1980 Paintsville Yankees Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 46-24
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Mike Easom (46-24)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Paintsville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Central Park
Attendance: 17,404, Avg. 497

1980 Paintsville Yankees Roster

The Paintsville Yankees of the Appalachian League ended the 1980 season with a record of 46 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Yankees topped the circuit with 459 runs, spearheaded by 69 home runs. Paintsville surrendered 314 runs, fewest in the league. Erik Peterson paced the team with 13 home runs Matthew Vejar drove in 50 runs. Erik Peterson led all regular batters by connecting at a .379 clip. John Gaston paced the squad with 8 wins, while Ben Callahan recorded a 2.38 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Ben Callahan and Ed Olwine both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Mike Easom 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
John Gaston	8	1	.889	2.59	13	11		6	2	0	80.0	74	28	23	6	16	0	47	1	0	0
Ben Callahan	6	1	.857	2.38	13	7		5	0	1	68.0	55	22	18	3	23	1	53	1	0	0
Gerald Kennedy	5	1	.833	5.36	13	2		0	0	1	42.0	57	29	25	1	15	0	31	1	0	7
Ed Olwine	5	2	.714	2.57	13	0		0	0	2	35.0	32	11	10	2	11	0	47	3	0	3
Michael Livesay	5	2	.714	4.27	12	11		2	2	0	59.0	57	37	28	6	33	0	30	4	4	4
Dave Szymczak	5	4	.556	4.26	13	12		6	1	0	76.0	84	42	36	5	23	0	45	2	0	3
Don DeWitt	4	1	.800	3.98	11	6		3	0	0	43.0	36	27	19	5	18	0	22	1	0	6
Joseph Collins	2	0	1.000	2.25	3	3		1	1	0	16.0	11	5	4	1	4	0	5	0	0	1
Kevin Quirk	2	1	.667	3.69	16	2		1	1	1	39.0	34	19	16	0	27	2	25	5	0	1
Ken Smith	2	2	.500	4.24	18	1		1	0	5	34.0	36	19	16	1	14	1	26	0	0	4
Richard Mitchell	1	1	.500	5.19	6	4		0	0	0	26.0	32	18	15	2	14	0	9	1	1	2
Steve Fincher	1	2	.333	5.54	8	6		0	0	0	26.0	33	25	16	0	20	0	15	0	0	8
Larry Kuhn	0	0		11.25	4	0		0	0	0	4.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	3	0	2	1
Bob Raftice	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1		0	0	0	5.0	5	5	4	1	3	0	3	1	1	0
John Martin	0	1	.000	12.00	2	0		0	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
John Bottorff	0	3	.000	3.24	6	3		0	0	1	25.0	31	17	9	1	11	0	19	0	1	1
Totals	46	23	.667	3.84	152	69	0	25	7	11	581.0	593	313	248	35	237	4	382	20	9	41	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
Matthew Vejar	69	316	268	59	91	17	1	8	50	14	4	37	17	.340	.419	.500	.919	134		3	3	5
Erik Peterson	59	247	224	47	85	12	0	13	40	2	1	12	19	.379	.410	.607	1.017	136		3	3	5
Tim Knight	70	293	240	53	74	11	2	5	39	6	3	47	42	.308	.423	.433	.856	104		2	2	2
John Millholland	65	300	253	56	74	10	2	7	33	12	5	34	24	.292	.389	.431	.820	109		6	7	0
Glenn Robertson	64	249	193	44	62	15	1	7	44	1	1	47	14	.321	.453	.518	.972	100		3	2	4
Ronald Russell	66	266	225	40	62	16	1	6	43	1	0	36	36	.276	.371	.436	.807	98		0	2	3
Larry Hamilton	47	195	154	31	47	9	1	6	37	0	1	37	29	.305	.446	.494	.940	76		3	0	1
Joe Perna	58	232	186	38	47	5	0	9	41	3	0	37	47	.253	.370	.425	.794	79		1	2	6
Bill Hench	54	217	180	38	46	9	2	5	25	0	1	28	21	.256	.355	.411	.766	74		2	3	4
George Gohde	33	125	108	13	23	5	1	1	14	1	1	10	13	.213	.289	.306	.595	33		2	4	1
Jim D'Aloia	35	77	66	17	13	1	0	0	2	2	1	11	3	.197	.312	.212	.524	14		0	0	0
James Gross	18	64	54	6	12	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	6	.222	.286	.315	.601	17		1	1	3
David Littlefield	17	53	45	6	11	1	0	2	7	0	0	6	11	.244	.346	.400	.746	18		1	1	0
Bob Mariano	6	20	18	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.333	.400	.389	.789	7		0	0	0
Brent Gjesdal	12	38	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.156	.289	.188	.477	6		1	0	0
Richard Lundgren	5	12	10	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.400	.500	.400	.900	4		0	0	0
Ben Callahan	23	29	21	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	8	.143	.357	.143	.500	3		0	1	0
Totals	701	2733	2277	459	665	118	11	69	386	42	18	363	306	.292	.391	.444	.835	1012	0	28	31	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ronald Russell	1B	38	313	31	5	23	.986	9.053
Erik Peterson	1B	29	256	20	4	28	.986	9.517
Ben Callahan	1B	6	37	3	1	1	.976	6.667
Bob Mariano	1B	3	20	3	1	2	.958	7.667
Larry Hamilton	1B	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	9.000
Jim D'Aloia	1B	1	9	0	0	1	1.000	9.000
John Millholland	2B	65	141	188	18	35	.948	5.062
Jim D'Aloia	2B	11	11	13	0	1	1.000	2.182
Erik Peterson	2B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Bill Hench	3B	53	39	78	8	8	.936	2.208
James Gross	3B	18	12	30	2	1	.955	2.333
George Gohde	C	32	178	28	4	4	.981	6.438	11
Ronald Russell	C	26	145	9	3	4	.981	5.923	5
David Littlefield	C	15	87	8	1	0	.990	6.333	2
Tim Knight	OF	70	139	10	6	3	.961	2.129
Matthew Vejar	OF	68	97	4	3	1	.971	1.485
Joe Perna	OF	53	69	7	6	1	.927	1.434
Larry Hamilton	OF	13	22	0	2	0	.917	1.692
Erik Peterson	OF	6	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brent Gjesdal	OF	3	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.667
David Littlefield	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ken Smith	P	18	2	7	0	0	1.000	.500
Kevin Quirk	P	16	3	10	3	1	.812	.812
Dave Szymczak	P	13	7	17	2	0	.923	1.846
Ed Olwine	P	13	0	4	0	1	1.000	.308
Gerald Kennedy	P	13	1	5	2	0	.750	.462
John Gaston	P	13	4	12	2	0	.889	1.231
Ben Callahan	P	13	5	9	2	0	.875	1.077
Michael Livesay	P	12	5	20	3	1	.893	2.083
Don DeWitt	P	11	4	8	1	0	.923	1.091
Steve Fincher	P	8	1	3	1	0	.800	.500
Richard Mitchell	P	6	2	6	0	1	1.000	1.333
John Bottorff	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Larry Kuhn	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Joseph Collins	P	3	0	8	0	1	1.000	2.667
John Martin	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Raftice	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Glenn Robertson	SS	62	99	209	21	39	.936	4.968
Jim D'Aloia	SS	8	6	17	2	3	.920	2.875
Erik Peterson	SS	2	2	6	1	0	.889	4.000
Bill Hench	SS	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Totals		739	1737	782	104	161	.960	3.409	18	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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