Windy City Blues History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Windy City Playboys	103	59	.636	1^st	-	102-60	1	.251	3.14	X		2,955,087	$50,001,979	$57,315,325

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Pale Ale Pitcher Award	Russ McEvoy	1
All-Star	Jared Kirby, Russ McEvoy, Vittorio Samarano, Vernon Simmonds, Dunmore Theodore	5
Pitcher of the Month	Vernon Simmonds (Apr), Russ McEvoy (Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Nicolás Arce (Apr 30), Lonzo Serma (Jun 25), Kijuro Kawashima (Aug 13)	3

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	Nicolás Arce	25	155	577	136	35	2	20	79	102	89	5	0	7	80	4	4	.236	.339	.407	.747	3.9	118
1B	Jared Kirby	22	157	554	144	21	4	39	113	95	91	0	1	7	121	0	0	.260	.360	.523	.884	5.1	155
RF	Vittorio Samarano	27	145	581	175	39	8	20	75	99	55	6	0	5	93	31	6	.301	.365	.499	.864	5.7	150
C	Jeremy Windley	25	139	528	137	35	6	10	47	81	43	4	3	2	61	3	0	.259	.319	.405	.724	3.7	110
LF	Lonzo Serma	25	142	433	93	13	4	10	37	62	53	1	4	3	62	25	10	.215	.300	.333	.633	0.5	85
RF	Rick Hoover	27	105	398	143	26	7	7	57	62	54	2	0	3	30	4	3	.359	.435	.513	.948	5.4	177
CF	Kijuro Kawashima	23	128	363	86	17	7	14	55	42	32	4	3	1	66	13	7	.237	.305	.438	.743	2.0	114
2B	Shuncho Suzuki	25	133	350	88	20	6	12	59	52	39	1	1	4	52	6	1	.251	.325	.446	.771	2.7	123
SS	Bill Franklin	23	93	251	66	9	3	10	44	28	15	2	1	3	36	1	1	.263	.306	.442	.749	1.7	116
SS	Gregg Lucas	27	95	234	57	8	1	4	31	25	18	1	1	2	44	18	7	.244	.298	.338	.636	0.8	86
SS	Ruben Janinian	26	109	233	50	12	0	10	29	25	16	1	1	1	54	0	0	.215	.267	.395	.662	0.6	91
CF	Brenton Mundell	24	75	210	55	9	1	5	21	29	17	1	0	0	47	8	2	.262	.320	.386	.706	1.0	106
2B	Kichisaburo Kubota	36	93	193	46	8	6	5	15	17	19	2	1	0	53	3	1	.238	.313	.420	.733	1.1	112
C	Reno Sanchez	23	74	118	31	7	0	4	17	11	4	0	3	0	22	0	1	.263	.287	.424	.711	0.6	105
P	Russ McEvoy	25	34	75	8	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	18	1	19	0	0	.107	.117	.120	.237	-0.8	-30
P	Nathan MacOwl	25	33	73	3	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	16	0	11	0	0	.041	.079	.068	.147	-1.2	-56
P	Dunmore Theodore	25	34	80	16	3	0	0	5	8	3	0	5	0	29	0	0	.200	.229	.237	.466	-0.5	37
1B	Manuel Guandique	28	22	63	14	3	0	1	10	8	3	1	0	1	12	1	0	.222	.265	.317	.582	-0.1	70
P	Hermosa Cobellen	23	43	47	10	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	6	0	8	0	0	.213	.245	.234	.479	0.0	41
P	Joe Hernandez	26	23	42	7	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	.167	.205	.190	.395	-0.2	17
LF	Arturo Arrigon	22	28	32	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	8	2	2	.219	.212	.281	.493	-0.2	43
CF	Joe Depablos	24	11	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	-0.3	-58
P	Jorge Lorral	25	9	18	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	0.0	76
2B	Herb LeFebre	21	5	9	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.333	.364	.444	.808	0.1	135
P	Ángel Lopez	34	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Vernon Simmonds	22	70	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Timothy Rohan	22	58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Steven Crain	23	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Oro Marquetta	25	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
