1985 Springfield Cardinals

1985 > Class A > 1985 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 66-74
Scored 691 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-70

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Lloyd Merritt
Represented: Springfield, IL
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium (Springfield, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1984 / 1986

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	Thomas Amante	24	82	351	323	62	101	14	6	20	73	1	1	24	67	.313	.362	.579	.941	187	2	0	2	0
2	John Costello	24	28	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	0	2	0	0
3	Todd Demeter	23	132	538	462	66	120	19	2	12	55	2	3	65	127	.260	.361	.387	.748	179	8	3	0	0
4	John DiGioia	25	97	322	265	37	52	7	2	12	36	1	3	53	93	.196	.335	.374	.709	99	3	0	1	1
5	Greg Dunn	23	55	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
6	Richard Embser?	25	23	25	23	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.217	.250	.217	.467	5	0	1	0	0
7	Jeff Fassero*	22	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mike Fitzgerald	21	113	454	413	58	105	21	0	16	62	1	2	32	64	.254	.311	.421	.733	174	4	1	4	0
9	Jim Fregosi	21	54	235	192	20	58	7	1	1	31	1	3	42	37	.302	.430	.365	.794	70	1	0	0	1
10	Jeffrey Gass?	23	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0
11	John Glidewell?	21	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mike Hartley	23	34	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	0	0	0	0
13	Tim Kavanaugh	22	13	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	0	0
14	Matt Kinzer	22	11	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.000	.375	.000	.375	0	0	0	0	0
15	Ronald Leon*	23	100	360	322	43	94	10	6	4	43	9	3	33	37	.292	.361	.398	.759	128	2	3	0	1
16	Brad Luther	23	112	417	374	45	86	8	2	3	32	7	4	35	61	.230	.298	.286	.584	107	2	4	2	1
17	Harry McCulla	24	112	447	382	61	121	21	3	12	70	2	1	57	77	.317	.410	.482	.892	184	5	1	2	1
18	Chuck McGrath?	23	25	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	2	0	0
19	Jay North	23	24	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	1	0	0
20	Angelo Nunley	21	97	402	344	66	91	7	4	0	31	46	11	48	73	.265	.362	.308	.670	106	5	4	1	0
21	Scott Pleis	22	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0
22	Jim Reboulet	23	42	158	140	22	35	2	1	0	9	20	4	17	13	.250	.329	.279	.608	39	0	0	1	2
23	John Rigos#	23	90	378	330	44	74	12	2	6	38	15	7	35	62	.224	.302	.327	.630	108	5	1	7	0
24	Mike Robinson	23	126	549	502	77	128	16	7	9	54	21	15	32	126	.255	.304	.369	.672	185	5	6	4	0
25	Stephen Turgeon	25	39	157	132	18	35	5	1	3	18	7	2	22	35	.265	.369	.386	.756	51	1	0	2	1
26	James Van Houten?	22	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
27	Paul Wilmet	26	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
28	Craig Wilson	20	133	562	504	64	132	16	4	8	52	33	14	47	67	.262	.323	.357	.680	180	1	4	6	0
	28 Players	22.7	140	5440	4780	691	1247	168	41	106	612	166	73	550	976	.261	.341	.380	.720	1815	44	34	32	8

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	John Costello	24	8	13	.381	4.16	28	28	0	7	0	0	188.0	188	105	87	17	60	1	127	4	2	9	1.319	9.0	0.8	2.9	6.1	2.12
2	John DiGioia	25	0	0		3.86	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1.714	0.0	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.00
3	Greg Dunn	23	4	9	.308	2.48	55	0	48	0	0	20	80.0	56	29	22	4	62	3	115	0	1	2	1.475	6.3	0.4	7.0	12.9	1.85
4	Richard Embser*	25	12	9	.571	3.97	23	23	0	1	0	0	142.2	113	71	63	6	83	0	158	1	0	10	1.374	7.1	0.4	5.2	10.0	1.90
5	Jeff Fassero*	22	4	8	.333	4.01	29	15	2	1	0	1	119.0	125	78	53	11	45	3	65	3	3	4	1.429	9.5	0.8	3.4	4.9	1.44
6	Jeffrey Gass	23	1	1	.500	2.70	8	0	4	0	0	0	16.2	12	15	5	1	12	4	10	2	0	0	1.440	6.5	0.5	6.5	5.4	0.83
7	John Glidewell	21	0	2	.000	2.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.1	36	19	10	0	22	0	20	1	0	4	1.912	10.7	0.0	6.5	5.9	0.91
8	Mike Hartley	23	2	7	.222	5.12	33	12	10	0	0	0	114.1	119	77	65	9	62	2	100	8	0	9	1.583	9.4	0.7	4.9	7.9	1.61
9	Tim Kavanaugh	22	0	0		1.32	9	0	5	0	0	0	13.2	13	7	2	0	11	1	5	0	0	1	1.756	8.6	0.0	7.2	3.3	0.45
10	Matt Kinzer	22	5	4	.556	3.70	11	9	1	0	0	0	58.1	56	26	24	8	21	0	36	2	0	3	1.320	8.6	1.2	3.2	5.6	1.71
11	Robert Livchak*	22	0	0		9.75	5	0	1	0	0	0	12.0	11	14	13	0	19	2	16	0	2	2	2.500	8.2	0.0	14.2	12.0	0.84
12	Harry McCulla	24	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	10	10	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.000	32.4	10.8	21.6	5.4	0.25
13	Chuck McGrath	23	6	7	.462	3.44	25	21	2	3	0	0	144.0	151	70	55	7	56	0	83	7	0	12	1.438	9.4	0.4	3.5	5.2	1.48
14	Jay North	23	11	4	.733	3.47	24	23	1	6	0	1	158.0	148	79	61	12	58	0	96	2	1	7	1.304	8.4	0.7	3.3	5.5	1.66
15	Scott Pleis	22	0	0		4.32	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	4	2	11	1	9	1	1	0	2.280	8.6	2.2	11.9	9.7	0.82
16	James Van Houten	22	6	2	.750	5.40	40	2	17	0	0	1	68.1	80	47	41	6	36	2	59	4	0	5	1.698	10.5	0.8	4.7	7.8	1.64
17	Paul Wilmet	26	7	8	.467	3.49	41	0	27	0	0	4	77.1	70	33	30	3	32	6	79	5	1	2	1.319	8.1	0.3	3.7	9.2	2.47
	17 Players	23.3	66	74	.471	3.98	140	140	122	18	5	27	1235.0	1192	686	546	88	598	25	979	40	11	73	1.449	8.7	0.6	4.4	7.1	1.64

