1980 Columbus Clippers Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Joe Altobelli (83-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 546,074, Avg. 7,801
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Richmond Braves 2
Finals - Columbus Clippers 4 games, Toledo Mud Hens 1
The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1980 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Clippers led the circuit with just 477 runs allowed. Columbus scored 590 runs. Marshall Brant paced the team with 23 home runs and accounted for 92 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .289 clip. Bob Kammeyer topped the squad with 15 wins, and Ken Clay earned a 1.96 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1980 Columbus Clippers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Cooper, Roger Holt, Jim Nettles, Ken Clay, Juan Espino, Dennis Werth, Mike Griffin, Bob Kammeyer, Brian Doyle, Dennis Sherrill, Joe Lefebvre, Dave Coleman, Marshall Brant, Roger Slagle, Doug Bird, Jim Lewis, Andre Robertson, Brad Gulden, Chris Welsh, Roy Staiger, Dave Righetti, Bruce Robinson, Dave Wehrmeister and Tim Lollar.
Joe Altobelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Kammeyer | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.91 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 176.0 | 176 | 70 | 57 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Greg Cochran | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.56 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 165.0 | 129 | 51 | 47 | 10 | 56 | 6 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Jim Lewis | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.32 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 93.0 | 73 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 45 | 13 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Ken Clay | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.96 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 138.0 | 106 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Chris Welsh | 9 | 12 | .429 | 2.73 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 158.0 | 134 | 78 | 48 | 7 | 68 | 4 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Griffin | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.47 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 88 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Doug Bird | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.0 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dave Righetti | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.63 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 142.0 | 124 | 79 | 73 | 9 | 101 | 0 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Don Cooper | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Wehrmeister | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.83 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 86.0 | 66 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 36 | 9 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tim Lollar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.57 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 2.92 | 276 | 140 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 24 | 1195.0 | 1012 | 477 | 388 | 69 | 504 | 46 | 795 | 36 | 9 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | 126 | 478 | 409 | 69 | 118 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 81 | .289 | .363 | .535 | .898 | 219 | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Wayne Harer | 116 | 504 | 432 | 51 | 110 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 35 | .255 | .343 | .312 | .656 | 135 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Jim Nettles | 115 | 408 | 353 | 47 | 90 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 58 | .255 | .340 | .371 | .711 | 131 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Roger Holt | 121 | 455 | 380 | 49 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 56 | .213 | .319 | .266 | .585 | 101 | 4 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Robinson | 104 | 374 | 334 | 40 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 40 | .240 | .312 | .395 | .707 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim McDonald | 91 | 325 | 290 | 32 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 20 | .262 | .327 | .352 | .679 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Roy Staiger | 90 | 311 | 269 | 35 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 64 | .234 | .314 | .368 | .682 | 99 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Dave Coleman | 71 | 259 | 236 | 30 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 45 | .254 | .313 | .356 | .669 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Lefebvre | 56 | 242 | 198 | 37 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 30 | .278 | .409 | .515 | .924 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Robertson | 68 | 228 | 215 | 22 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 29 | .251 | .277 | .353 | .630 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Marv Thompson | 90 | 251 | 215 | 40 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 27 | .247 | .332 | .330 | .662 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Garry Smith | 65 | 231 | 201 | 25 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 37 | .244 | .319 | .343 | .662 | 69 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rick Stenholm | 50 | 182 | 163 | 18 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .270 | .335 | .405 | .740 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Sherrill | 68 | 208 | 183 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 37 | .213 | .263 | .295 | .558 | 54 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Dan Schmitz | 35 | 133 | 111 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | .324 | .406 | .396 | .803 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Brian Doyle | 47 | 172 | 160 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .225 | .262 | .300 | .562 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Juan Espino | 48 | 141 | 129 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .209 | .270 | .302 | .572 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Werth | 32 | 113 | 91 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 26 | .220 | .372 | .374 | .745 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brad Gulden | 14 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .157 | .267 | .314 | .580 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Lewis | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1454 | 5076 | 4421 | 590 | 1099 | 190 | 33 | 89 | 537 | 50 | 31 | 509 | 650 | .249 | .327 | .367 | .694 | 1622 | 0 | 29 | 77 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | 1B | 117 | 1086 | 64 | 8 | 74 | .993 | 9.829 | ||||
| Wayne Harer | 1B | 21 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 5.238 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 1B | 11 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .981 | 9.364 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | 1B | 6 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.500 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Roger Holt | 2B | 115 | 207 | 332 | 9 | 53 | .984 | 4.687 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 2B | 20 | 30 | 46 | 1 | 11 | .987 | 3.800 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 2B | 14 | 21 | 45 | 1 | 10 | .985 | 4.714 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roy Staiger | 3B | 81 | 46 | 171 | 10 | 14 | .956 | 2.679 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | 3B | 25 | 18 | 54 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 2.880 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | 3B | 16 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .905 | 2.375 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 3B | 15 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 2.733 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | 3B | 12 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | 3B | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Dennis Werth | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.667 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bruce Robinson | C | 93 | 532 | 56 | 8 | 5 | .987 | 6.323 | 7 | |||
| Juan Espino | C | 48 | 238 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .982 | 5.562 | 5 | |||
| Brad Gulden | C | 12 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 5.583 | 1 | |||
| Jim Nettles | OF | 113 | 156 | 10 | 4 | 4 | .976 | 1.469 | ||||
| Wayne Harer | OF | 110 | 219 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.055 | ||||
| Marv Thompson | OF | 65 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.400 | ||||
| Garry Smith | OF | 63 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.841 | ||||
| Joe Lefebvre | OF | 56 | 89 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Dennis Werth | OF | 25 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Rick Stenholm | OF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dave Coleman | OF | 18 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Lewis | P | 47 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .511 | ||||
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 39 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .590 | ||||
| Chris Welsh | P | 29 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .920 | 1.586 | ||||
| Bob Kammeyer | P | 25 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 2.040 | ||||
| Dave Righetti | P | 24 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Greg Cochran | P | 24 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.708 | ||||
| Tim Lollar | P | 21 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Ken Clay | P | 20 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Doug Bird | P | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Mike Griffin | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jim McDonald | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andre Robertson | SS | 68 | 88 | 222 | 13 | 30 | .960 | 4.559 | ||||
| Dennis Sherrill | SS | 47 | 72 | 127 | 13 | 31 | .939 | 4.234 | ||||
| Brian Doyle | SS | 29 | 50 | 86 | 15 | 10 | .901 | 4.690 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | SS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1516 | 3583 | 1635 | 138 | 294 | .974 | 3.442 | 13 | 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.