29 Players		25.2	2136	5492	1381	273	55	171	711	758	562	31	70	42	929	120	45	.251	.322	.415	.737	31.2	113
IL Rank				5	5	4	1	1	2	2	1	5	3	3	9	4	4	4	2	1	2	2
BLB Rank				15	13	10	2	4	9	8	7	10	3	9	19	7	6	13	9	7	9	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+
Russ McEvoy	25	35	35	26	7	0	2.07	264.7	193	64	61	18	27	220	0	3	2	.83	.241	8.6	181
Nathan MacOwl	25	35	35	16	13	0	2.99	252.7	238	96	84	23	50	214	0	2	0	1.14	.295	6.0	126
Dunmore Theodore	25	35	35	20	5	0	3.62	236.3	213	99	95	16	80	200	0	1	0	1.24	.291	5.2	104
Hermosa Cobellen	23	45	25	16	7	1	2.84	187.0	163	70	59	15	66	147	4	1	0	1.22	.272	2.7	132
Joe Hernandez	26	23	23	7	7	0	3.84	138.3	125	67	59	21	42	132	0	1	0	1.21	.282	1.5	98
Vernon Simmonds	22	72	0	4	4	54	1.64	77.0	57	14	14	3	12	80	1	0	0	.90	.267	2.2	230
Timothy Rohan	22	60	0	3	4	0	6.19	64.0	68	49	44	6	34	57	16	0	0	1.59	.320	0.2	61
Jorge Lorral	25	9	9	2	4	0	3.58	60.3	53	25	24	3	21	52	0	0	0	1.23	.296	1.6	105
Oro Marquetta	25	54	0	2	2	6	2.37	57.0	58	17	15	2	19	36	17	0	0	1.35	.311	0.7	159
Ángel Lopez	34	32	0	1	2	0	3.14	48.7	39	21	17	3	12	29	1	0	0	1.05	.231	0.5	120
Steven Crain	23	37	0	4	2	3	3.32	43.3	34	17	16	3	12	34	7	0	0	1.06	.254	0.5	113
Joe Alveraz	23	15	0	1	0	2	3.46	13.0	18	6	5	1	2	9	5	0	0	1.54	.386	0.2	109
Bob Mears	22	10	0	0	2	0	6.00	9.0	10	8	6	1	5	8	2	0	0	1.67	.321	-0.0	63
Eric Buller	24	8	0	1	0	0	4.32	8.3	12	5	4	1	2	9	0	0	0	1.68	.407	0.1	87
Ted Jackson	25	6	0	0	0	0	6.75	5.3	6	4	4	0	2	1	3	0	0	1.50	.300	-0.0	56
Bob Hollie	35	3	0	0	0	0	22.50	2.0	5	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	.444	-0.1	17
16 Pitchers	24.8	479	162	103	59	66	3.14	1467.0	1292	567	512	117	387	1229	56	8	2	1.14	.280	29.8	132
IL Rank		9	1	1	9	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	7	1
BLB Rank		16	3	2	19	1	2	3	4	2	2	2	1	1	3	9	6	2	8	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. McEvoy	35	35	15	38	1	55	2	.964	264.7	1.80	1.9
N. MacOwl	35	35	17	46	4	65	2	.969	252.7	2.24	-0.2
D. Theodore	35	35	8	36	1	44	0	1.000	236.3	1.68	-2.0
H. Cobellen	45	25	13	34	3	48	1	.979	187.0	2.26	2.1
J. Hernandez	23	23	8	28	0	40	4	.900	138.3	2.34	0.3
V. Simmonds	72	0	4	9	0	13	0	1.000	77.0	1.52	-0.0
T. Rohan	60	0	3	16	2	19	0	1.000	64.0	2.67	-1.0
J. Lorral	9	9	0	12	0	12	0	1.000	60.3	1.79	0.2
O. Marquetta	54	0	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	57.0	1.11	0.1
�. Lopez	32	0	2	12	0	14	0	1.000	48.7	2.59	0.0
S. Crain	37	0	3	6	1	9	0	1.000	43.3	1.87	-0.2
J. Alveraz	15	0	2	1	1	3	0	1.000	13.0	2.08	0.0
B. Mears	10	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	9.0	1.00	0.0
E. Buller	8	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.3	2.16	0.0
T. Jackson	6	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	5.3	5.06	0.0
B. Hollie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	479	162	82	244	13	336	10	.970	1467.0	2.00	1.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Windley	127	124	943	48	6	999	8	.992	1115.3	8.00	1.2	6	26.2
R. Sanchez	27	19	164	9	0	175	2	.989	182.0	8.55	0.1	1	26.3
J. Kirby	19	19	160	7	1	169	2	.988	169.7	8.86	-0.1	0	17.6
