1979 BRISTOL RED SOX

| Level: AA

Location: Bristol,CT
Team Record: 73-66 .525
Result: 3rd in Eastern League
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox
Manager(s): Tony Torchia
Stadium: Muzzy Field
Attendance: 66,844
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Ronald Evans (25)
Youngest Player: Rich Gedman (19)
Top Hitter: Dave Schmidt (5)
Top Pitcher: Brian Denman (1)

Eastern League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
West Haven	83	56	.597	--
Reading	77	61	.558	5.5
Bristol	73	66	.525	10.0
Buffalo	72	67	.518	11.0
Holyoke	63	76	.453	20.0
Waterbury	49	91	.350	34.5

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
-	Chico Walker	3b-lf	13	21	1976-22-525	MLB	123	498	75	132	19	12	8	57	29	16	44	77	0		6	4		.265	.322	.400	722	199	552	392	-	-	.297
-	Rich Gedman	c	16	19	UDFA: 1977	MLB	130	470	48	129	25	1	12	63	0	2	49	95	4		3	2		.274	.347	.409	755	192	528	348	-	-	.321
-	Mike Ongarato	of	41	24	1976-20-478	AAA	124	437	69	113	24	4	10	51	11	7	31	61	1		3	3		.259	.307	.400	708	175	475	337	-	-	.279
-	Ed Jurak	ss-3b	32	21	1975-3-63	MLB	135	435	50	96	17	2	0	41	7	4	44	63	4		17	4		.221	.296	.269	565	117	504	364	-	-	.255
-	Wade Boggs	3b	20	21	1976-7-166	MLB	113	406	56	132	17	2	0	41	11	3	66	21	1		2	1		.325	.420	.377	797	153	476	280	-	-	.342
-	Roscoe Alburtis	1b	39	22	1976-5-104	AA	125	405	63	99	16	0	14	59	0	1	56	82	0		0	5		.244	.333	.388	720	157	466	312	-	-	.271
-	Dave Schmidt	c	5	22	1975-2-39	MLB	117	371	78	123	32	0	19	73	10	3	83	89	2		1	3		.332	.453	.571	1025	212	460	255	-	-	.391
-	Russell Laribee	of	33	22	1977-21-527	AAA	115	364	65	100	18	2	18	72	18	3	47	73	4		2	5		.275	.360	.484	843	176	422	274	-	-	.295
-	Raymond Boyer		28	-	UDFA: 1979	AAA	109	344	55	92	9	2	2	50	20	8	41	42	11		10	3		.267	.361	.323	684	111	409	273	-	-	.297
-	Gary Purcell	of	-	-	1975-11-255	AAA	70	220	27	48	9	1	0	19	0	6	19	47	1		3	1		.218	.282	.268	550	59	244	182	-	-	.276
-	Ronald Evans	3b	62	25	1975-2-42	AAA	62	164	37	44	8	2	3	25	6	1	45	34	1		3	4		.268	.421	.396	817	65	217	128	-	-	.313
-	Otis Foster	1b	-	25	1975-1-15	AAA	46	146	22	39	2	0	3	21	1	1	26	16	0		0	1		.267	.376	.342	718	50	173	109	-	-	.281
-	Carlton Steele	of	-	-	1975-12-279	AA	54	115	15	25	1	0	0	8	0	2	13	18	1		0	0		.217	.302	.226	528	26	129	92	-	-	.258
-	Jim Wilson	3b	-	22	1976-5-97	AAA	35	96	14	28	3	0	0	8	1	1	11	12	0		0	1		.292	.361	.323	684	31	108	70	-	-	.329
-	Keith MacWhorter	p	-	23	1976-15-355	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Bruce Poole	p	-	-	1976-4-76	AA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
-	Mike Smithson	p	-	24	1976-5-118	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0		.000	1.000	.000	1000	0	1	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (17 players)							139	4473	674	1200	200	28	89	588	114	58	576	730	30	0	50	37		.268	.353	.385	738	1723	5166	3418	--	--	.301

