Hartford Whalers History - 1979 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1979 Hartford Whalers	75	87	.463	3^rd	32	77-85	-2	.263	4.88			1,984,075	$40,151,614	$40,577,660

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Defense With Integrity (DWI) Award	Matt Bender (3B)	1
All-Star	Neil Hildebrand	1
Pitcher of the Month	Anselmo Mapalo (Sep)	1

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+
DH	Ángelo Opio	24	162	648	177	52	4	22	92	78	50	1	1	8	130	4	3	.273	.322	.468	.790	2.7	108
2B	Neil Hildebrand	24	152	551	165	18	2	24	93	97	132	0	0	7	85	16	8	.299	.430	.470	.900	5.7	140
SS	Tim Moher	20	149	570	147	24	6	15	67	91	83	4	1	6	103	5	6	.258	.353	.400	.753	3.0	100
LF	Marv Snyder	24	147	579	164	29	5	12	67	89	60	3	0	1	92	4	2	.283	.353	.413	.766	2.1	104
RF	Montez Dardon	25	146	570	150	32	4	14	70	77	42	10	0	3	105	14	5	.263	.323	.407	.730	0.7	93
CF	Frank Donegan	21	141	562	155	21	5	21	87	85	46	6	0	6	116	31	6	.276	.334	.443	.777	2.9	105
C	Frank McGee	28	120	425	125	20	3	6	44	56	38	4	1	3	72	0	0	.294	.355	.398	.753	1.9	101
3B	Matt Bender	25	119	404	90	9	3	8	48	39	31	0	0	6	54	1	0	.223	.274	.319	.594	-0.7	58
1B	Ed Marcus	36	118	362	75	16	0	7	41	33	38	4	0	2	102	0	2	.207	.288	.309	.598	-1.5	60
C	Harry Elliott	25	108	244	72	13	1	5	37	37	42	0	0	1	45	0	1	.295	.397	.418	.815	1.7	118
CF	Félix Montas	27	69	227	45	5	2	2	18	22	18	3	1	1	42	11	4	.198	.265	.264	.529	-0.9	42
1B	Yoshitora Kitamura	25	67	173	47	11	1	4	33	29	21	1	0	4	32	2	0	.272	.347	.416	.763	0.4	103
SS	Harry Railey	34	37	117	27	4	0	0	9	14	10	0	0	0	35	0	0	.231	.291	.265	.556	-0.2	50
3B	Henry Stafford	25	29	107	26	8	1	4	12	19	16	3	0	1	17	0	0	.243	.354	.449	.803	0.6	113
3B	Pancho Mareira	27	70	107	23	6	1	2	16	14	12	0	0	1	26	1	0	.215	.292	.346	.637	-0.1	69
P	Dan Jones	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Anselmo Mapalo	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Tommy Drewery	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jim Botting	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Joe Fuerte	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Mack McMurdo	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Julián McAchounich	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
22 Players		25.0	1647	5657	1488	268	38	146	734	780	639	39	5	50	1060	89	37	.263	.339	.401	.741	17.6	97
DL Rank				7	5	8	7	8	5	5	3	3	9	3	4	6	3	6	6	8	7	7
BLB Rank				8	6	12	13	12	5	6	3	4	19	4	12	14	8	7	6	11	8	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Anselmo Mapalo	26	33	33	19	8	0	2.96	231.0	218	82	76	16	57	175	0	3	2	1.19	.291	5.9	156
Mack McMurdo	31	33	33	13	11	0	5.05	187.0	219	111	105	11	41	96	0	1	0	1.39	.317	4.1	91
Doroteo Coto	34	33	33	9	16	0	5.79	180.3	209	123	116	8	80	113	0	3	0	1.60	.332	3.3	80
Dan Jones	23	20	20	7	7	0	3.67	130.0	118	54	53	22	25	137	0	1	0	1.10	.287	2.3	126
Joe Fuerte	36	74	0	4	6	5	3.16	114.0	101	44	40	3	61	90	13	0	0	1.42	.294	1.4	146
