1985 Springfield Cardinals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Lloyd Merritt (66-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 149,069, Avg. 2,130

1985 Springfield Cardinals Roster

The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1985 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Cardinals scored 691 runs and yielded 686 runs. Tom Amante led Springfield with 20 home runs, while Mike Fitzgerald walloped 15 or more also. Tom Amante drove in 73 runs. Harry McCulla paced all regular hitters with a .317 average. Rich Embser topped the squad with 12 wins, and Chuck McGrath recorded a 3.44 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Mike Fitzgerald, Jeff Fassero, Matt Kinzer, Paul Wilmet, Craig Wilson, Mike Hartley and John Costello were all players from the 1985 Springfield Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.

Lloyd Merritt served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rich Embser	12	9	.571	3.97	23	23	0	1	0	142.7	113	71	63	6	83	0	158	1	0	10
Jay North	11	4	.733	3.47	24	23	1	6	1	158.0	148	79	61	12	58	0	96	2	1	7
John Costello	8	13	.381	4.16	28	28	0	7	0	188.0	188	105	87	17	60	1	127	4	2	9
Paul Wilmet	7	8	.467	3.49	41	0	27	0	4	77.3	70	33	30	3	32	6	79	5	1	2
Jim Van Houten	6	2	.750	5.40	40	2	17	0	1	68.3	80	47	41	6	36	2	59	4	0	5
Chuck McGrath	6	7	.462	3.44	25	21	2	3	0	144.0	151	70	55	7	56	0	83	7	0	12
Matt Kinzer	5	4	.556	3.70	11	9	1	0	0	58.3	56	26	24	8	21	0	36	2	0	3
Jeff Fassero	4	8	.333	4.01	29	15	2	1	1	119.0	125	78	53	11	45	3	65	3	3	4
Greg Dunn	4	9	.308	2.48	55	0	48	0	20	80.0	56	29	22	4	62	3	115	0	1	2
Mike Hartley	2	7	.222	5.12	33	12	10	0	0	114.3	119	77	65	9	62	2	100	8	0	9
Jeff Gass	1	1	.500	2.70	8	0	4	0	0	16.7	12	15	5	1	12	4	10	2	0	0
Tim Kavanaugh	0	0		1.32	9	0	5	0	0	13.7	13	7	2	0	11	1	5	0	0	1
John DiGioia	0	0		3.86	2	0	2	0	0	2.3	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	3
Scott Pleis	0	0		4.32	5	0	2	0	0	8.3	8	5	4	2	11	1	9	1	1	0
Rob Livchak	0	0		9.75	5	0	1	0	0	12.0	11	14	13	0	19	2	16	0	2	2
Harry McCulla	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	6	10	10	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Glidewell	0	2	.000	2.97	7	7	0	0	0	30.3	36	19	10	0	22	0	20	1	0	4
Totals	66	74	.471	3.98	346	140	122	18	27	1235.0	1192	686	546	88	598	25	979	40	11	73	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
Craig Wilson	133	562	504	64	132	16	4	8	52	33	14	47	67	.262	.323	.357	.680	180		1	4	6	0
Mike Robinson	126	549	502	77	128	16	7	9	54	21	15	32	126	.255	.304	.369	.672	185		5	6	4	0
Harry McCulla	112	447	382	61	121	21	3	12	70	2	1	57	77	.317	.410	.482	.892	184		5	1	2	1
Todd Demeter	132	538	462	66	120	19	2	12	55	2	3	65	127	.260	.361	.387	.748	179		8	3	0	0
Mike Fitzgerald	113	454	413	58	105	21	0	16	62	1	2	32	64	.254	.311	.421	.733	174		4	1	4	0
Tom Amante	82	351	323	62	101	14	6	20	73	1	1	24	67	.313	.362	.579	.941	187		2	0	2	0
Ron Leon	100	360	322	43	94	10	6	4	43	9	3	33	37	.292	.361	.398	.759	128		2	3	0	1
Angelo Nunley	97	402	344	66	91	7	4	0	31	46	11	48	73	.265	.362	.308	.670	106		5	4	1	0
Brad Luther	112	417	374	45	86	8	2	3	32	7	4	35	61	.230	.298	.286	.584	107		2	4	2	1
John Rigos	90	378	330	44	74	12	2	6	38	15	7	35	62	.224	.302	.327	.630	108		5	1	7	0
Jim Fregosi	54	235	192	20	58	7	1	1	31	1	3	42	37	.302	.430	.365	.794	70		1	0	0	1
John DiGioia	97	322	265	37	52	7	2	12	36	1	3	53	93	.196	.335	.374	.709	99		3	0	1	1
Steve Turgeon	39	157	132	18	35	5	1	3	18	7	2	22	35	.265	.369	.386	.756	51		1	0	2	1
