
1983 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 65-70
Finished 3rd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (65-70)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 128,756, Avg. 1,907
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1983 season with a record of 65 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Aeros scored 732 runs and conceded 778 runs, most in the circuit. Mike Fuentes walloped 30 home runs for Wichita, while Pat Rooney and Mike Stenhouse swatted 15 or more as well. Mike Stenhouse accounted for 93 RBI. Mike Fuentes led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .299 average. Tom Dixon topped the squad with 12 wins, and Eric Mustad recorded a 4.53 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Al Newman, Shooty Babitt, Wallace Johnson, Mike Gates, Joe Hesketh, Greg Bargar, Mike Fuentes, Rodney Scott, Jerry White, Mike Kinnunen, Mike Phillips, Angel Salazar, Tom Wieghaus, Luis Quintana, Rick Lancellotti, Mike Stenhouse, Razor Shines, Rennie Stennett, Butch Benton, Chris Welsh, Dave Tomlin, Bob James, Pat Rooney, Tom Dixon, Roy Johnson, Brad Mills and Rick Grapenthin were all players from the 1983 Wichita Aeros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Felipe Alou 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Dixon | 12 | 9 | .571 | 5.33 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 174.0 | 187 | 114 | 103 | 23 | 72 | 2 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
Greg Bargar | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.66 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 78 | 41 | 38 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Eric Mustad | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.53 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 139.0 | 148 | 84 | 70 | 9 | 76 | 4 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Rick Grapenthin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.84 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 70.3 | 72 | 35 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Hesketh | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.09 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 88.3 | 98 | 53 | 50 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Bill Sattler | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.92 | 41 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 120.0 | 131 | 86 | 79 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
Dave Tomlin | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.61 | 41 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 52.3 | 44 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Bob James | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.65 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31.0 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Tommy Shimp | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.83 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 56 | 42 | 40 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Ramos | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.09 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 121 | 71 | 60 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darren Dilks | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.27 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 99.0 | 110 | 71 | 69 | 14 | 58 | 2 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
Chris Welsh | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.99 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.7 | 72 | 47 | 44 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Luis Quintana | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 40 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Schuler | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.81 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27.7 | 34 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Tenenini | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Wieghaus | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joseph Abone | 0 | 0 | 11.78 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 35 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Mike Kinnunen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.97 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Rich Stoll | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 65 | 71 | .478 | 5.55 | 371 | 136 | 114 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 1146.0 | 1284 | 778 | 707 | 165 | 550 | 20 | 720 | 35 | 6 | 43 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Benton | 125 | 476 | 460 | 66 | 137 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 41 | .298 | .321 | .428 | .750 | 197 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Fuentes | 132 | 543 | 448 | 96 | 134 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 91 | 15 | 4 | 86 | 103 | .299 | .414 | .565 | .979 | 253 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
Mike Stenhouse | 109 | 470 | 361 | 93 | 128 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 93 | 6 | 5 | 95 | 55 | .355 | .490 | .681 | 1.172 | 246 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
Mike Gates | 126 | 490 | 431 | 69 | 118 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 37 | .274 | .343 | .367 | .710 | 158 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
Pat Rooney | 113 | 448 | 425 | 57 | 117 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 93 | .275 | .306 | .438 | .744 | 186 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Angel Salazar | 98 | 370 | 341 | 47 | 103 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | .302 | .328 | .419 | .747 | 143 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
Brad Mills | 81 | 312 | 271 | 47 | 86 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | .317 | .386 | .483 | .869 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
Roy Johnson | 79 | 285 | 248 | 39 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 35 | 27 | .290 | .375 | .411 | .787 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Tom Wieghaus | 82 | 292 | 260 | 28 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 39 | .242 | .304 | .312 | .616 | 81 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
