Birmingham Black Barons History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Birmingham Black Barons	82	80	.506	3^rd	24	85-77	-3	.264	3.92	X		3,046,133	$44,314,615	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Buddy Bell, Kirk Gibson, Tommy Leach, Rick Reuschel, Craig Stammen	5
Pitcher of the Month	Charlie Leibrandt (Jul)	1
Batter of the Month	Tommy Leach (Apr, Jul), Bob Watson (Sep)	3
Player of the Week	Tommy Leach (Apr 16), Buddy Bell (Apr 30), Kirk Gibson (Jun 18), Buddy Bell (Jul 23)	4

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+
3B	Tommy Leach	30	156	616	198	45	8	29	86	115	73	4	12	4	77	33	6	.321	.395	.562	.956	8.0	159
1B	Bob Watson	32	161	627	183	26	4	31	103	82	46	13	3	2	97	2	0	.292	.352	.494	.846	4.0	130
C	Ellie Rodriguez	26	134	543	141	23	4	6	49	81	65	22	2	1	66	0	0	.260	.361	.350	.711	3.6	97
2B	Buddy Bell	27	127	484	147	30	4	19	89	75	46	4	0	10	46	1	1	.304	.362	.500	.862	4.8	134
CF	Kirk Gibson	24	125	452	129	11	3	22	68	58	35	5	0	3	130	6	9	.285	.341	.469	.810	2.6	120
RF	Dan Ford	27	124	454	127	23	4	25	89	56	29	6	0	5	96	2	0	.280	.328	.513	.841	2.4	127
SS	Andrelton Simmons	27	115	425	94	14	0	2	37	39	23	3	0	3	19	3	0	.221	.264	.268	.533	-0.4	47
SS	Jean Segura	30	130	396	87	15	2	6	33	50	18	7	2	6	49	3	6	.220	.262	.313	.575	-0.5	58
LF	Lyman Bostock	42	111	363	101	15	1	5	29	41	32	3	0	2	13	5	3	.278	.340	.366	.706	0.9	95
LF	Leon Roberts	30	110	345	91	16	0	10	43	43	24	6	0	1	74	1	0	.264	.322	.397	.719	0.8	97
CF	Kiddo Davis	35	45	146	31	6	0	1	13	13	9	3	1	1	15	0	0	.212	.270	.274	.544	-0.0	51
P	Rick Reuschel	31	40	92	22	3	1	0	6	9	3	0	19	0	46	0	0	.239	.263	.293	.557	-0.6	53
C	Chris Stewart	31	32	97	14	3	0	1	4	8	7	2	0	1	19	0	0	.144	.215	.206	.421	-0.3	17
P	Charlie Leibrandt	40	39	92	8	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	13	0	35	0	0	.087	.106	.098	.204	-1.4	-43
P	Johnny Podres	22	35	81	15	1	1	0	9	5	3	3	9	0	20	0	0	.185	.241	.222	.464	-0.8	29
LF	Shelley Duncan	28	45	87	19	1	0	4	7	11	8	0	0	0	16	0	0	.218	.284	.368	.652	0.1	78
P	CC Sabathia	32	40	64	19	1	0	0	4	5	3	1	11	1	21	0	0	.297	.333	.312	.646	0.0	79
2B	John Atz	31	57	54	13	2	0	0	2	11	10	1	2	0	12	1	2	.241	.369	.278	.647	0.1	82
2B	Freddie Patek	26	27	47	8	2	0	1	4	7	7	2	0	1	10	1	0	.170	.298	.277	.575	0.0	60
P	Josh Beckett	25	12	25	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	-0.2	43
P	Jim Archer	34	33	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
RF	Al Bumbry	29	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.429	.000	.429	0.0	32
P	Craig Stammen	27	39	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
-	Dusty Cooke	28	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.0	-23
P	Josh D Fields	36	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
-	Jimmy Brown	33	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	0.1	576
P	Brian Holman	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1	454
P	Willie E Adams	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Frank Barrett	29	46	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
29 Players		29.6	1838	5522	1456	240	32	162	679	716	448	85	83	41	877	58	27	.264	.326	.407	.733	23.2	100
NL Rank				4	3	3	4	4	3	3	5	1	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
