1980 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 70-72
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Duane Espy (70-72)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 51,486, Avg. 725
Playoffs - Quad Cities Cubs 2 games, Burlington Bees 1
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1980 season with a record of 70 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Bees scored 620 runs and allowed 650 runs. Johnny Evans and Kurt Kingsolver led Burlington with 12 home runs apiece. Johnny Evans drove in 68 runs. Stan Levi topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. David Grier paced the team with 16 wins, while Bengie Biggus recorded a 2.27 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1980 Burlington Bees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Juan Castillo, Chuck Porter and Dion James.
Duane Espy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Grier | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.74 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 197.0 | 177 | 73 | 60 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 128 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Mike Anderson | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.74 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 164.0 | 139 | 65 | 50 | 13 | 69 | 1 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Kevin McCoy | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.12 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 144.0 | 131 | 78 | 66 | 5 | 71 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 11 | ||
| Steven Manderfield | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.38 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 154.0 | 165 | 98 | 75 | 7 | 72 | 1 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bengie Biggus | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.27 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 98 | 41 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Jesse Vasquez | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.59 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 87.0 | 64 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Brian Meadows | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.81 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Michael Donovan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 51 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Gregory DeHart | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.77 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 34 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Lepson | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.52 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 74 | 56 | 42 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Luis Matias | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Meyer | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ty Coleman | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Vincent Pone | 0 | 0 | 8.36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Alan Walker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Charles Valley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gregory Cicotte | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chuck Porter | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Norwood | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.88 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 53 | 42 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 70 | 72 | .493 | 3.72 | 300 | 142 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 22 | 1199.0 | 1145 | 650 | 495 | 63 | 534 | 15 | 878 | 27 | 12 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Levi | 128 | 541 | 441 | 102 | 132 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 47 | 16 | 87 | 39 | .299 | .419 | .381 | .800 | 168 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Curt Watanabe | 135 | 561 | 480 | 75 | 120 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 16 | 10 | 75 | 47 | .250 | .353 | .296 | .649 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kurt Kingsolver | 124 | 508 | 406 | 75 | 114 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 65 | 56 | 21 | 97 | 80 | .281 | .419 | .429 | .848 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Evans | 110 | 442 | 370 | 49 | 98 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 50 | .265 | .380 | .435 | .815 | 161 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kirk Downs | 125 | 442 | 403 | 44 | 94 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 30 | 84 | .233 | .291 | .270 | .562 | 109 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Karl McKay | 120 | 460 | 425 | 39 | 94 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 25 | 84 | .221 | .267 | .252 | .519 | 107 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Charles Valley | 96 | 383 | 339 | 49 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 60 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 51 | .265 | .332 | .404 | .736 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Sam Favata | 80 | 326 | 285 | 55 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 43 | 5 | 31 | 38 | .263 | .336 | .396 | .733 | 113 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Mark Higgins | 120 | 426 | 378 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 139 | .164 | .249 | .214 | .464 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 70 | 239 | 219 | 28 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 33 | .242 | .298 | .320 | .618 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ricki Bass | 61 | 231 | 200 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 25 | .225 | .310 | .285 | .595 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Terry Bevington | 39 | 133 | 117 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 9 | .265 | .353 | .376 | .729 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Steele | 46 | 160 | 132 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 34 | .235 | .369 | .326 | .695 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge DeJesus | 39 | 157 | 134 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 27 | .231 | .335 | .306 | .641 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Juan Castillo | 30 | 110 | 103 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 30 | .214 | .264 | .214 | .477 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Norwood | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Gilmartin | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 | .300 | .250 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Robins | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dion James | 3 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .100 | .231 | .100 | .331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jesse Vasquez | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1400 | 5158 | 4465 | 620 | 1096 | 164 | 26 | 54 | 517 | 319 | 101 | 591 | 777 | .245 | .337 | .330 | .667 | 1474 | 0 | 44 | 27 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Valley | 1B | 91 | 825 | 71 | 3 | 71 | .997 | 9.846 | ||||
| Johnny Evans | 1B | 38 | 346 | 23 | 5 | 23 | .987 | 9.711 | ||||
| Jorge DeJesus | 1B | 13 | 88 | 19 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 8.231 | ||||
| Walter Steele | 1B | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Sam Favata | 2B | 79 | 144 | 196 | 18 | 48 | .950 | 4.304 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 2B | 37 | 76 | 87 | 9 | 25 | .948 | 4.405 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | 2B | 26 | 60 | 72 | 3 | 8 | .978 | 5.077 | ||||
| Daniel Gilmartin | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Curt Watanabe | 3B | 132 | 90 | 270 | 35 | 21 | .911 | 2.727 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | 3B | 10 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.200 | ||||
| George Robins | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Kurt Kingsolver | C | 100 | 594 | 122 | 13 | 9 | .982 | 7.160 | 26 | |||
| Terry Bevington | C | 32 | 199 | 20 | 9 | 2 | .961 | 6.844 | 2 | |||
| Walter Steele | C | 15 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .991 | 7.600 | 6 | |||
| Stan Levi | OF | 125 | 185 | 7 | 14 | 1 | .932 | 1.536 | ||||
| Karl McKay | OF | 120 | 206 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .943 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mark Higgins | OF | 118 | 191 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .915 | 1.644 | ||||
| Ricki Bass | OF | 60 | 107 | 5 | 7 | 4 | .941 | 1.867 | ||||
| Kurt Kingsolver | OF | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Walter Steele | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Dion James | OF | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Johnny Evans | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesse Vasquez | P | 52 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .442 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | P | 34 | 16 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .945 | 1.529 | ||||
| David Grier | P | 27 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steven Manderfield | P | 26 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Kevin McCoy | P | 23 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.043 | ||||
| Bengie Biggus | P | 21 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .921 | 1.667 | ||||
| Michael Donovan | P | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
| Brian Meadows | P | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Steven Norwood | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Lepson | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gregory DeHart | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Alan Walker | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Vincent Pone | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Chuck Porter | P | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Meyer | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Ty Coleman | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gregory Cicotte | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Valley | P | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Luis Matias | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kirk Downs | SS | 125 | 195 | 354 | 70 | 55 | .887 | 4.392 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | SS | 21 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 9 | .899 | 3.810 | ||||
| Daniel Gilmartin | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 3582 | 1571 | 255 | 320 | .953 | 3.505 | 34 | 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.
