Houston Eagles History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Houston Eagles	106	56	.654	1^st	-	106-56	0	.270	2.98	X		3,220,356	$59,956,338	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Pedro J Martinez	1
Most Impactful Player Award	Roberto Clemente	1
Ozzie Award	Lou Boudreau (SS), Roberto Clemente (LF)	2
All-Star	Roberto Clemente, Kyle Hendricks, Pedro J Martinez, Dan T Murphy, Lance Parrish, Ed Seward, Joey Votto	7
Pitcher of the Month	Pedro J Martinez (Apr, May), Kyle Hendricks (Sep)	3
Batter of the Month	Roberto Clemente (Jun)	1
Rookie of the Month	Joey Votto (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	Pedro J Martinez (Apr 9), Graig Nettles (May 14), Roberto Clemente (May 21, Jun 11), Dan T Murphy (Jun 25), Roberto Clemente (Jul 16), Kirby Puckett (Sep 17), Roberto Clemente (Sep 24)	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+
SS	Lou Boudreau	26	158	654	192	49	6	3	56	96	59	10	16	6	48	0	2	.294	.358	.401	.759	5.6	126
LF	Roberto Clemente	36	155	632	227	44	10	28	115	111	44	0	1	8	79	0	0	.359	.396	.593	.990	8.3	190
CF	Brett Butler	31	157	571	147	20	10	8	50	93	87	5	2	2	50	20	11	.257	.359	.370	.729	3.7	118
2B	Dan T Murphy	32	151	520	149	44	6	11	66	58	30	6	1	6	41	1	0	.287	.329	.458	.787	3.3	131
C	Lance Parrish	24	129	480	125	21	3	32	82	67	40	6	0	3	121	0	2	.260	.323	.517	.840	5.0	145
1B	Joey Votto	22	135	448	136	26	8	28	114	75	46	1	0	7	64	0	0	.304	.365	.585	.949	5.0	177
3B	Graig Nettles	32	139	418	102	14	1	21	61	50	56	7	1	4	75	0	1	.244	.340	.433	.773	3.3	129
RF	Kirby Puckett	37	81	269	78	9	1	14	42	33	16	1	0	0	40	2	0	.290	.332	.487	.819	1.5	140
RF	Juan Pierre	26	130	254	70	10	11	1	21	44	18	1	1	3	19	6	6	.276	.322	.413	.736	0.7	117
3B	Gil McDougald	22	82	217	57	7	1	7	23	30	20	5	1	3	45	2	1	.263	.335	.401	.736	1.1	118
RF	Melky Cabrera	26	97	207	46	15	2	3	23	23	13	0	2	4	22	0	0	.222	.263	.357	.621	-0.4	83
1B	Ron D Jackson	28	55	203	49	13	1	6	20	17	11	1	1	0	22	1	1	.241	.284	.404	.688	0.3	102
C	Milt May	32	39	120	22	2	0	2	7	7	16	0	0	0	16	0	0	.183	.279	.250	.529	-0.1	60
P	Ed Seward	27	34	97	17	5	1	2	12	10	6	2	9	1	17	0	2	.175	.236	.309	.545	-0.5	61
2B	Alfredo Cabrera	36	125	97	21	5	0	5	18	15	16	0	0	1	6	4	0	.216	.325	.423	.747	0.9	121
P	Kyle Hendricks	32	33	79	13	4	0	1	2	8	1	0	16	0	25	0	0	.165	.175	.253	.428	-1.0	26
P	Pedro J Martinez	31	30	76	6	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	15	0	26	0	0	.079	.103	.092	.195	-1.3	-41
P	Gary Nolan	22	34	64	9	1	0	0	6	4	6	0	18	1	28	0	0	.141	.211	.156	.368	-0.7	12
P	Jim Abbott	25	30	71	15	3	0	0	1	4	3	1	14	0	32	0	0	.211	.253	.254	.507	-0.6	52
2B	Mike Moustakas	37	64	61	15	3	1	2	8	6	3	2	0	0	6	0	0	.246	.303	.426	.729	0.3	114
P	Bob Weiland	27	22	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	0.1	125
P	Syl Johnson	32	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	-0.1	-67
P	Steve Rachunok	37	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ben Flowers	30	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Tommy Atkins	24	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		29.1	1946	5558	1499	296	62	174	727	754	494	48	103	49	795	36	26	.270	.332	.439	.771	34.1	126
NL Rank				2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	1	2	6	5	5	2	2	1	2	1
ABBA Rank				3	2	1	1	3	2	2	8	9	1	4	12	11	11	2	3	1	2	1

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Ed Seward	27	34	34	23	6	0	2.35	294.3	234	89	77	17	74	170	0	15	4	1.05	.242	7.4	155
