1983 Peoria Suns Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-85
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Joe Coleman (54-85)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Pete Vonachen Stadium
Attendance: 84,765, Avg. 1,220

1983 Peoria Suns Roster

The Peoria Suns of the Midwest League ended the 1983 season with a record of 54 wins and 85 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.

The Suns plated 598 runs and allowed 721 runs. Dave Heath paced Peoria with 27 home runs and drove in 71 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .271 average. Urbano Lugo topped the team with 8 wins, and Bob Kipper recorded a 4.67 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1983 Peoria Suns who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Kipper, Pat Clements, Wally Joyner, Mark McLemore, Devon White and Urbano Lugo.

Joe Coleman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Urbano Lugo	8	5	.615	2.52	15	15	0	7	0	0	107.0	82	39	30	10	28	0	96	6	1	6
Don Timberlake	7	10	.412	4.75	23	23	0	2	1	0	127.0	156	86	67	11	44	0	68	1	2	5
Scott Suehr	6	7	.462	3.45	42	7	18	1	0	1	88.7	96	43	34	5	23	2	54	4	1	4
Don Groh	5	3	.625	2.31	46	0	31	0	0	10	62.3	44	21	16	4	29	1	45	2	0	2
Bob Kipper	5	8	.385	4.65	22	21	0	2	0	0	127.7	112	77	66	17	52	1	105	1	4	3
Doug McKenzie	4	4	.500	3.92	23	16	1	2	0	0	96.3	102	56	42	10	35	0	62	2	1	11
Pat Clements	4	7	.364	4.48	15	14	0	4	0	0	92.3	113	56	46	5	24	1	67	3	0	8
Joe King	3	8	.273	3.15	46	0	29	0	0	10	68.7	68	33	24	3	20	3	41	2	0	5
Jeff Salazar	3	8	.273	5.16	14	12	0	2	0	0	82.0	100	61	47	4	23	1	43	2	3	3
Brian Migliore	3	8	.273	6.53	16	12	3	3	0	0	71.7	88	61	52	2	39	0	37	8	0	12
Byron Kemmerling	2	1	.667	3.00	17	0	8	0	0	0	36.0	39	14	12	0	12	2	19	0	0	3
Julian Gonzalez	2	4	.333	5.00	44	2	16	0	0	2	86.3	85	72	48	6	42	0	67	5	3	15
Gary Glanz	1	5	.167	10.03	9	9	0	0	0	0	35.0	43	44	39	3	28	0	19	5	0	3
Tom Rentschler	1	6	.143	4.30	29	5	8	0	0	0	73.3	74	46	35	10	30	0	66	1	1	7
Jay Lewis	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jose Valdez	0	1	.000	4.30	6	3	2	0	0	0	14.7	17	11	7	0	13	0	11	0	1	3
Totals	54	85	.388	4.35	368	139	116	23	1	23	1172.0	1221	721	566	90	445	11	802	42	17	90	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
Dave Heath	121	446	417	70	113	28	3	27	71	2	4	21	119	.271	.310	.547	.857	228		3	4	1	3
Devon White	117	487	430	69	109	17	6	13	66	32	15	36	124	.253	.326	.412	.738	177		12	6	3	5
Brian Hartsock	100	373	333	42	102	17	2	4	48	17	7	35	44	.306	.368	.405	.774	135		0	1	4	3
Tom Smith	118	443	402	54	101	18	3	13	61	22	4	36	87	.251	.313	.408	.721	164		1	2	2	3
Kris Kline	102	399	352	52	86	16	2	0	25	15	8	35	58	.244	.316	.301	.617	106		3	7	2	0
Mark McLemore	95	393	329	42	79	7	3	0	18	15	11	53	64	.240	.346	.280	.626	92		2	6	3	0
Bill Merrifield	80	316	289	38	72	19	1	10	40	2	2	18	67	.249	.292	.426	.717	123		1	4	4	1
Jay Lewis	97	350	319	30	71	11	5	5	40	5	3	27	89	.223	.283	.335	.618	107		1	0	3	2
Wally Joyner	54	214	192	25	63	16	2	3	33	1	1	19	25	.328	.393	.479	.872	92		2	0	1	1
Mark Doran	69	269	234	25	52	7	2	4	22	0	5	31	75	.222	.315	.321	.635	75		1	2	1	1
