1979 Phoenix Talons
Record: 87-75
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 704
Runs Allowed: 722
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: RSI Cactus Dome
Attendance: 3,110,732
Manager: Puddy McGee

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-53, 2nd in the Johnson League
AA: 61-77, 9th in the Johnson League
A: 55-83, 11th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 2-4 to California Crusaders
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Washington Bobwhites
 
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
RF *Splinter Donaher 35 153 537 67 151 34 3 9 67 3 0 61 107 .281 .354 .406 .760 77.0 16.7 2.6
LF *Davey Mellor 32 154 541 71 129 27 9 15 59 26 16 54 74 .238 .316 .405 .721 68.6 11.8 2.5
SS *Michael Cruz 34 156 529 59 151 13 3 6 56 17 9 42 82 .285 .331 .355 .686 66.6 11.4 6.3
SS  Marcel Sandoval 29 135 478 88 122 20 8 27 84 26 12 41 102 .255 .325 .500 .825 76.6 16.3 3.6
CF *Ozzie Rowe 31 147 464 50 115 26 6 4 42 31 14 37 87 .248 .310 .356 .666 51.8 8.1 3.6
2B  Samuel Sanchez 28 140 467 57 117 20 4 6 38 16 14 30 56 .251 .301 .349 .650 45.1 5.5 3.0
1B  Shaker Calfo 30 113 440 55 126 30 2 10 47 22 2 25 55 .286 .331 .432 .762 60.3 12.7 1.7
C *Diesel Duncan 34 101 323 42 91 11 1 9 49 0 2 15 57 .282 .317 .406 .723 40.7 7.1 6.1
1B *Lance Hacker 36 122 287 33 82 21 1 9 45 1 2 14 65 .286 .327 .460 .787 41.0 8.6 1.2
C  David Richardson 37 94 250 41 70 18 1 10 46 1 0 34 25 .280 .365 .480 .845 43.8 10.4 4.3
SS *Scott Peyton 32 103 205 30 58 13 2 1 24 12 4 23 49 .283 .368 .380 .748 28.8 6.1 1.7
CF *Willie Consolo 33 104 183 20 41 10 2 6 42 2 1 11 49 .224 .279 .399 .678 19.6 2.7 1.0
SS  Brad Campbell 33 58 100 10 25 5 0 0 11 0 0 11 23 .250 .321 .300 .621 9.7 1.1 0.6
P  Marcellus Conley 32 34 90 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 5 49 .022 .073 .033 .106 -5.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Carlo Almonte 36 41 91 16 28 3 0 3 13 0 0 8 13 .308 .376 .440 .816 14.4 3.3 0.6
P *Ace Holder 31 31 80 3 13 4 1 0 5 0 0 5 30 .163 .212 .238 .449 3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Olen Eoff 24 32 75 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 36 .213 .259 .240 .499 5.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Renfred Washington 33 29 70 10 17 4 2 2 11 2 0 7 10 .243 .312 .443 .755 9.6 1.8 0.4
C *Randy McLement 22 25 66 8 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 13 .242 .296 .288 .584 5.0 0.2 1.0
P  Lonny Lehay 36 26 51 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .059 .077 .059 .136 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Voo Fowler 34 19 42 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 .119 .159 .167 .326 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B *Pete Lacock 26 16 37 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 9 .135 .195 .189 .384 1.6 0.0 0.2
LF *Paul Butte 31 25 39 11 9 1 1 2 6 0 0 4 10 .231 .302 .462 .764 5.4 0.8 0.2
RF #Paco Alvarez 37 13 23 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .130 .200 .174 .374 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Mark Catron 33 16 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .167 .211 .167 .377 0.5 0.0 0.0
1B #Tyree Calderon 28 17 19 3 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 .263 .318 .316 .634 2.7 0.3 0.0
P *Raz Nugent 30 18 20 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .050 .050 .100 .150 -1.0 0.0 0.0
3B #Bill Kennedy 35 9 13 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .692 .923 2.4 0.4 0.1
C #Ronnie Holtzman 27 5 11 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .545 .545 .818 1.364 3.2 1.2 0.1
SS *Mickey Dominguez 27 4 10 1 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1.9 0.5 0.1
LF *Tuck Wilson 34 6 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  Cy Acosta 31 47 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Hyman Sullivan 34 20 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Xavier Clem 31 35 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bernardo Rosas 30 58 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Anderson 34 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Washington 29 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Pedro Borbon 31 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Vincent Vance 33 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Santiago Breton 26 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Carrozza 29 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Fabian Gonzalez 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.3 2263 5597 704 1424 279 47 121 679 160 77 448 1088 .254 .314 .386 .700 677.7 127.5 40.9