Kyle Hendricks	32	33	33	19	11	0	3.14	252.0	203	95	88	20	68	157	0	15	6	1.08	.243	4.9	116
Pedro J Martinez	31	30	30	22	5	0	2.40	244.0	185	71	65	13	48	227	0	14	4	.95	.267	9.0	152
Jim Abbott	25	30	30	14	11	0	3.69	226.7	220	100	93	22	69	118	0	11	2	1.27	.273	2.8	99
Gary Nolan	22	34	28	17	9	6	2.85	224.3	195	77	71	25	64	147	0	12	0	1.15	.260	3.3	128
Syl Johnson	32	25	5	2	4	0	3.32	62.3	53	29	23	9	11	46	0	0	0	1.03	.249	0.7	110
Bob Weiland	27	22	2	5	1	1	3.69	46.3	37	20	19	4	17	34	1	0	0	1.17	.252	0.5	99
Tommy Atkins	24	24	0	1	2	0	2.08	34.7	26	8	8	1	18	25	5	0	0	1.27	.258	0.6	176
Danny Farquhar	24	37	0	1	3	26	2.87	31.3	22	10	10	1	20	35	0	0	0	1.34	.284	1.2	127
David Phelps	33	17	0	2	2	2	5.66	20.7	23	13	13	6	8	14	1	0	0	1.50	.274	-0.7	65
Steve Rachunok	37	11	0	0	1	3	6.75	13.3	20	10	10	1	11	7	1	0	0	2.33	.396	-0.2	54
Ben Flowers	30	6	0	0	1	0	2.89	9.3	11	3	3	0	1	5	0	0	0	1.29	.367	0.3	126
Lon Warneke	35	6	0	0	0	0	5.00	9.0	9	5	5	3	2	8	0	0	0	1.22	.240	-0.2	73
John Dobb	30	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.33	.364	0.1	0
Mike Naymick	30	1	0	0	0	0	40.50	0.7	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	4.50	.000	-0.2	9
15 Pitchers	27.8	312	162	106	56	38	2.98	1472.0	1243	533	488	123	413	994	8	67	16	1.13	.259	29.5	128
NL Rank		6	1	1	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank		10	4	1	12	2	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Seward	34	34	16	37	1	56	3	.946	294.3	1.62	0.7
K. Hendricks	33	33	19	23	1	45	3	.933	252.0	1.50	-1.2
P. Martinez	30	30	18	29	2	50	3	.940	244.0	1.73	1.4
J. Abbott	30	30	9	26	1	37	2	.946	226.7	1.39	-0.1
G. Nolan	34	28	9	28	0	37	0	1.000	224.3	1.48	2.4
S. Johnson	25	5	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	62.3	1.16	0.7
B. Weiland	22	2	5	5	0	11	1	.909	46.3	1.94	0.7
T. Atkins	24	0	0	4	1	4	0	1.000	34.7	1.04	0.1
D. Farquhar	36	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	31.3	0.57	0.1
D. Phelps	17	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	20.7	0.44	0.1
S. Rachunok	10	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	13.3	1.35	0.1
B. Flowers	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	9.3	2.89	0.1
L. Warneke	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	0.0
J. Dobb	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
M. Naymick	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	0.0
Totals	310	162	79	166	6	257	12	.953	1472.0	1.50	5.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
L. Parrish	129	129	793	65	9	861	3	.997	1161.7	6.65	3.6	5	35.3
M. May	37	33	221	22	1	244	1	.996	310.3	7.05	-0.2	4	34.4
Totals	166	162	1014	87	10	1105	4	.996	1472.0	6.73	3.4	9	35.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Votto	115	108	981	56	84	1047	10	.990	970.7	9.62	2.4
R. Jackson	53	53	484	30	38	519	5	.990	474.3	9.75	1.2
M. Moustakas	6	1	22	1	2	23	0	1.000	21.0	9.86	0.0
G. McDougald	2	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	4.0	9.00	0.0
G. Nettles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
D. Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	178	162	1491	87	124	1593	15	.991	1472.0	9.65	3.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Murphy	151	151	266	328	87	603	9	.985	1083.0	4.94	-0.7
A. Cabrera	120	11	84	101	20	186	1	.995	349.0	4.77	1.0
M. Moustakas	13	0	8	12	3	20	0	1.000	30.0	6.00	-0.1
G. McDougald	6	0	2	6	1	8	0	1.000	9.0	8.00	-0.1
