1979 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 98–64 (.605), 1st place in National League East
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1979 Bert Blyleven 38 85 1 9 1 0 0 3 0 33 0 0 .106 .106 .118 .224
1979 Bill Madlock 85 313 48 102 17 3 7 44 34 22 21 8 .326 .388 .466 .855
1979 Bill Robinson 148 425 59 111 17 6 24 75 24 81 13 2 .261 .299 .499 .798
1979 Bruce Kison 37 62 6 8 2 0 1 6 1 19 0 0 .129 .143 .210 .353
1979 Dale Berra 44 125 11 26 5 0 3 15 11 17 0 0 .208 .268 .320 .588
1979 Dave Roberts 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dave Parker 158 622 109 193 45 7 25 94 67 101 20 4 .310 .380 .526 .906
1979 Dock Ellis 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Doe Boyland 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Don Robinson 29 53 4 10 0 0 0 3 3 9 0 0 .189 .232 .189 .421
1979 Ed Whitson 19 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .056 .000 .056
1979 Ed Ott 117 409 49 110 20 2 7 51 26 62 0 1 .269 .310 .379 .689
1979 Enrique Romo 84 16 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1979 Frank Taveras 11 45 4 11 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 .244 .244 .311 .556
1979 Grant Jackson 72 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Jim Rooker 19 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 .114 .139 .114 .253
1979 Jim Bibby 34 51 3 8 1 0 2 5 0 25 0 0 .157 .173 .294 .467
1979 Joe Coleman 10 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
1979 John Candelaria 33 76 0 9 4 0 0 6 1 18 0 0 .118 .130 .171 .301
1979 John Milner 128 326 52 90 9 4 16 60 53 37 3 5 .276 .373 .475 .849
1979 Kent Tekulve 94 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0 .125 .176 .125 .301
1979 Lee Lacy 84 182 17 45 9 3 5 15 22 36 6 1 .247 .327 .412 .739
1979 Manny Sanguillen 56 77 8 17 5 2 0 4 2 5 0 0 .221 .237 .338 .575
1979 Matt Alexander 44 13 16 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 1 .538 .538 .692 1.231
1979 Mike Easler 55 54 8 15 1 1 2 11 8 13 0 1 .278 .371 .444 .815
1979 Omar Moreno 162 701 110 196 21 12 8 69 51 104 77 21 .280 .330 .378 .708
1979 Phil Garner 150 551 76 161 32 8 11 59 55 74 17 8 .292 .358 .439 .797
1979 Rennie Stennett 108 321 31 76 13 2 0 24 24 25 1 4 .237 .287 .290 .577
1979 Rick Rhoden 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1979 Steve Nicosia 70 192 22 55 16 0 4 13 23 17 0 2 .286 .363 .432 .795
1979 Tim Foli 133 544 70 153 23 1 1 65 28 14 6 5 .281 .324 .333 .656
1979 Willie Stargell 126 424 60 119 19 0 32 82 47 105 0 1 .281 .352 .552 .904
– – 162 5,759 769 1,541 264 52 148 710 483 855 179 65 .268 .325 .409 .733

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Bert Blyleven 37 237.1 12 5 0 0 0 238 102 95 92 6 172 37 0 4 0 3.60 1.39
1979 Bruce Kison 33 172.1 13 7 0 0 0 157 70 61 45 4 105 25 0 3 1 3.19 1.17
1979 Dave Roberts 21 38.2 5 2 1 0 0 47 18 14 12 1 15 3 0 0 0 3.26 1.53
1979 Dock Ellis 3 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.57 1.57
1979 Don Robinson 29 160.2 8 8 0 0 0 171 74 69 52 4 96 25 0 4 0 3.87 1.39
1979 Ed Whitson 19 57.2 2 3 1 0 0 53 36 28 36 1 31 7 0 0 0 4.37 1.54
1979 Enrique Romo 84 129.1 10 5 5 0 0 122 50 43 43 3 106 0 0 0 0 2.99 1.28
1979 Grant Jackson 72 82.0 8 5 14 0 0 67 32 27 35 2 39 0 0 0 0 2.96 1.24
1979 Jim Rooker 19 103.2 4 7 0 0 0 106 58 53 39 0 44 17 0 1 0 4.60 1.40
1979 Jim Bibby 34 137.2 12 4 0 0 0 110 51 43 47 4 103 17 0 4 1 2.81 1.14
1979 Joe Coleman 10 20.2 0 0 0 0 0 29 17 14 9 1 14 0 0 0 0 6.10 1.84
1979 John Candelaria 33 207.0 14 9 0 0 0 201 83 74 41 3 101 30 0 8 0 3.22 1.17
1979 Kent Tekulve 94 134.1 10 8 31 0 0 109 46 41 49 2 75 0 0 0 0 2.75 1.18
1979 Rick Rhoden 1 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 7.20 1.40
– – 162 1,493.1 98 64 52 0 0 1,424 643 568 504 31 904 163 0 24 2 3.42 1.29

