1983 Salem Redbirds Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 50-89
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Steve Smith (50-89)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 56,451, Avg. 812

1983 Salem Redbirds Roster

The Salem Redbirds of the Carolina League ended the 1983 season with a record of 50 wins and 89 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Redbirds scored 675 runs and conceded 847 runs, most in the circuit. Steve Murray paced Salem with 22 home runs, while John Westmoreland walloped 15 or more also. Steve Murray drove in 66 runs. Kevin Wiggins led batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Mark Poston topped the squad with 10 wins, and Marty Leach recorded a 4.06 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Billy Taylor and Dar Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Steve Smith 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
Mark Poston	10	9	.526	4.78	25	22	2	5	1	0	145.0	155	98	77	22	54	2	76	6	0	9
Marty Leach	7	7	.500	4.06	17	16	1	2	0	0	113.0	116	68	51	8	53	2	79	3	1	4
Steve Schefsky	7	9	.438	4.13	19	17	0	3	1	0	100.3	104	62	46	7	45	0	70	8	2	4
Bruce Oliver	5	11	.312	4.23	49	3	44	0	0	10	76.7	79	46	36	7	37	8	48	4	1	3
Willie Hardwick	4	3	.571	3.59	9	9	0	4	0	0	62.7	53	32	25	7	26	1	51	0	1	2
Jim Harkins	4	6	.400	5.11	46	5	17	2	1	2	135.7	164	92	77	17	75	0	71	7	0	10
Wes Smith	3	0	1.000	4.95	11	5	5	0	0	0	40.0	32	25	22	7	15	0	43	1	0	2
Tim Maki	2	3	.400	7.16	24	3	11	0	0	0	49.0	59	48	39	4	37	1	33	2	1	15
Greg Raymer	2	6	.250	5.31	11	11	0	0	0	0	61.0	64	48	36	6	57	0	61	0	1	12
Frank Brosious	2	15	.118	6.41	19	18	0	4	0	0	105.3	134	98	75	21	59	0	65	2	0	15
Billy Taylor	1	1	.500	6.26	7	7	0	1	0	0	41.7	30	34	29	7	42	0	42	0	1	5
Mark Teutsch	1	2	.333	1.90	13	0	12	0	0	2	23.7	25	6	5	3	3	0	8	1	0	1
Dar Smith	1	2	.333	4.20	13	3	2	1	1	1	55.7	53	30	26	3	32	0	35	1	2	5
Pat Murphy	1	5	.167	5.50	28	6	16	0	0	2	88.3	107	60	54	7	44	1	63	5	1	6
Rigo Rodriguez	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.3	6	4	4	2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Knapp	0	0		8.47	7	0	3	0	0	0	17.0	24	21	16	2	8	0	12	2	0	0
William Gerhardt	0	1	.000	1.98	6	1	1	0	0	0	13.7	12	5	3	0	8	2	12	0	0	1
Will George	0	3	.000	15.23	5	4	1	0	0	0	13.0	29	31	22	4	13	0	10	0	1	1
Weldon Swift	0	6	.000	8.42	9	9	0	0	0	0	36.3	48	39	34	5	39	0	28	0	1	6
Totals	50	89	.360	5.15	320	139	117	22	4	17	1183.3	1294	847	677	139	650	17	808	42	13	101	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
Barry Brunenkant	130	548	460	81	132	23	2	9	61	7	3	80	67	.287	.391	.404	.795	186		2	0	6	0
Kevin Wiggins	115	462	412	58	124	22	5	10	59	13	5	44	99	.301	.366	.451	.817	186		0	3	3	3
Oscar Mejia	122	503	457	55	120	23	3	6	55	5	9	39	39	.263	.324	.365	.689	167		4	0	3	4
Rick Coleman	108	443	409	69	113	14	3	6	45	16	5	29	57	.276	.328	.369	.697	151		3	1	1	1
Rigo Rodriguez	130	501	444	52	111	20	1	4	48	9	11	44	118	.250	.321	.327	.648	145		4	6	3	0
Keith Jones	113	494	445	67	109	3	0	1	33	67	17	41	74	.245	.309	.258	.568	115		1	6	1	0
Jaime Moreno	103	375	346	48	91	17	1	7	48	1	1	17	50	.263	.303	.379	.682	131		5	2	5	1
Steve Murray	100	408	328	66	86	18	4	22	66	14	6	63	98	.262	.398	.543	.941	178		13	1	3	0
