1983 Reading Phillies Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 96-44
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Bill Dancy (96-44)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 88,484, Avg. 1,264

1983 Reading Phillies Roster

Playoffs - New Britain Red Sox 2 games, Reading Phillies 1

The Reading Phillies of the Eastern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 96 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the EL.

The Phillies led the league with 801 runs. Reading allowed 601 runs. Willie Darkis walloped 31 home runs for the squad, while Darren Daulton swatted 15 or more also. Willie Darkis drove in 102 runs. Jeff Stone paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Jay Davisson topped the team with 15 wins, and Rich Gaynor recorded a 2.48 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1983 Reading Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Wojna, Juan Samuel, Bob Dernier, Ken Dowell, Francisco Meléndez, George Riley, Rich Surhoff, Greg Legg, Bill Johnson, Don Carman, Darren Daulton, Jeff Stone, Tony Ghelfi, Mike Maddux and Mike LaValliere.

Bill Dancy 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
Jay Davisson	15	4	.789	3.46	20	20	0	4	2	0	130.0	131	57	50	9	48	0	44	1	1	2
Rich Gaynor	13	3	.812	2.48	33	19	4	5	3	1	149.0	113	49	41	9	71	2	100	2	2	5
Ed Wojna	13	7	.650	3.67	28	26	0	4	1	0	161.7	147	80	66	6	78	2	83	9	1	5
Tony Ghelfi	10	3	.769	3.68	16	16	0	4	1	0	110.0	99	48	45	11	42	0	96	4	0	1
George Riley	8	3	.727	2.42	27	8	12	3	2	4	81.7	69	27	22	9	44	1	58	2	0	7
Darren Burroughs	8	3	.727	2.82	15	15	0	4	2	0	99.0	70	39	31	6	50	0	74	3	1	5
Don Carman	8	5	.615	2.97	56	7	37	0	0	23	124.3	85	51	41	11	71	7	93	5	0	2
Frankie Griffin	6	5	.545	5.94	20	15	3	4	0	0	94.0	94	67	62	12	55	1	44	4	0	8
Rich Surhoff	5	1	.833	3.14	40	0	21	0	0	8	63.0	58	24	22	6	26	7	36	0	0	4
Rip Rollins	3	4	.429	8.05	20	5	4	0	0	0	57.0	85	58	51	8	30	2	30	1	1	13
Denny Thomas	2	1	.667	9.17	17	3	10	0	0	0	34.3	50	39	35	8	24	1	14	0	0	2
Bud Bartholow	2	2	.500	9.35	16	0	7	0	0	1	26.0	34	32	27	4	21	6	15	0	0	5
Rodger Cole	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Bill Johnson	1	1	.500	4.20	11	0	8	0	0	5	15.0	14	11	7	2	10	1	11	1	0	0
John Palmieri	1	2	.333	4.64	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.3	15	13	11	2	16	0	7	3	0	1
Keith Washington	0	0		2.08	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike LaValliere	0	0		5.40	4	0	3	0	0	0	3.3	3	3	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Maddux	0	0		6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	96	44	.686	3.92	332	140	111	29	12	42	1184.0	1079	601	516	104	592	30	712	35	6	61	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
Jeff Stone	125	552	492	109	156	25	10	9	67	90	13	42	85	.317	.379	.463	.843	228		9	6	3	0
Francisco Meléndez	126	516	450	81	134	17	4	5	75	12	2	55	56	.298	.370	.387	.757	174		0	5	6	2
Randy Salava	136	564	478	98	134	30	8	12	69	26	8	78	104	.280	.388	.452	.840	216		6	2	0	5
Keith Washington	132	522	468	73	114	11	2	0	33	40	12	43	72	.244	.306	.276	.582	129		0	9	2	0
Ken Dowell	126	444	367	64	108	13	1	2	42	8	5	65	48	.294	.400	.351	.752	129		2	7	3	1
Paul Fryer	113	448	401	64	108	21	4	9	52	12	7	40	95	.269	.334	.409	.743	164		0	5	2	2
Willie Darkis	110	441	379	76	105	20	3	31	102	4	8	53	103	.277	.368	.591	.959	224		4	1	4	5
Darren Daulton	113	483	362	77	95	16	4	19	83	28	11	106	87	.262	.425	.486	.911	176		4	1	10	6