Jim Reboulet	42	158	140	22	35	2	1	0	9	20	4	17	13	.250	.329	.279	.608	39		0	0	1	2
Rich Embser	23	25	23	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.217	.250	.217	.467	5		0	1	0	0
Jay North	24	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.231	.231	.308	.538	4		0	1	0	0
Tim Kavanaugh	13	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	3		0	0	0	0
Mike Hartley	34	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	2		0	0	0	0
Scott Pleis	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2		0	0	0	0
Chuck McGrath	25	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	2	0	0
John Costello	28	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.056	.105	.056	.161	1		0	2	0	0
Greg Dunn	55	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Matt Kinzer	11	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.000	.375	.000	.375	0		0	0	0	0
John Glidewell	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Gass	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
Jim Van Houten	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Paul Wilmet	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Jeff Fassero	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1672	5440	4780	691	1247	168	41	106	612	166	73	550	976	.261	.341	.380	.720	1815	0	44	34	32	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Todd Demeter	1B	130	1131	89	20	102	.984	9.385
Tom Amante	1B	8	71	6	0	6	1.000	9.625
Harry McCulla	1B	5	51	2	2	2	.964	1.600
Angelo Nunley	2B	71	136	185	18	29	.947	4.521
Craig Wilson	2B	42	88	114	9	34	.957	4.810
Jim Reboulet	2B	36	70	99	7	15	.960	4.694
Craig Wilson	3B	93	68	179	18	12	.932	2.656
Brad Luther	3B	34	26	56	8	6	.911	2.412
Tom Amante	3B	21	16	22	11	1	.776	1.810
Angelo Nunley	3B	3	0	1	1	0	.500	.333
Steve Turgeon	3B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Harry McCulla	3B	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mike Fitzgerald	C	97	673	56	17	1	.977	7.515	23
Harry McCulla	C	46	316	32	3	1	.991	7.565	9
Tom Amante	C	3	18	2	1	1	.952	6.667	2
Mike Robinson	OF	124	235	9	6	1	.976	1.968
John Rigos	OF	89	165	9	14	2	.926	1.955
Ron Leon	OF	62	101	8	6	1	.948	1.758
Harry McCulla	OF	55	86	2	6	0	.936	1.600
John DiGioia	OF	43	38	3	2	0	.953	.953
Steve Turgeon	OF	39	55	6	4	0	.938	1.564
Tom Amante	OF	28	50	1	1	0	.981	1.821
Angelo Nunley	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Greg Dunn	P	55	5	8	0	1	1.000	.236
Paul Wilmet	P	41	5	17	1	0	.957	.537
Jim Van Houten	P	40	6	12	1	0	.947	.450
Mike Hartley	P	33	9	16	3	1	.893	.758
Jeff Fassero	P	29	7	21	2	2	.933	.966
John Costello	P	28	21	34	3	0	.948	1.964
Chuck McGrath	P	25	9	24	4	1	.892	1.320
Jay North	P	24	10	36	3	1	.939	1.917
Rich Embser	P	23	8	21	1	4	.967	1.261
Matt Kinzer	P	11	2	3	0	1	1.000	.455
Tim Kavanaugh	P	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Gass	P	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	.375
John Glidewell	P	7	4	4	1	0	.889	1.143
Scott Pleis	P	5	0	1	1	0	.500	.200
Rob Livchak	P	5	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.200
John DiGioia	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Harry McCulla	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Brad Luther	SS	78	116	234	23	42	.938	4.487
Jim Fregosi	SS	54	88	162	11	32	.958	4.630
Angelo Nunley	SS	19	10	43	10	4	.841	2.789
Totals		1531	3705	1528	218	303	.960	3.418	34	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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