Players with 400 or more plate appearances will NOT be rated at any position for which they played FOUR (4) or fewer games With the advent of the DH, in seasons after 1972, there are occasionally players who never started or appeared at a fielding position. a) Such players will be assigned a fielding rating of Poor (PR) at 1b. b) Additionally, these players will receive a fielding rating at the position(s) for which they were rated in the previous season in which they had a fielding rating. ASHVILLE TOURISTS Mike Ivie 2b, 3b Sal Bando P, 1b, 2b BLOOMINGTON HOOSIERS Ken Oberkfell SS CANTON MOONDOGS Alan Bannister 1b Roy Smalley 1b Jack Clark 3b, SS CLEVELAND SPIDERS Rob Wilfong OF Wayne Gross OF COLORADO FOURTEENEERS Kiko Garcia 3b, OF DAYTON TRIANGLES Pete Rose 2b Mike Edwards SS FLUSHING RATS Johnny Bench 1b Ted Sizemore C FRANKFORT TIGERS Gary Alexander OF Bill Robinson 3b LAS VEGAS THUNDER Cesar Cedeno 3b Thurman Munson 1b ROCKFORD FOREST CITYS Butch Hobson 2b SPIRIT MOUNTAIN VOLCANOES Ron Jackson 3b, SS, OF TERRE HAUTE PHILLIES Mike Schmidt SS Don Baylor 1b Barry Bonnell 3b THUNDER BAY DAMAGE Steve Ontiveros 1b WABASH RIVER CATFISH Bob Boone 3b WILMONT DODGERS Derrell Thomas 1b, SS -------------------------------------------------------------- DH CHANGES BLOOMINGTON HOOSIERS Jorge Orta PP DH-2b. 41G 2b CANTON MOONDOGS Rusty Staub PP DH-1b. 22g 1b. Also has a rating in RF CLEVELAND SPIDERS Hal McRae No fielding. 1b/Pr115. Played LF in 78. LF rating also given. Merv Rettenmund PP DH-RF. 5G RF/4G LF COLORADO FOURTEENEERS Oscar Gamble PP DH-LF. Appeared in 27G in LF/21G in RF Don Money PP DH-3b. 25G 3b/19G 1b/16G 2b DAYTON TRIANGLES Rico Carty No Fielding. 1b/Pr115. No pos in 78. Carlton Fisk PP DH-C 39G C/1G LF EVANSTON BLACK SOX John Ellis PP DH-1b 30G 1b/7G C Cliff Johnson PP DH-C 5G C FAIRFAX PEPPERS Willie Horton No Fielding, 1b/Pr115. Played LF in 78. LF rating given also. FLUSHING RATS Juan Bernhardt No fielding stats but given rating at 1b/3b. PP IF-1B. Played 1b/3b in 78. Will make 1b&3b/Pr115 FRANKFORT TIGERS Karl Pagel No fielding, 1b/Pr115 Terry Crowley PP DH-1b 2G at 1b Wayne Nordhagen PP DH-RF. 7G RF/6G LF/5G C KANSAS CITY PITMASTERS Doe Boyland Rated on disk at 1b but no stats. PP 1b/Pr115. Played 1b in 78 Tony Soliata PP DH-1b. 19G 1b Jim Spencer PP DH-1b. 26G 1b KENOSHA EAGLES Dick Davis PP DH-LF 32G LF/3G RF LAS VEGAS THUNDER Danny Goodwin PP DH-1b 8G 1b OTTAWA LYNX Jose Morales PP DH-1b 1G 1b ROCKFORD FOREST CITYS Wayne Cage PP DH-1b 7G 1b ROSSVILLE CUBS Manny Mota PP PH-LF 1G LF SAN DIEGO CONQUISTADORS Lee May Given 1b Rating, but >400PA <5G. 1b/Pr115 Mitchell Page PP DH-LF 5G LF THUNDER BAY DAMAGE Gary Gray PP DH-1b No fielding stats but rateda at 1b/LF. No Pos in 78. 1b/Pr115 WILMONT DODGERS Larry Hisle PP DH-LF 10G LF/1G CF Carl Yastrzemski PP DH-1b 51G 1b/34G LF/2G CF ROOKIES Jesus Vega Was given Rating at 1b. No stats. 1b/Pr115 Darryl Jones Rated LF/RF. PP DH-RF Al Green Rated LF/RF. PP DH-LF Dan Graham Was rated at C/3b. No DEF stats. 1b/Pr115 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pitching Rating Additions: Some position players who pitched in 1979 were not given ratings. Here are the players who had ratings added and their vital signs: Mike Anderson: Forest Citys - rel -fr, hld-av,range-pr, error rate 115, wp rate 15 blk rate 35 ground ball pct - 53 Jerry Terrell: Phillies - rel pr, hold pr, range-pr er. rate 115, wp rate 12 balk rate 30 gb pct. 51 Jim Gantner: Moondogs - rel fr hold fr range av, er rate 96 wp rate 15 blk rate 35 gb pct. 49 Craig Kusick: Forest Citys - rel ex hold av range pr er rate 115 wp rate 9 blk rate 23 gb pct 40 Buck Martinez: Hoosiers - rel fr hold fr range pr er rate 115 wp rate 15, blk rate 35 gb pct. 45 Wayne Nordhegen: Tigers - fielding-pr, error rating-115, rel-fr hold-fr, wp-25, blk-35, gb-pct.-45. ------------------------------------------------------------- Fielding Rating additions: Some players who had less than 400 PA and GTE 2 games played were not given defensive ratings. Here are the players involved: Junior Moore: Spiders, 2b-pr fld pct. 96 Larry Murray: Spiders, 2b-pr & 94 Bill Stein: Barking Owls, SS-pr & 99 Mike Vail: Hoosiers, 3b-pr & 98 Mark Wagner: Forest Citys, 3b-pr & 115 LaRue Washington: Thunder 3b-pr & 98