1979 SYRACUSE CHIEFS

| Level: AAA

Location: Syracuse,NY
Team Record: 77-63 .550
Result: 2nd in International League
Affiliate: Toronto Blue Jays
Manager(s): Vern Benson
Stadium: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 176,539
Playoffs: Lost in Finals

Toronto Blue Jays affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ken Reynolds (32)
Youngest Player: Geno Petralli (19)
Top Hitter: Willie Upshaw (7)
Top Pitcher: Steve Luebber (1)

International League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Columbus	85	54	.612	--
Syracuse	77	63	.550	8.5
Richmond	76	64	.543	9.5
Tidewater	73	67	.521	12.5
Pawtucket	66	74	.471	19.5
Char., W.Va.	65	74	.468	20.0
Toledo	63	76	.453	22.0
Rochester	53	86	.381	32.0

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
-	Willie Upshaw	1b	7	22	1975-5-115	MLB	140	526	71	131	25	8	12	68	3	3	52	90	4		3	6		.249	.318	.395	713	208	591	407	-	-	.277
-	Doug Ault	1b	16	29	1970-2-36	MLB	121	444	53	112	25	6	12	71	6	1	41	58	2		2	5		.252	.315	.417	732	185	494	340	-	-	.264
-	Garth Iorg	3b-2b	15	24	1973-8-181	MLB	121	430	65	121	23	4	5	39	2	4	46	44	4		11	7		.281	.351	.388	740	167	498	331	-	-	.299
-	Dave Baker	3b	58	21	1978-11-262	MLB	116	396	42	88	17	5	7	43	1	0	31	67	3		3	4		.222	.281	.343	625	136	437	315	-	-	.248
-	Donald Pisker	of	22	25	1975-13-302	AAA	111	385	57	95	12	10	10	46	2	0	51	111	2		2	3		.247	.336	.408	743	157	443	295	-	-	.318
-	Ernie Whitt	c	71	27	1972-15-352	MLB	114	382	32	95	18	4	7	43	2	1	42	43	0		7	3		.249	.321	.372	693	142	434	298	-	-	.263
-	Greg Wells	1b	42	25	UDFA: 1977	MLB	99	380	50	104	16	4	13	65	1	0	18	45	2		2	4		.274	.307	.439	746	167	406	282	-	-	.279
-	Domingo Ramos	ss-3b	47	21	UDFA: 1975	MLB	115	376	38	92	11	4	1	28	1	0	40	41	3		11	3		.245	.320	.303	623	114	433	298	-	-	.270
-	Dave McKay	2b-3b	45	29	UDFA: 1971	MLB	96	353	54	95	14	3	7	53	8	6	39	72	5		7	4		.269	.347	.385	732	136	408	275	-	-	.317
-	Luis Rosado	1b	75	23	UDFA: 1972	MLB	99	333	35	83	20	1	4	29	0	1	22	48	1		2	2		.249	.296	.351	647	117	360	255	-	-	.279
-	J.J. Cannon	of	40	25	1974-1-16	MLB	59	231	41	67	14	7	6	24	11	5	11	55	4		1	0		.290	.333	.489	823	113	247	170	-	-	.359
-	Ted Wilborn	of	55	20	1976-4-88	MLB	61	227	28	56	5	1	1	10	6	9	15	53	1		10	0		.247	.296	.291	587	66	253	190	-	-	.318
-	Mike Sember	3b	-	26	1974-2-31	MLB	49	140	17	21	3	1	2	10	0	1	18	56	1		3	1		.150	.250	.229	479	32	163	124	-	-	.229
-	Danny Ainge	2b-3b	-	20	1977-15-389	MLB	27	101	10	25	4	2	0	8	0	0	7	20	2		2	0		.248	.309	.327	636	33	112	78	-	-	.309
-	Butch Alberts	h	-	29	1972-28-642	MLB	19	60	6	14	1	1	1	13	1	0	4	14	0		1	2		.233	.273	.333	606	20	67	49	-	-	.277
-	Geno Petralli	c	-	19	1978-3-53	MLB	18	56	6	13	0	1	0	7	0	0	2	11	0		1	2		.232	.250	.268	518	15	61	46	-	-	.277
-	Pat Kelly	of	-	23	UDFA: 1987	MLB	6	17	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		0	0		.176	.176	.235	412	4	17	14	-	-	.273
-	Andre Robertson	ss-2b	-	21	1979-4-81	MLB	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
Totals: (18 players)							140	4841	605	1215	209	62	88	557	44	31	439	834	34	0	68	46		.251	.315	.374	689	1812	5428	3771	--	--	.284

