The Tools of Ignorance: Stats for the year 1979

1979

Overall Batting Pitching Fielding Playoffs Managers HoF

Year	Team	Lg	Div	Rank	W	L	Pct.	G	G@H	R	RA	+/-	WC?	Div?	Lg?	WS?	Park	Attendance	BPF	PPF

1979	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	1	102	57	.642	159	79	757	582	175		Y	Y	N	Memorial Stadium	1,681,009	97	95
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	2	95	66	.590	161	81	807	722	85		N	N	N	County Stadium	1,918,343	100	99
1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	3	91	69	.569	160	80	841	711	130		N	N	N	Fenway Park II	2,353,114	106	106
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	4	89	71	.556	160	81	734	672	62		N	N	N	Yankee Stadium II	2,537,765	98	96
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	5	85	76	.531	160	80	770	738	32		N	N	N	Tiger Stadium	1,630,929	103	103
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	6	81	80	.503	161	81	760	805	-45		N	N	N	Cleveland Stadium	1,011,644	101	101
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	7	53	109	.327	162	81	613	862	-249		N	N	N	Exhibition Stadium	1,431,651	100	102

1979	California Angels	AL	W	1	88	74	.543	162	81	866	768	98		Y	N	N	Anaheim Stadium	2,523,575	96	96
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	2	85	77	.525	162	81	851	816	35		N	N	N	Royals Stadium	2,261,845	102	101
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	W	3	83	79	.512	162	81	750	698	52		N	N	N	Arlington Stadium	1,519,671	99	98
1979	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	4	82	80	.506	162	81	764	725	39		N	N	N	Metropolitan Stadium	1,070,521	104	104
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	5	73	87	.459	159	79	730	748	-18		N	N	N	Comiskey Park	1,280,702	100	101
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	6	67	95	.414	162	81	711	820	-109		N	N	N	Kingdome	844,447	102	104
1979	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	7	54	108	.333	162	81	573	860	-287		N	N	N	Oakland Coliseum	306,763	94	96

1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	1	98	64	.601	163	81	775	643	132		Y	Y	Y	Three Rivers Stadium	1,435,454	105	105
1979	Montreal Expos	NL	E	2	95	65	.594	160	81	701	581	120		N	N	N	Stade Olympique	2,102,173	99	98
1979	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	3	86	76	.528	163	82	731	693	38		N	N	N	Busch Stadium II	1,627,256	102	102
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	4	84	78	.515	163	81	683	718	-35		N	N	N	Veterans Stadium	2,775,011	103	102
1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	5	80	82	.494	162	81	706	707	-1		N	N	N	Wrigley Field	1,648,587	110	111
1979	New York Mets	NL	E	6	63	99	.387	163	82	593	706	-113		N	N	N	Shea Stadium	788,905	96	97

1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	1	90	71	.559	161	80	731	644	87		Y	N	N	Riverfront Stadium	2,356,933	101	101
1979	Houston Astros	NL	W	2	89	73	.549	162	81	583	582	1		N	N	N	Astrodome	1,900,312	94	94
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	3	79	83	.488	162	81	739	717	22		N	N	N	Dodger Stadium	2,860,954	99	98
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	4	71	91	.438	162	81	672	751	-79		N	N	N	Candlestick Park	1,456,402	93	94
1979	San Diego Padres	NL	W	5	68	93	.422	161	81	603	681	-78		N	N	N	Jack Murphy Stadium	1,456,967	93	94
1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	6	66	94	.413	160	79	669	763	-94		N	N	N	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	769,465	107	109

Year	Team	Lg	Div	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

1979	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	159	5371	757	1401	258	24	181	99	49	608	847	31	54	.261	.336	.419	.755
1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	160	5538	841	1567	310	34	194	60	43	512	708	33	59	.283	.344	.456	.800
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	161	5376	760	1388	206	29	138	143	90	657	786	42	60	.258	.340	.384	.724
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	160	5375	770	1446	221	35	164	176	86	575	814	22	52	.269	.339	.415	.754
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	161	5536	807	1552	291	41	185	100	53	549	745	20	50	.280	.345	.448	.793
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	160	5421	734	1443	226	40	150	65	46	509	590	18	63	.266	.328	.406	.733
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	162	5423	613	1362	253	34	95	75	56	448	663	36	38	.251	.311	.363	.673

