Chicago Federals History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Chicago Federals	89	73	.549	2^nd	17	92-70	-3	.285	4.17	X		2,774,051	$55,060,227	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Rico Carty	1
Ozzie Award	Ben Sanders (P), Carl Yastrzemski (1B)	2
All-Star	Jeff Burroughs, Rico Carty, Dizzy Dean, Tony Gwynn , Ben Sanders, Jeff Tesreau, Bobby Wallace, Carl Yastrzemski	8
Batter of the Month	Jeff Burroughs (May), Rico Carty (Aug)	2
Rookie of the Month	Rico Carty (Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep)	5
Player of the Week	Rico Carty (May 7), Jeff Burroughs (May 28), Ben Sanders (Jul 9), Rico Carty (Aug 6), Buddy Lewis (Aug 13), Rico Carty (Aug 20), Tony Gwynn (Sep 3), Rico Carty (Sep 10)	8

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
CF	Tony Gwynn	31	159	713	233	43	14	9	56	117	26	1	1	4	31	22	12	.327	.349	.464	.814	3.9	121
SS	Bobby Wallace	30	158	660	210	43	5	15	75	109	70	8	5	2	123	22	8	.318	.389	.467	.856	7.2	134
LF	Rico Carty	24	159	633	226	46	0	32	129	121	76	9	0	8	106	1	0	.357	.428	.581	1.010	8.2	174
1B	Carl Yastrzemski	35	161	618	175	34	3	25	102	105	77	2	0	9	65	2	2	.283	.360	.469	.829	4.4	125
RF	Jeff Burroughs	26	159	581	178	25	3	37	129	102	100	1	0	6	128	1	0	.306	.406	.551	.956	6.3	159
3B	Judy Johnson	22	159	573	136	21	3	10	73	62	60	0	15	9	69	4	4	.237	.305	.337	.642	0.3	76
2B	Buddy Lewis	33	157	556	177	25	8	12	97	85	69	11	10	8	47	2	1	.318	.399	.457	.856	4.6	134
C	Mike Matheny	32	135	491	120	24	1	10	67	51	35	1	0	2	87	0	1	.244	.295	.358	.653	1.1	78
2B	Hal Rice	28	94	136	35	7	3	3	20	17	5	0	0	3	20	0	0	.257	.278	.419	.697	0.1	88
P	Ben Sanders	22	41	117	28	10	2	0	10	13	4	2	9	1	13	2	1	.239	.274	.359	.633	0.3	72
P	Jeff Tesreau	23	39	107	16	1	1	0	10	8	4	0	10	1	24	0	0	.150	.179	.178	.356	-1.1	-2
C	Jim Lawrence	28	32	95	19	2	0	1	11	9	10	0	0	3	13	0	0	.200	.269	.253	.521	-0.3	44
P	Bob Forsch	29	33	78	11	1	0	0	8	3	1	0	14	0	28	0	0	.141	.152	.154	.306	-1.2	-16
P	Brett Myers	24	36	72	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	15	0	28	0	0	.056	.068	.069	.138	-1.6	-62
CF	Jacoby Ellsbury	25	126	69	12	3	0	1	4	20	9	0	0	0	11	8	2	.174	.269	.261	.530	-0.1	47
LF	Joe Charboneau	27	32	38	6	3	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	.158	.200	.316	.516	-0.2	39
P	Mickey McDermott	25	12	23	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	12	0	6	0	0	.217	.250	.261	.511	-0.3	41
2B	John J Anderson	38	21	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.125	.118	.125	.243	-0.3	-33
P	Larry Jackson	35	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Ed Hendricks	24	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Phil Marchildon	25	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.1	3
P	Blake Stein	28	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.1	84
P	Alex Hardy	28	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
23 Players		28.6	1805	5590	1594	290	43	156	801	830	551	35	97	57	817	64	31	.285	.350	.436	.786	31.1	114
NL Rank				1	1	2	2	5	1	1	1	6	2	1	5	3	3	1	1	2	1	2
ABBA Rank				2	1	2	2	8	1	1	5	12	2	1	11	7	9	1	1	2	1	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Ben Sanders	22	41	41	24	11	0	3.48	320.7	317	136	124	26	74	172	0	17	4	1.22	.280	6.9	114
Jeff Tesreau	23	39	39	22	12	0	3.70	306.7	280	133	126	35	106	210	0	18	0	1.26	.272	4.0	107
Brett Myers	24	36	36	12	15	0	5.63	239.7	255	157	150	61	73	184	0	5	0	1.37	.280	-0.9	70
Bob Forsch	29	33	33	13	15	0	4.22	237.0	257	124	111	32	65	107	0	9	0	1.36	.283	2.0	94
Mickey McDermott	25	12	12	7	5	0	3.34	86.3	73	35	32	3	42	59	0	5	1	1.33	.277	1.9	119
Ed Hendricks	24	26	0	2	1	0	4.93	45.7	51	25	25	2	18	25	2	0	0	1.51	.329	0.5	81
Larry Jackson	35	26	0	0	0	0	5.74	42.3	54	27	27	10	10	18	0	0	0	1.51	.301	-0.8	69
Dizzy Dean	21	44	0	5	6	26	3.92	39.0	36	19	17	7	16	50	0	0	0	1.33	.322	0.6	101
Blake Stein	28	21	0	1	2	0	2.61	38.0	33	11	11	5	22	28	1	0	0	1.45	.267	-0.2	152
Pete Conway	24	29	0	3	3	1	5.34	32.0	34	20	19	5	20	24	4	0	0	1.69	.299	-0.5	74
Alex Hardy	28	15	0	0	0	0	0.72	25.0	12	2	2	0	9	23	0	0	0	.84	.190	0.7	551
Phil Marchildon	25	4	1	0	1	0	7.20	15.0	17	12	12	2	5	6	0	0	0	1.47	.283	0.0	55
Steve Waterbury	33	5	0	0	2	0	9.82	7.3	10	10	8	0	4	5	0	0	0	1.91	.370	-0.0	40
13 Pitchers	24.7	331	162	89	73	27	4.17	1434.7	1429	711	664	188	464	911	7	54	5	1.32	.281	14.3	106
NL Rank		4	1	2	5	3	4	6	2	3	4	5	3	3	3	3	5	3	2	5
ABBA Rank		5	4	4	9	7	8	12	6	7	8	11	5	7	4	5	8	7	8	9

