1983 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 77-54
Finished 1st in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Stump Merrill (77-54)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 45,415, Avg. 693
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1983 season with a record of 77 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Yankees topped the circuit with just 409 runs allowed. Fort Lauderdale scored 581 runs. Dan Pasqua led the team with 19 home runs, and Orestes Destrade walloped 15 or more also. Dan Pasqua drove in 84 runs. Tommy Barrett paced hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. José Rijo paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.69 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1983 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pete Dalena, Phil Lombardi, Eric Plunk, Jim Deshaies, José Rijo, Dick Scott, Bill Lindsey, Tommy Barrett, Orestes Destrade, Bob Tewksbury, Rex Hudler, Dan Pasqua and Tim Birtsas.
Stump Merrill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Rijo | 15 | 5 | .750 | 1.68 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 160.3 | 129 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Chuck Tomaselli | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.77 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 133.0 | 110 | 47 | 41 | 7 | 61 | 2 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tim Birtsas | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.36 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 167.7 | 120 | 57 | 44 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 160 | 10 | 0 | 15 | |
| Jim Deshaies | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.52 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 117.7 | 105 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Eric Plunk | 8 | 10 | .444 | 2.74 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 125.0 | 115 | 55 | 38 | 1 | 63 | 4 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mark Bersano | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.43 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.7 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Szymczak | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.46 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67.7 | 59 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Woodworth | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.87 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 84.7 | 66 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rory Brown | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64.0 | 49 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Bob Tewksbury | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Raftice | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8.31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.7 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Mendez | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fritz Fedor | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Smalley | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Silva | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.63 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Siwiec | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.70 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tim Williams | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.66 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scot Beahan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sheldon Andrews | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 77 | 54 | .588 | 2.67 | 269 | 131 | 81 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 1094.7 | 905 | 409 | 325 | 30 | 513 | 24 | 896 | 32 | 5 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Barrett | 103 | 450 | 397 | 80 | 130 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 55 | 17 | 46 | 16 | .327 | .403 | .385 | .789 | 153 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orestes Destrade | 127 | 511 | 425 | 61 | 124 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 86 | .292 | .406 | .499 | .905 | 212 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Dan Pasqua | 131 | 540 | 451 | 83 | 123 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 84 | 12 | 4 | 80 | 125 | .273 | .383 | .499 | .882 | 225 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Rex Hudler | 91 | 387 | 345 | 55 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 30 | 7 | 26 | 44 | .270 | .325 | .342 | .667 | 118 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
| Dick Scott | 120 | 404 | 345 | 40 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 93 | .217 | .305 | .296 | .601 | 102 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Lindsey | 82 | 290 | 260 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 35 | .242 | .304 | .358 | .662 | 93 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Todd Demeter | 77 | 296 | 256 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 60 | .215 | .315 | .320 | .636 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pete Dalena | 49 | 190 | 169 | 16 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .314 | .374 | .426 | .800 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Jones | 73 | 239 | 217 | 31 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 38 | .244 | .305 | .286 | .591 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Simons | 66 | 215 | 178 | 28 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 21 | .213 | .322 | .298 | .620 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Brent Gjesdal | 80 | 222 | 188 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 66 | .202 | .321 | .277 | .598 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Reddish | 45 | 159 | 133 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 29 | .263 | .369 | .414 | .783 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pedro Medina | 33 | 132 | 125 | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .240 | .250 | .304 | .554 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Merulla | 48 | 162 | 137 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19 | .219 | .315 | .372 | .687 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Gary Kempton | 48 | 137 | 120 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .233 | .313 | .342 | .655 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hawkins | 41 | 121 | 104 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | .221 | .302 | .240 | .542 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Lesieur | 38 | 86 | 81 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .173 | .202 | .173 | .375 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rick Molnar | 29 | 77 | 64 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .188 | .260 | .219 | .479 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Phil Lombardi | 17 | 56 | 49 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .224 | .321 | .265 | .587 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Funk | 17 | 52 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .204 | .250 | .286 | .536 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Jordan | 11 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .115 | .115 | .231 | .346 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Adams | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1335 | 4761 | 4127 | 581 | 1041 | 179 | 34 | 69 | 498 | 143 | 54 | 513 | 755 | .252 | .338 | .362 | .700 | 1495 | 0 | 36 | 51 | 34 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demeter | 1B | 74 | 588 | 48 | 8 | 61 | .988 | 8.595 | ||||
| Orestes Destrade | 1B | 40 | 309 | 21 | 3 | 27 | .991 | 8.250 | ||||
| Pete Dalena | 1B | 20 | 171 | 17 | 5 | 14 | .974 | 9.400 | ||||
| Bill Lindsey | 1B | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Reddish | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 87 | 188 | 239 | 12 | 57 | .973 | 4.908 | ||||
| Tommy Barrett | 2B | 32 | 45 | 59 | 5 | 15 | .954 | 3.250 | ||||
| Greg Funk | 2B | 16 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 7 | .964 | 3.312 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | 2B | 12 | 29 | 33 | 2 | 5 | .969 | 5.167 | ||||
| Dick Scott | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tommy Barrett | 3B | 84 | 54 | 148 | 20 | 17 | .910 | 2.405 | ||||
| Rick Molnar | 3B | 27 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.963 | ||||
| Paul Lesieur | 3B | 24 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.292 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | 3B | 15 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
| Tony Merulla | 3B | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bill Lindsey | C | 57 | 367 | 51 | 2 | 7 | .995 | 7.333 | 11 | |||
| Gary Kempton | C | 41 | 269 | 28 | 6 | 4 | .980 | 7.244 | 4 | |||
| Johnny Hawkins | C | 31 | 187 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 6.355 | 4 | |||
| Phil Lombardi | C | 10 | 77 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 8.300 | 0 | |||
| Tony Merulla | C | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
| Paul Lesieur | C | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
| Dan Pasqua | OF | 125 | 213 | 8 | 5 | 4 | .978 | 1.768 | ||||
| Orestes Destrade | OF | 83 | 116 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .952 | 1.434 | ||||
| Neil Simons | OF | 58 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.793 | ||||
| Brent Gjesdal | OF | 57 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.807 | ||||
| Tom Jones | OF | 56 | 66 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Mike Reddish | OF | 36 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Paul Lesieur | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Tim Jordan | OF | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Dave Woodworth | P | 31 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .613 | ||||
| Rory Brown | P | 29 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Chuck Tomaselli | P | 23 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.304 | ||||
| Tim Birtsas | P | 23 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | .857 | 1.304 | ||||
| Mark Bersano | P | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| José Rijo | P | 21 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| Eric Plunk | P | 20 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Deshaies | P | 20 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Szymczak | P | 18 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| Mike Siwiec | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .600 | .188 | ||||
| Tim Williams | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Mark Silva | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Scot Beahan | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Bob Raftice | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Mendez | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Smalley | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sheldon Andrews | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Tewksbury | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Fritz Fedor | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dick Scott | SS | 119 | 177 | 350 | 34 | 69 | .939 | 4.429 | ||||
| Rex Hudler | SS | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .812 | 1.300 | ||||
| Pete Adams | SS | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | SS | 8 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 8 | .971 | 4.125 | ||||
| Rick Molnar | SS | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Greg Funk | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1430 | 3284 | 1378 | 156 | 319 | .968 | 3.260 | 20 | 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.