Totals	173	162	1267	64	7	1343	12	.991	1467.0	8.17	1.1	7	25.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Kirby	141	138	1151	70	102	1233	12	.990	1209.0	9.09	0.0
M. Guandique	19	18	154	12	6	166	0	1.000	157.0	9.52	0.0
R. Janinian	29	6	97	4	8	102	1	.990	101.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	189	162	1402	86	116	1501	13	.991	1467.0	9.13	0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Suzuki	117	100	193	235	62	433	5	.988	873.0	4.41	0.0
K. Kubota	89	60	119	128	35	250	3	.988	569.0	3.91	0.0
H. LeFebre	5	2	6	7	2	13	0	1.000	25.0	4.68	0.0
Totals	211	162	318	370	99	696	8	.989	1467.0	4.22	0.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Arce	155	155	81	321	15	415	13	.969	1404.0	2.58	0.0
R. Janinian	8	7	2	16	0	20	2	.900	63.0	2.57	0.0
Totals	163	162	83	337	15	435	15	.966	1467.0	2.58	0.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Franklin	70	63	94	189	41	288	5	.983	574.0	4.44	0.0
G. Lucas	72	57	67	165	40	237	5	.979	518.3	4.03	0.0
R. Janinian	55	42	53	122	15	185	10	.946	374.7	4.20	0.0
Totals	197	162	214	476	96	710	20	.972	1467.0	4.23	0.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Serma	104	103	200	3	0	206	3	.985	937.7	1.95	0.0
V. Samarano	56	55	104	3	2	111	4	.964	487.0	1.98	0.0
A. Arrigon	4	3	5	0	0	6	1	.833	27.0	1.67	0.0
J. Depablos	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.0
K. Kawashima	4	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	6.3	5.68	0.0
Totals	170	162	315	6	2	329	8	.976	1467.0	1.97	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Kawashima	88	82	198	5	1	207	4	.981	739.0	2.47	0.0
R. Hoover	44	44	94	1	0	95	0	1.000	399.7	2.14	0.0
B. Mundell	38	34	95	2	1	98	1	.990	299.3	2.92	0.0
J. Depablos	3	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	20.7	2.18	0.0
A. Arrigon	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.3	1.69	0.0
L. Serma	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	394	8	2	407	5	.988	1467.0	2.47	0.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Samarano	84	84	173	12	2	186	1	.995	759.3	2.19	0.0
R. Hoover	60	59	121	2	0	124	1	.992	528.7	2.09	0.0
B. Mundell	21	19	24	1	0	25	0	1.000	179.0	1.26	0.0
Totals	165	162	318	15	2	335	2	.994	1467.0	2.04	0.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Vittorio Samarano	.301
On-Base Percentage	Vittorio Samarano	.365
Slugging Percentage	Jared Kirby	.523
OPS	Jared Kirby	.884
Games	Jared Kirby	157
At-Bats	Vittorio Samarano	581
Runs	Nicolás Arce	102
Hits	Vittorio Samarano	175
Doubles	Vittorio Samarano	39
Triples	Vittorio Samarano	8
Home Runs	Jared Kirby	39
Runs Batted In	Jared Kirby	113
Stolen Bases	Vittorio Samarano	31
Caught Stealing	Lonzo Serma	10
Walks	Jared Kirby	91
Strikeouts	Jared Kirby	121

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Russ McEvoy	26
Losses	Nathan MacOwl	13
Saves	Vernon Simmonds	54
Games	Vernon Simmonds	72
Games Started	Russ McEvoy, Nathan MacOwl, Dunmore Theodore	35
Complete Games	Russ McEvoy	3
Shutouts	Russ McEvoy	2
Innings Pitched	Russ McEvoy	264.7
Hits Allowed	Nathan MacOwl	238
Home Runs Allowed	Nathan MacOwl	23
Strikeouts	Russ McEvoy	220
Walks Allowed	Dunmore Theodore	80
Earned Run Average	Russ McEvoy	2.07
Walks + Hits per IP	Russ McEvoy	0.83
BABIP	Russ McEvoy	.241