1979	California Angels	AL	W	162	5550	866	1563	242	43	164	100	53	589	843	37	56	.282	.351	.429	.781
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	159	5463	730	1505	290	33	127	97	62	454	668	36	45	.275	.333	.410	.743
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	162	5653	851	1596	286	79	116	207	76	528	675	35	76	.282	.343	.422	.766
1979	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	162	5544	764	1544	256	46	112	66	45	526	693	31	53	.278	.341	.402	.743
1979	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	162	5348	573	1276	188	32	108	104	69	482	751	20	46	.239	.302	.346	.648
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	162	5544	711	1490	250	52	132	126	52	515	725	28	54	.269	.331	.404	.735
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	W	162	5562	750	1549	252	26	140	79	51	461	607	33	59	.278	.334	.409	.743

1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	162	5550	706	1494	250	43	135	73	52	478	762	35	42	.269	.329	.403	.731
1979	Montreal Expos	NL	E	160	5465	701	1445	273	42	143	121	56	432	890	27	38	.264	.319	.408	.728
1979	New York Mets	NL	E	163	5591	593	1399	255	41	74	135	79	498	817	35	40	.250	.313	.350	.664
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	163	5463	683	1453	250	53	119	128	76	602	764	37	57	.266	.340	.396	.736
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	163	5661	775	1541	264	52	148	180	66	483	855	32	56	.272	.330	.416	.746
1979	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	163	5734	731	1594	279	63	100	116	69	460	838	27	63	.278	.331	.401	.732

1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	160	5422	669	1389	220	28	126	98	50	490	818	23	38	.256	.318	.377	.695
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	161	5477	731	1445	266	31	132	99	47	614	902	19	46	.264	.338	.396	.734
1979	Houston Astros	NL	W	162	5394	583	1382	224	52	49	190	95	461	745	22	43	.256	.315	.344	.659
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	162	5490	739	1443	220	24	183	106	46	556	834	23	36	.263	.331	.412	.743
1979	San Diego Padres	NL	W	161	5446	603	1316	193	53	93	100	58	534	770	32	43	.242	.311	.348	.659
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	162	5395	672	1328	192	36	125	140	73	580	925	20	47	.246	.319	.365	.684

Year	Team	Lg	Div	W	L	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	R

1979	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	102	57	159	52	12	30	1434.1	1401	520	181	608	847	3.26	757
1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	91	69	160	47	11	29	1431.1	1567	641	194	512	708	4.03	841
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	81	80	161	28	7	32	1431.2	1388	727	138	657	786	4.57	760
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	85	76	160	25	5	37	1423.1	1446	676	164	575	814	4.27	770
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	95	66	161	61	12	23	1439.2	1552	645	185	549	745	4.03	807
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	89	71	160	43	10	37	1432.1	1443	610	150	509	590	3.83	734
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	53	109	162	44	7	11	1417	1362	759	95	448	663	4.82	613

1979	California Angels	AL	W	88	74	162	46	9	33	1436	1563	692	164	589	843	4.34	866
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	73	87	159	28	9	37	1409	1505	642	127	454	668	4.10	730
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	85	77	162	42	7	27	1448.1	1596	716	116	528	675	4.45	851
1979	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	82	80	162	31	6	33	1444.1	1544	663	112	526	693	4.13	764
1979	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	54	108	162	41	4	20	1429.1	1276	754	108	482	751	4.75	573
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	67	95	162	37	7	26	1438	1490	731	132	515	725	4.58	711
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	W	83	79	162	26	10	42	1437	1549	617	140	461	607	3.86	750

1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	80	82	162	20	11	44	1446.2	1494	624	135	478	762	3.88	706
1979	Montreal Expos	NL	E	95	65	160	33	18	39	1447.1	1445	505	143	432	890	3.14	701
1979	New York Mets	NL	E	63	99	163	16	10	36	1482.2	1399	633	74	498	817	3.84	593
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	84	78	163	33	14	29	1441.1	1453	666	119	602	764	4.16	683
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	98	64	163	24	7	52	1493.1	1541	566	148	483	855	3.41	775
1979	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	86	76	163	38	10	25	1486.2	1594	615	100	460	838	3.72	731

1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	66	94	160	32	3	34	1407.2	1389	654	126	490	818	4.18	669
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	90	71	161	27	10	40	1440.1	1445	573	132	614	902	3.58	731
1979	Houston Astros	NL	W	89	73	162	55	19	31	1447.2	1382	514	49	461	745	3.20	583
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	79	83	162	30	6	34	1444	1443	614	183	556	834	3.83	739
1979	San Diego Padres	NL	W	68	93	161	29	7	25	1453	1316	596	93	534	770	3.69	603
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	71	91	162	25	6	34	1436	1328	664	125	580	925	4.16	672

