1979 PORTLAND BEAVERS

| Level: AAA

Location:
Team Record: 73-74 .497
Result: 3rd in Pacific Coast League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager(s): Johnny Lipon
Stadium: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 159,181
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Roger Nelson (35)
Youngest Player: Alfredo Torres (21)
Top Hitter: Craig Cacek (1)
Top Pitcher: Rick Jones (6)

Pacific Coast League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
Vancouver	79	68	.537	--
Tacoma	74	73	.503	5.0
Portland	73	74	.497	6.0
Hawaii	72	76	.486	7.5
Spokane	68	79	.463	11.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Craig Cacek	1b	1	24	1972-9-205	MLB	147	565	92	180	33	7	17	102	5	7	58	40	5		2	6		.319	.383	.492	875	278	636	400	-	-	.317
-	Harry Saferight	c	74	30	1971-35-723	AAA	129	479	67	127	23	5	11	81	1	1	52	71	3		2	5		.265	.338	.403	741	193	541	360	-	-	.289
-	Larry Littleton	of	58	25	1976-1-6	MLB	133	459	66	128	24	6	8	71	4	4	46	82	1		6	2		.279	.344	.410	754	188	514	343	-	-	.323
-	Oswaldo Olivares		26	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	127	456	83	137	15	5	0	41	28	9	68	46	6		4	2		.300	.397	.355	752	162	536	334	-	-	.333
-	Vance Law	3b-2b	28	22	1978-39-758	MLB	131	448	62	139	16	8	2	52	8	4	47	69	2		14	2		.310	.377	.395	772	177	513	329	-	-	.361
-	Rod Gilbreath	2b-3b	29	26	1970-3-69	MLB	112	408	69	119	13	9	2	54	17	5	71	39	1		8	6		.292	.393	.382	775	156	494	308	-	-	.314
-	Gary Hargis	h	71	22	1974-2-35	AAA	103	386	52	107	23	4	5	42	6	2	8	33	1		9	2		.277	.292	.396	689	153	406	292	-	-	.291
-	Tommy Sandt	ss-2b	-	28	1969-2-33	MLB	88	292	47	94	14	2	2	42	1	1	36	30	0		6	2		.322	.394	.404	798	118	336	207	-	-	.351
-	Eugenio Cotes	of	-	27	UDFA: 1978	AAA	79	285	39	74	14	3	10	45	14	7	20	60	4		0	2		.260	.315	.435	750	124	311	220	-	-	.295
-	Dale Berra	ss-3b	-	22	1975-1-20	MLB	56	210	37	68	13	2	6	32	2	1	19	29	4		3	2		.324	.387	.490	878	103	238	148	-	-	.350
-	Manuel Lantigua		-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	59	185	11	39	6	0	0	24	0	1	5	30	0		3	5		.211	.226	.243	469	45	198	155	-	-	.244
-	Ron Mitchell	of	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	56	169	28	39	14	3	0	13	8	4	21	22	2		0	2		.231	.320	.349	669	59	194	136	-	-	.262
-	Dorian Boyland	1b	-	24	1976-2-45	MLB	30	102	10	25	6	0	2	12	2	1	10	21	1		0	0		.245	.319	.363	681	37	113	78	-	-	.291
-	Taylor Duncan	3b	-	26	1971-1-10	MLB	27	97	6	16	5	0	0	7	0	0	6	13	0		0	1		.165	.212	.216	428	21	104	82	-	-	.188
-	Dick Walterhouse	2b	-	-	1976-19-453	AAA	25	94	9	16	4	0	0	5	1	1	11	19	0		0	0		.170	.257	.213	470	20	105	79	-	-	.213
-	Kevin Pasley	c	-	25	1971-29-650	MLB	20	54	7	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	0		0	1		.278	.298	.315	613	17	57	40	-	-	.283
-	Alberto Lois	of	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	5	9	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0	0		.444	.545	.667	1212	6	11	5	-	-	.500
-	Al Holland	p	-	26	1975-4-81	MLB	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
-	Alfredo Torres	c	-	21	UDFA: 1978	AAA	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	3	-	-	.333
-	Mike Garman	p	-	29	1967-1-3	MLB	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Gene Pentz	p	-	26	1971-7-153	MLB	57	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Ben Wiltbank	p	-	23	1977-15-382	AAA	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
-	Pascual Perez	p	-	22	UDFA: 1976	MLB	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (23 players)							147	4707	690	1328	225	55	65	630	97	49	482	610	30	0	57	40		.282	.350	.395	745	1858	5316	3525	--	--	.310

