1984 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 74-68
Finished 3rd in the FSL's South Division
Manager: Barry Foote (74-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 50,201, Avg. 707
Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 2 games, Fort Myers Royals 0
Finals - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 3 games, Tampa Tarpons 2
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1984 season with a record of 74 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Yankees plated 626 runs and allowed 591 runs. Orestes Destrade paced Fort Lauderdale with 12 home runs Phil Lombardi drove in 70 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Eric Plunk led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.86 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1984 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Armstrong, Bill Lindsey, Scott Nielsen, Dick Scott, Orestes Destrade, Tim Birtsas, Stefan Wever, Steve Frey, Logan Easley, Phil Lombardi and Eric Plunk.
Barry Foote 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Plunk | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.86 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 176.3 | 153 | 85 | 56 | 5 | 123 | 1 | 152 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| Tim Byron | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.50 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 126.0 | 106 | 58 | 49 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Scot Beahan | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.71 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 116.3 | 117 | 70 | 48 | 6 | 61 | 7 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Tim Birtsas | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.59 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 51 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Woodworth | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.47 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 | 99 | 53 | 43 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Logan Easley | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.85 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 131.0 | 150 | 76 | 56 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Steve Frey | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.09 | 47 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64.7 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gary Wex | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Raftice | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.79 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58.0 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Stacy Morgan | 3 | 7 | .300 | 2.42 | 46 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 81.7 | 50 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Scott Nielsen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.08 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Graham | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.96 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18.3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Horne | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Armstrong | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11.7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Smalley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.32 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Wever | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.09 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Darin Cloninger | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Ray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Mathison | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fennell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Gumbert | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.7 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Seitz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.7 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 70 | 61 | .534 | 3.38 | 385 | 127 | 122 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 1070.3 | 990 | 538 | 402 | 35 | 563 | 28 | 763 | 44 | 16 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Ficklin | 122 | 516 | 441 | 72 | 123 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 30 | 20 | 61 | 62 | .279 | .369 | .367 | .736 | 162 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Phil Lombardi | 127 | 494 | 393 | 58 | 115 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 22 | 4 | 85 | 37 | .293 | .422 | .415 | .837 | 163 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Tony Russell | 131 | 505 | 420 | 74 | 96 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 72 | 84 | .229 | .347 | .295 | .643 | 124 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jim Riggs | 111 | 388 | 337 | 38 | 91 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 33 | .270 | .343 | .433 | .776 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Dick Scott | 111 | 400 | 351 | 43 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 70 | .245 | .322 | .359 | .681 | 126 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Chapman | 97 | 338 | 281 | 56 | 73 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 45 | 19 | .260 | .369 | .313 | .683 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Orestes Destrade | 95 | 381 | 308 | 40 | 68 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 82 | .221 | .353 | .396 | .749 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| Mark Blaser | 81 | 306 | 273 | 36 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 47 | .242 | .308 | .396 | .704 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Brent Gjesdal | 91 | 351 | 292 | 41 | 66 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 84 | .226 | .349 | .366 | .715 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Johnston | 80 | 266 | 210 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 13 | .276 | .421 | .371 | .792 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Felix Perdomo | 72 | 248 | 225 | 19 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 47 | .236 | .287 | .302 | .589 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Peruso | 57 | 229 | 205 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 34 | .244 | .314 | .332 | .646 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Brad Winkler | 52 | 190 | 165 | 32 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 35 | .297 | .389 | .485 | .874 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Fennell | 54 | 153 | 140 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 37 | .236 | .289 | .343 | .632 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bill Lindsey | 35 | 116 | 101 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | .307 | .391 | .366 | .758 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Van Starnes | 47 | 107 | 91 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | .264 | .374 | .352 | .725 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hawkins | 19 | 55 | 53 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .340 | .345 | .396 | .742 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mitch Seoane | 17 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .333 | .404 | .381 | .785 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pedro Medina | 29 | 60 | 55 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .255 | .305 | .309 | .614 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Mackay | 23 | 81 | 72 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .167 | .259 | .306 | .565 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darin Cloninger | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Fortaleza | 1 | 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 | |
| Tony Merulla | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Graham | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1497 | 5246 | 4469 | 626 | 1143 | 194 | 37 | 75 | 534 | 168 | 103 | 651 | 737 | .256 | .353 | .366 | .719 | 1636 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 45 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orestes Destrade | 1B | 93 | 764 | 41 | 16 | 82 | .981 | 8.656 | ||||
| Mike Fennell | 1B | 33 | 225 | 11 | 8 | 24 | .967 | 7.152 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 1B | 19 | 137 | 13 | 3 | 13 | .980 | 7.895 | ||||
| Van Starnes | 1B | 8 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 4.750 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | 1B | 5 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .975 | 7.800 | ||||
| Tony Merulla | 1B | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Ronnie Chapman | 2B | 78 | 166 | 182 | 14 | 47 | .961 | 4.462 | ||||
| Felix Perdomo | 2B | 40 | 86 | 109 | 11 | 23 | .947 | 4.875 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 2B | 20 | 41 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | 2B | 17 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 18 | .957 | 3.941 | ||||
| Mitch Seoane | 2B | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Blaser | 2B | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mark Blaser | 3B | 76 | 70 | 171 | 12 | 19 | .953 | 3.171 | ||||
| Jim Riggs | 3B | 55 | 41 | 79 | 14 | 10 | .896 | 2.182 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 3B | 13 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mitch Seoane | 3B | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | C | 100 | 608 | 56 | 10 | 8 | .985 | 6.640 | 13 | |||
| Bill Lindsey | C | 35 | 171 | 31 | 7 | 5 | .967 | 5.771 | 6 | |||
| Mike Fennell | C | 14 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 4.286 | 1 | |||
| Johnny Hawkins | C | 9 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 5.333 | 0 | |||
| Tony Russell | OF | 126 | 225 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 1.889 | ||||
| Winston Ficklin | OF | 118 | 206 | 22 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 1.932 | ||||
| Brent Gjesdal | OF | 70 | 102 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .973 | 1.571 | ||||
| Brad Winkler | OF | 49 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.531 | ||||
| Steve Peruso | OF | 29 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .945 | 1.793 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | OF | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Mackay | OF | 18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | OF | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
| Van Starnes | OF | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Fennell | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Frey | P | 48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Stacy Morgan | P | 46 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .283 | ||||
| Tim Byron | P | 37 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .865 | .865 | ||||
| Bob Raftice | P | 36 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .250 | ||||
| Logan Easley | P | 32 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .818 | .844 | ||||
| Eric Plunk | P | 28 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.179 | ||||
| Darin Cloninger | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scot Beahan | P | 25 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .739 | .680 | ||||
| Dave Woodworth | P | 19 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Gary Wex | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Dave Smalley | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Randy Graham | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Tim Birtsas | P | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Armstrong | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stefan Wever | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Rich Gumbert | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| John Seitz | P | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Scott Nielsen | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Horne | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Ray | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chuck Mathison | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Hawkins | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Fennell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Felix Perdomo | SS | 32 | 51 | 88 | 12 | 12 | .921 | 4.344 | ||||
| Dick Scott | SS | 11 | 171 | 365 | 37 | 73 | .935 | 48.727 | ||||
| Pedro Medina | SS | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Ronnie Chapman | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Totals | 1542 | 3554 | 1502 | 215 | 384 | .959 | 3.279 | 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.
