1985 Kinston Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 64-73
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Grady Little (64-73)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 74,722, Avg. 1,091
Playoffs - Winston-Salem Spirits 2 games, Kinston Blue Jays 0
The Kinston Blue Jays of the Carolina League ended the 1985 season with a record of 64 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Blue Jays plated 546 runs and gave up 589 runs. Glenallen Hill paced Kinston with 20 home runs Pat Borders drove in 60 runs. Nelson Liriano topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .288 clip. Mark Clemons led the squad with 12 wins, while Tony Castillo recorded a 1.91 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1985 Kinston Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Castillo, Enrique Burgos, Gerónimo Berroa, Jeff DeWillis, Glenallen Hill, Nelson Liriano, Pat Borders, Oswaldo Peraza, Eric Yelding, Webster Garrison, José Mesa and José Segura.
Grady Little 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Clemons | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.04 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 159.0 | 138 | 49 | 36 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tony Castillo | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1.90 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 127.7 | 111 | 44 | 27 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Omar Bencomo | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.09 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 141 | 69 | 55 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Alan McKay | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.83 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108.0 | 85 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Oswaldo Peraza | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.20 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154.7 | 132 | 69 | 55 | 9 | 72 | 2 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| José Mesa | 5 | 10 | .333 | 6.16 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 106.7 | 110 | 89 | 73 | 11 | 79 | 2 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| Perry Lychak | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.75 | 48 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 56.7 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| José Segura | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.16 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 110.3 | 109 | 62 | 51 | 9 | 69 | 4 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Eddy Castro | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.68 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.7 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pablo Reyes | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.66 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89.0 | 102 | 62 | 56 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Randy Romagna | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Palo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Shanks | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dane Anthony | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Stephenson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greg Moore | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enrique Burgos | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.88 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Dickman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.66 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mike Cullen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.92 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 64 | 73 | .467 | 3.50 | 374 | 138 | 125 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 1197.3 | 1088 | 589 | 466 | 74 | 530 | 34 | 964 | 39 | 11 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Yelding | 135 | 571 | 526 | 59 | 137 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 62 | 26 | 33 | 70 | .260 | .307 | .314 | .621 | 165 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nelson Liriano | 134 | 496 | 451 | 68 | 130 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 39 | 55 | .288 | .348 | .384 | .731 | 173 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pat Borders | 127 | 508 | 460 | 43 | 120 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 116 | .261 | .327 | .365 | .692 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ken Whitfield | 127 | 504 | 459 | 59 | 106 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 129 | .231 | .292 | .357 | .649 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Omar Malave | 105 | 395 | 354 | 42 | 102 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 57 | .288 | .344 | .424 | .768 | 150 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Glenallen Hill | 131 | 530 | 466 | 57 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 56 | 42 | 15 | 57 | 211 | .210 | .295 | .367 | .662 | 171 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Webster Garrison | 129 | 501 | 449 | 40 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 42 | 76 | .203 | .273 | .245 | .518 | 110 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Drex Roberts | 105 | 381 | 312 | 56 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 64 | 64 | .276 | .402 | .381 | .783 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mark Cooper | 98 | 326 | 301 | 27 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 32 | .259 | .302 | .306 | .607 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Randy Romagna | 113 | 394 | 329 | 48 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 44 | .237 | .344 | .292 | .635 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Steve Johnson | 44 | 149 | 117 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 31 | .265 | .409 | .368 | .777 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tim Rypien | 40 | 94 | 92 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .228 | .234 | .337 | .571 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff DeWillis | 27 | 111 | 87 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | .184 | .360 | .276 | .636 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Reyes | 13 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .229 | .256 | .257 | .514 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gerónimo Berroa | 19 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .186 | .250 | .256 | .506 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Nowakowski | 6 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .118 | .111 | .118 | .229 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dennis | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Howard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Holland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1358 | 5073 | 4505 | 546 | 1113 | 161 | 18 | 73 | 461 | 221 | 98 | 477 | 951 | .247 | .320 | .339 | .660 | 1529 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 43 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Borders | 1B | 110 | 854 | 42 | 20 | 80 | .978 | 8.145 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 1B | 41 | 267 | 17 | 2 | 24 | .993 | 6.927 | ||||
| Nelson Liriano | 2B | 131 | 261 | 328 | 25 | 79 | .959 | 4.496 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 2B | 6 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jose Reyes | 2B | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Randy Romagna | 3B | 109 | 82 | 209 | 14 | 21 | .954 | 2.670 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 3B | 37 | 21 | 71 | 9 | 4 | .911 | 2.486 | ||||
| Jose Reyes | 3B | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Cooper | C | 94 | 589 | 51 | 11 | 7 | .983 | 6.809 | 5 | |||
| Tim Rypien | C | 37 | 170 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .984 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Jeff DeWillis | C | 25 | 206 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 9.280 | 6 | |||
| Joe Nowakowski | C | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 7.750 | 0 | |||
| Bubba Holland | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Eric Yelding | OF | 133 | 310 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .973 | 2.406 | ||||
| Glenallen Hill | OF | 127 | 234 | 12 | 13 | 2 | .950 | 1.937 | ||||
| Ken Whitfield | OF | 124 | 199 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .959 | 1.710 | ||||
| Steve Johnson | OF | 25 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.720 | ||||
| Gerónimo Berroa | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Omar Malave | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Nowakowski | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Perry Lychak | P | 48 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .229 | ||||
| Alan McKay | P | 39 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .385 | ||||
| Pablo Reyes | P | 36 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .528 | ||||
| Tony Castillo | P | 35 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .957 | .629 | ||||
| José Segura | P | 34 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Mark Clemons | P | 32 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.031 | ||||
| José Mesa | P | 30 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Oswaldo Peraza | P | 25 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .960 | ||||
| Omar Bencomo | P | 25 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eddy Castro | P | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .125 | ||||
| Mark Dickman | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Willie Shanks | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Mike Cullen | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .375 | ||||
| Enrique Burgos | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Joe Stephenson | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Greg Moore | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Dane Anthony | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Romagna | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Palo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Webster Garrison | SS | 129 | 205 | 353 | 51 | 74 | .916 | 4.326 | ||||
| Omar Malave | SS | 16 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 5 | .881 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1555 | 3592 | 1375 | 203 | 326 | .961 | 3.194 | 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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