1983 Utica Blue Sox Roster
Team Record: 48-26
Finished 1st in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Jim Gattis (48-26)
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 42,779, Avg. 1,156
Playoffs - Utica Blue Sox 2 games, Newark Orioles 1
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1983 season with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Blue Sox scored 526 runs, most in the league. Utica yielded 336 runs. Don Jacoby paced the team with 22 home runs, while Barry Moss and Rocky Coyle walloped 15 or more also. Don Jacoby drove in 74 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .386. Mike Zamba and John Seitz led the squad with 12 wins each, and Roy Moretti recorded a 2.19 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Jim Gattis served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Barton | R | R | September 26, 1961 | 6'1" | 188 | |
| Rocky Coyle | R | R | February 23, 1960 | 180 | ||
| Robin Dreizler | R | R | 6'1" | 180 | ||
| William Finnegan | R | R | May 14, 1958 | 6'2" | 185 | Long Island, NY US |
| Jim Gattis | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Jeff Gyarmati | R | June 13, 1962 | 6'4" | 200 | ||
| Bob Hendershot | R | L | 6'0" | |||
| Scott Hurst | R | |||||
| Don Jacoby | L | R | August 2, 1959 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Mark Krynitsky | R | R | February 22, 1960 | 6'1" | 192 | |
| Larry Lee | S | R | December 12, 1959 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Andy Mehalko | R | L | September 15, 1960 | 5'11" | 160 | Harrisburg, PA US |
| Bob Merenda | L | L | 6'0" | 160 | ||
| Jerry Moore | L | 6'6" | 225 | |||
| Roy Moretti | R | November 26, 1955 | 6'0" | 165 | Victoria, BC CA | |
| Barry Moss | S | R | November 18, 1953 | 5'11" | 175 | |
| Bryan Oatman | L | |||||
| Dominic Perrino | L | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Willie Picchioni | R | R | 5'9" | 162 | ||
| Daryl Pitts | L | L | 5'7" | 165 | ||
| Brian Robinson | R | R | November 21, 1961 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Daniel Roma | R | |||||
| John Seitz | R | R | March 10, 1960 | 6'1" | 185 | York, PA US |
| Ralph Sheffield | L | R | June 16, 1961 | 5'8" | 153 | |
| Steve Sproesser | R | R | ||||
| Jimmy Tompkins | R | R | December 20, 1958 | 5'11" | 180 | Carlsbad, NM US |
| Roy Wolfe | R | R | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| James Wright | R | 6'4" | 195 | |||
| Mike Zamba | R | January 2, 1959 | 6'2" | 190 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
