1980 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-61
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Larry Bearnarth (83-61)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 322,037, Avg. 4,473

1980 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 3 games, Nashville Sounds 1
Finals - Charlotte O's 3 games, Memphis Chicks 1

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 83 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Chicks plated 728 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Pat Rooney paced Memphis with 28 home runs and drove in 102 runs. Tony Johnson led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Tommy Shimp topped the squad with 11 wins, while Bryn Smith recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave Oliver, Brad Mills, Bryn Smith, Jack O'Connor, Tom Wieghaus, Mike Stenhouse, Tom Gorman, Wallace Johnson, Mike Gates, Greg Bargar, Tony Phillips, Joe Hesketh, Tony Johnson, Jerry Fry, Charlie Lea, Pat Rooney, Terry Francona and Chris Smith were all players from the 1980 Memphis Chicks who played in the Majors during their careers.

Larry Bearnarth 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
Tommy Shimp	11	5	.688	3.00	25	18		7	1	2	150.0	136	64	50	12	48	0	130	7	1	6
Bryn Smith	10	9	.526	2.78	27	25		12	1	0	181.0	179	75	56	10	54	1	110	3	0	4
Charlie Lea	9	0	1.000	0.84	9	9		7	3	0	75.0	34	10	7	0	21	0	54	1	0	2
Bud Yanus	9	2	.818	3.62	17	17		5	1	0	117.0	134	52	47	10	29	1	63	0	0	3
Joseph Abone	9	12	.429	3.86	31	26		8	3	0	170.0	193	89	73	14	43	0	94	11	4	0
Kevin Mendon	7	2	.778	2.75	14	13		4	0	0	95.0	91	35	29	6	23	2	59	4	1	1
Tom Gorman	6	4	.600	2.74	25	5		1	0	2	69.0	64	34	21	6	22	2	45	1	0	3
Robert Tenenini	5	4	.556	3.84	33	2		0	0	4	75.0	78	33	32	3	27	4	21	2	1	0
Greg Bargar	5	5	.500	5.02	14	14		2	0	0	86.0	95	52	48	10	48	2	54	2	2	4
Steve Winfield	4	6	.400	4.81	36	1		0	0	2	73.0	81	45	39	9	38	5	30	4	0	4
Steven Lovins	3	4	.429	5.45	27	0		0	0	7	33.0	40	26	20	6	26	2	39	3	0	1
Joe Hesketh	1	0	1.000	4.05	3	3		0	0	0	20.0	20	13	9	0	7	0	20	0	0	2
Scott Anderson	1	0	1.000	7.00	7	1		0	0	0	18.0	11	14	14	1	18	0	25	2	0	2
Jack O'Connor	1	2	.333	7.76	7	7		0	0	0	29.0	30	27	25	5	20	0	17	0	0	3
Rick Williams	1	2	.333	8.61	18	3		0	0	1	23.0	39	23	22	4	15	0	12	1	1	3
Glenn Dooner					14						0.0
Paul Josephson	0	0		2.70	5	0		0	0	0	10.0	12	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Totals	82	57	.590	3.64	312	144	0	46	9	18	1224.0	1237	596	495	96	439	19	776	41	10	38	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
Tony Johnson	135	589	511	79	153	24	7	8	89	60	19	69	107	.299	.381	.421	.801	215		1	3	5
Mike Gates	143	632	538	87	137	18	6	5	67	23	11	77	50	.255	.346	.338	.684	182		3	5	9
Pat Rooney	142	542	482	86	135	23	6	28	102	10	5	49	85	.280	.347	.527	.874	254		4	0	7
Tony Phillips	136	613	502	100	125	18	4	5	41	50	19	98	89	.249	.374	.331	.704	166		5	3	5
Glen Franklin	124	478	426	61	118	27	4	8	52	20	13	42	55	.277	.346	.415	.761	177		4	4	2
Chris Smith	89	378	336	51	102	16	1	12	70	1	0	31	24	.304	.368	.464	.832	156		6	0	5
Tom Wieghaus	120	435	371	44	101	13	1	4	44	4	2	46	39	.272	.352	.345	.697	128		3	9	6
Doug Simunic	102	379	322	46	88	16	0	12	46	0	3	49	65	.273	.370	.435	.805	140		3	1	4
Terry Francona	60	224	210	20	63	13	2	1	23	1	4	10	20	.300	.333	.395	.729	83		1	2	1
Ray Crowley	93	359	278	42	60	15	1	8	37	0	2	73	46	.216	.384	.363	.748	101		5	0	3
Brad Mills	55	224	190	32	56	18	2	6	44	1	1	28	18	.295	.393	.505	.898	96		4	0	2
Leonel Carrion	43	160	133	26	38	6	1	5	20	4	2	26	19	.286	.400	.459	.859	61		0	0	1
