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Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Allen, Neil 42 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Berenguer, Juan 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.000 1.000 Bernard, Dwight 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Boisclair, Bruce 41 50 6 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 15 0 1 0 0 2 .200 14 .280 .216 Burris, Ray 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200 1 .200 .200 Cardenal, Jose 11 37 8 11 4 0 2 4 6 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 .297 21 .568 .409 Chapman, Kelvin 21 48 4 7 1 1 0 2 5 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 .146 10 .208 .222 Ellis, Dock 16 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 .077 2 .077 .111 Falcone, Pete 29 44 1 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 15 0 5 0 0 0 .182 8 .182 .217 Ferrer, Sergio 26 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 .222 Flores, Gil 61 79 8 14 1 0 1 8 7 0 16 1 3 1 0 0 .177 18 .228 .250 Flynn, Doug 136 478 32 117 19 5 4 56 17 7 39 2 6 0 0 3 .245 158 .331 .270 Foli, Tim 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Glynn, Ed 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Hassler, Andy 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .048 Hausman, Tom 15 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 3 .143 .143 Hebner, Richie 116 403 44 101 18 1 7 63 54 5 52 8 1 7 2 1 .251 142 .352 .343 Henderson, Steve 97 349 42 106 16 8 5 38 38 6 58 0 1 4 13 5 .304 153 .438 .379 Hodges, Ron 51 68 4 10 3 0 0 3 16 3 13 1 0 0 0 0 .147 13 .191 .306 Kobel, Kevin 27 42 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 7 0 0 0 .190 8 .190 .190 Kranepool, Ed 69 125 7 29 4 0 2 16 12 2 13 4 0 1 0 1 .232 39 .312 .296 Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SF SH HBP SB CS Avg. TB Slg. OBP Lockwood, Skip 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Maddox, Elliott 64 154 15 40 7 0 0 10 13 0 20 1 0 3 2 1 .260 47 .305 .327 Mazzilli, Lee 136 511 68 159 30 4 13 68 84 5 58 3 0 0 31 10 .311 236 .462 .406 Montanez, Willie 109 410 36 96 19 0 5 47 25 7 48 5 1 1 0 1 .234 130 .317 .277 Murray, Dale 58 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .143 Norman, Dan 30 68 5 13 1 1 1 4 5 2 14 1 0 1 0 0 .191 19 .279 .253 Orosco, Jesse 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Reardon, Jeff 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000 Scott, Mike 14 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .100 Stearns, John 133 464 52 112 24 2 9 60 46 5 49 5 3 4 13 14 .241 167 .360 .312 Swan, Craig 31 71 3 9 2 0 0 2 6 0 34 0 4 0 0 0 .127 11 .155 .195 Taveras, Frank 131 551 76 147 24 9 1 30 26 1 57 0 9 1 37 18 .267 192 .348 .301 Trevino, Alex 65 174 21 48 11 1 0 19 18 2 23 0 4 1 0 2 .276 61 .351 .347 Twitchell, Wayne 33 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 .375 3 .375 .375 Youngblood, Joel 136 510 79 143 35 4 16 54 49 6 62 4 4 6 16 13 .280 234 .459 .348 Zachry, Pat 7 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 .125 .125

Pitching Statistics as of September 8, 1979

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Allen, Neil 42 85.1 4 9 .308 90 43 37 55 43 5 0 0 6 3.90 Berenguer, Juan 1 6 0 0 .000 5 5 4 5 3 1 0 0 0 6.00 Bernard, Dwight 26 37 0 3 .000 50 22 20 17 22 1 0 0 0 4.86 Burris, Ray 3 19.2 0 2 .000 18 9 7 9 6 3 0 0 0 3.20 Ellis, Dock 16 83 3 7 .300 110 60 57 41 32 14 1 0 0 6.18 Falcone, Pete 29 158.1 5 12 .294 162 79 73 97 66 27 1 1 0 4.15 Glynn, Ed 38 51.1 1 2 .333 49 20 18 29 31 0 0 0 7 3.16 Hassler, Andy 23 72 4 4 .500 69 29 29 48 35 8 1 0 2 3.63 Hausman, Tom 15 60 1 5 .167 47 18 17 24 16 8 1 0 2 2.55 Kobel, Kevin 27 144.2 6 8 .429 143 65 54 60 42 24 1 1 0 3.36 Lockwood, Skip 28 42.1 2 5 .286 33 7 7 42 14 0 0 0 9 1.49 Murray, Dale 58 97 4 8 .333 105 58 52 37 52 0 0 0 4 4.82 Orosco, Jesse 18 35 1 2 .333 33 20 19 22 22 2 0 0 0 4.89 Reardon, Jeff 7 7.2 1 1 .500 6 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 3.52 Scott, Mike 14 41 1 1 .500 41 24 20 15 18 7 0 0 0 4.39 Swan, Craig 31 225 12 11 .522 209 89 79 131 52 31 9 3 0 3.16 Twitchell, Wayne 33 63.2 5 3 .625 55 44 37 44 55 2 0 0 0 5.23 Zachry, Pat 7 42.2 5 1 .833 44 19 17 17 21 7 1 0 0 3.59

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