1979 PITTSBURGH PIRATES

| Level: MLB

Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Team Record: 98-64 .605
Result: 1st in National League - East Division
Manager(s): Chuck Tanner
General Manager: Hardy Peterson
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Attendance: 1,435,454
Playoffs: Won World Series (Orioles)

Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie Stargell (39)
Youngest Player: Don Robinson (22)
Longest Tenure: Willie Stargell (18)
Top Hitter: Dave Parker (1)
Top Pitcher: John Candelaria (10)
Top Draft Pick: Scott Fiepke (#42)

Roster Continuity: 86.67%

National League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Pittsburgh	98	64	.605	--
Montreal	95	65	.594	2.0
St. Louis	86	76	.531	12.0
Philadelphia	84	78	.519	14.0
Chi Cubs	80	82	.494	18.0
NY Mets	63	99	.389	35.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	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
18	Omar Moreno	of	8	26	UDFA: 1969	MLB	162	695	110	196	21	12	8	69	77	21	51	104	3	9	6	2	7	.282	.333	.381	714	265	757	535	99	5.0	.321
39	Dave Parker	of	1	28	1970-14-325	MLB	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	20	4	67	101	9	14	0	9	7	.310	.380	.526	906	327	707	449	138	8.3	.333
3	Phil Garner	2b-3b	37	30	1971-1-2	MLB	150	549	76	161	32	8	11	59	17	8	55	74	3	15	2	3	6	.293	.359	.441	800	242	612	407	97	6.4	.321
10	Tim Foli	ss	27	28	1968-1-1	MLB	133	525	70	153	23	1	1	65	6	5	28	14	9	0	19	6	7	.291	.335	.345	679	181	587	409	72	4.8	.295
8	Willie Stargell	of-1b	36	39	UDFA: 1959	MLB	126	424	60	119	19	0	32	82	0	1	47	105	3	12	0	6	10	.281	.352	.552	904	234	480	322	83	6.9	.297
28	Bill Robinson	of	62	36	UDFA: 1961	MLB	148	421	59	111	17	6	24	75	13	2	24	81	1	11	4	5	13	.264	.302	.504	805	212	455	334	67	5.4	.271
14	Ed Ott	c	-	27	1970-23-541	MLB	117	403	49	110	20	2	7	51	0	1	26	62	0	8	6	4	8	.273	.314	.385	699	155	439	312	51	4.4	.305
34	John Milner	1b-of	-	29	1968-14-301	MLB	128	326	52	90	9	4	16	60	3	5	53	37	1	6	0	6	5	.276	.373	.475	849	155	386	252	65	6.9	.265
6	Rennie Stennett	2b	-	28	UDFA: 1969	MLB	108	319	31	76	13	2	0	24	1	4	24	25	0	6	2	3	11	.238	.289	.292	581	93	348	263	26	2.7	.256
5	Bill Madlock	3b	30	28	1970-5-97	MLB	85	311	48	102	17	3	7	44	21	8	34	22	1	8	2	5	14	.328	.390	.469	860	146	353	238	61	6.9	.331
16	Steve Nicosia	c	-	22	1973-1-24	MLB	70	191	22	55	16	0	4	13	0	2	23	17	0	7	1	0	5	.288	.364	.435	799	83	215	144	33	6.2	.300
17	Lee Lacy	of-2b	-	31	1969-2-29	MLB	84	182	17	45	9	3	5	15	6	1	22	36	1	2	0	3	1	.247	.327	.412	739	75	208	142	28	5.4	.278
4	Dale Berra	ss-3b	-	22	1975-1-20	MLB	44	123	11	26	5	0	3	15	0	0	11	17	0	2	2	2	5	.211	.272	.325	597	40	138	106	11	2.7	.219
35	Manny Sanguillen	c	-	35	UDFA: 1965	MLB	56	74	8	17	5	2	0	4	0	0	2	5	0	2	3	1	3	.230	.247	.351	598	26	80	64	7	3.0	.243
22	Bert Blyleven	p	56	28	1969-3-55	MLB	38	70	1	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	0	0	15	0	2	.129	.129	.143	271	10	85	78	-5	-1.6	.243
45	John Candelaria	p	-	25	1972-2-47	MLB	33	68	0	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	1	18	0	0	8	0	4	.132	.145	.191	336	13	77	71	-2	-0.7	.180
25	Bruce Kison	p	-	29	1968-14-309	MLB	37	55	6	8	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	19	0	0	7	0	2	.145	.161	.236	397	13	63	56	-1	-0.3	.200
24	Mike Easler	of	-	28	1969-14-312	MLB	55	54	8	15	1	1	2	11	0	1	8	13	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.371	.444	815	24	62	40	9	6.2	.333
43	Don Robinson	p	-	22	1977-17-430	MLB	29	49	4	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	4	0	0	.204	.250	.204	454	10	56	43	2	1.1	.250
26	Jim Bibby	p	-	34	UDFA: 1965	MLB	34	45	3	8	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	25	1	0	6	0	0	.178	.196	.333	529	15	52	43	1	0.7	.333
10	Frank Taveras	ss	17	29	UDFA: 1968	MLB	11	45	4	11	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.244	.244	.311	556	14	45	37	3	2.3	.256
19	Jim Rooker	p	-	36	UDFA: 1962	MLB	19	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	0	2	0	1	.121	.147	.121	268	4	36	32	-2	-1.8	.200
27	Kent Tekulve	p	-	32	UDFA: 1971	MLB	94	15	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.187	.133	321	2	17	14	-1	-1.4	.286
31	Eddie Whitson	p	83	24	1974-6-131	MLB	19	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.071	.000	71	0	18	17	-1	-2.2	.000
36	Matt Alexander	of-3b	-	32	1968-2-35	MLB	44	13	16	7	0	1	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.538	.538	.692	1231	9	13	7	6	23.9	.538
15	Enrique Romo	p	-	31	-	MLB	84	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	2	16	14	0	0.0	.200
23	Grant Jackson	p	-	36	UDFA: 1962	MLB	72	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
41	Joe Coleman	p	-	32	1965-1-3	MLB	10	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	600	2	5	4	0	2.0	.500
49	Dave Roberts	p	-	34	-	MLB	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
44	Dorian Boyland	1b	-	24	1976-2-45	MLB	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
44	Rick Rhoden	p	-	26	1971-1-20	MLB	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
17	Dock Ellis	p	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
37	Alberto Lois	of	-	23	UDFA: 1978	MLB	11	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (33 players)							162	5661	775	1541	264	52	148	710	180	66	483	855	32	102	98	56	113	.272	.330	.416	746	2353	6330	4453	841	5.1	.296

