Detroit Stars History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Detroit Stars	71	91	.438	5^th	35	70-92	1	.239	4.03			2,779,487	$53,954,037	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Charles Johnson (C), Mike Lowell (3B)	2
All-Star	Nate Colbert, Scott Elarton, Charles Johnson, Hal Newhouser	4
Player of the Week	Phil Niekro (Jul 2)	1

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+
1B	Nate Colbert	23	161	624	156	16	2	44	85	93	61	5	2	7	168	1	1	.250	.319	.494	.812	2.8	107
CF	Fats Jenkins	29	153	567	157	40	15	4	46	65	51	12	10	1	33	41	29	.277	.349	.422	.770	3.3	99
SS	Maury Wills	36	132	504	127	23	7	3	36	53	37	1	0	2	60	23	12	.252	.303	.343	.647	0.4	68
C	Charles Johnson	28	134	486	104	19	1	22	59	49	49	2	0	4	144	0	0	.214	.287	.393	.680	2.5	74
3B	Mike Lowell	28	133	496	123	24	0	17	59	41	34	3	1	3	72	1	0	.248	.299	.399	.698	2.8	79
LF	Don Baylor	30	144	425	103	19	0	21	56	51	38	21	0	3	53	6	2	.242	.333	.435	.768	2.5	97
RF	Rocco Colavito	33	138	361	82	8	0	18	50	53	63	6	0	6	55	0	0	.227	.346	.399	.745	1.0	93
RF	Ed Stone	32	120	370	89	15	4	19	58	49	35	4	9	5	56	2	3	.241	.309	.457	.766	1.3	96
2B	Ray Durham	26	94	278	73	11	1	5	37	28	25	3	0	2	35	6	5	.263	.328	.363	.691	1.1	79
2B	Walt Weiss	33	100	265	49	9	0	2	14	20	25	1	2	2	43	0	1	.185	.256	.242	.497	-0.7	30
2B	Bobby Richardson	28	98	243	70	10	3	2	21	21	14	0	1	0	4	1	0	.288	.327	.379	.705	1.0	83
C	Javier Valentin	30	40	112	29	5	0	5	15	18	10	1	0	0	12	0	0	.259	.325	.438	.763	0.7	96
CF	Carl Everett	31	59	98	17	3	1	5	10	9	5	2	0	1	21	1	2	.173	.226	.378	.604	0.0	53
LF	Gus J Williams	36	70	95	34	4	0	3	11	28	5	1	1	0	21	21	8	.358	.396	.495	.891	0.8	130
P	Buck O'Brien	29	40	77	10	4	2	0	0	8	6	0	13	0	22	0	0	.130	.193	.234	.427	-0.8	10
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	42	36	79	14	3	1	0	7	5	1	0	9	0	34	0	0	.177	.188	.241	.428	-0.5	10
RF	Pat Mullin	33	34	72	15	1	1	5	9	9	8	0	0	0	18	0	0	.208	.287	.458	.746	-0.3	90
P	Phil Niekro	44	29	58	7	2	0	1	4	4	0	0	12	0	13	0	0	.121	.121	.207	.328	-1.0	-17
P	Tim Wakefield	30	36	58	4	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	10	0	22	0	0	.069	.085	.121	.205	-1.1	-47
P	Hal Newhouser	27	21	46	5	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	6	0	9	0	0	.109	.163	.109	.272	-0.7	-27
LF	Tracy Jones	27	13	30	8	0	0	2	6	4	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	.267	.290	.467	.757	0.1	92
P	John Malarkey	28	26	17	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	.235	.235	.471	.706	0.1	77
3B	Casey Blake	26	4	13	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	.385	.385	.385	.769	0.1	101
P	Dave Stewart	33	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	3	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	-0.1	43
P	Scott Elarton	21	61	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	0.1	51
P	Curt Schilling	43	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	31
P	Jerry DiPoto	30	29	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.1	31
P	Johan Santana	22	10	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	0.0	88
P	Roger Nelson	26	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Hi West	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Joe Musgrove	41	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
31 Players		29.9	1987	5400	1290	222	38	179	594	617	472	63	85	36	925	105	63	.239	.306	.394	.699	15.2	79
NL Rank				6	6	6	3	1	4	5	4	3	3	5	3	2	2	6	5	4	5	5
ABBA Rank				12	10	10	3	2	9	10	9	6	3	10	6	3	2	10	10	6	8	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Buck O'Brien	29	40	36	13	13	1	3.80	275.0	271	127	116	18	86	142	0	10	1	1.30	.282	5.2	111
Luis Tiant, Jr.	42	36	36	14	19	0	4.34	253.0	262	133	122	22	94	148	0	8	2	1.41	.294	4.0	97
Phil Niekro	44	29	29	7	13	0	4.05	211.3	195	105	95	30	74	126	0	7	2	1.27	.255	1.4	104
Tim Wakefield	30	36	26	5	14	0	4.93	200.7	195	115	110	34	73	93	0	9	0	1.34	.252	-0.6	85
Hal Newhouser	27	21	21	7	8	0	2.99	150.7	130	57	50	7	64	147	0	4	1	1.29	.304	4.8	140
Scott Elarton	21	61	0	10	9	20	3.07	88.0	79	31	30	6	28	61	4	0	0	1.22	.277	2.0	137
John Malarkey	28	26	6	3	2	0	4.29	77.7	84	37	37	5	44	22	1	2	0	1.65	.290	-0.1	98
Jerry DiPoto	30	29	0	2	4	2	1.51	41.7	30	10	7	1	11	23	1	0	0	.98	.232	0.9	277
Dave Stewart	33	13	3	1	2	0	7.40	41.3	52	38	34	7	22	26	0	0	0	1.79	.333	-0.4	57
Joe Musgrove	41	31	0	4	3	5	4.25	36.0	43	21	17	7	11	26	0	0	0	1.50	.327	-0.2	99
Roger Nelson	26	20	0	3	1	0	2.40	30.0	33	10	8	3	8	15	0	0	0	1.37	.300	0.1	175
Johan Santana	22	10	3	1	1	0	3.04	23.7	22	10	8	1	12	11	1	0	0	1.44	.276	0.3	138
Hi West	24	6	0	1	0	0	9.00	9.0	15	9	9	1	10	3	0	0	0	2.78	.412	-0.3	47
Curt Schilling	43	2	2	0	1	0	3.24	8.3	13	8	3	1	6	1	0	0	0	2.28	.343	-0.1	129
Brooks Kieschnick	36	3	0	0	0	0	5.06	5.3	5	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.50	.333	0.0	83
Matt Keough	25	2	0	0	1	0	6.75	2.7	5	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.62	.333	-0.3	62
Monroe Mitchell	20	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	1.000	0.0	0
17 Pitchers	33.2	366	162	71	91	28	4.03	1454.3	1435	716	651	145	548	849	7	40	6	1.36	.282	16.6	112
NL Rank		1	1	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	6	5	3	6	4	5	3	3
ABBA Rank		2	4	7	5	6	7	7	8	8	7	5	9	9	4	11	6	9	9	5

