1983 Winter Haven Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 49-83
Finished 5th in the FSL's North Division
Manager: Tom Kotchman (49-83)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winter Haven, Florida
Ballpark: Chain O'Lakes Park
Attendance: 24,585, Avg. 372
The Winter Haven Red Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1983 season with a record of 49 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Red Sox scored 551 runs and allowed 732 runs, most in the circuit. Todd Benzinger accounted for 68 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .279 average. Pete Cappadona paced the team with 9 wins, while Scott Gering recorded a 4.18 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1983 Winter Haven Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Sellers, Steve Ellsworth, Mike Brumley, Roger Clemens and Todd Benzinger.
Tom Kotchman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Cappadona | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.85 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72.7 | 65 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Sellers | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.51 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117.7 | 149 | 77 | 59 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Larry Knight | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.88 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118.0 | 126 | 71 | 64 | 3 | 63 | 3 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chuck Davis | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.49 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 87 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Gering | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.18 | 39 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 112.0 | 132 | 72 | 52 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |
| Bruster Minor | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.28 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 96 | 57 | 44 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Roger Clemens | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kevin Clinton | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6.34 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98.0 | 105 | 81 | 69 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bruce Lockhart | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.73 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 93.3 | 111 | 63 | 49 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Andy Araujo | 2 | 10 | .167 | 4.36 | 46 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 86.7 | 104 | 58 | 42 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Al Bowlin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 41 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gary Proodian | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.65 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Dan Weppner | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.13 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.7 | 50 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Steve Ellsworth | 1 | 11 | .083 | 7.56 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | 119 | 81 | 70 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Joe Arfstrom | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Mark Weinbrecht | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.80 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 49 | 84 | .368 | 4.84 | 344 | 133 | 114 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 1103.3 | 1278 | 732 | 593 | 48 | 502 | 27 | 720 | 35 | 10 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Benzinger | 125 | 533 | 480 | 56 | 134 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 75 | .279 | .340 | .415 | .754 | 199 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Brian Pate | 125 | 471 | 420 | 44 | 100 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 73 | .238 | .305 | .329 | .633 | 138 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Jeff Ledbetter | 99 | 398 | 347 | 51 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 39 | .274 | .347 | .424 | .770 | 147 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| Pat Castiglia | 106 | 386 | 345 | 39 | 90 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 69 | .261 | .319 | .374 | .693 | 129 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Steve Walker | 102 | 398 | 328 | 61 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 59 | 57 | .256 | .373 | .302 | .675 | 99 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Bonk | 96 | 352 | 308 | 35 | 72 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 48 | .234 | .311 | .321 | .633 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| John Roth | 72 | 231 | 203 | 41 | 63 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 55 | .310 | .390 | .394 | .784 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Arfstrom | 94 | 309 | 270 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 51 | .200 | .289 | .226 | .514 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Frank Vazquez | 80 | 288 | 246 | 26 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 53 | .215 | .320 | .276 | .597 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Cannizzaro | 60 | 254 | 203 | 35 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 46 | 30 | .241 | .382 | .286 | .668 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Brumley | 44 | 177 | 153 | 25 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 31 | .314 | .383 | .425 | .808 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark Meleski | 68 | 223 | 186 | 30 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 27 | .231 | .347 | .269 | .616 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| B. J. Richardson | 73 | 246 | 219 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 66 | .192 | .266 | .333 | .600 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Dennett | 52 | 173 | 156 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 36 | .218 | .295 | .410 | .705 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robbie Geels | 27 | 114 | 93 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .312 | .423 | .333 | .757 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Burrell | 27 | 92 | 86 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .221 | .264 | .349 | .613 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Zell | 54 | 127 | 102 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 39 | .127 | .278 | .147 | .425 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Jongewaard | 27 | 90 | 71 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 29 | .155 | .300 | .197 | .497 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1331 | 4862 | 4216 | 551 | 1033 | 167 | 35 | 50 | 477 | 89 | 46 | 529 | 815 | .245 | .331 | .337 | .668 | 1420 | 0 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Castiglia | 1B | 90 | 713 | 64 | 14 | 63 | .982 | 8.633 | ||||
| Tom Bonk | 1B | 46 | 375 | 33 | 9 | 28 | .978 | 8.870 | ||||
| B. J. Richardson | 1B | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Todd Benzinger | 1B | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 2B | 60 | 98 | 159 | 12 | 29 | .955 | 4.283 | ||||
| Steve Walker | 2B | 58 | 124 | 150 | 17 | 28 | .942 | 4.724 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | 2B | 19 | 25 | 38 | 4 | 6 | .940 | 3.316 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 2B | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Steve Jongewaard | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brian Pate | 3B | 123 | 124 | 207 | 32 | 12 | .912 | 2.691 | ||||
| Frank Vazquez | 3B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | 3B | 8 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Todd Benzinger | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Joe Arfstrom | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| B. J. Richardson | C | 65 | 348 | 37 | 10 | 1 | .975 | 5.923 | 13 | |||
| Jim Dennett | C | 34 | 183 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .951 | 5.765 | 9 | |||
| Kevin Burrell | C | 26 | 127 | 17 | 10 | 1 | .935 | 5.538 | 2 | |||
| Robbie Geels | C | 18 | 104 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.444 | 2 | |||
| Jeff Ledbetter | OF | 95 | 163 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .971 | 1.758 | ||||
| Todd Benzinger | OF | 91 | 196 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .967 | 2.253 | ||||
| Joe Arfstrom | OF | 88 | 132 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .967 | 1.648 | ||||
| John Roth | OF | 71 | 142 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 2.028 | ||||
| Brian Zell | OF | 48 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 1.229 | ||||
| Steve Jongewaard | OF | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.053 | ||||
| Steve Walker | OF | 18 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Andy Araujo | P | 46 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .500 | ||||
| Bruce Lockhart | P | 41 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .810 | .415 | ||||
| Scott Gering | P | 39 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Larry Knight | P | 32 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Kevin Clinton | P | 30 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .967 | ||||
| Gary Proodian | P | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .379 | ||||
| Pete Cappadona | P | 23 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
| Jeff Sellers | P | 21 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.333 | ||||
| Steve Ellsworth | P | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Bruster Minor | P | 18 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dan Weppner | P | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Chuck Davis | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Mark Weinbrecht | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Al Bowlin | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Clemens | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Arfstrom | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Vazquez | SS | 65 | 109 | 203 | 28 | 36 | .918 | 4.800 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | SS | 38 | 40 | 92 | 19 | 19 | .874 | 3.474 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | SS | 34 | 58 | 104 | 10 | 17 | .942 | 4.765 | ||||
| Steve Jongewaard | SS | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Brian Pate | SS | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1494 | 3310 | 1389 | 233 | 273 | .953 | 3.145 | 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.
