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1980 Louisville Sluggers

Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 892
Runs Allowed: 663
Exp W-L: 102-60

Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,895,584
Manager: Jimmy Morris

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-56, 1st in the Johnson League
AA: 94-44, 1st in the Johnson League
A: 84-54, 1st in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Won Landis Memorial Series 4-2 over Montreal Blazers
Won JL Cartwright Cup 4-3 over Valencia Stars
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Phoenix Talons

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
RF	*Kevin Haubert	25	156	585	97	151	18	5	22	105	11	2	79	71	.258	.351	.419	.770	87.7	12.7	3.2
1B	Bob Oberdorsten	33	156	586	84	175	21	1	15	92	0	0	47	37	.299	.376	.415	.791	91.3	15.3	2.0
LF	*Oswaldo Gaona	30	155	548	118	194	29	6	27	101	27	7	109	38	.354	.466	.577	1.042	137.4	31.5	2.9
2B	Choo Choo Webster	36	150	583	95	169	37	11	16	98	1	9	70	74	.290	.366	.473	.839	94.8	16.2	6.5
CF	Tom Laverriere	25	154	604	101	177	54	14	6	76	83	14	55	91	.293	.357	.459	.816	104.8	20.5	4.3
3B	#Henry Jones	22	141	551	108	158	47	7	16	85	14	7	81	142	.287	.384	.485	.868	102.2	20.2	4.9
C	Steve Amich	30	147	541	72	146	29	2	11	82	9	3	44	74	.270	.329	.392	.721	68.3	9.1	6.0
SS	Tommy Cuccia	34	149	478	67	122	31	12	7	81	0	0	52	69	.255	.326	.414	.740	66.4	9.3	5.4
3B	Tony Trudeau	32	97	184	30	48	10	1	7	24	0	0	23	12	.261	.341	.440	.782	25.5	3.6	1.4
SS	Monty Vincell	27	101	159	26	40	8	3	2	18	11	2	11	35	.252	.298	.377	.676	18.4	2.1	2.4
1B	#James Iverson	28	94	137	25	43	8	2	1	19	3	3	10	20	.314	.382	.423	.805	20.3	3.6	0.3
CF	*Sanford Wood	34	81	113	13	27	9	0	2	17	0	1	17	30	.239	.353	.372	.725	13.7	1.6	0.6
C	Thad Krueter	35	46	111	17	26	8	3	2	15	1	1	6	18	.234	.280	.414	.694	11.6	1.1	1.2
P	*Kevin Robinson	28	38	84	8	11	3	0	2	9	0	0	4	29	.131	.169	.238	.407	3.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Julio Guillerma	33	37	85	5	14	2	1	0	8	0	0	1	41	.165	.174	.212	.386	1.5	0.0	0.0
P	Jacob Butler	35	39	76	3	11	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	33	.145	.156	.211	.366	0.7	0.0	0.0
CF	Pablo Lazaro	30	29	55	9	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	14	18	.182	.348	.200	.548	5.1	0.2	0.2
P	Lorenzo Diaz	31	25	48	4	6	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	29	.125	.143	.229	.372	1.0	0.0	0.0
P	Jerry Neal	24	43	38	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	19	.184	.244	.211	.454	2.0	0.0	0.0
CF	Scott Malitz	36	14	34	3	8	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	10	.235	.250	.471	.721	4.5	0.4	0.2
P	Robert Armstrong	38	57	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Ike Willis	25	11	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.6	0.2	0.0
P	#Wallace Chilsen	33	69	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	Christopher Howell	28	77	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*David Smythe	35	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Mariano Bourassa	30	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Ben Beguine	35	61	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	0.9	0.2	0.0
P	*David Dublin	31	51	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.8	2244	5634	892	1547	324	71	138	853	160	49	628	908	.275	.353	.431	.784	860.2	147.9	41.5
	Rank among 12 JL teams			7	1	3	1	1	5	1	5	5	1	2	3	1	1	1	1
* - 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
*Julio Guillerma	33	22	9	.710	37	37	0	254.7	232	71	14	29	162	2.51	24.3
*Kevin Robinson	28	16	14	.533	38	38	0	252.0	272	110	14	49	193	3.93	14.2
Jacob Butler	35	14	8	.636	39	33	0	217.0	193	93	12	76	185	3.86	11.9
Lorenzo Diaz	31	13	3	.813	26	25	0	153.7	164	52	8	21	121	3.05	12.7
Jerry Neal	24	8	8	.500	43	24	1	129.7	150	75	5	37	118	5.21	4.2
Christopher Howell	28	4	5	.444	77	0	3	88.3	86	35	8	32	85	3.57	6.9
Wallace Chilsen	33	8	3	.727	69	0	36	79.7	72	23	7	8	56	2.60	15.7
Robert Armstrong	38	2	4	.333	57	0	1	75.3	64	31	8	20	65	3.70	5.3
Ben Beguine	35	3	3	.500	61	0	2	64.0	68	31	12	12	63	4.36	3.6
*David Dublin	31	3	4	.429	51	1	2	52.0	55	33	7	29	36	5.71	1.1
*Mariano Bourassa	30	3	0	1.000	36	0	0	36.7	36	14	4	12	27	3.44	2.9
*David Smythe	35	2	1	.667	28	0	0	32.0	34	16	7	11	13	4.50	1.6
Ike Willis	25	0	2	.000	11	4	0	23.0	34	20	5	5	20	7.83	0.0
Team Totals	31.2	98	64	.605	573	162	45	1458.0	1460	604	111	341	1144	3.73	104.6
Rank among 12 JL teams				1	1	6	1	6	5	4	2	1	3	2
* - 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
S.Amich	1209.7	133	141	984	60	10	5	.991	22.5
T.Krueter	247.3	29	33	199	15	4	1	.982	30.8
J.Iverson	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0
Team Total	1458.0	162	175	1183	75	14	6	.989	23.8
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.98
B.Oberdorsten	1288.0	145	152	1308	90	15	121	.989	9.77
J.Iverson	169.0	17	23	171	13	2	16	.989	9.80
T.Laverriere	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1458.0	162	176	1480	103	17	137	.989	9.77
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	4.93
C.Webster	1313.0	145	149	256	406	9	96	.987	4.54
M.Vincell	145.0	17	17	34	61	1	14	.990	5.90
Team Total	1458.0	162	166	290	467	10	110	.987	4.67
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.952	2.63
H.Jones	1156.0	129	129	68	273	13	21	.963	2.65
T.Trudeau	299.7	33	34	23	73	3	5	.970	2.88
M.Vincell	1.3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.77
T.Cuccia	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1458.0	162	165	92	346	16	26	.965	2.70
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.970	4.36
T.Cuccia	1266.0	148	148	162	407	26	76	.956	4.05
M.Vincell	181.0	14	44	35	66	4	14	.962	5.02
H.Jones	7.0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.57
J.Iverson	3.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
J.Zhang	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1458.0	162	198	197	477	30	90	.957	4.16
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.977	2.02
O.Gaona	1270.7	141	145	268	9	0	1	1.000	1.96
P.Lazaro	86.3	10	12	14	1	1	0	.938	1.56
S.Wood	50.0	6	6	17	0	0	0	1.000	3.06
H.Jones	47.0	5	5	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.30
S.Malitz	4.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1458.0	162	170	311	10	1	1	.997	1.98

