1982 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 83-61
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gene Lamont (83-61)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 125,645, Avg. 1,745
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 3 games, Columbus Astros 1
Finals - Nashville Sounds 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1982 season with a record of 83 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Suns led the circuit with just 527 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 593 runs, worst in the league,. Mike Brewer paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Robert Ferris walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Brewer drove in 68 runs. Dave Leeper topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .293 clip. Walt Vanderbush paced the squad with 13 wins, and Theo Shaw earned a 2.81 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1982 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Danny Jackson, Bob Hegman, Jim Scranton, Mike Parrott, Dave Leeper, Tony Ferreira, Rondin Johnson, Phil Huffman, Mike Brewer, Butch Davis, Mark Huismann and Derek Botelho.
Gene Lamont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Vanderbush | 13 | 12 | .520 | 3.45 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 193.0 | 162 | 88 | 74 | 9 | 100 | 2 | 161 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Glenn Ray | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.49 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 170.0 | 148 | 76 | 66 | 13 | 90 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mike Alvarez | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.34 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 92.3 | 80 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Daniel St. Clair | 9 | 4 | .692 | 1.53 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 70.7 | 48 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Danny Jackson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.39 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 78 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vinnie Yuhas | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 90 | 40 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Theo Shaw | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.80 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 128.7 | 80 | 53 | 40 | 18 | 79 | 0 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Nick Harsh | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.00 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51.0 | 47 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Huismann | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.14 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 54.7 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Phil Huffman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.99 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 47 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gary Pickert | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.29 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Derek Botelho | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.57 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 54 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Parrott | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.57 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tony Ferreira | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Williams | 0 | 0 | 5.71 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Wyatt | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Doug Potestio | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Raine | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.76 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 83 | 61 | .576 | 3.13 | 307 | 144 | 107 | 37 | 13 | 29 | 1237.3 | 1031 | 527 | 430 | 111 | 549 | 21 | 922 | 40 | 3 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Leeper | 132 | 543 | 502 | 59 | 147 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 60 | .293 | .334 | .376 | .710 | 189 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Butch Davis | 122 | 505 | 450 | 64 | 115 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 46 | 101 | .256 | .327 | .380 | .707 | 171 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mike Brewer | 121 | 500 | 438 | 74 | 109 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 68 | 34 | 5 | 56 | 80 | .249 | .340 | .438 | .778 | 192 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rondin Johnson | 128 | 542 | 494 | 59 | 109 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 65 | .221 | .269 | .255 | .524 | 126 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| James Atkinson | 110 | 431 | 383 | 51 | 102 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 53 | .266 | .344 | .431 | .775 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Russ Stephans | 120 | 435 | 384 | 47 | 101 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 43 | .263 | .338 | .378 | .716 | 145 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jim Scranton | 128 | 459 | 413 | 44 | 97 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 68 | .235 | .297 | .271 | .569 | 112 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Marty Wilkerson | 121 | 465 | 417 | 36 | 97 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 37 | .233 | .290 | .333 | .623 | 139 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |
| Robert Ferris | 122 | 467 | 399 | 54 | 95 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 121 | .238 | .342 | .421 | .763 | 168 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ira Turner | 102 | 380 | 341 | 47 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 29 | 97 | .220 | .289 | .317 | .606 | 108 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bob Hegman | 87 | 297 | 262 | 36 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 41 | .210 | .288 | .214 | .501 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Duane Dewey | 32 | 117 | 93 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 28 | .301 | .425 | .473 | .898 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Ashmore | 23 | 77 | 66 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .182 | .276 | .227 | .504 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Pirruccello | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1350 | 5225 | 4648 | 589 | 1142 | 160 | 29 | 90 | 508 | 156 | 60 | 474 | 814 | .246 | .317 | .351 | .668 | 1630 | 0 | 25 | 48 | 30 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ferris | 1B | 110 | 889 | 72 | 11 | 89 | .989 | 8.736 | ||||
| Ira Turner | 1B | 32 | 256 | 14 | 3 | 25 | .989 | 8.438 | ||||
| James Atkinson | 1B | 7 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 5.429 | ||||
| Russ Stephans | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Simunic | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rondin Johnson | 2B | 125 | 268 | 315 | 9 | 79 | .985 | 4.664 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | 2B | 23 | 46 | 64 | 5 | 15 | .957 | 4.783 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | 3B | 116 | 78 | 193 | 26 | 17 | .912 | 2.336 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | 3B | 39 | 17 | 62 | 8 | 6 | .908 | 2.026 | ||||
| James Atkinson | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Russ Stephans | C | 112 | 728 | 64 | 19 | 4 | .977 | 7.071 | 8 | |||
| Duane Dewey | C | 27 | 174 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 7.074 | 2 | |||
| Mitch Ashmore | C | 8 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 5.250 | 4 | |||
| Marty Wilkerson | C | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Mark Pirruccello | C | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Doug Simunic | C | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Leeper | OF | 132 | 210 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .956 | 1.652 | ||||
| Mike Brewer | OF | 120 | 269 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .962 | 2.350 | ||||
| Butch Davis | OF | 116 | 231 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 2.052 | ||||
| Ira Turner | OF | 61 | 110 | 7 | 10 | 3 | .921 | 1.918 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | OF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| James Atkinson | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Duane Dewey | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Daniel St. Clair | P | 51 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .667 | .157 | ||||
| Gary Pickert | P | 36 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .361 | ||||
| Mark Huismann | P | 36 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .250 | ||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 28 | 12 | 39 | 5 | 4 | .911 | 1.821 | ||||
| Glenn Ray | P | 28 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Alvarez | P | 24 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .792 | ||||
| Theo Shaw | P | 20 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.300 | ||||
| Vinnie Yuhas | P | 14 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.571 | ||||
| Danny Jackson | P | 14 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.857 | ||||
| Derek Botelho | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Huffman | P | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Nick Harsh | P | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Steve Raine | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Parrott | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Tony Ferreira | P | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Reggie Wyatt | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Potestio | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jim Scranton | SS | 128 | 210 | 364 | 26 | 76 | .957 | 4.484 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | SS | 15 | 19 | 41 | 2 | 9 | .968 | 4.000 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1512 | 3694 | 1448 | 179 | 346 | .966 | 3.401 | 14 | 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.
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