1980 Tucson Toros Statistics
Team Record: 87-59
Finished 1st in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Jimmy Johnson (87-59)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Ballpark: Hi Corbett Field
Attendance: 207,591, Avg. 2,844
Playoffs - Albuquerque Dukes 2 games, Tucson Toros 0
The Tucson Toros of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1980 season with a record of 87 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Toros topped the league with 793 runs. Tucson yielded 725 runs. Alan Knicely led the team with 22 home runs, while Gary Rajsich and Danny Heep walloped 15 or more also. Alan Knicely drove in 105 runs. Gary Rajsich paced hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Rick Williams paced the squad with 14 wins, and Gary Wilson recorded a 3.47 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1980 Tucson Toros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gary Rajsich, Randy Niemann, Pete Ladd, Gary Woods, Tom Spencer, Danny Heep, Gary Wilson, Alan Knicely, Brent Strom, Julio González, Mike Fischlin, Tom Wiedenbauer, Bobby Sprowl, Rick Williams, Joe Pittman, Bert Roberge, Mike Mendoza, Gordie Pladson, Billy Smith, Jimmy Sexton, Dave Cripe and Jim Pankovits.
Jimmy Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Williams | 14 | 11 | .560 | 5.03 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 188.0 | 240 | 123 | 105 | 14 | 69 | 5 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Billy Smith | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.71 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 143.0 | 169 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 41 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Gary Wilson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.47 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 192.0 | 216 | 94 | 74 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brent Strom | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.37 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 157 | 76 | 66 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gordie Pladson | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.59 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 128.0 | 121 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.35 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 180.0 | 211 | 102 | 87 | 13 | 79 | 1 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Miscik | 5 | 1 | .833 | 5.40 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 72 | 46 | 36 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bert Roberge | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.78 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 49.0 | 44 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randy Niemann | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.85 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 52.0 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ricardo Aponte | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.86 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Ladd | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.57 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21.0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mark Miggins | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Mendoza | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.86 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59.0 | 83 | 50 | 45 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 87 | 59 | .596 | 4.34 | 293 | 146 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 32 | 1245.0 | 1432 | 724 | 600 | 68 | 523 | 26 | 612 | 25 | 6 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Woods | 140 | 609 | 517 | 102 | 162 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 86 | 36 | 3 | 74 | 79 | .313 | .399 | .464 | .863 | 240 | 6 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Joe Pittman | 126 | 555 | 490 | 93 | 154 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 61 | 54 | 13 | 54 | 75 | .314 | .381 | .408 | .790 | 200 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Alan Knicely | 133 | 539 | 468 | 69 | 149 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 76 | .318 | .396 | .515 | .911 | 241 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gary Rajsich | 134 | 544 | 445 | 94 | 143 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 99 | 12 | 10 | 87 | 41 | .321 | .435 | .575 | 1.010 | 256 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jimmy Sexton | 113 | 516 | 446 | 81 | 132 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 64 | 50 | .296 | .384 | .370 | .754 | 165 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Danny Heep | 96 | 418 | 376 | 63 | 129 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 36 | .343 | .398 | .580 | .978 | 218 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Fischlin | 131 | 486 | 417 | 65 | 117 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 30 | 5 | 57 | 65 | .281 | .373 | .393 | .766 | 164 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tom Wiedenbauer | 108 | 417 | 384 | 45 | 98 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 47 | .255 | .303 | .299 | .602 | 115 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| George Gross | 108 | 425 | 370 | 49 | 97 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 51 | .262 | .345 | .368 | .713 | 136 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Spencer | 71 | 252 | 239 | 31 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .272 | .302 | .431 | .733 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Pankovits | 64 | 242 | 213 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 32 | .249 | .315 | .352 | .667 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jack Fleming | 48 | 150 | 147 | 17 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .320 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio González | 38 | 156 | 149 | 21 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | .295 | .316 | .423 | .739 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Simon Rosario | 25 | 110 | 103 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .291 | .327 | .388 | .716 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Douglas Stokke | 23 | 85 | 78 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .256 | .277 | .308 | .585 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave Cripe | 21 | 87 | 71 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | .211 | .345 | .211 | .556 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Mendoza | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1440 | 5594 | 4915 | 793 | 1455 | 263 | 74 | 84 | 716 | 259 | 70 | 564 | 626 | .296 | .369 | .431 | .800 | 2118 | 0 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Heep | 1B | 82 | 810 | 53 | 8 | 70 | .991 | 1.524 | ||||
| George Gross | 1B | 64 | 658 | 31 | 8 | 76 | .989 | 1.766 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 1B | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | 2B | 96 | 213 | 338 | 20 | 76 | .965 | 5.740 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | 2B | 41 | 103 | 108 | 8 | 26 | .963 | 5.146 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 2B | 12 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.833 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | 2B | 4 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 7.750 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | 3B | 78 | 46 | 163 | 21 | 24 | .909 | 2.679 | ||||
| Julio González | 3B | 38 | 22 | 105 | 9 | 9 | .934 | 3.342 | ||||
| Dave Cripe | 3B | 21 | 17 | 42 | 6 | 6 | .908 | 2.810 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | 3B | 7 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .857 | 2.571 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | 3B | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 2.857 | ||||
| Alan Knicely | C | 124 | 511 | 93 | 23 | 8 | .963 | 4.871 | 16 | |||
| Jack Fleming | C | 39 | 138 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 3.872 | 1 | |||
| Gary Woods | OF | 133 | 264 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 2.083 | ||||
| Gary Rajsich | OF | 127 | 205 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 1.693 | ||||
| Tom Wiedenbauer | OF | 107 | 264 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .968 | 2.523 | ||||
| Tom Spencer | OF | 49 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.469 | ||||
| Joe Pittman | OF | 28 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.464 | ||||
| Simon Rosario | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| George Gross | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bert Roberge | P | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .353 | ||||
| Mike Mendoza | P | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .176 | ||||
| Rick Williams | P | 28 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Billy Smith | P | 28 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Dennis Miscik | P | 27 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Gary Wilson | P | 26 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .911 | 1.577 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 26 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.231 | ||||
| Brent Strom | P | 24 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Pete Ladd | P | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .167 | ||||
| Gordie Pladson | P | 17 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .900 | 2.118 | ||||
| Ricardo Aponte | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Randy Niemann | P | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Mark Miggins | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Fischlin | SS | 127 | 200 | 437 | 40 | 88 | .941 | 5.016 | ||||
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 17 | 24 | 52 | 4 | 8 | .950 | 4.471 | ||||
| Douglas Stokke | SS | 8 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Pankovits | SS | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1519 | 3734 | 1777 | 192 | 429 | .966 | 3.628 | 17 | 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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