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
-	Brian Denman	1	23	1978-1-13	MLB	14	10	3.69	28	25	12	3		0	188.0	194	88	77	14	54	97	5		1.32	9.29	0.67	2.59	4.64	0.56
-	Keith MacWhorter	4	23	1976-15-355	MLB	11	10	3.09	37	17	7	1		4	166.0	165	76	57	2	72	101	6		1.43	8.95	0.11	3.90	5.48	0.71
-	Jerry King	10	20	1976-24-566	AAA	7	11	4.47	25	24	2	0		0	143.0	122	81	71	10	111	110	4		1.63	7.68	0.63	6.99	6.92	1.01
-	Mike Smithson	11	24	1976-5-118	MLB	8	12	4.70	48	13	2	0		11	132.0	128	82	69	14	53	89	16		1.37	8.73	0.95	3.61	6.07	0.60
-	Bruce Hurst	15	21	1976-1-22	MLB	9	0	3.58	16	15	8	1		0	113.0	108	56	45	13	49	91	2		1.39	8.60	1.04	3.90	7.25	0.54
-	Kevin Stephenson	-	25	1973-4-76	AAA	5	7	4.06	23	12	4	0		0	93.0	107	53	42	9	47	48	6		1.66	10.35	0.87	4.55	4.65	0.98
-	Danny Parks	-	24	1976-10-238	AAA	6	4	3.11	11	11	4	0		0	84.0	72	37	29	8	34	37	5		1.26	7.71	0.86	3.64	3.96	0.92
-	Mark Baum	47	19	1977-5-117	AA	2	4	5.95	14	12	2	0		0	65.0	61	50	43	12	53	53	8		1.75	8.45	1.66	7.34	7.34	1.00
-	Alvin Faust	51	-	UDFA: 1978	AAA	3	1	2.95	26	1	0	0		2	64.0	70	23	21	5	17	29	2		1.36	9.84	0.70	2.39	4.08	0.59
-	Bruce Poole	-	-	1976-4-76	AA	4	1	5.88	21	6	0	0		0	52.0	60	39	34	6	26	32	3		1.65	10.38	1.04	4.50	5.54	0.81
-	Frank Harris	45	23	1975-5-91	AAA	2	4	3.07	25	2	1	1		4	44.0	41	23	15	4	15	29	1		1.27	8.39	0.82	3.07	5.93	0.52
-	Bob Birrell	-	21	1979-19-494	AAA	1	1	3.60	17	3	0	0		1	35.0	40	24	14	2	24	33	4		1.83	10.29	0.51	6.17	8.49	0.73
-	Pete Ladd	34	22	1977-25-620	MLB	3	1	0.62	18	0	0	0		9	29.0	11	2	2	1	8	26	3		0.66	3.41	0.31	2.48	8.07	0.31
-	Roscoe Alburtis	-	22	1976-5-104	AA	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	0		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0		2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--
-	Mike Ongarato	-	24	1976-20-478	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
Totals: (17 players)						73	66	3.86	139	139	42	6	97	31	1,211	1182	635	520	89	565	776	65		1.47	8.78	0.74	4.20	5.77	0.73

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rich Gedman	C	90		497	58	11	6	.981	0.00
Dave Schmidt	C	56		301	40	9	5	.974	0.00
Carlton Steele	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roscoe Alburtis	1B	100		871	65	9	71	.990	0.00
Otis Foster	1B	35		253	16	2	30	.993	0.00
Mike Ongarato	1B	8		74	9	1	5	.988	0.00
Dave Schmidt	1B	1		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chico Walker	2B	122		252	357	23	66	.964	0.00
Mike Ongarato	2B	16		47	45	2	11	.979	0.00
Wade Boggs	2B	3		7	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wade Boggs	3B	98		76	188	13	17	.953	0.00
Ronald Evans	3B	42		33	69	13	4	.887	0.00
Jim Wilson	3B	5		2	9	1	0	.917	0.00
Mike Ongarato	3B	2		0	2	2	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Jurak	SS	135		208	374	40	78	.936	0.00
Wade Boggs	SS	11		11	18	2	2	.935	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Raymond Boyer	OF	107		231	7	4	2	.983	0.00
Russell Laribee	OF	97		163	8	11	3	.940	0.00
Mike Ongarato	OF	95		156	7	3	1	.982	0.00
Gary Purcell	OF	68		89	4	5	1	.949	0.00
Carlton Steele	OF	46		58	2	1	0	.984	0.00
Jim Wilson	OF	27		39	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ronald Evans	OF	10		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dave Schmidt	OF	8		10	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roscoe Alburtis	OF	7		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Smithson	P	48		10	24	2	4	.944	0.00
Keith MacWhorter	P	37		17	23	1	2	.976	0.00
Brian Denman	P	28		24	37	3	5	.953	0.00
Alvin Faust	P	26		10	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Frank Harris	P	25		4	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jerry King	P	25		12	21	2	1	.943	0.00
Kevin Stephenson	P	23		9	16	0	2	1.000	0.00
Bruce Poole	P	21		2	10	1	2	.923	0.00
Pete Ladd	P	18		2	9	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bruce Hurst	P	16		2	17	1	0	.950	0.00
Mark Baum	P	14		2	8	3	0	.769	0.00
Danny Parks	P	11		7	30	1	0	.974	0.00
Roscoe Alburtis	P	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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