1979 MODESTO A'S

| Level: A+

Location: Modesto,CA
Team Record: 66-74 .471
Result: 4th in California League - Northern Division
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics
Manager(s): Gaylen Pitts
Stadium: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 61,037
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Paul Stevens (25)
Youngest Player: Frank Kneuer (19)
Top Hitter: Fred DeVito (15)
Top Pitcher: Ron Jensen (14)

California League Standings

Northern	W	L	Pct	GB
Reno	74	67	.525	--
Stockton	73	68	.518	1.0
Lodi	67	72	.482	6.0
Modesto	66	74	.471	7.5
Santa Clara	47	93	.336	26.5

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
-	Donald Morris	of	22	-	1978-17-420	AA	136	540	77	153	24	4	10	99	18	8	48	71	3		5	6		.283	.342	.398	740	215	602	406	-	-	.308
-	Robert Markham	1b	17	-	1977-10-251	AA	135	465	97	134	21	1	9	63	23	4	103	107	4		1	4		.288	.418	.396	814	184	577	340	-	-	.354
-	Fred DeVito	3b	15	-	1978-18-446	AA	117	456	65	145	32	3	10	83	7	2	27	57	6		6	5		.318	.360	.467	827	213	500	324	-	-	.343
-	Mike Woodard	2b	29	19	1978-4-82	MLB	118	431	90	124	8	3	2	31	61	17	70	37	1		3	2		.288	.387	.334	721	144	507	329	-	-	.310
-	Dana Berry	1b	76	-	1977-4-95	A+	102	337	53	83	17	2	8	55	2	4	52	93	2		0	3		.246	.348	.380	728	128	394	261	-	-	.314
-	Thomas Brunswick	ss	-	21	1976-23-543	AA	77	306	41	82	9	2	1	41	3	4	33	34	0		5	1		.268	.338	.320	658	98	345	234	-	-	.298
-	Allan Minker	1b	-	21	1976-3-72	AA	76	265	47	75	13	0	9	48	2	1	47	32	4		1	2		.283	.396	.434	830	115	319	194	-	-	.292
-	Vernon Armstead	of	78	22	1976-8-192	AA	70	249	31	51	5	4	6	27	17	7	34	93	2		2	1		.205	.304	.329	634	82	288	208	-	-	.298
-	Paul Stevens	2b	66	25	1976-16-378	AAA	63	218	56	64	12	1	0	23	16	6	67	26	1		6	2		.294	.458	.358	816	78	294	168	-	-	.330
-	Pat Dempsey	c	-	22	1977-2-43	AAA	57	208	25	53	3	3	1	25	6	1	22	22	1		2	2		.255	.326	.312	639	65	235	160	-	-	.278
-	Kelvin Moore	1b	65	21	1978-6-134	MLB	51	199	45	64	5	1	16	55	2	1	33	58	2		0	1		.322	.421	.598	1019	119	235	137	-	-	.381
-	Darryl Cias	c	-	22	1975-6-143	MLB	56	180	26	51	8	2	1	33	4	2	25	35	1		1	3		.283	.368	.367	735	66	210	135	-	-	.340
-	Paul Stockley	of	-	-	1979-16-395	AA	58	171	30	39	5	2	1	10	2	1	21	44	0		3	0		.228	.312	.298	611	51	195	136	-	-	.302
-	Michael Davis	ss-of	-	-	1977-33-736	AAA	41	161	48	63	10	4	0	19	13	5	34	20	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.497	.503	1001	81	195	103	46	12.0	.447
-	Mike Davis	of-rf	-	20	1980-4-79	MLB	41	161	48	63	10	4	0	19	13	5	34	20	0		0	0		.391	.497	.503	1001	81	195	103	-	-	.447
-	Steve Roberts	of	-	-	1979-21-524	AA	48	139	23	31	1	0	5	19	7	0	37	25	1		0	0		.223	.390	.338	728	47	177	108	-	-	.239
-	Paul Spillane	c	-	-	1979-10-239	AA	36	112	6	18	1	1	1	17	1	3	21	31	1		2	2		.161	.294	.214	508	24	138	101	-	-	.207
-	Jay Greb	ss	-	-	1978-11-264	A+	33	100	13	15	3	0	0	8	2	1	16	25	0		1	0		.150	.267	.180	447	18	117	87	-	-	.200
-	Gordon Eakin		-	-	UDFA: 1979	A+	37	96	9	20	5	1	0	18	3	1	11	21	0		1	2		.208	.284	.281	566	27	110	80	-	-	.260
-	Frank Kneuer	c	-	19	UDFA: 1979	AAA	22	64	7	13	1	0	2	11	0	0	7	14	1		0	0		.203	.292	.312	604	20	72	51	-	-	.229
-	Steve Gelfarb	1b-of	-	22	UDFA: 1978	AAA	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0		.333	.500	.333	833	2	8	4	-	-	.333
-	John Gosse	p	-	-	1976-24-567	AA	43	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
Totals: (22 players)							140	4866	838	1343	193	38	82	705	202	73	744	865	30	0	39	36	0	.276	.373	.382	755	1858	5715	3671	806	5.9	.319

