1979 Baltimore Orioles Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 102–57 (.642), 1st place in American 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 Al Bumbry 148 571 80 162 29 1 7 49 43 74 37 12 .284 .335 .375 .710
1979 Benny Ayala 42 86 15 22 5 0 6 13 6 9 0 0 .256 .298 .523 .821
1979 Billy Smith 68 196 18 47 9 4 6 33 15 33 1 0 .240 .299 .418 .717
1979 Bob Molinaro 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
1979 Dave Skaggs 63 139 9 34 8 0 1 14 13 14 0 0 .245 .309 .324 .633
1979 Doug DeCinces 120 422 67 97 27 1 16 61 54 68 5 3 .230 .318 .412 .731
1979 Eddie Murray 159 607 90 179 30 2 25 99 72 78 10 2 .295 .368 .474 .843
1979 Elrod Hendricks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Gary Roenicke 133 377 60 98 16 1 25 64 61 74 1 3 .260 .377 .507 .884
1979 John Lowenstein 97 198 33 50 8 2 11 34 30 37 16 4 .253 .349 .480 .829
1979 Ken Singleton 159 571 93 168 29 1 35 111 109 118 3 1 .294 .404 .532 .936
1979 Kiko Garcia 126 422 54 103 15 9 5 24 32 87 11 9 .244 .300 .358 .658
1979 Larry Harlow 38 41 5 11 1 0 0 1 7 4 1 3 .268 .375 .293 .668
1979 Lee May 124 458 59 116 15 0 19 69 28 100 3 4 .253 .295 .410 .706
1979 Mark Corey 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
1979 Mark Belanger 101 209 28 33 6 2 0 9 29 33 5 1 .158 .260 .206 .466
1979 Pat Kelly 68 153 25 44 11 0 9 25 20 25 4 5 .288 .367 .536 .903
1979 Rich Dauer 142 483 63 123 20 0 9 61 36 36 0 1 .255 .303 .352 .655
1979 Rick Dempsey 124 371 48 88 23 0 6 41 38 37 0 1 .237 .305 .348 .653
1979 Terry Crowley 61 63 8 20 5 1 1 8 14 13 0 0 .317 .449 .476 .925
1979 Tom Chism 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Wayne Krenchicki 16 23 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 .174 .217 .391
– – 159 5,413 757 1,401 258 24 181 717 608 847 99 49 .259 .334 .416 .750

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Dave Ford 9 30.0 2 1 2 0 0 23 7 7 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 2.10 1.00
1979 Dennis Martinez 40 292.1 15 16 0 0 0 279 129 119 78 1 132 39 0 18 3 3.66 1.22
1979 Don Stanhouse 52 72.2 7 3 21 0 0 49 24 23 51 1 34 0 0 0 0 2.85 1.38
1979 Jeff Rineer 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1979 Jim Palmer 23 155.2 10 6 0 0 0 144 66 57 43 0 67 22 0 7 0 3.30 1.20
1979 John Flinn 4 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.13
1979 Mike Flanagan 39 265.2 23 9 0 0 0 245 107 91 70 3 190 38 0 16 5 3.08 1.19
1979 Sammy Stewart 31 117.2 8 5 1 0 0 96 47 46 71 5 71 3 0 1 0 3.52 1.42
1979 Scott McGregor 27 174.2 13 6 0 0 0 165 70 65 23 2 81 23 0 7 2 3.35 1.08
1979 Steve Stone 32 186.0 11 7 0 0 0 173 91 78 73 1 96 32 0 3 0 3.77 1.32
1979 Tim Stoddard 29 58.0 3 1 3 0 0 44 12 11 19 0 47 0 0 0 0 1.71 1.09
1979 Tippy Martinez 39 78.0 10 3 3 0 0 59 29 25 31 1 61 0 0 0 0 2.88 1.15
– – 159 1,434.1 102 57 30 0 0 1,279 582 522 467 14 786 159 0 52 10 3.28 1.22

