1980 Columbus Astros Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-68
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Matt Galante (76-68)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 123,173, Avg. 1,711

1980 Columbus Astros Roster

The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 76 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Astros scored 660 runs and allowed 600 runs. Greg Cypret led Columbus with 21 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Johnny Ray paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .324. Jim MacDonald topped the team with 17 wins, while Ron Meridith recorded a 2.54 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Tim Tolman, Ron Meridith, Dave Cripe, Johnny Ray, Pete Ladd, Bert Peña, Scott Loucks and Mark Ross were all players from the 1980 Columbus Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Matt Galante 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
Jim MacDonald	17	7	.708	3.64	29	29		9	1	0	200.0	209	98	81	16	54	1	126	5	0	4
Ron Meridith	9	5	.643	2.54	25	17		7	2	0	145.0	143	48	41	14	40	3	82	4	0	3
John Hessler	9	7	.562	4.41	27	27		7	2	0	153.0	127	87	75	6	135	0	121	2	1	17
Stan Leland	8	11	.421	3.49	28	28		9	2	0	201.0	186	99	78	17	76	1	95	10	2	7
Del Leatherwood	7	5	.583	3.03	17	14		6	0	0	107.0	98	48	36	9	38	1	60	5	3	0
Steven Quealey	6	4	.600	2.80	32	0		0	0	7	61.0	50	22	19	5	25	3	56	5	0	2
Pete Ladd	6	5	.545	3.44	33	0		0	0	5	55.0	47	27	21	8	29	2	38	3	0	4
Mark Miggins	4	6	.400	3.18	35	3		1	0	8	68.0	50	28	24	5	42	3	48	4	1	1
Rod Boxberger	4	13	.235	5.62	23	22		3	0	0	117.0	118	83	73	6	97	2	57	13	0	4
Paul Cacciatore	2	0	1.000	5.40	5	4		1	0	0	20.0	20	13	12	3	9	0	10	1	1	2
Mark Ross	2	2	.500	3.67	14	0		0	0	2	27.0	30	11	11	1	4	0	13	0	0	1
Ricardo Aponte	1	1	.500	3.60	9	0		0	0	0	20.0	19	8	8	0	5	1	10	1	1	0
Thad Troedson	1	2	.333	6.86	14	0		0	0	0	21.0	29	24	16	0	18	3	8	2	0	1
Charles Valley	0	0		3.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	4	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
Doug Welenc	0	0		3.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	2
Dave Cripe	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	76	68	.528	3.73	295	144	0	43	7	22	1202.0	1134	600	498	90	576	20	729	55	9	48	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
Johnny Ray	138	568	497	86	161	32	6	10	72	13	10	59	38	.324	.400	.473	.873	235		6	3	3
Tim Tolman	139	572	481	67	142	37	4	7	73	4	6	80	50	.295	.391	.432	.824	208		1	2	8
Scott Loucks	137	604	515	90	125	13	6	10	45	53	13	75	109	.243	.338	.350	.687	180		2	6	6
Simon Rosario	107	417	397	47	120	20	0	3	52	3	6	15	53	.302	.329	.375	.704	149		1	3	1
Greg Cypret	120	480	406	64	116	19	2	21	74	6	7	61	40	.286	.380	.498	.877	202		3	6	4
Keith Bodie	132	503	452	60	112	21	5	6	50	10	9	44	68	.248	.313	.356	.670	161		1	2	4
Reggie Waller	120	447	400	59	100	17	3	9	45	11	9	38	77	.250	.318	.375	.693	150		3	4	2
Bert Peña	124	426	386	47	97	20	0	9	49	2	0	24	69	.251	.296	.373	.669	144		2	11	3
Douglas Stokke	69	305	280	45	81	11	1	7	37	6	2	16	22	.289	.327	.411	.737	115		2	2	5
Greg Dahl	77	281	244	24	58	7	1	4	36	0	1	28	50	.238	.313	.324	.636	79		0	6	3
Ronald Jacobs	72	253	214	22	45	10	0	0	22	1	2	34	26	.210	.323	.257	.580	55		2	2	1
Dave Cripe	41	153	127	17	33	3	0	3	20	4	2	18	19	.260	.353	.354	.708	45		2	3	3
Charles Valley	36	134	115	18	24	3	0	2	5	0	0	16	19	.209	.308	.287	.595	33		1	1	1
Arvis Harper	28	92	84	11	16	7	0	1	4	1	2	6	9	.190	.250	.310	.560	26		1	0	1
Jim MacDonald	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Valentino Primante	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Ron Meridith	28	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0
Totals	1399	5241	4603	660	1230	220	28	92	584	114	69	515	652	.267	.341	.387	.729	1782	0	27	51	45	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Tim Tolman	1B	110	952	90	14	106	.987	9.473
Charles Valley	1B	36	334	30	2	35	.995	1.111
Greg Cypret	1B	2	22	1	0	1	1.000	11.500
Dave Cripe	1B	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000
Johnny Ray	2B	70	150	175	13	49	.962	4.643
Douglas Stokke	2B	65	155	188	10	53	.972	5.277
Dave Cripe	2B	7	16	23	0	3	1.000	5.571
Greg Cypret	2B	5	12	17	0	3	1.000	5.800
Greg Cypret	3B	78	59	149	18	20	.920	2.667
Johnny Ray	3B	64	53	156	11	15	.950	3.266
Dave Cripe	3B	7	8	13	1	1	.955	3.000
Greg Dahl	C	77	397	40	5	4	.989	5.675	15
Ronald Jacobs	C	71	381	45	7	2	.984	6.000	6
Keith Bodie	OF	132	181	15	15	3	.929	1.485
Scott Loucks	OF	117	264	12	6	3	.979	2.359
Simon Rosario	OF	86	117	4	3	1	.976	1.407
Reggie Waller	OF	69	110	6	2	0	.983	1.681
Tim Tolman	OF	23	28	3	1	0	.969	1.348
Arvis Harper	OF	22	37	1	0	1	1.000	1.727
Mark Miggins	P	35	5	21	1	1	.963	.743
Pete Ladd	P	33	4	11	2	0	.882	.455
Steven Quealey	P	32	5	9	1	1	.933	.438
Jim MacDonald	P	29	19	36	3	6	.948	1.897
Stan Leland	P	28	16	34	4	6	.926	1.786
John Hessler	P	27	9	16	3	1	.893	.926
Ron Meridith	P	25	5	25	0	0	1.000	1.200
Rod Boxberger	P	23	17	30	0	2	1.000	2.043
Del Leatherwood	P	17	7	34	1	1	.976	2.412
Thad Troedson	P	14	3	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Mark Ross	P	14	2	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Ricardo Aponte	P	9	1	3	1	0	.800	.444
Paul Cacciatore	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Doug Welenc	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Charles Valley	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Cripe	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bert Peña	SS	123	193	363	26	78	.955	4.520
Greg Cypret	SS	22	31	50	8	14	.910	3.682
Douglas Stokke	SS	5	4	12	0	3	1.000	3.200
Totals		1487	3605	1623	158	413	.971	3.516	21	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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