1980 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 81-55
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Sonny Ruberto (81-55)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 216,592, Avg. 3,185
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Jackson Mets 0
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 3 games, San Antonio Dodgers 0
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1980 season with a record of 81 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Travelers conceded 528 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Arkansas tallied 629 runs. Jim Riggleman paced the team with 21 home runs, while Gene Dotson and Freddie Tisdale walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Riggleman drove in 90 runs. Kelly Paris led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Joe Edelen topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.63 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1980 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Al Olmsted, John Fulgham, Ryan Kurosaki, Luis DeLeón, Mike Dimmel, Joe Edelen, Andy Rincon, George Bjorkman, Jeff Little, Kelly Paris, John Martin and John Stuper.
Sonny Ruberto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Edelen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.63 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 161.0 | 150 | 64 | 47 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.40 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 172.0 | 165 | 80 | 65 | 12 | 51 | 3 | 138 | 7 | 3 | 8 | ||
| David Johnson | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.32 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 125.0 | 137 | 74 | 60 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Stuper | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.45 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 77 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.28 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 107.0 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 4 | 49 | 10 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| David Jorn | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.61 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84.0 | 81 | 47 | 43 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.84 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92.0 | 85 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Murphy | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.08 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106.0 | 96 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Ray Williams | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.53 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Tom Chamberlain | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Little | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 51 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| William Thomas | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.68 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 55 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Martin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.67 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Fulgham | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Freddie Tisdale | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 55 | .596 | 3.40 | 343 | 136 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 27 | 1158.0 | 1092 | 528 | 437 | 56 | 478 | 42 | 755 | 29 | 13 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Riggleman | 127 | 507 | 431 | 84 | 127 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 90 | 28 | 6 | 60 | 67 | .295 | .376 | .541 | .916 | 233 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Freddie Tisdale | 134 | 542 | 471 | 70 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 85 | 14 | 8 | 61 | 77 | .268 | .349 | .452 | .802 | 213 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kelly Paris | 116 | 446 | 399 | 63 | 120 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 59 | .301 | .360 | .416 | .776 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Frank Hunsaker | 115 | 414 | 357 | 41 | 116 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 42 | .325 | .404 | .389 | .793 | 139 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Mike Dimmel | 90 | 405 | 359 | 59 | 100 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 37 | 41 | .279 | .350 | .382 | .731 | 137 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Julian Gutierrez | 115 | 403 | 356 | 52 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 36 | .270 | .338 | .334 | .673 | 119 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Gene Dotson | 102 | 396 | 345 | 59 | 95 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 45 | 83 | .275 | .361 | .481 | .842 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Felipe Zayas | 121 | 411 | 359 | 35 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 85 | .253 | .338 | .329 | .667 | 118 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 103 | 309 | 269 | 33 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 43 | .271 | .344 | .327 | .672 | 88 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Garcia | 71 | 245 | 221 | 29 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 43 | .271 | .340 | .335 | .675 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Penniall | 47 | 211 | 180 | 39 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 22 | .294 | .392 | .450 | .842 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Bjorkman | 70 | 230 | 196 | 20 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 48 | .240 | .339 | .383 | .722 | 75 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Calise | 16 | 64 | 58 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .362 | .422 | .655 | 1.077 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Edelen | 32 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .368 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dave Bialas | 7 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .385 | .448 | .423 | .871 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley McCauley | 28 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .164 | .220 | .291 | .511 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Zunino | 28 | 55 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .190 | .370 | .262 | .632 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James McIntyre | 10 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .172 | .200 | .207 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Rincon | 26 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .172 | .172 | .310 | .483 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Jorn | 22 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .357 | .462 | .819 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Johnson | 37 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .222 | .263 | .333 | .596 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John DelMonte | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .444 | .744 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tinkler | 18 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .069 | .156 | .069 | .225 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Little | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Thomas | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stuper | 25 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .071 | .125 | .071 | .196 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Murphy | 31 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Olmsted | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Kurosaki | 37 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis DeLeón | 76 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Chamberlain | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Martin | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1647 | 4987 | 4356 | 629 | 1192 | 239 | 37 | 79 | 556 | 140 | 80 | 505 | 769 | .274 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 1742 | 0 | 31 | 55 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Tisdale | 1B | 125 | 1057 | 67 | 10 | 110 | .991 | 8.992 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 1B | 12 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 1B | 9 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.556 | ||||
| Frank Hunsaker | 1B | 6 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .958 | 3.833 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | 2B | 107 | 224 | 268 | 20 | 65 | .961 | 4.598 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 2B | 40 | 89 | 106 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | 4.875 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | 3B | 109 | 98 | 243 | 26 | 27 | .929 | 3.128 | ||||
| Mike Calise | 3B | 16 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 7 | .880 | 2.750 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | 3B | 13 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 2.385 | ||||
| Stanley McCauley | 3B | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.778 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Hunsaker | C | 90 | 493 | 57 | 8 | 7 | .986 | 6.111 | 3 | |||
| George Bjorkman | C | 50 | 278 | 30 | 10 | 6 | .969 | 6.160 | 6 | |||
| Gary Zunino | C | 23 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 2.217 | 5 | |||
| Felipe Zayas | OF | 97 | 155 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .983 | 1.753 | ||||
| Gene Dotson | OF | 96 | 138 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 1.542 | ||||
| Mike Dimmel | OF | 90 | 198 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .972 | 2.278 | ||||
| Nelson Garcia | OF | 56 | 113 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .967 | 2.125 | ||||
| Dave Penniall | OF | 36 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jim Riggleman | OF | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| George Bjorkman | OF | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | OF | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| James McIntyre | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julian Gutierrez | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | OF | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Gary Zunino | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John DelMonte | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis DeLeón | P | 76 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .263 | ||||
| Ryan Kurosaki | P | 37 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .405 | ||||
| Ray Williams | P | 34 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .441 | ||||
| John Murphy | P | 29 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .310 | ||||
| David Johnson | P | 28 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .913 | .750 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 26 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Joe Edelen | P | 26 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .894 | 1.615 | ||||
| John Stuper | P | 25 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .360 | ||||
| David Jorn | P | 20 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Jeff Little | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Al Olmsted | P | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Tom Chamberlain | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Fulgham | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelly Paris | SS | 116 | 181 | 349 | 38 | 68 | .933 | 4.569 | ||||
| Jorge Aranzamendi | SS | 24 | 15 | 48 | 6 | 4 | .913 | 2.625 | ||||
| Jack Tinkler | SS | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Felipe Zayas | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Freddie Tisdale | SS | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1545 | 3474 | 1466 | 176 | 362 | .966 | 3.197 | 14 | 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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