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Dave Ford P 9 0 7 0 7 0 1.000 0.78
1979 Dennis Martinez P 40 26 59 5 90 3 .944 2.12
1979 Don Stanhouse P 52 3 16 1 20 2 .950 0.37
1979 Jeff Rineer P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Jim Palmer P 23 10 23 0 33 1 1.000 1.43
1979 John Flinn P 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1979 Mike Flanagan P 39 4 41 2 47 2 .957 1.15
1979 Sammy Stewart P 31 10 27 1 38 3 .974 1.19
1979 Scott McGregor P 27 10 21 0 31 0 1.000 1.15
1979 Steve Stone P 32 21 27 1 49 3 .980 1.50
1979 Tim Stoddard P 29 9 5 1 15 0 .933 0.48
1979 Tippy Martinez P 39 4 13 1 18 2 .944 0.44
1979 Dave Skaggs C 63 222 24 4 250 1 38 13 25.5% .984 3.90
1979 Elrod Hendricks C 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0.0% .500 1.00
1979 Rick Dempsey C 124 615 81 7 703 13 48 45 48.4% .990 5.61
1979 Eddie Murray 1B 157 1,456 107 10 1,573 135 .994 9.96
1979 John Lowenstein 1B 1 4 1 0 5 1 1.000 5.00
1979 Lee May 1B 2 21 0 2 23 2 .913 10.50
1979 Terry Crowley 1B 2 5 0 0 5 1 1.000 2.50
1979 Tom Chism 1B 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1979 Billy Smith 2B 63 107 142 5 254 33 .980 3.95
1979 Kiko Garcia 2B 25 34 49 6 89 12 .933 3.32
1979 Rich Dauer 2B 103 213 260 10 483 68 .979 4.59
1979 Wayne Krenchicki 2B 6 3 7 0 10 1 1.000 1.67
1979 Doug DeCinces 3B 120 99 247 13 359 21 .964 2.88
1979 John Lowenstein 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1979 Kiko Garcia 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Rich Dauer 3B 44 21 95 7 123 4 .943 2.64
1979 Wayne Krenchicki 3B 7 9 5 2 16 0 .875 2.00
1979 Billy Smith SS 5 1 9 2 12 2 .833 2.00
1979 Kiko Garcia SS 113 173 271 21 465 66 .955 3.93
1979 Mark Belanger SS 98 110 195 3 308 38 .990 3.11
1979 Al Bumbry LF 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.40
1979 Benny Ayala LF 23 38 0 1 39 0 .974 1.65
1979 Bob Molinaro LF 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
1979 Gary Roenicke LF 115 180 6 1 187 1 .995 1.62
1979 John Lowenstein LF 46 71 0 0 71 0 1.000 1.54
1979 Ken Singleton LF 7 20 1 0 21 0 1.000 3.00
1979 Kiko Garcia LF 2 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1979 Larry Harlow LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Pat Kelly LF 23 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 1.52
1979 Al Bumbry CF 146 361 7 7 375 1 .981 2.52
1979 Gary Roenicke CF 25 55 3 4 62 0 .935 2.32
1979 John Lowenstein CF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1979 Larry Harlow CF 12 22 0 1 23 0 .957 1.83
1979 Benny Ayala RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Gary Roenicke RF 9 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 1.67
1979 John Lowenstein RF 40 47 3 1 51 2 .980 1.25
1979 Ken Singleton RF 136 227 7 5 239 2 .979 1.72
1979 Larry Harlow RF 23 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 0.48
1979 Mark Corey RF 11 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 0.91
1979 Pat Kelly RF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
– – 159 4,304 1,762 125 6,191 420 88 58 39.7% .980 38.15

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1979 Al Bumbry 11 38 8 7 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 .184 .311 .237 .548
1979 Benny Ayala 4 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .833 1.262
1979 Billy Smith 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
1979 Dave Skaggs 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1979 Dennis Martinez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Don Stanhouse 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Doug DeCinces 11 38 6 9 1 0 1 6 6 6 1 0 .237 .326 .342 .668
1979 Eddie Murray 11 38 6 9 1 0 2 7 9 6 1 1 .237 .383 .421 .804
1979 Gary Roenicke 8 21 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 .143 .182 .190 .372
1979 Jim Palmer 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 John Lowenstein 10 19 4 4 1 0 1 6 3 5 0 0 .211 .318 .421 .739
1979 Ken Singleton 11 44 5 16 3 0 0 4 3 7 0 0 .364 .396 .432 .828
1979 Kiko Garcia 9 31 5 11 2 1 0 8 3 7 0 1 .355 .412 .484 .896
1979 Lee May 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
1979 Mark Belanger 8 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
1979 Mike Flanagan 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
1979 Pat Kelly 8 15 3 5 0 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 .333 .412 .533 .945
1979 Rich Dauer 10 29 2 7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 .241 .241 .379 .621
1979 Rick Dempsey 10 31 6 10 4 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 .323 .364 .452 .815
1979 Sammy Stewart 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Scott McGregor 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
1979 Steve Stone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 Terry Crowley 7 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929
1979 Tim Stoddard 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1979 Tippy Martinez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 11 368 52 91 15 2 7 48 44 65 7 2 .247 .329 .356 .685