ABBA Rank				6	5	6	6	7	5	5	11	1	4	8	9	8	10	5	6	5	5	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Rick Reuschel	31	40	40	14	17	0	4.30	293.3	323	152	140	31	73	171	0	14	2	1.35	.306	4.9	92
Charlie Leibrandt	40	39	39	18	16	0	3.80	291.7	287	136	123	31	83	142	0	10	0	1.27	.271	3.8	104
Johnny Podres	22	35	33	13	13	0	3.81	250.3	252	116	106	35	67	167	0	10	1	1.27	.285	3.4	104
CC Sabathia	32	40	32	11	15	0	4.61	222.3	239	118	114	41	54	137	0	12	2	1.32	.294	0.8	86
Josh Beckett	25	12	12	6	3	0	4.04	82.3	80	40	37	7	37	70	0	4	0	1.42	.308	1.6	98
Craig Stammen	27	39	0	4	1	1	2.24	68.3	45	18	17	5	23	29	1	0	0	1.00	.194	0.3	177
Jim Archer	34	33	4	5	4	0	3.78	64.3	68	27	27	3	17	46	2	0	0	1.32	.319	1.4	105
Frank Barrett	29	46	0	2	2	6	3.88	58.0	51	28	25	2	25	36	1	0	0	1.31	.269	0.9	102
Josh D Fields	36	40	0	8	5	16	2.33	54.0	52	20	14	4	25	31	1	0	0	1.43	.279	0.5	170
George Barnicle	20	16	0	1	3	1	5.14	21.0	19	12	12	1	16	25	1	0	0	1.67	.321	0.3	77
Walt Lanfranconi	24	12	0	0	1	0	3.24	16.7	16	6	6	1	12	7	2	0	0	1.68	.259	-0.1	122
Willie E Adams	33	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	6.0	5	2	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	1.00	.235	0.0	132
Brian Holman	34	1	1	0	0	0	3.60	5.0	7	2	2	0	5	3	0	0	0	2.40	.412	0.1	110
Joe Ogrodowski	26	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	.167	0.0	0
Ed D Mayer	29	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.75	.250	0.1	0
15 Pitchers	30.9	356	162	82	80	24	3.92	1436.7	1446	677	625	162	439	870	8	50	5	1.31	.286	18.1	104
NL Rank		3	1	3	4	6	2	5	5	2	2	3	2	4	1	4	5	2	5	2
ABBA Rank		4	4	5	8	11	6	11	9	5	6	8	3	8	2	7	8	5	12	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Reuschel	40	40	18	29	2	49	2	.959	293.3	1.44	0.5
C. Leibrandt	39	39	21	36	2	58	1	.983	291.7	1.76	2.8
J. Podres	35	33	17	27	3	49	5	.898	250.3	1.58	-1.2
C. Sabathia	40	32	9	29	0	41	3	.927	222.3	1.54	1.4
J. Beckett	12	12	5	11	0	16	0	1.000	82.3	1.75	0.3
C. Stammen	38	0	4	10	1	15	1	.933	68.3	1.84	0.8
J. Archer	33	4	4	4	0	8	0	1.000	64.3	1.12	0.2
F. Barrett	46	0	2	5	0	8	1	.875	58.0	1.09	0.7
J. Fields	40	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	54.0	0.83	0.2
G. Barnicle	15	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	21.0	2.14	0.1
W. Lanfranconi	11	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	16.7	2.16	0.0
W. Adams	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	0.0
B. Holman	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
J. Ogrodowski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
E. Mayer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	353	162	87	160	8	260	13	.950	1436.7	1.55	6.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Rodriguez	134	134	727	80	11	816	9	.989	1174.3	6.18	-0.6	7	42.3
C. Stewart	31	28	173	20	2	194	1	.995	262.3	6.62	1.7	1	52.6
Totals	165	162	900	100	13	1010	10	.990	1436.7	6.26	1.1	8	44.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	161	161	1381	108	134	1504	15	.990	1413.3	9.48	-2.2
S. Duncan	6	1	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	18.3	8.35	0.1
T. Leach	2	0	6	1	1	7	0	1.000	5.0	12.60	0.0
Totals	169	162	1404	109	135	1528	15	.990	1436.7	9.48	-2.1

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Bell	127	127	270	327	95	604	7	.988	1110.0	4.84	1.3
J. Segura	22	21	44	54	11	98	0	1.000	181.0	4.87	0.9
A. Simmons	7	6	13	21	7	34	0	1.000	61.0	5.02	-0.2
