1983 Kinston Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 62-76
Finished 2nd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Ron Clark (0-0), Doug Ault (0-0)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 45,125, Avg. 654
The Kinston Blue Jays of the Carolina League ended the 1983 season with a record of 62 wins and 76 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Blue Jays scored 660 runs and yielded 685 runs. Fred McGriff led Kinston with 21 home runs, while Rico Sutton walloped 15 or more, too. Rico Sutton drove in 76 runs. Jim Bishop paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .267 clip. Tim Rodgers topped the squad with 12 wins, and David Wells recorded a 3.73 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
José Escobar, Gibson Alba, Joe Cannon, Fred McGriff, Mike Sharperson, Chris Knapp, David Wells and Doyle Alexander were all players from the 1983 Kinston Blue Jays who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ron Clark and Doug Ault 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Rodgers | 12 | 13 | .480 | 4.44 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 184.3 | 190 | 113 | 91 | 21 | 75 | 6 | 146 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Devon Harper | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.28 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 | 85 | 58 | 52 | 9 | 91 | 4 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| Keith Gilliam | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.24 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 182 | 97 | 83 | 16 | 72 | 5 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| David Wells | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.73 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157.0 | 141 | 81 | 65 | 13 | 71 | 2 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Randy Romagna | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.96 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 147.7 | 162 | 82 | 65 | 11 | 57 | 6 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Perry Lychak | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.79 | 49 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67.7 | 65 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Joey Pursell | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.09 | 50 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 90.3 | 87 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 42 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Layton | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.55 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.3 | 72 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 46 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Scot Elam | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.30 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 72 | 57 | 43 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Stephan Reish | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.41 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.7 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chris Knapp | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chris Phillips | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.86 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.7 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gibson Alba | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.67 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29.7 | 18 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Doyle Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Omar Malave | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Valenzuela | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.05 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 62 | 76 | .449 | 4.20 | 371 | 138 | 122 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 1219.3 | 1173 | 685 | 569 | 102 | 664 | 54 | 912 | 30 | 6 | 96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bishop | 125 | 525 | 457 | 79 | 122 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 105 | .267 | .357 | .418 | .775 | 191 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| José Escobar | 125 | 514 | 458 | 47 | 122 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 71 | .266 | .327 | .336 | .664 | 154 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rico Sutton | 125 | 522 | 460 | 73 | 122 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 76 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 112 | .265 | .344 | .420 | .763 | 193 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bernie Tatis | 114 | 516 | 441 | 72 | 117 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 61 | 95 | .265 | .355 | .340 | .695 | 150 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Alex Marte | 116 | 462 | 409 | 53 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 47 | 13 | 43 | 56 | .257 | .327 | .303 | .631 | 124 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ken Kinnard | 118 | 498 | 426 | 62 | 103 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 50 | 16 | 67 | 153 | .242 | .347 | .291 | .638 | 124 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Sharperson | 90 | 402 | 361 | 55 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 39 | 65 | .266 | .341 | .335 | .676 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred McGriff | 94 | 416 | 350 | 53 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 112 | .243 | .354 | .469 | .822 | 164 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark Poole | 94 | 399 | 339 | 56 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 50 | .242 | .338 | .404 | .742 | 137 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rafael Rivas | 96 | 362 | 314 | 42 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 81 | .236 | .330 | .404 | .734 | 127 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Edward Santos | 67 | 285 | 252 | 27 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 48 | .262 | .335 | .333 | .668 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jay Schroeder | 92 | 341 | 281 | 30 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 103 | .206 | .323 | .349 | .672 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Omar Malave | 14 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .239 | .340 | .326 | .666 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Cannon | 18 | 53 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .196 | .226 | .294 | .521 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Romagna | 38 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1326 | 5364 | 4660 | 660 | 1176 | 176 | 27 | 99 | 588 | 202 | 81 | 594 | 1075 | .252 | .339 | .365 | .705 | 1703 | 0 | 34 | 45 | 31 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McGriff | 1B | 83 | 784 | 57 | 10 | 69 | .988 | 1.133 | ||||
| Edward Santos | 1B | 28 | 243 | 17 | 5 | 25 | .981 | 9.286 | ||||
| Rafael Rivas | 1B | 20 | 142 | 9 | 2 | 12 | .987 | 7.550 | ||||
| Jay Schroeder | 1B | 8 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .944 | 8.375 | ||||
| Mark Poole | 1B | 6 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | 2B | 86 | 196 | 260 | 24 | 55 | .950 | 5.302 | ||||
| José Escobar | 2B | 49 | 112 | 142 | 9 | 33 | .966 | 5.184 | ||||
| Mike Sharperson | 2B | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Jim Bishop | 2B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mark Poole | 2B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jim Bishop | 3B | 110 | 72 | 201 | 36 | 15 | .883 | 2.482 | ||||
| Mike Sharperson | 3B | 11 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.727 | ||||
| José Escobar | 3B | 9 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.333 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 3B | 7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Romagna | 3B | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Mark Poole | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rafael Rivas | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Schroeder | C | 72 | 433 | 50 | 16 | 1 | .968 | 6.708 | 33 | |||
| Mark Poole | C | 66 | 438 | 61 | 10 | 7 | .980 | 7.561 | 15 | |||
| Rafael Rivas | C | 6 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Mike Sharperson | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Ken Kinnard | OF | 117 | 212 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .948 | 1.872 | ||||
| Alex Marte | OF | 114 | 180 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .960 | 1.693 | ||||
| Rico Sutton | OF | 94 | 152 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.681 | ||||
| Rafael Rivas | OF | 70 | 81 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .936 | 1.257 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | OF | 16 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 2.312 | ||||
| Jay Schroeder | OF | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Joe Cannon | OF | 12 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Randy Romagna | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Omar Malave | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joey Pursell | P | 50 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .946 | .700 | ||||
| Perry Lychak | P | 49 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .388 | ||||
| Devon Harper | P | 34 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Randy Romagna | P | 30 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tim Rodgers | P | 28 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Tom Layton | P | 28 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .607 | ||||
| Keith Gilliam | P | 28 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.893 | ||||
| Chris Phillips | P | 27 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .481 | ||||
| David Wells | P | 25 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.400 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .174 | ||||
| Stephan Reish | P | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Scot Elam | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Knapp | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Guillermo Valenzuela | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Omar Malave | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doyle Alexander | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Sharperson | SS | 72 | 133 | 241 | 19 | 49 | .952 | 5.194 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 62 | 94 | 224 | 17 | 39 | .949 | 5.129 | ||||
| Omar Malave | SS | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1532 | 3658 | 1657 | 208 | 347 | .962 | 3.469 | 50 | 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.