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Al Holland	12	26	1975-4-81	MLB	10	10	4.50	29	28	3	1		0	174.0	173	99	87	13	87	140	13		1.49	8.95	0.67	4.50	7.24	0.62
-	Rick Jones	6	24	1973-5-113	MLB	12	8	3.59	33	22	8	2		3	173.0	185	84	69	9	53	112	9		1.38	9.62	0.47	2.76	5.83	0.47
-	Dan Warthen	22	26	1971-2-28	MLB	10	9	3.56	49	11	1	0		3	154.0	139	69	61	11	80	92	7		1.42	8.12	0.64	4.68	5.38	0.87
-	Rod Scurry	73	23	1974-1-11	MLB	5	5	4.13	35	15	1	0		0	122.0	121	64	56	11	72	94	7		1.58	8.93	0.81	5.31	6.93	0.77
-	Greg Field	47	22	1975-4-85	AAA	4	13	4.85	23	22	4	0		0	117.0	153	75	63	6	33	58	2		1.59	11.77	0.46	2.54	4.46	0.57
-	Pascual Perez	-	22	UDFA: 1976	MLB	9	7	5.50	20	20	1	0		0	103.0	121	70	63	9	47	51	5		1.63	10.57	0.79	4.11	4.46	0.92
-	Mike Garman	45	29	1967-1-3	MLB	6	3	4.66	44	0	0	0		10	87.0	104	53	45	7	31	38	2		1.55	10.76	0.72	3.21	3.93	0.82
-	Gene Pentz	27	26	1971-7-153	MLB	5	6	4.33	57	0	0	0		12	81.0	78	44	39	6	57	66	5		1.67	8.67	0.67	6.33	7.33	0.86
-	Dick Pole	-	28	UDFA: 1978	MLB	5	1	4.31	13	12	2	1		0	71.0	77	35	34	3	31	23	5		1.52	9.76	0.38	3.93	2.92	1.35
-	Jim Willoughby	-	30	1967-11-217	MLB	3	2	2.85	24	2	0	0		5	60.0	61	29	19	4	9	28	3		1.17	9.15	0.60	1.35	4.20	0.32
-	Joe Coleman	-	32	1965-1-3	MLB	5	1	2.78	32	0	0	0		3	55.0	53	18	17	3	20	34	3		1.33	8.67	0.49	3.27	5.56	0.59
-	Ben Wiltbank	-	23	1977-15-382	AAA	2	6	6.00	12	12	0	0		0	54.0	64	46	36	2	44	20	8		2.00	10.67	0.33	7.33	3.33	2.20
-	Stu Cliburn	-	22	1977-4-96	AAA	3	2	4.91	7	6	0	0		0	33.0	43	19	18	2	17	17	3		1.82	11.73	0.55	4.64	4.64	1.00
-	Richard Standart	-	-	1970-10-229	AAA	1	3	7.27	10	3	0	0		0	26.0	32	22	21	4	8	16	0		1.54	11.08	1.38	2.77	5.54	0.50
-	Dave Pagan	-	29	UDFA: 1978	MLB	2	0	5.57	9	1	0	0		0	21.0	24	13	13	1	8	12	1		1.52	10.29	0.43	3.43	5.14	0.67
-	Mike Pazik	-	29	1971-1-13	MLB	1	1	3.94	6	2	0	0		1	16.0	17	9	7	0	5	7	2		1.38	9.56	0.00	2.81	3.94	0.71
-	Bob Kaiser	-	29	1968-3-46	MLB	0	1	9.00	4	2	0	0		0	10.0	15	10	10	1	9	2	1		2.40	13.50	0.90	8.10	1.80	4.50
-	James Smith	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	1	7.50	1	1	0	0		0	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	4	0		1.83	12.00	1.50	4.50	6.00	0.75
-	Tommy Sandt	-	28	1969-2-33	MLB	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0		0	4.0	5	6	2	2	6	1	0		2.75	11.25	4.50	13.50	2.25	6.00
-	Juan Arias	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	1	9.00	2	0	0	0		0	4.0	8	4	4	0	4	3	1		3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	6.75	1.33
-	Roger Nelson	-	35	1968-6-130	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	3	4	3	0	1	2	0		2.00	13.50	0.00	4.50	9.00	0.50
-	Larry Littleton	-	25	1976-1-6	MLB	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0		2.00	13.50	4.50	4.50	0.00	--
-	Ron Mitchell	-	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
Totals: (23 players)						73	74	4.42	147	147	20	4	127	37	1,375	1487	781	675	65	626	820	77		1.32	9.73	0.63	4.10	5.37	0.76

