1984 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 66-81
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Roy Majtyka (66-81)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 175,958, Avg. 2,394
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1984 season with a record of 66 wins and 81 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 704 runs, most in the league. Birmingham yielded 776 runs, most in the circuit. Scotti Madison led the team with 15 home runs Mark Smith drove in 98 runs. Chris Pittaro paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .284 clip. Scott Tabor topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.05 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1984 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Carlos Lezcano, Chris Pittaro, Scotti Madison, Bob Melvin, Bobby Sprowl, Chuck Cary, Bryan Kelly, Jeff Robinson, Ramón Peña, Don Gordon, Mike Henneman, Bruce Fields, Pat Larkin, Howard Bailey, Dan Whitmer and Rich Monteleone.
Roy Majtyka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Tabor | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.03 | 41 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 118.7 | 108 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kerry Cook | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.48 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 95.3 | 112 | 70 | 58 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Rich Monteleone | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.66 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 | 116 | 69 | 64 | 9 | 67 | 1 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Bryan Kelly | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.29 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 149 | 103 | 82 | 13 | 145 | 3 | 119 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |
| Chuck Cary | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.82 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | 118 | 61 | 58 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Jeff Robinson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.70 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 111 | 64 | 59 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mark Dacko | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.55 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 101 | 53 | 47 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Henneman | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.43 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59.3 | 48 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ramón Peña | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.74 | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 67.3 | 63 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pat Larkin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.76 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Howard Bailey | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.90 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.7 | 48 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Giordano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 27.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Hinz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Jacob | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Gordon | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Springer | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Duffy | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Sprowl | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Moya | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane James | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.46 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Randy Harvey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.59 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alan Dunn | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Souza | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.97 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alex Garcia | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 51 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 63 | 79 | .444 | 4.71 | 386 | 147 | 115 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 1221.0 | 1228 | 740 | 639 | 103 | 707 | 23 | 633 | 38 | 16 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Smith | 142 | 611 | 576 | 73 | 163 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 98 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 62 | .283 | .319 | .396 | .715 | 228 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Chris Pittaro | 137 | 599 | 517 | 85 | 147 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 71 | 50 | .284 | .370 | .427 | .797 | 221 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| Scotti Madison | 133 | 578 | 473 | 82 | 129 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 94 | 63 | .273 | .394 | .433 | .827 | 205 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |
| Greg Norman | 115 | 463 | 402 | 56 | 111 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 47 | .276 | .360 | .371 | .731 | 149 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| George Foussianes | 116 | 482 | 393 | 56 | 103 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 70 | .262 | .392 | .382 | .774 | 150 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Raul Tovar | 89 | 355 | 312 | 45 | 101 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 29 | .324 | .390 | .385 | .775 | 120 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Bruce Fields | 93 | 353 | 307 | 49 | 92 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 34 | .300 | .362 | .394 | .756 | 121 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | |
| Stan Younger | 93 | 377 | 327 | 44 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 43 | .245 | .334 | .327 | .661 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Virgilio Silverio | 87 | 345 | 304 | 55 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 51 | .260 | .329 | .349 | .678 | 106 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gary Springer | 90 | 320 | 267 | 26 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 19 | .277 | .371 | .322 | .693 | 86 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bob Melvin | 69 | 293 | 271 | 34 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 47 | .269 | .313 | .351 | .663 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| John Hotchkiss | 72 | 282 | 239 | 29 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 46 | .247 | .342 | .326 | .668 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Pedro Chavez | 60 | 255 | 228 | 26 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 22 | .237 | .298 | .285 | .583 | 65 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Thomas | 29 | 99 | 92 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .228 | .273 | .326 | .599 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan Whitmer | 20 | 67 | 59 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .271 | .338 | .288 | .627 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Lezcano | 22 | 86 | 72 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .222 | .337 | .319 | .657 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lorenzo Arce | 18 | 71 | 62 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .210 | .300 | .387 | .687 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Pinkham | 16 | 60 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .212 | .305 | .346 | .651 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave McClure | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1405 | 5704 | 4960 | 704 | 1342 | 201 | 33 | 78 | 642 | 96 | 55 | 602 | 641 | .271 | .352 | .372 | .724 | 1843 | 0 | 41 | 65 | 36 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotti Madison | 1B | 55 | 473 | 39 | 8 | 42 | .985 | 9.309 | ||||
| Greg Norman | 1B | 51 | 440 | 40 | 5 | 35 | .990 | 9.412 | ||||
| George Foussianes | 1B | 28 | 258 | 14 | 1 | 26 | .996 | 9.714 | ||||
| Mark Smith | 1B | 23 | 141 | 13 | 2 | 9 | .987 | 6.696 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | 1B | 3 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.667 | ||||
| Bill Pinkham | 1B | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.500 | ||||
| Chris Pittaro | 2B | 135 | 254 | 414 | 22 | 90 | .968 | 4.948 | ||||
| Gary Springer | 2B | 13 | 20 | 34 | 2 | 9 | .964 | 4.154 | ||||
| Scotti Madison | 2B | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.600 | ||||
| George Foussianes | 3B | 86 | 51 | 131 | 14 | 12 | .929 | 2.116 | ||||
| John Hotchkiss | 3B | 31 | 29 | 50 | 3 | 4 | .963 | 2.548 | ||||
| Gary Springer | 3B | 21 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 2.143 | ||||
| Lorenzo Arce | 3B | 16 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .854 | 2.562 | ||||
| Scotti Madison | 3B | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | C | 64 | 315 | 33 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 5.438 | 6 | |||
| Scotti Madison | C | 62 | 285 | 53 | 9 | 3 | .974 | 5.452 | 6 | |||
| Dan Whitmer | C | 18 | 91 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 5.833 | 1 | |||
| Bill Pinkham | C | 9 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 4.556 | 6 | |||
| Dave McClure | C | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Mark Smith | OF | 126 | 214 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .970 | 1.802 | ||||
| Bruce Fields | OF | 87 | 169 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 2.034 | ||||
| Raul Tovar | OF | 86 | 212 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 2.547 | ||||
| Virgilio Silverio | OF | 70 | 137 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 2.014 | ||||
| Stan Younger | OF | 64 | 132 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 2.141 | ||||
| Carlos Lezcano | OF | 22 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.318 | ||||
| Reggie Thomas | OF | 17 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Hotchkiss | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Tabor | P | 41 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.024 | ||||
| Ramón Peña | P | 40 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .525 | ||||
| Mike Henneman | P | 29 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .448 | ||||
| Bryan Kelly | P | 28 | 9 | 37 | 3 | 5 | .939 | 1.643 | ||||
| Don Gordon | P | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Larkin | P | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Kerry Cook | P | 22 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chuck Cary | P | 22 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | ||||
| Jeff Robinson | P | 20 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rich Monteleone | P | 19 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 1.579 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Howard Bailey | P | 18 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Alex Garcia | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Mark Dacko | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Duane James | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Duffy | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .429 | ||||
| Billy Hinz | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Alan Dunn | P | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bobby Sprowl | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Gary Springer | P | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rob Souza | P | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Mark Jacob | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Giordano | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ernie Moya | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pedro Chavez | SS | 59 | 128 | 167 | 13 | 32 | .958 | 5.000 | ||||
| Gary Springer | SS | 52 | 86 | 167 | 14 | 27 | .948 | 4.865 | ||||
| John Hotchkiss | SS | 37 | 83 | 116 | 11 | 23 | .948 | 5.378 | ||||
| Chris Pittaro | SS | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1643 | 3826 | 1653 | 176 | 358 | .969 | 3.335 | 19 | 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.
