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Major League Baseball

Record: 96-59   .619.... 1st in National League East
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Playoffs: Lost NLCS (Reds)
Attendance: 1,427,460

Top Draft Pick: Dwayne Peltier (#23)   -

General Manager - Joe Brown
Manager - Bill Virdon

Hitting Coach - Joe Morgan  Pitching Coach - Don Osborn  First Base Coach - Don Leppert  Third Base Coach - Frank Oceak  Bullpen Coach - Dave Ricketts

Team Leaders

HR: Stargell [33]
RBI: Stargell [112]
2B: Stargell [28]
SB: Davalillo [14]
W: Blass [19]
SV: Giusti [22]
SO: Moose [144]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Chuck Goggin (Sep 8) Fernando Gonzalez (Sep 15)
Pitchers: Jim McKee (Sep 15)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	23	June-Reg	Dwayne Peltier	SS						-		Servite (Anaheim,CA)
2	47	June-Reg	John Candelaria	P	18	6-6	225	R	L	MLB	1975-1993	LaSalle Academy (Brooklyn,NY)
3	71**	June-Reg	John Poloni	P	18	6-5	210	L	L	MLB	1977-1977	Lutheran West (Detroit,MI)
4	95**	June-Reg	Tim Jones	P	18	6-5	220	B	R	MLB	1977-1977	Ponderosa (Shingle Springs,CA)
5	119	June-Reg	Gary Anderson	P						-		Thornridge (Dolton,IL)
6	143	June-Reg	Ken Macha	1B-3b	21	6-2	217	R	R	MLB	1974-1981	University of Pittsburgh
7	167	June-Reg	Willie Randolph	SS-C	17	5-11	171	R	R	MLB	1975-1992	Tilden (Brooklyn,NY)
8	191	June-Reg	Michael Redden	P						-		Brother Rice (Chicago,IL)
9	215	June-Reg	Robert Mazur	OF						AA		Charleroi (Charleroi,PA)
10	239**	June-Reg	Scott Gunderson	P						-		Marysville-Pilchuck (Marysville,WA)
11	263	June-Reg	Michael Cones	SS						-		San Jacinto College
12	287**	June-Reg	Craig Allegrezza	p						A+		Milford (Milford,MA)
13	311	June-Reg	Kim West	p						-		West Virginia University
14	335	June-Reg	Mike Skinner	OF-3B						-		Potomac State College of WVU
15	359	June-Reg	Michael Gipaya	p						-		St. Louis (Honolulu,HI)
16	383	June-Reg	William Estes	p						-
17	407	June-Reg	Ray Castaldi	OF						-
18	431	June-Reg	Tim Flaherty	p						-		Rockville (Rockville,CT)
19	455	June-Reg	Wayne Eckert	3B						-		Goose Creek (Goose Creek,SC)
20	478	June-Reg	Robert Rudi	p						-		South Philadelphia (Philadelphia,PA)
21	501	June-Reg	Alan Albert	p						-		Clear Spring (Clear Spring,MD)
22	524**	June-Reg	John Hoffman	p						-		Snohomish (Snohomish,WA)
23	546	June-Reg	Michael Busby	SS						-		Bessemer Academy (Bessemer,AL)
24	568	June-Reg	Charles Janes	p		6-2	195	R	R	-		Dartmouth College
25	589	June-Reg	Michael Gonzalez	p						-		Thomas Kelly (Chicago,IL)
26	609	June-Reg	Paul Burton	p						-		Villanova University
27	626	June-Reg	Joel Sexton	p						-		Louisiana State University
28	642	June-Reg	Butch Alberts	3B	22	6-2	205	R	R	MLB	1978-1978	University of Cincinnati
29	657**	June-Reg	Richard Hudson	p						-		Century (Century,FL)
30	672	June-Reg	Larry Snowden	p-OF						-		Monroe County (Monroeville,AL)
31	686**	June-Reg	Evan Edge	C						-		Gadsden (Gadsden,AL)
32	699	June-Reg	Brian Bochow	SS						-		Duke University
33	711	June-Reg	Stan Boskovich	p						-		Gallatin (Masontown,PA)
34	721	June-Reg	Mike Gannon	Of						-		Central Washington University
35	731	June-Reg	Michael Burgess	p	18	6-4	215	R	R	-		Lee (Baytown,TX)
36	741	June-Reg	Doug Zimmerman	C						-		Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
37	750	June-Reg	Luther Wrenn	Of						-		Seymour (Seymour,IN)
38	757	June-Reg	Doug Zavodny	Of						-		McKinley (Buffalo,NY)
39	764	June-Reg	Jerome Yankrick	p-1B						-		Greater Latrobe (Latrobe,PA)
40	770**	June-Reg	Gil Kubski	3B	17	6-3	185	L	R	MLB	1980-1980	Granada Hills (Granada Hills,CA)
1	22**	June-Sec	Jim Morrison	3B	19	5-11	186	R	R	MLB	1977-1988	South Georgia College
2	38	June-Sec	Dennis Simon	P						-
3	46**	June-Sec	Don Fisher	P						-		Polk State College
1	24**	Jan-Reg	Dennis Bolden	P						-		Chipola College
2	48	Jan-Reg	David Gaynor	1B						-		New Mexico Highlands University
3	71	Jan-Reg	Joel Misler	P						-		Miami-Dade College
4	90	Jan-Reg	Jerry Goode	P	20	6-1	200	R	L	-
5	105**	Jan-Reg	Jim Morrison	3B	19	5-11	186	R	R	MLB	1977-1988	South Georgia College
6	117	Jan-Reg	Ken Donaldson	C						-		Bellevue Community College
7	126	Jan-Reg	Alan Drechsler	P						-		Monroe Community College
8	133**	Jan-Reg	Mike Kirkpatrick	P						-		Bucks County Community College
9	138	Jan-Reg	Joe Blandford	OF						-		College of Southern Maryland
10	142**	Jan-Reg	Michael McGuire	OF						-		Cornell University
11	146	Jan-Reg	Tom Holliday	C						-		Yavapai College
1	4**	Jan-Sec	Rick Anderson	P	18	6-2	210	R	R	MLB	1979-1980	University of New Haven
2	28	Jan-Sec	Gerard Thomas	P						-
3	51	Jan-Sec	Doug Farrell	P-OF						-		Niagara University
4	72**	Jan-Sec	Don Fisher	P						-		Polk State College
5	90	Jan-Sec	Keith Metheny	P						-		Green River Community College
6	101	Jan-Sec	John Paul	C						-
7	107	Jan-Sec	Larry Demery	P	19	6-0	170	R	R	MLB	1974-1977	Los Angeles Community College