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.74
T.Laverriere	1316.3	146	151	385	7	8	5	.980	2.68
S.Wood	83.7	9	13	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.69
S.Malitz	32.0	4	4	9	1	1	0	.909	2.81
P.Lazaro	12.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
H.Jones	9.0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
K.Haubert	5.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
Team Total	1458.0	162	173	425	10	9	5	.980	2.69
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.976	2.12
K.Haubert	1341.0	149	153	295	11	5	3	.984	2.05
S.Wood	53.0	6	8	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.87
S.Malitz	32.0	4	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
P.Lazaro	24.0	3	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.88
O.Gaona	8.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1458.0	162	172	319	11	5	3	.985	2.04
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.959	1.86
J.Guillerma	254.7	37	37	12	39	0	2	1.000	1.80
K.Robinson	252.0	38	38	15	42	4	5	.934	2.04
J.Butler	217.0	33	39	10	28	2	3	.950	1.58
L.Diaz	153.7	25	25	7	17	1	3	.960	1.41
J.Neal	129.7	24	43	10	21	0	1	1.000	2.15
C.Howell	88.3	0	77	6	13	1	1	.950	1.94
W.Chilsen	79.7	0	69	6	16	1	2	.957	2.49
R.Armstrong	75.3	0	57	2	6	1	1	.889	0.96
B.Beguine	64.0	0	61	5	7	0	2	1.000	1.69
D.Dublin	52.0	1	51	2	13	0	3	1.000	2.60
M.Bourassa	36.7	0	36	1	6	1	0	.875	1.72
D.Smythe	32.0	0	28	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.41
I.Willis	23.0	4	11	0	8	0	0	1.000	3.13
Team Total	1458.0	162	572	79	218	11	23	.964	1.83

