1980 Baseball - Year In Review
Mike Martin, Head Coach
Jim Morris, Assistant Coach
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Mike Fuentes, Coach Mike Martin and Dick Wiggins
1980 Baseball - Year In Review | |
| Coaching Staff Mike Martin, Head Coach Jim Morris, Assistant Coach Click here to see individual photos |
Mike Fuentes, Coach Mike Martin and Dick Wiggins |
Howser to manage Yanks.
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dick Howser, baseball coach for Florida State University, was named to manage the New Your Yankees Sunday night.
Howser was given the manager’s job after Billy Martin, fresh from nother of his celebrated controversies, was fired from the post.
The Yankees’ announcement Sunday stated that Howser “has agreed to a multi-year contract to manage the Yankees effective immediately.”
“Dick will fly to New York from his Tallahassee home to be introduced to the press Thursday,” said a Yankees’ official.
Howser told reporters that he was on the field with his Florida State team Saturday when he got a call from George Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ owner, that there was a possibility the Yankees were going to make a change.
“Of course, I was surprised,” he said. “Then Steinbrenner said, ‘Would you be interested?’ I sasid, ‘Yes, that’s a possibility.’”
Howser said that he then flew to Ocala, where Steinbrenner has a horse farm. He said they agreed to terms there.
Although Howser had settled in the Tallahassee area to get out f the major league limelight, he commented Sunday:
“It would be hard for anyone to turn down the New York Yankees’ managing job, especially when you’ve been part of the organization for 12 years.
“I’m a Yankee. I know the players fairly well. I read the box scores every day this summer and tried to follow the team very closely. Even if I hadn’t taken this job, 20 years down the line I’d still be keeping up with the New York Yankees.”
It is the second time n his stormy career that Martin has parted ways with the always news-making Yankees. In the middle of the 1978 season, Martin bid a tearful and bitter farewell after a series of problems both with management and superstar Reggie Jackson.
However, Steinbrenner shocked the baseball world less than a week later by announcing that Martin would be back in 1980. He made the disclosure in a dramatic announcement at an oldtimers’ game in Yankee Stadium.
It didn’t take Martin quite that long to get back on the job, however. When the Yankees began to fail under phlegmatic Bob Lemon this past season, Martin assumed the job again as Steinbrenner hoped to fire up the team.
Florida State hired Howser away from the Yankees at the end of the 1978 major league season to succeed Woody Woodward, who rejoined the Cincinnati Reds’ organization. Howser’s starting salary at FSU was $25,000 – less than he made with the Yankees – but he said he was ready to leave the big-league lifestyle behind.
“I’ve been in professional baseball for 18 seasons as a coach,” Howser said the day FSU hired him. “A lot of people are concerned about my leaving the glamorous life. I’m not concerned…Baseball has always been good to me, and I hope to do some things to benefit Florida State.”
Steinbrenner said then he was sorry to see Howser go.
“We are sorry to be losing a person of Dick’s caliber, but yet are very happy for him,” the Yankees’ owner said in 1978. “It is a good opportunity and now he is going to be living at home. Florida State is gaining a great baseball man.”
Before his hiring by FSU was made official in 1978, Howser said in an interview with The Democrat from his New Jersey home that he didn’t want a big-league managing job.
“If I wanted a major league job, I could have stayed here and politicked for it,” he said then. “I know a lot of people are saying that I’ll just stay two or three years and then try to get back in the majors, but I honestly say that I would make an eight- or 10- or 15-year commitment out of it.
“There are lots of reasons. I live in Tallahassee, but I don’t care to live there for four months, then go to Fort Lauderdale (spring training) for six weeks, and then live in New Jersey and travel with the team.”
Howser, a 1954 graduate of the old Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, was an All-American shortstop at FSU in 1957 and 1958. He signed with the old Kansas City Athletics for a $21,000 bonus after graduating in 1958 with an education degree.
He then spent three seasons in the minor leagues before joining the Athletics in 1961. That year, he made the American League All-Star team and was named Rookie of the Year by Sporting News. His batting average was .280.
Howser was traded to Cleveland in 1963 and to the Yankees in 1966. He retired in 1968 with a lifetime batting average of .248. He remained with the Yankees as third-base coach until moving back to FSU last year.
Over the years, with his long history of fighting, the trigger-tempered Martin has caused the Yankees no end of embarrassment. After he was involved in a fight with a sports writer in Reno, Nev., in November 1978, Steinbrenner handed down an ultimatum that Martin would only return to the Yankees if he “were on his best behavior.”
He was relatively fight-free in 1979, although he had personality conflicts with Jackson in a continuing clash of monumental egos. Failing to inspire the Yankees to a fourth straight American League pennant, Martin finished out a desultory season in New York. His two-time World Series champions, saddled with injuries, finished a poor fourth in the American League’s East Division.
Less than a month after the season, Martin then made some news of his own in Bloomington, Minn., when he was accused of punching an Illinois man in a hotel. Martin denied that he hit the man, who received more than 15 stitches to close wounds on his face.
“I’m not a violent person,” Martin said after the incident, but his history would seem to belie that.
As a feisty, little second baseman with the Yankees in the 1950s, Martin was at the center of many a diamond brawl. His penchant for fist-fighting continued when he left the field and assumed the managerial chair.
His temper got him into trouble everywhere he managed – and,
though his teams usually were successful, his relations with management were not.
Martin gets Florida State baseball post.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The second time around was much better for Mike Martin.
