1980 Gastonia Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 2nd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Nick Leyva (74-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 90,198, Avg. 1,289
Playoffs - Greensboro Hornets 2 games, Gastonia Cardinals 1
The Gastonia Cardinals of the South Atlantic League ended the 1980 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Cardinals scored 711 runs and conceded 658 runs. Dave Kable led Gastonia with 26 home runs and drove in 99 runs. Luis Roman paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Kevin Hagen topped the team with 14 wins, while Ralph Citarella registered a 1.64 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1980 Gastonia Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Andy Van Slyke, Kevin Hagen, Ralph Citarella, Terry Clark, Ricky Horton and Mark Salas.
Nick Leyva 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hagen | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.97 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 177.0 | 171 | 91 | 78 | 12 | 71 | 2 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Ralph Citarella | 11 | 4 | .733 | 1.64 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 126.0 | 87 | 35 | 23 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Freddie Silva | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.18 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 106 | 52 | 45 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Scott Arigoni | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.65 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 151.0 | 154 | 92 | 78 | 17 | 83 | 2 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Dennis Gadowski | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.28 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82.0 | 79 | 48 | 39 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Rhodes | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.85 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 87 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Earl Weaver | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.66 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 95 | 52 | 39 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Terry Clark | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.17 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 88.0 | 82 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Brooks | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 74 | 45 | 41 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Martin | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.52 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 56 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| David Jones | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Horton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.64 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark David | 1 | 1 | .500 | 14.62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Colon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Axel Vega | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Cazares | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rafael Pimentel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russ Davis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.66 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jesus Gonzalez | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.70 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Totals | 73 | 66 | .525 | 4.12 | 343 | 140 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 1186.0 | 1149 | 648 | 543 | 92 | 540 | 20 | 749 | 51 | 9 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wolters | 138 | 602 | 498 | 82 | 136 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 69 | 21 | 8 | 95 | 76 | .273 | .390 | .388 | .778 | 193 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Hicks | 131 | 529 | 499 | 62 | 133 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 113 | .267 | .301 | .389 | .690 | 194 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Luis Roman | 116 | 483 | 432 | 55 | 121 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 41 | .280 | .348 | .336 | .684 | 145 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Andy Van Slyke | 126 | 501 | 426 | 62 | 115 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 68 | .270 | .375 | .380 | .755 | 162 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Kable | 134 | 545 | 437 | 86 | 106 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 93 | 103 | .243 | .379 | .474 | .853 | 207 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||
| LeRoy Grossini | 125 | 514 | 434 | 70 | 104 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 70 | 75 | .240 | .346 | .325 | .671 | 141 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jose Cazares | 119 | 390 | 353 | 31 | 86 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 42 | .244 | .295 | .280 | .575 | 99 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Rhadames Mills | 73 | 315 | 285 | 46 | 83 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 24 | 32 | .291 | .342 | .432 | .773 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Keith Spreckels | 95 | 362 | 280 | 66 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 74 | 57 | .261 | .413 | .400 | .813 | 112 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Mark Salas | 98 | 303 | 267 | 42 | 67 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 22 | .251 | .317 | .404 | .721 | 108 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Phillip Baskerville | 58 | 198 | 164 | 31 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 30 | .280 | .388 | .384 | .772 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Danny Liggins | 36 | 143 | 136 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .287 | .315 | .353 | .668 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Calise | 22 | 93 | 81 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .309 | .387 | .519 | .906 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Zunino | 29 | 88 | 74 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .257 | .349 | .311 | .660 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Mueller | 29 | 109 | 91 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | .209 | .339 | .297 | .636 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Moore | 20 | 60 | 53 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .302 | .383 | .340 | .723 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Caraballo | 12 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .316 | .381 | .421 | .802 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Sayler | 10 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .156 | .229 | .281 | .510 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Ojeda | 14 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .115 | .226 | .115 | .341 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Tinkler | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Matos | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John DelMonte | 5 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ildemaro Silva | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1411 | 5365 | 4623 | 713 | 1205 | 189 | 29 | 92 | 606 | 136 | 36 | 630 | 771 | .261 | .351 | .374 | .725 | 1728 | 0 | 36 | 33 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kable | 1B | 133 | 1199 | 67 | 7 | 94 | .995 | 9.519 | ||||
| Donald Moore | 1B | 8 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .985 | 8.375 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 2B | 136 | 324 | 427 | 21 | 85 | .973 | 5.522 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | 2B | 7 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.714 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | 3B | 93 | 87 | 158 | 12 | 14 | .953 | 2.634 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | 3B | 57 | 49 | 109 | 12 | 9 | .929 | 2.772 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | 3B | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Donald Moore | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mark Salas | C | 88 | 452 | 41 | 5 | 6 | .990 | 5.602 | 17 | |||
| Timothy Mueller | C | 29 | 144 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 5.552 | 5 | |||
| Gary Zunino | C | 27 | 137 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 5.667 | 6 | |||
| Jose Caraballo | C | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.091 | 2 | |||
| Barry Sayler | C | 8 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Ildemaro Silva | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | 0 | |||
| Jose Cazares | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 128 | 187 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 1.539 | ||||
| Andy Van Slyke | OF | 105 | 177 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .923 | 1.838 | ||||
| Luis Roman | OF | 73 | 147 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 2.082 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 67 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.970 | ||||
| Danny Liggins | OF | 34 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.618 | ||||
| Phillip Baskerville | OF | 27 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.556 | ||||
| Carlos Matos | OF | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| John DelMonte | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Donald Moore | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ralph Citarella | P | 51 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .850 | .333 | ||||
| Terry Clark | P | 49 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .449 | ||||
| Dennis Gadowski | P | 31 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .323 | ||||
| Kevin Hagen | P | 29 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .931 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 28 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .571 | ||||
| Freddie Silva | P | 21 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.190 | ||||
| Earl Weaver | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Rhodes | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ricky Horton | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Gonzalez | P | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Russ Davis | P | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Martin | P | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Robert Brooks | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Rafael Colon | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .100 | ||||
| David Jones | P | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark David | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Axel Vega | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Pimentel | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Cazares | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| LeRoy Grossini | SS | 122 | 175 | 369 | 35 | 58 | .940 | 4.459 | ||||
| Jose Cazares | SS | 23 | 31 | 67 | 8 | 12 | .925 | 4.261 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | SS | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Keith Spreckels | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Liggins | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1568 | 3577 | 1524 | 161 | 312 | .969 | 3.253 | 33 | 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.
