1980 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 2nd in the EL's North Division
Manager: Steve Demeter (67-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 130,674, Avg. 1,908
Playoffs - Holyoke Millers 2 games, Buffalo Bisons 0
The Buffalo Bisons of the Eastern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Bisons scored 745 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Eddie Vargas paced Buffalo with 24 home runs, while Jim Buckner and Alfredo Torres walloped 15 or more, too. Alfredo Torres accounted for 93 RBI. Junior Ortiz led all regular batters by hitting .346. Dave Dravecky topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.35 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1980 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rick Lancellotti, Steve Farr, Stew Cliburn, Dave Dravecky, Eddie Vargas and Junior Ortiz.
Steve Demeter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Dravecky | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.35 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 165 | 76 | 60 | 14 | 60 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steve Farr | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.97 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 158 | 84 | 71 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Rock | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.25 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 141 | 81 | 68 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Ben Wiltbank | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.09 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 160 | 85 | 74 | 13 | 83 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Jose Calderon | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.34 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64.0 | 64 | 47 | 38 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Arias | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.62 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 72.0 | 80 | 39 | 37 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Nicholson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.94 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 139 | 84 | 72 | 13 | 53 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Keith Thibodeaux | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 58 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Randall Evans | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.43 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 72 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Ignacio Martinez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 35 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Stew Cliburn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Britt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Field | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Notarino | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.21 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42.0 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mike Allen | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.50 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36.0 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Spin Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Peter Garrity | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Weismiller | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 67 | 70 | .489 | 4.39 | 288 | 137 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 1173.0 | 1216 | 674 | 572 | 125 | 529 | 15 | 566 | 38 | 11 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Ortiz | 126 | 564 | 515 | 79 | 178 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 43 | 57 | .346 | .398 | .468 | .866 | 241 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Vargas | 133 | 555 | 509 | 78 | 138 | 28 | 2 | 24 | 87 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 107 | .271 | .321 | .475 | .796 | 242 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 122 | 518 | 455 | 72 | 129 | 24 | 2 | 23 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 72 | .284 | .358 | .497 | .855 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Buckner | 112 | 460 | 422 | 72 | 119 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 46 | .282 | .331 | .462 | .793 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Michael Barnes | 133 | 573 | 437 | 86 | 116 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 13 | 9 | 122 | 92 | .265 | .430 | .384 | .815 | 168 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
| John Macauley | 103 | 468 | 396 | 74 | 113 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 64 | .285 | .379 | .442 | .821 | 175 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Richard Federici | 120 | 454 | 411 | 46 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 33 | 33 | .219 | .282 | .280 | .561 | 115 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Paul Djakonow | 111 | 418 | 344 | 67 | 79 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 108 | .230 | .355 | .410 | .765 | 141 | 8 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Eugenio Cotes | 66 | 275 | 245 | 48 | 76 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 40 | .310 | .368 | .543 | .911 | 133 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tony Incaviglia | 57 | 262 | 215 | 44 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 42 | .274 | .402 | .353 | .756 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Waag | 46 | 183 | 166 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .241 | .289 | .331 | .620 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ron Mitchell | 58 | 198 | 160 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 38 | .206 | .323 | .294 | .617 | 47 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Rick Lancellotti | 30 | 122 | 107 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | .262 | .352 | .551 | .904 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Rouse | 45 | 163 | 142 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .162 | .258 | .232 | .490 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 1262 | 5213 | 4524 | 745 | 1221 | 212 | 25 | 141 | 652 | 110 | 56 | 569 | 752 | .270 | .355 | .421 | .776 | 1906 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 133 | 1268 | 85 | 15 | 115 | .989 | 1.173 | ||||
| Richard Federici | 1B | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.667 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 2B | 120 | 292 | 408 | 21 | 88 | .971 | 5.833 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | 2B | 9 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 9 | .959 | 5.222 | ||||
| William Waag | 2B | 8 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 2B | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | 3B | 107 | 94 | 206 | 26 | 16 | .920 | 2.804 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | 3B | 15 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 8 | .854 | 2.733 | ||||
| Randy Rouse | 3B | 11 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .792 | 1.727 | ||||
| William Waag | 3B | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.400 | ||||
| Michael Barnes | 3B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Junior Ortiz | C | 111 | 497 | 91 | 16 | 9 | .974 | 5.297 | 15 | |||
| Alfredo Torres | C | 22 | 114 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 5.909 | 3 | |||
| Randy Rouse | C | 6 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 2 | |||
| Richard Federici | OF | 116 | 285 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .980 | 2.569 | ||||
| Jim Buckner | OF | 107 | 177 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 1.692 | ||||
| Eugenio Cotes | OF | 57 | 90 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .934 | 1.737 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | OF | 53 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.925 | ||||
| Alfredo Torres | OF | 41 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.610 | ||||
| Rick Lancellotti | OF | 27 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .955 | 2.370 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | OF | 19 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.368 | ||||
| Randy Rouse | OF | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Juan Arias | P | 32 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .406 | ||||
| Jose Calderon | P | 29 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .276 | ||||
| Dave Dravecky | P | 27 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.741 | ||||
| Ben Wiltbank | P | 26 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Mike Allen | P | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Larry Nicholson | P | 23 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .783 | ||||
| Steve Farr | P | 23 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Robert Rock | P | 21 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Anthony Notarino | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .562 | ||||
| Robert Weismiller | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Randall Evans | P | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Ignacio Martinez | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Keith Thibodeaux | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Douglas Britt | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Spin Williams | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Peter Garrity | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Mitchell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Field | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Stew Cliburn | P | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Macauley | SS | 103 | 186 | 299 | 54 | 69 | .900 | 4.709 | ||||
| William Waag | SS | 34 | 71 | 119 | 11 | 23 | .945 | 5.588 | ||||
| Paul Djakonow | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1409 | 3513 | 1588 | 196 | 375 | .963 | 3.620 | 20 | 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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