1980 Waterbury Reds Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the EL's South Division
Manager: Mike Compton (75-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 54,807, Avg. 789

1980 Waterbury Reds Roster

Playoffs - Waterbury Reds 2 games, Reading Phillies 0
Finals - Holyoke Millers 2 games, Waterbury Reds 1

The Waterbury Reds of the Eastern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Reds surrendered 484 runs, fewest in the league. Waterbury plated 516 runs. Nick Esasky walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Paul Herring swatted 15 or more, too. Nick Esasky drove in 79 runs. Skeeter Barnes paced all regular hitters by hitting .293. Oscar Brito topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1980 Waterbury Reds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Lawless, Nick Esasky, Jeff Lahti, Steve Christmas, Bill Scherrer, Mark Gilbert, Keefe Cato, Bill Dawley, Skeeter Barnes and Tom Foley.

Mike Compton 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
Oscar Brito	12	6	.667	3.14	25	25		8	1	0	172.0	125	66	60	11	75	1	175	8	2	3
Scott Dye	9	7	.562	4.15	48	3		1	0	11	102.0	96	48	47	9	37	5	75	1	1	5
Randy Town	8	9	.471	3.31	29	25		2	1	0	147.0	142	62	54	12	43	5	50	4	0	4
Doug Neuenschwander	7	1	.875	2.22	56	0		0	0	7	89.0	60	25	22	5	41	5	48	4	1	2
Jeff Lahti	7	8	.467	2.77	55	0		0	0	16	91.0	75	34	28	7	40	4	78	1	1	7
Bill Scherrer	7	8	.467	3.34	25	25		4	3	0	151.0	139	58	56	10	58	2	84	0	0	2
Rick O'Keeffe	6	1	.857	2.30	18	9		5	3	1	86.0	65	24	22	0	48	2	32	0	1	3
Greg Hughes	5	7	.417	4.12	21	17		2	0	0	96.0	103	47	44	10	30	1	57	3	0	6
Bob Mayer	4	3	.571	3.49	11	8		0	0	0	49.0	51	23	19	4	27	0	32	0	0	1
Nick Fiorillo	4	3	.571	4.24	26	4		0	0	0	51.0	56	30	24	1	28	1	28	0	0	5
Keefe Cato	3	7	.300	3.82	12	12		2	0	0	73.0	75	36	31	2	28	3	25	2	1	0
Bill Dawley	2	2	.500	2.94	7	7		1	0	0	49.0	43	18	16	3	25	2	33	1	0	2
Larry Buckle	1	2	.333	3.81	4	4		1	0	0	26.0	27	13	11	0	10	2	12	0	0	4
Totals	75	64	.540	3.30	337	139	0	26	8	35	1182.0	1057	484	434	74	490	33	729	24	7	44	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
Skeeter Barnes	138	571	533	62	156	27	6	4	64	18	10	24	54	.293	.320	.388	.709	207		1	6	7
Tom Lawless	130	553	498	83	137	20	7	2	29	63	20	41	82	.275	.332	.355	.687	177		3	7	4
Paul Herring	131	498	453	59	121	14	9	16	62	5	8	39	49	.267	.326	.444	.770	201		2	1	3
Tom Foley	131	534	477	49	119	16	4	4	41	3	8	47	50	.249	.318	.325	.643	155		2	5	3
Nick Esasky	135	523	425	79	115	18	4	30	79	2	6	83	131	.271	.396	.544	.939	231		9	0	6
Russ Aldrich	127	466	409	37	95	17	2	5	43	3	6	44	50	.232	.315	.320	.636	131		6	6	1
Steve Christmas	115	415	347	44	84	15	2	7	44	1	1	61	35	.242	.359	.357	.716	124		4	0	3
Bob Hamilton	106	308	255	29	60	12	4	3	33	3	3	44	34	.235	.345	.349	.694	89		2	1	6
Mickey Duval	63	186	163	16	36	9	4	2	23	7	5	21	46	.221	.310	.362	.672	59		0	2	0
Mark Gilbert	49	172	154	12	31	2	0	0	6	3	4	14	13	.201	.276	.214	.491	33		2	2	0
Tom Sohns	80	198	176	13	30	4	2	1	14	0	1	19	32	.170	.250	.233	.483	41		0	2	1
