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1983 Peoria Suns

1983 > Class A > 1983 Midwest League (South)
Overall: 54-85
Scored 598 runs, Allowed 721 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-81

Affiliation: California Angels-AL
Manager: Joe Coleman
Represented: Peoria, IL
Ballpark: Pete Vonachen Stadium (Peoria, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Alexander Christy 22 67 218 200 17 38 9 2 3 16 4 3 13 63 .190 .248 .300 .548 60 3 0 2 1
2 Jack Crawford 22 47 183 172 20 42 10 1 1 16 9 2 7 41 .244 .276 .331 .608 57 1 2 1 0
3 Kevin Davis# 18 43 144 135 17 38 7 1 0 17 5 1 6 35 .281 .322 .348 .670 47 2 1 0 0
4 Mark Doran 20 69 269 234 25 52 7 2 4 22 0 5 31 75 .222 .315 .321 .635 75 1 2 1 1
5 Brian Hartsock* 20 100 373 333 42 102 17 2 4 48 17 7 35 44 .306 .368 .405 .774 135 0 1 4 3
6 David Heath 23 121 446 417 70 113 28 3 27 71 2 4 21 119 .271 .310 .547 .857 228 3 4 1 3
7 Stephen Heatherly 21 64 252 227 26 44 5 2 2 18 3 3 21 36 .194 .261 .260 .521 59 0 3 1 0
8 Ramon Jimenez 20 26 82 65 5 15 4 0 0 5 1 1 16 11 .231 .383 .292 .675 19 0 1 0 0
9 Wally Joyner* 21 54 214 192 25 63 16 2 3 33 1 1 19 25 .328 .393 .479 .872 92 2 0 1 1
10 Kris Kline 21 102 399 352 52 86 16 2 0 25 15 8 35 58 .244 .316 .301 .617 106 3 7 2 0
11 Jay Lewis 19 97 350 319 30 71 11 5 5 40 5 3 27 89 .223 .283 .335 .618 107 1 0 3 2
12 Mark McLemore# 18 95 393 329 42 79 7 3 0 18 15 11 53 64 .240 .346 .280 .626 92 2 6 3 0
13 Billie Merrifield 21 80 316 289 38 72 19 1 10 40 2 2 18 67 .249 .292 .426 .717 123 1 4 4 1
14 Mike Rizzo 22 65 223 204 29 47 10 0 3 15 3 3 14 33 .230 .290 .324 .613 66 3 2 0 0
15 Michael Saverino 24 13 42 35 9 10 1 1 0 6 1 0 6 9 .286 .381 .371 .752 13 0 0 1 0
16 Americo Segura# 18 11 37 32 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .250 .333 .281 .615 9 1 1 0 0
17 Thomas Smith 23 118 443 402 54 101 18 3 13 61 22 4 36 87 .251 .313 .408 .721 164 1 2 2 3
18 Rick Stromer 23 41 166 130 23 33 8 0 5 14 3 1 34 20 .254 .416 .431 .846 56 2 0 0 0
19 Devon White# 20 117 487 430 69 109 17 6 13 66 32 15 36 124 .253 .326 .412 .738 177 12 6 3 5
