1980 Auburn Americans Statistics
Team Record: 29-45
Finished 4th in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Tim Johnson (29-45)
Location: Auburn, New York
Ballpark: Falcon Park I
Attendance: 9,474, Avg. 256
The Auburn Americans of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1980 season with a record of 29 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Americans scored 330 runs and yielded 406 runs. Ted French led Auburn with 13 home runs Brian Butera drove in 40 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .255. Paul Gnacinski paced the team with 8 wins, while Robert Foster recorded a 2.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Fimple played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Auburn Americans to do so.
Tim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Gnacinski | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.53 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 83 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Miguel Valdez | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.33 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 64 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dan Nay | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 38 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Hundley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.04 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 58 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Foster | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.21 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 61.0 | 49 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Ronald Nero | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.53 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 49 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Dixon | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Bajus | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Francisco Berenguer | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steven Jenter | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Crowley | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Orlando Salgado | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Strother | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark LaFranco | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Arthur Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Jakubowicz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Craig Nicholson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Tillett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rodolfo Santana | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dale Nichols | 0 | 4 | .000 | 13.85 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Plunkett | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5.44 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4.60 | 158 | 59 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 516.0 | 499 | 346 | 264 | 34 | 309 | 4 | 335 | 19 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Butera | 71 | 293 | 247 | 38 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 29 | .255 | .369 | .405 | .773 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ted French | 65 | 258 | 216 | 34 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 56 | .245 | .362 | .500 | .862 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Malkin | 63 | 244 | 209 | 27 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 33 | .249 | .352 | .416 | .769 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Nicolo | 42 | 183 | 154 | 25 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 11 | .260 | .374 | .279 | .653 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Irwin | 48 | 171 | 150 | 27 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 34 | .213 | .310 | .293 | .603 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Wilner | 34 | 134 | 122 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .238 | .299 | .320 | .618 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Kaczor | 27 | 93 | 79 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | .278 | .376 | .456 | .832 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Oros | 22 | 83 | 68 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | .265 | .398 | .500 | .898 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Montpetit | 45 | 122 | 110 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 36 | .164 | .246 | .173 | .419 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Engstler | 12 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .250 | .340 | .341 | .681 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David McKie | 17 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .227 | .346 | .318 | .664 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Tillett | 15 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .321 | .387 | .429 | .816 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Torres | 10 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Stanton | 5 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .273 | .429 | .273 | .701 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Julio | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Osmulski | 5 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .091 | .375 | .091 | .466 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Fazio | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .062 | .167 | .188 | .354 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 488 | 1808 | 1554 | 224 | 369 | 54 | 17 | 36 | 185 | 49 | 8 | 225 | 285 | .237 | .341 | .364 | .704 | 565 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted French | 1B | 14 | 98 | 8 | 6 | 6 | .946 | 7.571 | ||||
| John Malkin | 1B | 5 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.200 | ||||
| Gary Kaczor | 1B | 4 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 6.250 | ||||
| James Oros | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Nicolo | 2B | 9 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 3.667 | ||||
| James Oros | 2B | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Brian Butera | 2B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Vincent Fazio | 2B | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Brian Butera | 3B | 26 | 22 | 48 | 11 | 5 | .864 | 2.692 | ||||
| James Oros | 3B | 10 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 4.000 | ||||
| Vincent Fazio | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .583 | 1.750 | ||||
| Robert Irwin | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Engstler | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Malkin | C | 52 | 322 | 37 | 12 | 5 | .968 | 6.904 | 9 | |||
| David McKie | C | 14 | 64 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .909 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Frank Osmulski | C | 4 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 6.250 | 1 | |||
| Michael Stanton | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | |||
| Edward Engstler | C | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Robert Irwin | OF | 47 | 102 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 2.298 | ||||
| David Montpetit | OF | 43 | 78 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .932 | 1.907 | ||||
| Brian Butera | OF | 40 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
| Ted French | OF | 32 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Kevin Wilner | OF | 29 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.759 | ||||
| Gary Kaczor | OF | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Charles Tillett | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Edward Engstler | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Mark LaFranco | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Foster | P | 30 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .433 | ||||
| Thomas Plunkett | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .312 | ||||
| Paul Gnacinski | P | 14 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.786 | ||||
| Miguel Valdez | P | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Hundley | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Nero | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Charles Tillett | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Rodolfo Santana | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Dan Nay | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mark LaFranco | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Mark Bajus | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Dixon | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Strother | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dale Nichols | P | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Craig Nicholson | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Steven Jenter | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Crowley | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Berenguer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Sullivan | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Orlando Salgado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Jakubowicz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Nicolo | SS | 34 | 60 | 110 | 10 | 15 | .944 | 5.000 | ||||
| Samuel Torres | SS | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 2.667 | ||||
| James Oros | SS | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 568 | 1107 | 401 | 99 | 56 | .938 | 2.655 | 12 | 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.
