1980 Waterbury Reds Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the EL's South Division
Manager: Mike Compton (75-64)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 54,807, Avg. 789
Playoffs - Waterbury Reds 2 games, Reading Phillies 0
Finals - Holyoke Millers 2 games, Waterbury Reds 1
The Waterbury Reds of the Eastern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Reds surrendered 484 runs, fewest in the league. Waterbury plated 516 runs. Nick Esasky walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Paul Herring swatted 15 or more, too. Nick Esasky drove in 79 runs. Skeeter Barnes paced all regular hitters by hitting .293. Oscar Brito topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.14 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1980 Waterbury Reds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Foley, Steve Christmas, Bill Scherrer, Mark Gilbert, Keefe Cato, Bill Dawley, Skeeter Barnes, Tom Lawless, Nick Esasky and Jeff Lahti.
Mike Compton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Brito | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.14 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 172.0 | 125 | 66 | 60 | 11 | 75 | 1 | 175 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Scott Dye | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.15 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 102.0 | 96 | 48 | 47 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Randy Town | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.31 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147.0 | 142 | 62 | 54 | 12 | 43 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Doug Neuenschwander | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.22 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 89.0 | 60 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeff Lahti | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.77 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 91.0 | 75 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bill Scherrer | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.34 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 151.0 | 139 | 58 | 56 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rick O'Keeffe | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.30 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 86.0 | 65 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Greg Hughes | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.12 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 103 | 47 | 44 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Mayer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.49 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 51 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nick Fiorillo | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.24 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.82 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 75 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dawley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.94 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Buckle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.81 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 3.30 | 337 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 35 | 1182.0 | 1057 | 484 | 434 | 74 | 490 | 33 | 729 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeter Barnes | 138 | 571 | 533 | 62 | 156 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 54 | .293 | .320 | .388 | .709 | 207 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Tom Lawless | 130 | 553 | 498 | 83 | 137 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 63 | 20 | 41 | 82 | .275 | .332 | .355 | .687 | 177 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Paul Herring | 131 | 498 | 453 | 59 | 121 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 49 | .267 | .326 | .444 | .770 | 201 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Foley | 131 | 534 | 477 | 49 | 119 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 50 | .249 | .318 | .325 | .643 | 155 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Nick Esasky | 135 | 523 | 425 | 79 | 115 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 79 | 2 | 6 | 83 | 131 | .271 | .396 | .544 | .939 | 231 | 9 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Russ Aldrich | 127 | 466 | 409 | 37 | 95 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 50 | .232 | .315 | .320 | .636 | 131 | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Steve Christmas | 115 | 415 | 347 | 44 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 35 | .242 | .359 | .357 | .716 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bob Hamilton | 106 | 308 | 255 | 29 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 34 | .235 | .345 | .349 | .694 | 89 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Mickey Duval | 63 | 186 | 163 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 46 | .221 | .310 | .362 | .672 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Gilbert | 49 | 172 | 154 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | .201 | .276 | .214 | .491 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Sohns | 80 | 198 | 176 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 32 | .170 | .250 | .233 | .483 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dan Sarrett | 37 | 113 | 98 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | .173 | .261 | .184 | .445 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Brito | 25 | 65 | 59 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .186 | .213 | .203 | .417 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Rick O'Keeffe | 23 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .206 | .270 | .206 | .476 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nick Fiorillo | 26 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Lahti | 55 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .235 | .278 | .353 | .631 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bisceglia | 13 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .174 | .296 | .217 | .514 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Hughes | 23 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .143 | .250 | .179 | .429 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Randy Town | 34 | 46 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .100 | .163 | .100 | .263 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Scherrer | 25 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .082 | .118 | .082 | .199 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dawley | 7 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .125 | .125 | .188 | .312 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Dye | 48 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .158 | .278 | .436 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Neuenschwander | 56 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Mayer | 11 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Buckle | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .000 | .455 | .000 | .455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keefe Cato | 12 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1604 | 4942 | 4340 | 515 | 1049 | 159 | 45 | 75 | 455 | 112 | 74 | 476 | 704 | .242 | .319 | .351 | .670 | 1523 | 0 | 34 | 57 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Aldrich | 1B | 124 | 1001 | 72 | 2 | 81 | .998 | 8.653 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | 1B | 19 | 121 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.842 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | 1B | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tom Lawless | 2B | 128 | 316 | 333 | 14 | 64 | .979 | 5.070 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | 2B | 16 | 29 | 40 | 1 | 8 | .986 | 4.312 | ||||
| Nick Esasky | 3B | 133 | 98 | 241 | 23 | 19 | .936 | 2.549 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | 3B | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Steve Christmas | C | 105 | 598 | 80 | 11 | 10 | .984 | 6.457 | 6 | |||
| Dan Sarrett | C | 35 | 153 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .973 | 5.114 | 9 | |||
| Dave Bisceglia | C | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 4.111 | 0 | |||
| Skeeter Barnes | OF | 135 | 264 | 15 | 13 | 0 | .955 | 2.067 | ||||
| Paul Herring | OF | 122 | 208 | 5 | 12 | 2 | .947 | 1.746 | ||||
| Bob Hamilton | OF | 81 | 152 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.914 | ||||
| Mickey Duval | OF | 53 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.547 | ||||
| Mark Gilbert | OF | 43 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 2.628 | ||||
| Doug Neuenschwander | P | 56 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Jeff Lahti | P | 55 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .655 | ||||
| Scott Dye | P | 48 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Randy Town | P | 29 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .872 | 1.172 | ||||
| Nick Fiorillo | P | 26 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .346 | ||||
| Bill Scherrer | P | 25 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Oscar Brito | P | 25 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.040 | ||||
| Greg Hughes | P | 21 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Rick O'Keeffe | P | 18 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Keefe Cato | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Bob Mayer | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Bill Dawley | P | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 1.571 | ||||
| Larry Buckle | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Foley | SS | 128 | 222 | 329 | 31 | 49 | .947 | 4.305 | ||||
| Tom Sohns | SS | 14 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .931 | 3.857 | ||||
| Totals | 1496 | 3540 | 1406 | 142 | 262 | .972 | 3.306 | 15 | 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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