Mike Rizzo	65	223	204	29	47	10	0	3	15	3	3	14	33	.230	.290	.324	.613	66		3	2	0	0
Steve Heatherly	64	252	227	26	44	5	2	2	18	3	3	21	36	.194	.261	.260	.521	59		0	3	1	0
Jack Crawford	47	183	172	20	42	10	1	1	16	9	2	7	41	.244	.276	.331	.608	57		1	2	1	0
Kevin Davis	43	144	135	17	38	7	1	0	17	5	1	6	35	.281	.322	.348	.670	47		2	1	0	0
Al Christy	67	218	200	17	38	9	2	3	16	4	3	13	63	.190	.248	.300	.548	60		3	0	2	1
Rick Stromer	41	166	130	23	33	8	0	5	14	3	1	34	20	.254	.416	.431	.846	56		2	0	0	0
Ramon Jimenez	26	82	65	5	15	4	0	0	5	1	1	16	11	.231	.383	.292	.675	19		0	1	0	0
Mike Saverino	13	42	35	9	10	1	1	0	6	1	0	6	9	.286	.381	.371	.752	13		0	0	1	0
Americo Segura	11	37	32	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.250	.333	.281	.615	9		1	1	0	0
Totals	1330	5037	4497	598	1123	211	36	93	534	140	74	431	1009	.250	.319	.375	.693	1685	0	38	42	29	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wally Joyner	1B	54	480	45	6	28	.989	9.722
Tom Smith	1B	51	384	29	11	36	.974	8.098
Rick Stromer	1B	25	206	13	8	9	.965	8.760
Mike Rizzo	1B	14	111	6	3	8	.975	8.357
Brian Hartsock	1B	4	26	0	0	3	1.000	6.500
Dave Heath	1B	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000
Steve Heatherly	2B	62	132	154	13	32	.957	4.613
Mark McLemore	2B	60	118	146	13	20	.953	4.400
Mike Rizzo	2B	24	39	50	2	8	.978	3.708
Mike Saverino	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bill Merrifield	3B	75	47	168	25	17	.896	2.867
Kris Kline	3B	39	25	77	13	4	.887	2.615
Mike Rizzo	3B	20	18	35	7	0	.883	2.650
Mike Saverino	3B	8	4	9	3	2	.812	1.625
Tom Smith	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Heath	C	109	637	97	22	10	.971	6.734	21
Ramon Jimenez	C	23	140	13	3	1	.981	6.652	6
Americo Segura	C	11	63	2	4	0	.942	5.909	3
Devon White	OF	115	267	8	11	2	.962	2.391
Jay Lewis	OF	94	173	15	11	2	.945	2.000
Mark Doran	OF	65	121	2	8	0	.939	1.892
Al Christy	OF	57	78	2	2	0	.976	1.404
Tom Smith	OF	54	85	5	3	0	.968	1.667
Jack Crawford	OF	35	46	2	4	0	.923	1.371
Brian Hartsock	OF	13	12	0	2	0	.857	.923
Don Groh	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Joe King	P	46	6	14	1	0	.952	.435
Don Groh	P	46	7	15	2	1	.917	.478
Julian Gonzalez	P	44	10	18	4	0	.875	.636
Scott Suehr	P	42	6	14	0	1	1.000	.476
Tom Rentschler	P	29	5	11	1	0	.941	.552
Don Timberlake	P	23	6	15	5	2	.808	.913
Doug McKenzie	P	23	8	21	1	2	.967	1.261
Bob Kipper	P	22	5	23	1	0	.966	1.273
Byron Kemmerling	P	17	3	4	0	0	1.000	.412
Brian Migliore	P	16	6	15	1	1	.955	1.312
Urbano Lugo	P	15	13	18	1	2	.969	2.067
Pat Clements	P	15	3	16	2	1	.905	1.267
Jeff Salazar	P	14	9	13	1	1	.957	1.571
Gary Glanz	P	9	1	6	2	0	.778	.778
Jose Valdez	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Jay Lewis	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Kris Kline	SS	64	88	168	17	25	.938	4.000
Kevin Davis	SS	43	63	105	18	13	.903	3.907
Mark McLemore	SS	37	52	104	11	17	.934	4.216
Mike Saverino	SS	3	7	7	0	2	1.000	4.667
Totals		1531	3516	1466	242	250	.954	3.254	30	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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