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. O'Brien	40	36	22	38	2	64	4	.938	275.0	1.96	0.1
L. Tiant, Jr.	36	36	16	35	0	52	1	.981	253.0	1.81	2.1
P. Niekro	29	29	19	21	1	45	5	.889	211.3	1.70	-0.8
T. Wakefield	36	26	16	27	2	47	4	.915	200.7	1.93	-0.2
H. Newhouser	20	20	6	19	1	26	1	.962	150.7	1.49	0.1
S. Elarton	59	0	6	8	1	14	0	1.000	88.0	1.43	1.4
J. Malarkey	26	6	3	9	0	12	0	1.000	77.7	1.39	1.4
J. DiPoto	29	0	3	5	1	10	2	.800	41.7	1.73	-0.4
D. Stewart	13	3	6	4	0	13	3	.769	41.3	2.18	0.2
J. Musgrove	30	0	2	5	0	8	1	.875	36.0	1.75	0.1
R. Nelson	20	0	4	4	1	8	0	1.000	30.0	2.40	0.1
J. Santana	10	3	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	23.7	2.66	0.1
H. West	6	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	0.1
C. Schilling	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	8.3	3.24	0.0
B. Kieschnick	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	5.3	1.69	0.0
M. Keough	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	361	161	107	187	11	315	21	.933	1454.3	1.82	4.3

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Johnson	134	134	724	79	14	812	9	.989	1185.0	6.10	4.3	7	37.9
J. Valentin	36	28	158	12	0	171	1	.994	269.3	5.68	-0.8	2	29.4
Totals	170	162	882	91	14	983	10	.990	1454.3	6.02	3.5	9	36.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Colbert	161	161	1473	111	146	1598	14	.991	1431.7	9.96	-3.1
D. Baylor	6	0	5	1	1	7	1	.857	11.7	4.63	-1.1
J. Valentin	1	1	9	1	0	10	0	1.000	9.0	10.00	0.0
P. Mullin	2	0	4	0	1	4	0	1.000	2.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	1491	113	148	1619	15	.991	1454.3	9.93	-4.1

