1983 Lynn Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 77-62
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Tommy Sandt (77-62)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fraser Field
Attendance: 31,575, Avg. 454
Playoffs - Lynn Pirates 2 games, Buffalo Bisons 0
Finals - New Britain Red Sox 3 games, Lynn Pirates 1
The Lynn Pirates of the Eastern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 77 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Pirates scored 633 runs and allowed 620 runs. Benny Distefano led Lynn with 25 home runs, while Stan Cliburn and John Schaive walloped 15 or more as well. Benny Distefano accounted for 92 RBI. Rich Renteria paced all regular batters with a .285 average. Mike Bielecki topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.2 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Lynn Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Trench Davis, Rafael Belliard, Rich Renteria, Eddie Vargas, Chris Green, Stan Cliburn, Benny Distefano, Mike Bielecki, Nelson Norman, Dale Mohorcic, Sam Khalifa, Jeff Zaske, Tommy Sandt and Don Robinson.
Tommy Sandt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bielecki | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.19 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 163.7 | 126 | 73 | 58 | 11 | 69 | 1 | 143 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Craig Pippin | 13 | 3 | .812 | 3.61 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 102.3 | 78 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 76 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Tim Wheeler | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.93 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 169.3 | 177 | 82 | 74 | 22 | 58 | 3 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| John Lackey | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.75 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 157 | 87 | 75 | 17 | 54 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Jeff Zaske | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.18 | 48 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 70.3 | 54 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Chris Green | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.98 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 74.7 | 76 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.94 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 86 | 56 | 53 | 11 | 56 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Lee Marcheskie | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.51 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 85 | 53 | 49 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Dale Mohorcic | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.63 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.7 | 35 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Steve Susce | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.90 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wilfrido Cordoba | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.49 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 48 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 57 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Keith Thibodeaux | 2 | 10 | .167 | 6.51 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92.7 | 97 | 70 | 67 | 17 | 63 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Cacciatore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Schaive | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Peterson | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Robinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Taylor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.96 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 77 | 62 | .554 | 4.33 | 312 | 139 | 110 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 1136.3 | 1075 | 620 | 547 | 120 | 581 | 24 | 854 | 38 | 18 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Distefano | 137 | 556 | 480 | 71 | 130 | 19 | 7 | 25 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 40 | .271 | .357 | .496 | .853 | 238 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| Rich Renteria | 115 | 464 | 424 | 47 | 121 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 45 | .285 | .338 | .373 | .710 | 158 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Rafael Belliard | 127 | 480 | 431 | 63 | 113 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 54 | .262 | .316 | .316 | .631 | 136 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nelson Norman | 122 | 505 | 410 | 77 | 110 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 25 | .268 | .392 | .361 | .753 | 148 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Stan Cliburn | 121 | 479 | 412 | 48 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 55 | .260 | .351 | .420 | .771 | 173 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Charles McGehee | 125 | 506 | 399 | 73 | 97 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 46 | 22 | 101 | 89 | .243 | .398 | .331 | .729 | 132 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Schaive | 115 | 431 | 379 | 56 | 87 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 46 | .230 | .319 | .398 | .718 | 151 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ken Ford | 87 | 351 | 317 | 55 | 83 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 56 | .262 | .326 | .445 | .771 | 141 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Trench Davis | 59 | 242 | 219 | 37 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 25 | .279 | .347 | .374 | .722 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gregory Pastors | 79 | 234 | 202 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 42 | .183 | .268 | .257 | .525 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 40 | 148 | 130 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 43 | .246 | .322 | .392 | .714 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eddie Vargas | 20 | 88 | 71 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 20 | .310 | .443 | .465 | .908 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pete Rowe | 26 | 92 | 86 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .221 | .253 | .337 | .590 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Burk Goldthorn | 7 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .389 | .817 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Robinson | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Aulenback | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 1.125 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nellie DeLaRosa | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Khalifa | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Wabeke | 10 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .107 | .265 | .143 | .408 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fernando Gonzalez | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Sandt | 6 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .091 | .474 | .364 | .837 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Marcheskie | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1253 | 4705 | 4069 | 596 | 1043 | 162 | 28 | 99 | 518 | 96 | 63 | 535 | 558 | .256 | .345 | .383 | .728 | 1558 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Schaive | 1B | 107 | 841 | 85 | 5 | 86 | .995 | 8.654 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 17 | 141 | 12 | 3 | 17 | .981 | 9.000 | ||||
| Pete Rowe | 1B | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 5.857 | ||||
| Benny Distefano | 1B | 6 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Doug Wabeke | 1B | 5 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 5.800 | ||||
| Tommy Sandt | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Trench Davis | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Nelson Norman | 2B | 100 | 190 | 267 | 14 | 55 | .970 | 4.570 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | 2B | 31 | 40 | 65 | 2 | 12 | .981 | 3.387 | ||||
| Rafael Belliard | 2B | 15 | 23 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 3.733 | ||||
| Doug Wabeke | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rich Renteria | 3B | 113 | 83 | 170 | 19 | 20 | .930 | 2.239 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | 3B | 25 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .966 | 2.240 | ||||
| Doug Wabeke | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Stan Cliburn | C | 84 | 522 | 46 | 6 | 10 | .990 | 6.762 | 5 | |||
| John Malkin | C | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Rowe | C | 12 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 8.167 | 1 | |||
| Burk Goldthorn | C | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.286 | 0 | |||
| Jim Aulenback | C | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 5.333 | 2 | |||
| Benny Distefano | OF | 130 | 231 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .949 | 1.862 | ||||
| Charles McGehee | OF | 115 | 210 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .964 | 1.870 | ||||
| Ken Ford | OF | 72 | 116 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .947 | 1.736 | ||||
| Trench Davis | OF | 59 | 105 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 1.898 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 30 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 2.200 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | OF | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Nellie DeLaRosa | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jeff Zaske | P | 48 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Craig Pippin | P | 37 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .622 | ||||
| Wilfrido Cordoba | P | 33 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .963 | .788 | ||||
| John Lackey | P | 27 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .960 | .889 | ||||
| Tim Wheeler | P | 26 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Lee Marcheskie | P | 25 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .560 | ||||
| Mike Bielecki | P | 25 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 2 | .857 | 1.440 | ||||
| Chris Green | P | 23 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .826 | ||||
| Keith Thibodeaux | P | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dale Mohorcic | P | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Fernando Gonzalez | P | 15 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.267 | ||||
| Johnny Taylor | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Steve Susce | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Paul Cacciatore | P | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Don Robinson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Peterson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Schaive | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Belliard | SS | 114 | 180 | 274 | 24 | 69 | .950 | 3.982 | ||||
| Nelson Norman | SS | 23 | 25 | 40 | 3 | 5 | .956 | 2.826 | ||||
| Sam Khalifa | SS | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.400 | ||||
| Gregory Pastors | SS | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1460 | 3175 | 1277 | 142 | 322 | .969 | 3.049 | 8 | 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.
