1983 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 48-26
Finished 1st in the NYPL's East Division
Manager: Jim Gattis (48-26)
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 42,779, Avg. 1,156
Playoffs - Utica Blue Sox 2 games, Newark Orioles 1
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1983 season with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Blue Sox scored 526 runs, most in the league. Utica yielded 336 runs. Don Jacoby paced the team with 22 home runs, while Barry Moss and Rocky Coyle walloped 15 or more also. Don Jacoby drove in 74 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .386. Mike Zamba and John Seitz led the squad with 12 wins each, and Roy Moretti recorded a 2.19 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Jim Gattis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Zamba | 12 | 2 | .857 | 2.32 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 100 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Seitz | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2.61 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 100 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Roy Moretti | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.18 | 41 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 82.7 | 58 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 116 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Daniel Roma | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.60 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95.0 | 103 | 61 | 38 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Scott Hurst | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.37 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 65 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Jerry Moore | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Jimmy Tompkins | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.33 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48.7 | 51 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Andy Mehalko | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dominic Perrino | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| James Wright | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Gyarmati | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bryan Oatman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.12 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| William Finnegan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.85 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Totals | 48 | 26 | .649 | 3.63 | 189 | 75 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 625.0 | 598 | 336 | 252 | 71 | 282 | 4 | 571 | 31 | 11 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Jacoby | 70 | 303 | 272 | 67 | 105 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .386 | .442 | .680 | 1.122 | 185 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Moss | 74 | 336 | 281 | 67 | 101 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 32 | .359 | .458 | .601 | 1.060 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Rocky Coyle | 71 | 290 | 260 | 66 | 99 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 59 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 27 | .381 | .425 | .635 | 1.059 | 165 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Roy Wolfe | 72 | 311 | 281 | 55 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 34 | .338 | .395 | .512 | .908 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Larry Lee | 67 | 256 | 234 | 29 | 74 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | .316 | .353 | .410 | .763 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bob Hendershot | 60 | 255 | 215 | 51 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 42 | .298 | .403 | .540 | .943 | 116 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Sheffield | 54 | 216 | 181 | 39 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 18 | .298 | .389 | .365 | .754 | 66 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daryl Pitts | 53 | 187 | 163 | 34 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 8 | .307 | .390 | .491 | .881 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Robinson | 58 | 204 | 170 | 37 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .265 | .355 | .365 | .720 | 62 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mark Krynitsky | 66 | 212 | 179 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 46 | .229 | .329 | .352 | .680 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shawn Barton | 46 | 163 | 132 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 15 | .273 | .389 | .311 | .699 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Sproesser | 31 | 91 | 82 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 21 | .207 | .286 | .293 | .578 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Merenda | 19 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .172 | .273 | .241 | .514 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robin Dreizler | 20 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .138 | .242 | .276 | .518 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Picchioni | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .176 | .364 | .176 | .540 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gattis | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 782 | 2919 | 2530 | 526 | 793 | 122 | 13 | 96 | 473 | 86 | 26 | 314 | 362 | .313 | .391 | .486 | .877 | 1229 | 0 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Wolfe | 1B | 66 | 568 | 39 | 10 | 52 | .984 | 9.197 | ||||
| Barry Moss | 1B | 5 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 6.800 | ||||
| Steve Sproesser | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | 1B | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Larry Lee | 2B | 58 | 108 | 141 | 9 | 37 | .965 | 4.293 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | 2B | 15 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 8 | .938 | 4.067 | ||||
| Willie Picchioni | 2B | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Brian Robinson | 2B | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Don Jacoby | 3B | 39 | 20 | 82 | 13 | 5 | .887 | 2.615 | ||||
| Steve Sproesser | 3B | 14 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .886 | 2.214 | ||||
| Brian Robinson | 3B | 14 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 2.429 | ||||
| Larry Lee | 3B | 9 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roy Wolfe | 3B | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Krynitsky | C | 66 | 452 | 35 | 6 | 2 | .988 | 7.379 | 9 | |||
| Robin Dreizler | C | 18 | 66 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .960 | 4.000 | 5 | |||
| Steve Sproesser | C | 11 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 5.545 | 2 | |||
| Bob Hendershot | OF | 59 | 64 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 1.136 | ||||
| Ralph Sheffield | OF | 48 | 89 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 2.062 | ||||
| Daryl Pitts | OF | 44 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.614 | ||||
| Rocky Coyle | OF | 26 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .963 | 3.962 | ||||
| Barry Moss | OF | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Bob Merenda | OF | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Roy Moretti | P | 41 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .488 | ||||
| Jimmy Tompkins | P | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Scott Hurst | P | 20 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| John Seitz | P | 17 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Daniel Roma | P | 17 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 2 | .767 | 1.353 | ||||
| Mike Zamba | P | 16 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .875 | ||||
| Bryan Oatman | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .308 | ||||
| Jerry Moore | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Finnegan | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .364 | ||||
| James Wright | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Dominic Perrino | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .500 | ||||
| Andy Mehalko | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .250 | ||||
| Jeff Gyarmati | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shawn Barton | SS | 46 | 77 | 142 | 24 | 34 | .901 | 4.761 | ||||
| Brian Robinson | SS | 39 | 53 | 96 | 13 | 17 | .920 | 3.821 | ||||
| Totals | 812 | 1875 | 803 | 146 | 185 | .948 | 3.298 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
