1980 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 3rd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Tom Robson (69-71)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 49,066, Avg. 701
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1980 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Tourists scored 735 runs and allowed 761 runs. Pete O'Brien paced Asheville with 17 home runs and drove in 94 runs. Donnie Scott and Pete O'Brien topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .295 clip. Tony Fossas led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.15 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1980 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Billy Taylor, Tony Fossas, Dar Smith, Walt Terrell, Dave Schmidt, Jay Pettibone, Donnie Scott, Pete O'Brien, Tom Henke and Tom Dunbar.
Tom Robson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Fossas | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.15 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 197.0 | 187 | 84 | 69 | 11 | 69 | 0 | 140 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Kevin Keenan | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.83 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 82.0 | 82 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Dave Schmidt | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1.98 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 76 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mel Gilliam | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.11 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 167 | 113 | 88 | 19 | 84 | 2 | 119 | 7 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Greg Eason | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.87 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 139 | 79 | 62 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Dar Smith | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.77 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 72 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Linvel Mosby | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.22 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 95 | 80 | 67 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Michael Vickers | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.93 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Long | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.40 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45.0 | 55 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Carney | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.32 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 62 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Perry Cliburn | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.75 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 91 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ricky Burdette | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Walt Terrell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jay Pettibone | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.55 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 75 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| James Maxwell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Henke | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.83 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Tim Henry | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.94 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Billy Taylor | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.93 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 4.65 | 342 | 140 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 1188.0 | 1259 | 759 | 614 | 96 | 547 | 6 | 843 | 44 | 19 | 108 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete O'Brien | 134 | 585 | 505 | 98 | 149 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 68 | 67 | .295 | .375 | .471 | .847 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Donnie Scott | 115 | 481 | 421 | 57 | 124 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 53 | .295 | .371 | .444 | .815 | 187 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Ball | 111 | 510 | 423 | 78 | 110 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 64 | 14 | 68 | 66 | .260 | .367 | .343 | .709 | 145 | 6 | 8 | 5 | ||
| George Gomez | 109 | 434 | 368 | 53 | 104 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 60 | .283 | .375 | .473 | .848 | 174 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| James Schaefer | 97 | 408 | 360 | 60 | 90 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 29 | .250 | .318 | .367 | .685 | 132 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| James Tjader | 68 | 297 | 271 | 51 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 42 | .295 | .338 | .450 | .788 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tom Dunbar | 75 | 292 | 262 | 39 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 45 | .302 | .366 | .393 | .759 | 103 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Garcia | 86 | 366 | 299 | 56 | 77 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 62 | .258 | .367 | .415 | .782 | 124 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Amos Lewis | 84 | 334 | 273 | 52 | 76 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 102 | .278 | .404 | .443 | .847 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Maxwell | 91 | 318 | 277 | 38 | 76 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 62 | .274 | .359 | .394 | .752 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Donofrio | 66 | 255 | 222 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 57 | .252 | .341 | .410 | .751 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Hibner | 89 | 307 | 256 | 34 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 43 | 101 | .191 | .313 | .312 | .625 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Shelton McMath | 58 | 226 | 196 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 39 | .224 | .311 | .286 | .597 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Carmelo Aguayo | 39 | 162 | 137 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | .299 | .385 | .372 | .757 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| William Goodman | 64 | 225 | 182 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 31 | .220 | .366 | .242 | .608 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lindy Duncan | 23 | 97 | 84 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | .250 | .351 | .298 | .648 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Venner | 15 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .208 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Jirschele | 12 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .171 | .320 | .220 | .540 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Carney | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1367 | 5402 | 4626 | 735 | 1233 | 225 | 28 | 105 | 652 | 136 | 44 | 653 | 850 | .267 | .357 | .395 | .753 | 1829 | 0 | 30 | 38 | 55 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete O'Brien | 1B | 131 | 1227 | 96 | 14 | 93 | .990 | 1.099 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | 1B | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Larry Donofrio | 1B | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.400 | ||||
| James Tjader | 2B | 55 | 107 | 150 | 10 | 30 | .963 | 4.673 | ||||
| William Goodman | 2B | 45 | 78 | 115 | 11 | 22 | .946 | 4.289 | ||||
| George Gomez | 2B | 38 | 98 | 105 | 8 | 30 | .962 | 5.342 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 2B | 11 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 4.636 | ||||
| Frank Garcia | 3B | 77 | 52 | 182 | 24 | 14 | .907 | 3.039 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | 3B | 39 | 24 | 79 | 16 | 8 | .866 | 2.641 | ||||
| James Maxwell | 3B | 20 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 2.050 | ||||
| William Goodman | 3B | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| James Tjader | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | C | 92 | 593 | 81 | 17 | 7 | .975 | 7.326 | 41 | |||
| Carmelo Aguayo | C | 23 | 130 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .959 | 6.130 | 5 | |||
| Larry Donofrio | C | 21 | 124 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 6.571 | 6 | |||
| Gary Venner | C | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 6.286 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Ball | OF | 111 | 253 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .974 | 2.351 | ||||
| James Schaefer | OF | 97 | 153 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .975 | 1.619 | ||||
| David Hibner | OF | 83 | 120 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .937 | 1.602 | ||||
| Tom Dunbar | OF | 72 | 101 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .909 | 1.528 | ||||
| Shelton McMath | OF | 56 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Amos Lewis | OF | 20 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.450 | ||||
| James Tjader | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Kevin Keenan | P | 47 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .895 | .362 | ||||
| Jay Pettibone | P | 36 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Ronald Carney | P | 31 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .950 | .613 | ||||
| Tony Fossas | P | 30 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Greg Eason | P | 28 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .536 | ||||
| Mel Gilliam | P | 27 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Dennis Long | P | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Linvel Mosby | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .714 | ||||
| Ricky Burdette | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Perry Cliburn | P | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .889 | ||||
| Dave Schmidt | P | 12 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Henry | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Vickers | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Billy Taylor | P | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Henke | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Walt Terrell | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Maxwell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Gomez | SS | 70 | 76 | 205 | 34 | 30 | .892 | 4.014 | ||||
| James Maxwell | SS | 53 | 60 | 157 | 15 | 19 | .935 | 4.094 | ||||
| Lindy Duncan | SS | 19 | 38 | 57 | 8 | 8 | .922 | 5.000 | ||||
| William Goodman | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1505 | 3548 | 1546 | 228 | 291 | .957 | 3.385 | 54 | 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.