Friday, Martin became the eighth head baseball coach in Florida State history, succeeding Dick Howser, who resigned a month ago to become manager of the New York Yankees.
It was Howser who last year got the job Martin wanted, after then-head coach Woody Woodward left FSU for an executive position with the Cincinnati Reds. Martin had been Woodward’s assistant for four years – he also remained with Howser – and he admitted disappointment at not being chosen.
But that became ancient history Friday. Martin wore a broad smile after being notified by Florida State President Bernie Sliger at 3:20 p.m.
Sliger called collect from Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, where he was en route to a commencement address in Tennessee.
“He said I was chosen for two reasons,” Martin said. “One was for my baseball ability and two, because of the character I’ve displayed in the last five years I’ve been at Florida State.”
It was “the second greatest day in my life,” Martin said. “The greatest was a four-way tie – the day I married Carol and the days my three children were born.”
Sliger’s call followed by more than three hours a unanimous decision by a baseball selection committee to recommend Martin to the president.
The third baseball coach at FSU in three years, Martin indicated he planned to remain at his post longer than his predecessors.
“They both played at the major league level,” Martin said. Then, kiddingly, he added, “I assure you, that even if an offer comes from Mankato, Minn., I will not leave.”
Mankato was one of Martin’s stops in a three-year minor league baseball career following his graduation from FSU in 1966.
In a more serious light, Martin said, “I have no intention of ever leaving Florida State.”
Martin also mentioned the new house he has built in Tallahassee as a sign of his plans to remain. It was pointed out that Howser had just bought a house here when he became coach.
“Well, Carol (his wife) and I built ours,” joked Martin. “We’ve got more sweat in it.”
The 35-year-old Martin is known as an easy-going, good-humored fellow, who relates well to the players. He was the chief recruiter for four years under Woodward, and he has coached the FSU summer baseball program since its formation five years ago.
He also helped organize the Woody Woodward Baseball Camp, which assumed Martin’s name last summer.
The interim coach for the last month, Martin was working on the 1980 schedule when he was notified. The slate of games includes a season-opening three-game series at Miami Feb. 22-24, and a visit by the New York Yankees March 28 at 1 p.m.
The assistant coach will be named after a three-week waiting period from the time of the vacancy is announced Thursday. There is a selection committee for that post, too, but Martin basically will have the final word.
As head coach, Martin will earn more than $26,675, the salary Howser was paid last year. Martin’s assistant coach’s salary this year is $17,600.
By assuming head coaching duties, Martin will give up his teaching responsibilities. He has been instructing three classes in FSU’s Department of Movement Science and Physical Education.
Martin is a native of Charlotte, N.C., and attended Wingate Junior College, Wingate, N.C., before transferring to Florida State.
He played for the baseball team in 1965 and 1966 under Danny Litwhiler, and was drafted by the New York Mets. He later was traded to the Detroit Tigers’ organization.
In addition to his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from FSU, Martin holds a master’s degree in Administration and Supervision from Florida A&M.
Keith Craig, 6-1, 170, C, Laurel Springs, N.J.
Mike Cullen, 5-8, 180, OF, Detroit, Mich.
Rick Figueredo, 5-11, 175, 3B, Tampa
Tim Hatcher, 5-9, 195, C, Marianna
Ed Howser, 5-9, 160, 2B, West Palm Beach
Jay Keeler, 6-1, 175, P, Miami
Lionel Martinez, 5-9, 160, 2B, Tampa
Keith Parenteau, 5-11, 180, P, North Palm Beach
Tim Phillips, 5-11, 170, P, Tallahassee
Ed Schneider, 6-1, 190, P, Cincinnati, Ohio
David Smalley, 6-0, 170, P, Fort Lauderdale
Allen Swindle, 6-2, 185, P, Clewiston
George Tebbetts, 5-11, 155, IF, Anna Maria
Jim Weaver, 6-4, 200, OF, Holmes Beach
Mike Yastrzemski, 5-10, 160, OF, Highland Beach
1980 Roster - By Name
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T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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15 Roy Alvarez 1B R-R 6-0 185 Jr West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman/Palm Beach CC)
Bart Birnbaum C R-R 5-10 165 So Miami (Coral Park)
34 Keith Craig C R-R 6-1 170 Fr Laurel Springs, N.J. (Collingswood)
* 42 Mike Cullen OF L-L 5-8 180 Jr Detroit, Mich. (Brother Rice/South Alabama)
* 20 Don DeLoach SS R-R 5-10 170 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 9 Jack Emerick C R-R 5-11 185 Sr * Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan/Pensacola JC)
* 12 Rick Figueredo 3B R-R 5-11 175 Fr Tampa (Plant)
* 49 Ken Fischer P L-L 5-9 160 Jr ** Lincoln, Mass. (Tabor Academy)
* 29 Mike Fuentes OF R-R 6-3 190 Jr ** Coral Gables (Coral Gables)
* 22 John Gagnon OF-P R-R 5-11 180 Sr * Lantana (Lake Worth/Palm Beach CC)
* 33 Rick Hatcher P R-R 6-0 195 Jr * Marianna (Marianna/George Wallace JC)
13 Tim Hatcher C R-R 5-9 195 Jr Marianna (Port Saint Joe/George Wallace JC)
* 47 Ed Howser 2B R-R 5-9 160 Jr West Palm Beach (Forest Hill/Palm Beach CC)
* 10 Ken Huff OF S-R 5-10 170 Jr ** Columbus, Ga. (Hardaway)
* Bill Keck 1B 6-4 220 Jr Newark, Ohio (Newark)
* 43 Jay Keeler P R-R 6-1 175 So Miami (Palmetto/Miami Dade CC)
* 6 Jeff Ledbetter P-OF L-L 6-2 210 So * Largo (Largo)
* 4 Lionel Martinez 2B R-R 5-9 160 Jr Tampa (Tampa Catholic/Indian River CC)
30 Keith Parenteau P R-R 5-11 180 Jr North Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman/Palm Beach CC)
* 44 Tim Phillips P R-R 5-11 170 Jr Tallahassee (Godby/George Wallace JC)
* 21 Craig Ramsey C R-R 5-10 175 Jr-R ** Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
* 17 Ed Schneider P L-L 6-1 190 Jr Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills/Indian River CC)
* 46 David Smalley P L-L 6-0 170 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Stranahan)
* 26 Ken Smith P R-R 6-3 200 Sr * Hollywood (South Broward/Miami Dade CC)
* 32 Allen Swindle P L-L 6-2 185 So Clewiston (Clewiston/Indian River CC)