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	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	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Bert Blyleven	14	28	1969-3-55	MLB	12	5	3.60	37	37	4	0	0	0	237.1	238	102	95	21	92	172	9	0	1.39	9.03	0.80	3.49	6.52	0.53	.308	0.96
45	John Candelaria	10	25	1972-2-47	MLB	14	9	3.22	33	30	8	0	2	0	207.0	201	83	74	25	41	101	2	0	1.17	8.74	1.09	1.78	4.39	0.41	.263	0.87
25	Bruce Kison	19	29	1968-14-309	MLB	13	7	3.19	33	25	3	1	2	0	172.1	157	70	61	13	45	105	5	0	1.17	8.20	0.68	2.35	5.48	0.43	.277	1.22
43	Don Robinson	-	22	1977-17-430	MLB	8	8	3.87	29	25	4	0	1	0	160.2	171	74	69	12	52	96	6	1	1.39	9.58	0.67	2.91	5.38	0.54	.312	0.68
26	Jim Bibby	-	34	UDFA: 1965	MLB	12	4	2.81	34	17	4	1	2	0	137.2	110	51	43	9	47	103	5	0	1.14	7.19	0.59	3.07	6.73	0.46	.258	0.75
27	Kent Tekulve	26	32	UDFA: 1971	MLB	10	8	2.75	94	0	0	0	67	31	134.1	109	46	41	5	49	75	4	0	1.18	7.30	0.33	3.28	5.02	0.65	.254	1.66
15	Enrique Romo	48	31	-	MLB	10	5	2.99	84	0	0	0	25	5	129.1	122	50	43	11	43	106	6	6	1.28	8.49	0.77	2.99	7.38	0.41	.304	0.82
19	Jim Rooker	-	36	UDFA: 1962	MLB	4	7	4.60	19	17	1	0	0	0	103.2	106	58	53	11	39	44	6	0	1.40	9.20	0.95	3.39	3.82	0.89	.276	0.90
23	Grant Jackson	42	36	UDFA: 1962	MLB	8	5	2.96	72	0	0	0	29	14	82.0	67	32	27	9	35	39	3	1	1.24	7.35	0.99	3.84	4.28	0.90	.239	0.73
31	Eddie Whitson	-	24	1974-6-131	MLB	2	3	4.37	19	7	0	0	4	1	57.2	53	36	28	6	36	31	2	1	1.54	8.27	0.94	5.62	4.84	1.16	.253	1.12
49	Dave Roberts	-	34	-	MLB	5	2	3.26	21	3	0	0	5	1	38.2	47	18	14	1	12	15	0	0	1.53	10.94	0.23	2.79	3.49	0.80	--	1.40
41	Joe Coleman	-	32	1965-1-3	MLB	0	0	6.10	10	0	0	0	2	0	20.2	29	17	14	1	9	14	3	0	1.84	12.63	0.44	3.92	6.10	0.64	.378	0.78
17	Dock Ellis	-	34	UDFA: 1964	MLB	0	0	2.57	3	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	1.57	11.57	1.29	2.57	1.29	2.00	--	3.25
44	Rick Rhoden	-	26	1971-1-20	MLB	0	1	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1.40	9.00	0.00	3.60	3.60	1.00	.294	5.00
Totals: (33 players)						98	64	3.42	162	162	24	2	138	52	1,493	1424	643	568	148	504	904	52	9	1.36	8.58	0.75	3.04	5.45	0.56	.291

