1983 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-82
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: John McLaren (64-82)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 107,304, Avg. 1,470

1983 Knoxville Blue Jays Roster

The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 64 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Blue Jays scored 570 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 692 runs. Bill Pinkham and Vernon Ramie led Knoxville with 10 home runs apiece. Kevin Aitcheson and Augie Schmidt each drove in 54 runs. Jesús Figueroa paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. John Cerutti topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.44 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

John Cerutti, Steve Davis, Mark Eichhorn, Dan Whitmer, Stan Clarke, Paul Hodgson, Dave Shipanoff, Jesús Figueroa and Jimmy Key were all players from the 1983 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

John McLaren served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Cerutti	9	13	.409	3.43	29	28	1	9	3	1	188.7	182	89	72	16	65	3	131	1	0	10
Jack McKnight	8	12	.400	4.13	30	28	1	5	1	1	172.0	162	97	79	12	107	3	96	2	2	8
Stephan Reish	7	4	.636	5.03	38	0	15	0	0	2	59.0	66	38	33	4	38	8	33	1	0	4
Tommy Blackmon	7	12	.368	3.83	29	23	1	5	1	0	157.3	153	93	67	12	58	0	79	1	1	9
Dave Shipanoff	6	3	.667	3.36	61	0	46	0	0	18	69.7	53	32	26	3	51	7	73	3	1	3
Jimmy Key	6	5	.545	2.85	14	14	0	2	0	0	101.0	86	35	32	4	40	1	57	5	1	6
Mercedes Esquer	6	7	.462	5.27	21	15	4	2	0	0	100.7	134	70	59	4	33	0	74	5	0	4
Mark Eichhorn	6	12	.333	4.33	21	20	1	3	0	0	120.7	124	65	58	17	47	0	54	1	0	4
Keith Walker	5	4	.556	3.42	13	12	1	2	1	0	76.3	76	37	29	5	18	2	33	1	2	1
Stan Clarke	2	4	.333	2.49	26	0	17	0	0	4	43.3	30	18	12	2	20	2	51	1	0	4
Chris Phillips	1	1	.500	11.17	11	1	5	0	0	0	19.3	31	24	24	5	20	0	9	0	0	0
Steve Davis	1	3	.250	6.95	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.0	26	17	17	2	14	0	18	0	0	2
Eddie Dennis	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cullen	0	0		11.05	9	0	5	0	0	1	7.3	8	10	9	0	10	0	6	0	0	3
Guillermo Valenzuela	0	1	.000	4.48	28	2	15	0	0	0	64.3	72	40	32	8	21	2	26	2	0	1
Brian Stemberger	0	1	.000	8.44	16	0	5	0	0	0	26.7	31	27	25	2	20	0	10	0	0	1
Totals	64	82	.438	4.20	351	147	118	29	6	27	1229.7	1234	692	574	96	562	28	750	23	7	60	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
Greg Griffin	144	592	525	74	144	22	9	4	48	21	15	52	111	.274	.340	.373	.713	196		3	6	6	0
Augie Schmidt	135	548	482	65	128	28	2	4	54	6	4	57	65	.266	.339	.357	.696	172		0	2	7	1
Jesús Figueroa	114	485	438	58	125	14	4	3	33	12	6	38	40	.285	.342	.356	.698	156		2	3	4	4
Eddie Dennis	119	451	415	57	110	13	3	0	31	5	12	31	45	.265	.318	.311	.629	129		2	1	2	1
Paul Hodgson	108	406	347	37	103	15	3	4	38	3	5	50	58	.297	.390	.392	.782	136		4	3	2	1
Chris Johnston	87	350	314	35	100	20	0	9	50	0	1	27	78	.318	.369	.468	.837	147		2	0	7	1
Kevin Aitcheson	126	465	428	47	98	12	7	9	54	7	7	31	53	.229	.277	.353	.630	151		0	0	6	2
Garry Harris	118	448	419	55	94	16	6	8	41	5	5	23	89	.224	.266	.348	.614	146		2	0	4	1
Chris Shaddy	127	446	385	39	77	7	3	3	30	4	2	55	101	.200	.298	.257	.555	99		0	3	3	0
Bill Pinkham	72	271	250	23	63	14	0	10	41	0	0	12	53	.252	.282	.428	.710	107		0	5	4	1
Dan Whitmer	84	298	253	24	62	11	0	5	33	0	1	34	50	.245	.342	.348	.690	88		4	6	1	1
Andre Wood	81	269	230	23	51	3	1	1	22	7	3	31	54	.222	.314	.257	.571	59		1	5	2	1
Vernon Ramie	49	181	148	30	37	11	1	10	35	1	0	32	49	.250	.381	.541	.922	80		0	0	1	3
Hilario Soriano	18	62	58	2	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.155	.183	.207	.390	12		0	2	0	1
Totals	1382	5272	4692	569	1201	189	39	70	512	71	61	475	859	.256	.324	.358	.682	1678	0	20	36	49	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chris Johnston	1B	86	727	55	12	74	.985	9.093
Vernon Ramie	1B	38	244	66	0	25	1.000	8.158
Paul Hodgson	1B	29	221	10	1	22	.996	7.966
Bill Pinkham	1B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Kevin Aitcheson	1B	1	11	0	0	0	1.000	11.000
Garry Harris	2B	110	235	289	20	62	.963	4.764
Andre Wood	2B	41	101	117	7	35	.969	5.317
Eddie Dennis	2B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Chris Shaddy	3B	76	53	142	17	16	.920	2.566
Eddie Dennis	3B	59	51	94	9	10	.942	2.458
Andre Wood	3B	22	12	55	2	6	.971	3.045
Dan Whitmer	C	84	439	50	7	6	.986	5.821	5
Bill Pinkham	C	53	280	37	5	6	.984	5.981	4
Hilario Soriano	C	15	73	8	1	2	.988	5.400	3
Greg Griffin	OF	143	316	19	8	2	.977	2.343
Kevin Aitcheson	OF	119	269	9	6	2	.979	2.336
Jesús Figueroa	OF	106	200	10	11	2	.950	1.981
Eddie Dennis	OF	62	103	10	5	0	.958	1.823
Paul Hodgson	OF	12	20	0	1	0	.952	1.667
Andre Wood	OF	7	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.429
Vernon Ramie	OF	7	15	1	1	0	.941	2.286
Hilario Soriano	OF	3	4	1	1	0	.833	1.667
Dave Shipanoff	P	61	6	7	0	0	1.000	.213
Stephan Reish	P	38	5	14	4	1	.826	.500
Jack McKnight	P	30	7	32	7	0	.848	1.300
John Cerutti	P	29	12	20	2	3	.941	1.103
Tommy Blackmon	P	29	14	26	3	2	.930	1.379
Guillermo Valenzuela	P	28	4	7	2	0	.846	.393
Stan Clarke	P	26	0	6	1	0	.857	.231
Mercedes Esquer	P	21	3	17	2	1	.909	.952
Mark Eichhorn	P	21	10	16	2	2	.929	1.238
Brian Stemberger	P	16	2	10	1	1	.923	.750
Jimmy Key	P	14	7	25	5	0	.865	2.286
Keith Walker	P	13	3	7	2	0	.833	.769
Chris Phillips	P	11	1	2	0	0	1.000	.273
Mike Cullen	P	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Steve Davis	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Eddie Dennis	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Augie Schmidt	SS	97	143	282	29	51	.936	4.381
Chris Shaddy	SS	50	80	144	19	36	.922	4.480
Andre Wood	SS	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Totals		1575	3689	1592	194	367	.965	3.353	12	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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