L. Boudreau	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	291	162	361	447	111	818	10	.988	1472.0	4.94	0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Nettles	132	109	84	259	20	354	11	.969	1037.0	2.98	2.9
G. McDougald	55	53	30	90	4	125	5	.960	423.3	2.55	-1.5
M. Moustakas	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.3	0.00	0.0
A. Cabrera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	198	162	114	349	24	479	16	.967	1472.0	2.83	1.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Boudreau	158	158	190	477	95	675	8	.988	1432.0	4.19	8.7
A. Cabrera	4	3	2	9	0	11	0	1.000	26.0	3.81	-0.0
G. Nettles	3	1	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	11.0	4.91	0.5
M. Moustakas	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	166	162	193	492	95	693	8	.988	1472.0	4.19	9.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Clemente	155	155	353	7	4	361	1	.997	1373.7	2.36	9.2
M. Cabrera	9	5	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	59.0	1.83	-0.2
J. Pierre	9	2	6	0	0	7	1	.857	34.7	1.56	-0.8
K. Puckett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
R. Jackson	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	-0.0
Totals	176	162	372	7	4	381	2	.995	1472.0	2.32	8.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Butler	157	157	412	7	1	426	7	.984	1409.7	2.68	4.6
J. Pierre	4	3	10	1	0	11	0	1.000	28.0	3.54	0.7
K. Puckett	4	1	8	1	1	10	1	.900	14.7	5.52	-1.6
M. Cabrera	2	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	11.7	3.09	-0.0
R. Clemente	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	8.0	3.38	-0.0
Totals	170	162	437	9	2	454	8	.982	1472.0	2.73	3.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Pierre	115	55	146	5	0	152	1	.993	632.3	2.15	2.7
K. Puckett	73	72	136	5	1	144	3	.979	544.0	2.33	-0.3
M. Cabrera	40	35	64	3	1	69	2	.971	294.7	2.05	-0.8
R. Clemente	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	229	162	347	13	2	366	6	.984	1472.0	2.20	1.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Roberto Clemente	.359
On-Base Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.396
Slugging Percentage	Roberto Clemente	.593
OPS	Roberto Clemente	.990
Games	Lou Boudreau	158
At-Bats	Lou Boudreau	654
Runs	Roberto Clemente	111
Hits	Roberto Clemente	227
Doubles	Lou Boudreau	49
Triples	Juan Pierre	11
Home Runs	Lance Parrish	32
Runs Batted In	Roberto Clemente	115
Stolen Bases	Brett Butler	20
Caught Stealing	Brett Butler	11
Walks	Brett Butler	87
Strikeouts	Lance Parrish	121

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Ed Seward	23
Losses	Kyle Hendricks, Jim Abbott	11
Saves	Danny Farquhar	26
Games	Danny Farquhar	37
Games Started	Ed Seward	34
Complete Games	Ed Seward, Kyle Hendricks	15
Shutouts	Kyle Hendricks	6
Innings Pitched	Ed Seward	294.3
Hits Allowed	Ed Seward	234
Home Runs Allowed	Gary Nolan	25
Strikeouts	Pedro J Martinez	227
Walks Allowed	Ed Seward	74
Earned Run Average	Ed Seward	2.35
Walks + Hits per IP	Pedro J Martinez	0.95
BABIP	Ed Seward	.242

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 20th	2B Walt Weiss	to the Detroit Stars for	1B Ron D Jackson
June 4th	2nd Round Draft Pick 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Caribou Caribou for	P Danny Farquhar
December 24th	P John Dobb 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Boston Americans for	3rd Round Draft Pick