1983 Albany-Colonie A's Statistics
Team Record: 63-73
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Pete Whisenant (0-0), Keith Lieppman (0-0)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Albany, New York; Colonie, New York
Ballpark: Bleeker Stadium, Heritage Park
Attendance: 200,126, Avg. 2,943
The Albany-Colonie A's of the Eastern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 63 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.
The A's plated 706 runs and conceded 717 runs. Tim Pyznarski paced Albany-Colonie with 29 home runs, while Phil Stephenson, Tom Romano and Steve Kiefer each walloped 15 or more also. Tom Romano drove in 89 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Mark Ferguson and Steve Ontiveros led the team with 8 wins each, and Steve Ontiveros registered a 3.76 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1983 Albany-Colonie A's who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Charlie O'Brien, Tim Pyznarski, Luis Quiñones, Steve Ontiveros, Steve Kiefer, Tom Romano, Phil Stephenson, Ken Kravec, Mike Gallego, Mike Warren and Rich Wortham.
Pete Whisenant and Keith Lieppman served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ontiveros | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.75 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 129.7 | 131 | 62 | 54 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mark Ferguson | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.11 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 118.0 | 116 | 79 | 67 | 13 | 64 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rusty McDonald | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.77 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 97 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 40 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Allen Edwards | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5.22 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 141.3 | 142 | 98 | 82 | 22 | 83 | 2 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Paul Josephson | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.98 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 95.0 | 100 | 56 | 42 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mike Warren | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 56 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Fellows | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.44 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 135.7 | 153 | 83 | 67 | 11 | 55 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tony Herron | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.53 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42.7 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jesse Anderson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.18 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.0 | 70 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Lynes | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.15 | 47 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101.3 | 125 | 68 | 58 | 14 | 43 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ken Kravec | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.85 | 35 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 78.0 | 81 | 53 | 42 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brian Abraham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Law | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ashman | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Vantrease | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Zmudosky | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Wex | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rich Wortham | 0 | 3 | .000 | 11.45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 63 | 73 | .463 | 4.66 | 333 | 136 | 106 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 1134.0 | 1179 | 717 | 587 | 138 | 532 | 17 | 758 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Romano | 134 | 559 | 512 | 90 | 164 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 89 | 33 | 10 | 38 | 67 | .320 | .368 | .543 | .911 | 278 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Phil Stephenson | 133 | 567 | 436 | 90 | 122 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 77 | 17 | 7 | 114 | 66 | .280 | .425 | .493 | .918 | 215 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | |
| Ron Harrison | 106 | 435 | 398 | 65 | 116 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 43 | .291 | .326 | .432 | .758 | 172 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tim Pyznarski | 124 | 490 | 416 | 84 | 116 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 79 | 20 | 7 | 68 | 118 | .279 | .378 | .543 | .922 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Steve Kiefer | 123 | 476 | 415 | 68 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 81 | 25 | 4 | 43 | 111 | .246 | .315 | .431 | .746 | 179 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mike Ashman | 113 | 429 | 369 | 51 | 95 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 41 | .257 | .354 | .390 | .744 | 144 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Charlie O'Brien | 92 | 353 | 285 | 50 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 39 | .291 | .406 | .488 | .894 | 139 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| James Durrman | 90 | 303 | 258 | 29 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 23 | .240 | .347 | .326 | .672 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Mike Gallego | 90 | 330 | 274 | 31 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 25 | .223 | .334 | .245 | .579 | 67 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luis Quiñones | 56 | 240 | 213 | 35 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 20 | .239 | .319 | .347 | .667 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Raymond Alonzo | 52 | 198 | 167 | 32 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 16 | .293 | .389 | .533 | .922 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Luis Bravo | 57 | 230 | 191 | 27 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 19 | .236 | .344 | .361 | .705 | 69 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selwyn Young | 74 | 240 | 197 | 22 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 33 | .198 | .325 | .223 | .548 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Scot Pyle | 36 | 124 | 91 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 20 | .165 | .355 | .275 | .630 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ron Arnold | 10 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .270 | .317 | .432 | .750 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Fick | 18 | 59 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | .116 | .345 | .186 | .531 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Kravec | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Fellows | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Anderson | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1399 | 5079 | 4307 | 706 | 1135 | 180 | 23 | 156 | 657 | 166 | 77 | 630 | 656 | .264 | .359 | .425 | .784 | 1829 | 0 | 35 | 64 | 43 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Stephenson | 1B | 94 | 709 | 84 | 14 | 68 | .983 | 8.436 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | 1B | 51 | 425 | 19 | 7 | 35 | .984 | 8.706 | ||||
| James Durrman | 1B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Charlie O'Brien | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Gallego | 2B | 89 | 183 | 259 | 4 | 59 | .991 | 4.966 | ||||
| Luis Quiñones | 2B | 31 | 55 | 66 | 7 | 7 | .945 | 3.903 | ||||
| Scot Pyle | 2B | 15 | 30 | 37 | 2 | 10 | .971 | 4.467 | ||||
| Selwyn Young | 2B | 10 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | 2B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Pyznarski | 3B | 109 | 90 | 210 | 36 | 24 | .893 | 2.752 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | 3B | 21 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.667 | ||||
| Scot Pyle | 3B | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | ||||
| Steve Kiefer | 3B | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Selwyn Young | 3B | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 79 | 477 | 82 | 11 | 8 | .981 | 7.076 | 7 | |||
| James Durrman | C | 55 | 251 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 5.073 | 3 | |||
| Charles Fick | C | 14 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 4.786 | 1 | |||
| Mike Ashman | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Tom Romano | OF | 134 | 287 | 8 | 12 | 2 | .961 | 2.201 | ||||
| Ron Harrison | OF | 100 | 215 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .954 | 2.270 | ||||
| Luis Bravo | OF | 55 | 86 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .926 | 1.582 | ||||
| Phil Stephenson | OF | 40 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.575 | ||||
| Raymond Alonzo | OF | 35 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.286 | ||||
| Selwyn Young | OF | 26 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.038 | ||||
| Luis Quiñones | OF | 19 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.526 | ||||
| Ron Arnold | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tim Pyznarski | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Josephson | P | 50 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .900 | .540 | ||||
| Michael Lynes | P | 47 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .914 | .681 | ||||
| Ken Kravec | P | 35 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Steve Ontiveros | P | 32 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.219 | ||||
| Allen Edwards | P | 32 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesse Anderson | P | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .367 | ||||
| Mark Fellows | P | 25 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.720 | ||||
| Mark Ferguson | P | 22 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .955 | ||||
| Rusty McDonald | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
| Mike Warren | P | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Herron | P | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Gary Wex | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Wortham | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Brian Abraham | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tom Zmudosky | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Law | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bob Vantrease | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Kiefer | SS | 115 | 182 | 302 | 36 | 55 | .931 | 4.209 | ||||
| Scot Pyle | SS | 10 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .915 | 4.300 | ||||
| Luis Quiñones | SS | 9 | 18 | 71 | 3 | 6 | .967 | 9.889 | ||||
| Selwyn Young | SS | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | SS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Mike Gallego | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1495 | 3402 | 1504 | 201 | 318 | .961 | 3.282 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
