1983 Columbus Astros Statistics
Team Record: 64-79
Finished 4th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Jack Hiatt (64-79)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 118,102, Avg. 1,652
The Columbus Astros of the Southern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 64 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Astros scored 615 runs and conceded 697 runs. Glenn Davis paced Columbus with 25 home runs, and Mark Strucher walloped 15 or more, too. Glenn Davis drove in 85 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .299. Benny Snyder and Zac Paris led the team with 7 wins each, while Benny Snyder recorded a 3.7 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1983 Columbus Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included George Bjorkman, Eric Bullock, Jeff Calhoun, Jeff Datz, Glenn Davis, Ty Gainey, Mike Grace, Jeff Heathcock, Mark Knudson, Pat Perry, Gordie Pladson, Mark Ross, Bobby Sprowl, Bob Veselic and Tony Walker.
Jack Hiatt 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zac Paris | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.79 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.3 | 106 | 78 | 69 | 10 | 72 | 3 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
Benny Snyder | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.70 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 175.3 | 177 | 101 | 72 | 13 | 84 | 3 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
Bobby Sprowl | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.47 | 29 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44.3 | 41 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Jeff Calhoun | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.64 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 151.3 | 157 | 103 | 78 | 15 | 83 | 1 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
Pat Perry | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 60 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Tim Meckes | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.63 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 89.3 | 95 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 53 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Bob Veselic | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.31 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 57 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Rickey Foley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.34 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 70.0 | 51 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Jeff Heathcock | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.27 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 91.3 | 82 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
Mark Knudson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 82 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Jim MacDonald | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.47 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 109.0 | 108 | 59 | 42 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Uvaldo Regalado | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.58 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 72 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Mark Ross | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.63 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27.3 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Jack Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 47 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Gordie Pladson | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Larry Acker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Smokey Everett | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 62 | 75 | .453 | 4.12 | 324 | 137 | 112 | 31 | 9 | 23 | 1176.7 | 1198 | 674 | 539 | 84 | 601 | 40 | 639 | 30 | 2 | 84 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Davis | 118 | 499 | 445 | 68 | 133 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 87 | .299 | .365 | .524 | .888 | 233 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
Eric Bullock | 130 | 555 | 475 | 65 | 131 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 35 | 11 | 69 | 63 | .276 | .367 | .389 | .757 | 185 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
John Csefalvay | 113 | 425 | 372 | 51 | 107 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 41 | .288 | .369 | .454 | .823 | 169 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Ty Gainey | 110 | 445 | 397 | 65 | 107 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 40 | 83 | .270 | .338 | .380 | .718 | 151 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Mark Strucher | 118 | 433 | 373 | 54 | 101 | 25 | 5 | 21 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 69 | .271 | .364 | .534 | .898 | 199 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
Mike Grace | 119 | 447 | 395 | 50 | 96 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 82 | .243 | .318 | .395 | .713 | 156 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
Vern Followell | 92 | 362 | 308 | 27 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 33 | .240 | .343 | .279 | .622 | 86 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
Francisco Jabalera | 82 | 325 | 274 | 46 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 40 | .255 | .362 | .303 | .665 | 83 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Jim Sherman | 95 | 363 | 323 | 28 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 67 | .211 | .285 | .294 | .579 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
George Bjorkman | 70 | 284 | 230 | 36 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 52 | .252 | .379 | .504 | .884 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