* 18 George Tebbetts IF R-R 5-11 155 So Anna Maria (Manatee/Valencia CC)
* 2 Jim Weaver OF L-L 6-4 200 Jr Holmes Beach (Cardinal Mooney/Manatee CC)
* 39 Dick Wiggins P R-R 6-3 205 Sr * Saint Petersburg (Lakewood/Valencia CC)
* 25 John Wolfer P R-R 6-0 180 Sr * West Palm Beach (Forest Hill/Miami Dade CC)
* 8 Mike Yastrzemski OF S-R 5-10 160 Fr Highland Beach (Cardinal Gibbons)
1980 Roster - By Number
L
T PY
R No Name Pos B-T Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Bart Birnbaum C R-R 5-10 165 So Miami (Coral Park)
* Bill Keck 1B 6-4 220 Jr Newark, Ohio (Newark)
* 2 Jim Weaver OF L-L 6-4 200 Jr Holmes Beach (Cardinal Mooney/Manatee CC)
* 4 Lionel Martinez 2B R-R 5-9 160 Jr Tampa (Tampa Catholic/Indian River CC)
* 6 Jeff Ledbetter P-OF L-L 6-2 210 So * Largo (Largo)
* 8 Mike Yastrzemski OF S-R 5-10 160 Fr Highland Beach (Cardinal Gibbons)
* 9 Jack Emerick C R-R 5-11 185 Sr * Waukegan, Ill. (Waukegan/Pensacola JC)
* 10 Ken Huff OF S-R 5-10 170 Jr ** Columbus, Ga. (Hardaway)
* 12 Rick Figueredo 3B R-R 5-11 175 Fr Tampa (Plant)
13 Tim Hatcher C R-R 5-9 195 Jr Marianna (Port Saint Joe/George Wallace JC)
15 Roy Alvarez 1B R-R 6-0 185 Jr West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman/Palm Beach CC)
* 17 Ed Schneider P L-L 6-1 190 Jr Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills/Indian River CC)
* 18 George Tebbetts IF R-R 5-11 155 So Anna Maria (Manatee/Valencia CC)
* 20 Don DeLoach SS R-R 5-10 170 Jr ** Tallahassee (Leon)
* 21 Craig Ramsey C R-R 5-10 175 Jr-R ** Atlanta, Ga. (North Springs)
* 22 John Gagnon OF-P R-R 5-11 180 Sr * Lantana (Lake Worth/Palm Beach CC)
* 25 John Wolfer P R-R 6-0 180 Sr * West Palm Beach (Forest Hill/Miami Dade CC)
* 26 Ken Smith P R-R 6-3 200 Sr * Hollywood (South Broward/Miami Dade CC)
* 29 Mike Fuentes OF R-R 6-3 190 Jr ** Coral Gables (Coral Gables)
30 Keith Parenteau P R-R 5-11 180 Jr North Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman/Palm Beach CC)
* 32 Allen Swindle P L-L 6-2 185 So Clewiston (Clewiston/Indian River CC)
* 33 Rick Hatcher P R-R 6-0 195 Jr * Marianna (Marianna/George Wallace JC)
34 Keith Craig C R-R 6-1 170 Fr Laurel Springs, N.J. (Collingswood)
* 39 Dick Wiggins P R-R 6-3 205 Sr * Saint Petersburg (Lakewood/Valencia CC)
* 42 Mike Cullen OF L-L 5-8 180 Jr Detroit, Mich. (Brother Rice/South Alabama)
* 43 Jay Keeler P R-R 6-1 175 So Miami (Palmetto/Miami Dade CC)
* 44 Tim Phillips P R-R 5-11 170 Jr Tallahassee (Godby/George Wallace JC)
* 46 David Smalley P L-L 6-0 170 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Stranahan)
* 47 Ed Howser 2B R-R 5-9 160 Jr West Palm Beach (Forest Hill/Palm Beach CC)
* 49 Ken Fischer P L-L 5-9 160 Jr ** Lincoln, Mass. (Tabor Academy)
1980 Conference Awards
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Rick Figueredo Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
Ken Fischer Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
Mike Fuentes Metro Conference - Spring Sports Outstanding Athlete
Metro Conference - Tournament MVP
Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
Lionel Martinez Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
All-Conference - 4
1980 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Mike Fuentes American Baseball Coaches Association - 1st Team
The Sporting News - 2nd Team
Jim Weaver The Sporting News - 1st Team
All-Americans - 2
1980 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Johnny Grubb 6 OF-DH Texas Rangers
Dick Howser 34 Manager New York Yankees
Terry Kennedy 16 C-OF St. Louis Cardinals
Rick Langford 22 P Oakland Athletics
Carlos Lezcano 30 OF Chicago Cubs
Noles in the Pros - 5
1980 Schedule and Results
GAME |
SCORE |
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| Miami Miami, Fla. |
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| Miami Miami, Fla. |
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| Miami Miami, Fla. |
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| Troy State | |||||||
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| Lenoir-Rhyne College | |||||||
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| Jacksonville | |||||||
| Jacksonville | |||||||
| Florida | |||||||
| Wingate | |||||||
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| Brooklyn College | |||||||
| Northern Kentucky | |||||||
| Mercer | |||||||
| Monmouth | |||||||
| Otterbein College | |||||||
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| Wright State | |||||||
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| Tulane | |||||||
| Eastern Illinois | |||||||
| Dayton | |||||||
| Mercer | |||||||
| Jacksonville | |||||||
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| Jacksonville | |||||||
| Valdosta State Coll | |||||||
| Auburn | |||||||
| Auburn | |||||||
| South Florida | |||||||
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| Florida | |||||||
| Florida | |||||||
| Flagler College | |||||||
| Auburn | |||||||
| Auburn | |||||||
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| South Florida Game started on 4/26 and ended on 4/27. |
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| Troy State Game forfeited in the sixth inning |
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| Virginia Tech Metro |
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| Louisville Metro |
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| Tulane Metro |
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| Virginia Tech Metro |
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| Memphis State Metro |
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| Memphis State Metro Championship |
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| Georgia Southern | |||||||
| Georgia Southern | |||||||
| Georgia Southern | |||||||
| New Orleans NCAA |
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| Western Kentucky NCAA |
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| Western Kentucky NCAA Championship |
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| Hawaii CWS, Omaha, Neb. |
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| Arizona CWS, Omaha, Neb. |
