1980 Springfield Redbirds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 75-61
Finished 1st in the AA's East Division
Manager: Hal Lanier (75-61)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 99,935, Avg. 1,470

1980 Springfield Redbirds Roster

Playoffs - Springfield Redbirds 4 games, Denver Bears 1

The Springfield Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1980 season with a record of 75 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.

The Redbirds conceded 558 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Springfield plated 618 runs. Dave Penniall paced the squad with 13 home runs Joe DeSa recorded 74 runs batted in. Neil Fiala led hitters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Len Strelitz topped the squad with 12 wins, while Al Olmsted recorded a 2.77 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1980 Springfield Redbirds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Al Olmsted, Joe DeSa, Roy Thomas, Kim Seaman, Ryan Kurosaki, John Littlefield, Tom Herr, Tito Landrum, Neil Fiala, John Urrea, Al Greene, Leon Durham, Jody Davis, Jim Otten, Buddy Schultz, Jim Lentine, Gene Roof, Ty Waller, Keith Smith, Donnie Moore, John Martin, Mike Dimmel, Mike Ramsey, Jeff Little, Glenn Brummer and George Frazier.

Hal Lanier 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
Len Strelitz	12	11	.522	3.65	25	25		8	1	0	175.0	182	80	71	13	43	1	76	2	1	5
Al Olmsted	10	5	.667	2.77	17	17		8	3	0	117.0	107	41	36	5	33	1	62	1	0	4
Hector Eduardo	8	13	.381	5.35	25	24		7	1	0	148.0	140	97	88	17	100	3	108	5	0	10
Tom Chamberlain	7	5	.583	4.46	20	20		3	1	0	127.0	128	75	63	21	33	2	61	7	1	4
Chris Davis	7	5	.583	4.60	36	2		1	1	4	90.0	100	47	46	6	44	4	57	3	0	10
Jim Otten	6	0	1.000	1.69	7	7		1	1	0	48.0	31	11	9	2	19	0	40	2	0	3
Donnie Moore	6	5	.545	3.07	14	13		7	1	0	85.0	74	32	29	9	32	4	49	0	0	3
Roy Thomas	5	1	.833	3.41	20	0		0	0	6	37.0	34	18	14	1	18	2	36	0	0	1
John Urrea	5	4	.556	3.52	14	14		3	3	0	92.0	77	47	36	4	42	0	44	7	0	3
John Littlefield	3	0	1.000	2.25	17	0		0	0	3	32.0	32	11	8	3	9	1	17	0	0	0
Jeff Little	3	4	.429	4.50	22	7		1	0	0	62.0	60	32	31	6	28	3	46	0	1	4
Kim Seaman	2	3	.400	4.62	22	1		0	0	3	37.0	34	20	19	4	15	0	28	1	0	0
George Frazier	1	3	.250	3.00	35	0		0	0	11	60.0	44	22	20	5	23	8	55	1	1	3
John Martin					7						0.0									1
Hub Kittle	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Winslow	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Kurosaki	0	0		6.00	4	0		0	0	1	6.0	12	4	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	0
Ronnie Farkas	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Schultz	0	2	.000	3.75	5	5		0	0	0	24.0	21	12	10	5	12	0	11	0	0	1
Totals	75	61	.551	3.82	293	136	0	39	12	28	1143.0	1079	550	485	103	455	29	693	29	5	51	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
Joe DeSa	123	479	423	54	124	25	2	9	74	5	2	43	62	.293	.360	.426	.786	180		4	4	5
Gene Roof	133	557	481	68	124	23	0	10	57	26	13	56	64	.258	.347	.368	.715	177		11	7	2
Neil Fiala	126	455	385	58	114	17	4	2	40	11	3	63	42	.296	.394	.377	.771	145		0	6	1
Ty Waller	123	467	420	55	110	14	7	6	53	10	3	36	79	.262	.322	.371	.693	156		4	1	6
Tito Landrum	93	377	350	55	106	23	6	12	46	18	7	18	65	.303	.339	.506	.844	177		3	2	4
Glenn Brummer	110	375	323	36	83	12	0	1	40	5	4	38	50	.257	.343	.303	.647	98		5	8	1
Keith Smith	69	294	271	39	80	10	2	5	32	22	6	19	16	.295	.344	.402	.746	109		2	0	2
Ronnie Farkas	96	318	263	33	69	5	2	1	29	5	1	45	44	.262	.367	.308	.675	81		0	7	3
Randy Thomas	93	292	264	25	65	5	0	2	22	3	4	17	29	.246	.295	.288	.583	76		2	7	2