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Ott	C	116		612	53	4	6	.994	0.00
Steve Nicosia	C	65		320	25	3	4	.991	0.00
Manny Sanguillen	C	8		32	4	2	0	.947	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Stargell	1B	113		949	47	3	102	.997	0.00
John Milner	1B	48		255	18	3	27	.989	0.00
Bill Robinson	1B	28		233	13	0	18	1.000	0.00
Manny Sanguillen	1B	5		35	2	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rennie Stennett	2B	102		172	282	12	63	.974	0.00
Phil Garner	2B	83		175	234	8	58	.981	0.00
Lee Lacy	2B	5		7	5	1	1	.923	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Madlock	3B	85		63	153	7	12	.969	0.00
Phil Garner	3B	78		47	144	13	16	.936	0.00
Dale Berra	3B	22		18	33	7	3	.879	0.00
Bill Robinson	3B	3		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tim Foli	SS	132		255	404	15	97	.978	0.00
Dale Berra	SS	22		25	53	5	11	.940	0.00
Phil Garner	SS	14		12	18	1	8	.968	0.00
Frank Taveras	SS	11		17	26	3	4	.935	0.00
Matt Alexander	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Omar Moreno	OF	162		490	11	13	3	.975	0.00
Dave Parker	OF	158		341	15	15	1	.960	0.00
Bill Robinson	OF	125		161	6	3	0	.982	0.00
John Milner	OF	64		112	2	5	1	.958	0.00
Lee Lacy	OF	41		70	3	2	0	.973	0.00
Matt Alexander	OF	11		8	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Easler	OF	4		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Kent Tekulve	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kent Tekulve	P	94	134	7	28	1	0	.972	2.35
Enrique Romo	P	84	129	10	25	1	3	.972	2.44
Grant Jackson	P	72	82	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.21
Bert Blyleven	P	37	237	14	20	0	0	1.000	1.29
Jim Bibby	P	34	137	5	12	0	1	1.000	1.12
John Candelaria	P	33	207	2	36	0	3	1.000	1.65
Bruce Kison	P	33	172	10	30	1	2	.976	2.09
Don Robinson	P	29	160	7	10	2	1	.895	0.96
Dave Roberts	P	21	38	1	9	1	1	.909	2.36
Jim Rooker	P	19	103	8	13	2	1	.913	1.83
Eddie Whitson	P	19	57	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.26
Joe Coleman	P	10	20	1	0	1	0	.500	0.45
Dock Ellis	P	3	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
Rick Rhoden	P	1	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	3.60

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