19 Players 20.9 139 5037 4497 598 1123 211 36 93 534 140 74 431 1009 .250 .319 .375 .693 1685 38 42 29 20
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 BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Pat Clements* 21 4 7 .364 4.48 15 14 0 4 0 0 92.1 113 56 46 5 24 1 67 3 0 8 1.484 11.0 0.5 2.3 6.5 2.79
2 Gary Glanz 22 1 5 .167 10.03 9 9 0 0 0 0 35.0 43 44 39 3 28 0 19 5 0 3 2.029 11.1 0.8 7.2 4.9 0.68
3 Julian Gonzalez 18 2 4 .333 5.00 44 2 16 0 0 2 86.1 85 72 48 6 42 0 67 5 3 15 1.471 8.9 0.6 4.4 7.0 1.60
4 Donald Groh* 23 5 3 .625 2.31 46 0 31 0 0 10 62.1 44 21 16 4 29 1 45 2 0 2 1.171 6.4 0.6 4.2 6.5 1.55
5 Byron Kemmerling 21 2 1 .667 3.00 17 0 8 0 0 0 36.0 39 14 12 0 12 2 19 0 0 3 1.417 9.8 0.0 3.0 4.8 1.58
6 Joseph King 23 3 8 .273 3.15 46 0 29 0 0 10 68.2 68 33 24 3 20 3 41 2 0 5 1.282 8.9 0.4 2.6 5.4 2.05
7 Bob Kipper* 18 5 8 .385 4.65 22 21 0 2 0 0 127.2 112 77 66 17 52 1 105 1 4 3 1.285 7.9 1.2 3.7 7.4 2.02
8 Jay Lewis 19 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1.667 6.0 0.0 9.0 6.0 0.67
9 Urbano Lugo 20 8 5 .615 2.52 15 15 0 7 0 0 107.0 82 39 30 10 28 0 96 6 1 6 1.028 6.9 0.8 2.4 8.1 3.43
10 Doug McKenzie 23 4 4 .500 3.92 23 16 1 2 0 0 96.1 102 56 42 10 35 0 62 2 1 11 1.422 9.5 0.9 3.3 5.8 1.77
11 Brian Migliore 21 3 8 .273 6.53 16 12 3 3 0 0 71.2 88 61 52 2 39 0 37 8 0 12 1.772 11.1 0.3 4.9 4.6 0.95
12 Thomas Rentschler* 24 1 6 .143 4.30 29 5 8 0 0 0 73.1 74 46 35 10 30 0 66 1 1 7 1.418 9.1 1.2 3.7 8.1 2.20
13 Jeffrey Salazar 21 3 8 .273 5.16 14 12 0 2 0 0 82.0 100 61 47 4 23 1 43 2 3 3 1.500 11.0 0.4 2.5 4.7 1.87
14 Scott Suehr 22 6 7 .462 3.45 42 7 18 1 0 1 88.2 96 43 34 5 23 2 54 4 1 4 1.342 9.7 0.5 2.3 5.5 2.35
15 Don Timberlake 19 7 10 .412 4.75 23 23 0 2 1 0 127.0 156 86 67 11 44 0 68 1 2 5 1.575 11.1 0.8 3.1 4.8 1.55
16 Jose Valdez 19 0 1 .000 4.30 6 3 2 0 0 0 14.2 17 11 7 0 13 0 11 0 1 3 2.045 10.4 0.0 8.0 6.8 0.85
16 Players 21.1 54 85 .388 4.34 139 139 116 23 4 23 1172.0 1221 721 565 90 445 11 802 42 17 90 1.422 9.4 0.7 3.4 6.2 1.80

