1980 Astros Blue Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 38-24
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Eric Swanson (38-24)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
1980 Astros Blue RosterTeam Record: 38-24
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Eric Swanson (38-24)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: KC Complex
The Astros Blue of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1980 season with a record of 38 wins and 24 losses, finishing second in the GCL.
The Astros Blue paced the league with just 242 runs allowed. The club scored 311 runs. Dennis Cleveland accounted for 38 RBI. Marc Thomas led all regular hitters with a .338 average. Kenneth Elsee and Mark Turner topped the team with 7 wins each, while Jeff Morris recorded a 1.29 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Manny Hernández played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Astros Blue to do so.
Eric Swanson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Turner | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.05 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 51 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Elsee | 7 | 3 | .700 | 1.85 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 44 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jeff Morris | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.29 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Manny Hernández | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.05 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 65 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Penate | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.72 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 47.0 | 47 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ernesto Espinoza | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.39 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 42 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Tom Hawk | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.00 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 59 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Guillermo Castro | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.93 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tim Meckes | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quico Ruiz | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Guillermo Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Babcock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 24 | .613 | 2.92 | 167 | 62 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 527.0 | 477 | 242 | 171 | 12 | 231 | 12 | 347 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Thomas | 53 | 224 | 204 | 41 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 6 | .338 | .381 | .407 | .788 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Billy Weems | 60 | 248 | 206 | 52 | 64 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 35 | 8 | .311 | .416 | .383 | .800 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Cleveland | 59 | 233 | 203 | 33 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 14 | .300 | .366 | .399 | .765 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gary D'Onofrio | 61 | 258 | 218 | 34 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 23 | .275 | .352 | .362 | .715 | 79 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Neil Simons | 62 | 261 | 212 | 34 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 11 | .269 | .398 | .392 | .790 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Sullivan | 56 | 220 | 189 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 19 | .270 | .359 | .354 | .714 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Christopher Buckley | 53 | 184 | 168 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | .250 | .308 | .292 | .599 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joey Squilla | 41 | 147 | 131 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 21 | .252 | .312 | .374 | .687 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Randall Schlosser | 50 | 173 | 137 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 9 | .234 | .390 | .248 | .638 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julio Benjamin | 46 | 173 | 150 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 25 | .153 | .244 | .213 | .458 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ramon Garcia | 29 | 89 | 80 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .212 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Babcock | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hawk | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernesto Espinoza | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 608 | 2215 | 1903 | 305 | 511 | 80 | 17 | 11 | 237 | 84 | 36 | 253 | 174 | .269 | .355 | .346 | .701 | 658 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Benjamin | 1B | 34 | 343 | 19 | 9 | 34 | .976 | 1.647 | ||||
| Joey Squilla | 1B | 24 | 242 | 10 | 1 | 16 | .996 | 1.500 | ||||
| Randall Schlosser | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Weems | 2B | 43 | 99 | 117 | 14 | 26 | .939 | 5.023 | ||||
| Randall Schlosser | 2B | 16 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 8 | .986 | 4.250 | ||||
| Gary D'Onofrio | 2B | 10 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.300 | ||||
| Dennis Cleveland | 3B | 56 | 33 | 150 | 17 | 12 | .915 | 3.268 | ||||
| Randall Schlosser | 3B | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Julio Benjamin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Sullivan | C | 47 | 247 | 28 | 7 | 1 | .975 | 5.851 | 7 | |||
| Ramon Garcia | C | 25 | 91 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .946 | 4.200 | 4 | |||
| Dennis Cleveland | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Neil Simons | OF | 62 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.790 | ||||
| Christopher Buckley | OF | 51 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.078 | ||||
| Marc Thomas | OF | 49 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.531 | ||||
| Billy Weems | OF | 20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Joey Squilla | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Randall Schlosser | OF | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Penate | P | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .367 | ||||
| Guillermo Castro | P | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Mark Turner | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Kenneth Elsee | P | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ken Babcock | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Guillermo Thomas | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Tom Hawk | P | 12 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Ernesto Espinoza | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Manny Hernández | P | 11 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1.000 | ||||
| Quico Ruiz | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Tim Meckes | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Jeff Morris | P | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.556 | ||||
| Gary D'Onofrio | SS | 52 | 86 | 201 | 16 | 28 | .947 | 5.519 | ||||
| Randall Schlosser | SS | 15 | 14 | 41 | 13 | 8 | .809 | 3.667 | ||||
| Dennis Cleveland | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 700 | 1515 | 801 | 105 | 155 | .957 | 3.309 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
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