Frank Wren	38	131	117	14	26	4	0	1	10	5	3	12	16	.222	.290	.282	.572	33		0	0	2
Dennis Sherow	13	47	41	9	11	4	0	0	3	4	0	3	9	.268	.348	.366	.714	15		2	1	0
Steve Morrison	19	56	51	6	10	4	0	0	4	1	0	2	9	.196	.236	.275	.511	14		1	1	1
Dave Oliver	5	17	14	5	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.286	.412	.429	.840	6		0	0	0
Larry Goldetsky	19	40	34	8	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	.118	.231	.147	.378	5		0	1	0
Jerry Fry	5	19	15	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	.200	.368	.467	.835	7		0	0	0
Pedro Gavillan	10	26	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	.080	.115	.080	.195	2		0	0	0
Wallace Johnson	4	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.154	.297	2		0	0	0
Mike Stenhouse	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1356	5367	4612	721	1237	224	35	104	656	184	85	630	674	.268	.358	.400	.757	1843	0	42	30	53	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Doug Simunic	1B	75	581	26	14	50	.977	8.093
Ray Crowley	1B	64	500	29	5	42	.991	8.266
Chris Smith	1B	15	122	3	3	8	.977	8.333
Larry Goldetsky	1B	2	30	0	0	2	1.000	15.000
Frank Wren	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Leonel Carrion	1B	1	8	0	1	0	.889	8.000
Mike Gates	2B	137	335	394	20	72	.973	5.321
Wallace Johnson	2B	4	5	12	0	0	1.000	4.250
Larry Goldetsky	2B	3	6	5	1	0	.917	3.667
Tony Phillips	2B	1	2	3	0	2	1.000	5.000
Dave Oliver	2B	1	7	3	0	2	1.000	1.000
Glen Franklin	2B	1	0	2	1	0	.667	2.000
Brad Mills	3B	55	39	135	9	6	.951	3.164
Chris Smith	3B	51	36	83	12	7	.908	2.333
Glen Franklin	3B	24	22	45	5	3	.931	2.792
Steve Morrison	3B	14	7	17	6	1	.800	1.714
Larry Goldetsky	3B	4	0	2	1	0	.667	.500
Mike Gates	3B	3	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.667
Tom Wieghaus	C	118	678	82	9	7	.988	6.441	13
Doug Simunic	C	28	116	24	4	1	.972	5.000	3
Pedro Gavillan	C	10	52	5	1	2	.983	5.700	0
Pat Rooney	OF	134	296	13	7	2	.978	2.306
Tony Johnson	OF	127	224	19	12	3	.953	1.913
Glen Franklin	OF	38	66	4	2	0	.972	1.842
Leonel Carrion	OF	38	94	1	4	0	.960	2.500
Terry Francona	OF	37	59	4	4	0	.940	1.703
Frank Wren	OF	32	79	3	0	0	1.000	2.562
Dennis Sherow	OF	10	25	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Steve Morrison	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Stenhouse	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Chris Smith	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave Oliver	OF	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Steve Winfield	P	36	2	10	1	1	.923	.333
Robert Tenenini	P	33	5	9	1	1	.933	.424
Joseph Abone	P	31	7	33	3	0	.930	1.290
Bryn Smith	P	27	7	27	1	5	.971	1.259
Steven Lovins	P	27	2	3	0	1	1.000	.185
Tommy Shimp	P	25	13	17	0	1	1.000	1.200
Tom Gorman	P	25	6	10	2	2	.889	.640
Rick Williams	P	18	2	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Bud Yanus	P	17	5	17	1	2	.957	1.294
Kevin Mendon	P	14	2	19	4	2	.840	1.500
Glenn Dooner	P	14						.000
Greg Bargar	P	14	6	18	0	4	1.000	1.714
Charlie Lea	P	9	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.111
Jack O'Connor	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Scott Anderson	P	7	1	0	1	0	.500	.143
Paul Josephson	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Joe Hesketh	P	3	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.667
Tony Phillips	SS	132	224	405	42	68	.937	4.765
Glen Franklin	SS	11	14	35	6	4	.891	4.455
Larry Goldetsky	SS	5	7	7	1	1	.933	2.800
Mike Gates	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		1496	3713	1549	184	302	.966	3.517	16	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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