Tommy Drewery	34	14	14	4	4	0	3.89	83.3	83	39	36	7	24	68	0	0	0	1.28	.305	1.9	119
Jim Botting	26	52	0	2	6	0	6.41	80.0	96	59	57	14	31	53	4	0	0	1.59	.309	-0.7	72
Joe Aguilara	26	63	0	6	6	20	4.32	77.0	68	39	37	3	47	69	6	0	0	1.49	.294	0.8	107
Fernando Asencio	25	12	12	4	3	0	4.07	73.0	69	37	33	1	45	38	0	0	0	1.56	.278	0.9	113
Julián McAchounich	25	62	0	0	4	5	4.86	63.0	69	37	34	6	31	50	19	0	0	1.59	.325	0.3	95
Joe Montalban	33	42	0	1	4	1	9.92	55.3	83	64	61	15	44	29	2	0	0	2.30	.347	-2.1	47
Moisés Oses	27	11	11	3	5	0	7.62	54.3	77	46	46	12	24	47	0	0	0	1.86	.376	-0.2	61
Bill Waller	26	15	6	2	3	1	5.47	54.3	65	34	33	4	25	29	1	0	0	1.66	.324	0.5	84
Juan Qutnones	25	22	0	0	3	13	4.70	23.0	29	14	12	2	6	21	1	0	0	1.52	.365	0.5	98
José Cassillas	25	17	0	1	1	2	10.13	21.3	32	24	24	4	12	12	0	0	0	2.06	.364	-0.4	46
Joe Martyn	24	7	0	0	0	0	4.35	10.3	12	5	5	2	6	6	0	0	0	1.74	.303	-0.2	106
Chris Lee	24	9	0	0	0	0	14.40	10.0	26	16	16	5	2	4	1	0	0	2.80	.467	-0.5	32
17 Pitchers	28.8	519	162	75	87	47	4.88	1447.3	1574	828	784	135	561	1037	47	8	2	1.48	.314	17.7	106
DL Rank		2	3	6	5	4	8	7	7	6	8	2	4	7	4	8	4	8	8	5
BLB Rank		4	3	13	8	8	17	12	17	15	18	6	12	12	9	9	6	17	18	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Mapalo	33	33	7	52	5	61	2	.967	231.0	2.30	-0.7
M. McMurdo	33	33	8	37	2	47	2	.957	187.0	2.17	-0.5
D. Coto	33	33	7	34	1	43	2	.953	180.3	2.05	-0.4
D. Jones	20	20	8	11	0	19	0	1.000	130.0	1.32	-0.7
J. Fuerte	74	0	3	11	2	17	3	.824	114.0	1.11	-0.7
T. Drewery	14	14	3	8	1	11	0	1.000	83.3	1.19	-1.0
J. Botting	52	0	4	9	0	14	1	.929	80.0	1.46	-1.3
J. Aguilara	63	0	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	77.0	0.94	-1.1
F. Asencio	12	12	3	18	0	22	1	.955	73.0	2.59	0.3
J. McAchounich	62	0	8	8	2	18	2	.889	63.0	2.29	-0.3
J. Montalban	42	0	3	12	0	18	3	.833	55.3	2.44	0.1
B. Waller	15	6	5	9	1	14	0	1.000	54.3	2.32	-0.2
M. Oses	11	11	4	12	0	16	0	1.000	54.3	2.65	-1.0
J. Qutnones	22	0	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	23.0	1.17	0.0
J. Cassillas	17	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	21.3	2.53	-0.3
J. Martyn	7	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	10.3	1.74	-0.1
C. Lee	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	10.0	0.90	0.2
Totals	519	162	65	239	16	320	16	.950	1447.3	1.89	-7.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
F. McGee	108	107	717	37	3	757	3	.996	965.7	7.03	-3.4	8	16.7
H. Elliott	55	55	382	10	2	396	4	.990	481.7	7.32	-1.7	1	8.3
Totals	163	162	1099	47	5	1153	7	.994	1447.3	7.13	-5.1	9	14.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Marcus	118	108	1034	44	100	1081	3	.997	921.3	10.53	0.0
Y. Kitamura	66	49	494	20	45	521	7	.987	447.7	10.33	0.0
P. Mareira	27	5	68	7	12	75	0	1.000	78.3	8.62	0.0
Totals	211	162	1596	71	157	1677	10	.994	1447.3	10.37	0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Hildebrand	152	152	266	433	128	702	3	.996	1341.7	4.69	0.0