Dave Penniall	50	192	165	32	49	13	0	13	39	9	1	20	31	.297	.391	.612	1.003	101		6	0	1
Tom Herr	37	157	141	29	44	6	2	1	16	19	3	14	10	.312	.382	.404	.786	57		2	0	0
Dave Bialas	43	156	139	15	42	6	2	1	18	1	3	16	22	.302	.372	.396	.767	55		0	0	1
Leon Durham	32	143	128	20	33	5	5	5	23	10	3	15	27	.258	.336	.492	.828	63		0	0	0
Jim Lentine	22	89	72	15	22	6	0	1	7	2	2	12	5	.306	.386	.431	.817	31		0	1	4
Mike Dimmel	35	109	103	15	20	4	1	2	14	3	0	5	18	.194	.231	.311	.542	32		0	1	0
Mike Ramsey	21	78	69	7	18	1	0	0	6	2	5	8	9	.261	.338	.275	.613	19		0	1	0
Daniel Winslow	41	83	73	10	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	15	.164	.256	.178	.434	13		0	1	0
Jody Davis	13	40	36	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.167	.225	.194	.419	7		0	0	1
Gene Dotson	14	41	33	4	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	8	14	.061	.244	.121	.365	4		0	0	0
Jim Otten	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2		0	0	0
Jeff Little	23	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Hector Eduardo	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Donnie Moore	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
George Frazier	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1381	4707	4144	574	1125	180	33	71	523	152	60	445	612	.271	.345	.382	.727	1584	0	39	46	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe DeSa	1B	118	1005	86	6	99	.995	9.246
Ronnie Farkas	1B	13	50	6	0	4	1.000	4.308
Leon Durham	1B	9	68	7	2	5	.974	8.333
Al Greene	1B	8	66	4	0	5	1.000	8.750
Jody Davis	1B	2	5	1	1	1	.857	3.000
Dave Bialas	1B	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Neil Fiala	2B	111	217	323	5	63	.991	4.865
Ronnie Farkas	2B	23	31	48	3	9	.963	3.435
Tom Herr	2B	19	24	40	1	8	.985	3.368
Ty Waller	3B	121	81	215	22	16	.931	2.446
Neil Fiala	3B	7	6	11	1	1	.944	2.429
Ronnie Farkas	3B	7	9	14	2	3	.920	3.286
Tom Herr	3B	6	5	12	0	0	1.000	2.833
Gene Roof	3B	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Glenn Brummer	C	108	562	55	12	4	.981	5.713	13
Daniel Winslow	C	39	112	14	1	0	.992	3.231	3
Jody Davis	C	9	54	6	0	0	1.000	6.667	0
Gene Roof	OF	122	226	7	1	1	.996	1.910
Tito Landrum	OF	86	193	6	4	1	.980	2.314
Keith Smith	OF	42	72	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
Dave Penniall	OF	37	69	0	1	0	.986	1.865
Mike Dimmel	OF	34	71	2	2	1	.973	2.147
Dave Bialas	OF	23	36	1	0	0	1.000	1.609
Jim Lentine	OF	20	51	1	2	0	.963	2.600
Leon Durham	OF	18	28	1	2	0	.935	1.611
Gene Dotson	OF	11	20	1	3	0	.875	1.909
Tom Herr	OF	6	5	1	1	0	.857	1.000
Chris Davis	P	36	8	7	0	1	1.000	.417
George Frazier	P	35	3	11	0	2	1.000	.400
Len Strelitz	P	25	16	24	1	0	.976	1.600
Hector Eduardo	P	25	9	23	2	2	.941	1.280
Kim Seaman	P	22	1	3	0	0	1.000	.182
Jeff Little	P	22	2	5	2	0	.778	.318
Roy Thomas	P	20	4	4	1	2	.889	.400
Tom Chamberlain	P	20	16	22	0	1	1.000	1.900
Al Olmsted	P	17	11	18	1	1	.967	1.706
John Littlefield	P	17	2	5	0	0	1.000	.412
John Urrea	P	14	8	19	0	1	1.000	1.929
Donnie Moore	P	14	9	10	3	0	.864	1.357
Jim Otten	P	7	0	8	0	1	1.000	1.143
John Martin	P	7						.000
Buddy Schultz	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800
Ryan Kurosaki	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Daniel Winslow	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Hub Kittle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ronnie Farkas	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Randy Thomas	SS	80	126	181	15	47	.953	3.838
Ronnie Farkas	SS	50	80	140	8	34	.965	4.400
Mike Ramsey	SS	20	34	47	6	11	.931	4.050
Totals		1445	3398	1396	111	327	.977	3.318	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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