1980 Charlotte Knights
Record: 72-90
Finish: 4th in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 721
Runs Allowed: 763
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Dr. Rosenrosen Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 2,090,719
Manager: Ron Churches

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-81, 11th in the Johnson League
AA: 52-86, 12th in the Johnson League
A: 60-78, 11th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Norman Grindstaff 28 153 633 94 176 18 14 17 68 52 22 32 150 .278 .317 .431 .748 85.0 12.5 3.2
LF *Tony Reyes 30 155 578 73 170 20 0 18 76 1 1 58 48 .294 .360 .422 .782 88.9 15.0 2.2
1B  Willy Moore 25 154 547 66 151 36 1 4 65 1 0 84 72 .276 .374 .367 .741 76.6 11.9 2.5
RF  Jose Primo 26 153 532 83 142 21 3 15 81 8 4 92 128 .267 .384 .402 .786 86.8 15.0 2.3
3B  Karl Samuels 23 154 593 71 142 22 6 19 83 2 0 30 102 .239 .276 .393 .669 61.3 5.6 3.6
C  Thurman Munson 32 149 544 69 173 20 5 13 75 2 0 26 65 .318 .348 .445 .793 80.8 14.4 4.8
2B #Steve Ring 24 153 501 78 119 29 10 18 74 22 10 42 137 .238 .303 .443 .746 67.8 9.5 6.2
2B  Frank Guitierrez 29 144 408 35 109 13 3 5 46 6 2 14 65 .267 .292 .350 .643 40.3 3.6 4.2
2B #John Ganzel 27 111 252 26 48 13 2 6 26 4 1 13 78 .190 .229 .329 .559 19.4 0.0 3.4
CF  Michael Hawkins 29 120 221 32 67 11 1 4 27 12 6 12 36 .303 .364 .416 .780 32.3 5.5 0.6
SS  Derek Mellor 26 86 202 15 46 5 1 3 22 0 0 11 40 .228 .265 .307 .572 15.8 0.4 2.8
C  Raymond Barrett 30 99 185 21 40 9 0 7 21 1 0 19 56 .216 .303 .378 .681 21.6 2.4 1.5
LF  Gene Howard 38 74 90 22 24 1 1 1 5 2 3 3 25 .267 .287 .333 .621 8.4 0.5 0.4
P *Mickey Ford 29 34 74 4 8 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 41 .108 .154 .176 .330 0.1 0.0 0.0
1B  Justin Taylor 29 53 80 15 21 1 0 2 6 1 2 2 24 .263 .298 .350 .648 6.5 0.3 0.3
P #Albert Ramos 29 32 57 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 .088 .119 .105 .224 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Brent Beemings 34 24 53 6 10 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 26 .189 .185 .245 .430 2.3 0.0 0.0
P *Todd Terry 36 31 50 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .080 .096 .100 .196 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Vivero 35 24 47 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 30 .021 .080 .021 .101 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Max 29 13 25 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .040 .077 .040 .117 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P #Cedric Larosa 29 66 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Myhre 29 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Melvin Daly 26 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Scooter Webster 33 80 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Robb Ripper 37 69 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Xavier Vasquez 34 69 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.8 0.2 0.0
P #Ernesto Reinoso 25 28 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2 0.5 0.0
P  Casper Monoghan 37 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2370 5708 721 1461 227 47 133 696 115 51 450 1198 .256 .314 .382 .696 686.3 97.3 38.1
  Rank among 12 JL teams 2 9 8 12 10 6 9 9 7 9 11 8 9 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Mickey Ford 29 11 9 .550 34 34 0 230.7 233 90 8 73 147 3.51 15.6
 Albert Ramos 29 7 15 .318 32 32 0 178.0 205 92 12 53 137 4.65 5.0
*Todd Terry 36 6 10 .375 31 31 0 169.7 198 84 12 32 121 4.46 6.7
 Brent Beemings 34 12 8 .600 24 24 0 162.7 127 55 5 66 115 3.04 14.8
 Ron Vivero 35 5 7 .417 24 24 0 144.0 165 73 11 33 86 4.56 3.9
 Scooter Webster 33 5 5 .500 80 0 0 85.3 108 55 9 35 55 5.80 1.1
*Bill Max 29 4 5 .444 13 13 0 84.7 99 47 7 14 58 5.00 2.3
 Cedric Larosa 29 8 4 .667 66 0 4 84.3 87 43 14 22 68 4.59 5.8
 Casper Monoghan 37 2 5 .286 67 0 3 75.3 65 30 4 36 69 3.58 6.2
*Robb Ripper 37 4 7 .364 69 0 12 72.0 57 41 14 25 25 5.13 5.6
 Melvin Daly 26 0 3 .000 70 0 4 69.0 69 45 12 56 59 5.87 0.0
*Xavier Vasquez 34 4 8 .333 69 0 15 67.3 51 26 2 36 71 3.48 10.3
 Ernesto Reinoso 25 4 1 .800 28 0 0 32.3 35 12 4 7 12 3.34 3.2
 Jim Myhre 29 0 3 .000 5 4 1 16.7 20 14 1 11 13 7.56 0.0
