1979 Pittsburgh Pirates | Home Fields: Three Rivers Stadium | |
World Champions | Hit: #1 R, #2 BA | |
W - 98 L - 64 (.605) 2GA | Pitch: #3 RA, #3 ERA | |
Manager: Chuck Tanner | Def: #1t FA |
The Pirates won the NL East by a slight edge over the Montreal Expos and then sweeping the NLCS from the Reds before staging a dramatic come from behind victory in the World Series, where the entered the fifth game facing extinction when they magically went to threat "extra" resource and pulle out the game and the next two to clinch the championship behind Stargell's seventh game homer which capped a .400 series performance good enough to get him the series MVP. (contributed by Neft & Cohen)
1979 PITTSBURGH PIRATES TEAM ROSTER
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Pitchers | |||||||
No. | Name | Pos | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Born |
-- | Bibby, Jim | P | R | R | 6'5" | 235 | 10/29/1944 |
28 | Blyleven, Bert | P | R | R | 6'3" | 220 | 4/6/1951 |
54 | Candelaria, John | P | L | L | 6'6" | 225 | 11/6/1953 |
-- | Coleman, Joe | P | R | R | 6'3" | 175 | 2/3/1947 |
-- | Ellis, Dock | P | B | R | 6'3" | 205 | 3/11/1945 |
-- | Jackson, Grant | P | B | L | 6'0" | 180 | 9/28/1942 |
-- | Kison, Bruce | P | R | R | 6'4" | 178 | 2/18/1950 |
-- | Rhoden, Rick | P | R | R | 6'4" | 203 | 5/16/1953 |
-- | Roberts, Dave | P | L | L | 6'3" | 195 | 9/11/1944 |
40 | Robinson, Don | P | R | R | 6'4" | 235 | 6/8/1957 |
-- | Romo, Enrique | P | R | R | 5'11" | 185 | 7/15/1947 |
-- | Rooker, Jim | P | R | L | 6'0" | 195 | 9/23/1942 |
-- | Tekulve, Kent | P | R | R | 6'4" | 190 | 3/5/1947 |
31 | Whitson, Ed | P | R | R | 6'3" | 200 | 5/19/1955 |
Catchers | |||||||
No. | Name | Pos | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Born |
-- | Nicosia, Steve | C | R | R | 5'10" | 185 | 8/6/1955 |
-- | Ott, Ed | C | L | R | 5'10" | 190 | 7/11/1951 |
-- | Sanguillen, Manny | C | R | R | 6'0" | 193 | 3/21/1944 |
Infielders | |||||||
No. | Name | Pos | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Born |
-- | Berra, Dale | 3B | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | 12/13/1956 |
14 | Foli, Tim | SS | R | R | 6'0" | 179 | 12/8/1950 |
3 | Garner, Phil | 2B | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | 4/30/1949 |
-- | Madlock, Bill | 3B | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | 1/2/1951 |
-- | Stargell, Willie | 1B | L | L | 6'2" | 188 | 3/6/1940 |
-- | Stennett, Rennie | 2B | R | R | 5'11" | 160 | 4/5/1951 |
-- | Taveras, Frank | SS | R | R | 6'0" | 155 | 12/24/1949 |
Outfielders | |||||||
No. | Name | Pos | Bats | Throws | Height | Weight | Born |
-- | Alexander, Matt | -- | B | R | 5'11" | 168 | 1/30/1947 |
-- | Boyland, Doe | -- | L | L | 6'4" | 200 | 1/6/1955 |
-- | Easler, Mike | -- | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | 11/29/1950 |
-- | Hargis, Gary | -- | R | R | 5'11" | 165 | 11/2/1956 |
-- | Lacy, Lee | -- | R | R | 6'1" | 175 | 4/10/1948 |
-- | Lois, Alberto | -- | R | R | 5'9" | 175 | 5/6/1956 |
-- | Milner, John | -- | L | L | 6'0" | 185 | 12/28/1949 |
-- | Moreno, Omar | -- | L | L | 6'2" | 180 | 10/24/1952 |
-- | Parker, Dave | -- | L | R | 6'5" | 250 | 6/9/1951 |
-- | Robinson, Bill | -- | R | R | 6'2" | 189 | 6/26/1943 |
1979 PITTSBURGH PIRATES TEAM BATTING STATS
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Player | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | HBP | SB | CS | GDP | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Rhoden, Rick | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Alexander, Matt | 0.538 | 44 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0.54 | 0.692 | 1.231 |
Madlock, Bill | 0.328 | 85 | 311 | 48 | 102 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 0.39 | 0.469 | 0.86 |
Parker, Dave | 0.310 | 158 | 622 | 109 | 193 | 45 | 7 | 25 | 94 | 67 | 101 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0.38 | 0.526 | 0.906 |
Garner, Phil | 0.293 | 150 | 549 | 76 | 161 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 55 | 74 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0.36 | 0.441 | 0.8 |
Foli, Tim | 0.291 | 133 | 525 | 70 | 153 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0.34 | 0.345 | 0.679 |
Nicosia, Steve | 0.288 | 70 | 191 | 22 | 55 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0.36 | 0.435 | 0.799 |
Moreno, Omar | 0.282 | 162 | 695 | 110 | 196 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 69 | 51 | 104 | 3 | 77 | 21 | 7 | 0.33 | 0.381 | 0.714 |