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Sanders	41	41	22	37	4	60	1	.983	320.7	1.66	3.8
J. Tesreau	39	39	17	44	3	62	1	.984	306.7	1.79	1.8
B. Myers	36	36	12	32	1	47	3	.936	239.7	1.65	-0.1
B. Forsch	33	33	18	37	2	58	3	.948	237.0	2.09	0.5
M. McDermott	12	12	8	16	2	24	0	1.000	86.3	2.50	0.9
E. Hendricks	26	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	45.7	1.58	0.1
L. Jackson	25	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	42.3	1.06	0.1
D. Dean	43	0	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	39.0	1.38	0.1
B. Stein	21	0	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	38.0	2.13	0.7
P. Conway	29	0	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	32.0	2.25	0.1
A. Hardy	15	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	25.0	1.08	0.1
P. Marchildon	4	1	1	3	0	5	1	.800	15.0	2.40	-0.4
S. Waterbury	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	7.3	1.23	0.0
Totals	329	162	91	196	12	296	9	.970	1434.7	1.80	8.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
M. Matheny	135	135	774	71	19	848	3	.996	1193.7	6.37	3.3	4	37.5
J. Lawrence	32	27	157	12	1	173	4	.977	241.0	6.31	-0.8	3	24.1
Totals	167	162	931	83	20	1021	7	.993	1434.7	6.36	2.4	7	32.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Yastrzemski	161	161	1453	100	160	1569	16	.990	1400.0	9.98	4.2
H. Rice	2	1	16	0	2	17	1	.941	16.0	9.00	-0.5
R. Carty	9	0	19	2	2	21	0	1.000	15.7	12.06	0.0
J. Ellsbury	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	1490	102	164	1609	17	.989	1434.7	9.99	3.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Lewis	157	157	341	431	129	779	7	.991	1351.7	5.14	-4.6
H. Rice	16	4	11	13	4	24	0	1.000	55.7	3.88	-0.1
J. Anderson	10	1	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	20.7	3.05	-0.0
C. Yastrzemski	4	0	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	6.7	5.40	-0.5
Totals	187	162	356	451	135	814	7	.991	1434.7	5.06	-5.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Johnson	159	159	92	348	37	460	20	.957	1407.7	2.81	0.8
H. Rice	3	3	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	27.0	1.67	0.0
Totals	162	162	93	352	38	465	20	.957	1434.7	2.79	0.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Wallace	158	158	194	510	114	722	18	.975	1386.7	4.57	0.8
H. Rice	7	4	3	11	0	16	2	.875	45.7	2.76	-1.1
J. Ellsbury	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.3	3.86	0.0
Totals	166	162	198	521	114	739	20	.973	1434.7	4.51	-0.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Carty	159	159	352	9	4	370	9	.976	1384.7	2.35	-5.3
J. Charboneau	4	3	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	27.3	6.26	-0.2
J. Ellsbury	8	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	14.7	1.23	-0.0
T. Gwynn	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	5.0	5.40	-0.0
H. Rice	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	176	162	377	9	4	395	9	.977	1434.7	2.42	-5.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Gwynn	159	159	396	15	6	413	2	.995	1304.3	2.84	-13.6
J. Ellsbury	66	3	42	2	1	44	0	1.000	122.3	3.24	0.3
J. Anderson	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	-0.8
J. Burroughs	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	231	162	440	18	7	460	2	.996	1434.7	2.87	-14.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Burroughs	159	159	320	7	1	337	10	.970	1396.3	2.11	-7.1
J. Ellsbury	3	2	4	1	1	5	0	1.000	18.7	2.41	-0.0
H. Rice	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.0	0.00	0.0
T. Gwynn	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.7	0.00	0.0
J. Charboneau	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	324	8	2	342	10	.971	1434.7	2.08	-7.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rico Carty	.357
On-Base Percentage	Rico Carty	.428
Slugging Percentage	Rico Carty	.581
OPS	Rico Carty	1.010
Games	Carl Yastrzemski	161
At-Bats	Tony Gwynn	713
Runs	Rico Carty	121
Hits	Tony Gwynn	233
Doubles	Rico Carty	46
Triples	Tony Gwynn	14
Home Runs	Jeff Burroughs	37
Runs Batted In	Rico Carty, Jeff Burroughs	129
Stolen Bases	Tony Gwynn , Bobby Wallace	22
Caught Stealing	Tony Gwynn	12
Walks	Jeff Burroughs	100
Strikeouts	Jeff Burroughs	128

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Ben Sanders	24
Losses	Brett Myers, Bob Forsch	15
Saves	Dizzy Dean	26
Games	Dizzy Dean	44
Games Started	Ben Sanders	41
Complete Games	Jeff Tesreau	18
Shutouts	Ben Sanders	4
Innings Pitched	Ben Sanders	320.7
Hits Allowed	Ben Sanders	317
Home Runs Allowed	Brett Myers	61
Strikeouts	Jeff Tesreau	210
Walks Allowed	Jeff Tesreau	106
Earned Run Average	Ben Sanders	3.48
Walks + Hits per IP	Ben Sanders	1.22
BABIP	Jeff Tesreau	.272