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1979 Pittsburgh Pirates  (1978)  (1980) 83-79, 3rd in NL Eastern Division Scored 756 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 81-81   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-64 Manager(s): Jim Tripodi

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Dave Parker          28  161  637  111  190  50   6  27   89  15   4   53  118  .298  .360  .523  124   7.4  1(-5)e16  -23  
 1B *Willie Stargell      39  137  452   79  129  15   0  34   81   0   0   43  118  .285  .353  .544   88   7.3  4e5        -7  
 3B  Bill Madlock         28  139  536   91  162  26   6  21   84  24  14   32   44  .302  .340  .491   85   5.8  3e14       39  
 OF *Omar Moreno          26  162  699  103  200  22   9   4   41  78  40   41   99  .286  .327  .361   80   3.9  1(0)e13   -27  
 SS  Phil Garner          30  150  589   85  165  34   4  17   83  14  10   32   87  .280  .315  .438   80   4.8  4e19      -47  
 C  *Ed Ott               27  123  382   44  117  17   2   9   55   0   1   27   39  .306  .351  .432   57   5.5  3(+1)e1    84  
 OF  Bill Robinson        36  118  384   49  112  12   6  17   73   4   5   13   86  .292  .313  .487   53   4.9  2(0)e6     -5  
 SS  Freddie Patek        34  107  276   45   77  20   1   0   34   7  15   17   30  .279  .329  .359   30   3.6  3e34       78  
 2B  Art Howe             32  118  369   36   86  10   1   5   36   1   1   19   48  .233  .274  .306   29   2.7  3e8       -88  
 1B *Danny Goodwin        25   80  159   24   39  11   5   3   18   1   0   16   27  .245  .309  .434   22   4.8  4e25      -89  
 OF  Jerry Morales        30   60  193   15   37  12   0   4   23   4   2   13   29  .192  .245  .316   14   2.3  2(-3)e4   -63  
 OF *Dell Alston          26   38   63   13   19   1   3   1    6   1   1    9   11  .302  .384  .460   12   6.9  4(+1)e11   57  
 2B  Rob Andrews          26   45  119   10   34   4   0   0    9   3   2    5    6  .286  .312  .319   11   3.3  4e41       24  
 C   Steve Nicosia        23   80  207   14   36   8   0   2   22   0   0   15   29  .174  .227  .242   11   1.7  3(0)e1   -331  
 3B  Bill Stein           32   31   84    6   18   3   0   1    7   0   1   13   10  .214  .316  .286    6   2.6  3e21      -79  
 C   Keith Moreland       25   15   32    1    9   1   3   0    2   0   0    3    4  .281  .343  .500    5   6.8  4(+2)e3   -90  
 OF #Larry Murray         26   27   63    6   13   3   0   0    5   1   1    6    8  .206  .275  .254    4   2.3  3(-1)e16  -24  
 UT  Ken Macha            28    4    7    2    4   2   1   0    0   0   0    0    1  .571  .571 1.143    4  41.1            964  
 OF *Mike Easler          28   22   37    1    9   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    8  .243  .263  .243    2   2.0  4(+1)e16 -309  
 PH #Miguel Dilone        24   20   17    5    6   0   0   0    1   3   4    2    3  .353  .421  .353    1   3.1            224  
 2B  Rennie Stennett      28   11   13    0    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .308  .308  .385    1   4.6  3e23      112  
 SS  Dale Berra           22   14   17    0    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .059  .111  .118    0    .4  4e44     -369  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           728                  -24

