1983 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 91-54
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Roy Majtyka (91-54)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 241,253, Avg. 3,328
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Nashville Sounds 2
Finals - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 91 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Barons paced the league with 765 runs. Birmingham allowed 610 runs. George Foussianes powered the team with 22 home runs and recorded 81 runs batted in. Stan Younger led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Don Heinkel topped the squad with 19 wins, while Roger Mason recorded a 2.07 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Heinkel, Keith Comstock, Doug Baker, Dwight Lowry, Bryan Kelly, Jeff Schattinger, Roger Mason, Don Gordon, Rich Monteleone, Nelson Simmons, Bruce Robbins, Chuck Cary, Scott Earl, Colin Ward, Bob Melvin and Carl Willis.
Roy Majtyka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Heinkel | 19 | 6 | .760 | 3.39 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 207.3 | 212 | 87 | 78 | 26 | 57 | 2 | 113 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| Keith Comstock | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.21 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 145.7 | 130 | 58 | 52 | 14 | 63 | 0 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Colin Ward | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.12 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.7 | 139 | 81 | 69 | 11 | 109 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Don Gordon | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.42 | 43 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 102.7 | 104 | 50 | 39 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roger Mason | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.06 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 126.7 | 116 | 45 | 29 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Troy Dixon | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.07 | 40 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.0 | 95 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 57 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Scott Tabor | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.15 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 111.3 | 101 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Chuck Cary | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.61 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 104.7 | 103 | 50 | 42 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bruce Robbins | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.12 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82.7 | 97 | 55 | 47 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Carl Willis | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.98 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Randy Harvey | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.13 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.3 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Furman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.94 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jeff Schattinger | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Monteleone | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Kelly | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.68 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Davis | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Baker | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Moya | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alex Garcia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 91 | 54 | .628 | 3.69 | 322 | 147 | 112 | 35 | 11 | 30 | 1267.0 | 1253 | 610 | 519 | 119 | 579 | 19 | 789 | 35 | 8 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Younger | 131 | 583 | 530 | 91 | 164 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 43 | 18 | 43 | 72 | .309 | .359 | .392 | .752 | 208 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Greg Norman | 134 | 547 | 460 | 61 | 138 | 31 | 2 | 12 | 80 | 4 | 7 | 71 | 48 | .300 | .390 | .454 | .845 | 209 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Scott Earl | 144 | 622 | 529 | 96 | 138 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 36 | 15 | 73 | 84 | .261 | .350 | .397 | .747 | 210 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | |
| Raul Tovar | 131 | 496 | 461 | 58 | 133 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 60 | .289 | .335 | .393 | .727 | 181 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Foussianes | 138 | 562 | 452 | 106 | 122 | 31 | 4 | 22 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 98 | 97 | .270 | .405 | .502 | .907 | 227 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Nelson Simmons | 118 | 460 | 404 | 57 | 110 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 83 | .272 | .354 | .401 | .755 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Doug Baker | 146 | 550 | 452 | 72 | 109 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 51 | .241 | .352 | .327 | .679 | 148 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |
| Kenny Baker | 103 | 444 | 363 | 71 | 103 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 67 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 27 | .284 | .393 | .460 | .853 | 167 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | |
| Bob Melvin | 78 | 309 | 285 | 43 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 54 | .288 | .330 | .456 | .786 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Dwight Lowry | 90 | 325 | 288 | 42 | 77 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 34 | .267 | .341 | .406 | .747 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mark Smith | 76 | 288 | 260 | 26 | 69 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 31 | .265 | .317 | .400 | .717 | 104 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Raymond Borucki | 67 | 187 | 162 | 17 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .296 | .366 | .370 | .736 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dan Williams | 22 | 73 | 62 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .210 | .315 | .387 | .702 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pedro Chavez | 20 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .224 | .291 | .245 | .536 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dom Fucci | 11 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .111 | .294 | .111 | .405 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1420 | 5569 | 4811 | 765 | 1326 | 230 | 46 | 109 | 687 | 121 | 76 | 609 | 686 | .276 | .358 | .411 | .769 | 1975 | 0 | 38 | 63 | 48 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Norman | 1B | 98 | 840 | 73 | 16 | 67 | .983 | 9.316 | ||||
| George Foussianes | 1B | 47 | 310 | 19 | 4 | 28 | .988 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dan Williams | 1B | 9 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dom Fucci | 1B | 9 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .988 | 9.000 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | 1B | 5 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 8.400 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Scott Earl | 2B | 143 | 318 | 416 | 31 | 86 | .959 | 5.133 | ||||
| Raymond Borucki | 2B | 11 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 4.455 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | 2B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Foussianes | 3B | 102 | 66 | 204 | 23 | 19 | .922 | 2.647 | ||||
| Raymond Borucki | 3B | 51 | 36 | 86 | 3 | 8 | .976 | 2.392 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | 3B | 15 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dwight Lowry | C | 84 | 424 | 51 | 6 | 4 | .988 | 5.655 | 4 | |||
| Bob Melvin | C | 66 | 366 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .995 | 5.924 | 3 | |||
| Raul Tovar | OF | 130 | 250 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .970 | 1.985 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | OF | 103 | 213 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 2.184 | ||||
| Nelson Simmons | OF | 102 | 174 | 11 | 14 | 1 | .930 | 1.814 | ||||
| Mark Smith | OF | 64 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.594 | ||||
| Stan Younger | OF | 59 | 95 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.746 | ||||
| Don Gordon | P | 43 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .909 | .698 | ||||
| Troy Dixon | P | 40 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .425 | ||||
| Keith Comstock | P | 37 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .568 | ||||
| Scott Tabor | P | 31 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Heinkel | P | 30 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.700 | ||||
| Colin Ward | P | 26 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
| Roger Mason | P | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.588 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | P | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Chuck Cary | P | 17 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.235 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 16 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .840 | 1.312 | ||||
| Carl Willis | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Jon Furman | P | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Ted Davis | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Jeff Schattinger | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bryan Kelly | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Rich Monteleone | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Williams | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Moya | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Garcia | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kenny Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Baker | SS | 146 | 238 | 482 | 27 | 88 | .964 | 4.932 | ||||
| Scott Earl | SS | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1587 | 3801 | 1690 | 178 | 360 | .969 | 3.460 | 9 | 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.
