1979 GULF COAST RANGERS

| Level: Rk

Team Record: 33-21 .611
Result: 2nd in Gulf Coast League
Affiliate: Texas Rangers
Manager(s): Andy Hancock
Stadium:
Attendance: 0
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Texas Rangers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Clay Smith (23)
Youngest Player: Donnie Scott (17)
Top Hitter: Pete O'Brien (9)
Top Pitcher: Tony Fossas (5)

Gulf Coast League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
GCL Astros	33	19	.635	--
GCL Rangers	33	21	.611	1.0
GCL Royals	29	23	.558	4.0
GCL Braves	26	28	.481	8.0
GCL Royals	24	29	.453	9.5
GCL Pirates	20	32	.385	13.0
GCL Cubs	19	32	.373	13.5

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
-	Pete O'Brien	1b	9	21	1979-15-381	MLB	50	189	39	46	10	2	0	31	1	1	36	8	0		1	2		.243	.361	.317	679	60	228	147	-	-	.251
-	Bobby Ball	of	12	20	1979-13-329	AA	43	168	30	47	9	0	1	21	18	5	23	29	5		1	3		.280	.377	.351	728	59	200	130	-	-	.326
-	James Schaefer	of	28	22	1979-23-586	A	42	148	26	43	6	0	0	27	9	2	17	6	2		1	0		.291	.371	.331	702	49	168	108	-	-	.303
-	Donnie Scott	c	13	17	1979-2-43	MLB	45	146	18	45	7	1	1	29	4	1	31	17	0		1	5		.308	.418	.390	808	57	183	108	-	-	.331
-	Rodger Bastien	ss	55	22	1979-35-826	RK	39	139	21	31	3	2	1	17	7	1	25	17	0		0	1		.223	.339	.295	634	41	165	110	-	-	.246
-	Stanley Baker	ss	31	22	1979-27-681	RK	43	119	19	34	3	0	0	14	3	5	41	12	1		5	1		.286	.469	.311	780	37	167	96	-	-	.315
-	Michael Beaudoin	h	-	22	UDFA: 1979	RK	32	117	12	35	3	0	0	9	4	5	18	10	0		0	0		.299	.393	.325	717	38	135	87	-	-	.327
-	Keith Showell	of	78	21	1979-2-44	RK	28	90	14	22	0	0	0	14	5	1	15	15	0		0	3		.244	.343	.244	587	22	108	72	-	-	.282
-	Larry Donofrio	c	68	20	UDFA: 1979	AA	27	86	11	20	5	0	0	11	1	1	14	13	1		2	2		.233	.340	.291	631	25	105	71	-	-	.267
-	Charles Stafford	of	53	22	1979-29-723	RK	28	86	17	25	2	1	0	12	7	0	20	27	0		1	1		.291	.421	.337	758	29	108	63	-	-	.417
-	Michael Childs	c	60	20	1978-1-23	A	25	85	19	27	3	2	0	19	10	1	13	11	0		0	1		.318	.404	.400	804	34	99	60	-	-	.360
-	Larry Reynolds	2b	44	21	1979-4-95	AA	17	74	23	26	1	1	0	6	18	2	10	4	0		1	0		.351	.429	.392	820	29	85	51	-	-	.371
-	William Goodman	2b	54	21	1979-10-251	A	18	65	10	16	2	0	0	2	4	2	13	10	0		3	0		.246	.372	.277	649	18	81	54	-	-	.291
-	Stephen Romey	1b-3b	51	-	1979-38-850	RK	20	54	7	15	0	0	0	6	0	2	4	9	3		0	1		.278	.355	.278	633	15	62	42	-	-	.326
-	Larry Reasonover	3b	70	19	1978-2-36	RK	23	52	4	13	1	0	1	4	2	1	5	14	2		0	1		.250	.333	.327	660	17	60	41	-	-	.316
-	Robert Tanzi	of	-	20	UDFA: 1978	A	12	47	7	13	2	0	0	6	0	1	9	5	0		0	0		.277	.393	.319	712	15	56	35	-	-	.310
-	John Bush	ss	-	20	1977-4-98	A-	13	40	8	10	2	0	1	5	1	3	6	8	1		0	0		.250	.362	.375	737	15	47	33	-	-	.290
-	Jim Tjader	2b	59	20	1978-1-14	AA	6	27	4	5	0	4	1	5	0	1	3	5	0		0	0		.185	.267	.593	859	16	30	23	-	-	.190
-	Jerry Neufang	c	-	18	1978-7-176	AAA	10	24	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	2	0		0	1		.250	.387	.250	637	6	31	19	-	-	.261
-	Gregory Robinson	h	-	-	UDFA: 1979	RK	6	22	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	0		0	0		.227	.292	.318	610	7	24	17	-	-	.263
-	Elwood Zebley	c	-	22	1979-25-634	AA	10	20	4	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3	1	0		0	0		.250	.348	.400	748	8	23	15	-	-	.263
-	Shelton McMath	of	-	22	1979-6-147	AA	3	11	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	0		0	0		.182	.308	.545	853	6	13	9	-	-	.125
-	Richard Velazguez	h	-	-	UDFA: 1978	RK	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		0	0		.000	.300	.000	300	0	10	7	-	-	.000
-	David Orzel	p	-	20	1979-5-120	RK	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (24 players)							54	1817	298	491	63	14	7	251	95	35	319	231	15	0	16	22		.270	.380	.332	712	603	2189	1399	--	--	.302