Shooty Babitt | 73 | 240 | 218 | 34 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 10 | .284 | .343 | .394 | .738 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Rodney Scott | 48 | 219 | 189 | 32 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | .307 | .384 | .376 | .760 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Rennie Stennett | 55 | 173 | 165 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .309 | .341 | .394 | .735 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Razor Shines | 29 | 116 | 112 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .277 | .293 | .375 | .668 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Al Newman | 38 | 151 | 124 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | .242 | .351 | .306 | .658 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Jerry White | 32 | 121 | 101 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 11 | .248 | .372 | .386 | .758 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Glynn | 61 | 126 | 111 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .198 | .274 | .261 | .535 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Mike Phillips | 14 | 49 | 47 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .340 | .347 | .447 | .794 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Wallace Johnson | 16 | 64 | 53 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | .264 | .365 | .358 | .724 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Sattler | 41 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steven Ramler | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .625 | .500 | 1.125 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Grapenthin | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darren Dilks | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Dixon | 28 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Bargar | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Ramos | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Tomlin | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Welsh | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eric Mustad | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob James | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1594 | 4998 | 4412 | 714 | 1277 | 253 | 35 | 107 | 657 | 102 | 59 | 485 | 570 | .289 | .360 | .435 | .796 | 1921 | 0 | 25 | 36 | 40 | 22 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Stenhouse | 1B | 81 | 629 | 47 | 6 | 61 | .991 | 8.346 | ||||
Razor Shines | 1B | 27 | 187 | 16 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 7.519 | ||||
Rick Lancellotti | 1B | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
Brad Mills | 1B | 11 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 7.818 | ||||
Butch Benton | 1B | 8 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 5.750 | ||||
Mike Gates | 2B | 60 | 113 | 145 | 3 | 27 | .989 | 4.300 | ||||
Al Newman | 2B | 36 | 73 | 96 | 5 | 24 | .971 | 4.694 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | 2B | 35 | 64 | 96 | 3 | 21 | .982 | 4.571 | ||||
Rodney Scott | 2B | 15 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 12 | .974 | 5.000 | ||||
Rennie Stennett | 2B | 9 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
Brad Mills | 3B | 67 | 58 | 111 | 4 | 8 | .977 | 2.522 | ||||
Mike Gates | 3B | 58 | 37 | 93 | 9 | 14 | .935 | 2.241 | ||||
Gene Glynn | 3B | 14 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 2.071 | ||||
Rennie Stennett | 3B | 11 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .828 | 2.182 | ||||
Rodney Scott | 3B | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
Tom Wieghaus | C | 80 | 419 | 42 | 2 | 4 | .996 | 5.762 | 6 | |||
Butch Benton | C | 60 | 333 | 39 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 6.200 | 2 | |||
Razor Shines | C | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 1 | |||
Steven Ramler | C | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
Mike Fuentes | OF | 126 | 244 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 2.040 | ||||
Pat Rooney | OF | 107 | 206 | 13 | 8 | 0 | .965 | 2.047 | ||||
Roy Johnson | OF | 44 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 2.045 | ||||
Gene Glynn | OF | 32 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Shooty Babitt | OF | 31 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Mike Stenhouse | OF | 30 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.767 | ||||
Butch Benton | OF | 29 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.034 | ||||
Jerry White | OF | 22 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.136 | ||||
Wallace Johnson | OF | 14 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
Rodney Scott | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
Rick Lancellotti | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
Dave Tomlin | P | 41 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .941 | .390 | ||||
Bill Sattler | P | 41 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .707 | ||||
Rick Grapenthin | P | 40 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .425 | ||||
Darren Dilks | P | 32 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .688 | ||||
Tom Dixon | P | 28 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
Eric Mustad | P | 26 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.115 | ||||
Rick Ramos | P | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Bob James | P | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .045 | ||||
Luis Quintana | P | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .571 | ||||
Mark Schuler | P | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
Joe Hesketh | P | 15 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
Mike Kinnunen | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
Greg Bargar | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
Chris Welsh | P | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
Tommy Shimp | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
Joseph Abone | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
Robert Tenenini | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Rich Stoll | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Tom Wieghaus | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Angel Salazar | SS | 97 | 152 | 256 | 24 | 54 | .944 | 4.206 | ||||
Rodney Scott | SS | 22 | 31 | 50 | 6 | 13 | .931 | 3.682 | ||||
Mike Phillips | SS | 14 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 6 | .833 | 3.929 | ||||
Mike Gates | SS | 12 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.417 | ||||
Gene Glynn | SS | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Totals | 1577 | 3270 | 1372 | 129 | 310 | .973 | 2.944 | 9 | 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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