Rick Colbert | 64 | 219 | 188 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 65 | .223 | .318 | .399 | .717 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Gary D'Onofrio | 63 | 232 | 197 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .203 | .303 | .299 | .602 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
Tony Walker | 44 | 196 | 171 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 26 | .222 | .313 | .275 | .588 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Steve Benson | 42 | 154 | 134 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | .239 | .298 | .336 | .634 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Larry Simcox | 41 | 145 | 128 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | .234 | .298 | .266 | .563 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Jeff Datz | 39 | 131 | 124 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 29 | .194 | .231 | .306 | .537 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Neil Simons | 13 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .225 | .279 | .325 | .604 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Stellern | 10 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .333 | .360 | .542 | .902 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Cuervo | 10 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .130 | .130 | .261 | .391 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1373 | 5307 | 4621 | 615 | 1171 | 201 | 31 | 123 | 554 | 99 | 82 | 575 | 809 | .253 | .337 | .390 | .728 | 1803 | 0 | 29 | 47 | 35 | 39 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Csefalvay | 1B | 69 | 635 | 43 | 13 | 67 | .981 | 9.826 | ||||
Mark Strucher | 1B | 67 | 568 | 60 | 6 | 62 | .991 | 9.373 | ||||
Mike Grace | 1B | 9 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 11 | .978 | 1.000 | ||||
George Bjorkman | 1B | 8 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
Neil Simons | 1B | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
Mike Grace | 2B | 86 | 197 | 267 | 11 | 65 | .977 | 5.395 | ||||
Gary D'Onofrio | 2B | 55 | 122 | 187 | 10 | 41 | .969 | 5.618 | ||||
Steve Benson | 2B | 9 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 4 | .898 | 4.889 | ||||
Ed Cuervo | 2B | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
Jim Sherman | 3B | 85 | 60 | 157 | 30 | 13 | .879 | 2.553 | ||||
Mark Strucher | 3B | 38 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 4 | .914 | 2.237 | ||||
Mike Grace | 3B | 28 | 21 | 48 | 6 | 3 | .920 | 2.464 | ||||
Steve Benson | 3B | 11 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 5 | .806 | 2.636 | ||||
Rick Colbert | 3B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Rick Colbert | C | 54 | 267 | 45 | 9 | 2 | .972 | 5.778 | 9 | |||
George Bjorkman | C | 54 | 286 | 48 | 11 | 7 | .968 | 6.185 | 12 | |||
Jeff Datz | C | 38 | 130 | 35 | 6 | 3 | .965 | 4.342 | 4 | |||
Ed Cuervo | C | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 5.400 | 2 | |||
Gary D'Onofrio | C | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1 | |||
Steve Benson | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
Eric Bullock | OF | 124 | 196 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 1.653 | ||||
Glenn Davis | OF | 113 | 186 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .958 | 1.796 | ||||
Francisco Jabalera | OF | 64 | 146 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .975 | 2.391 | ||||
Tony Walker | OF | 44 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.977 | ||||
John Csefalvay | OF | 34 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.412 | ||||
Ty Gainey | OF | 26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.192 | ||||
Jim Sherman | OF | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .789 | ||||
Neil Simons | OF | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
Mike Stellern | OF | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
Rick Colbert | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Steve Benson | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tim Meckes | P | 45 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .871 | .600 | ||||
Rickey Foley | P | 36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .333 | ||||
Bobby Sprowl | P | 29 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .448 | ||||
Benny Snyder | P | 28 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 1.071 | ||||
Jim MacDonald | P | 27 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 1.259 | ||||
Jeff Calhoun | P | 27 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
Zac Paris | P | 23 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.391 | ||||
Jack Smith | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
Uvaldo Regalado | P | 14 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .879 | 2.071 | ||||
Jeff Heathcock | P | 14 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.786 | ||||
Mark Ross | P | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
Mark Knudson | P | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
Pat Perry | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Bob Veselic | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Smokey Everett | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
Gordie Pladson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Larry Acker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Vern Followell | SS | 92 | 178 | 331 | 17 | 70 | .968 | 5.533 | ||||
Larry Simcox | SS | 41 | 61 | 139 | 12 | 35 | .943 | 4.878 | ||||
Steve Benson | SS | 10 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .862 | 2.500 | ||||
Gary D'Onofrio | SS | 9 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.556 | ||||
Totals | 1553 | 3654 | 1766 | 199 | 430 | .965 | 3.490 | 28 | 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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