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
-	Mel Gilliam	8	21	1979-11-277	AAA	2	3	5.34	14	11	0	0		0	64.0	56	40	38	4	51	49	4		1.67	7.88	0.56	7.17	6.89	1.04
-	Tony Fossas	5	21	1979-12-303	MLB	6	3	3.00	10	9	1	0		0	60.0	54	28	20	2	26	49	2		1.33	8.10	0.30	3.90	7.35	0.53
-	Gordon Ricossa	7	21	1979-32-781	RK	3	2	3.40	17	2	0	0		1	53.0	55	22	20	0	21	30	2		1.43	9.34	0.00	3.57	5.09	0.70
-	Michael Roberts	18	22	1979-8-199	AA	5	1	0.71	24	0	0	0		11	51.0	33	5	4	0	15	39	1		0.94	5.82	0.00	2.65	6.88	0.38
-	Jay Pettibone	52	22	1980-2-43	MLB	3	1	3.64	13	5	0	0		2	47.0	57	29	19	1	15	28	1		1.53	10.91	0.19	2.87	5.36	0.54
-	Clay Smith	53	23	UDFA: 1978	RK	3	3	4.24	16	0	0	0		1	34.0	35	24	16	1	24	21	9		1.74	9.26	0.26	6.35	5.56	1.14
-	Jerry Vasquez	37	23	1979-2-31	AA	2	2	3.55	7	6	2	0		0	33.0	38	18	13	0	8	9	1		1.39	10.36	0.00	2.18	2.45	0.89
-	Greg Eason	-	20	1978-2-47	A	3	1	4.78	7	7	0	0		0	32.0	37	24	17	0	22	14	0		1.84	10.41	0.00	6.19	3.94	1.57
-	Ray Fontenot	43	21	1979-34-815	MLB	3	1	4.06	8	5	0	0		0	31.0	28	20	14	1	12	42	3		1.29	8.13	0.29	3.48	12.19	0.29
-	Dave Schmidt	-	22	1979-26-658	MLB	2	2	4.20	7	6	0	0		0	30.0	30	19	14	1	8	27	4		1.27	9.00	0.30	2.40	8.10	0.30
-	David Orzel	-	20	1979-5-120	RK	1	0	3.60	9	0	0	0		0	20.0	17	11	8	0	15	14	5		1.60	7.65	0.00	6.75	6.30	1.07
-	James Hager	45	22	1979-16-407	RK	0	1	13.80	8	1	0	0		2	15.0	24	26	23	2	21	12	4		3.00	14.40	1.20	12.60	7.20	1.75
-	Mark Gammage	-	18	1979-5-121	A	0	1	3.38	3	2	0	0		0	8.0	8	5	3	0	7	8	2		1.88	9.00	0.00	7.88	9.00	0.88
Totals: (24 players)						33	21	3.94	54	54	3	0	51	17	478	472	271	209	7	245	342	38		1.69	8.89	0.23	4.61	6.44	0.72

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Donnie Scott	C	30		187	0	4	0	.979	0.00
Larry Donofrio	C	20		101	14	1	5	.991	0.00
Jerry Neufang	C	8		42	6	2	1	.960	0.00
Elwood Zebley	C	4		7	0	1	0	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete O'Brien	1B	50		465	44	7	40	.986	0.00
Larry Donofrio	1B	4		25	2	0	5	1.000	0.00
Michael Childs	1B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
James Schaefer	1B	1		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Michael Beaudoin	2B	20		56	63	10	17	.922	0.00
William Goodman	2B	17		48	45	3	13	.969	0.00
Stanley Baker	2B	15		39	48	1	6	.989	0.00
Jim Tjader	2B	2		4	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Reasonover	2B	1		1	2	2	0	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Stanley Baker	3B	20		13	47	5	3	.923	0.00
Larry Reasonover	3B	19		10	31	7	7	.854	0.00
Robert Tanzi	3B	10		5	17	4	1	.846	0.00
Michael Childs	3B	7		3	11	2	3	.875	0.00
Jim Tjader	3B	3		2	10	6	0	.667	0.00
Michael Beaudoin	3B	2		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
William Goodman	3B	1		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rodger Bastien	SS	19		15	135	20	22	.882	0.00
John Bush	SS	11		16	31	1	3	.979	0.00
Stanley Baker	SS	7		11	23	3	4	.919	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Ball	OF	43		85	2	3	2	.967	0.00
James Schaefer	OF	38		69	0	3	0	.958	0.00
Charles Stafford	OF	27		33	3	1	1	.973	0.00
Keith Showell	OF	16		15	0	3	0	.833	0.00
Larry Reynolds	OF	15		35	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Michael Childs	OF	13		13	0	2	0	.867	0.00
Stephen Romey	OF	12		4	0	2	0	.667	0.00
Michael Beaudoin	OF	6		16	1	2	0	.895	0.00
Gregory Robinson	OF	6		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Shelton McMath	OF	3		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Richard Velazguez	OF	3		3	0	1	0	.750	0.00
Donnie Scott	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Michael Roberts	P	24		3	14	2	1	.895	0.00
Gordon Ricossa	P	17		5	12	0	3	1.000	0.00
Clay Smith	P	16		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mel Gilliam	P	14		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jay Pettibone	P	13		3	7	1	1	.909	0.00
Tony Fossas	P	10		1	15	0	1	1.000	0.00
David Orzel	P	9		0	2	2	0	.500	0.00
Ray Fontenot	P	8		1	3	2	0	.667	0.00
James Hager	P	8		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Greg Eason	P	7		1	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Schmidt	P	7		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jerry Vasquez	P	7		2	7	1	1	.900	0.00
Mark Gammage	P	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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