  Rank among 12 JL teams 5 6 7 4 7 5 6 4 12 6 4 6 5 6 7 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
 Marcellus Conley 32 18 7 .720 34 34 0 275.3 236 68 5 80 286 2.22 29.2
*Ace Holder 31 13 5 .722 31 31 0 224.3 202 81 9 74 164 3.25 18.6
 Olen Eoff 24 14 9 .609 32 32 0 197.3 200 103 17 91 208 4.70 8.9
 Lonny Lehay 36 6 7 .462 26 22 0 146.3 132 65 12 43 89 4.00 6.8
 Voo Fowler 34 6 13 .316 19 19 0 130.7 143 70 6 20 172 4.82 3.7
 Mark Catron 33 4 7 .364 16 12 0 66.7 68 43 8 31 64 5.81 0.0
 Santiago Breton 26 2 7 .222 66 0 39 66.7 59 27 5 25 71 3.65 11.5
 Bernardo Rosas 30 4 4 .500 58 0 2 64.7 71 32 2 35 36 4.45 3.7
*Raz Nugent 30 2 7 .222 18 11 0 63.7 78 44 8 38 28 6.22 0.0
 Cy Acosta 31 7 5 .583 47 0 0 59.7 78 32 7 19 23 4.83 2.7
 Pedro Borbon 31 4 1 .800 44 0 0 49.0 59 21 2 14 20 3.86 3.8
*Xavier Clem 31 5 1 .833 35 0 0 40.3 43 30 10 17 9 6.70 0.0
 Steve Anderson 34 0 0 .000 20 0 2 27.7 31 13 5 8 21 4.23 1.3
*Hyman Sullivan 34 1 1 .500 19 1 0 26.0 27 12 1 3 24 4.15 1.7
*Jerry Washington 29 1 1 .500 2 2 0 9.0 17 10 1 3 7 10.00 0.0
 Chad Carrozza 29 0 0 .000 6 0 1 9.0 14 9 4 8 7 9.00 0.0
*Fabian Gonzalez 27 0 0 .000 11 0 0 8.3 11 7 0 4 5 7.56 0.0
 Vincent Vance 33 0 0 .000 8 0 0 7.3 8 3 0 3 6 3.68 0.5
Team Totals 30.8 87 75 .537 492 164 44 1471.9 1477 670 102 516 1240 4.10 92.5
Rank among 12 JL teams 4 4 3 4 3 10 3 10 10 2 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 .990 26.7
D.Duncan 751.3 87 93 655 52 2 1 .997 25.2
D.Richardson 573.7 59 83 490 31 2 1 .996 25.7
R.McLement 130.0 14 20 105 13 1 0 .992 61.5
R.Holtzman 18.0 2 2 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1473.0 162 198 1266 96 5 2 .996 27.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.89
S.Calfo 963.3 105 113 925 52 5 80 .995 9.13
L.Hacker 288.0 32 37 271 14 3 24 .990 8.91
P.Lacock 95.0 11 12 86 8 0 4 1.000 8.91
C.Almonte 26.3 3 3 28 3 0 3 1.000 10.61
B.Kennedy 25.0 2 7 27 1 0 0 1.000 10.08
T.Calderon 21.4 2 4 19 2 0 2 1.000 8.83
S.Sanchez 8.0 1 1 8 3 1 1 .917 12.38
Team Total 1427.0 156 177 1364 83 9 114 .994 9.13
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.83
S.Sanchez 1044.7 120 134 197 336 10 64 .982 4.59
S.Peyton 315.7 33 56 45 88 4 19 .971 3.79
B.Campbell 61.0 5 14 13 19 2 3 .941 4.72
C.Almonte 15.4 1 5 4 4 1 1 .889 4.68
B.Kennedy 9.0 1 2 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00
M.Dominguez 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Hacker 1.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1453.4 161 213 266 449 17 88 .977 4.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.63
M.Sandoval 1109.7 121 127 67 241 21 22 .936 2.50
L.Hacker 282.0 32 36 18 58 9 5 .894 2.43
C.Almonte 144.6 15 23 7 31 1 1 .974 2.37
M.Dominguez 14.0 2 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.21
B.Campbell 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
S.Peyton 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1553.3 170 191 93 335 31 28 .932 2.48
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.16
M.Cruz 1179.3 135 138 148 357 7 61 .986 3.85
B.Campbell 134.3 14 21 12 24 2 7 .947 2.41
S.Peyton 126.0 12 22 23 47 2 7 .972 5.00
M.Sandoval 14.3 0 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.14
C.Almonte 11.4 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.16
T.Wilson 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1468.4 161 194 188 434 11 76 .983 3.81
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.99
D.Mellor 1293.3 145 149 274 2 0 0 1.000 1.92
W.Consolo 63.7 8 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
P.Butte 44.0 4 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Washington 29.0 2 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.62
M.Cruz 19.0 0 10 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
T.Wilson 17.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
O.Rowe 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.0 162 189 302 4 0 0 1.000 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.71