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Bert Blyleven P 37 14 20 0 34 0 1.000 0.92
1979 Bruce Kison P 33 10 30 1 41 2 .976 1.21
1979 Dave Roberts P 21 1 9 1 11 1 .909 0.48
1979 Dock Ellis P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1979 Don Robinson P 29 7 10 2 19 1 .895 0.59
1979 Ed Whitson P 19 2 6 0 8 1 1.000 0.42
1979 Enrique Romo P 84 10 25 1 36 3 .972 0.42
1979 Grant Jackson P 72 2 9 0 11 0 1.000 0.15
1979 Jim Rooker P 19 8 13 2 23 1 .913 1.11
1979 Jim Bibby P 34 5 12 0 17 1 1.000 0.50
1979 Joe Coleman P 10 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.10
1979 John Candelaria P 33 2 36 0 38 3 1.000 1.15
1979 Kent Tekulve P 94 7 28 1 36 0 .972 0.37
1979 Rick Rhoden P 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1979 Ed Ott C 116 612 53 4 669 6 72 33 31.4% .994 5.73
1979 Manny Sanguillen C 8 32 4 2 38 0 5 3 37.5% .947 4.50
1979 Steve Nicosia C 65 320 25 3 348 4 31 16 34.0% .991 5.31
1979 Bill Robinson 1B 28 233 13 0 246 18 1.000 8.79
1979 John Milner 1B 48 255 18 3 276 27 .989 5.69
1979 Manny Sanguillen 1B 5 35 2 0 37 3 1.000 7.40
1979 Willie Stargell 1B 113 949 47 3 999 102 .997 8.81
1979 Lee Lacy 2B 5 7 5 1 13 1 .923 2.40
1979 Phil Garner 2B 83 175 234 8 417 58 .981 4.93
1979 Rennie Stennett 2B 102 172 282 12 466 63 .974 4.45
1979 Bill Madlock 3B 85 63 153 7 223 12 .969 2.54
1979 Bill Robinson 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dale Berra 3B 22 18 33 7 58 3 .879 2.32
1979 Phil Garner 3B 78 47 144 13 204 16 .936 2.45
1979 Dale Berra SS 22 25 53 5 83 11 .940 3.55
1979 Frank Taveras SS 11 17 26 3 46 4 .935 3.91
1979 Matt Alexander SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Phil Garner SS 14 12 18 1 31 8 .968 2.14
1979 Tim Foli SS 132 255 404 15 674 97 .978 4.99
1979 Bill Robinson LF 119 156 5 3 164 0 .982 1.35
1979 John Milner LF 64 109 2 5 116 1 .957 1.73
1979 Kent Tekulve LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Lee Lacy LF 41 69 3 2 74 0 .973 1.76
1979 Matt Alexander LF 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Mike Easler LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Matt Alexander CF 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1979 Omar Moreno CF 162 489 8 13 510 2 .975 3.07
1979 Bill Robinson RF 6 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 1.83
1979 Dave Parker RF 158 343 16 15 374 1 .960 2.27
1979 Matt Alexander RF 3 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1979 Mike Easler RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
– – 162 4,482 1,750 134 6,366 450 108 52 32.5% .979 38.47