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
-	Ron Jensen	14	-	1978-12-290	A+	9	8	3.85	25	25	6	1		0	173.0	172	93	74	17	73	129	12		1.42	8.95	0.88	3.80	6.71	0.57
-	Donald Schubert	18	20	1976-16-384	A+	8	13	5.40	28	23	7	0		1	160.0	182	113	96	17	60	99	6		1.51	10.24	0.96	3.37	5.57	0.61
-	Keith Atherton	20	20	1978-2-30	MLB	9	8	5.98	21	21	9	0		0	146.0	190	107	97	18	51	103	1		1.65	11.71	1.11	3.14	6.35	0.50
-	Frederick Lund	45	-	1977-4-96	AA	7	8	5.95	33	14	4	1		0	112.0	149	92	74	16	61	71	7		1.88	11.97	1.29	4.90	5.71	0.86
-	John Gosse	37	-	1976-24-567	AA	5	4	4.50	43	8	3	0		7	104.0	121	68	52	9	30	80	5		1.45	10.47	0.78	2.60	6.92	0.38
-	Kenneth Corzel	-	-	1978-10-200	A+	2	4	4.66	13	12	3	0		0	83.0	94	50	43	5	25	42	3		1.43	10.19	0.54	2.71	4.55	0.60
-	Donald Van Marter	-	-	UDFA: 1978	A+	1	9	7.82	12	12	1	0		0	61.0	87	67	53	11	42	32	2		2.11	12.84	1.62	6.20	4.72	1.31
-	Walter Bigos	53	22	1975-1-16	AA	4	2	2.80	31	0	0	0		5	61.0	65	26	19	3	28	49	2		1.52	9.59	0.44	4.13	7.23	0.57
-	Craig Harris	-	-	1977-1-17	AA	5	4	4.21	9	9	1	0		0	47.0	49	40	22	3	38	27	9		1.85	9.38	0.57	7.28	5.17	1.41
-	Ronnie Mantsch	-	-	UDFA: 1979	AA	2	3	2.25	20	0	0	0		3	44.0	41	14	11	1	17	22	2		1.32	8.39	0.20	3.48	4.50	0.77
-	Charles Dougherty	-	-	1978-7-160	A+	3	5	10.10	8	8	0	0		0	41.0	75	54	46	6	21	26	2		2.34	16.46	1.32	4.61	5.71	0.81
-	Bert Bradley	-	22	1979-27-670	MLB	2	2	3.86	9	4	2	0		1	35.0	28	19	15	4	10	24	0		1.09	7.20	1.03	2.57	6.17	0.42
-	Barton Braun	65	-	1976-3-71	AAA	8	1	2.38	18	0	0	0		4	34.0	32	10	9	5	13	17	0		1.32	8.47	1.32	3.44	4.50	0.76
-	Richard Holloway	-	-	1977-9-180	AA	0	2	7.41	11	3	0	0		1	34.0	42	31	28	3	32	25	2		2.18	11.12	0.79	8.47	6.62	1.28
-	Mike Yesenchak	-	-	1977-34-745	A+	1	1	10.32	14	0	0	0		0	34.0	60	44	39	3	23	19	3		2.44	15.88	0.79	6.09	5.03	1.21
-	David McCarthy	-	23	1974-6-122	A+	0	0	7.00	6	1	0	0		0	18.0	29	22	14	4	7	14	0		2.00	14.50	2.00	3.50	7.00	0.50
-	Dennis Wyszynski	-	-	1977-1-17	AA	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0		1	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	3	0		1.00	4.50	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.67
-	Thomas Brunswick	-	21	1976-23-543	AA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0.33	3.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00
Totals: (22 players)						66	74	5.22	140	140	36	2	104	23	1,194	1419	850	692	82	533	783	56		1.75	10.70	0.94	4.02	5.90	0.68

