1980 Greensboro Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 1st in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Bob Schaefer (82-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 255,130, Avg. 3,671
Playoffs - Greensboro Hornets 2 games, Gastonia Cardinals 1
Finals - Greensboro Hornets 3 games, Charleston Royals 0
The Greensboro Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1980 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Hornets scored 765 runs, most in the league. Greensboro yielded 626 runs, fewest in the league. Matt Winters paced the team with 20 home runs, while Thomas Echstenkamper walloped 15 or more, too. Don Mattingly drove in 105 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .358 clip. Byron Ballard led the squad with 17 wins, and Freddie Toliver registered a 2.86 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1980 Greensboro Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Otis Nixon, Matt Winters, Don Mattingly, Rex Hudler, Pete Filson, Freddie Toliver, Ray Fontenot, Greg Gagne, Keith Smith and Víctor Mata.
Bob Schaefer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Ballard | 17 | 6 | .739 | 3.14 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 192.0 | 167 | 86 | 67 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 125 | 5 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Jeff Vanderplas | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.67 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 98 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||
| John Nurthen | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.75 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 72.0 | 64 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| David Free | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.96 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 75.0 | 60 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.58 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 108.0 | 98 | 56 | 43 | 10 | 58 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Freddie Toliver | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.86 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 98 | 60 | 40 | 10 | 89 | 1 | 96 | 2 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Steven Sagedahl | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.35 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118.0 | 125 | 78 | 57 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Frank Ricci | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Collins | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.59 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 47 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Chuck Hernández | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 64 | 58 | 50 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Pete Filson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.67 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George DeMaria | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Rudolph | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Fontenot | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.67 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49.0 | 41 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Campbell | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.49 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 44 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Irot | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.95 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 38 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Erol Akchurin | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 3.83 | 314 | 139 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 25 | 1178.0 | 1040 | 626 | 501 | 96 | 606 | 21 | 830 | 34 | 26 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mattingly | 133 | 569 | 494 | 92 | 177 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 105 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 33 | .358 | .422 | .498 | .920 | 246 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Otis Nixon | 136 | 614 | 493 | 124 | 137 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 67 | 13 | 113 | 88 | .278 | .412 | .341 | .753 | 168 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Matt Winters | 112 | 430 | 363 | 72 | 116 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 92 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 62 | .320 | .416 | .537 | .953 | 195 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Huey Gayden | 106 | 424 | 370 | 81 | 105 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 23 | 5 | 41 | 32 | .284 | .360 | .378 | .739 | 140 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Víctor Mata | 101 | 379 | 346 | 43 | 96 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 47 | .277 | .330 | .364 | .694 | 126 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Todd Demeter | 123 | 474 | 395 | 63 | 94 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 136 | .238 | .350 | .387 | .738 | 153 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Greg Gagne | 98 | 366 | 337 | 39 | 91 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 46 | .270 | .315 | .386 | .701 | 130 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Brian Poldberg | 95 | 350 | 308 | 39 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 33 | .292 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Echstenkamper | 96 | 340 | 307 | 40 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 48 | .231 | .292 | .433 | .725 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Tom Howser | 76 | 270 | 215 | 48 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 49 | 18 | .298 | .433 | .330 | .763 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John King | 77 | 281 | 247 | 35 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 48 | .206 | .285 | .364 | .649 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Brian Butterfield | 72 | 222 | 185 | 29 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | .227 | .342 | .254 | .597 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Girata | 33 | 115 | 105 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .295 | .348 | .552 | .900 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Swires | 36 | 127 | 108 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .259 | .362 | .389 | .751 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeff Rudolph | 25 | 72 | 60 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .317 | .408 | .433 | .842 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rex Hudler | 20 | 79 | 75 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .227 | .266 | .373 | .639 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Benedict | 19 | 71 | 61 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | .213 | .324 | .262 | .586 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Smith | 21 | 68 | 63 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .190 | .250 | .238 | .488 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Sagedahl | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erol Akchurin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1417 | 5253 | 4534 | 765 | 1254 | 194 | 34 | 96 | 675 | 179 | 81 | 592 | 706 | .277 | .363 | .398 | .761 | 1804 | 0 | 53 | 18 | 56 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demeter | 1B | 109 | 819 | 55 | 19 | 67 | .979 | 8.018 | ||||
| Brian Poldberg | 1B | 16 | 124 | 10 | 2 | 15 | .985 | 8.375 | ||||
| Matt Winters | 1B | 15 | 109 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .983 | 7.733 | ||||
| Don Mattingly | 1B | 14 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .992 | 8.357 | ||||
| Daniel Girata | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Brian Butterfield | 2B | 71 | 127 | 150 | 11 | 32 | .962 | 3.901 | ||||
| Tom Howser | 2B | 45 | 67 | 111 | 12 | 12 | .937 | 3.956 | ||||
| Greg Gagne | 2B | 20 | 37 | 54 | 7 | 14 | .929 | 4.550 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 19 | 51 | 52 | 5 | 16 | .954 | 5.421 | ||||
| Otis Nixon | 3B | 71 | 69 | 132 | 27 | 11 | .882 | 2.831 | ||||
| Glenn Swires | 3B | 36 | 18 | 82 | 13 | 8 | .885 | 2.778 | ||||
| Greg Gagne | 3B | 22 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 8 | .900 | 2.455 | ||||
| Tom Howser | 3B | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jeff Rudolph | 3B | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .864 | 3.800 | ||||
| John King | 3B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brian Poldberg | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Echstenkamper | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Poldberg | C | 56 | 325 | 26 | 10 | 3 | .972 | 6.268 | 12 | |||
| John King | C | 45 | 262 | 20 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 6.267 | 12 | |||
| Daniel Girata | C | 21 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 5.952 | 13 | |||
| Scott Benedict | C | 15 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.467 | 7 | |||
| Jeff Rudolph | C | 13 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 6.615 | 3 | |||
| Rex Hudler | C | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | |||
| Don Mattingly | OF | 112 | 194 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .967 | 1.821 | ||||
| Huey Gayden | OF | 99 | 211 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.172 | ||||
| Víctor Mata | OF | 90 | 164 | 9 | 6 | 5 | .966 | 1.922 | ||||
| Thomas Echstenkamper | OF | 80 | 125 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Matt Winters | OF | 45 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 1.311 | ||||
| Todd Demeter | OF | 22 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| Tom Howser | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brian Poldberg | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John King | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brian Butterfield | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Free | P | 46 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .283 | ||||
| John Nurthen | P | 44 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .341 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 35 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
| Steven Sagedahl | P | 33 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .966 | .848 | ||||
| Byron Ballard | P | 26 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.269 | ||||
| Jeff Vanderplas | P | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Freddie Toliver | P | 20 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| Kevin Irot | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Chuck Hernández | P | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Ray Fontenot | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
| Joseph Collins | P | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| James Campbell | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Jeff Rudolph | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .571 | ||||
| George DeMaria | P | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Frank Ricci | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Pete Filson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Erol Akchurin | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Otis Nixon | SS | 66 | 95 | 176 | 9 | 29 | .968 | 4.106 | ||||
| Greg Gagne | SS | 58 | 78 | 143 | 22 | 26 | .909 | 3.810 | ||||
| Keith Smith | SS | 20 | 23 | 47 | 5 | 6 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1524 | 3525 | 1353 | 219 | 295 | .957 | 3.201 | 47 | 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.