Year	Team	Lg	Div	E	DP	FP

1979	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	125	161	0.980
1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	142	166	0.977
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	134	149	0.978
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	120	184	0.981
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	127	153	0.980
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	122	183	0.981
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	159	187	0.975

1979	California Angels	AL	W	135	172	0.978
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	173	142	0.972
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	146	160	0.977
1979	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	134	203	0.979
1979	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	174	137	0.972
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	141	170	0.978
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	W	130	151	0.979

1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	159	163	0.975
1979	Montreal Expos	NL	E	131	123	0.979
1979	New York Mets	NL	E	140	168	0.978
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	106	148	0.983
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	134	163	0.979
1979	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	132	166	0.980

1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	183	139	0.970
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	124	152	0.980
1979	Houston Astros	NL	W	138	146	0.978
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	118	123	0.981
1979	San Diego Padres	NL	W	141	154	0.978
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	163	138	0.974

Year	Round	Lg	Winner	Lg	Loser	Results
1979	WS	NL	PIT	AL	BAL	4-3-0
1979	NLCS	NL	PIT	NL	CIN	3-0-0
1979	ALCS	AL	BAL	AL	CAL	3-1-0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	#	Manager	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Player?

1979	Baltimore Orioles	AL	E	1	Earl Weaver	159	102	57	0.642	1	N
1979	Boston Red Sox	AL	E	1	Don Zimmer	160	91	69	0.569	3	N
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	1	Jeff Torborg	95	43	52	0.453	6	N
1979	Cleveland Indians	AL	E	2	Dave Garcia	66	38	28	0.576	6	N
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	1	Les Moss	53	27	26	0.509	5	N
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	2	Dick Tracewski	2	2	0	1.000	5	N
1979	Detroit Tigers	AL	E	3	Sparky Anderson	106	56	50	0.528	5	N
1979	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	E	1	George Bamberger	161	95	66	0.590	2	N
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	1	Bob Lemon	65	34	31	0.523	4	N
1979	New York Yankees	AL	E	2	Billy Martin	95	55	40	0.579	4	N
1979	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	E	1	Roy Hartsfield	162	53	109	0.327	7	N

1979	California Angels	AL	W	1	Jim Fregosi	162	88	74	0.543	1	N
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	1	Don Kessinger	106	46	60	0.434	5	Y
1979	Chicago White Sox	AL	W	2	Tony LaRussa	54	27	27	0.500	5	N
1979	Kansas City Royals	AL	W	1	Whitey Herzog	162	85	77	0.525	2	N
1979	Minnesota Twins	AL	W	1	Gene Mauch	162	82	80	0.506	4	N
1979	Oakland Athletics	AL	W	1	Jim Marshall	162	54	108	0.333	7	N
1979	Seattle Mariners	AL	W	1	Darrell Johnson	162	67	95	0.414	6	N
1979	Texas Rangers	AL	W	1	Pat Corrales	162	83	79	0.512	3	N

1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	1	Herman Franks	155	78	77	0.503	5	N
1979	Chicago Cubs	NL	E	2	Joey Amalfitano	7	2	5	0.286	5	N
1979	Montreal Expos	NL	E	1	Dick Williams	160	95	65	0.594	2	N
1979	New York Mets	NL	E	1	Joe Torre	163	63	99	0.387	6	N
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	1	Danny Ozark	133	65	67	0.489	4	N
1979	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	E	2	Dallas Green	30	19	11	0.633	4	N
1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	E	1	Chuck Tanner	163	98	64	0.601	1	N
1979	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	E	1	Ken Boyer	163	86	76	0.528	3	N

1979	Atlanta Braves	NL	W	1	Bobby Cox	160	66	94	0.413	6	N
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	W	1	John McNamara	161	90	71	0.559	1	N
1979	Houston Astros	NL	W	1	Bill Virdon	162	89	73	0.549	2	N
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	W	1	Tom Lasorda	162	79	83	0.488	3	N
1979	San Diego Padres	NL	W	1	Roger Craig	161	68	93	0.422	5	N
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	1	Joe Altobelli	140	61	79	0.436	4	N
1979	San Francisco Giants	NL	W	2	Dave Bristol	22	10	12	0.455	4	N