EOY StatsRef CB = Collegiate Baseball, BA = Baseball America, CWS = College World Series Conference games in bold Overall Home Away Neutral -------------------------------------------------- FSU record is 51-12 35- 5 16- 5 0- 2 vs Metro Conf 0- 1 0- 0 0- 1 0- 0 Against Top 25 4- 6 3- 2 1- 2 0- 2 Final Collegiate Baseball Poll - 7 College World Series - 7
1980 Metro Conference Results 1 Tulane 1- 0 29-19 2 Florida State 5- 2 51-12 3 Louisville 6- 3 38-21 4 Virginia Tech 2- 1 30-18 5t Memphis State 0- 0 31-15 5t Saint Louis 0- 0 17-25 7 Cincinnati 2- 4 18-19
1980 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT, Tallahassee, Fla. Date Score Comments ========== ================================================== ================================== 05/08/1980 Memphis State 14, Saint Louis 6 05/08/1980 Virginia Tech 10, Cincinnati 6 05/08/1980 Tulane 11, Louisville 9 05/08/1980 Louisville 8, Saint Louis 3 05/09/1980 Memphis State 7, Tulane 2 05/09/1980 Virginia Tech 12, Florida State 4 05/09/1980 Florida State 13, Louisville 1 05/10/1980 Memphis State 14, Virginia Tech 5 05/10/1980 Tulane 10, Cincinnati 3 05/10/1980 Florida State 12, Tulane 5 05/10/1980 Florida State 13, Virginia Tech 6 05/11/1980 Florida State 14, Memphis State 11 05/11/1980 Florida State 11, Memphis State 7
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| DATE/OPPONENT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 02/22/1980 Miami |
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| 02/23/1980 Miami |
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| 02/24/1980 Miami |
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| 02/27/1980 Troy State |
Don DeLoach | Lionel Martinez | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 02/27/1980 Troy State |
Don DeLoach | Lionel Martinez | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Roy Alvarez | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | George Tebbetts |
| 03/03/1980 Lenoir-Rhyne College |
Don DeLoach | Lionel Martinez | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Roy Alvarez | Mike Fuentes | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/04/1980 Jacksonville |
Don DeLoach | Lionel Martinez | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Fuentes | Roy Alvarez | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Fuentes | Roy Alvarez | Craig Ramsey | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Fuentes | Roy Alvarez | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/08/1980 Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski | Roy Alvarez | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/11/1980 Wingate |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/11/1980 Wingate |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Jack Emerick | Mike Cullen | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/13/1980 Missouri-Rolla |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/13/1980 Missouri-Rolla |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Cullen | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/16/1980 Brooklyn College |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/17/1980 Northern Kentucky |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/18/1980 Mercer |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Fuentes | Jack Emerick | Mike Cullen | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/19/1980 Monmouth |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/21/1980 Otterbein College |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/21/1980 Otterbein College |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | George Tebbetts |
| 03/22/1980 Wright State |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/22/1980 Wright State |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | George Tebbetts | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/24/1980 Tulane |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Jack Emerick | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/27/1980 Eastern Illinois |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Roy Alvarez | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/29/1980 Dayton |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 03/31/1980 Mercer |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Cullen | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Cullen | Craig Ramsey | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/06/1980 Jacksonville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jack Emerick | Craig Ramsey | Ken Huff | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/07/1980 Valdosta State Coll |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/09/1980 Auburn |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/09/1980 Auburn |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/11/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/12/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Jack Emerick | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/12/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/15/1980 Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Jack Emerick | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/16/1980 Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/20/1980 Flagler College |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/22/1980 Auburn |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/23/1980 Auburn |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/25/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | George Tebbetts | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/26/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/26/1980 South Florida |
Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 04/29/1980 Troy State |
Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Don DeLoach | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Ed Howser |
| 04/29/1980 Troy State |
Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Don DeLoach | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Ed Howser |