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Harry Saferight	C	88		425	37	12	9	.975	0.00
Manuel Lantigua	C	56		288	33	7	3	.979	0.00
Kevin Pasley	C	18		73	12	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Craig Cacek	1B	146		1201	138	14	117	.990	0.00
Ron Mitchell	1B	3		13	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dorian Boyland	1B	1		9	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Hargis	2B	79		163	219	7	47	.982	0.00
Rod Gilbreath	2B	39		83	101	5	21	.974	0.00
Tommy Sandt	2B	23		56	48	2	14	.981	0.00
Vance Law	2B	12		42	33	4	9	.949	0.00
Len Randle	2B	1		5	2	1	3	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rod Gilbreath	3B	55		48	119	8	13	.954	0.00
Vance Law	3B	42		42	90	2	10	.985	0.00
Tommy Sandt	3B	20		16	29	3	4	.937	0.00
Dick Walterhouse	3B	19		19	27	5	2	.902	0.00
Taylor Duncan	3B	16		14	25	3	2	.929	0.00
Ron Mitchell	3B	12		5	14	7	1	.731	0.00
Dale Berra	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rob Ellis	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vance Law	SS	78		117	185	16	33	.950	0.00
Dale Berra	SS	47		67	156	8	32	.965	0.00
Gary Hargis	SS	16		25	46	4	10	.947	0.00
Rod Gilbreath	SS	10		14	31	3	3	.937	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Larry Littleton	OF	133		317	10	5	0	.985	0.00
Oswaldo Olivares	OF	117		177	17	7	5	.965	0.00
Joe Coleman	OF	70		118	9	6	0	.955	0.00
Ron Mitchell	OF	41		77	5	4	0	.953	0.00
Len Randle	OF	21		59	1	2	0	.968	0.00
Dorian Boyland	OF	11		21	1	2	0	.917	0.00
Rod Gilbreath	OF	7		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Walterhouse	OF	4		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alberto Lois	OF	3		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tommy Sandt	OF	3		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Pentz	P	57		9	9	2	2	.900	0.00
Dan Warthen	P	49		12	24	2	1	.947	0.00
Mike Garman	P	44		9	8	1	0	.944	0.00
Rod Scurry	P	35		7	25	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rick Jones	P	33		13	20	3	4	.917	0.00
Joe Coleman	P	32		10	7	1	0	.944	0.00
Al Holland	P	29		13	26	3	1	.929	0.00
Jim Willoughby	P	24		7	3	1	0	.909	0.00
Greg Field	P	23		7	8	3	0	.833	0.00
Pascual Perez	P	20		15	18	1	2	.971	0.00
Dick Pole	P	13		8	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ben Wiltbank	P	12		5	12	1	0	.944	0.00
Richard Standart	P	10		4	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Pagan	P	9		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Stu Cliburn	P	7		4	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mike Pazik	P	6		3	0	1	0	.750	0.00
Bob Kaiser	P	4		0	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Tommy Sandt	P	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roger Nelson	P	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
James Smith	P	1		1	1	1	0	.667	0.00

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