Greg Legg	90	319	284	44	87	14	1	4	49	5	1	26	30	.306	.365	.405	.770	115		1	7	1	0
Rusty Hamric	71	305	256	37	65	8	1	2	34	18	11	33	32	.254	.343	.316	.660	81		4	8	4	1
Mike LaValliere	81	252	218	24	64	16	2	4	43	1	2	32	26	.294	.382	.440	.823	96		0	1	1	4
Juan Samuel	47	196	184	36	43	10	0	11	39	19	2	8	50	.234	.267	.467	.734	86		1	1	2	0
Mel Williams	29	75	69	6	16	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	23	.232	.284	.275	.559	19		1	1	0	0
Bob Dernier	14	64	56	8	13	1	1	1	4	6	1	8	8	.232	.328	.339	.667	19		0	0	0	0
Julio Perez	8	31	26	2	5	2	0	1	6	0	2	4	3	.192	.300	.385	.685	10		0	1	0	0
Joe Cipolloni	3	12	11	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	.364	.417	.455	.871	5		1	0	0	0
Rich Gaynor	34	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3		0	0	0	0
Rip Rollins	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Don Carman	56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Ed Wojna	28	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1462	5233	4509	801	1254	207	42	110	701	272	86	597	828	.278	.364	.416	.780	1875	0	33	56	38	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Francisco Meléndez	1B	126	1081	73	12	99	.990	9.159
Paul Fryer	1B	7	57	0	1	3	.983	8.143
Darren Daulton	1B	7	54	0	2	5	.964	7.714
Willie Darkis	1B	7	42	5	0	3	1.000	6.714
Randy Salava	1B	1	7	2	2	1	.818	9.000
Greg Legg	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Rusty Hamric	2B	71	149	169	6	41	.981	4.479
Juan Samuel	2B	47	121	127	14	34	.947	5.277
Greg Legg	2B	14	32	49	2	11	.976	5.786
Ken Dowell	2B	13	19	29	1	7	.980	3.692
Paul Fryer	3B	96	68	185	23	19	.917	2.635
Greg Legg	3B	26	15	40	1	3	.982	2.115
Mike LaValliere	3B	15	5	25	1	4	.968	2.000
Julio Perez	3B	7	7	15	2	1	.917	3.143
Ken Dowell	3B	6	1	13	0	2	1.000	2.333
Randy Salava	3B	1	0	2	2	0	.500	2.000
Darren Daulton	C	94	502	57	12	7	.979	5.947	12
Mike LaValliere	C	49	236	34	3	2	.989	5.510	4
Joe Cipolloni	C	2	7	3	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Keith Washington	OF	131	308	23	6	4	.982	2.527
Randy Salava	OF	128	239	8	7	2	.972	1.930
Jeff Stone	OF	125	226	6	9	3	.963	1.856
Willie Darkis	OF	22	40	1	1	0	.976	1.864
Bob Dernier	OF	14	36	0	0	0	1.000	2.571
Mel Williams	OF	13	11	1	1	0	.923	.923
Francisco Meléndez	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Darren Daulton	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Don Carman	P	56	4	11	1	0	.938	.268
Rich Surhoff	P	40	2	4	2	0	.750	.150
Rich Gaynor	P	33	16	18	3	2	.919	1.030
Ed Wojna	P	28	14	33	5	4	.904	1.679
George Riley	P	27	3	15	1	1	.947	.667
Rip Rollins	P	20	2	10	1	1	.923	.600
Frankie Griffin	P	20	3	14	1	0	.944	.850
Jay Davisson	P	20	6	22	3	6	.903	1.400
Denny Thomas	P	17	1	0	0	0	1.000	.059
Tony Ghelfi	P	16	6	10	3	1	.842	1.000
Bud Bartholow	P	16	2	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Darren Burroughs	P	15	2	9	2	0	.846	.733
Bill Johnson	P	11	0	4	1	0	.800	.364
John Palmieri	P	4	3	6	0	1	1.000	2.250
Mike LaValliere	P	4	2	0	0	1	1.000	.500
Keith Washington	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Maddux	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Rodger Cole	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ken Dowell	SS	108	179	335	23	68	.957	4.759
Greg Legg	SS	29	25	74	10	11	.908	3.414
Paul Fryer	SS	13	14	39	1	4	.981	4.077
Totals		1508	3552	1479	165	352	.968	3.336	16	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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