1985 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 35-41
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's North Division
Manager: Ken Brett (35-41)
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 56,390, Avg. 1,484
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1985 season with a record of 35 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Blue Sox scored 275 runs and surrendered 324 runs. Andy Donatelli paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .306. Dave Pruett topped Utica with 7 wins, while Bob Sudo earned a 2.14 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1985 Utica Blue Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Sergio Valdez, Larry Walker and Esteban Beltré.
Ken Brett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Pruett | 7 | 1 | .875 | 0.68 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40.0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sergio Valdez | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.07 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 105.7 | 98 | 53 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Paulino Paixao | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.92 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 66 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bob Sudo | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 90 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Darren Travels | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.59 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95.3 | 90 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ross Jones | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.03 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59.3 | 60 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rob Williams | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.15 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.7 | 50 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dave Linton | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.82 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 64 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Jim Allison | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.59 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Hendrix | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.15 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.0 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Michel LaMarche | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.07 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 35 | 41 | .461 | 3.25 | 173 | 76 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 676.7 | 606 | 324 | 244 | 24 | 276 | 13 | 494 | 21 | 10 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Donatelli | 74 | 335 | 284 | 39 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 49 | 32 | .306 | .410 | .342 | .752 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Dean | 69 | 277 | 243 | 32 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 68 | .255 | .337 | .342 | .679 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alfonso Tavarez | 74 | 280 | 264 | 25 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 37 | .223 | .248 | .280 | .528 | 74 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Walker | 62 | 241 | 215 | 24 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 57 | .223 | .297 | .307 | .604 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Esteban Beltré | 72 | 271 | 241 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 58 | .199 | .262 | .241 | .503 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeffrey Sheaffer | 67 | 261 | 217 | 30 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 34 | 49 | .207 | .318 | .258 | .576 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ramon Noble | 61 | 216 | 190 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 64 | .195 | .285 | .242 | .527 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Brown | 53 | 182 | 145 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 52 | .200 | .356 | .297 | .652 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve St. Claire | 47 | 152 | 139 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 44 | .180 | .240 | .266 | .506 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Hibbs | 42 | 142 | 119 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 56 | .185 | .310 | .303 | .612 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Freddy Perez | 39 | 120 | 109 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 36 | .193 | .258 | .257 | .515 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rodney Clark | 42 | 139 | 124 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 38 | .153 | .221 | .218 | .438 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Troy Ricker | 34 | 105 | 89 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 37 | .157 | .272 | .202 | .474 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Garcia | 18 | 63 | 49 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | .163 | .333 | .204 | .537 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Poncho Hedfelt | 14 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .103 | .222 | .103 | .325 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Williams | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 789 | 2833 | 2468 | 275 | 528 | 77 | 18 | 14 | 228 | 140 | 57 | 291 | 656 | .214 | .302 | .277 | .579 | 683 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Walker | 1B | 42 | 338 | 29 | 4 | 23 | .989 | 8.738 | ||||
| Rodney Clark | 1B | 37 | 345 | 10 | 6 | 28 | .983 | 9.595 | ||||
| Roger Dean | 1B | 5 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 7.600 | ||||
| Al Hibbs | 1B | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Steve St. Claire | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Alfonso Tavarez | 2B | 74 | 153 | 238 | 20 | 38 | .951 | 5.284 | ||||
| Jeffrey Sheaffer | 2B | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Jeffrey Sheaffer | 3B | 58 | 42 | 116 | 16 | 11 | .908 | 2.724 | ||||
| Larry Walker | 3B | 19 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 2.579 | ||||
| Al Hibbs | 3B | 8 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 2.375 | ||||
| Andy Donatelli | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Dean | C | 60 | 380 | 44 | 8 | 4 | .981 | 7.067 | 20 | |||
| Poncho Hedfelt | C | 14 | 103 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 8.071 | 3 | |||
| Al Hibbs | C | 9 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 4.778 | 3 | |||
| Steve St. Claire | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | |||
| Andy Donatelli | OF | 73 | 136 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.918 | ||||
| Ramon Noble | OF | 56 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.464 | ||||
| Steve St. Claire | OF | 31 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.806 | ||||
| Robert Brown | OF | 31 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.323 | ||||
| Freddy Perez | OF | 30 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.633 | ||||
| Troy Ricker | OF | 19 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.579 | ||||
| Raymond Garcia | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Hendrix | P | 23 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .478 | ||||
| Rob Williams | P | 21 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .952 | ||||
| Dave Pruett | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Sergio Valdez | P | 15 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.667 | ||||
| Darren Travels | P | 15 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.933 | ||||
| Bob Sudo | P | 15 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Paulino Paixao | P | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Dave Linton | P | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Ross Jones | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michel LaMarche | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Allison | P | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| Esteban Beltré | SS | 72 | 106 | 206 | 26 | 33 | .923 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jeffrey Sheaffer | SS | 8 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 2.875 | ||||
| Totals | 833 | 2030 | 875 | 128 | 167 | .958 | 3.487 | 26 | 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.
