1985 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 79-64
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: John McLaren (79-64)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 108,952, Avg. 1,524
Playoffs - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 1
The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1985 season with a record of 79 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Blue Jays yielded 615 runs, fewest in the league. Knoxville tallied 629 runs, worst in the circuit,. Chris Johnston, Cecil Fielder and Kevin Sliwinski paced the team with 18 home runs apiece. Chris Johnston and Cecil Fielder each drove in 81 runs. Otis Green led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. Steve Davis topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 2.45 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1985 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gibson Alba, Jeff Hearron, Matt Stark, Sil Campusano, Jeff DeWillis, Dave Walsh, Cecil Fielder, Oswaldo Peraza, Steve Davis, Luis Aquino, Jim Clancy and Mark Eichhorn.
John McLaren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davis | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.45 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 154.0 | 114 | 49 | 42 | 8 | 72 | 1 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dave Walsh | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.50 | 38 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 147 | 89 | 77 | 11 | 89 | 0 | 103 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| Mike Yearout | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.03 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 169.7 | 163 | 90 | 76 | 23 | 72 | 1 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Keith Gilliam | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.68 | 42 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77.3 | 70 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Eichhorn | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.02 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 116.3 | 101 | 49 | 39 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Oswaldo Peraza | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.06 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 53 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mark Dickman | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.92 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 67 | 41 | 39 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Luis Aquino | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.60 | 50 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 83.0 | 58 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scot Elam | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.44 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107.3 | 103 | 55 | 41 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Omar Bencomo | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.93 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 57 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Willie Shanks | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.73 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.7 | 56 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mercedes Esquer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Clancy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich Carlucci | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.17 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23.0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devon Harper | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.97 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Dennis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Hamric | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guillermo Valenzuela | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cullen | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Clemons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Moore | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.55 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Gibson Alba | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 79 | 64 | .552 | 3.73 | 375 | 143 | 126 | 17 | 8 | 38 | 1248.7 | 1121 | 615 | 517 | 93 | 626 | 22 | 790 | 27 | 15 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Sliwinski | 139 | 576 | 502 | 77 | 145 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 92 | .289 | .366 | .484 | .850 | 243 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Kash Beauchamp | 137 | 576 | 496 | 68 | 137 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 16 | 60 | 62 | .276 | .356 | .349 | .705 | 173 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
| Chris Johnston | 135 | 562 | 496 | 56 | 129 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 138 | .260 | .332 | .442 | .773 | 219 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Otis Green | 115 | 492 | 442 | 68 | 128 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 68 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 71 | .290 | .354 | .430 | .784 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Orlando Blackwell | 130 | 548 | 485 | 62 | 113 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 43 | .233 | .308 | .272 | .580 | 132 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Cecil Fielder | 96 | 414 | 361 | 52 | 106 | 26 | 2 | 18 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 83 | .294 | .372 | .526 | .898 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Chris Shaddy | 106 | 380 | 341 | 35 | 82 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 83 | .240 | .306 | .346 | .652 | 118 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bernie Tatis | 105 | 306 | 266 | 43 | 76 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 34 | 37 | .286 | .373 | .387 | .760 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jose Diaz | 100 | 308 | 266 | 30 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 66 | .214 | .304 | .320 | .623 | 85 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sil Campusano | 45 | 196 | 178 | 30 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 | .303 | .352 | .455 | .807 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rusty Hamric | 71 | 258 | 213 | 29 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 21 | .216 | .335 | .286 | .621 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jeff DeWillis | 68 | 243 | 196 | 22 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 45 | .219 | .360 | .296 | .656 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bishop | 57 | 205 | 182 | 17 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 46 | .176 | .252 | .275 | .527 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hearron | 45 | 156 | 130 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 20 | .223 | .346 | .400 | .746 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Stenhouse | 26 | 97 | 79 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .228 | .354 | .253 | .607 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Stark | 18 | 58 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .245 | .310 | .321 | .631 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bubba Holland | 5 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .450 | .450 | .600 | 1.050 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Kinnard | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .231 | .412 | .308 | .719 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Dennis | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Marquardt | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1423 | 5420 | 4726 | 629 | 1220 | 199 | 46 | 99 | 580 | 95 | 62 | 564 | 865 | .258 | .340 | .383 | .722 | 1808 | 0 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Johnston | 1B | 66 | 609 | 49 | 8 | 69 | .988 | 9.970 | ||||
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 53 | 444 | 26 | 6 | 38 | .987 | 8.868 | ||||
| Kevin Sliwinski | 1B | 29 | 222 | 10 | 6 | 22 | .975 | 8.000 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Orlando Blackwell | 2B | 122 | 268 | 303 | 11 | 78 | .981 | 4.680 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | 2B | 26 | 51 | 55 | 2 | 14 | .981 | 4.077 | ||||
| Jose Diaz | 2B | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim Bishop | 3B | 57 | 45 | 116 | 14 | 11 | .920 | 2.825 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 3B | 44 | 22 | 88 | 16 | 8 | .873 | 2.500 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | 3B | 39 | 23 | 98 | 8 | 13 | .938 | 3.103 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | 3B | 10 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.500 | ||||
| Orlando Blackwell | 3B | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Eddie Dennis | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff DeWillis | C | 68 | 377 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .993 | 6.206 | 5 | |||
| Jeff Hearron | C | 34 | 190 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 6.176 | 6 | |||
| Dave Stenhouse | C | 25 | 146 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 6.360 | 6 | |||
| Matt Stark | C | 18 | 85 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 5.167 | 4 | |||
| Bubba Holland | C | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.800 | 1 | |||
| Roger Marquardt | C | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | 0 | |||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 135 | 310 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .988 | 2.363 | ||||
| Otis Green | OF | 114 | 221 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 1.974 | ||||
| Kevin Sliwinski | OF | 87 | 127 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.494 | ||||
| Bernie Tatis | OF | 82 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.402 | ||||
| Sil Campusano | OF | 45 | 135 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 3.067 | ||||
| Ken Kinnard | OF | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Chris Johnston | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Aquino | P | 50 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .260 | ||||
| Keith Gilliam | P | 42 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .548 | ||||
| Dave Walsh | P | 38 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .930 | 1.053 | ||||
| Scot Elam | P | 33 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .867 | .788 | ||||
| Mike Yearout | P | 31 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | .903 | .903 | ||||
| Willie Shanks | P | 31 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .452 | ||||
| Mark Dickman | P | 28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .536 | ||||
| Steve Davis | P | 27 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.037 | ||||
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 26 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.077 | ||||
| Rich Carlucci | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Oswaldo Peraza | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Omar Bencomo | P | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Greg Moore | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Devon Harper | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Guillermo Valenzuela | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mercedes Esquer | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Clemons | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Clancy | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Rodgers | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rusty Hamric | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Dennis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Cullen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Diaz | SS | 92 | 125 | 266 | 20 | 37 | .951 | 4.250 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | SS | 64 | 93 | 193 | 20 | 42 | .935 | 4.469 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Orlando Blackwell | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1622 | 3746 | 1557 | 171 | 361 | .969 | 3.269 | 22 | 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.
