1982 Niagara Falls White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 42-34
Finished 1st in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Fred Nelson (42-34)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 29,883, Avg. 786
Playoffs - Niagara Falls White Sox 2 games, Oneonta Yankees 1
The Niagara Falls White Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1982 season with a record of 42 wins and 34 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The White Sox paced the league with just 355 runs allowed. Niagara Falls scored 414 runs. Wes Kent led the team with 20 home runs and recorded 64 runs batted in. Craig Smajstrla topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .304 average. Johnny Moses paced the squad with 8 wins, while Mike Trujillo recorded a 2.39 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1982 Niagara Falls White Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Trujillo, Craig Smajstrla and John Cangelosi.
Fred Nelson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Moses | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.53 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 79.0 | 73 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Buster Sunde | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.47 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 91 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Scott Gibson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.50 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 74.7 | 66 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pedro Guzman | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.14 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 76 | 56 | 44 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Trujillo | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.39 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 54 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Henley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.95 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.3 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Al Heath | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.40 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 63 | 54 | 44 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Gregorio Cruz | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Skinner | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.93 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 77 | 55 | 38 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Rich Devincenzo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Noworyta | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sedar | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Kinsel | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Schneider | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 42 | 34 | .553 | 3.94 | 161 | 76 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 637.7 | 586 | 355 | 279 | 33 | 314 | 3 | 573 | 25 | 4 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Smajstrla | 63 | 293 | 270 | 38 | 82 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 21 | .304 | .338 | .430 | .768 | 116 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Cangelosi | 76 | 346 | 277 | 60 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 45 | 7 | 56 | 51 | .289 | .413 | .426 | .839 | 118 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wes Kent | 75 | 307 | 282 | 48 | 78 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 91 | .277 | .329 | .582 | .911 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dave Kinsel | 76 | 310 | 251 | 37 | 67 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 32 | .267 | .389 | .315 | .704 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ed Sedar | 61 | 236 | 202 | 48 | 58 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 54 | .287 | .387 | .500 | .887 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Henley | 64 | 233 | 205 | 41 | 56 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 54 | .273 | .343 | .502 | .846 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Bill Gayton | 66 | 258 | 222 | 35 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 27 | .243 | .339 | .342 | .681 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mike Toothman | 62 | 249 | 211 | 32 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 54 | .232 | .337 | .393 | .731 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shawn Barton | 50 | 163 | 134 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | .216 | .323 | .224 | .547 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jose DeJesus | 44 | 141 | 128 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .219 | .263 | .273 | .536 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Edgar Perez | 54 | 171 | 142 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 40 | .197 | .295 | .324 | .619 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Nittoli | 27 | 72 | 68 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .294 | .333 | .368 | .701 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Keeton | 6 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .318 | .350 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edison Flores | 15 | 43 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .132 | .175 | .132 | .307 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Ybarra | 18 | 42 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 757 | 2886 | 2490 | 414 | 643 | 103 | 36 | 58 | 361 | 100 | 22 | 315 | 509 | .258 | .344 | .398 | .742 | 992 | 0 | 19 | 42 | 20 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Kent | 1B | 71 | 612 | 32 | 10 | 55 | .985 | 9.070 | ||||
| Bill Gayton | 1B | 7 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 7.143 | ||||
| Mike Henley | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Craig Smajstrla | 2B | 62 | 129 | 185 | 16 | 42 | .952 | 5.065 | ||||
| Edgar Perez | 2B | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .854 | 4.375 | ||||
| Garry Keeton | 2B | 6 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 4.833 | ||||
| Dave Kinsel | 3B | 76 | 55 | 135 | 14 | 13 | .931 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jose DeJesus | C | 44 | 271 | 35 | 7 | 2 | .978 | 6.955 | 20 | |||
| Mike Nittoli | C | 26 | 151 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 6.231 | 3 | |||
| Edison Flores | C | 15 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 5.667 | 2 | |||
| Troy Ybarra | C | 13 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 6.231 | 0 | |||
| John Cangelosi | OF | 61 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 2.016 | ||||
| Mike Toothman | OF | 58 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| Ed Sedar | OF | 50 | 74 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .963 | 1.580 | ||||
| Bill Gayton | OF | 33 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.303 | ||||
| Mike Henley | OF | 31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.097 | ||||
| Troy Ybarra | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shawn Barton | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Johnny Moses | P | 29 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .828 | ||||
| Pedro Guzman | P | 22 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Mike Henley | P | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .368 | ||||
| Buster Sunde | P | 15 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Skinner | P | 14 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.429 | ||||
| Al Heath | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Trujillo | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .733 | .917 | ||||
| Gregorio Cruz | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Scott Gibson | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .818 | ||||
| Paul Schneider | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Ed Sedar | P | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Noworyta | P | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dave Kinsel | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Devincenzo | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shawn Barton | SS | 45 | 52 | 121 | 13 | 19 | .930 | 3.844 | ||||
| Edgar Perez | SS | 40 | 48 | 96 | 14 | 21 | .911 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 814 | 1913 | 804 | 123 | 177 | .957 | 3.338 | 25 | 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.