O.Rowe 1126.0 138 140 367 2 3 2 .992 2.95
W.Consolo 167.0 8 59 57 2 0 1 1.000 3.18
R.Washington 125.3 14 19 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.59
M.Cruz 28.3 1 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
D.Mellor 13.7 0 8 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.29
P.Butte 9.0 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
D.Richardson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Duncan 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.0 162 238 478 7 3 3 .994 2.96
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.03
S.Donaher 1254.3 142 148 293 11 13 0 .959 2.18
W.Consolo 132.0 12 22 31 1 1 0 .970 2.18
P.Butte 40.0 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
P.Alvarez 36.7 4 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.96
M.Cruz 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
O.Rowe 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
T.Wilson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Lacock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.0 162 190 343 12 15 0 .959 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.93
M.Conley 275.3 34 34 19 37 2 3 .966 1.83
A.Holder 224.3 31 31 12 31 0 4 1.000 1.73
O.Eoff 197.3 32 32 3 19 3 0 .880 1.00
L.Lehay 146.3 22 26 12 24 0 0 1.000 2.21
V.Fowler 130.7 19 19 5 12 0 2 1.000 1.17
S.Breton 66.7 0 66 2 9 1 2 .917 1.49
M.Catron 66.7 12 16 2 10 0 0 1.000 1.62
B.Rosas 64.7 0 58 2 14 0 1 1.000 2.23
R.Nugent 63.7 11 18 4 8 0 1 1.000 1.70
C.Acosta 59.7 0 47 5 18 0 2 1.000 3.47
P.Borbon 49.0 0 44 1 12 0 0 1.000 2.39
X.Clem 40.3 0 35 1 10 1 1 .917 2.46
S.Anderson 27.7 0 20 3 7 1 0 .909 3.25
H.Sullivan 26.0 1 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Carrozza 9.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Washington 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Gonzalez 8.3 0 11 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Vance 7.3 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1471.9 164 492 72 217 8 16 .973 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cruz .285
On-Base Pct Donaher .354
Slugging Pct Sandoval .500
OPS Sandoval .825
XR Donaher 77.0
Games Cruz 156
At-Bats Mellor 541
Runs Sandoval 88
Hits Cruz, Donaher 151
Total Bases Sandoval 239
Singles Cruz 129
Doubles Donaher 34
Triples Mellor 9
Homeruns Sandoval 27
RBIs Sandoval 84
Stolen Bases Rowe 31
Caught Stealing Mellor 16
Walks Donaher 61
Strikeouts Donaher 107
ERA Conley 2.22
Wins Conley 18
Losses Fowler 13
Winning Pct Holder .722
Saves Breton 39
Games Pitched Breton 66
Games Started Conley 34
Complete Games Conley 13
Shutouts Conley 5
Innings Pitched Conley 275.3
Hits Allowed Conley 236
Homeruns Allowed Eoff 17
Strikeouts Conley 286
Walks Allowed Eoff 91
Walks per 9IP Conley 2.6
Hits per 9IP Conley 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Eoff 9.5
WHiP Conley 1.15
OAVG Conley .231
OOBP Conley .291
OSLG Conley .281
OOPS Conley .573
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Voo Fowler $ 13,750,000
Ace Holder $ 10,000,000
Marcellus Conley $ 7,000,000
Splinter Donaher $ 5,555,555
Davey Mellor $ 5,500,000
Michael Cruz $ 4,444,444
Ozzie Rowe $ 4,400,100
Damon Rutherford $ 3,500,000
Marcel Sandoval $ 3,364,286
Xavier Clem $ 2,800,000
Shaker Calfo $ 2,500,000
Pedro Borbon $ 2,500,000
Cy Acosta $ 2,500,000
Scott Peyton $ 2,000,000
Lance Hacker $ 1,000,000
Carlo Almonte $ 1,000,000
Willie Consolo $ 800,000
Bill Kennedy $ 800,000
Tom House $ 800,000
Raz Nugent $ 700,000
Paul Butte $ 500,000
Hyman Sullivan $ 500,000
David Richardson $ 400,000
Olen Eoff $ 300,000
Mickey Dominguez $ 300,000
Timothy Delosreyes $ 300,000
Randy McLement $ 300,000
Pete Lacock $ 300,000
Fabian Gonzalez $ 300,000
Samuel Sanchez $ 300,000
Chad Carrozza $ 300,000
Tuck Wilson $ 300,000
Ronnie Holtzman $ 300,000
Santiago Breton $ 300,000
Jerry Washington $ 300,000
Paco Alvarez $ 300,000
Renfred Washington $ 300,000
Bernardo Rosas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Christopher Pump
Hector Garcia
Franklin Resendiz
Ace Holder
Marcel Sandoval
Davey Mellor
Jose Neff
4/11 Trevor Tovar Jack Mooney
7/1 Charles Tosh
Steve Anderson
Jose Neff
Julio Quiñones
Voo Fowler
Xavier Clem
Fabian Gonzalez
7/1 Mark Catron Waldo Velazco
7/31 Tyree Calderon Carlo Almonte