1983 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 69-67
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Nick Leyva (69-67)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 214,460, Avg. 3,154
Playoffs - Jackson Mets 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 0
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1983 season with a record of 69 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Travelers topped the circuit with just 629 runs allowed. Arkansas scored 652 runs, worst in the league,. Mark Salas led the squad with 20 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Jack Ayer topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .313 clip. Walt Pierce paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1983 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kurt Kepshire, Germán Barranca, Todd Worrell, Terry Pendleton, Tom Herr, Terry Clark, Mark Salas, Randy Hunt, Danny Cox, Willie McGee, Rod Booker and John Martin.
Nick Leyva 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Pierce | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.02 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 146.0 | 143 | 64 | 49 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Danny Cox | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.29 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 | 60 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Winfield | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.98 | 55 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 87.7 | 89 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Terry Clark | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.21 | 52 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 81.3 | 68 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jerry Johnson | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.34 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 146 | 83 | 72 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Todd Worrell | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.07 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 57 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Barba | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.58 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 117 | 72 | 61 | 10 | 70 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Adams | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.30 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 137 | 82 | 73 | 10 | 66 | 1 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Al Morlock | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.68 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kurt Kepshire | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.53 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.7 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Rhodes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oscar Brito | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.89 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rafael Pimentel | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| William Thomas | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 | 77 | 45 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tom Thurberg | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 44 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Martin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Javier Carranza | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Arigoni | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ruben Gotay | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.92 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.7 | 52 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Totals | 69 | 67 | .507 | 4.12 | 326 | 136 | 106 | 30 | 4 | 27 | 1150.0 | 1145 | 629 | 527 | 104 | 491 | 25 | 807 | 33 | 3 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Salas | 131 | 524 | 473 | 76 | 144 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 82 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 56 | .304 | .362 | .501 | .863 | 237 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Rhadames Mills | 130 | 567 | 483 | 89 | 137 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 44 | 16 | 70 | 90 | .284 | .373 | .385 | .758 | 186 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| Rod Booker | 127 | 528 | 469 | 75 | 128 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 12 | 47 | 46 | .273 | .339 | .337 | .676 | 158 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Jack Ayer | 110 | 445 | 380 | 58 | 119 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 53 | 46 | .313 | .403 | .450 | .853 | 171 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Luis Ojeda | 100 | 354 | 316 | 32 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 32 | .269 | .337 | .323 | .660 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Randy Hunt | 105 | 387 | 338 | 36 | 76 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 57 | .225 | .305 | .334 | .639 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Larry Reynolds | 99 | 338 | 303 | 50 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 28 | .238 | .288 | .281 | .568 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Harris | 73 | 254 | 239 | 29 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 35 | .293 | .324 | .326 | .650 | 78 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Guin | 60 | 226 | 199 | 31 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | .332 | .412 | .497 | .909 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alan Hunsinger | 77 | 304 | 272 | 40 | 58 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 57 | .213 | .285 | .338 | .623 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Terry Pendleton | 48 | 196 | 185 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 | .276 | .311 | .427 | .738 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Helsom | 64 | 244 | 194 | 26 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 44 | .253 | .389 | .454 | .843 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Germán Barranca | 32 | 125 | 110 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 | .291 | .352 | .482 | .834 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Deron Thomas | 33 | 116 | 104 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28 | .221 | .277 | .260 | .536 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Wabeke | 24 | 86 | 77 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .273 | .329 | .377 | .706 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry Sayler | 42 | 130 | 110 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 27 | .191 | .305 | .264 | .568 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wallace | 8 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .483 | .500 | .621 | 1.121 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francisco Batista | 20 | 59 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .161 | .186 | .179 | .365 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willie McGee | 7 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .743 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Michael Wolters | 16 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .135 | .289 | .135 | .424 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Herr | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .444 | .500 | .778 | 1.278 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barba | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Pierce | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Thurberg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Arigoni | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1376 | 5010 | 4420 | 652 | 1195 | 218 | 26 | 72 | 581 | 155 | 79 | 475 | 658 | .270 | .342 | .380 | .723 | 1681 | 0 | 30 | 46 | 39 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Guin | 1B | 48 | 388 | 30 | 3 | 31 | .993 | 8.708 | ||||
| Barry Sayler | 1B | 40 | 290 | 16 | 6 | 35 | .981 | 7.650 | ||||
| Alan Hunsinger | 1B | 40 | 354 | 15 | 3 | 42 | .992 | 9.225 | ||||
| Jack Ayer | 1B | 26 | 171 | 10 | 2 | 19 | .989 | 6.962 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terry Pendleton | 2B | 48 | 94 | 135 | 7 | 28 | .970 | 4.771 | ||||
| Deron Thomas | 2B | 33 | 66 | 85 | 9 | 29 | .944 | 4.576 | ||||
| Rod Booker | 2B | 28 | 42 | 87 | 2 | 17 | .985 | 4.607 | ||||
| Doug Wabeke | 2B | 12 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .960 | 4.000 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 2B | 11 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.182 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 2B | 11 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.545 | ||||
| Mike Harris | 2B | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Rhadames Mills | 2B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tom Herr | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Luis Ojeda | 3B | 89 | 67 | 149 | 9 | 16 | .960 | 2.427 | ||||
| Rod Booker | 3B | 29 | 16 | 40 | 6 | 7 | .903 | 1.931 | ||||
| Doug Wabeke | 3B | 11 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
| Jack Ayer | 3B | 9 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .955 | 2.333 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | 3B | 7 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.571 | ||||
| Michael Wolters | 3B | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Randy Hunt | C | 90 | 541 | 67 | 20 | 8 | .968 | 6.756 | 16 | |||
| Mark Salas | C | 49 | 262 | 36 | 3 | 5 | .990 | 6.082 | 4 | |||
| Tim Wallace | C | 6 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.167 | 2 | |||
| Rhadames Mills | OF | 129 | 286 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .968 | 2.318 | ||||
| Larry Reynolds | OF | 90 | 124 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .986 | 1.511 | ||||
| Jack Ayer | OF | 86 | 119 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.430 | ||||
| Bob Helsom | OF | 50 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Mark Salas | OF | 47 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.638 | ||||
| Francisco Batista | OF | 20 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 2.200 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | OF | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Greg Guin | OF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Hunt | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alan Hunsinger | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Winfield | P | 55 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .309 | ||||
| Terry Clark | P | 52 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .346 | ||||
| Mike Barba | P | 29 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .931 | .931 | ||||
| Walt Pierce | P | 23 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.435 | ||||
| John Adams | P | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | P | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kurt Kepshire | P | 19 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .316 | ||||
| Ruben Gotay | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| William Thomas | P | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .700 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Rhodes | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Danny Cox | P | 11 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.909 | ||||
| Todd Worrell | P | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | ||||
| Javier Carranza | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Al Morlock | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rafael Pimentel | P | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Oscar Brito | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rod Booker | SS | 72 | 95 | 216 | 11 | 43 | .966 | 4.319 | ||||
| Mike Harris | SS | 66 | 114 | 197 | 20 | 45 | .940 | 4.712 | ||||
| Germán Barranca | SS | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1505 | 3450 | 1433 | 152 | 385 | .970 | 3.245 | 22 | 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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