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1979 Dennis Martinez 3 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 7 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 6.10 1.35
1979 Don Stanhouse 6 5.0 1 2 0 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.40
1979 Jim Palmer 3 24.0 0 1 0 0 0 25 9 9 7 1 11 3 0 0 0 3.37 1.33
1979 Mike Flanagan 4 22.0 2 1 0 0 0 24 13 9 3 0 15 3 0 1 0 3.68 1.23
1979 Sammy Stewart 1 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.88
1979 Scott McGregor 3 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 22 6 6 3 0 12 3 0 2 1 2.08 0.96
1979 Steve Stone 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00
1979 Tim Stoddard 4 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.40
1979 Tippy Martinez 3 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 2.25
– – 14 98.1 6 5 0 0 0 113 47 42 23 3 48 11 0 3 1 3.84 1.38

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1979 Dennis Martinez P 3 2 1 0 3 1 1.000 1.00
1979 Don Stanhouse P 6 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1979 Jim Palmer P 3 3 2 0 5 1 1.000 1.67
1979 Mike Flanagan P 4 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Sammy Stewart P 1 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1979 Scott McGregor P 3 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1979 Steve Stone P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Tim Stoddard P 4 1 4 1 6 0 .833 1.25
1979 Tippy Martinez P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1979 Dave Skaggs C 2 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.00
1979 Rick Dempsey C 10 48 3 0 51 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 5.10
1979 Eddie Murray 1B 11 104 10 2 116 9 .983 10.36
1979 Billy Smith 2B 5 5 5 0 10 3 1.000 2.00
1979 Rich Dauer 2B 10 20 22 0 42 3 1.000 4.20
1979 Doug DeCinces 3B 11 12 29 3 44 1 .932 3.73
1979 Kiko Garcia SS 9 16 33 3 52 4 .942 5.44
1979 Mark Belanger SS 8 3 13 1 17 2 .941 2.00
1979 Benny Ayala LF 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1979 Gary Roenicke LF 7 9 1 0 10 1 1.000 1.43
1979 John Lowenstein LF 8 12 0 1 13 0 .923 1.50
1979 Pat Kelly LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1979 Al Bumbry CF 11 24 1 2 27 0 .926 2.27
1979 Gary Roenicke CF 3 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 3.00
1979 Ken Singleton RF 11 14 1 0 15 0 1.000 1.36
– – 11 295 137 14 446 25 0 0 .969 39.27

Awards

Player Award Stats
Mike Flanagan Cy Young Award (P) 23–9, 190 SO, 3.08 ERA
Don Stanhouse All-Star (P) 7–3, 21 Sv, 34 SO, 2.85 ERA
Ken Singleton All-Star (CF) .294–35–111, 3 SB
Jim Palmer Gold Glove (P) 1.000 FPct, 1.43 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1979 Baltimore Orioles

Who had the most hits on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Eddie Murray led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 179 hits in 159 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Eddie Murray led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with a .295 batting average in 159 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Ken Singleton led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 35 home runs in 159 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Ken Singleton led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with a .404 on-base percentage (OBP) in 159 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Ken Singleton led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with a .532 slugging percentage in 159 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Al Bumbry led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 37 stolen bases in 148 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Mike Flanagan had a 3.08 earned-run average (ERA) in 39 games, the lowest on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles.

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

Scott McGregor had a 1.08 WHIP in 27 games, the lowest on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Mike Flanagan led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 190 strikeouts in 39 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Mike Flanagan led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 23 wins in 39 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1979 Baltimore Orioles?

Don Stanhouse led the 1979 Baltimore Orioles with 21 saves in 52 games.