1984 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-75
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: John McLaren (70-75)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 100,576, Avg. 1,387

1984 Knoxville Blue Jays Roster

Playoffs - Knoxville Blue Jays 3 games, Nashville Sounds 1
Finals - Charlotte O's 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 0

The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1984 season with a record of 70 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Blue Jays scored 605 runs and yielded 605 runs. Jim Bishop drove in 57 runs. Mike Sharperson paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Jack McKnight and Gibson Alba topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Dave Walsh recorded a 3.25 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1984 Knoxville Blue Jays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Alexis Infante, Jeff Hearron, Dave Shipanoff, Jeff DeWillis, José Escobar, Gibson Alba, Fred McGriff, Dave Walsh, Cecil Fielder, Mike Sharperson, Steve Davis, Don Gordon, David Wells, Luis Aquino and José Segura.

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
Jack McKnight	11	8	.579	3.81	24	24	0	8	1	0	151.0	128	75	64	13	83	2	93	0	1	8
Gibson Alba	11	9	.550	4.64	45	10	16	0	0	3	110.7	89	69	57	5	81	4	100	4	2	8
Steve Davis	9	6	.600	3.49	27	25	2	4	1	0	154.7	123	71	60	7	96	4	77	4	0	9
Greg Moore	7	6	.538	2.31	53	0	39	0	0	8	70.0	71	28	18	2	42	4	43	1	0	5
Dave Walsh	5	8	.385	3.24	23	19	2	4	1	0	119.3	111	54	43	6	64	0	60	0	3	8
Dave Shipanoff	5	9	.357	3.58	36	15	10	1	1	2	130.7	108	60	52	11	68	4	108	3	4	3
Devon Harper	4	2	.667	2.68	10	8	1	0	0	0	40.3	36	14	12	4	27	1	31	0	0	1
José Segura	4	6	.400	4.43	12	12	0	1	0	0	69.0	75	47	34	4	47	1	26	0	1	8
David Wells	3	2	.600	2.59	8	8	0	3	1	0	59.0	58	22	17	3	17	0	34	0	0	1
Tim Rodgers	3	4	.429	3.82	15	8	3	1	0	0	61.3	66	32	26	7	20	0	33	2	0	9
Tommy Blackmon	3	5	.375	2.55	10	10	0	0	0	0	60.0	57	25	17	4	31	3	26	0	0	5
Keith Gilliam	1	0	1.000	1.96	29	0	16	0	0	11	46.0	34	13	10	1	10	1	24	0	0	2
Colin McLaughlin	1	5	.167	6.22	27	3	10	1	0	0	63.7	63	48	44	4	59	0	52	2	1	9
Don Gordon					27						0.0
Mike Yearout	0	0		2.08	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Taylor	0	0		4.22	5	1	2	0	0	0	10.7	9	5	5	1	13	0	8	0	0	1
Luis Aquino	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	4	1	3	1	7	1	1	0
Mike Cullen	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Reynolds	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Glenn Gallagher	0	1	.000	11.32	5	1	2	0	0	0	10.3	20	13	13	3	3	0	5	0	0	0
Mercedes Esquer	0	2	.000	3.06	10	0	3	0	0	1	17.7	16	9	6	1	10	2	9	1	0	0
Totals	67	73	.479	3.70	373	144	111	23	5	25	1185.7	1075	594	487	78	680	28	740	18	13	78	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
Mike Sharperson	140	596	542	86	165	25	7	4	48	20	13	48	66	.304	.361	.399	.760	216		1	4	1	2
Jim Bishop	131	506	447	57	127	18	5	7	57	5	4	49	91	.284	.353	.394	.747	176		2	2	6	3
Derwin McNealy	144	611	540	63	124	12	4	2	51	31	22	52	91	.230	.297	.278	.574	150		2	11	6	6
Ken Kinnard	130	477	422	54	103	9	7	3	37	18	8	51	130	.244	.325	.320	.645	135		0	3	1	2
Chris Johnston	106	401	359	38	88	17	2	8	36	2	2	35	84	.245	.319	.370	.690	133		5	0	2	1
Kevin Aitcheson	87	317	283	34	82	5	3	2	18	7	5	27	27	.290	.356	.350	.705	99		3	2	2	6
José Escobar	96	362	340	40	80	13	4	1	45	6	2	14	56	.235	.267	.306	.573	104		2	2	4	0
Mark Poole	78	267	247	31	71	11	0	2	25	2	1	15	19	.287	.326	.356	.682	88		1	0	4	1
Alexis Infante	67	273	253	28	67	13	1	2	29	6	4	16	26	.265	.309	.348	.656	88		0	4	0	0
Cecil Fielder	64	262	236	33	60	12	2	9	44	0	1	22	48	.254	.317	.436	.753	103		1	0	3	3
Jeff Hearron	81	291	240	30	60	9	0	7	28	1	2	47	36	.250	.376	.375	.751	90		2	1	1	2
Jeff Reynolds	70	246	231	33	58	11	2	9	41	2	0	12	45	.251	.286	.433	.719	100		0	1	2	1
Augie Schmidt	53	210	185	19	48	6	2	2	23	0	2	20	19	.259	.327	.346	.673	64		0	2	3	2
Fred McGriff	56	222	189	29	47	13	2	9	25	0	2	29	55	.249	.347	.481	.828	91		1	0	3	3
Dale Holman	23	96	78	9	19	2	0	0	5	2	0	16	14	.244	.365	.269	.634	21		0	0	2	2
Greg Griffin	40	130	102	14	18	3	0	2	4	1	3	24	25	.176	.341	.265	.606	27		2	1	1	3
Rico Sutton	8	23	22	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	.227	.227	.364	.591	8		0	1	0	0
Kash Beauchamp	3	11	10	3	4	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	.400	.455	.700	1.155	7		0	0	0	0
Hilario Soriano	7	16	16	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.188	.312	3		0	0	0	0
Jeff DeWillis	1	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1385	5322	4744	604	1228	180	41	71	523	104	73	481	842	.259	.327	.359	.686	1703	0	22	34	41	37

