1985 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 57-86
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (0-0), Mark DeJohn (0-0), Frank Franchi (0-0), Jerry Grote (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 140,671, Avg. 1,967

1985 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1985 season with a record of 57 wins and 86 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.

The Barons plated 636 runs and surrendered 784 runs, most in the circuit. Rondal Rollin walloped 30 home runs for Birmingham and drove in 108 runs. Bruce Fields led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .323 clip. Fred Breining and Paul Gibson topped the team with 8 wins each, while Paul Gibson recorded a 4.12 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Henneman, Bruce Fields, Jim Walewander, Don Werner, Fred Breining, Ramón Peña, Jerry Grote, Luis Rosado, Scott Lusader, Don Heinkel, Jeff Robinson, Paul Gibson, Dan Norman, Steve Searcy, Scott Medvin, Rey Palacios, Jim Siwy and Scotti Madison were all players from the 1985 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Gordon MacKenzie, Mark DeJohn, Frank Franchi and Jerry Grote 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
Fred Breining	8	4	.667	2.88	12	12	0	8	1	0	97.0	93	36	31	6	25	0	45	2	0	3
Paul Gibson	8	8	.500	4.12	36	14	5	2	2	1	144.3	135	73	66	13	63	1	79	0	0	4
Ramón Peña	6	7	.462	4.34	47	1	31	0	0	3	95.3	95	53	46	12	44	4	70	8	0	5
Duane James	4	7	.364	5.38	18	12	2	3	0	1	77.0	72	52	46	6	58	2	59	7	5	11
Jeff Robinson	4	8	.333	5.09	22	22	0	2	1	0	115.0	142	79	65	14	59	0	67	6	0	14
Mark Shiflett	4	8	.333	5.28	19	14	4	2	1	0	90.3	106	61	53	14	40	0	48	1	10	3
Scott Medvin	3	3	.500	3.13	13	0	12	0	0	1	23.0	14	10	8	1	12	0	17	3	0	6
Mike Henneman	3	5	.375	5.76	46	0	38	0	0	9	70.3	88	50	45	6	28	4	40	7	0	3
Steve Searcy	2	2	.500	3.19	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.7	39	17	13	1	23	1	19	2	0	2
Al Labozzetta	2	3	.400	6.49	10	10	0	0	0	0	52.7	74	43	38	11	27	0	23	1	2	0
Don Heinkel	2	5	.286	4.89	10	10	0	2	0	0	57.0	77	31	31	9	18	0	33	3	0	4
Jeff Conner	1	0	1.000	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.7	17	5	5	0	9	0	12	0	0	3
Jon Furman	1	2	.333	5.01	19	4	7	0	0	1	41.3	46	37	23	5	26	0	17	2	1	4
Billy Hinz	1	3	.250	5.88	7	5	0	0	0	0	26.0	19	18	17	4	35	0	9	2	0	0
Wayne Dotson	1	5	.167	4.85	8	8	0	1	0	0	42.7	42	26	23	6	30	0	22	2	1	8
Ricky Barlow	1	5	.167	8.38	18	11	3	0	0	0	63.3	88	74	59	13	55	1	39	2	1	6
Kerry Cook					3						0.0
Mike Gorman					9						0.0
Tom Zmudosky					27						0.0
John Hotchkiss	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Springer	0	0		4.50	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0
Jim Rasmussen	0	0		6.14	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	7	5	5	1	3	0	3	0	0	0
Daniel St. Clair	0	0		10.24	5	0	2	0	0	1	9.7	15	12	11	2	9	1	3	3	0	0
Gerald Phillion	0	0		14.73	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	4	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Siwy	0	1	.000	6.75	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	8	9	6	0	7	0	2	0	0	1
Joseph Perrotte	0	1	.000	27.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.7	15	17	17	1	10	0	3	1	0	1
Totals	51	77	.398	5.07	355	135	112	20	5	17	1092.7	1200	716	616	127	587	14	615	52	20	78	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
Rod Hobbs	135	582	496	88	141	23	7	7	66	7	13	73	77	.284	.376	.401	.777	199		4	2	7	0
Bruce Fields	114	482	421	59	136	24	4	2	41	9	6	54	50	.323	.400	.413	.814	174		3	0	4	1
Rondal Rollin	142	569	518	80	134	28	1	30	108	1	1	40	143	.259	.313	.490	.804	254		4	1	6	4
Gary Springer	120	520	408	78	103	19	1	8	41	9	8	105	39	.252	.408	.363	.771	148		2	5	0	1
Craig Mills	113	416	371	42	95	9	1	2	29	4	4	34	55	.256	.324	.302	.626	112		5	3	3	0
Mark Smith	88	356	338	37	83	17	1	5	34	0	1	12	30	.246	.275	.346	.621	117		3	0	3	1
Benny Ruiz	112	388	352	33	82	10	1	0	28	4	3	25	32	.233	.281	.267	.548	94		0	7	4	1
Steve Eagar	94	335	285	29	56	10	0	3	18	0	0	37	47	.196	.291	.263	.555	75		2	9	2	0
John Hotchkiss	73	260	232	23	46	9	1	5	29	1	2	23	39	.198	.270	.310	.581	72		1	1	3	3
Luis Rosado	37	133	122	12	42	7	0	2	19	0	1	9	11	.344	.383	.451	.834	55		0	0	2	0
