1980 Tucson Toros Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
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

1980 Tucson Toros Roster

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 Danny Heep and Gary Rajsich 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 Tom Spencer, Randy Niemann, Gary Rajsich, Pete Ladd, Gary Woods, Danny Heep, Gary Wilson, Brent Strom, Julio González, Alan Knicely, Mike Fischlin, Tom Wiedenbauer, Rick Williams, Bobby Sprowl, Jimmy Sexton, Joe Pittman, Jim Pankovits, Dave Cripe, Mike Mendoza, Gordie Pladson, Billy Smith and Bert Roberge.

Jimmy Johnson served as manager.

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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
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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