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Gaona	.354
On-Base Pct	Gaona	.466
Slugging Pct	Gaona	.577
OPS	Gaona	1.042
XR	Gaona	137.4
Games	Oberdorsten, Haubert	156
At-Bats	Laverriere	604
Runs	Gaona	118
Hits	Gaona	194
Total Bases	Gaona	316
Singles	Oberdorsten	138
Doubles	Laverriere	54
Triples	Laverriere	14
Homeruns	Gaona	27
RBIs	Haubert	105
Stolen Bases	Laverriere	83
Caught Stealing	Laverriere	14
Walks	Gaona	109
Strikeouts	Jones	142

ERA	Guillerma	2.51
Wins	Guillerma	22
Losses	Robinson	14
Winning Pct	Diaz	.813
Saves	Chilsen	36
Games Pitched	Howell	77
Games Started	Robinson	38
Complete Games	Robinson	5
Shutouts	Robinson	2
Innings Pitched	Guillerma	254.7
Hits Allowed	Robinson	272
Homeruns Allowed	Guillerma, Robinson	14
Strikeouts	Robinson	193
Walks Allowed	Butler	76
Walks per 9IP	Guillerma	1.0
Hits per 9IP	Butler	8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP	Butler	7.7
WHiP	Guillerma	1.02
OAVG	Butler	.240
OOBP	Guillerma	.265
OSLG	Butler	.348
OOPS	Guillerma	.620

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Lorenzo Diaz	$ 9,200,000
Julio Guillerma	$ 8,500,000
Steve Amich	$ 7,800,100
Kevin Robinson	$ 7,500,000
Bob Oberdorsten	$ 7,200,000
Oswaldo Gaona	$ 6,485,714
Tommy Cuccia	$ 5,300,100
Choo Choo Webster	$ 4,500,000
Kevin Haubert	$ 4,200,000
Robert Armstrong	$ 3,750,000
Wallace Chilsen	$ 3,000,000
Ben Beguine	$ 2,500,100
Jacob Butler	$ 1,900,000
James Iverson	$ 1,528,571
Mariano Bourassa	$ 1,150,000
Sanford Wood	$ 1,000,000
David Dublin	$ 992,857
David Smythe	$ 950,000
Thad Krueter	$ 500,000
Ricky Gonzalvo	$ 460,000
Carlos Herrera	$ 400,000
Armando Monroy	$ 300,100
Filla Zerndillo	$ 300,005
Gregory Guin	$ 300,000
Henry Jones	$ 300,000
James Zhang	$ 300,000
Tom Laverriere	$ 300,000
Pablo Lazaro	$ 300,000
Scott Malitz	$ 300,000
Jerry Neal	$ 300,000
Monty Vincell	$ 300,000
Ike Willis	$ 300,000
Christopher Howell	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/4	Signed			Ben Beguine
2/7	Signed			Steve Amich
2/14	Signed			Filla Zerndillo
2/15	Traded	Al Janski	Las Vegas	Sanford Wood
2/24	Signed			David Smythe
2/25	Signed			Armando Monroy
3/1	Signed			Scott Malitz
3/1	Signed			Rick Habin
3/1	Signed			Rashad Paschall
3/1	Signed			Geoff Mcclellan
3/1	Signed			Joel Velez
3/1	Signed			Carlos May
3/1	Signed			James Gosha
3/1	Signed			Diesel Duncan
3/1	Signed			Gail Headen
3/1	Signed			Kenneth Wilson
3/1	Signed			Leo Whipkey
3/2	Traded	Christopher Dittmer Norman Fordham Gabriel Fernandez	Las Vegas	Choo Choo Webster Jorge Wilkerson
4/1	Signed			Ricky Gonzalvo
10/28	Released	Tony Trudeau