Pedro Chavez	55	208	189	20	42	2	1	0	18	7	2	15	21	.222	.282	.243	.525	46		1	2	1	0
Scotti Madison	37	157	121	28	39	8	1	5	25	2	1	35	12	.322	.478	.529	1.007	64		1	0	0	5
Curt Cornwell	38	136	121	13	30	5	2	1	9	0	0	11	16	.248	.308	.347	.655	42		0	3	1	0
Rey Palacios	35	126	110	14	29	4	0	2	16	2	2	11	13	.264	.339	.355	.693	39		2	2	1	0
Scott Lusader	21	83	77	13	26	3	4	2	14	0	0	5	12	.338	.373	.558	.932	43		0	0	1	0
Jim Walewander	14	48	45	3	13	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	.289	.319	.333	.652	15		0	1	0	0
Reggie Thomas	19	55	50	6	11	1	0	1	5	1	0	4	12	.220	.273	.300	.573	15		0	0	1	0
Don Werner	10	35	32	6	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2	2	.188	.257	.375	.632	12		1	0	0	0
Cary Colbert	6	23	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	.211	.348	.211	.558	4		0	0	0	1
Ted Lawrence	3	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.125	.417	.125	.542	1		1	0	0	0
Jerry Grote	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1267	4927	4316	585	1119	180	27	76	507	47	46	505	618	.259	.338	.366	.705	1581	0	30	37	39	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mark Smith	1B	59	439	26	3	43	.994	7.881
John Hotchkiss	1B	30	223	11	2	30	.992	7.800
Luis Rosado	1B	24	182	16	1	19	.995	8.250
Scotti Madison	1B	15	116	9	1	8	.992	8.333
Dan Norman	1B	13						.000
Rey Palacios	1B	10	79	8	1	8	.989	8.700
Craig Mills	1B	5	27	4	0	3	1.000	6.200
Cary Colbert	1B	5	34	2	2	6	.947	7.200
Steve Eagar	1B	1	8	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
Gary Springer	2B	106	233	272	14	76	.973	4.764
Benny Ruiz	2B	17	29	25	0	6	1.000	3.176
Jim Walewander	2B	14	22	33	1	8	.982	3.929
Pedro Chavez	2B	14	37	34	3	12	.959	5.071
Craig Mills	3B	89	75	159	24	16	.907	2.629
John Hotchkiss	3B	20	19	29	6	5	.889	2.400
Benny Ruiz	3B	18	11	52	4	7	.940	3.500
Rey Palacios	3B	13	8	27	4	3	.897	2.692
Pedro Chavez	3B	7	2	11	1	0	.929	1.857
Scotti Madison	3B	3	1	5	1	0	.857	2.000
Gary Springer	3B	2	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.500
Steve Eagar	C	93	444	43	15	5	.970	5.237	17
Scotti Madison	C	19	88	13	0	1	1.000	5.316	2
Rey Palacios	C	15	66	8	3	3	.961	4.933	1
Don Werner	C	9	52	4	2	0	.966	6.222	0
Luis Rosado	C	9	42	4	0	1	1.000	5.111	0
Ted Lawrence	C	3	16	1	4	0	.810	5.667	1
Jerry Grote	C	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Rod Hobbs	OF	135	370	4	8	2	.979	2.770
Bruce Fields	OF	93	228	10	5	3	.979	2.559
Rondal Rollin	OF	82	164	5	4	0	.977	2.061
Dan Norman	OF	35						.000
Curt Cornwell	OF	33	63	3	5	0	.930	2.000
Mark Smith	OF	31	58	3	1	1	.984	1.968
Scott Lusader	OF	21	49	1	0	0	1.000	2.381
Reggie Thomas	OF	12	13	1	2	1	.875	1.167
Ramón Peña	P	47	4	14	1	0	.947	.383
Mike Henneman	P	46	1	16	0	0	1.000	.370
Paul Gibson	P	36	2	13	1	1	.938	.417
Tom Zmudosky	P	27						.000
Jeff Robinson	P	22	4	23	1	4	.964	1.227
Mark Shiflett	P	19	2	20	3	0	.880	1.158
Jon Furman	P	19	3	6	1	0	.900	.474
Duane James	P	18	3	2	3	0	.625	.278
Ricky Barlow	P	18	3	6	2	1	.818	.500
Scott Medvin	P	13	1	2	0	0	1.000	.231
Fred Breining	P	12	4	6	0	1	1.000	.833
Al Labozzetta	P	10	4	3	0	1	1.000	.700
Don Heinkel	P	10	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.100
Mike Gorman	P	9						.000
Wayne Dotson	P	8	6	8	1	1	.933	1.750
Steve Searcy	P	7	1	4	1	0	.833	.714
Billy Hinz	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Daniel St. Clair	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Jim Siwy	P	5	1	1	1	0	.667	.400
Gary Springer	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Rasmussen	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Kerry Cook	P	3						.000
Jeff Conner	P	3	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.667
Joseph Perrotte	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
John Hotchkiss	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Gerald Phillion	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Benny Ruiz	SS	81	122	223	16	55	.956	4.259
Pedro Chavez	SS	35	50	86	7	16	.951	3.886
John Hotchkiss	SS	28	31	58	7	11	.927	3.179
Gary Springer	SS	13	13	29	3	9	.933	3.231
Craig Mills	SS	1	3	3	0	0	1.000	6.000
Totals		1569	3469	1368	165	368	.967	3.083	21	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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