| 04/30/1980 Valdosta State Coll |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/03/1980 Miami |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | George Tebbetts | Mike Yastrzemski | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/04/1980 Miami |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/05/1980 Miami |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | George Tebbetts | Mike Yastrzemski | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/09/1980 Virginia Tech |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/09/1980 Louisville |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/10/1980 Tulane |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Mike Yastrzemski | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/10/1980 Virginia Tech |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/11/1980 Memphis State |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/11/1980 Memphis State |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | Ken Huff | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/13/1980 Georgia Southern |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Jack Emerick | Mike Cullen | George Tebbetts | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/14/1980 Georgia Southern |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Ken Huff | George Tebbetts | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/14/1980 Georgia Southern |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Mike Cullen | George Tebbetts | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/22/1980 New Orleans |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/24/1980 Western Kentucky |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/25/1980 Western Kentucky |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/30/1980 Hawaii |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jeff Ledbetter | Mike Yastrzemski | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Mike Cullen | Rick Figueredo |
| 05/31/1980 Arizona |
Lionel Martinez | Don DeLoach | Mike Fuentes | Jim Weaver | Craig Ramsey | Mike Yastrzemski | Jeff Ledbetter | Jack Emerick | Rick Figueredo |
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| 02/22/1980 Miami |
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| 02/23/1980 Miami |
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| 02/24/1980 Miami |
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| 02/27/1980 Troy State |
David Smalley | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Mike Cullen | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 02/27/1980 Troy State |
Jeff Ledbetter | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Don DeLoach | Mike Cullen | Jim Weaver | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/03/1980 Lenoir-Rhyne College |
Ed Schneider | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/04/1980 Jacksonville |
Dick Wiggins | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Ken Smith | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/08/1980 Florida |
Dick Wiggins | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/11/1980 Wingate |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/11/1980 Wingate |
Ken Smith | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Cullen |
| 03/13/1980 Missouri-Rolla |
Jay Keeler | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/13/1980 Missouri-Rolla |
Ed Schneider | Jack Emerick | Craig Ramsey | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Cullen |
| 03/16/1980 Brooklyn College |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/17/1980 Northern Kentucky |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/18/1980 Mercer |
Ken Smith | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Cullen |
| 03/19/1980 Monmouth |
Ed Schneider | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/21/1980 Otterbein College |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/21/1980 Otterbein College |
John Wolfer | Jack Emerick | Craig Ramsey | Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/22/1980 Wright State |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/22/1980 Wright State |
Jay Keeler | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | George Tebbetts | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/24/1980 Tulane |
Ken Fischer | Jack Emerick | Craig Ramsey | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/27/1980 Eastern Illinois |
Ken Smith | Jack Emerick | Roy Alvarez | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/29/1980 Dayton |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 03/31/1980 Mercer |
Ken Fischer | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Dick Wiggins | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/05/1980 Jacksonville |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/06/1980 Jacksonville |
Rick Hatcher | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/07/1980 Valdosta State Coll |
David Smalley | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/09/1980 Auburn |
Ken Fischer | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/09/1980 Auburn |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/11/1980 South Florida |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/12/1980 South Florida |
Rick Hatcher | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/12/1980 South Florida |
John Wolfer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/15/1980 Florida |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/16/1980 Florida |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/20/1980 Flagler College |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/22/1980 Auburn |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/23/1980 Auburn |
Ken Fischer | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/25/1980 South Florida |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Ken Huff |
| 04/26/1980 South Florida |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/26/1980 South Florida |
David Smalley | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | George Tebbetts | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Cullen |
| 04/29/1980 Troy State |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Ed Howser | George Tebbetts | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Cullen |
| 04/29/1980 Troy State |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Ed Howser | George Tebbetts | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 04/30/1980 Valdosta State Coll |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/03/1980 Miami |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/04/1980 Miami |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/05/1980 Miami |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/09/1980 Virginia Tech |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/09/1980 Louisville |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/10/1980 Tulane |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/10/1980 Virginia Tech |
