1983 New Britain Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 72-67
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Rac Slider (72-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: Beehive Field
Attendance: 130,433, Avg. 1,877
Playoffs - New Britain Red Sox 2 games, Reading Phillies 1
Finals - New Britain Red Sox 3 games, Lynn Pirates 1
The New Britain Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 72 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Red Sox allowed 542 runs, least in the league. New Britain plated 627 runs. Pat Dodson paced the team with 12 home runs Kevin Romine drove in 80 runs. Tony Beal topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .278 clip. Paul Gnacinski and George Mecerod led the squad with 12 wins each, while Paul Gnacinski registered a 3.41 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1983 New Britain Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Roger Clemens, Jackie Gutiérrez, Charlie Mitchell, Tom Bolton, Marc Sullivan, Kevin Romine, Pat Dodson, Steve Lyons, Al Nipper and Julio Valdez.
Rac Slider 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mecerod | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.60 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 147.7 | 132 | 67 | 59 | 7 | 56 | 2 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 9 | |
| Paul Gnacinski | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.40 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 145.7 | 133 | 70 | 55 | 9 | 64 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tom Bolton | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.89 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 99.7 | 93 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Clint Johnson | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.89 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 112.3 | 111 | 72 | 61 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Chuck Davis | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.77 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 90 | 43 | 36 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Roger Clemens | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.38 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Dale | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.31 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66.3 | 58 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Al Nipper | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.82 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 46 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Tyler | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.72 | 41 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.3 | 70 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Kevin Kane | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.54 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 54 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Harley Woody | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.55 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 78 | 51 | 42 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.88 | 49 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 100.0 | 82 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Steve Lyons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Gering | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Greco | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.81 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 49 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Birrell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 72 | 67 | .518 | 3.53 | 314 | 139 | 114 | 25 | 6 | 24 | 1162.0 | 1045 | 542 | 456 | 82 | 496 | 25 | 660 | 30 | 9 | 57 | 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 Romine | 132 | 552 | 467 | 74 | 122 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 80 | 20 | 1 | 76 | 91 | .261 | .362 | .409 | .771 | 191 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Tony Beal | 125 | 503 | 414 | 72 | 115 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 38 | 10 | 67 | 105 | .278 | .385 | .377 | .761 | 156 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Steve Lyons | 132 | 543 | 456 | 83 | 112 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 47 | 18 | 77 | 65 | .246 | .360 | .375 | .735 | 171 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Dave Malpeso | 120 | 473 | 430 | 54 | 111 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 67 | .258 | .319 | .379 | .698 | 163 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Ciampa | 112 | 467 | 387 | 57 | 101 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 42 | 13 | 62 | 36 | .261 | .365 | .297 | .663 | 115 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| Pat Dodson | 118 | 472 | 383 | 55 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 86 | .261 | .392 | .426 | .818 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gary Miller-Jones | 125 | 485 | 429 | 53 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 71 | .198 | .277 | .275 | .552 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Jackie Gutiérrez | 67 | 287 | 248 | 36 | 69 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 29 | .278 | .364 | .371 | .735 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Juan Bustabad | 67 | 248 | 215 | 26 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 17 | .265 | .335 | .293 | .628 | 63 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Marc Sullivan | 73 | 286 | 231 | 30 | 53 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 47 | .229 | .378 | .394 | .772 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Erwin Bryant | 80 | 275 | 232 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 23 | .216 | .313 | .272 | .585 | 63 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Craig Brooks | 59 | 203 | 160 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 52 | .225 | .381 | .369 | .750 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dave Holt | 29 | 111 | 90 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20 | .211 | .342 | .333 | .676 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hall | 15 | 58 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .245 | .310 | .340 | .650 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Hundhammer | 15 | 70 | 55 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .218 | .353 | .273 | .626 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Julio Valdez | 21 | 74 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .145 | .192 | .188 | .380 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Tyler | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1380 | 5111 | 4322 | 627 | 1065 | 186 | 33 | 68 | 568 | 199 | 70 | 670 | 743 | .246 | .349 | .352 | .701 | 1521 | 0 | 34 | 43 | 42 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dodson | 1B | 94 | 815 | 54 | 11 | 69 | .988 | 9.245 | ||||
| Marc Sullivan | 1B | 30 | 296 | 7 | 5 | 29 | .984 | 1.100 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | 1B | 12 | 97 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .962 | 8.500 | ||||
| Julio Valdez | 1B | 9 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.556 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 1B | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Gary Miller-Jones | 2B | 125 | 235 | 360 | 14 | 72 | .977 | 4.760 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 2B | 13 | 25 | 27 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 4.000 | ||||
| Julio Valdez | 2B | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Steve Lyons | 3B | 87 | 61 | 197 | 14 | 10 | .949 | 2.966 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | 3B | 40 | 16 | 57 | 4 | 10 | .948 | 1.825 | ||||
| Paul Hundhammer | 3B | 15 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 5 | .872 | 2.733 | ||||
| Julio Valdez | 3B | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | 3B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | C | 89 | 443 | 73 | 13 | 6 | .975 | 5.798 | 12 | |||
| Marc Sullivan | C | 43 | 207 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 5.395 | 2 | |||
| Dave Holt | C | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 3.364 | 4 | |||
| Kevin Romine | OF | 131 | 211 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .982 | 1.702 | ||||
| Tony Beal | OF | 120 | 227 | 19 | 18 | 2 | .932 | 2.050 | ||||
| Mike Ciampa | OF | 111 | 281 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .997 | 2.577 | ||||
| Steve Lyons | OF | 47 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.851 | ||||
| Craig Brooks | OF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .600 | ||||
| Dave Malpeso | OF | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jeff Hall | OF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | P | 49 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .975 | .796 | ||||
| Dave Tyler | P | 41 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .244 | ||||
| Paul Gnacinski | P | 34 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Dale | P | 33 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .485 | ||||
| Clint Johnson | P | 25 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.040 | ||||
| George Mecerod | P | 23 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .897 | 1.522 | ||||
| Harley Woody | P | 22 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.045 | ||||
| George Greco | P | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
| Chuck Davis | P | 16 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Tom Bolton | P | 16 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.688 | ||||
| Al Nipper | P | 10 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Kevin Kane | P | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.222 | ||||
| Roger Clemens | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Steve Lyons | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Gering | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Birrell | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jackie Gutiérrez | SS | 67 | 116 | 194 | 13 | 41 | .960 | 4.627 | ||||
| Juan Bustabad | SS | 64 | 105 | 177 | 7 | 36 | .976 | 4.406 | ||||
| Erwin Bryant | SS | 6 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Julio Valdez | SS | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Lyons | SS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1467 | 3486 | 1548 | 139 | 327 | .973 | 3.431 | 18 | 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.