Year	Player	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Ind.	Category
1979	Willie Mays	BBWAA	432	324	409.0	0.94676	Y	Player
1979	Warren Giles	Veterans					Y	Executive
1979	Hack Wilson	Veterans					Y	Player
1979	Duke Snider	BBWAA	432	324	308.0	0.71296	N	Player
1979	Enos Slaughter	BBWAA	432	324	297.0	0.68750	N	Player
1979	Gil Hodges	BBWAA	432	324	242.0	0.56019	N	Player
1979	Don Drysdale	BBWAA	432	324	233.0	0.53935	N	Player
1979	Nellie Fox	BBWAA	432	324	174.0	0.40278	N	Player
1979	Hoyt Wilhelm	BBWAA	432	324	168.0	0.38889	N	Player
1979	Maury Wills	BBWAA	432	324	166.0	0.38426	N	Player
1979	Red Schoendienst	BBWAA	432	324	159.0	0.36806	N	Player
1979	Jim Bunning	BBWAA	432	324	147.0	0.34028	N	Player
1979	Richie Ashburn	BBWAA	432	324	130.0	0.30093	N	Player
1979	Roger Maris	BBWAA	432	324	127.0	0.29398	N	Player
1979	Luis Aparicio	BBWAA	432	324	120.0	0.27778	N	Player
1979	Mickey Vernon	BBWAA	432	324	88.0	0.20370	N	Player
1979	Al Dark	BBWAA	432	324	80.0	0.18519	N	Player
1979	Harvey Kuenn	BBWAA	432	324	63.0	0.14583	N	Player
1979	Ted Kluszewski	BBWAA	432	324	58.0	0.13426	N	Player
1979	Lew Burdette	BBWAA	432	324	53.0	0.12269	N	Player
1979	Don Larsen	BBWAA	432	324	53.0	0.12269	N	Player
1979	Don Newcombe	BBWAA	432	324	52.0	0.12037	N	Player
1979	Bill Mazeroski	BBWAA	432	324	36.0	0.08333	N	Player
1979	Roy Face	BBWAA	432	324	35.0	0.08102	N	Player
1979	Elston Howard	BBWAA	432	324	30.0	0.06944	N	Player
1979	Ken Boyer	BBWAA	432	324	20.0	0.04630	N	Player
1979	Curt Flood	BBWAA	432	324	14.0	0.03241	N	Player
1979	Bobby Thomson	BBWAA	432	324	11.0	0.02546	N	Player
1979	Del Crandall	BBWAA	432	324	9.0	0.02083	N	Player
1979	Vern Law	BBWAA	432	324	9.0	0.02083	N	Player
1979	Harvey Haddix	BBWAA	432	324	8.0	0.01852	N	Player
1979	Frank Howard	BBWAA	432	324	6.0	0.01389	N	Player
1979	Ron Perranoski	BBWAA	432	324	6.0	0.01389	N	Player
1979	Milt Pappas	BBWAA	432	324	5.0	0.01157	N	Player
1979	Clete Boyer	BBWAA	432	324	3.0	0.00694	N	Player
1979	Denny McLain	BBWAA	432	324	3.0	0.00694	N	Player
1979	Jim Maloney	BBWAA	432	324	2.0	0.00463	N	Player
1979	Johnny Callison	BBWAA	432	324	1.0	0.00231	N	Player
1979	Hal Lanier	BBWAA	432	324	1.0	0.00231	N	Player
1979	Chris Short	BBWAA	432	324	1.0	0.00231	N	Player
1979	Tommie Agee	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Bernie Allen	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Gene Alley	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Jim Beauchamp	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Bobby Bolin	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Ray Culp	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Eddie Fisher	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Fred Gladding	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Jerry May	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Jose Pagan	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Joe Pepitone	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Rich Reese	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Larry Stahl	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	John Stephens	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Jimmy Stewart	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Jeff Torborg	BBWAA	432	324	0.0	0.00000	N	Player
1979	Walter Alston	Veterans					N	Manager
1979	Wilbur Cooper	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Ray Dandridge	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Jake Daubert	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Jimmy Dykes	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Freddie Fitzsimmons	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Charlie Grimm	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Babe Herman	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Brickyard Kennedy	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Chuck Klein	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Biz Mackey	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Johnny Mize	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Lefty O'Doul	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Urban Shocker	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Fred Tenney	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Joe Williams	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Vic Willis	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Glenn Wright	Veterans					N	Player
1979	Tom Yawkey	Veterans					N	Executive