1980 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 57-87
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Duane Larson (57-87)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 56,927, Avg. 791
The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 57 wins and 87 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Blue Jays scored 565 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Jesse Barfield paced Knoxville with 14 home runs and accounted for 65 RBI. Pete Hernández topped all regular batters by connecting at a .283 clip. Dave May led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.87 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1980 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Hodgson, Ike Hampton, Jesse Barfield, Greg Thayer, Charlie Puleo, Geno Petralli, Pete Hernández, Dave Baker, Jesus de la Rosa, John Poloni and Taylor Duncan.
Duane Larson 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 May | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.87 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 149.0 | 146 | 85 | 64 | 11 | 63 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| John Poloni | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.24 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 172.0 | 204 | 101 | 81 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Charlie Puleo | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.83 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 108.0 | 87 | 51 | 34 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Mark Stoeber | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.05 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 80.0 | 72 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Greg Thayer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.10 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 60 | 39 | 31 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Cuellar | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.44 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 160 | 99 | 74 | 18 | 59 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Thomas DeJak | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 69 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Chuck Fore | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.66 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 59 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jesse Flores | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.66 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.0 | 88 | 51 | 44 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Keith Walker | 3 | 12 | .200 | 4.82 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 183 | 103 | 84 | 14 | 59 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Bart Braun | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Morgan | 0 | 0 | 4.95 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rafael Santana | 0 | 8 | .000 | 3.90 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83.0 | 91 | 39 | 36 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 56 | 84 | .400 | 4.23 | 337 | 143 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 1188.0 | 1242 | 700 | 558 | 94 | 530 | 19 | 756 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Hernández | 112 | 456 | 424 | 51 | 120 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 51 | .283 | .323 | .363 | .686 | 154 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Eddie Dennis | 138 | 508 | 480 | 47 | 116 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 41 | .242 | .269 | .298 | .567 | 143 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Rocket Wheeler | 119 | 468 | 419 | 50 | 111 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 60 | .265 | .329 | .339 | .668 | 142 | 4 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Geno Petralli | 116 | 443 | 382 | 42 | 109 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 30 | .285 | .373 | .372 | .744 | 142 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Silverman | 138 | 542 | 475 | 59 | 107 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 59 | .225 | .310 | .282 | .592 | 134 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jesse Barfield | 124 | 504 | 433 | 63 | 104 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 113 | .240 | .332 | .402 | .734 | 174 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Pete Rowe | 99 | 369 | 336 | 46 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | .277 | .338 | .405 | .743 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Baker | 98 | 391 | 341 | 44 | 82 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 90 | .240 | .330 | .416 | .746 | 142 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Andre Wood | 94 | 347 | 311 | 37 | 69 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 51 | .222 | .289 | .296 | .584 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Tim Thompson | 83 | 299 | 259 | 30 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31 | .236 | .325 | .328 | .654 | 85 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Paul Hodgson | 59 | 214 | 187 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 48 | .235 | .329 | .422 | .751 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Creighton Tevlin | 44 | 190 | 170 | 25 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .247 | .317 | .253 | .570 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vernon Ramie | 33 | 124 | 106 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .292 | .395 | .415 | .810 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Duncan | 32 | 113 | 100 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .290 | .354 | .460 | .814 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ike Hampton | 30 | 123 | 104 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 29 | .221 | .325 | .404 | .729 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mike Hurdle | 15 | 58 | 53 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .264 | .328 | .283 | .611 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesus de la Rosa | 17 | 62 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .224 | .262 | .362 | .624 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Keith Walker | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1425 | 5218 | 4644 | 565 | 1168 | 160 | 42 | 74 | 505 | 59 | 39 | 462 | 699 | .252 | .323 | .352 | .675 | 1634 | 0 | 42 | 41 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Thompson | 1B | 82 | 681 | 39 | 16 | 40 | .978 | 8.780 | ||||
| Ike Hampton | 1B | 24 | 202 | 23 | 8 | 25 | .966 | 9.375 | ||||
| Pete Rowe | 1B | 15 | 136 | 13 | 1 | 10 | .993 | 9.933 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 1B | 13 | 108 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .992 | 9.000 | ||||
| Vernon Ramie | 1B | 10 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.400 | ||||
| Geno Petralli | 1B | 7 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .970 | 9.286 | ||||
| Taylor Duncan | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 2B | 79 | 184 | 218 | 12 | 47 | .971 | 5.089 | ||||
| Andre Wood | 2B | 59 | 126 | 163 | 10 | 27 | .967 | 4.898 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 2B | 9 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .891 | 4.556 | ||||
| Dave Baker | 3B | 97 | 54 | 197 | 29 | 14 | .896 | 2.588 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | 3B | 21 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 4 | .899 | 2.952 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 3B | 12 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 2.833 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | 3B | 8 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .824 | 1.750 | ||||
| Andre Wood | 3B | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .733 | 1.571 | ||||
| Geno Petralli | C | 94 | 509 | 76 | 16 | 4 | .973 | 6.223 | 8 | |||
| Pete Rowe | C | 56 | 311 | 20 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 5.911 | 6 | |||
| Robert Silverman | OF | 138 | 245 | 22 | 8 | 4 | .971 | 1.935 | ||||
| Jesse Barfield | OF | 123 | 309 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .964 | 2.626 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | OF | 66 | 103 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .950 | 1.712 | ||||
| Paul Hodgson | OF | 54 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.463 | ||||
| Creighton Tevlin | OF | 23 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.739 | ||||
| Mike Hurdle | OF | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.867 | ||||
| Taylor Duncan | OF | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Vernon Ramie | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Andre Wood | OF | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Geno Petralli | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Jesus de la Rosa | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Stoeber | P | 49 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .347 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | P | 45 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .422 | ||||
| Mike Cuellar | P | 33 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.152 | ||||
| Greg Thayer | P | 31 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .387 | ||||
| John Poloni | P | 28 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.643 | ||||
| Dave May | P | 28 | 10 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.500 | ||||
| Keith Walker | P | 27 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.185 | ||||
| Thomas DeJak | P | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .423 | ||||
| Jesse Flores | P | 22 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .636 | ||||
| Charlie Puleo | P | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bart Braun | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Morgan | P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Fore | P | 9 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 3.111 | ||||
| Pete Hernández | SS | 86 | 119 | 220 | 39 | 35 | .897 | 3.942 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | SS | 45 | 77 | 147 | 11 | 22 | .953 | 4.978 | ||||
| Rocket Wheeler | SS | 13 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 6 | .896 | 4.615 | ||||
| Totals | 1524 | 3622 | 1536 | 234 | 280 | .957 | 3.385 | 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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