1983 Anderson Braves Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-79
Finished 4th in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Rick Albert (64-79)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Anderson, South Carolina
Ballpark: Anderson City Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 34,193, Avg. 478
1983 Anderson Braves RosterTeam Record: 64-79
Finished 4th in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Rick Albert (64-79)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Anderson, South Carolina
Ballpark: Anderson City Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 34,193, Avg. 478
The Anderson Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1983 season with a record of 64 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Braves plated 578 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 691 runs. Alan Griffin paced Anderson with 15 home runs and drove in 71 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .275. John Mortillaro topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.17 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
José Canó and Andres Thomas both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Rick Albert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mortillaro | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.16 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 153.7 | 131 | 67 | 54 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 124 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |
| John Baker | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.03 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 87 | 49 | 34 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Al Candelaria | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.50 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 64 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| José Canó | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.11 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 111.7 | 112 | 70 | 51 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Ken Lynn | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.01 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 85 | 56 | 44 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Rudy Torres | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.48 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 88.0 | 72 | 52 | 34 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Jim Rivera | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.61 | 44 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 84.7 | 85 | 54 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Andy Mehalko | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.74 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Silverio Valdez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.76 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.3 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Lance | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.94 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 78 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Randy Rogers | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.04 | 36 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71.0 | 65 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Maximo Rosario | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.99 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 103.7 | 89 | 54 | 46 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Charlie Morelock | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.70 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Brian Aviles | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.86 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 57 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mark Smith | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.80 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 38 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Rich Leggatt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramon Vargas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.29 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.7 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Russ Anglin | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Randy Ingle | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Eldridge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.04 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 64 | 79 | .448 | 3.97 | 309 | 143 | 113 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 1208.7 | 1126 | 691 | 533 | 85 | 563 | 11 | 875 | 45 | 10 | 132 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Griffin | 139 | 561 | 499 | 63 | 137 | 31 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 93 | .275 | .351 | .439 | .790 | 219 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jay Palma | 125 | 494 | 450 | 68 | 116 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 76 | .258 | .300 | .371 | .672 | 167 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | |
| Rich Thompson | 117 | 465 | 413 | 64 | 110 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 80 | .266 | .345 | .368 | .713 | 152 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Van Horn | 105 | 441 | 392 | 46 | 106 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 35 | .270 | .338 | .334 | .672 | 131 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeff Wagner | 117 | 459 | 393 | 48 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 159 | .229 | .338 | .344 | .681 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Andres Thomas | 61 | 270 | 251 | 33 | 79 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | .315 | .356 | .390 | .746 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Llewellyn | 108 | 412 | 378 | 40 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 149 | .188 | .250 | .328 | .578 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Russ Anglin | 83 | 307 | 280 | 37 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 71 | .229 | .290 | .396 | .686 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jerry Ragsdale | 79 | 271 | 244 | 25 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 70 | .234 | .301 | .361 | .662 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ralph Giansanti | 80 | 303 | 260 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 45 | .215 | .316 | .265 | .581 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry Moser | 69 | 316 | 252 | 38 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | .218 | .364 | .270 | .634 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Kenny Clark | 72 | 250 | 212 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 62 | .208 | .324 | .259 | .583 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Morris | 77 | 257 | 228 | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 74 | .193 | .257 | .325 | .582 | 74 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Clint Brill | 50 | 182 | 155 | 13 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 31 | .206 | .299 | .297 | .596 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rafael Barbosa | 29 | 106 | 90 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | .156 | .274 | .289 | .562 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Ingle | 7 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .400 | .455 | .550 | 1.005 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Roberts | 21 | 73 | 58 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 22 | .103 | .278 | .172 | .450 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1339 | 5189 | 4575 | 578 | 1089 | 181 | 31 | 84 | 488 | 91 | 55 | 506 | 1081 | .238 | .318 | .346 | .664 | 1584 | 0 | 42 | 44 | 22 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Griffin | 1B | 131 | 1197 | 76 | 18 | 96 | .986 | 9.718 | ||||
| Russ Anglin | 1B | 13 | 106 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 8.692 | ||||
| Dave Van Horn | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jay Palma | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Van Horn | 2B | 75 | 160 | 201 | 9 | 46 | .976 | 4.813 | ||||
| Ralph Giansanti | 2B | 69 | 153 | 177 | 17 | 42 | .951 | 4.783 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jay Palma | 3B | 107 | 97 | 238 | 35 | 19 | .905 | 3.131 | ||||
| Dave Van Horn | 3B | 20 | 12 | 53 | 5 | 4 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Rafael Barbosa | 3B | 15 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .907 | 3.267 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | 3B | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jerry Ragsdale | C | 73 | 406 | 36 | 12 | 2 | .974 | 6.055 | 21 | |||
| Clint Brill | C | 50 | 310 | 39 | 7 | 4 | .980 | 6.980 | 8 | |||
| Russ Anglin | C | 28 | 184 | 13 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 7.036 | 10 | |||
| Paul Llewellyn | OF | 106 | 199 | 13 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Thompson | OF | 95 | 125 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .944 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jeff Wagner | OF | 85 | 132 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .945 | 1.624 | ||||
| Dave Morris | OF | 74 | 118 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .939 | 1.676 | ||||
| Larry Moser | OF | 69 | 151 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .981 | 2.261 | ||||
| Jay Roberts | OF | 12 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .844 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jim Rivera | P | 44 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .341 | ||||
| Randy Rogers | P | 36 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| John Mortillaro | P | 24 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Maximo Rosario | P | 21 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Silverio Valdez | P | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rudy Torres | P | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .800 | ||||
| José Canó | P | 20 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Al Candelaria | P | 17 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| John Baker | P | 16 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Lynn | P | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 1.067 | ||||
| Ramon Vargas | P | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Mark Lance | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Jeffrey Eldridge | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Andy Mehalko | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Brian Aviles | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Morelock | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rich Leggatt | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russ Anglin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kenny Clark | SS | 70 | 65 | 228 | 31 | 34 | .904 | 4.186 | ||||
| Andres Thomas | SS | 61 | 61 | 197 | 24 | 28 | .915 | 4.230 | ||||
| Ralph Giansanti | SS | 7 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .909 | 2.857 | ||||
| Dave Van Horn | SS | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jay Palma | SS | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 5.500 | ||||
| Randy Ingle | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1481 | 3626 | 1561 | 232 | 313 | .957 | 3.502 | 39 | 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.
