1983 Niagara Falls White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 29-45
Finished 6th in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Fred Nelson (29-45)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 28,301, Avg. 765
The Niagara Falls White Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1983 season with a record of 29 wins and 45 losses, finishing sixth in the league's West Division.
The White Sox plated 356 runs and surrendered 423 runs. Wes Kent paced Niagara Falls with 12 home runs Roger Jensen drove in 53 runs. Bill Sandry led all regular batters with a .308 average. Jim Hickey topped the team with 7 wins, while Doug Drabek recorded a 3.66 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bruce Tanner and Doug Drabek both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hickey | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.91 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 | 102 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Doug Drabek | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.65 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103.7 | 99 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Paul Imig | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.80 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 75.0 | 89 | 48 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Herbert Jordan | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.21 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56.0 | 66 | 34 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bruce Tanner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.60 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Buster Sunde | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.79 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 74 | 60 | 44 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Pedro Guzman | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.53 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 85 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |
| Robert Varner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Al Heath | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.37 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 65 | 52 | 33 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wes Kent | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Troy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Vazquez | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Barber | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 29 | 45 | .392 | 4.52 | 180 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 619.3 | 685 | 423 | 311 | 47 | 298 | 13 | 528 | 22 | 4 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Jensen | 68 | 271 | 239 | 41 | 71 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 55 | .297 | .370 | .523 | .893 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bill Sandry | 62 | 266 | 224 | 42 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 27 | .308 | .410 | .415 | .825 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Edgar Perez | 71 | 293 | 253 | 32 | 66 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 62 | .261 | .336 | .344 | .680 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Wes Kent | 61 | 246 | 226 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 91 | .239 | .285 | .456 | .740 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Timothy Gourlay | 74 | 267 | 233 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 58 | .210 | .282 | .292 | .574 | 68 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pat Pomeranz | 58 | 218 | 190 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 62 | .242 | .330 | .416 | .746 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Moore | 60 | 242 | 199 | 38 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 59 | .221 | .336 | .332 | .668 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Troy Thomas | 50 | 178 | 152 | 26 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 27 | .270 | .358 | .368 | .726 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jeff O'Dell | 58 | 197 | 170 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 38 | .241 | .323 | .394 | .717 | 67 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jesse Vazquez | 59 | 183 | 170 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .224 | .269 | .294 | .563 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thomas Baumgartner | 23 | 90 | 78 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .282 | .378 | .372 | .750 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Caianiello | 27 | 91 | 79 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 19 | .278 | .367 | .304 | .670 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sickles | 32 | 114 | 92 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15 | .207 | .348 | .261 | .609 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Holecek | 18 | 48 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .229 | .229 | .271 | .500 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Tarnow | 10 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .188 | .222 | .219 | .441 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Hickey | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .300 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Canning | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 756 | 2764 | 2405 | 356 | 602 | 108 | 19 | 49 | 310 | 39 | 18 | 283 | 589 | .250 | .332 | .372 | .704 | 895 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Sandry | 1B | 43 | 303 | 26 | 3 | 32 | .991 | 7.651 | ||||
| Pat Pomeranz | 1B | 29 | 156 | 15 | 7 | 14 | .961 | 5.897 | ||||
| Wes Kent | 1B | 12 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 8 | .970 | 8.083 | ||||
| Joe Sickles | 1B | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 9.333 | ||||
| Thomas Baumgartner | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Charlie Moore | 2B | 48 | 94 | 129 | 17 | 27 | .929 | 4.646 | ||||
| Edgar Perez | 2B | 22 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 9 | .931 | 2.455 | ||||
| Timothy Gourlay | 2B | 9 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .921 | 3.889 | ||||
| Bill Sandry | 2B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff O'Dell | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Edgar Perez | 3B | 54 | 53 | 81 | 18 | 11 | .882 | 2.481 | ||||
| Bill Sandry | 3B | 25 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 0 | .782 | 1.720 | ||||
| Roger Jensen | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jeff O'Dell | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Caianiello | C | 27 | 179 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 7.481 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Baumgartner | C | 23 | 139 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .981 | 6.609 | 3 | |||
| Joe Holecek | C | 13 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 6.538 | 3 | |||
| Greg Tarnow | C | 10 | 69 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 8.200 | 3 | |||
| Jeff O'Dell | C | 8 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.625 | 4 | |||
| Paul Canning | C | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Roger Jensen | OF | 62 | 119 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .940 | 2.016 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | OF | 49 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jeff O'Dell | OF | 47 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .902 | 1.170 | ||||
| Jesse Vazquez | OF | 37 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .943 | 1.351 | ||||
| Pat Pomeranz | OF | 32 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.031 | ||||
| Joe Sickles | OF | 27 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Charlie Moore | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Herbert Jordan | P | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Buster Sunde | P | 21 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ronald Barber | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Paul Imig | P | 18 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Al Heath | P | 17 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.235 | ||||
| Pedro Guzman | P | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.529 | ||||
| Bruce Tanner | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Jim Hickey | P | 16 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Doug Drabek | P | 16 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .840 | 1.312 | ||||
| Robert Varner | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Jesse Vazquez | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Wes Kent | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Thomas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Timothy Gourlay | SS | 65 | 103 | 171 | 25 | 38 | .916 | 4.215 | ||||
| Charlie Moore | SS | 15 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 8 | .951 | 3.867 | ||||
| Totals | 854 | 1858 | 742 | 151 | 168 | .945 | 3.044 | 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.
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