Team Totals 31.6 72 90 .444 612 162 39 1472.0 1519 707 115 499 1036 4.32 80.5
Rank among 12 JL teams 10 10 10 10 3 10 5 8 7 7 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 23.5
T.Munson 1162.7 125 140 843 55 13 4 .986 22.0
R.Barrett 309.3 37 42 240 14 1 0 .996 26.5
Team Total 1472.0 162 182 1083 69 14 4 .988 22.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 9.98
W.Moore 1292.0 146 152 1375 82 5 140 .997 10.15
J.Taylor 180.0 16 33 179 24 4 17 .981 10.15
Team Total 1472.0 162 185 1554 106 9 157 .995 10.15
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.93
F.Guitierrez 882.7 95 114 182 316 1 73 .998 5.08
S.Ring 499.0 59 63 112 168 12 43 .959 5.05
D.Mellor 65.0 6 13 16 21 0 8 1.000 5.12
J.Ganzel 24.3 2 6 4 6 0 0 1.000 3.70
R.Barrett 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 197 314 512 13 124 .985 5.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.63
K.Samuels 1342.0 148 153 83 306 21 29 .949 2.61
J.Ganzel 73.0 8 12 6 9 0 1 1.000 1.85
S.Ring 51.0 6 6 5 17 0 0 1.000 3.88
G.Howard 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Mellor 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 174 95 333 21 30 .953 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.36
S.Ring 603.7 65 84 104 225 11 47 .968 4.91
J.Ganzel 439.7 47 70 74 178 6 36 .977 5.16
D.Mellor 427.7 50 61 61 146 4 34 .981 4.36
R.Barrett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 216 239 549 21 117 .974 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.02
T.Reyes 1308.7 149 150 266 12 1 4 .996 1.91
M.Hawkins 93.0 9 15 12 0 2 0 .857 1.16
J.Primo 36.0 1 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Howard 29.0 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
J.Taylor 5.3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 187 295 13 4 4 .987 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.74
N.Grindstaff 1218.7 134 140 366 5 6 2 .984 2.74
M.Hawkins 221.3 25 26 64 1 0 0 1.000 2.64
G.Howard 29.0 3 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.41
T.Reyes 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Barrett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.0 162 174 440 7 6 2 .987 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.12
J.Primo 1233.7 137 137 275 8 3 0 .990 2.06
N.Grindstaff 97.3 9 12 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.66
G.Howard 97.0 11 12 25 0 3 0 .893 2.32
M.Hawkins 44.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.43
Team Total 1472.0 162 166 325 8 6 0 .982 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.86
M.Ford 230.7 34 34 19 41 0 4 1.000 2.34
A.Ramos 178.0 32 32 6 24 0 3 1.000 1.52
T.Terry 169.7 31 31 4 23 0 1 1.000 1.43
B.Beemings 162.7 24 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.27
R.Vivero 144.0 24 24 7 31 1 2 .974 2.38
S.Webster 85.3 0 80 7 17 2 2 .923 2.53
B.Max 84.7 13 13 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.49
C.Larosa 84.3 0 66 1 15 0 1 1.000 1.71
C.Monoghan 75.3 0 67 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.43
R.Ripper 72.0 0 69 4 18 0 3 1.000 2.75
M.Daly 69.0 0 70 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.09
X.Vasquez 67.3 0 69 0 9 0 2 1.000 1.20
E.Reinoso 32.3 0 28 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
J.Myhre 16.7 4 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.78
Team Total 1472.0 162 612 70 235 4 24 .987 1.86
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Munson .318
On-Base Pct Primo .384
Slugging Pct Munson .445
OPS Munson .793
XR Reyes 88.9
Games Reyes 155
At-Bats Grindstaff 633
Runs Grindstaff 94
Hits Grindstaff 176
Total Bases Grindstaff 273
Singles Munson 135
Doubles Moore 36
Triples Grindstaff 14
Homeruns Samuels 19
RBIs Samuels 83
Stolen Bases Grindstaff 52
Caught Stealing Grindstaff 22
Walks Primo 92
Strikeouts Grindstaff 150
ERA Beemings 3.04
Wins Beemings 12
Losses Ramos 15
Winning Pct Beemings .600
Saves Vasquez 15
Games Pitched Webster 80
Games Started Ford 34
Complete Games Beemings 3
Shutouts Beemings 2
Innings Pitched Ford 230.7
Hits Allowed Ford 233
Homeruns Allowed Larosa, Ripper 14
Strikeouts Ford 147
Walks Allowed Ford 73
Walks per 9IP Terry 1.7
Hits per 9IP Beemings 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Ramos 6.9
WHiP Beemings 1.19
OAVG Beemings .217