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1983 Springfield Cardinals

1983 > Class A > 1983 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 80-59
Scored 745 runs, Allowed 624 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-58

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Dave Bialas
Represented: Springfield, IL
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium (Springfield, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1982 / 1984

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Brett Benza	23	104	418	358	56	96	7	5	2	34	9	8	49	58	.268	.355	.332	.688	119	1	7	3	0
2	Dave Clements	22	122	512	468	71	124	24	0	20	84	15	2	34	107	.265	.317	.444	.761	208	4	1	5	0
3	Curt Ford*	22	126	551	465	80	135	27	7	20	91	28	12	71	62	.290	.391	.508	.898	236	8	3	4	7
4	Michael Gambeski	20	101	349	314	47	93	18	4	8	38	1	2	31	78	.296	.358	.455	.814	143	1	0	3	4
5	Bob Geren	21	124	484	434	67	115	21	3	24	73	0	0	40	127	.265	.328	.493	.822	214	3	3	4	1
6	Matthew Gundelfinger	23	111	435	364	71	103	15	3	22	65	10	4	62	99	.283	.399	.522	.921	190	8	1	0	5
7	David Hoyt	23	47	169	151	21	37	4	3	1	15	6	2	16	33	.245	.320	.331	.651	50	1	0	1	0
8	Jeffrey Lauck#	21	8	23	22	4	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	.273	.261	.364	.625	8	0	0	1	0
9	Gus Malespin	25	130	538	473	67	126	19	0	10	54	6	5	53	35	.266	.343	.370	.713	175	4	4	4	1
10	Sam Martin#	22	115	390	353	41	86	5	2	0	25	12	5	28	31	.244	.297	.269	.566	95	0	6	3	1
11	Randy Martinez?	23	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
12	Harry McCulla	22	106	395	348	55	89	17	2	10	51	1	3	39	86	.256	.332	.402	.734	140	2	3	3	1
13	Daniel Stryffeler*	21	127	509	447	72	131	24	6	8	64	14	7	54	73	.293	.370	.427	.797	191	3	1	4	2
14	Eddie Tanner#	20	128	576	511	93	163	28	2	3	51	15	11	43	29	.319	.373	.399	.772	204	5	10	7	6
	14 Players	22.0	139	5353	4712	745	1304	211	37	128	649	117	61	520	832	.277	.351	.419	.769	1973	40	39	42	28

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Scott Arigoni*	24	1	6	.143	4.86	27	7	10	0	0	0	70.1	76	46	38	10	27	1	58	2	0	13	1.464	9.7	1.3	3.5	7.4	2.15
2	Bradley Blunt	18	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	5	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
3	Paul Cherry*	21	10	6	.625	3.58	28	27	0	3	0	0	166.0	166	80	66	14	56	2	132	2	2	6	1.337	9.0	0.8	3.0	7.2	2.36
4	Tom Dozier	21	0	0		1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	2	1	0	5	0	9	0	0	1	1.200	4.0	0.0	6.8	12.2	1.80
5	Dave Droschak	22	1	5	.167	8.48	24	6	3	0	0	0	63.2	91	76	60	8	46	7	51	6	1	9	2.152	12.9	1.1	6.5	7.2	1.11
6	Greg Dunn	21	2	7	.222	4.45	27	15	3	1	1	1	95.0	86	66	47	12	52	1	84	6	3	6	1.453	8.1	1.1	4.9	8.0	1.62
7	Michael Gambeski	20	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	Randy Martinez*	23	5	2	.714	3.05	27	3	13	1	0	1	76.2	56	32	26	10	44	0	62	1	0	5	1.304	6.6	1.2	5.2	7.3	1.41
9	Marty Mason	25	9	3	.750	2.65	54	0	46	0	0	13	74.2	63	26	22	3	16	4	79	1	0	3	1.058	7.6	0.4	1.9	9.5	4.94
10	Allen Morlock	22	10	4	.714	2.37	23	14	3	6	4	1	140.2	99	44	37	15	20	0	143	1	1	8	0.846	6.3	1.0	1.3	9.1	7.15
11	Pat Perry*	24	1	1	.500	2.22	6	2	2	0	0	1	24.1	17	6	6	2	5	0	31	0	0	0	0.904	6.3	0.7	1.8	11.5	6.20
12	Michael Pittman*	23	7	8	.467	4.38	24	23	1	2	1	0	125.1	132	70	61	11	57	3	90	3	2	5	1.508	9.5	0.8	4.1	6.5	1.58
13	Mike Shade	22	9	5	.643	2.86	47	0	33	0	0	10	78.2	69	39	25	2	32	4	85	5	0	7	1.284	7.9	0.2	3.7	9.7	2.66
14	Joe Silkwood	22	9	3	.750	3.17	24	12	3	4	0	0	113.2	102	47	40	7	39	4	114	10	0	9	1.240	8.1	0.6	3.1	9.0	2.92
15	Tom Thurberg	25	1	5	.167	5.86	6	6	0	1	0	0	35.1	46	29	23	4	19	0	26	1	0	4	1.840	11.7	1.0	4.8	6.6	1.37
16	John Young*	22	15	4	.789	2.70	23	23	0	3	2	0	133.1	87	56	40	4	104	4	162	0	0	12	1.432	5.9	0.3	7.0	10.9	1.56
	16 Players	22.6	80	59	.576	3.67	139	139	118	21	12	27	1208.1	1098	624	493	103	525	30	1128	38	9	88	1.343	8.2	0.8	3.9	8.4	2.15