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
-	Mark Wiley	2	31	1970-6-131	MLB	12	11	3.65	27	27	15	2		0	197.0	192	88	80	18	45	111	4		1.20	8.77	0.82	2.06	5.07	0.41
-	Steve Luebber	1	29	1967-13-256	MLB	11	8	3.39	29	28	9	3		0	183.0	157	78	69	7	18	128	12		0.96	7.72	0.34	0.89	6.30	0.14
-	Jackson Todd	49	27	1973-2-38	MLB	9	4	3.34	21	15	7	0		1	124.0	116	48	46	9	35	59	5		1.22	8.42	0.65	2.54	4.28	0.59
-	Butch Edge	-	22	1974-1-6	MLB	5	3	2.42	26	4	1	0		1	104.0	89	41	28	4	39	56	13		1.23	7.70	0.35	3.38	4.85	0.70
-	Steve Grilli	24	30	UDFA: 1978	MLB	9	7	2.01	49	0	0	0		12	103.0	93	37	23	5	41	65	6		1.30	8.13	0.44	3.58	5.68	0.63
-	Davis May	53	27	1975-24-558	AAA	6	9	4.02	16	16	7	1		0	103.0	92	56	46	8	47	56	4		1.35	8.04	0.70	4.11	4.89	0.84
-	Chuck Fore	-	23	1974-1-20	AAA	6	7	3.26	16	16	3	0		0	102.0	92	45	37	7	46	64	3		1.35	8.12	0.62	4.06	5.65	0.72
-	Vernon Benson	37	-	1972-3-72	AAA	6	4	3.89	12	12	3	3		0	74.0	68	35	32	4	14	41	2		1.11	8.27	0.49	1.70	4.99	0.34
-	Ken Reynolds	-	32	1966-4-69	MLB	2	4	5.32	19	6	0	0		0	66.0	71	45	39	8	32	25	2		1.56	9.68	1.09	4.36	3.41	1.28
-	Dave Stieb	-	21	1978-5-106	MLB	5	2	2.12	7	7	4	0		0	51.0	39	15	12	0	14	20	1		1.04	6.88	0.00	2.47	3.53	0.70
-	Mike Willis	-	28	1972-20-479	MLB	1	3	5.29	20	3	1	0		3	34.0	36	21	20	1	10	28	3		1.35	9.53	0.26	2.65	7.41	0.36
-	Andre Robertson	-	21	1979-4-81	MLB	0	1	3.72	14	1	0	0		3	29.0	26	14	12	4	10	21	5		1.24	8.07	1.24	3.10	6.52	0.48
-	Mark Lemongello	-	23	UDFA: 1979	MLB	3	0	1.80	4	4	0	0		0	25.0	20	5	5	1	7	13	1		1.08	7.20	0.36	2.52	4.68	0.54
-	Tom Buskey	40	32	UDFA: 1969	MLB	0	0	2.12	12	0	0	0		6	17.0	15	5	4	1	8	11	2		1.35	7.94	0.53	4.24	5.82	0.73
-	Jerry Garvin	-	23	1974-1-11	MLB	1	0	2.00	8	0	0	0		0	9.0	6	3	2	0	4	5	0		1.11	6.00	0.00	4.00	5.00	0.80
-	Luis Leal	-	22	UDFA: 1979	MLB	1	0	4.50	1	1	0	0		0	6.0	4	3	3	1	2	2	0		1.00	6.00	1.50	3.00	3.00	1.00
Totals: (18 players)						77	63	3.36	140	140	50	9	90	26	1,227	1116	539	458	88	372	705	63		1.35	8.19	0.57	2.73	5.17	0.53

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ernie Whitt	C	88		479	64	3	3	.995	0.00
Luis Rosado	C	80		425	51	3	6	.994	0.00
Geno Petralli	C	18		67	12	1	0	.987	0.00
Pat Kelly	C	5		21	1	2	0	.917	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Greg Wells	1B	98		920	63	5	77	.995	0.00
Willie Upshaw	1B	39		379	16	6	30	.985	0.00
Doug Ault	1B	2		14	1	0	3	1.000	0.00
Butch Alberts	1B	1		10	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave McKay	2B	76		183	258	9	43	.980	0.00
Garth Iorg	2B	37		67	107	8	23	.956	0.00
Danny Ainge	2B	26		56	77	4	19	.971	0.00
Mike Sember	2B	2		2	9	1	1	.917	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dave Baker	3B	101		76	181	19	15	.931	0.00
Garth Iorg	3B	35		28	68	8	4	.923	0.00
Dave McKay	3B	5		6	14	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Domingo Ramos	SS	109		211	323	26	65	.954	0.00
Garth Iorg	SS	24		44	75	3	15	.975	0.00
Mike Sember	SS	24		30	76	5	8	.955	0.00
Dave Baker	SS	2		2	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Andre Robertson	SS	1		1	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Upshaw	OF	98		165	8	8	1	.956	0.00
Donald Pisker	OF	95		184	6	11	2	.945	0.00
Doug Ault	OF	88		146	6	4	2	.974	0.00
Ted Wilborn	OF	68		168	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
J.J. Cannon	OF	59		153	4	5	2	.969	0.00
Ernie Whitt	OF	12		15	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mike Sember	OF	8		15	0	1	0	.937	0.00
Garth Iorg	OF	7		11	0	1	0	.917	0.00
Butch Alberts	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Luebber	P	29		11	26	1	2	.974	0.00
Mark Wiley	P	27		17	14	1	2	.969	0.00
Butch Edge	P	26		7	10	1	0	.944	0.00
Jackson Todd	P	21		11	21	1	1	.970	0.00
Mike Willis	P	20		1	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ken Reynolds	P	19		0	14	4	1	.778	0.00
Chuck Fore	P	16		2	11	1	2	.929	0.00
Steve Grilli	P	16		0	14	1	0	.933	0.00
Davis May	P	16		2	17	0	1	1.000	0.00
Andre Robertson	P	14		3	4	1	0	.875	0.00
Vernon Benson	P	12		2	12	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dave Stieb	P	7		3	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mark Lemongello	P	4		5	4	0	0	1.000	0.00

About Us | Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us

Boxscores data is obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.org.

Please Support The Baseball Cube.