Dick Wiggins | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/11/1980 Memphis State |
Ken Smith | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/11/1980 Memphis State |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/13/1980 Georgia Southern |
Jay Keeler | Jack Emerick | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | George Tebbetts | Mike Cullen | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/14/1980 Georgia Southern |
David Smalley | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | George Tebbetts | Ken Huff | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/14/1980 Georgia Southern |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | George Tebbetts | Mike Cullen | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/22/1980 New Orleans |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/24/1980 Western Kentucky |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/25/1980 Western Kentucky |
Ed Schneider | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/30/1980 Hawaii |
Rick Hatcher | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 05/31/1980 Arizona |
Ken Fischer | Craig Ramsey | Jeff Ledbetter | Lionel Martinez | Rick Figueredo | Don DeLoach | Jim Weaver | Mike Fuentes | Mike Yastrzemski |
1980 Batting Statistics
Name AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT =========================================================================================================== Ed Howser .440 22 25 6 11 0 3 0 10 17 .680 7 0 4 .563 0 0 0 0 Mike Fuentes .408 61 233 84 95 12 3 21 79 176 .755 46 2 34 .500 5 0 9 14 Jim Weaver .372 51 172 57 64 6 5 18 75 134 .779 39 1 23 .481 4 0 28 31 Lionel Martinez .365 63 211 82 77 14 2 6 53 113 .536 80 1 27 .539 1 3 11 16 Don DeLoach .358 63 265 74 95 29 3 3 53 139 .525 27 4 21 .424 1 1 12 16 Rick Figueredo .350 58 183 43 64 8 3 2 28 84 .459 28 0 19 .432 2 2 4 4 Mike Cullen .337 41 95 32 32 7 2 3 20 52 .547 18 6 13 .467 1 0 5 7 Jack Emerick .319 41 116 26 37 10 1 2 20 55 .474 17 2 6 .409 2 0 3 3 Jeff Ledbetter .311 63 238 65 74 11 1 19 73 144 .605 43 2 29 .416 3 0 4 4 Mike Yastrzemski .303 60 185 47 56 12 2 9 54 99 .535 36 1 21 .413 3 2 8 9 Craig Ramsey .277 56 166 40 46 6 1 5 34 69 .416 33 5 27 .402 5 1 8 11 Ken Huff .258 36 62 30 16 4 3 0 14 26 .419 25 3 13 .473 3 1 5 6 George Tebbetts .250 33 64 14 16 2 0 3 14 27 .422 5 0 12 .304 0 1 1 1 Bill Keck .222 11 9 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 .222 1 0 1 .300 0 0 0 0 Others .303 76 23 23 3 0 3 20 35 .461 21 0 16 .454 0 0 3 3 ====================================================================================== FSU .337 63 63 2100 630 708 124 29 94 550 1172 .558 426 27 266 0 .449 30 11 101 125 Opp .281 63 63 1945 306 546 83 14 48 268 801 .412 253 13 317 .365 15 13 41 581980 Pitching Statistics
Name ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA ======================================================================================================================== Allen Swindle 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Phillips 2.37 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 19.0 20 12 5 5 12 7 0 2 0 1 Rick Hatcher 2.95 10 3 19 8 5 1 1 85.1 84 41 28 28 45 18 2 7 2 1 Ed Schneider 3.14 9 3 14 13 2 1 0 83.0 69 41 29 46 53 10 1 8 10 3 Ken Fischer 3.19 9 2 17 13 3 2 1 84.2 85 41 30 50 46 13 0 4 4 1 Dick Wiggins 3.69 9 3 14 12 4 2 0 85.1 94 44 35 23 38 14 5 8 0 2 Jay Keeler 4.19 2 1 5 3 1 0 0 19.1 17 14 9 12 10 3 0 2 3 1 Ken Smith 4.88 4 0 20 6 1 0 3 66.1 87 42 36 17 38 6 2 9 4 1 John Gagnon 5.54 3 0 13 0 0 0 0 26.0 25 16 16 17 25 4 0 5 3 1 David Smalley 5.92 1 0 12 4 0 0 1 24.1 20 19 16 25 32 2 0 1 1 1 John Wolfer 9.35 3 0 5 3 0 0 0 17.1 29 21 18 17 5 4 3 1 0 1 Jeff Ledbetter 30.00 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 11 10 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 Others 5.14 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 4 4 6 8 2 0 0 0 0 ==================================================================================================== FSU 4.07 51 12 138 63 16 6 1 6 521.2 546 306 236 253 317 83 14 48 0 .000 27 13 0 0 0 Opp 9.79 12 51 63 10 499.1 708 630 543 426 266 124 29 94 59 271980 Fielding Statistics
Name PO AST E FLD% DP ============================================= ======================== FSU 0 0 0 .000
Miami 10, Florida State 0
02/22/1980, Miami, Fla. NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == Dick Wiggins L (0-1) =================== FSU 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 **Error**
Attendance: 3,227
Miami 4, Florida State 3
02/23/1980, Miami, Fla. NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == Rick Hatcher L (0-1) =================== FSU 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 **Error**
Attendance: 3,112
Florida State 9, Miami 8
02/24/1980, Miami, Fla. NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == John Gagnon W (1-0) =================== FSU 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 **Error**
Attendance: 2,329
Florida State 5, Troy State 3
02/27/1980, Tallahassee, Fla. NAME POSITION AB R H RBI BB SO PO A ======================= ======== == == == === == == == == Don DeLoach SS 3 1 2 0 Lionel Martinez 2B 3 1 1 1 Jim Weaver CF 3 1 0 1 Jeff Ledbetter DH 2 0 1 0 Ken Huff PR 0 0 0 0 Jack Emerick C 2 0 1 1 Mike Yastrzemski RF 3 1 1 1 Mike Cullen LF 2 1 1 0 Roy Alvarez 1B 3 0 1 1 Rick Figueredo 3B 2 0 0 0 David Smalley P Rick Hatcher P ======================== FSU 23 5 8 5 0 0 0 0 Opp 24 3 5 3 E - Opp-1 2B - Opp-1, FSU-Lionel Martinez (1) SF - FSU-Jack Emerick (1) SB - FSU-Jim Weaver (1), Mike Cullen (1), Roy Alvarez (1) NAME IP H R ER BB SO ============================== ==== == == == == == David Smalley 1.0 2 3 3 2 2 Rick Hatcher W (1-1) 6.0 3 0 0 1 3 =================== FSU 7.0 5 3 3 3 5 Opp L 6.0 8 5 1 1 0
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| Florida State |
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| Florida State |
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Early runs by Hawaii stop FSU.
