1979 BUTTE COPPER KINGS
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Level: Rk
Location: Butte,MT
Team Record: 32-34 .485
Result: 3rd in Pioneer League - Southern Division
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers
Manager(s): Tom Gamboa, Ken Richardson
Stadium: Alumni Coliseum
Attendance: 28,398
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Milwaukee Brewers affiliate history
Team Record: 32-34 .485
Result: 3rd in Pioneer League - Southern Division
Affiliate: Milwaukee Brewers
Manager(s): Tom Gamboa, Ken Richardson
Stadium: Alumni Coliseum
Attendance: 28,398
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Milwaukee Brewers affiliate history
Oldest Player: Steven Christison (23)
Youngest Player: Brian Meadows (3)
Top Hitter: Bill Schroeder (1)
Top Pitcher: Brian Meadows (14)
Youngest Player: Brian Meadows (3)
Top Hitter: Bill Schroeder (1)
Top Pitcher: Brian Meadows (14)
Pioneer League Standings
| Southern | W | L | Pct | GB |
| Billings | 43 | 26 | .623 | -- |
| Helena | 43 | 26 | .623 | -- |
| Butte | 32 | 34 | .485 | 9.5 |
| Idaho Falls | 25 | 42 | .373 | 17.0 |
| # | Player | Pos | HiLvl | Ht | Wt | Bats | Throws | Born | Age | Place | Draft Information | ||||
| - | Ray Alonzo | OF | AA | 6-1 | 200 | Left | Left | 5/20/1958 | 21 | Phoenix,Arizona | 1979 | 17 | 439 | MIL | |
| - | Andy Beene | P | MLB | 6-3 | 205 | Right | Right | 10/13/1956 | 22 | Freeport,Texas | 1979 | 5 | 127 | MIL | |
| - | Bengie Biggus | AA | - | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | |||||||||
| - | Steven Christison | P | A+ | 6-4 | 210 | Right | Right | 6/11/1956 | 23 | Salt Lake City,Utah | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | ||
| - | Greg Cicotte | P | A | 6-4 | 190 | Right | Right | 1959 | 20 | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | |||
| - | Greg DeHart | P | A+ | 6-1 | 170 | Right | Right | - | North Hollywood,California | 1978 | 1 | 19 | MIL | ||
| - | Jorge DeJesus | A | - | 1978 | UDFA | MIL | |||||||||
| - | Michael Donovan | P | A+ | 6-3 | 205 | Right | Right | 6/18/1957 | 22 | Milwaukee,Wisconsin | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | ||
| - | Lance Ediger | OF | A- | - | 1978 | 10 | 242 | MIL | |||||||
| - | Melvin Freeman | 3B | A | 5-11 | 185 | Right | Right | 1959 | 20 | Easley,South Carolina | 1979 | 3 | 47 | MIL | |
| - | Frank Galloway | P | RK | - | 1979 | 24 | 616 | MIL | |||||||
| - | Dan Gilmartin | SS | A+ | 6-1 | 170 | Right | Right | 1960 | 19 | North Hills,California | 1978 | 9 | 216 | MIL | |
| - | Dave Grier | P | AA | 6-0 | 175 | Right | Right | 1958 | 21 | Severna Park,Maryland | 1979 | 1 | 24 | MIL | |
| - | Jon Hansen | OF | AA | 6-3 | 190 | Right | Right | - | Santa Barbara,California | 1979 | 3 | 75 | MIL | ||
| - | Mark Higgins | OF | A | 6-4 | 205 | Right | Right | - | Veradale,Washington | 1979 | 2 | 49 | MIL | ||
| - | Kurt Kingsolver | OF | AAA | 5-11 | 175 | Right | Right | 9/25/1958 | 20 | Los Alamitos,California | 1979 | 16 | 413 | MIL | |
| - | Ron Koenigsfeld | SS | AAA | 5-11 | 187 | Right | Right | 1958 | 21 | Charles City,Iowa | 1979 | 10 | 257 | MIL | |
| - | Stan Levi | OF | AA | 5-10 | 160 | Left | Left | 3/11/1959 | 20 | Los Angeles,California | 1976 | 10 | 240 | OAK | |
| - | Luis Matias | P | A | 6-0 | 170 | Right | Right | - | Santiago,Dominican Republic | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | |||
| - | John Maxson | P | A | 6-5 | 205 | Right | Right | - | 1978 | 6 | 55 | MIL | |||
| - | Damion McClendon | RK | - | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | |||||||||
| - | Karl McKay | P-OF | A+ | 6-2 | 180 | Right | Right | 6/4/1961 | 18 | Ballwin,Missouri | 1979 | 6 | 153 | MIL | |
| - | Brian Meadows | P | MLB | 6-4 | 220 | Right | Right | 11/21/1975 | 3 | Montgomery,Alabama | 1994 | 3 | 70 | FLA | |
| - | Randy Meyer | P | AA | 6-2 | 195 | Right | Right | 1958 | 21 | 1979 | 2 | 45 | MIL | ||
| - | David Morris | P | AA | 6-2 | 202 | Right | Right | 9/3/1962 | 16 | West Linn,Oregon | 1985 | UDFA | SF | ||
| - | Vine Pone | 3B | A+ | 6-1 | 200 | Right | Right | 1960 | 19 | Woodland Hills,California | 1978 | 8 | 190 | MIL | |
| - | George Robins | OF-P | A+ | 6-0 | 180 | Right | Right | - | Los Angeles,California | 1976 | 6 | 95 | KC | ||
| - | Bill Schroeder | C | MLB | 6-2 | 200 | Right | Right | 9/7/1958 | 20 | Baltimore,Maryland | 1979 | 8 | 205 | MIL | |
| - | David Thomas | P | A+ | 6-4 | 185 | Right | Right | 1958 | 21 | Lafayette,Indiana | 1979 | 1 | 24 | MIL | |
| - | Joe Tkac | P | RK | 6-0 | 180 | Left | Left | - | 1979 | 19 | 491 | MIL | |||
| - | Jesse Vasquez | P | AA | 6-1 | 180 | Left | Left | 1963 | 16 | 1983 | 10 | 238 | CHW | ||
| - | Alan Walker | P | A | 6-2 | 185 | Right | Left | 6/14/1960 | 19 | Gettysburg,Pennsylvania | 1979 | UDFA | MIL | ||
| - | Ronald Walling | P | RK | 5-11 | 175 | Left | Left | 1959 | 20 | Johnstown,Pennsylvania | 1979 | 2 | 33 | MIL | |
| - | Porter Wyatt | P | AA | - | 1978 | 6 | 130 | MIL | |||||||
| Team Personnel | Position | |
| Tom Gamboa | Manager | |
| Ken Richardson | Manager |
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