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1979 Bert Blyleven 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
1979 Bill Madlock 10 36 3 12 1 0 1 5 7 1 2 2 .333 .442 .444 .886
1979 Bill Robinson 10 23 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .217 .240 .261 .501
1979 Bruce Kison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dave Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Dave Parker 10 41 4 14 3 0 0 6 4 10 1 1 .341 .396 .415 .810
1979 Don Robinson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Ed Ott 6 25 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 .280 .269 .320 .589
1979 Enrique Romo 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Grant Jackson 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Jim Rooker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Jim Bibby 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
1979 John Candelaria 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
1979 John Milner 6 18 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .167 .318 .222 .540
1979 Kent Tekulve 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Lee Lacy 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1979 Manny Sanguillen 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1979 Matt Alexander 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Mike Easler 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1979 Omar Moreno 10 46 7 14 2 1 0 3 3 9 1 0 .304 .347 .391 .738
1979 Phil Garner 10 36 8 17 4 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 .472 .537 .722 1.259
1979 Rennie Stennett 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1979 Steve Nicosia 4 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
1979 Tim Foli 10 44 7 14 2 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 .318 .333 .409 .742
1979 Willie Stargell 10 41 9 17 6 0 5 13 3 8 0 0 .415 .435 .927 1.362
– – 10 364 47 109 21 3 7 46 29 48 4 4 .299 .349 .431 .780

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Bert Blyleven 3 19.0 2 0 0 0 0 16 3 3 3 0 13 2 0 1 0 1.42 1.00
1979 Bruce Kison 1 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 107.99 15.00
1979 Dave Roberts 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 100,000,000.00
1979 Don Robinson 6 7.0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 3 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.57
1979 Enrique Romo 4 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.60 2.40
1979 Grant Jackson 6 6.2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
1979 Jim Rooker 2 8.2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.04 0.92
1979 Jim Bibby 3 17.1 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 4 6 0 15 3 0 0 0 2.08 1.15
1979 John Candelaria 3 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 19 8 7 3 0 8 3 0 0 0 3.94 1.37
1979 Kent Tekulve 7 12.0 0 1 3 0 0 6 4 4 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 3.00 0.92
– – 14 92.0 7 3 4 0 0 77 31 28 37 1 67 10 0 1 0 2.74 1.24

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Bert Blyleven P 3 1 2 0 3 1 1.000 1.00
1979 Bruce Kison P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Dave Roberts P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Don Robinson P 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.17
1979 Enrique Romo P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1979 Grant Jackson P 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Jim Rooker P 2 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1979 Jim Bibby P 3 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1979 John Candelaria P 3 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.33
1979 Kent Tekulve P 7 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.29
1979 Ed Ott C 6 45 3 0 48 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 8.00
1979 Steve Nicosia C 4 23 2 0 25 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.25
1979 Willie Stargell 1B 10 91 4 2 97 11 .979 9.50
1979 Phil Garner 2B 10 29 32 2 63 11 .968 6.10
1979 Rennie Stennett 2B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Bill Madlock 3B 10 4 18 1 23 5 .957 2.20
1979 Phil Garner SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Tim Foli SS 10 11 40 3 54 8 .944 5.10
1979 Bill Robinson LF 9 14 1 0 15 0 1.000 1.67
1979 John Milner LF 6 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Matt Alexander LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Omar Moreno CF 10 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 2.60
1979 Dave Parker RF 10 24 1 1 26 1 .962 2.50
– – 10 276 113 9 398 38 0 0 .977 38.90

Awards

Player Award Stats
Willie Stargell Most Valuable Player (1B) .281–32–82
Dave Parker All-Star (RF) .310–25–94, 20 SB
Dave Parker Gold Glove (CF) FPct, RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates

Who had the most hits on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Omar Moreno led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 196 hits in 162 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Dave Parker led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with a .310 batting average in 158 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Willie Stargell led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 32 home runs in 126 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Dave Parker led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with a .380 on-base percentage (OBP) in 158 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Dave Parker led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with a .526 slugging percentage in 158 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Omar Moreno led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 77 stolen bases in 162 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Bruce Kison had a 3.19 earned-run average (ERA) in 33 games, the lowest on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

John Candelaria had a 1.17 WHIP in 33 games, the lowest on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Bert Blyleven led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 172 strikeouts in 37 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

John Candelaria led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 14 wins in 33 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates?

Kent Tekulve led the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates with 31 saves in 94 games.