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Mike Fitzgerald	97	673	56	17	1	.977	7.52	23
Harry McCulla	46	316	32	3	1	.991	7.57	9
Thomas Amante	3	18	2	1	1	.952	6.67	2

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Todd Demeter	130	1131	89	20	102	.984	9.38
Thomas Amante	8	71	6	0	6	1.000	9.63
Harry McCulla	5	51	2	2	2	.964	10.60

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Angelo Nunley	71	136	185	18	29	.947	4.52
Craig Wilson	42	88	114	9	34	.957	4.81
Jim Reboulet	36	70	99	7	15	.960	4.69

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Craig Wilson	93	68	179	18	12	.932	2.66
Brad Luther	34	26	56	8	6	.911	2.41
Thomas Amante	21	16	22	11	1	.776	1.81
Angelo Nunley	3	0	1	1	0	.500	0.33
Harry McCulla	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
Stephen Turgeon	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.50

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brad Luther	78	116	234	23	42	.938	4.49
Jim Fregosi	54	88	162	11	32	.958	4.63
Angelo Nunley	19	10	43	10	4	.841	2.79

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Robinson	124	235	9	6	1	.976	1.97
John Rigos	89	165	9	14	2	.926	1.96
Ronald Leon	62	101	8	6	1	.948	1.76
Harry McCulla	55	86	2	6	0	.936	1.60
John DiGioia	43	38	3	2	0	.953	0.95
Stephen Turgeon	39	55	6	4	0	.938	1.56
Thomas Amante	28	50	1	1	0	.981	1.82
Angelo Nunley	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Greg Dunn	55	5	8	0	1	1.000	0.24
Paul Wilmet	41	5	17	1	0	.957	0.54
James Van Houten	40	6	12	1	0	.947	0.45
Mike Hartley	33	9	16	3	1	.893	0.76
Jeff Fassero	29	7	21	2	2	.933	0.97
John Costello	28	21	34	3	0	.948	1.96
Chuck McGrath	25	9	24	4	1	.892	1.32
Jay North	24	10	36	3	1	.939	1.92
Richard Embser	23	8	21	1	4	.967	1.26
Matt Kinzer	11	2	3	0	1	1.000	0.45
Tim Kavanaugh	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Jeffrey Gass	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.38
John Glidewell	7	4	4	1	0	.889	1.14
Robert Livchak	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.20
Scott Pleis	5	0	1	1	0	.500	0.20
John DiGioia	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Harry McCulla	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Thomas Amante	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 20, 1961	Grand Rapids, MI, US
John Costello	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Dec 24, 1960	Bronx, NY, US
Todd Demeter	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Aug 1, 1961	Philadelphia, PA, US
John DiGioia	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Mar 10, 1960	Covina, CA, US
Greg Dunn	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 7, 1962	Atwater, CA, US
Richard Embser	25		L	6' 6.0"	200	May 1, 1960	Newark, NJ, US
Jeff Fassero	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 5, 1963	Springfield, IL, US
Mike Fitzgerald	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	196	Mar 28, 1964	Savannah, GA, US
Jim Fregosi	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 11, 1964
Jeffrey Gass	23		R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 22, 1961	East St. Louis, IL, US
John Glidewell	21		R	6' 1.0"	175	1964
Mike Hartley	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	192	Aug 31, 1961	Hawthorne, CA, US
Tim Kavanaugh	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 18, 1962	St. Louis, MO, US
Matt Kinzer	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jun 17, 1963	Indianapolis, IN, US
Ronald Leon	23	L	L	5' 8.0"	165	Oct 30, 1961
Robert Livchak	22		L	6' 2.0"	215	Jul 13, 1962
Brad Luther	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Oct 12, 1961	Porterville, CA, US
Harry McCulla	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Nov 5, 1960	Houma, LA, US
Chuck McGrath	23		R	6' 5.0"	240	Aug 5, 1961	Medford, MA, US
Jay North	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Jun 21, 1962	Alameda, CA, US
Angelo Nunley	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	150	Jun 5, 1964	St. Louis, MO, US
Scott Pleis	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	May 6, 1963	Minneapolis, MN, US
Jim Reboulet	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 13, 1961	Dayton, OH, US
John Rigos	23	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 29, 1962	Hudson, NY, US
Mike Robinson	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 20, 1961
Stephen Turgeon	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 16, 1959	New London, CT, US
James Van Houten	22		R	6' 5.0"	215	Nov 14, 1962
Paul Wilmet	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 8, 1958	Green Bay, WI, US
Craig Wilson	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 28, 1964	Annapolis, MD, US

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