John Westmoreland	101	383	339	41	78	18	0	18	53	0	1	41	107	.230	.319	.442	.761	150		3	0	0	0
Jose Gomez	71	280	231	40	60	7	1	8	38	0	1	46	60	.260	.386	.403	.788	93		2	0	1	3
Don Freeman	77	312	271	39	60	12	2	3	36	12	8	38	80	.221	.317	.314	.631	85		1	0	2	0
Louis Langie	93	317	275	42	56	6	2	4	18	20	11	35	85	.204	.297	.284	.581	78		2	4	1	0
Gary Robertson	36	127	100	12	17	1	1	2	10	0	2	25	20	.170	.346	.260	.606	26		2	0	0	1
Jorge Pena	25	75	70	5	15	3	0	0	9	0	1	4	19	.214	.267	.257	.524	18		1	0	0	0
Jim Harkins	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bruce Oliver	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1419	5230	4589	675	1172	187	25	100	579	164	81	546	975	.255	.338	.372	.711	1709	0	43	23	29	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jose Gomez	1B	64	535	37	13	39	.978	8.938
Gary Robertson	1B	33	286	13	3	22	.990	9.061
Jaime Moreno	1B	22	202	8	8	14	.963	9.545
John Westmoreland	1B	17	120	10	2	9	.985	7.647
Rigo Rodriguez	1B	13	111	6	1	14	.992	9.000
Barry Brunenkant	1B	2	15	0	3	2	.833	7.500
Louis Langie	2B	80	159	244	24	46	.944	5.038
Don Freeman	2B	26	55	69	13	13	.905	4.769
Barry Brunenkant	2B	20	24	46	6	7	.921	3.500
Jorge Pena	2B	19	30	47	2	11	.975	4.053
Oscar Mejia	2B	6	19	19	1	3	.974	6.333
Jaime Moreno	2B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Rigo Rodriguez	3B	118	99	231	24	18	.932	2.797
Don Freeman	3B	23	15	41	6	3	.903	2.435
Jorge Pena	3B	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.500
Barry Brunenkant	C	77	455	42	16	4	.969	6.455	25
John Westmoreland	C	41	247	22	8	1	.971	6.561	10
Jaime Moreno	C	28	145	16	2	0	.988	5.750	4
Keith Jones	OF	108	199	12	10	3	.955	1.954
Kevin Wiggins	OF	103	160	10	9	0	.950	1.650
Rick Coleman	OF	98	159	5	15	1	.916	1.673
Steve Murray	OF	93	201	15	3	4	.986	2.323
Jaime Moreno	OF	14	19	0	1	0	.950	1.357
Louis Langie	OF	5	6	2	0	0	1.000	1.600
Barry Brunenkant	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bruce Oliver	P	49	7	11	1	0	.947	.367
Jim Harkins	P	46	7	20	3	0	.900	.587
Pat Murphy	P	28	9	5	1	2	.933	.500
Mark Poston	P	25	6	26	6	3	.842	1.280
Tim Maki	P	24	3	4	2	0	.778	.292
Steve Schefsky	P	19	2	15	3	0	.850	.895
Frank Brosious	P	19	6	14	2	0	.909	1.053
Marty Leach	P	17	7	17	1	0	.960	1.412
Mark Teutsch	P	13	3	7	0	1	1.000	.769
Dar Smith	P	13	2	19	0	0	1.000	1.615
Wes Smith	P	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	.636
Greg Raymer	P	11	2	11	1	0	.929	1.182
Weldon Swift	P	9	3	9	3	1	.800	1.333
Willie Hardwick	P	9	3	8	3	1	.786	1.222
Billy Taylor	P	7	2	3	1	0	.833	.714
Rick Knapp	P	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.286
William Gerhardt	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Will George	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Rigo Rodriguez	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Oscar Mejia	SS	109	165	381	31	69	.946	5.009
Don Freeman	SS	31	49	94	15	15	.905	4.613
Jorge Pena	SS	2	6	6	1	1	.923	6.000
Louis Langie	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1477	3550	1562	245	307	.954	3.461	39	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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