OMAHA, NE – Hawaii pushed home three runs in the first inning and four in the second Friday noght, then held off persistent Florida State for a 7-6 victory in the first round of the College World Series.
The win sends the Seminoles into the loser’s –bracket game this afternoon at 2 p.m. (EDT) against powerful Arizona, upset 6-1 by St. John’s of New York in Friday’s first game.
Mike Fuentes provided an early bright moment for the Seminoles. The junior center fielder hit his 21st home run of the season with none on in the top of the first inning to give FSU a short-lived 1-0 lead. The hit tied Terry Kennedy’s 1977 school record for homers in a season.
The Rainbows struck back quickly, with some help from the Seminoles. Rick Bass hit Hatcher’s first pitch into the right field corner for a double. Thad Reece bunted to third baseman Rick Figueredo, but first baseman Jeff Ledbetter dropped the throw and all hands were safe.
Hatcher fanned Collin Tanabe, but with Jay Erdahl at the plate, Hatcher’s pick-off throw got by Ledbetter for the first baseman’s second error. Bass scored, tying the game, 1-1.
Reece then singled and Greg Oniate walked to load the bases. Catcher Craig Ramsey gave temporary help by picking off Oniate, but Kimo Perkins tripled to right field, scoring two runs for a 3-1 Hawaii lead.
The Seminoles could do nothing with Crim in the second inning, going down in order. Then Hawaii went back to work, with FSU making life easy for the islanders.
With one out, Eric Rokunaga singled off Hatcher’s glove. Bass hit a perfect double-play ball to third. Figueredo gobbled the grounder and relayed to Martinez covering second, but the ball flew past him for the Seminoles’ third error in two innings.
Instead of the side being retired, Hatcher was in a jam, with runners on first and third with one out. After Reece grounded out, Tanabe singled past a diving Martinez, to score Tokunaga. Erdhal singled for one-run and Oniate doubled for two more. Hawaii led 7-1 after the four unearned runs in the second.
FSU mounted a threat in the third when, with one out, Figueredo walked and Martinez singled. But DeLoach and Fuentes each grounded out to kill the inning.
Hatcher held the Rainbows without a run for the first time in the bottom of the third inning. In the top of the fourth, the Seminoles again put runners on first and second with one out. Again, the rally died. Craig Ramsey popped out and Mike Cullen struck out.
Hawaii failed to score off Hatcher in the fourth inning, and Crim retired FSU in order in the top of the fifth.
It was Hawaii’s turn to leave runners on in the fifth. After one-out singles by Perkins and Howard Dashefsky, Hatcher got Bass and Reece to fly out to right field.
After being held runless by Crim for four innings, the Seminoles scored three in the sixth. Fuentes led off with a double and Ledbetter flied to center field, sending Fuentes to third.
Mike Yastrzemski singled home Fuentes, and Jim Weaver singled, sending Yaz to third.
Ramsey then lofted a deep fly ball to left, that would have been out of Seminole Field. It was caught by Erdhal, but it scored Yaz with the third FSU run.
With Cullen at bat, Waever stole second and went to third when the throw by catcher Tanabe sailed into center field. Cullen promptly singled to center, scoring Weaver and cutting the Hawaii lead to 7-4. Figueredo hit into a fielder’s choice to end the inning.
Freshman David Smalley came in to relieve Hatcher in the bottom of the sixth, and he retired the Rainbows in order.
The Seminoles added single runs in the top of the seventh and the top of the ninth, but a diving catch by the Rainbows’ Rick Bass in right-center field robbed Jim Weaver of a two-out hit with two men on in the ninth and shattered Florida State’s last-gasp comeback bid.
NAME POSITION AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
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Lionel Martinez 2B 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 2
Don DeLoach SS 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
Mike Fuentes CF 5 2 4 2 0 0 2 0
Jeff Ledbetter 1B 5 0 1 0 0 2 11 0
Mike Yastrzemski RF 5 1 1 2 0 0 5 0
Jim Weaver LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Craig Ramsey C 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
Mike Cullen DH 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rick Figueredo 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
Rick Hatcher P 0 1
David Smalley P 0 0
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FSU 38 6 11 6 3 7 24 13
Opp 35 7 11 6 1 4 27 11
E - Opp-2, FSU-Lionel Martinez (11), Jeff Ledbetter 2 (6)
2B - Opp-2, FSU-Lionel Martinez (14), Mike Fuentes (12)
3B - Opp-1
HR - FSU-Mike Fuentes (21)
SF - FSU-Craig Ramsey (5)
SB - FSU-Jim Weaver (26)
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
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Rick Hatcher L (10-3) 5.0 11 7 1 1 2
David Smalley 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
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FSU 8.0 11 7 1 1 4
Opp W-Sv 9.0 11 6 4 3 7
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Arizona bumps FSU from Series.
OMAHA, NE – Mike Martin is a fatalist, with some reservations.
“I believe that if you’re supposed to win, you will win,” he said.
Then he added, “If you do what you’re supposed to do.”
Martin’s Florida State baseball team did little of what it was supposed to do Saturday at Rosenblatt Stadium. The result was a 5-3 defeat to Arizona and the dubious distinction of being the first team eliminated from the College World Series.
FSU, which ended its season with a 51-12 record, suffered its first defeat of the tournament Friday night, losing 7-6 to Hawaii. Arizona, a loser to St. John’s on Friday, is 41-21-1.
A two-hour rain delay in the middle of the third inning prolonged the Seminoles’ agony Saturday. Their chances came often; they capitalized seldom.