Stargell, Willie | 0.281 | 126 | 424 | 60 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 82 | 47 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.35 | 0.552 | 0.904 |
Easler, Mike | 0.278 | 55 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.37 | 0.444 | 0.815 |
Milner, John | 0.276 | 128 | 326 | 52 | 90 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 60 | 53 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0.37 | 0.475 | 0.849 |
Ott, Ed | 0.273 | 117 | 403 | 49 | 110 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 26 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.31 | 0.385 | 0.699 |
Robinson, Bill | 0.264 | 148 | 421 | 59 | 111 | 17 | 6 | 24 | 75 | 24 | 81 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0.3 | 0.504 | 0.805 |
Lacy, Lee | 0.247 | 84 | 182 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.412 | 0.739 |
Taveras, Frank | 0.244 | 11 | 45 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.24 | 0.311 | 0.556 |
Stennett, Rennie | 0.238 | 108 | 319 | 31 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0.29 | 0.292 | 0.581 |
Sanguillen, Manny | 0.230 | 56 | 74 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.25 | 0.351 | 0.598 |
Berra, Dale | 0.211 | 44 | 123 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.27 | 0.325 | 0.597 |
Robinson, Don | 0.204 | 29 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.204 | 0.454 |
Coleman, Joe | 0.200 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
Bibby, Jim | 0.178 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.333 | 0.529 |
Romo, Enrique | 0.167 | 84 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
Kison, Bruce | 0.145 | 37 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0.236 | 0.397 |
Tekulve, Kent | 0.133 | 94 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.133 | 0.321 |
Candelaria, John | 0.132 | 33 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.15 | 0.191 | 0.336 |
Blyleven, Bert | 0.129 | 38 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 0.143 | 0.271 |
Rooker, Jim | 0.121 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0.121 | 0.268 |
Team Totals: | 0.272 | 162 | 5661 | 775 | 1541 | 264 | 52 | 148 | 710 | 483 | 855 | 32 | 180 | 66 | 113 | 0.33 | 0.42 | 0.75 |
1979 PITTSBURGH PIRATES TEAM PITCHING STATS
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Player | ERA | W | L | SV | G | GS | CG | ShO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | RATIO | BAVG |
Ellis, Dock | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.57 | 0.346 |
Tekulve, Kent | 2.75 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.1 | 109 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 49 | 75 | 1.18 | 0.222 |
Bibby, Jim | 2.81 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 137.2 | 110 | 51 | 43 | 9 | 47 | 103 | 1.14 | 0.218 |
Jackson, Grant | 2.96 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 67 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 35 | 39 | 1.24 | 0.23 |
Romo, Enrique | 2.99 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.1 | 122 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 43 | 106 | 1.28 | 0.253 |
Kison, Bruce | 3.19 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 172.1 | 157 | 70 | 61 | 13 | 45 | 105 | 1.17 | 0.246 |
Candelaria, John | 3.22 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 207 | 201 | 83 | 74 | 25 | 41 | 101 | 1.17 | 0.253 |
Roberts, Dave | 3.26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 47 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 1.54 | 0.318 |
Blyleven, Bert | 3.60 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 237.1 | 238 | 102 | 95 | 21 | 92 | 172 | 1.39 | 0.265 |
Robinson, Don | 3.87 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 160.2 | 171 | 74 | 69 | 12 | 52 | 96 | 1.39 | 0.277 |
Whitson, Ed | 4.37 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.2 | 53 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 1.56 | 0.238 |
Rooker, Jim | 4.60 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 103.2 | 106 | 58 | 53 | 11 | 39 | 44 | 1.41 | 0.266 |
Coleman, Joe | 6.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1.88 | 0.326 |
Rhoden, Rick | 7.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.263 |
Team Totals: | 3.42 | 98 | 64 | 52 | 94 | 163 | 24 | 2 | 1,493.10 | 1424 | 643 | 568 | ## | 504 | 904 | 1.29 | 0.25 |