1980 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 77-59
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Eddie Watt (77-59)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 70,097, Avg. 1,031
Playoffs - San Antonio Dodgers 2 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 0
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1980 season with a record of 77 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Gold Sox plated 686 runs and allowed 692 runs. Frankie George paced Amarillo with 17 home runs and accounted for 102 RBI. Gary Ashby led all regular batters by connecting at a .342 clip. Steve Fireovid and Eric Show topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Eric Show earned a 3.74 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Brian Greer, John Flannery, Rick Lancellotti, Danny Boone, Eric Show, Doug Gwosdz, Floyd Chiffer, Mark Thurmond and Steve Fireovid were all players from the 1980 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Eddie Watt served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Show | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.74 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 166.0 | 141 | 81 | 69 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 144 | 10 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Steve Fireovid | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.72 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 164.0 | 196 | 100 | 86 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Troy Dixon | 11 | 11 | .500 | 5.68 | 27 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 160.0 | 189 | 113 | 101 | 17 | 73 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Mark Thurmond | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.87 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 156.0 | 164 | 80 | 67 | 9 | 61 | 3 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Gary Pickert | 8 | 1 | .889 | 5.23 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98.0 | 98 | 69 | 57 | 11 | 59 | 2 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Randal Miller | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.94 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 82.0 | 79 | 49 | 45 | 9 | 43 | 6 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Danny Boone | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.96 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 73.0 | 68 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fran Hirschy | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.38 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 100 | 57 | 46 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Floyd Chiffer | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.18 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 62.0 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Martin Ronnenbergh | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.57 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 95 | 57 | 47 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| David Jannusch | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.45 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gregory Pastors | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| John Alvarez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sydney Church | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 59 | .566 | 4.63 | 311 | 136 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 45 | 1153.0 | 1226 | 692 | 593 | 81 | 491 | 16 | 814 | 43 | 9 | 69 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie George | 124 | 529 | 445 | 86 | 147 | 22 | 2 | 17 | 102 | 1 | 4 | 76 | 67 | .330 | .425 | .503 | .928 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Curt Reed | 134 | 576 | 507 | 66 | 144 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 98 | .284 | .353 | .446 | .799 | 226 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Gary Ashby | 109 | 465 | 412 | 69 | 141 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 5 | 42 | 73 | .342 | .402 | .437 | .839 | 180 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| John Alvarez | 129 | 516 | 456 | 58 | 124 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 79 | .272 | .348 | .430 | .777 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Flannery | 110 | 467 | 418 | 61 | 117 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 49 | .280 | .341 | .321 | .661 | 134 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Joseph Hicks | 126 | 549 | 464 | 70 | 116 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 78 | 78 | .250 | .358 | .351 | .710 | 163 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jerry DeSimone | 99 | 417 | 352 | 58 | 96 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 49 | .273 | .360 | .366 | .727 | 129 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Johnson | 82 | 326 | 265 | 60 | 72 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 43 | .272 | .397 | .362 | .759 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Doug Gwosdz | 97 | 339 | 286 | 40 | 70 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 73 | .245 | .330 | .395 | .725 | 113 | 2 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Gregory Pastors | 74 | 296 | 266 | 38 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 58 | .259 | .312 | .357 | .669 | 95 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Brian Greer | 101 | 390 | 317 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 63 | 105 | .183 | .320 | .306 | .626 | 97 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Thomas Vessey | 51 | 172 | 140 | 22 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 36 | .250 | .367 | .400 | .767 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Rick Lancellotti | 22 | 91 | 79 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .380 | .462 | .658 | 1.120 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albert Richmond | 8 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 | .250 | .421 | .671 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1266 | 5153 | 4426 | 686 | 1223 | 201 | 36 | 91 | 614 | 107 | 58 | 601 | 816 | .276 | .363 | .400 | .763 | 1769 | 0 | 26 | 55 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Ashby | 1B | 99 | 848 | 59 | 9 | 91 | .990 | 9.162 | ||||
| Frankie George | 1B | 38 | 326 | 15 | 8 | 35 | .977 | 8.974 | ||||
| Rick Lancellotti | 1B | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jerry DeSimone | 2B | 75 | 158 | 206 | 18 | 57 | .953 | 4.853 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | 2B | 41 | 75 | 95 | 9 | 27 | .950 | 4.146 | ||||
| John Flannery | 2B | 28 | 62 | 78 | 5 | 25 | .966 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Alvarez | 3B | 127 | 113 | 260 | 30 | 28 | .926 | 2.937 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | 3B | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| John Flannery | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Doug Gwosdz | C | 95 | 597 | 66 | 14 | 12 | .979 | 6.979 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Vessey | C | 51 | 265 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .986 | 5.667 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Hicks | OF | 126 | 223 | 16 | 8 | 4 | .968 | 1.897 | ||||
| Curt Reed | OF | 121 | 166 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .967 | 1.463 | ||||
| Brian Greer | OF | 101 | 213 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .969 | 2.198 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | OF | 33 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.485 | ||||
| Rick Lancellotti | OF | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Frankie George | OF | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Gary Ashby | OF | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.222 | ||||
| Albert Richmond | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jerry DeSimone | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Boone | P | 46 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
| Floyd Chiffer | P | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .179 | ||||
| Randal Miller | P | 38 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Gary Pickert | P | 33 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .606 | ||||
| Steve Fireovid | P | 27 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Troy Dixon | P | 27 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mark Thurmond | P | 26 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Eric Show | P | 26 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.423 | ||||
| Fran Hirschy | P | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
| Martin Ronnenbergh | P | 15 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Jannusch | P | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Sydney Church | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Alvarez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Flannery | SS | 79 | 116 | 270 | 34 | 52 | .919 | 4.886 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | SS | 56 | 84 | 189 | 14 | 41 | .951 | 4.875 | ||||
| Jerry DeSimone | SS | 7 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3461 | 1522 | 180 | 399 | .965 | 3.463 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