F. Patek	6	6	18	16	4	35	1	.971	51.3	5.96	-0.2
J. Atz	6	2	15	9	4	24	0	1.000	33.3	6.48	0.4
Totals	168	162	360	427	121	795	8	.990	1436.7	4.93	2.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Leach	139	137	83	312	30	406	11	.973	1203.3	2.95	1.0
J. Segura	21	19	12	48	1	60	0	1.000	178.7	3.02	0.4
A. Simmons	3	3	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	25.0	2.16	1.2
F. Patek	5	2	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	23.7	1.52	0.0
J. Atz	2	0	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	0.0
B. Bell	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	171	161	98	371	32	480	11	.977	1436.7	2.94	2.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Simmons	103	103	158	292	66	458	8	.983	903.3	4.48	2.0
J. Segura	58	56	77	151	31	230	2	.991	503.7	4.07	1.0
F. Patek	5	2	4	6	1	10	0	1.000	21.7	4.15	-0.0
J. Atz	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.0
Totals	167	162	240	451	98	701	10	.986	1436.7	4.33	3.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Bostock	102	96	241	1	0	243	1	.996	838.0	2.60	0.7
L. Roberts	55	52	125	1	0	128	2	.984	473.0	2.40	-0.1
S. Duncan	16	13	26	1	0	27	0	1.000	119.3	2.04	-0.3
T. Leach	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	-0.0
A. Bumbry	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
K. Gibson	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.3	27.00	-0.0
Totals	179	162	396	3	0	402	3	.993	1436.7	2.50	0.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Gibson	118	111	310	5	0	319	4	.987	991.0	2.86	-6.5
K. Davis	33	32	97	3	0	101	1	.990	280.3	3.21	1.2
T. Leach	19	19	48	0	0	48	0	1.000	161.3	2.68	-4.3
L. Roberts	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-1.6
A. Bumbry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	457	8	0	470	5	.989	1436.7	2.91	-11.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Ford	124	124	268	7	4	278	3	.989	1072.7	2.31	-3.4
L. Roberts	33	32	68	3	0	73	2	.973	276.3	2.31	-0.1
K. Davis	9	4	16	1	0	17	0	1.000	45.3	3.38	1.3
S. Duncan	13	2	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	37.3	1.93	0.7
A. Bumbry	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.0
T. Leach	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	181	162	364	11	4	380	5	.987	1436.7	2.35	-1.5

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Tommy Leach	.321
On-Base Percentage	Tommy Leach	.395
Slugging Percentage	Tommy Leach	.562
OPS	Tommy Leach	.956
Games	Bob Watson	161
At-Bats	Bob Watson	627
Runs	Tommy Leach	115
Hits	Tommy Leach	198
Doubles	Tommy Leach	45
Triples	Tommy Leach	8
Home Runs	Bob Watson	31
Runs Batted In	Bob Watson	103
Stolen Bases	Tommy Leach	33
Caught Stealing	Kirk Gibson	9
Walks	Tommy Leach	73
Strikeouts	Kirk Gibson	130

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Charlie Leibrandt	18
Losses	Rick Reuschel	17
Saves	Josh D Fields	16
Games	Frank Barrett	46
Games Started	Rick Reuschel	40
Complete Games	Rick Reuschel	14
Shutouts	Rick Reuschel, CC Sabathia	2
Innings Pitched	Rick Reuschel	293.3
Hits Allowed	Rick Reuschel	323
Home Runs Allowed	CC Sabathia	41
Strikeouts	Rick Reuschel	171
Walks Allowed	Charlie Leibrandt	83
Earned Run Average	Charlie Leibrandt	3.80
Walks + Hits per IP	Charlie Leibrandt	1.27
BABIP	Charlie Leibrandt	.271