1983 Columbus Clippers Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Johnny Oates (83-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 367,480, Avg. 5,250

1983 Columbus Clippers Roster

Playoffs - Tidewater Tides 3 games, Columbus Clippers 2

The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1983 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the IL.

The Clippers plated 898 runs, tops in the circuit. Columbus conceded 788 runs. Brian Dayett walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Butch Hobson, Steve Balboni and Matt Winters each added 15 or more also. Brian Dayett drove in 108 runs. Matt Winters led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .292 clip. Dennis Rasmussen topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.57 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1983 Columbus Clippers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Balboni, Marshall Brant, Tim Burke, Ben Callahan, Bert Campaneris, Clay Christiansen, Brian Dayett, Roger Erickson, Juan Espino, Barry Evans, Ray Fontenot, Brad Gulden, Jesús Hernáiz, Butch Hobson, Rex Hudler, Curt Kaufman, Dave LaRoche, Bill Lindsey, Don Mattingly, Rudy May, Bob Meacham, Otis Nixon, Rowland Office, Ed Olwine, Dan Pasqua, Mike Patterson, Dennis Rasmussen, Rick Reuschel, Edwin Rodríguez, Dick Scott, Eddie Solomon, Dave Wehrmeister, Dennis Werth, Stefan Wever and Matt Winters.

