1980 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 29-40
Finished 4th in the PL's South Division
Manager: Ken Richardson (29-40)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 29,410, Avg. 852
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1980 season with a record of 29 wins and 40 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings plated 498 runs and conceded 507 runs. Gerald Miller drove in 67 runs. Randy Ready led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .376 clip, while David Morris recorded a 4.84 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1980 Butte Copper Kings who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Juan Castillo, Dion James, Bill Lyons, Carlos Ponce and Randy Ready.
Ken Richardson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elmer Cavner | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.43 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37.0 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Robert Elliott | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.44 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.0 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Stephen Parrott | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.08 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 61 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
David Morris | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.84 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 78 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||
Craig Herberholz | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.05 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 64 | 48 | 37 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||
Richard Effrig | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.06 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
Vincent Pone | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7.47 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 46 | 52 | 39 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 19 | ||
Ronald Kollmann | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.56 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
Luis Matias | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raymond Gallo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Michael Orlich | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.85 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 52 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
David Jensen | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Ty Coleman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 79 | 67 | 44 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
Ted Pallas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Haggerty | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Randy Meyer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Gregory Cicotte | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.70 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
Mark Lepson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 16.62 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 29 | 40 | .420 | 5.69 | 209 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 585.0 | 685 | 507 | 370 | 27 | 414 | 18 | 507 | 23 | 9 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Ponce | 69 | 285 | 259 | 48 | 90 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 44 | .347 | .392 | .552 | .944 | 143 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Randy Ready | 61 | 288 | 226 | 65 | 85 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 32 | .376 | .497 | .619 | 1.116 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
Gerald Miller | 67 | 297 | 233 | 55 | 77 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 52 | 48 | .330 | .458 | .558 | 1.016 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
Dion James | 59 | 271 | 224 | 57 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 11 | .317 | .422 | .388 | .810 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Ronnie Jones | 62 | 280 | 249 | 56 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 53 | .257 | .335 | .313 | .648 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Juan Castillo | 59 | 199 | 183 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | .290 | .337 | .372 | .708 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
Maury Ornest | 46 | 182 | 146 | 36 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 41 | .322 | .456 | .507 | .963 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Raymond Alonzo | 29 | 121 | 107 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .411 | .463 | .626 | 1.089 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Butch Kirby | 44 | 158 | 134 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 37 | .224 | .333 | .306 | .639 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Lyons | 36 | 116 | 92 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 20 | .315 | .447 | .489 | .936 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Wood | 44 | 92 | 80 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 | .350 | .400 | .475 | .875 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
John Jordan | 32 | 102 | 94 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .277 | .314 | .330 | .644 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
George Talbert | 45 | 150 | 126 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 51 | .206 | .329 | .302 | .630 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Walter Steele | 33 | 119 | 90 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 22 | .278 | .449 | .489 | .938 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Marcos Gomez | 44 | 93 | 78 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .192 | .297 | .269 | .566 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Angel Morris | 31 | 63 | 58 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .190 | .242 | .224 | .466 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Terry Ragan | 19 | 43 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .216 | .302 | .216 | .519 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 780 | 2859 | 2416 | 498 | 729 | 133 | 42 | 40 | 414 | 83 | 43 | 376 | 482 | .302 | .398 | .441 | .839 | 1066 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Ponce | 1B | 43 | 348 | 21 | 12 | 18 | .969 | 8.581 | ||||
Raymond Alonzo | 1B | 15 | 131 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .985 | 8.800 | ||||
George Talbert | 1B | 12 | 86 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .935 | 7.167 | ||||
John Wood | 1B | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
Maury Ornest | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
Dion James | 1B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
Juan Castillo | 2B | 55 | 87 | 99 | 18 | 16 | .912 | 3.382 | ||||
Randy Ready | 2B | 21 | 35 | 58 | 4 | 7 | .959 | 4.429 | ||||
Butch Kirby | 2B | 8 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 3.875 | ||||
John Wood | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Maury Ornest | 3B | 36 | 16 | 60 | 14 | 3 | .844 | 2.111 | ||||
Randy Ready | 3B | 20 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.050 | ||||
Butch Kirby | 3B | 18 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 1 | .792 | 2.111 | ||||
Walter Steele | 3B | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
John Wood | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Bill Lyons | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
John Jordan | C | 32 | 181 | 26 | 9 | 2 | .958 | 6.469 | 7 | |||
Angel Morris | C | 30 | 110 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .902 | 4.000 | 17 | |||
Walter Steele | C | 24 | 175 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 8.083 | 12 | |||
George Talbert | C | 10 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 5.000 | 9 | |||
Gerald Miller | OF | 66 | 109 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .920 | 1.742 | ||||
Ronnie Jones | OF | 60 | 106 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .942 | 1.883 | ||||
Dion James | OF | 57 | 75 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .919 | 1.386 | ||||
Marcos Gomez | OF | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.000 | ||||
Carlos Ponce | OF | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
Terry Ragan | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
Elmer Cavner | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .360 | ||||
Gregory Cicotte | P | 21 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .619 | ||||
Vincent Pone | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .471 | ||||
Ty Coleman | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .529 | ||||
David Jensen | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Ronald Kollmann | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Luis Matias | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Robert Elliott | P | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
Stephen Parrott | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
David Morris | P | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
Michael Orlich | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Craig Herberholz | P | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .900 | ||||
Raymond Gallo | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Richard Effrig | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .500 | ||||
Mark Lepson | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Jim Haggerty | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Randy Meyer | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Ted Pallas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Randy Ready | SS | 32 | 46 | 103 | 14 | 8 | .914 | 4.656 | ||||
Bill Lyons | SS | 31 | 37 | 97 | 8 | 11 | .944 | 4.323 | ||||
Butch Kirby | SS | 14 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 3 | .880 | 4.714 | ||||
Totals | 858 | 1764 | 719 | 187 | 104 | .930 | 2.894 | 45 | 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.
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