1983 Appleton Foxes Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-50
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: John Boles (87-50)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 68,751, Avg. 1,004

1983 Appleton Foxes Roster

Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Waterloo Indians 1
Finals - Appleton Foxes 3 games, Springfield Cardinals

The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1983 season with a record of 87 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Foxes topped the circuit with just 449 runs allowed. Appleton scored 650 runs. Pat Adams and Ron Karkovice led the team with 13 home runs apiece. Pat Adams recorded 71 runs batted in. Dave McLaughlin paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Rich Devincenzo paced the squad with 18 wins, while Mike Trujillo, too added 15 or more wins, too Mike Trujillo recorded a 2.41 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1983 Appleton Foxes who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joel McKeon, Ed Correa, Bill Atkinson, Bruce Tanner, Ken Williams, Mike Trujillo, Ron Karkovice, John Cangelosi, Al Jones and Craig Smajstrla.

John Boles served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rich Devincenzo	18	6	.750	2.50	27	26	0	8	2	0	179.7	141	56	50	10	74	1	193	1	3	6
Mike Trujillo	15	8	.652	2.40	29	29	0	11	1	0	198.7	146	75	53	7	63	3	148	6	3	14
Al Jones	11	1	.917	0.97	55	0	50	0	0	22	102.0	54	13	11	1	39	2	124	3	0	4
Steve Noworyta	8	3	.727	2.80	34	5	13	0	0	1	93.3	93	38	29	9	29	1	39	3	0	2
Don Ruzek	6	0	1.000	1.66	8	4	2	3	0	0	43.3	38	13	8	0	13	0	47	0	0	2
Bill Atkinson	6	2	.750	3.60	20	5	11	2	0	2	80.0	86	37	32	6	13	1	50	0	0	4
Johnny Moses	6	5	.545	3.10	51	1	28	0	0	7	107.3	100	47	37	8	38	3	66	3	2	7
Chuck Hernández	6	5	.545	4.41	15	15	0	1	0	0	83.7	79	45	41	7	47	2	73	2	2	4
Joel McKeon	5	5	.500	2.62	19	19	0	1	1	0	99.7	74	34	29	5	58	2	110	1	0	3
Ed Correa	3	9	.250	4.45	19	18	0	0	0	0	95.0	81	59	47	7	61	1	87	3	1	11
Bill Babcock	2	5	.286	2.44	12	10	2	1	0	0	44.3	42	15	12	2	7	0	38	1	0	0
Al Heath	1	0	1.000	4.91	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	15	12	3	19	0	20	0	0	1
Johnny Taylor	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Tanner	0	1	.000	3.00	4	0	3	0	0	1	3.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	87	50	.635	2.83	299	137	110	27	4	33	1154.0	955	449	363	66	466	16	997	23	11	58	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
John Cangelosi	128	558	439	87	124	12	4	1	48	87	35	99	81	.282	.421	.335	.756	147		8	9	3	2
Dave McLaughlin	112	425	385	52	123	14	1	1	44	9	8	35	32	.319	.374	.369	.742	142		0	2	3	11
Pat Adams	120	487	411	62	120	30	1	13	71	1	3	57	105	.292	.395	.465	.859	191		14	3	2	5
Kim Christensen	130	517	452	79	118	23	10	7	64	14	13	53	64	.261	.339	.403	.742	182		3	4	5	1
Ken Williams	124	453	415	60	96	18	2	12	53	27	8	26	148	.231	.281	.371	.652	154		4	5	3	0
Craig Smajstrla	93	362	330	42	91	16	4	0	24	10	4	26	38	.276	.332	.348	.681	115		2	4	0	1
Garry Keeton	84	323	288	42	79	16	2	6	35	8	3	25	46	.274	.335	.406	.742	117		3	4	3	1
Ron Karkovice	97	366	326	54	78	17	3	13	48	10	1	31	90	.239	.311	.429	.741	140		4	3	2	1
Rolando Pino	101	349	290	53	76	14	4	7	33	14	7	47	80	.262	.367	.410	.778	119		3	6	3	0
Ed Sedar	108	289	251	30	63	11	5	4	34	7	7	35	55	.251	.344	.382	.726	96		1	1	1	3
Eddie Miles	59	239	219	20	45	7	4	3	28	5	0	14	56	.205	.252	.315	.567	69		1	1	4	2
Dave Kinsel	70	172	143	22	31	6	3	1	21	4	1	23	17	.217	.324	.322	.645	46		1	2	3	0
Johnny Taylor	49	149	138	12	30	2	2	1	15	2	0	7	29	.217	.259	.283	.541	39		1	2	1	0
Mike Henley	46	159	130	15	27	6	0	1	20	4	2	21	39	.208	.306	.277	.583	36		0	2	6	0
Wes Kent	23	82	74	13	13	4	0	4	8	1	0	7	42	.176	.256	.392	.648	29		1	0	0	0
Bill Sandry	13	35	31	4	9	1	0	2	8	1	0	2	6	.290	.353	.516	.869	16		1	1	0	0
Greg Tarnow	13	19	17	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.176	.263	.176	.440	3		0	0	0	0
Totals	1370	4984	4339	650	1126	197	45	76	556	204	92	510	935	.260	.341	.378	.719	1641	0	47	49	39	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pat Adams	1B	118	897	107	14	56	.986	8.508
Ed Sedar	1B	19	108	4	2	12	.982	5.895
Wes Kent	1B	7	49	7	1	3	.982	8.000
Bill Sandry	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave McLaughlin	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Craig Smajstrla	2B	76	159	166	6	29	.982	4.276
Garry Keeton	2B	70	139	140	11	35	.962	3.986
Dave Kinsel	2B	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
Kim Christensen	3B	130	86	275	22	24	.943	2.777
Dave Kinsel	3B	12	5	14	2	1	.905	1.583
Garry Keeton	3B	1	1	3	0	2	1.000	4.000
Ron Karkovice	C	95	682	91	3	3	.996	8.137	18
Johnny Taylor	C	48	281	49	6	7	.982	6.875	10
Greg Tarnow	C	13	57	6	0	0	1.000	4.846	1
John Cangelosi	OF	128	262	10	6	2	.978	2.125
Ken Williams	OF	123	218	10	10	1	.958	1.854
Ed Sedar	OF	83	97	2	4	1	.961	1.193
Eddie Miles	OF	53	81	7	1	1	.989	1.660
Mike Henley	OF	39	25	1	1	0	.963	.667
Dave McLaughlin	OF	24	20	2	0	0	1.000	.917
Bill Sandry	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Garry Keeton	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ron Karkovice	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Al Jones	P	55	7	17	1	0	.960	.436
Johnny Moses	P	51	4	12	2	0	.889	.314
Steve Noworyta	P	34	11	10	2	0	.913	.618
Mike Trujillo	P	29	27	43	4	3	.946	2.414
Rich Devincenzo	P	27	6	29	1	2	.972	1.296
Bill Atkinson	P	20	11	16	3	2	.900	1.350
Joel McKeon	P	19	2	18	2	0	.909	1.053
Ed Correa	P	19	15	12	2	0	.931	1.421
Chuck Hernández	P	15	2	11	0	0	1.000	.867
Bill Babcock	P	12	3	6	1	0	.900	.750
Don Ruzek	P	8	5	5	0	0	1.000	1.250
Al Heath	P	5	0	2	3	0	.400	.400
Bruce Tanner	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Johnny Taylor	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Rolando Pino	SS	99	135	187	37	29	.897	3.253
Dave Kinsel	SS	53	58	112	10	15	.944	3.208
Totals		1501	3462	1379	158	228	.968	3.225	29	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.

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