Johnny Oates 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
Dennis Rasmussen	13	10	.565	4.57	28	28	0	8	1	0	181.0	161	106	92	16	108	1	187	2	1	5
Jamie Werly	9	2	.818	4.89	17	17	0	6	0	0	106.7	111	64	58	14	45	0	70	3	0	6
Roger Erickson	9	7	.562	6.04	24	18	1	5	1	0	134.0	175	99	90	21	59	3	59	3	1	5
Clay Christiansen	8	9	.471	5.44	32	19	2	1	0	0	160.3	196	118	97	15	81	5	92	4	2	16
Scott Patterson	6	2	.750	5.92	15	15	0	2	1	0	89.7	113	65	59	14	47	1	43	2	1	4
Curt Kaufman	6	3	.667	2.75	50	0	41	0	0	25	78.7	60	24	24	6	33	4	93	1	0	3
Mike Browning	5	1	.833	5.23	14	0	5	0	0	0	43.0	71	32	25	4	15	0	12	1	1	5
Guy Elston	4	2	.667	4.50	40	0	24	0	0	7	64.0	60	34	32	9	29	0	53	1	1	4
Dave Wehrmeister	4	5	.444	4.32	13	11	1	0	0	0	75.0	62	41	36	6	50	2	41	4	0	6
Jesús Hernáiz	4	5	.444	4.79	26	10	6	2	1	1	97.7	103	60	52	6	42	4	49	0	0	3
Ray Fontenot	3	2	.600	2.83	26	0	18	0	0	8	35.0	25	16	11	1	17	2	36	1	1	2
Ben Callahan	3	2	.600	6.24	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.3	57	42	37	7	37	1	22	2	1	0
Mike King	2	0	1.000	5.60	10	1	3	1	0	0	17.7	18	15	11	1	19	2	9	1	1	1
Ed Olwine	2	0	1.000	9.58	8	0	4	0	0	0	10.3	21	11	11	3	6	0	11	1	0	1
Eddie Solomon	2	1	.667	5.79	7	1	3	0	0	2	14.0	12	9	9	1	7	1	4	0	0	0
Tim Burke	1	0	1.000	6.75	4	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	9	9	0	8	1	6	0	0	1
Dave LaRoche	1	1	.500	5.40	7	0	4	0	0	2	8.3	11	5	5	1	7	4	8	3	0	0
Stefan Wever	1	4	.200	9.78	7	6	0	0	0	0	23.0	32	27	25	4	19	1	10	1	0	1
Buck Showalter	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Rudy May	0	0		2.45	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.3	5	2	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	2
Rick Reuschel	0	1	.000	5.06	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.0	21	9	9	2	6	0	7	0	0	0
Totals	83	57	.593	5.08	346	140	115	25	4	45	1229.0	1329	788	694	131	638	32	820	30	10	65	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
Otis Nixon	138	671	557	129	162	11	6	0	41	94	29	96	83	.291	.393	.332	.725	185		1	12	5	1
Brian Dayett	128	570	479	105	138	28	5	35	108	1	2	76	101	.288	.388	.587	.974	281		7	0	8	4
Matt Winters	133	549	431	89	126	24	3	29	99	1	2	112	113	.292	.439	.564	1.003	243		3	0	3	3
Bob Meacham	120	470	423	58	111	18	3	9	60	13	5	35	74	.262	.317	.383	.700	162		1	7	4	1
Edwin Rodríguez	112	477	393	73	98	7	8	2	54	12	7	69	83	.249	.359	.323	.682	127		3	3	9	0
Butch Hobson	112	448	379	68	93	17	4	19	63	2	2	56	76	.245	.338	.462	.800	175		1	4	8	4
Brad Gulden	94	315	275	45	87	16	1	9	47	0	2	35	39	.316	.394	.480	.874	132		2	0	3	1
Steve Balboni	84	378	317	72	87	14	0	27	81	1	1	48	91	.274	.373	.574	.947	182		6	0	7	2
Mike Patterson	80	300	256	45	73	17	5	10	54	5	3	39	51	.285	.378	.508	.886	130		1	1	3	1
Rowland Office	87	239	212	37	63	14	4	8	45	1	2	24	30	.297	.367	.514	.881	109		0	2	1	3
Juan Espino	77	260	211	35	59	10	1	10	42	0	1	41	34	.280	.407	.479	.886	101		5	2	1	2
Barry Evans	62	268	218	41	58	9	1	6	39	0	2	41	27	.266	.375	.399	.774	87		1	1	7	0
Don Mattingly	43	193	159	35	54	11	3	8	37	2	1	29	14	.340	.437	.597	1.034	95		0	3	2	2
Rex Hudler	40	127	118	17	36	5	0	1	11	1	0	6	25	.305	.344	.373	.717	44		1	2	0	0
Marshall Brant	37	132	119	21	23	2	1	7	19	0	0	10	38	.193	.273	.403	.676	48		3	0	0	0
Dennis Werth	30	102	90	11	19	2	0	0	11	0	0	11	24	.211	.294	.233	.527	21		0	0	1	0
Bert Campaneris	13	52	45	7	15	2	1	1	7	3	0	5	5	.333	.412	.489	.901	22		1	1	0	0
Buck Showalter	18	72	63	9	15	3	0	1	8	1	0	7	3	.238	.324	.333	.657	21		1	1	0	0
Bill Lindsey	1	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Dick Scott	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Dan Pasqua	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1411	5633	4754	898	1317	210	46	182	826	137	59	741	914	.277	.375	.455	.830	2165	0	37	39	62	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Steve Balboni	1B	60	479	47	11	51	.980	8.767
Don Mattingly	1B	36	313	29	1	22	.997	9.500
Dennis Werth	1B	21	180	18	5	20	.975	9.429
Buck Showalter	1B	16	139	14	1	9	.994	9.562
Marshall Brant	1B	11	81	6	1	12	.989	7.909
Butch Hobson	1B	2	14	0	1	3	.933	7.000
Brian Dayett	1B	1	5	2	1	0	.875	7.000
Edwin Rodríguez	2B	90	180	267	20	53	.957	4.967
Rex Hudler	2B	30	53	87	4	20	.972	4.667
Barry Evans	2B	21	41	54	5	14	.950	4.524
Otis Nixon	2B	9	22	19	1	1	.976	4.556
Bert Campaneris	2B	3	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.667
Butch Hobson	3B	95	77	149	10	6	.958	2.379
Barry Evans	3B	35	13	53	1	6	.985	1.886
Bert Campaneris	3B	11	4	17	2	0	.913	1.909
Rex Hudler	3B	9	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.111
Dennis Werth	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Edwin Rodríguez	3B	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Brad Gulden	C	88	512	45	13	2	.977	6.330	6
Juan Espino	C	75	326	42	7	6	.981	4.907	10
Bill Lindsey	C	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Frank Kneuer	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Otis Nixon	OF	127	363	5	3	2	.992	2.898
Brian Dayett	OF	121	219	8	5	0	.978	1.876
Matt Winters	OF	92	150	2	2	0	.987	1.652
Rowland Office	OF	53	75	3	2	0	.975	1.472
Mike Patterson	OF	52	83	0	4	0	.954	1.596
Don Mattingly	OF	7	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.714
Dan Pasqua	OF	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Curt Kaufman	P	50	6	7	2	1	.867	.260
Guy Elston	P	40	2	5	0	0	1.000	.175
Clay Christiansen	P	32	15	25	8	0	.833	1.250
Dennis Rasmussen	P	28	8	24	3	1	.914	1.143
Jesús Hernáiz	P	26	8	18	0	3	1.000	1.000
Ray Fontenot	P	26	0	4	1	1	.800	.154
Roger Erickson	P	24	17	26	0	1	1.000	1.792
Jamie Werly	P	17	9	9	2	3	.900	1.059
Scott Patterson	P	15	6	12	1	1	.947	1.200
Mike Browning	P	14	4	7	3	3	.786	.786
Dave Wehrmeister	P	13	9	10	2	1	.905	1.462
Mike King	P	10	0	1	0	0	1.000	.100
Ben Callahan	P	9	5	10	2	0	.882	1.667
Ed Olwine	P	8	0	1	0	1	1.000	.125
Stefan Wever	P	7	2	6	1	0	.889	1.143
Eddie Solomon	P	7	2	3	0	1	1.000	.714
Dave LaRoche	P	7	0	2	0	2	1.000	.286
Rick Reuschel	P	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500
Rudy May	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Tim Burke	P	4	3	4	0	1	1.000	1.750
Buck Showalter	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Meacham	SS	120	206	348	30	79	.949	4.617
Edwin Rodríguez	SS	20	27	61	5	9	.946	4.400
Barry Evans	SS	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Dick Scott	SS	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1562	3687	1469	160	337	.970	3.301	16	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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