1983 Columbia Mets Statistics
Team Record: 88-54
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: John Tamargo (88-54)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 107,113, Avg. 1,509
Playoffs - Gastonia Expos 3 games, Columbia Mets 2
The Columbia Mets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1983 season with a record of 88 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mets topped the circuit with 819 runs. Columbia surrendered 614 runs, fewest in the league. Paul Hollins paced the team with 21 home runs and drove in 97 runs. Steve Springer topped batters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Kevin Brown led the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.75 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Joe Klink, Steve Springer, Barry Lyons, Floyd Youmans, Randy Myers, Mickey Weston, Dave Magadan and Lou Thornton were all players from the 1983 Columbia Mets who played in the Majors during their careers.
John Tamargo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Brown | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.74 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 170.7 | 110 | 69 | 52 | 11 | 85 | 1 | 221 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Randy Myers | 14 | 10 | .583 | 3.63 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.3 | 146 | 94 | 70 | 15 | 108 | 0 | 164 | 4 | 2 | 19 | |
| Floyd Youmans | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.42 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 134.3 | 112 | 77 | 51 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 117 | 9 | 0 | 12 | |
| Dave Jensen | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.99 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.7 | 158 | 72 | 57 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Craig Weissmann | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.57 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93.3 | 84 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mark Lockenmeyer | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.10 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 77.0 | 73 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Scott Murray | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.73 | 57 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 83.0 | 68 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Stu Foulks | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.97 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77.0 | 68 | 49 | 34 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Ed Pruitt | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.95 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 54.7 | 50 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mickey Weston | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.34 | 37 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.7 | 87 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Joe Klink | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.62 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Gay | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.65 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 29 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kyle Hartshorn | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.89 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 46 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Ray | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Springer | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 53 | .624 | 3.40 | 334 | 140 | 120 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 1196.7 | 1067 | 607 | 452 | 97 | 522 | 18 | 1083 | 31 | 3 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Springer | 130 | 533 | 488 | 99 | 165 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 88 | 22 | 4 | 35 | 50 | .338 | .380 | .498 | .878 | 243 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Frank Moscat | 127 | 564 | 514 | 89 | 141 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 43 | 81 | .274 | .331 | .348 | .679 | 179 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Hollins | 130 | 532 | 458 | 81 | 138 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 97 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 74 | .301 | .385 | .493 | .879 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| Lou Thornton | 119 | 492 | 448 | 80 | 120 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 73 | 22 | 8 | 32 | 90 | .268 | .322 | .422 | .744 | 189 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 124 | 469 | 426 | 71 | 114 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 36 | 11 | 33 | 103 | .268 | .322 | .369 | .690 | 157 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| Barry Lyons | 92 | 366 | 316 | 55 | 94 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 32 | .297 | .378 | .386 | .764 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ken Harris | 88 | 348 | 282 | 63 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 24 | .301 | .418 | .447 | .865 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Wade Schexnayder | 102 | 359 | 316 | 44 | 82 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 68 | .259 | .343 | .434 | .776 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Magadan | 64 | 274 | 220 | 41 | 74 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 29 | .336 | .462 | .445 | .907 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Augie Garcia | 80 | 318 | 281 | 37 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 78 | .253 | .327 | .320 | .647 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Andy Lawrence | 54 | 219 | 202 | 32 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 54 | .257 | .306 | .381 | .687 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Julio Paula | 48 | 185 | 160 | 28 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 30 | .306 | .386 | .450 | .836 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Herman Lewis | 92 | 200 | 177 | 34 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 23 | .249 | .315 | .277 | .592 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Steve Phillips | 58 | 183 | 148 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 40 | .277 | .400 | .399 | .799 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marlin McPhail | 42 | 147 | 132 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 22 | .303 | .354 | .409 | .763 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Welch | 43 | 118 | 106 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .179 | .239 | .189 | .428 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dennis Glynn | 10 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .308 | .455 | .346 | .801 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Lyon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1405 | 5341 | 4701 | 810 | 1337 | 210 | 51 | 86 | 695 | 170 | 61 | 533 | 830 | .284 | .358 | .406 | .763 | 1907 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 50 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Magadan | 1B | 64 | 520 | 37 | 7 | 36 | .988 | 8.703 | ||||
| Andy Lawrence | 1B | 54 | 434 | 23 | 8 | 40 | .983 | 8.463 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 1B | 25 | 174 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .984 | 7.320 | ||||
| Barry Lyons | 1B | 8 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| Steve Springer | 2B | 77 | 179 | 202 | 17 | 45 | .957 | 4.948 | ||||
| Steve Phillips | 2B | 47 | 88 | 86 | 13 | 18 | .930 | 3.702 | ||||
| Felix Perdomo | 2B | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Glynn | 2B | 10 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 6 | .946 | 3.500 | ||||
| Frank Moscat | 2B | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Frank Moscat | 3B | 111 | 67 | 215 | 21 | 11 | .931 | 2.541 | ||||
| Ken Harris | 3B | 27 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 6 | .884 | 2.259 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | 3B | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .692 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Springer | 3B | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | 3B | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wade Schexnayder | C | 73 | 484 | 56 | 13 | 6 | .976 | 7.397 | 22 | |||
| Barry Lyons | C | 51 | 359 | 31 | 13 | 4 | .968 | 7.647 | 7 | |||
| Billy Welch | C | 42 | 267 | 25 | 9 | 2 | .970 | 6.952 | 3 | |||
| Bruce Lyon | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Wilson | OF | 120 | 197 | 10 | 16 | 3 | .928 | 1.725 | ||||
| Lou Thornton | OF | 116 | 193 | 18 | 11 | 1 | .950 | 1.819 | ||||
| Paul Hollins | OF | 104 | 108 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .919 | 1.087 | ||||
| Herman Lewis | OF | 83 | 116 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.458 | ||||
| Steve Springer | OF | 51 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.392 | ||||
| Marlin McPhail | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Harris | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Murray | P | 57 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .211 | ||||
| Mickey Weston | P | 37 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .378 | ||||
| Ed Pruitt | P | 37 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .351 | ||||
| Stu Foulks | P | 31 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .258 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 29 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Randy Myers | P | 28 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .826 | .679 | ||||
| Dave Jensen | P | 26 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Floyd Youmans | P | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .889 | 1.043 | ||||
| Craig Weissmann | P | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .389 | ||||
| Mark Lockenmeyer | P | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
| Joe Klink | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Kyle Hartshorn | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Steve Gay | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Steve Ray | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Wilson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Springer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Augie Garcia | SS | 80 | 105 | 236 | 29 | 39 | .922 | 4.262 | ||||
| Julio Paula | SS | 48 | 63 | 135 | 16 | 17 | .925 | 4.125 | ||||
| Frank Moscat | SS | 13 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 3.154 | ||||
| Steve Phillips | SS | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .800 | 2.286 | ||||
| Totals | 1592 | 3594 | 1345 | 241 | 266 | .953 | 3.102 | 32 | 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.
