1982 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 83-53
Finished 1st in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Dave Bialas (83-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 108,182, Avg. 1,591
Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Springfield Cardinals 0
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1982 season with a record of 83 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Cardinals topped the circuit with 709 runs, powered by 121 home runs. Springfield surrendered 604 runs. Alan Hunsinger paced the squad with 25 home runs, while Bob Hicks, Randy Hunt, Francisco Batista and Gus Malespin each walloped 15 or more also. Alan Hunsinger accounted for 102 RBI. Francisco Batista topped hitters with significant playing time with a .310 average. Greg Dunn led the squad with 12 wins, and Freddie Silva recorded a 3.59 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1982 Springfield Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Randy Hunt, Danny Cox, Joe Boever, Bill Lyons and Tom Dozier.
Dave Bialas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Dunn | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.32 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 162.7 | 149 | 92 | 78 | 21 | 90 | 6 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Tom Dozier | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.20 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 133.0 | 131 | 74 | 62 | 10 | 52 | 4 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |
| Marty Mason | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.39 | 53 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 98.0 | 77 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Freddie Silva | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.59 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 163.0 | 148 | 74 | 65 | 10 | 72 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Donald Collins | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.85 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 136 | 86 | 62 | 12 | 71 | 2 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Tom Epple | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.65 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.7 | 67 | 37 | 36 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Steve Winfield | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.23 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 39.3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Cox | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.56 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 82 | 46 | 24 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Scott Arigoni | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.43 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 80 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Droschak | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.08 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bob Kish | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 47 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Alex Neely | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.76 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 55.0 | 43 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Joe Boever | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Pittman | 0 | 0 | 7.41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| George Reed | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 83 | 53 | .610 | 3.74 | 324 | 136 | 115 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 1158.0 | 1074 | 604 | 481 | 97 | 523 | 41 | 812 | 40 | 5 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Batista | 130 | 590 | 538 | 90 | 167 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 98 | .310 | .355 | .476 | .831 | 256 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| Randy Hunt | 134 | 576 | 494 | 72 | 143 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 79 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 94 | .289 | .383 | .427 | .810 | 211 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Alan Hunsinger | 130 | 521 | 459 | 94 | 137 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 102 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 77 | .298 | .371 | .510 | .881 | 234 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Gus Malespin | 127 | 525 | 454 | 74 | 120 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 45 | .264 | .351 | .452 | .802 | 205 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Bob Hicks | 124 | 496 | 453 | 60 | 116 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 93 | .256 | .307 | .422 | .729 | 191 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Mike Harris | 128 | 485 | 444 | 51 | 102 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 86 | .230 | .283 | .311 | .594 | 138 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brad Bennett | 100 | 362 | 313 | 50 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 45 | 70 | .230 | .328 | .332 | .660 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bill Lyons | 55 | 255 | 205 | 56 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 46 | 20 | .332 | .457 | .507 | .964 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dan Stryffeler | 87 | 295 | 251 | 38 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 31 | .243 | .350 | .343 | .693 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Harry McCulla | 87 | 315 | 257 | 36 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 63 | .233 | .352 | .342 | .694 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Deron Thomas | 70 | 261 | 232 | 32 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 42 | .228 | .301 | .289 | .590 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Huey Gayden | 37 | 143 | 118 | 24 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 14 | .271 | .376 | .305 | .681 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Bialas | 33 | 79 | 68 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .309 | .405 | .471 | .876 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jose Sanchez | 12 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .148 | .148 | .222 | .370 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1254 | 4930 | 4313 | 691 | 1156 | 179 | 30 | 121 | 623 | 112 | 54 | 511 | 742 | .268 | .348 | .408 | .755 | 1758 | 0 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Hunsinger | 1B | 129 | 1169 | 53 | 12 | 109 | .990 | 9.473 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | 1B | 8 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 5 | .974 | 9.375 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | 1B | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Deron Thomas | 2B | 70 | 172 | 208 | 13 | 48 | .967 | 5.429 | ||||
| Sammy Martin | 2B | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Lyons | 2B | 17 | 34 | 48 | 3 | 10 | .965 | 4.824 | ||||
| Jose Sanchez | 2B | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | 2B | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | 3B | 104 | 75 | 173 | 24 | 16 | .912 | 2.385 | ||||
| Bill Lyons | 3B | 35 | 27 | 60 | 3 | 5 | .967 | 2.486 | ||||
| Francisco Batista | 3B | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dave Bialas | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Randy Hunt | C | 86 | 557 | 90 | 18 | 8 | .973 | 7.523 | 23 | |||
| Harry McCulla | C | 54 | 283 | 27 | 11 | 1 | .966 | 5.741 | 7 | |||
| Francisco Batista | OF | 124 | 197 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .941 | 1.677 | ||||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 117 | 181 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.692 | ||||
| Brad Bennett | OF | 96 | 185 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.010 | ||||
| Dan Stryffeler | OF | 36 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .921 | .972 | ||||
| Huey Gayden | OF | 36 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 2.111 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | OF | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Jose Sanchez | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Marty Mason | P | 53 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .245 | ||||
| Alex Neely | P | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Tom Epple | P | 28 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Greg Dunn | P | 27 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 1.222 | ||||
| Tom Dozier | P | 26 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Donald Collins | P | 25 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.040 | ||||
| Freddie Silva | P | 24 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 2 | .902 | 1.542 | ||||
| Steve Winfield | P | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Danny Cox | P | 15 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.467 | ||||
| Dave Droschak | P | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Bob Kish | P | 11 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 2.364 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| George Reed | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Joe Boever | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Harris | SS | 128 | 178 | 414 | 51 | 75 | .921 | 4.625 | ||||
| Bill Lyons | SS | 9 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 4.222 | ||||
| Sammy Martin | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Deron Thomas | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1474 | 3364 | 1367 | 190 | 297 | .961 | 3.210 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