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Fred McGriff	1B	56	481	45	10	50	.981	9.393
Chris Johnston	1B	51	480	26	5	41	.990	9.922
Jeff Reynolds	1B	21	166	17	5	18	.973	8.714
Cecil Fielder	1B	21	173	10	4	16	.979	8.714
Mike Sharperson	2B	140	331	423	21	103	.973	5.386
Jeff Reynolds	2B	6	5	7	1	2	.923	2.000
José Escobar	2B	5	12	11	1	3	.958	4.600
Jim Bishop	3B	118	92	214	30	15	.911	2.593
Augie Schmidt	3B	20	13	38	7	5	.879	2.550
Jeff Reynolds	3B	11	8	19	1	2	.964	2.455
José Escobar	3B	6	1	9	1	2	.909	1.667
Jeff Hearron	C	78	387	45	14	3	.969	5.538	12
Mark Poole	C	73	394	52	3	5	.993	6.110	10
Hilario Soriano	C	6	21	3	1	0	.960	4.000	1
Jeff DeWillis	C	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	1
Derwin McNealy	OF	144	366	9	9	1	.977	2.604
Ken Kinnard	OF	129	240	11	9	4	.965	1.946
Kevin Aitcheson	OF	84	138	9	0	1	1.000	1.750
Greg Griffin	OF	37	50	5	1	1	.982	1.486
Augie Schmidt	OF	26	34	2	0	0	1.000	1.385
Jeff Reynolds	OF	15	24	0	1	0	.960	1.600
Dale Holman	OF	8	7	0	0	0	1.000	.875
Rico Sutton	OF	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
José Escobar	OF	3	4	0	1	0	.800	1.333
Chris Johnston	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Kash Beauchamp	OF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Greg Moore	P	53	8	18	0	3	1.000	.491
Gibson Alba	P	45	3	17	2	0	.909	.444
Dave Shipanoff	P	36	6	18	4	0	.857	.667
Keith Gilliam	P	29	2	13	0	1	1.000	.517
Colin McLaughlin	P	27	4	3	0	0	1.000	.259
Don Gordon	P	27						.000
Steve Davis	P	27	3	17	0	1	1.000	.741
Jack McKnight	P	24	14	25	5	2	.886	1.625
Dave Walsh	P	23	3	27	2	2	.938	1.304
Tim Rodgers	P	15	9	4	1	0	.929	.867
José Segura	P	12	6	11	0	1	1.000	1.417
Devon Harper	P	10	7	3	0	1	1.000	1.000
Mercedes Esquer	P	10	0	5	0	0	1.000	.500
Tommy Blackmon	P	10	7	8	2	1	.882	1.500
David Wells	P	8	4	16	0	1	1.000	2.500
Johnny Taylor	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Glenn Gallagher	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Luis Aquino	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Reynolds	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Yearout	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Cullen	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
José Escobar	SS	82	102	255	12	49	.967	4.354
Alexis Infante	SS	63	92	204	18	38	.943	4.698
Augie Schmidt	SS	3	1	9	0	4	1.000	3.333
Jeff Reynolds	SS	1	3	2	1	0	.833	5.000
Totals		1592	3719	1617	172	376	.969	3.352	24	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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