H. Railey	12	10	26	27	10	55	2	.964	102.7	4.65	0.0
M. Bender	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	166	162	292	461	138	758	5	.993	1447.3	4.68	0.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Bender	117	116	82	281	24	374	11	.971	1014.3	3.22	0.0
H. Stafford	28	28	20	62	3	85	3	.965	242.0	3.05	0.0
P. Mareira	36	18	16	38	1	58	4	.931	187.0	2.60	0.0
T. Moher	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	183	162	118	381	28	517	18	.965	1447.3	3.10	0.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Moher	142	142	231	499	112	746	16	.979	1258.0	5.22	0.0
H. Railey	25	20	25	73	13	101	3	.970	186.3	4.73	0.0
H. Stafford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	256	573	125	848	19	.978	1447.3	5.15	0.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Snyder	134	133	232	4	0	241	5	.979	1189.0	1.79	0.0
F. Donegan	29	29	57	1	0	59	1	.983	254.3	2.05	0.0
M. Dardon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
F. Montas	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	166	162	290	5	0	301	6	.980	1447.3	1.83	0.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Donegan	107	105	226	8	1	234	0	1.000	946.0	2.23	0.0
F. Montas	51	51	118	1	0	119	0	1.000	448.3	2.39	0.0
M. Dardon	6	6	15	1	0	16	0	1.000	51.7	2.79	0.0
P. Mareira	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.3	13.50	0.0
Totals	165	162	361	10	1	371	0	1.000	1447.3	2.31	0.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Dardon	140	140	237	8	1	247	2	.992	1245.0	1.77	0.0
F. Montas	13	10	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	97.3	1.39	0.0
�. Opio	6	6	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	50.3	1.07	0.0
M. Snyder	4	4	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	32.7	0.83	0.0
P. Mareira	4	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	22.0	2.45	0.0
Totals	167	162	265	10	1	277	2	.993	1447.3	1.71	0.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Neil Hildebrand	.299
On-Base Percentage	Neil Hildebrand	.430
Slugging Percentage	Neil Hildebrand	.470
OPS	Neil Hildebrand	.900
Games	Ángelo Opio	162
At-Bats	Ángelo Opio	648
Runs	Neil Hildebrand	97
Hits	Ángelo Opio	177
Doubles	Ángelo Opio	52
Triples	Tim Moher	6
Home Runs	Neil Hildebrand	24
Runs Batted In	Neil Hildebrand	93
Stolen Bases	Frank Donegan	31
Caught Stealing	Neil Hildebrand	8
Walks	Neil Hildebrand	132
Strikeouts	Ángelo Opio	130

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Anselmo Mapalo	19
Losses	Doroteo Coto	16
Saves	Joe Aguilara	20
Games	Joe Fuerte	74
Games Started	Anselmo Mapalo, Mack McMurdo, Doroteo Coto	33
Complete Games	Anselmo Mapalo, Doroteo Coto	3
Shutouts	Anselmo Mapalo	2
Innings Pitched	Anselmo Mapalo	231.0
Hits Allowed	Mack McMurdo	219
Home Runs Allowed	Dan Jones	22
Strikeouts	Anselmo Mapalo	175
Walks Allowed	Doroteo Coto	80
Earned Run Average	Anselmo Mapalo	2.96
Walks + Hits per IP	Anselmo Mapalo	1.19
BABIP	Anselmo Mapalo	.291