1985 Niagara Falls White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 34-43
Finished 3rd in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Luis Lagunas (34-43)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Sal Maglie Stadium
Attendance: 31,149, Avg. 809
The Niagara Falls White Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1985 season with a record of 34 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The White Sox scored 325 runs and yielded 376 runs. Luis Peraza paced Niagara Falls with 12 home runs and drove in 47 runs. José Mota led hitters with significant playing time with a .303 average. John Pawlowski topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.13 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1985 Niagara Falls White Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bobby Thigpen, John Pawlowski, Norberto Martin, Randy Velarde, Adam Peterson and José Mota.
Luis Lagunas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pawlowski | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.13 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 74 | 41 | 23 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Adam Peterson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.02 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 74 | 39 | 31 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| George Stone | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.62 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86.0 | 68 | 41 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tom Lahrman | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.53 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57.7 | 59 | 31 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Shawn Stacey | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.82 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 66 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Bobby Thigpen | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.72 | 28 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 52.3 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Gilmore | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.38 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63.7 | 67 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Scott Nossek | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.03 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 51 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Kenny Hendricks | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.64 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 52 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Dave Sheldon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Lampkin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Kershaw | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.86 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |
| Totals | 34 | 43 | .442 | 4.03 | 179 | 77 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 654.0 | 589 | 376 | 293 | 49 | 353 | 8 | 534 | 29 | 6 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Mota | 65 | 291 | 254 | 35 | 77 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 29 | .303 | .374 | .354 | .728 | 90 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Luis Peraza | 72 | 296 | 274 | 35 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 65 | .241 | .287 | .442 | .729 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dan Cronkright | 73 | 314 | 259 | 38 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 47 | .247 | .362 | .332 | .694 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Cornelio Garcia | 70 | 270 | 231 | 29 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 36 | 80 | .273 | .368 | .390 | .758 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Norberto Martin | 60 | 230 | 217 | 22 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 41 | .253 | .280 | .309 | .589 | 67 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andre Toliver | 51 | 202 | 174 | 22 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 39 | .282 | .375 | .420 | .795 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Velarde | 67 | 254 | 218 | 28 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 72 | .220 | .331 | .294 | .624 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michael Moore | 55 | 201 | 184 | 22 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 26 | .245 | .302 | .326 | .628 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jorge Alcazar | 58 | 214 | 190 | 33 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 53 | .237 | .305 | .458 | .763 | 87 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Hartley | 62 | 225 | 197 | 26 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 51 | .213 | .307 | .259 | .566 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Sheldon | 47 | 166 | 145 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 41 | .186 | .271 | .310 | .581 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Von Ahnen | 35 | 125 | 115 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 35 | .157 | .200 | .304 | .504 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tony Cento | 12 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .138 | .286 | .138 | .424 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thigpen | 29 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Sehlhorst | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 757 | 2832 | 2494 | 325 | 604 | 100 | 22 | 42 | 281 | 70 | 38 | 281 | 587 | .242 | .321 | .350 | .671 | 874 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Peraza | 1B | 46 | 372 | 31 | 4 | 29 | .990 | 8.761 | ||||
| Cornelio Garcia | 1B | 35 | 279 | 22 | 6 | 17 | .980 | 8.600 | ||||
| José Mota | 2B | 65 | 154 | 156 | 16 | 33 | .951 | 4.769 | ||||
| Randy Velarde | 2B | 13 | 29 | 51 | 3 | 8 | .964 | 6.154 | ||||
| Dan Cronkright | 3B | 73 | 48 | 134 | 21 | 9 | .897 | 2.493 | ||||
| Randy Velarde | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jorge Alcazar | C | 57 | 396 | 56 | 11 | 5 | .976 | 7.930 | 6 | |||
| Dave Sheldon | C | 16 | 90 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 6.438 | 3 | |||
| Tony Cento | C | 11 | 62 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .964 | 7.273 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Sehlhorst | C | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Tom Hartley | OF | 62 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 3 | .935 | 1.629 | ||||
| Andre Toliver | OF | 51 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.373 | ||||
| Michael Moore | OF | 51 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.569 | ||||
| John Von Ahnen | OF | 33 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.788 | ||||
| Randy Velarde | OF | 32 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.969 | ||||
| Dave Sheldon | OF | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Tony Cento | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Thigpen | P | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| George Stone | P | 21 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Scott Nossek | P | 21 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Bill Gilmore | P | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| John Pawlowski | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Adam Peterson | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 1.143 | ||||
| Tom Lahrman | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Scott Kershaw | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .571 | ||||
| Kenny Hendricks | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Shawn Stacey | P | 12 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Lampkin | P | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Sheldon | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Norberto Martin | SS | 60 | 85 | 173 | 35 | 30 | .881 | 4.300 | ||||
| Randy Velarde | SS | 20 | 30 | 58 | 10 | 10 | .898 | 4.400 | ||||
| Totals | 820 | 1962 | 838 | 145 | 151 | .951 | 3.415 | 10 | 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.