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pat Dempsey	C	53		307	42	11	2	.969	0.00
Darryl Cias	C	42		237	29	3	1	.989	0.00
Paul Spillane	C	36		223	25	5	3	.980	0.00
Frank Kneuer	C	15		86	14	6	1	.943	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dana Berry	1B	74		631	31	10	59	.985	0.00
Allan Minker	1B	62		498	35	9	32	.983	0.00
Kelvin Moore	1B	10		68	2	3	5	.959	0.00
Steve Gelfarb	1B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Woodard	2B	110		230	253	30	51	.942	0.00
Thomas Brunswick	2B	20		36	49	4	4	.955	0.00
Paul Stevens	2B	12		40	32	4	9	.947	0.00
Gordon Eakin	2B	1		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Fred DeVito	3B	107		84	240	31	14	.913	0.00
Steve Roberts	3B	26		15	45	4	4	.937	0.00
Thomas Brunswick	3B	8		5	15	2	2	.909	0.00
Paul Stevens	3B	2		5	2	5	0	.583	0.00
Gordon Eakin	3B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Paul Stockley	SS	57		92	139	17	28	.931	0.00
Gordon Eakin	SS	32		49	101	11	14	.932	0.00
Jay Greb	SS	32		33	90	14	19	.898	0.00
Paul Stevens	SS	28		55	68	12	13	.911	0.00
Thomas Brunswick	SS	2		6	5	2	0	.846	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Robert Markham	OF	135		294	14	14	2	.957	0.00
Donald Morris	OF	122		184	15	7	0	.966	0.00
Vernon Armstead	OF	70		170	3	10	1	.945	0.00
Mike Davis	OF	39		76	3	7	0	.919	0.00
Kelvin Moore	OF	34		48	1	11	0	.817	0.00
Paul Stevens	OF	15		25	1	1	0	.963	0.00
Steve Roberts	OF	11		26	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Allan Minker	OF	5		6	1	1	0	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Gosse	P	43		3	16	0	1	1.000	0.00
Frederick Lund	P	33		5	17	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walter Bigos	P	31		2	12	0	1	1.000	0.00
Donald Schubert	P	28		9	36	1	2	.978	0.00
Ron Jensen	P	25		9	23	2	1	.941	0.00
Keith Atherton	P	21		7	24	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ronnie Mantsch	P	20		3	10	0	2	1.000	0.00
Barton Braun	P	18		0	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Mike Yesenchak	P	14		2	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kenneth Corzel	P	13		2	7	1	0	.900	0.00
Donald Van Marter	P	12		4	6	2	0	.833	0.00
Richard Holloway	P	11		1	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bert Bradley	P	9		1	9	1	0	.909	0.00
Craig Harris	P	9		3	4	2	1	.778	0.00
Charles Dougherty	P	8		2	3	1	0	.833	0.00
David McCarthy	P	6		1	4	0	1	1.000	0.00

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