1982 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 41-29
Finished 2nd in the PL's South Division
Manager: Tommy Jones (41-29)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 33,883, Avg. 968
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1982 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings plated 539 runs, tops in the circuit. Butte conceded 378 runs. Cecil Fielder paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Joe Citari walloped 15 or more, too. Cecil Fielder drove in 68 runs. Jeffrey Neuzil topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .379 clip. Mark Walberg led the team with 8 wins, and Duane Ware recorded a 3.78 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1982 Butte Copper Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cecil Fielder, Van Snider and John Davis.
Tommy Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Walberg | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.89 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 84 | 49 | 40 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Davis | 7 | 1 | .875 | 6.14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.7 | 100 | 62 | 55 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Don Sparling | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.66 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 50 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Duane Ware | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.76 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 99 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ed McNamara | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.72 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 96 | 59 | 42 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gregory Moseley | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.98 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| William Wilder | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.91 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.3 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Arthur Vanderpohl | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.89 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Art Martinez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.15 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Daniel Chelini | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Dannewitz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.11 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Stefani | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.88 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.7 | 42 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Steinberg | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.03 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 41 | 29 | .586 | 4.46 | 186 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 608.0 | 673 | 378 | 301 | 38 | 268 | 29 | 445 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Neuzil | 68 | 297 | 253 | 69 | 96 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 28 | .379 | .459 | .494 | .953 | 125 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecil Fielder | 69 | 319 | 273 | 73 | 88 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 62 | .322 | .417 | .645 | 1.062 | 176 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| William Phillips | 64 | 302 | 268 | 60 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 27 | .317 | .389 | .396 | .784 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Citari | 70 | 324 | 254 | 75 | 83 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 50 | .327 | .463 | .634 | 1.097 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Van Snider | 67 | 269 | 237 | 46 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 63 | .300 | .375 | .511 | .885 | 121 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Basil Tennell | 50 | 177 | 147 | 31 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 | .347 | .439 | .463 | .902 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Matt Hall | 47 | 185 | 162 | 36 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | .315 | .393 | .500 | .893 | 81 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Szekely | 53 | 207 | 164 | 35 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 43 | .280 | .399 | .439 | .838 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Kenneth Patterson | 49 | 186 | 155 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 20 | .258 | .366 | .303 | .669 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Thomas Wallace | 42 | 142 | 115 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 46 | .235 | .364 | .374 | .738 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Richard West | 44 | 124 | 103 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .233 | .350 | .320 | .670 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nicky Richards | 29 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .323 | .443 | .723 | 1.166 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vaughn Hempfield | 43 | 89 | 77 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | .221 | .299 | .286 | .585 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stanley Oxner | 17 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .333 | .396 | .375 | .771 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kurt Korinek | 22 | 70 | 66 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .242 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Skelton | 31 | 82 | 74 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .189 | .259 | .216 | .475 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mohr | 14 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .250 | .464 | .300 | .764 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christopher Smith | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 781 | 2936 | 2483 | 539 | 751 | 128 | 36 | 71 | 455 | 87 | 47 | 382 | 495 | .302 | .399 | .469 | .868 | 1164 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 17 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Citari | 1B | 46 | 420 | 38 | 12 | 32 | .974 | 9.957 | ||||
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 25 | 247 | 18 | 4 | 22 | .985 | 1.600 | ||||
| Nicky Richards | 1B | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Phillips | 2B | 64 | 141 | 202 | 16 | 31 | .955 | 5.359 | ||||
| Vaughn Hempfield | 2B | 22 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 5 | .943 | 3.000 | ||||
| Richard West | 3B | 36 | 11 | 47 | 14 | 5 | .806 | 1.611 | ||||
| Warren Skelton | 3B | 31 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | .880 | 1.419 | ||||
| Basil Tennell | 3B | 27 | 17 | 49 | 5 | 3 | .930 | 2.444 | ||||
| Joe Szekely | C | 49 | 298 | 39 | 7 | 4 | .980 | 6.878 | 10 | |||
| Nicky Richards | C | 15 | 110 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 8.600 | 1 | |||
| Stanley Oxner | C | 14 | 66 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .938 | 5.429 | 1 | |||
| Christopher Smith | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Van Snider | OF | 66 | 99 | 14 | 9 | 2 | .926 | 1.712 | ||||
| Kenneth Patterson | OF | 49 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.571 | ||||
| Matt Hall | OF | 44 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .917 | 1.500 | ||||
| Thomas Wallace | OF | 39 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .927 | .974 | ||||
| Kurt Korinek | OF | 22 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.182 | ||||
| Basil Tennell | OF | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Vaughn Hempfield | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Phillips | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Wilder | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Gregory Moseley | P | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Joe Stefani | P | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .263 | ||||
| Michael Dannewitz | P | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .158 | ||||
| Art Martinez | P | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Arthur Vanderpohl | P | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Ed McNamara | P | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Duane Ware | P | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.643 | ||||
| Mark Walberg | P | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Davis | P | 14 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .929 | ||||
| Don Sparling | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
| Scott Steinberg | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Daniel Chelini | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeffrey Neuzil | SS | 67 | 92 | 218 | 25 | 32 | .925 | 4.627 | ||||
| Vaughn Hempfield | SS | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .773 | 1.417 | ||||
| Richard West | SS | 8 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 1.625 | ||||
| Totals | 850 | 1824 | 850 | 150 | 148 | .947 | 3.146 | 12 | 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.
