1983 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 43-27
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Marc Bombard (43-27)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 88,534, Avg. 2,530
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Calgary Expos 1
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1983 season with a record of 43 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mustangs allowed 350 runs, least in the league. Billings plated 418 runs. Ron Henika paced the team with 11 home runs and drove in 55 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .350 clip. Hugh Kemp and Pete Grimm topped the squad with 9 wins each, and Hugh Kemp earned a 2.21 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rob Dibble, Lenny Harris, Joe Oliver, Jeff Montgomery and Kurt Stillwell.
Marc Bombard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Grimm | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.16 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88.3 | 94 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hugh Kemp | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 110.0 | 82 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jeff Montgomery | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.42 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 44.7 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mark Calvert | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.31 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.3 | 98 | 64 | 48 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Danny Smith | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.61 | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 50.3 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Robbie Ergle | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.62 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.7 | 96 | 55 | 45 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tom Kurant | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Petties | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.40 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Goedde | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Middleton | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.55 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 79 | 52 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mark Hammond | 0 | 0 | 5.02 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Dave Salmen | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Mattern | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Dibble | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.82 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 43 | 27 | .614 | 4.08 | 154 | 70 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 607.3 | 611 | 350 | 275 | 42 | 271 | 14 | 618 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Henika | 70 | 316 | 266 | 56 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 17 | .350 | .436 | .534 | .970 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Scott Loseke | 68 | 311 | 253 | 64 | 86 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 42 | .340 | .448 | .506 | .954 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Kurt Stillwell | 65 | 297 | 250 | 47 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 28 | .324 | .418 | .396 | .814 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Ronnie Giddens | 65 | 255 | 221 | 33 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 44 | .290 | .366 | .362 | .728 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lenny Harris | 56 | 243 | 224 | 37 | 63 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 35 | .281 | .322 | .339 | .661 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Serrano | 60 | 230 | 197 | 30 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 50 | .284 | .370 | .396 | .766 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Joe Oliver | 56 | 206 | 186 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 47 | .215 | .286 | .301 | .587 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Salmen | 52 | 169 | 157 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .242 | .290 | .350 | .640 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dan Boever | 22 | 104 | 85 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | .294 | .388 | .518 | .906 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Gary Denbo | 41 | 119 | 100 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 21 | .230 | .316 | .230 | .546 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Mattern | 47 | 122 | 105 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .200 | .292 | .267 | .558 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Darren Riley | 39 | 128 | 114 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 34 | .175 | .254 | .237 | .491 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Mitchell | 18 | 60 | 56 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .214 | .254 | .429 | .683 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roberto Balaguer | 35 | 95 | 69 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 30 | .174 | .379 | .290 | .669 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hugh Kemp | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .400 | .538 | .400 | .938 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Padilla | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .364 | .533 | .455 | .988 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romulo Oliveros | 15 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .182 | .333 | .182 | .515 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Calvert | 14 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Grimm | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Houp | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Correa | 19 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .074 | .167 | .074 | .241 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Hammond | 10 | 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 | |
| Scott Middleton | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Montgomery | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Ergle | 13 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .364 | .000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Smith | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dibble | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 871 | 2798 | 2400 | 418 | 658 | 108 | 11 | 39 | 360 | 38 | 13 | 328 | 474 | .274 | .362 | .377 | .739 | 905 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Henika | 1B | 70 | 533 | 39 | 10 | 40 | .983 | 8.171 | ||||
| Luis Serrano | 1B | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Joe Oliver | 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronnie Giddens | 2B | 63 | 134 | 167 | 12 | 31 | .962 | 4.778 | ||||
| Gary Denbo | 2B | 13 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Lenny Harris | 3B | 56 | 34 | 95 | 22 | 6 | .854 | 2.304 | ||||
| Gary Denbo | 3B | 20 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mike Mattern | 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Don Mitchell | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Oliver | C | 52 | 425 | 38 | 5 | 1 | .989 | 8.904 | 15 | |||
| Don Mitchell | C | 17 | 134 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 8.471 | 6 | |||
| Romulo Oliveros | C | 15 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.200 | 1 | |||
| Kenny Houp | C | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Scott Loseke | OF | 68 | 134 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .953 | 2.088 | ||||
| Dave Salmen | OF | 43 | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .932 | 1.279 | ||||
| Mike Mattern | OF | 41 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.171 | ||||
| Darren Riley | OF | 33 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.333 | ||||
| Roberto Balaguer | OF | 31 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .871 | ||||
| Dan Boever | OF | 22 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.591 | ||||
| Manny Correa | OF | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Juan Padilla | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Danny Smith | P | 28 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .429 | ||||
| Jeff Montgomery | P | 20 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .300 | ||||
| Scott Middleton | P | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Hugh Kemp | P | 14 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mark Calvert | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Pete Grimm | P | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Robbie Ergle | P | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Mark Hammond | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Petties | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Mike Goedde | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Rob Dibble | P | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Salmen | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Kurant | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Mattern | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kurt Stillwell | SS | 65 | 73 | 137 | 30 | 24 | .875 | 3.231 | ||||
| Gary Denbo | SS | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 2.778 | ||||
| Totals | 808 | 1822 | 649 | 126 | 112 | .951 | 3.058 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