Dan Sarrett	37	113	98	7	17	1	0	0	4	1	2	12	27	.173	.261	.184	.445	18		0	2	1
Oscar Brito	25	65	59	9	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	26	.186	.213	.203	.417	12		0	4	0
Rick O'Keeffe	23	38	34	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.206	.270	.206	.476	7		0	1	0
Nick Fiorillo	26	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	4		0	0	0
Jeff Lahti	55	20	17	1	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	5	.235	.278	.353	.631	6		0	2	0
Dave Bisceglia	13	27	23	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.174	.296	.217	.514	5		1	0	0
Greg Hughes	23	33	28	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.143	.250	.179	.429	5		1	1	0
Randy Town	34	46	40	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	10	.100	.163	.100	.263	4		0	3	0
Bill Scherrer	25	54	49	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.082	.118	.082	.199	4		0	3	0
Bill Dawley	7	19	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.188	.312	3		0	3	0
Scott Dye	48	21	18	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	8	.111	.158	.278	.436	5		0	2	0
Doug Neuenschwander	56	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	1		0	1	0
Bob Mayer	11	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	2	0
Larry Buckle	4	11	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.000	.455	.000	.455	0		0	0	0
Keefe Cato	12	25	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		1	1	0
Totals	1604	4942	4340	515	1049	159	45	75	455	112	74	476	704	.242	.319	.351	.670	1523	0	34	57	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Russ Aldrich	1B	124	1001	72	2	81	.998	8.653
Tom Sohns	1B	19	121	9	0	6	1.000	6.842
Steve Christmas	1B	4	23	1	0	1	1.000	6.000
Tom Lawless	2B	128	316	333	14	64	.979	5.070
Tom Sohns	2B	16	29	40	1	8	.986	4.312
Nick Esasky	3B	133	98	241	23	19	.936	2.549
Tom Sohns	3B	10	7	14	1	1	.955	2.100
Steve Christmas	C	105	598	80	11	10	.984	6.457	6
Dan Sarrett	C	35	153	26	5	2	.973	5.114	9
Dave Bisceglia	C	9	33	4	1	0	.974	4.111	0
Skeeter Barnes	OF	135	264	15	13	0	.955	2.067
Paul Herring	OF	122	208	5	12	2	.947	1.746
Bob Hamilton	OF	81	152	3	0	1	1.000	1.914
Mickey Duval	OF	53	132	3	2	2	.985	2.547
Mark Gilbert	OF	43	108	5	2	1	.983	2.628
Doug Neuenschwander	P	56	1	7	0	1	1.000	.143
Jeff Lahti	P	55	9	27	0	0	1.000	.655
Scott Dye	P	48	4	12	0	1	1.000	.333
Randy Town	P	29	8	26	5	4	.872	1.172
Nick Fiorillo	P	26	0	9	3	0	.750	.346
Bill Scherrer	P	25	2	28	1	0	.968	1.200
Oscar Brito	P	25	6	20	2	3	.929	1.040
Greg Hughes	P	21	9	15	1	1	.960	1.143
Rick O'Keeffe	P	18	6	18	3	1	.889	1.333
Keefe Cato	P	12	3	8	1	0	.917	.917
Bob Mayer	P	11	3	11	2	2	.875	1.273
Bill Dawley	P	7	4	7	2	1	.846	1.571
Larry Buckle	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tom Foley	SS	128	222	329	31	49	.947	4.305
Tom Sohns	SS	14	19	35	4	1	.931	3.857
Totals		1496	3540	1406	142	262	.972	3.306	15	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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