1983 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: 28,623, Avg. 818
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1983 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings topped the league with 503 runs, powered by 40 home runs. Butte surrendered 383 runs. Jeff Schulz drove in 55 runs. Kevin Seitzer led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .345 clip. Jose Torres paced the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1983 Butte Copper Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Edens, Kevin Seitzer and Jeff Schulz.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Torres | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.00 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 55 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| John Serritella | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 69 | 42 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phil George | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.3 | 73 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Stefan Lipson | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.42 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dennis Boatright | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.95 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dave Snell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.65 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.3 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| David Digirolamo | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 42 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Edens | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.32 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 65 | 47 | 28 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gary Klein | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.15 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47.7 | 45 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Charles Luman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.09 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Daniel Chelini | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.77 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Randolph Robinson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.71 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Vodvarka | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom Mohr | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bradley Davis | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 29 | .586 | 4.33 | 212 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 584.3 | 597 | 383 | 281 | 35 | 328 | 38 | 517 | 27 | 3 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Seitzer | 68 | 293 | 238 | 60 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 46 | 36 | .345 | .453 | .437 | .890 | 104 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Schulz | 61 | 242 | 211 | 44 | 69 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 25 | .327 | .398 | .502 | .901 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mike Miller | 56 | 265 | 216 | 65 | 68 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 32 | .315 | .435 | .458 | .893 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Van Blaricom | 65 | 266 | 222 | 52 | 68 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 55 | .306 | .417 | .541 | .957 | 120 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Davila | 55 | 201 | 169 | 42 | 66 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 22 | .391 | .480 | .473 | .953 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Rooker | 57 | 234 | 212 | 37 | 62 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 48 | .292 | .349 | .448 | .797 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tony Allen | 62 | 263 | 227 | 41 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 65 | .247 | .333 | .304 | .637 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jere Longenecker | 53 | 192 | 169 | 37 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 30 | .308 | .375 | .402 | .777 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Rubel | 49 | 160 | 137 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .314 | .399 | .526 | .924 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Landrith | 43 | 143 | 131 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .282 | .314 | .359 | .673 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin Stanley | 42 | 155 | 132 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 49 | .242 | .335 | .295 | .631 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| John Devich | 36 | 84 | 76 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .224 | .289 | .395 | .684 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mohr | 35 | 73 | 60 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .217 | .356 | .317 | .673 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| James Bagnall | 29 | 70 | 63 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .206 | .286 | .238 | .524 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Niemann | 25 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .205 | .286 | .205 | .490 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stanley Oxner | 35 | 79 | 64 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .141 | .286 | .188 | .473 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 771 | 2770 | 2371 | 503 | 696 | 112 | 28 | 40 | 404 | 111 | 18 | 333 | 485 | .294 | .383 | .415 | .798 | 984 | 0 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Stanley | 1B | 41 | 289 | 18 | 6 | 25 | .981 | 7.488 | ||||
| James Bagnall | 1B | 26 | 148 | 7 | 1 | 19 | .994 | 5.962 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | 1B | 22 | 148 | 9 | 2 | 11 | .987 | 7.136 | ||||
| Mike Miller | 2B | 55 | 112 | 169 | 9 | 40 | .969 | 5.109 | ||||
| Vic Davila | 2B | 21 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 6 | .848 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | 2B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Kevin Seitzer | 3B | 66 | 50 | 122 | 20 | 12 | .896 | 2.606 | ||||
| Dave Rooker | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Landrith | C | 41 | 262 | 26 | 10 | 2 | .966 | 7.024 | 4 | |||
| Stanley Oxner | C | 27 | 165 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .978 | 6.704 | 7 | |||
| Thomas Niemann | C | 23 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 4.696 | 4 | |||
| Tony Allen | OF | 62 | 98 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 1.694 | ||||
| Dave Rooker | OF | 56 | 85 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .886 | 1.661 | ||||
| Jeff Schulz | OF | 47 | 59 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .942 | 1.383 | ||||
| John Rubel | OF | 42 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.310 | ||||
| Tom Mohr | OF | 30 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .900 | ||||
| John Devich | OF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Stanley Oxner | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gary Klein | P | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .241 | ||||
| Dave Snell | P | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .429 | ||||
| Stefan Lipson | P | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Daniel Chelini | P | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| David Digirolamo | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .222 | ||||
| Randolph Robinson | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dennis Boatright | P | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .067 | ||||
| Phil George | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jose Torres | P | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .789 | 1.154 | ||||
| John Serritella | P | 13 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.385 | ||||
| Tom Edens | P | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Bob Vodvarka | P | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Luman | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bradley Davis | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Mohr | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Van Blaricom | SS | 65 | 89 | 187 | 28 | 33 | .908 | 4.246 | ||||
| Vic Davila | SS | 10 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .727 | 2.400 | ||||
| Kevin Seitzer | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jere Longenecker | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 868 | 1750 | 743 | 138 | 163 | .948 | 2.872 | 15 | 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.