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Durham	90	79	191	216	71	411	4	.990	700.3	5.23	1.1
W. Weiss	57	47	106	158	34	267	3	.989	408.7	5.81	3.1
B. Richardson	53	36	93	119	35	212	0	1.000	343.0	5.56	1.5
M. Lowell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	202	162	390	493	140	890	7	.992	1454.3	5.46	5.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Lowell	131	129	84	291	34	380	5	.987	1143.7	2.95	9.9
W. Weiss	21	15	12	38	2	50	0	1.000	140.3	3.21	0.3
B. Richardson	23	15	12	33	2	49	4	.918	140.0	2.89	-1.9
C. Blake	4	3	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	29.0	2.48	0.1
M. Wills	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	109	369	38	487	9	.982	1454.3	2.96	8.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Wills	129	125	171	402	90	600	27	.955	1123.3	4.59	-8.7
W. Weiss	21	19	19	52	7	73	2	.973	170.0	3.76	-0.2
B. Richardson	22	18	19	51	8	70	0	1.000	158.0	3.99	0.9
R. Colavito	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
M. Lowell	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	-0.0
R. Durham	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	176	162	211	505	105	745	29	.961	1454.3	4.43	-8.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Baylor	107	104	218	5	2	224	1	.996	912.3	2.20	3.4
R. Colavito	23	21	48	2	0	51	1	.980	201.3	2.24	-1.4
E. Stone	20	19	38	0	0	39	1	.974	157.7	2.17	-0.5
G. Williams	20	8	27	0	0	28	1	.964	92.7	2.62	-2.7
P. Mullin	8	7	17	1	0	18	0	1.000	62.0	2.61	-0.2
T. Jones	3	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	26.0	1.73	-0.1
F. Jenkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	183	162	353	8	2	365	4	.989	1454.3	2.23	-1.4

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Jenkins	145	144	407	13	6	422	2	.995	1279.7	2.95	2.4
C. Everett	15	12	40	0	0	40	0	1.000	119.0	3.03	1.9
R. Colavito	4	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	29.7	1.52	-2.3
E. Stone	2	2	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	17.0	1.59	-0.0
P. Mullin	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.8
Totals	167	162	457	13	6	472	2	.996	1454.3	2.91	1.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Stone	76	72	163	9	2	175	3	.983	660.3	2.34	-0.4
R. Colavito	68	66	148	1	0	155	6	.961	589.7	2.27	-1.1
G. Williams	12	9	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	81.3	2.32	-0.2
P. Mullin	9	9	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	71.0	1.90	-2.5
T. Jones	3	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	26.0	1.73	-0.1
C. Everett	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	23.0	0.78	-0.0
D. Baylor	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	172	162	354	11	2	374	9	.976	1454.3	2.26	-4.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Fats Jenkins	.277
On-Base Percentage	Fats Jenkins	.349
Slugging Percentage	Nate Colbert	.494
OPS	Nate Colbert	.812
Games	Nate Colbert	161
At-Bats	Nate Colbert	624
Runs	Nate Colbert	93
Hits	Fats Jenkins	157
Doubles	Fats Jenkins	40
Triples	Fats Jenkins	15
Home Runs	Nate Colbert	44
Runs Batted In	Nate Colbert	85
Stolen Bases	Fats Jenkins	41
Caught Stealing	Fats Jenkins	29
Walks	Rocco Colavito	63
Strikeouts	Nate Colbert	168

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Luis Tiant, Jr.	14
Losses	Luis Tiant, Jr.	19
Saves	Scott Elarton	20
Games	Scott Elarton	61
Games Started	Buck O'Brien, Luis Tiant, Jr.	36
Complete Games	Buck O'Brien	10
Shutouts	Luis Tiant, Jr. , Phil Niekro	2
Innings Pitched	Buck O'Brien	275.0
Hits Allowed	Buck O'Brien	271
Home Runs Allowed	Tim Wakefield	34
Strikeouts	Luis Tiant, Jr.	148
Walks Allowed	Luis Tiant, Jr.	94
Earned Run Average	Buck O'Brien	3.80
Walks + Hits per IP	Phil Niekro	1.27
BABIP	Tim Wakefield	.252

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 20th	2B Ron D Jackson	to the Houston Eagles for	2B Walt Weiss