
H.Thornsberry 242.7 25 31 51 75 5 18 .962 4.67
R.Cohee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 172 272 479 13 93 .983 4.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.55
L.Jeffcoat 1260.7 140 144 75 254 24 20 .932 2.35
R.Villegas 185.7 22 23 10 31 2 1 .953 1.99
Y.Zimmer 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 168 85 285 26 21 .934 2.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.24
Y.Zimmer 1290.7 146 148 164 445 18 75 .971 4.25
H.Thornsberry 141.0 16 16 17 44 2 5 .968 3.89
L.Jeffcoat 14.0 0 6 2 6 0 0 1.000 5.14
T.Elison 5.7 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
R.Everett 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.6 162 173 184 496 20 80 .971 4.22
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.02
D.McGinley 885.0 102 103 160 6 3 3 .982 1.69
H.Hamilton 416.7 48 52 78 5 0 1 1.000 1.79
D.Shiznit 82.0 8 18 18 2 2 1 .909 2.20
R.Otto 70.7 19 24 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
R.Cohee 47.0 4 12 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
R.Villegas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1502.4 181 210 276 14 5 5 .983 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.58
D.Shiznit 405.3 45 55 118 1 1 0 .992 2.64
R.Cohee 352.0 40 52 91 0 3 0 .968 2.33
D.McGinley 293.0 34 34 72 2 1 1 .987 2.27
R.Everett 266.5 29 30 70 1 1 1 .986 2.40
R.Otto 5.8 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
A.Polski 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Thornsberry 1.0 0 1 0 0