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bruce Kison          29  15   6  .714  43  22   2  11   1   1   2  174.1  169   81   77  23   41  135  3.98   82   4.3   13  
  P  Eddie Solomon        28  14  11  .560  30  30   1   0   0   0   0  193.2  179  104   91  22   70   80  4.23   88   4.1  -34  
  P  Bert Blyleven        28  13  15  .464  36  36   8   0   0   0   1  253.0  265  128  116  19  113  188  4.13  134   4.8  -29  
  P  Kent Tekulve         32  11   7  .611  72   0   0  59  31  12   0  112.1   93   40   36  12   38   58  2.88   41   3.4   13  
  P *John Candelaria      25  11  12  .478  34  34   3   0   0   0   0  211.2  209  106   99  30   56  109  4.21  104   4.5   -6  
  P  Don Robinson         22   9  11  .450  28  28   1   0   0   0   0  174.0  188   94   89  17   56  107  4.60   93   4.8  -12  
  P  Bert Roberge         24   2   1  .667  23   0   0  11   2   1   0   25.0   28   10    9   1   16   15  3.24   15   5.5  208  
  P *Don Hood             29   2   2  .500  53   0   0  20   3   2   0   85.2   90   37   34   3   49   21  3.57   48   5.0   44  
  P *Grant Jackson        36   2   2  .500  42   0   0  17   2   1   0   73.0   52   25   24   9   43   38  2.96   28   3.5  -48  
  P  Dave Heaverlo        28   2   4  .333  18   0   0   8   0   2   0   26.0   32   13   12   1   10   19  4.15   16   5.9  -70  
  P  Adrian Devine        27   1   1  .500  39   0   0  13   0   1   0   45.2   63   36   32   3   22   25  6.31   36   7.3  -34  
  P *Jim Rooker           36   1   7  .125  32  11   0   8   3   1   0   95.0  114   65   61  15   31   47  5.78   66   6.3   52  
  P  Reggie Cleveland     31   0   0  .000   4   1   0   0   0   0   0    8.1   15    6    6   0    3    6  6.48    9   9.5   20  
  P *Dave LaRoche         31   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0   0    3.1    5    3    3   1    4    1  8.10    4  13.0  250  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      771         -3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Ed Ott 902 100 115 593 44 6 5 .991 64 20 Steve Nicosia 515 55 72 331 21 4 4 .989 32 10 Keith Moreland 64 7 10 42 3 0 1 1.000 8 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Stargell 958 104 112 956 80 6 93 .994 9.74 Danny Goodwin 299 33 37 281 21 7 15 .977 9.10 Bill Robinson 136 16 17 137 7 1 14 .993 9.51 Art Howe 85 9 11 77 1 0 10 1.000 8.23 Ken Macha 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Art Howe 676 77 81 216 212 2 44 .995 5.70 Phil Garner 451 46 68 151 126 7 36 .975 5.53 Rob Andrews 272 31 35 92 64 11 17 .934 5.16 Bill Stein 34 4 5 13 12 0 2 1.000 6.62 Larry Murray 27 2 4 10 6 0 0 1.000 5.33 Rennie Stennett 20 2 4 4 7 1 2 .917 5.03 Bill Madlock 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Madlock 1183 128 133 110 246 8 24 .978 2.71 Bill Stein 137 16 16 13 26 1 2 .975 2.56 Art Howe 120 13 18 15 14 1 4 .967 2.18 Phil Garner 17 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.06 Ken Macha 8 1 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.62 Rob Andrews 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.14 Dale Berra 7 1 1 0 4 0 2 1.000 5.40 Bill Robinson 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Phil Garner 811 90 94 156 308 11 48 .977 5.15 Freddie Patek 620 66 90 129 249 9 39 .977 5.48 Bill Stein 35 4 6 3 12 0 3 1.000 3.86 Dale Berra 15 2 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Robinson 742 77 90 146 10 3 1 .981 1.89 Jerry Morales 486 57 58 90 7 2 1 .980 1.80 Larry Murray 121 13 17 21 1 1 0 .957 1.64 Dell Alston 92 11 12 14 1 1 0 .938 1.47 Mike Easler 30 3 5 7 1 1 0 .889 2.40 Miguel Dilone 10 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Omar Moreno 1472 161 162 450 19 12 6 .975 2.87 Miguel Dilone 8 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Bill Robinson 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Parker 1450 158 160 300 13 10 2 .969 1.94 Jerry Morales 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike Easler 15 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Bill Madlock
Round 3 (#51):	Don Hood
Round 4 (#68):	Keith Moreland
Round 5 (#84):	Miguel Dilone
Round 6 (#99):	Bert Roberge
Round 7 (#114):	Reggie Cleveland
Round 8 (#128):	Ken Macha
Round 9 (#138):	Danny Goodwin
Round 10 (#146):	Dell Alston
Round 11 (#150):	Adrian Devine

Transactions

• 1979-09: traded Rennie Stennett to SFN for Rob Andrews
• 1979-09: acquired Larry Murray as a free agent
• 1979-14: traded Dave Heaverlo to SEA for Bill Stein, Jerry Morales
• 1979 postseason: released Dell Alston, Danny Goodwin, Bert Roberge

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