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Bob Geren	104		826	102	11	3	.988	8.92	17
Harry McCulla	44		322	27	8	2	.978	7.93	9

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Michael Gambeski	72	533	38	5	31	.991	7.93
Matthew Gundelfinger	67	510	26	9	44	.983	8.00
Harry McCulla	16	83	8	5	9	.948	5.69
Bob Geren	1	3	2	0	0	1.000	5.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Eddie Tanner	122	234	307	17	56	.970	4.43
Sam Martin	29	52	55	2	12	.982	3.69
Curt Ford	7	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.86

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gus Malespin	82	60	122	13	7	.933	2.22
Dave Clements	68	37	113	11	8	.932	2.21
Michael Gambeski	4	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sam Martin	86	110	226	32	42	.913	3.91
Dave Clements	65	46	126	18	18	.905	2.65
Eddie Tanner	8	8	10	4	2	.818	2.25

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Daniel Stryffeler	120	205	8	5	2	.977	1.78
Curt Ford	113	178	4	8	0	.958	1.61
Brett Benza	100	198	14	9	2	.959	2.12
Gus Malespin	47	65	6	1	0	.986	1.51
David Hoyt	39	61	3	2	0	.970	1.64
Harry McCulla	18	10	0	0	0	1.000	0.56
Jeffrey Lauck	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.57
Matthew Gundelfinger	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Marty Mason	54	4	10	1	0	.933	0.26
Mike Shade	47	7	11	0	0	1.000	0.38
Paul Cherry	28	3	35	0	1	1.000	1.36
Scott Arigoni	27	3	12	4	2	.789	0.56
Greg Dunn	27	7	18	1	0	.962	0.93
Randy Martinez	27	6	7	1	0	.929	0.48
Dave Droschak	24	7	9	0	3	1.000	0.67
Michael Pittman	24	5	21	0	1	1.000	1.08
Joe Silkwood	24	3	19	1	1	.957	0.92
Allen Morlock	23	5	24	1	3	.967	1.26
John Young	23	10	25	3	2	.921	1.52
Pat Perry	6	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.17
Tom Thurberg	6	2	8	3	0	.769	1.67
Bradley Blunt	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Tom Dozier	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.00
Michael Gambeski	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Scott Arigoni	24	R	L	6' 5.0"	195	Feb 6, 1959	Torrington, CT, US
Brett Benza	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jul 19, 1959	Lancaster, PA, US
Bradley Blunt	18		R	6' 5.0"	182	Aug 15, 1964	Farmingham, MO, US
Paul Cherry	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 7, 1962	Hollywood, FL, US
Dave Clements	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 22, 1960	Tampa, FL, US
Tom Dozier	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 5, 1961	San Pablo, CA, US
Dave Droschak	22		R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 4, 1960
Greg Dunn	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 7, 1962	Atwater, CA, US
Curt Ford	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	150	Oct 11, 1960	Jackson, MS, US
Michael Gambeski	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 7, 1962	New Haven, CT, US
Bob Geren	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Sep 22, 1961	San Diego, CA, US
Matthew Gundelfinger	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Aug 24, 1959	Kansas City, MO, US
David Hoyt	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 29, 1959	Madrid, ES
Jeffrey Lauck	21	S	L	6' 1.0"	175	Mar 3, 1962	Fresno, CA, US
Gus Malespin	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 4, 1957	Managua, NI
Sam Martin	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	165	Mar 21, 1961	Columbia, SC, US
Randy Martinez	23		L	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 5, 1960	Tampa, FL, US
Marty Mason	25		R	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 4, 1958	Central City, KY, US
Harry McCulla	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Nov 5, 1960	Houma, LA, US
Allen Morlock	22		R	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 2, 1960	Sarasota, FL, US
Pat Perry	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 4, 1959	Taylorville, IL, US
Michael Pittman	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 9, 1959	Cleveland, OH, US
Mike Shade	22		R	6' 2.0"	205	Mar 7, 1961	Pottstown, PA, US
Joe Silkwood	22		R	6' 2.0"	205	Jul 19, 1960	Wood River, IL, US
Daniel Stryffeler	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 18, 1962	Warren, OH, US
Eddie Tanner	20	S	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jul 7, 1962	Columbia, SC, US
Tom Thurberg	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 16, 1957	Weymouth, MA, US
John Young	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	175	Dec 14, 1960	Meridian, MS, US

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