1979 Omaha Barnstormers
Record: 81-81
Finish: 2nd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 711
Runs Allowed: 721
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: The Barn
Attendance: 2,790,753
Manager: Old Abe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-70, 7th in the Johnson League
AA: 82-56, 2nd in the Johnson League
A: 79-59, 3rd in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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 #Randy Spratt 23 155 616 85 209 35 1 7 76 4 1 42 105 .339 .385 .433 .819 93.7 21.2 2.2
3B #Henry Hill 24 158 542 75 153 47 6 6 69 32 4 101 88 .282 .398 .424 .823 96.4 22.2 5.7
LF  Xavier Jonah 25 151 557 83 147 25 10 25 80 5 3 30 92 .264 .308 .479 .788 77.1 13.7 3.5
C #Harry Drusak 34 147 518 67 157 25 5 13 80 6 3 46 107 .303 .360 .446 .806 76.2 15.7 3.2
2B #Grover Crover 23 156 513 46 117 27 6 3 48 1 1 41 93 .228 .291 .322 .613 49.3 5.5 6.0
SS #Wilfredo Llorent 26 145 459 53 113 17 3 16 71 0 2 81 115 .246 .366 .401 .767 71.1 13.0 6.7
LF *Floyd Jackson 37 126 473 60 133 20 1 9 52 2 2 34 94 .281 .331 .385 .716 58.5 10.1 3.0
LF *John Minor 24 137 375 49 104 21 8 5 50 8 8 16 71 .277 .315 .416 .731 45.0 7.1 2.0
CF #Mike Saotome 25 87 302 46 73 18 7 4 25 32 6 34 79 .242 .324 .387 .711 42.9 7.9 2.8
LF  Rafeal De La Paz 31 117 280 31 60 13 4 4 33 8 6 10 73 .214 .244 .332 .576 19.1 0.0 3.2
RF  Raul Montero 24 60 199 24 37 6 0 2 10 11 4 12 49 .186 .257 .246 .503 13.6 0.0 1.6
RF #Tony Boyer 35 109 111 12 26 5 0 0 19 1 0 11 29 .234 .310 .279 .589 9.6 0.5 0.2
C  Rey Ditch 28 52 106 23 37 9 0 2 18 0 0 8 3 .349 .397 .491 .887 17.7 4.1 0.4
P *Micheal Cassidy 28 40 102 8 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 52 .118 .157 .137 .295 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Bobby Carey 28 38 95 12 20 4 1 1 11 0 1 9 38 .211 .279 .305 .584 7.9 0.4 0.0
C  Maxwell Weiss 33 53 90 14 21 3 1 5 18 7 3 8 21 .233 .290 .456 .746 13.4 2.2 0.4
P  Eduardo Pereira 24 41 81 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 31 .123 .174 .136 .310 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Floyd Mendez 33 28 71 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 37 .042 .068 .056 .125 -4.2 0.0 0.0
CF #Kelvin McLish 33 68 67 14 15 6 0 1 9 2 0 6 18 .224 .307 .358 .665 8.0 1.2 0.4
P  Gary Nolan 30 17 37 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .027 .026 .027 .053 -2.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Robert Thaxton 28 37 26 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 6 .269 .321 .423 .745 3.6 0.8 0.5
P *Brad Theide 31 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  James Howard 30 81 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Miguel Trujillo 27 57 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Nabaro 35 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Mulford 28 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P  Mike Powell 21 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Steven Chance 31 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Cordell Tidwell 24 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2248 5649 711 1456 286 53 104 684 119 44 506 1232 .258 .323 .382 .706 695.7 126.1 41.8
  Rank among 12 JL teams 3 5 3 3 5 9 5 7 3 2 12 3 2 7 6 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
*Micheal Cassidy 28 17 12 .586 40 40 0 287.3 294 124 9 60 307 3.88 15.2
 Eduardo Pereira 24 17 15 .531 40 40 0 268.3 267 113 28 86 158 3.79 15.3
 Bobby Carey 28 17 8 .680 38 38 0 260.3 200 102 27 86 214 3.53 18.7
 Floyd Mendez 33 12 13 .480 28 28 0 195.7 188 84 11 49 126 3.86 9.0
 Gary Nolan 30 6 5 .545 17 12 0 93.3 91 42 15 15 34 4.05 3.0
 James Howard 30 3 5 .375 81 0 3 84.0 91 42 21 25 80 4.50 2.1
 Ernie Nabaro 35 2 6 .250 70 0 22 69.7 69 26 8 29 23 3.36 7.3
 Miguel Trujillo 27 2 5 .286 57 0 4 60.3 64 39 12 46 22 5.82 0.0
 Mike Powell 21 2 3 .400 56 0 0 52.7 37 24 11 30 42 4.10 2.4
*Brad Theide 31 1 2 .333 4 4 0 29.0 26 11 3 8 10 3.41 1.2
*Cordell Tidwell 24 0 5 .000 27 0 14 27.7 38 17 4 14 24 5.53 0.0
 Steven Chance 31 0 2 .000 21 0 1 24.3 23 16 5 18 14 5.92 0.0
 Paul Mulford 28 2 0 1.000 10 0 1 9.7 14 3 0 0 5 2.80 0.7
Team Totals 28.5 81 81 .500 489 162 45 1462.3 1402 643 154 466 1059 3.96 75.0
Rank among 12 JL teams 7 7 2 7 6 6 10 9 8 8 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 .990 26.7
H.Drusak 1125.0 120 138 845 55 10 6 .989 20.9
M.Weiss 152.6 19 19 106 6 1 1 .991 14.3
R.Ditch 150.5 18 18 104 6 0 0 1.000 29.4
K.McLish 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1430.1 157 176 1055 67 11 7 .990 21.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.89
R.Spratt 1334.3 147 154 1305 101 13 118 .991 9.48
R.De La Paz 125.0 15 15 120 10 0 15 1.000 9.36
W.Llorent 3.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1462.3 162 170 1427 113 13 133 .992 9.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.83
G.Crover 1301.0 151 154 242 418 5 95 .992 4.57
R.De La Paz 140.0 11 32 30 44 1 13 .987 4.76
R.Thaxton 13.3 0 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.05
H.Hill 8.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1462.3 162 196 274 469 6 108 .992 4.57
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.63
H.Hill 1297.0 145 148 78 291 18 25 .953 2.56
R.De La Paz 157.0 17 23 12 43 1 3 .982 3.15
R.Thaxton 8.3 0 4 0 2 1 1 .667 2.16
Team Total 1462.3 162 175 90 336 20 29 .955 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.16
W.Llorent 1222.0 143 144 189 362 16 71 .972 4.06
R.De La Paz 171.3 19 26 23 54 3 11 .963 4.04
R.Thaxton 45.7 0 21 8 17 0 4 1.000 4.93
T.Boyer 7.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
H.Hill 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
R.Ditch 3.8 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.37
R.Montero 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
K.McLish 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Crover 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.1 162 201 222 437 19 88 .972 4.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987