1980 Baseball

Standings
School	Conf.	Overall
Freeport	10-6	15-9
Boylan	10-6	17-11-1
Harlem	9-7	13-8
Belvidere	9-7	16-10-1
East	8.5-7.5	14-11-1
Auburn	8.5-7.5	13-11-1
Guilford	7-9	12-10-0
Jefferson	7-9	10-12-0
West	3-13	5-15

 

First team all-conference
Player	Pos.	Class	School	Notes:
Doug Matrangeli	P	Sr.	Boylan	4-1 in Big 9, 2.05 ERA in 41 innings, 41 strikeouts
Gary Olson	P	Sr.	Belvidere	7-1 in Big 9 (9-1 overall), 56 k’s in 49 innings, 0.99 ERA
Tom Olsen	C	Sr.	East	.364 batting average, 11 RBI
Tom Linebarger	1B	Sr.	Freeport	.396 batting average, only 1 error, 19 RBI
Joe Morrell	2B	Sr.	Jefferson	.391 batting average, 11 RBI, team captain
Brian Veitch	3B	Sr.	East	.342 batting average
Curt Born	Ss	Sr.	Guilford	.373 batting average, 11 RBI, only 2 strikeouts
Barry Graham	OF	Sr.	Auburn	.389 batting average, 16 RBI
Greg Evans	OF	Sr.	Jefferson	.412 batting average (led Big 9)
Jerry Hensel	OF	Sr.	Harlem	.395 batting average, 11 RBI, 5 steals
Dave Scantlin	OF	Sr.	West	.400 batting average, 7 RBI
Kevin Starks	DH	Jr.	East	.343 batting average
Gregg Marinelli			Boylan	Coach

 

Second team all-conference
Player	Pos.	Class	School
Don Johnson	P	Sr.	East
Dan Scarpetta	P	So.	Auburn
Jim Mabrey	C	Sr.	West
Pat Layng	1B	Sr.	Boylan
Don Buss	2B	Sr.	Harlem
Craig Born	3B	Sr.	Guilford
Ben Ognibene	Ss	Sr.	Boylan
Mike Bierck	OF	Sr.	Freeport
John Toldo	OF	Sr.	Boylan
Elroy Campos	DH	Sr.	West

 

Batting Average (min. 25 at bats)
Player	School	Average
Evans	Jefferson	.412
Linebarger	Freeport	.396
Hensel	Harlem	.395
Morell	Jefferson	.391
Graham	Auburn	.389
Johnson	East	.389
Scantlin	West	.382
Toldo	Boylan	.375
Curt Born	Guilford	.373
Franta	Belvidere	.370

 

Runs
Player	School	Runs
Cooper	East	15
Fenn	Jefferson	13
Toldo	Boylan	13
Bierk	Freeport	12
Curt Born	Guilford	12
Graham	Auburn	12
Olafson	Auburn	12
Olson	Belvidere	12
Tauscher	Boylan	12
Tedford	Guilford	12

 

Hits
Player	School	Hits
Linebarger	Freeport	22
Bierk	Freeport	21
Graham	Auburn	21
Johnson	East	21
Olson	East	20

 

Doubles
Player	School	2B
Bierk	Freeport	6
Tedford	Guilford	5
Johnson	East	4
Buss	Harlem	3
Ognibene	Boylan	3
Olson	East	3

 

Triples
Player	School	3B
Bierk	Freeport	2
Culvey	Belvidere	2
Elsasser	Harlem	2
Johnson	East	2

 

Home Runs
Player	School	HR
Vaccaro	Boylan	3
Craig Born	Guilford	2
Ognibene	Boylan	2

 

RBI
Player	School	RBI
Ognibene	Boylan	22
Linebarger	Freeport	19
Graham	Auburn	16
Johnson	East	14
Mohr	Guilford	14

 

Stolen Bases
Player	School	SBs
Olson	Belvidere	11
Gustafson	East	10
Cooper	East	8
Curt Born	Guilford	7
Bierk	Freeport	6
Hedlund	Harlem	6
Layng	Boylan	6
Mangiaracina	East	6

 

Winning Percentage (25 innings)
Player	School	W-L, Pct.
Olson	Belvidere	7-1, .875
Johnson	East	4-1, .750
Fenn	Jefferson	4-2, .667
Durley	Belvidere	2-1, .667
Briggs	Harlem	3-2, .600
Kopinski	Boylan	4-4, .500
Scarpetta	Auburn	4-4, .500
Elsasser	Harlem	2-2, .500
Pirrello	Harlem	2-2, .500

 

ERA
Player	School	ERA
Scarpetta	Auburn	0.86
Olson	Belvidere	1.00
Elsasser	Harlem	1.08
Pirrello	Harlem	1.21
Durley	Belvidere	1.60
Johnson	East	1.92
Briggs	Harlem	1.99
Tedford	Guilford	2.00
Mastrangeli	Boylan	2.05
Kopinski	Boylan	2.29

 

Innings
Player	School	Runs
Scarpetta	Auburn	74
Olson	Belvidere	49
Johnson	East	47.1
Fenn	Jefferson	45
Mastrangeli	Boylan	41

 

Hits
Player	School	Runs
Sewell	Guilford	40
Mastrangeli	Boylan	35
Kopinski	Boylan	33
Olson	Belvidere	31
Johnson	East	29
Durley	Belvidere	29

 

Runs
Player	School	Runs
Sewell	Guilford	34
Kopinski	Boylan	23
Milbourn	East	23
Durley	Belvidere	21
Johnson	East	20

 

Walks
Player	School	Runs
Scarpetta	Auburn	34
Johnson	East	28
Olson	Belvidere	22
Elsasser	Harlem	22
Durley	Belvidere	21

 

Strikeouts
Player	School	Runs
Scarpetta	Auburn	96
Olson	Belvidere	56
Sewell	Guilford	51
Johnson	East	44
Elsasser	Harlem	41
Mastrangeli	Boylan	41