After the game, some of the players complained about not getting the breaks. They spoke of Don DeLoach’s double in the bottom of the ninth with two out and a runner on first base. The hit missed clearing the wall – and tying the game – by three feet.
It did, however, put the tying runs on second and third with Mike Fuentes at the plate. Fuentes, the Seminoles’ closest approach to a superstar, had been named to the All-American team earlier in the day. But he took a called strike from relief pitcher Greg Bargar to end the game.
“It was right over the outside corner,” Fuentes said. “He blew it by me.”
Victory might have been made possible at any of a half-dozen moments. But, as Martin said, “It wasn’t in the cards.”
Craig Ramsey was left at third base in the fourth inning. Jack Emerick and DeLoach were stranded in the fifth. The bases were loaded when the eighth inning ended. And then there was the ninth, with Rick Figueredo dancing off third and DeLoach on second, when Fuentes struck out.
“We had our chances the whole tournament,” DeLoach said. “Things just didn’t happen. I don’t know how to explain it. We didn’t come through.”
But things sis happen, to the Seminoles. Strange things, and they hurt.
In the bottom of the third, Chuck Crist led off with a double off FSU starter Ken Fischer, who pitched the eight innings. Dan Hyman then hit a single that took a weird hop over Figueredo, playing third base. The runners were content to hold at first and third, but Crist scored when Jim Weaver’s relay throw from left field bounced away from Figueredo.
That gave the Wildcats a 2-0 lead, but wait. A sacrifice sent Hyman to third base and from there he scored on John Moses’ sacrifice fly. FSU trailed 3-0.
DeLoach led off the fourth by reaching base on an error. On ball three to Fuentes, the normally alert DeLoach was strolling back to first base when Hyman, the catcher, picked him off.
“I just got caught daydreaming,” DeLoach said.
We don’t know what might have happened. We do know that Fuentes walked and Weaver sliced a two-run homer that barely cleared the 343-foot sign on the leftfield wall. That made it 3-2.
In the fifth inning, Hyman hit a single with one out, Dwight Taylor hit into a force play and Moses walked, putting runners on first and second with two out.
Terry Francona, another All-American who hit a solo homer in the first, lofted a fly ball to right field. Mike Yastrzmeski went for it, had it lined up, then lost it in the sun. The ball fell for a double, two runs scored and Arizona led 5-2.
“I had a good jump on the ball but I lost it,” said Yastrzmeski, a freshman. “I had a perfect jump. It was cake.”
It was also the game. Though the Wildcats did no further damage against Fischer and Ken Smith, who pitched in the ninth, the Seminoles couldn’t produce the big outburst of runs that so typified their season.
The potentially golden moment came in the eighth inning. Lionel Martinez led off with a walk and advanced to third on two passed balls.
The DeLoach walked and Arizona freshman left-hander Ed Vosberg was lifted despite having allowed just three hits.
Martinez scored on Fuentes’ sacrifice fly off reliever Ron Sismondo. The catch was made in short center field by Moses, who fought the wind-buffeted ball and fell as he caught it. Trying to double DeLoach off first, Moses made a poor throw that sailed over first base, enabling DeLoach to take second.
Weaver, the next hitter, singled sharply, sending DeLoach to third. Then Weaver stole second.
The tying runs were now in scoring position, Ramsey at the plate. The catcher worked to 3-and-2 and on Sismondo’s next delivery, Ramsey checked his swing on a high, inside pitch. After a split-second delay, plate umpire Tony Patch called Ramsey out, ruling that the ball had hit his bat and was caught by Hyman behind the plate.
A foul tip with two strikes is a strikeout.
Ramsey howled and Martin charged from the third-base coach’s box, but to no avail. Ramsey afterward said the ball never struck his bat. “As far as I know it didn’t,” he said. “No way. But the umpire said he heard something.”
There now were two out and a base open. Yastrzmeski walked to load the bases and Sismondo got Jeff Ledbetter to fly out to center field.
It was a rough day and a rough series for Ledbetter, the sophomore first baseman. After going 1-for-5 with two errors against Hawaii, Led better three times made the final out of the inning, with a total of five runners aboard, against Arizona.
This was the Seminoles’ first appearance in the College World Series since 1975, when they also lost in two straight.
“I tell you what, we were not the eighth-place team in the tournament,” Martin said. “And I’ll tell you this. We won’t be another five years getting here.”
NAME POSITION AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
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Lionel Martinez 2B 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
Don DeLoach SS 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 2
Mike Fuentes CF 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
Jim Weaver LF 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
Craig Ramsey C 3 0 1 0 1 1 5 1
Mike Yastrzemski RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Jeff Ledbetter 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Jack Emerick DH 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Rick Figueredo 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Ken Fischer P 0 1
Ken Smith P 0 1
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FSU 31 3 6 3 7 6 27 14
Opp 33 5 10 4 1 4 27 8
E - Opp-3, FSU-Rick Figueredo (15)
2B - Opp-2, FSU-Don DeLoach (28), Jack Emerick (10)
HR - Opp-1, FSU-Jim Weaver (18)
SH - Opp-2
SF - Opp-1, FSU-Mike Fuentes (3)
SB - FSU-Jim Weaver (27), Craig Ramsey (7)
CS - FSU-Lionel Martinez (1)
NAME IP H R ER BB SO
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Ken Fischer L (9-2) 8.0 10 5 4 1 3
Ken Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
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FSU 9.0 10 5 4 1 4
Opp W-Sv 9.0 6 3 3 7 6
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