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
David Heath 109 637 97 22 10 .971 6.73 21
Ramon Jimenez 23 140 13 3 1 .981 6.65 6
Americo Segura 11 63 2 4 0 .942 5.91 3

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Wally Joyner 54 480 45 6 28 .989 9.72
Thomas Smith 51 384 29 11 36 .974 8.10
Rick Stromer 25 206 13 8 9 .965 8.76
Mike Rizzo 14 111 6 3 8 .975 8.36
Brian Hartsock 4 26 0 0 3 1.000 6.50
David Heath 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stephen Heatherly 62 132 154 13 32 .957 4.61
Mark McLemore 60 118 146 13 20 .953 4.40
Mike Rizzo 24 39 50 2 8 .978 3.71
Michael Saverino 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billie Merrifield 75 47 168 25 17 .896 2.87
Kris Kline 39 25 77 13 4 .887 2.62
Mike Rizzo 20 18 35 7 0 .883 2.65
Michael Saverino 8 4 9 3 2 .813 1.63
Thomas Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kris Kline 64 88 168 17 25 .938 4.00
Kevin Davis 43 63 105 18 13 .903 3.91
Mark McLemore 37 52 104 11 17 .934 4.22
Michael Saverino 3 7 7 0 2 1.000 4.67

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Devon White 115 267 8 11 2 .962 2.39
Jay Lewis 94 173 15 11 2 .945 2.00
Mark Doran 65 121 2 8 0 .939 1.89
Alexander Christy 57 78 2 2 0 .976 1.40
Thomas Smith 54 85 5 3 0 .968 1.67
Jack Crawford 35 46 2 4 0 .923 1.37
Brian Hartsock 13 12 0 2 0 .857 0.92
Donald Groh 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Donald Groh 46 7 15 2 1 .917 0.48
Joseph King 46 6 14 1 0 .952 0.43
Julian Gonzalez 44 10 18 4 0 .875 0.64
Scott Suehr 42 6 14 0 1 1.000 0.48
Thomas Rentschler 29 5 11 1 0 .941 0.55
Doug McKenzie 23 8 21 1 2 .967 1.26
Don Timberlake 23 6 15 5 2 .808 0.91
Bob Kipper 22 5 23 1 0 .966 1.27
Byron Kemmerling 17 3 4 0 0 1.000 0.41
Brian Migliore 16 6 15 1 1 .955 1.31
Pat Clements 15 3 16 2 1 .905 1.27
Urbano Lugo 15 13 18 1 2 .969 2.07
Jeffrey Salazar 14 9 13 1 1 .957 1.57
Gary Glanz 9 1 6 2 0 .778 0.78
Jose Valdez 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.17
Jay Lewis 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Alexander Christy 22 R R 5' 10.0" 195 Oct 18, 1960 Bloomington, IN, US
Pat Clements 21 R L 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 2, 1962 McCloud, CA, US
Jack Crawford 22 R R 6' 1.0" 172 Jun 21, 1961
Kevin Davis 18 S R 5' 9.0" 180 Jul 6, 1964 Charlotte, NC, US
Mark Doran 20 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Nov 2, 1962 Hinsdale, IL, US
Gary Glanz 22 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Mar 6, 1961 Tulsa, OK, US
Julian Gonzalez 18 R 6' 3.0" 175 Aug 20, 1964 PR
Donald Groh 23 L 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 24, 1959 Pasadena, CA, US
Brian Hartsock 20 L R 6' 1.0" 170 Aug 31, 1962 Twentynine Palms, CA, US
David Heath 23 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Jun 19, 1960 Ozark, AL, US
Stephen Heatherly 21 R R 5' 8.0" Oct 19, 1961 Shelbyville, TN, US
Ramon Jimenez 20 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Dec 9, 1962 Lafayette, LA, US
Wally Joyner 21 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Jun 16, 1962 Atlanta, GA, US
Byron Kemmerling 21 R 6' 4.0" 195 Apr 7, 1962 Texas City, TX, US
Joseph King 23 S R 6' 1.0" 190 Dec 12, 1959 Lakewood, OH, US
Bob Kipper 18 R L 6' 2.0" 200 Jul 8, 1964 Aurora, IL, US
Kris Kline 21 R R 6' 4.0" 185 Aug 23, 1961 Oak Harbor, WA, US
Jay Lewis 19 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 9, 1963 Tulsa, OK, US
Urbano Lugo 20 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 12, 1962 Punto Fijo, Falcon, VE
Doug McKenzie 23 R 6' 1.0" 190 Mar 8, 1960 Santa Maria, CA, US
Mark McLemore 18 S R 5' 11.0" 175 Oct 4, 1964 San Diego, CA, US
Billie Merrifield 21 R R 6' 4.0" 200 May 7, 1962 Waukegan, IL, US
Brian Migliore 21 R 6' 0.0" 178 Mar 1, 1962 New Orleans, LA, US
Thomas Rentschler 24 L 6' 6.0" 225 Dec 21, 1958 Grand Rapids, MI, US
Mike Rizzo 22 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Dec 14, 1960 Chicago, IL, US
Jeffrey Salazar 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Apr 2, 1962 Mission Hills, CA, US
Michael Saverino 24 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 17, 1958
Americo Segura 18 S R 6' 0.0" 172 Dec 11, 1964 San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Thomas Smith 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jun 18, 1960 Anaheim, CA, US
Rick Stromer 23 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Sep 16, 1959 Los Angeles, CA, US
Scott Suehr 22 R 6' 4.0" 190 May 18, 1961 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Don Timberlake 19 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Jan 14, 1964 Butner, NC, US
Jose Valdez 19 R R 6' 3.0" 170 May 30, 1964 La Romana, La Romana, DO
Devon White 20 S R 6' 1.0" 170 Dec 29, 1962 Kingston, JM

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