1984 Erie Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 43-31
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's West Division
Manager: Rich Hacker (43-31)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 35,694, Avg. 965
The Erie Cardinals of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1984 season with a record of 43 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals scored 412 runs and conceded 378 runs. Gary Blaine led Erie with 10 home runs Craig Wilson drove in 46 runs. Lance Johnson paced all regular batters by hitting .339. Steve Hill and Jeff Gass topped the team with 7 wins each, while Steve Hill recorded a 3.6 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1984 Erie Cardinals who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Greg Mathews, Lance Johnson and Craig Wilson.
Rich Hacker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hill | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.59 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85.3 | 89 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jeff Gass | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.72 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 87.0 | 81 | 46 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kevin Whitaker | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.80 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87.7 | 104 | 53 | 37 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Dave Crossley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.02 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 66 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.04 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kevin Moon | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.60 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.0 | 42 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.98 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Julio Mieses | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.88 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 54 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| David Dillenberger | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.97 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.3 | 68 | 44 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jim Van Houten | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.65 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.3 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Scott Pleis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McPherson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.61 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jon Billinger | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Tarasovitch | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.32 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.7 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greg Mathews | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 43 | 31 | .581 | 4.27 | 175 | 74 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 646.3 | 658 | 378 | 307 | 68 | 294 | 7 | 423 | 18 | 10 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Johnson | 71 | 332 | 283 | 63 | 96 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 45 | 20 | .339 | .426 | .410 | .836 | 116 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Steve Barnard | 74 | 320 | 271 | 46 | 86 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 37 | .317 | .419 | .446 | .865 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Craig Wilson | 72 | 318 | 282 | 53 | 83 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 27 | .294 | .366 | .461 | .827 | 130 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron Leon | 70 | 303 | 276 | 42 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 35 | .268 | .330 | .395 | .725 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ron Johns | 70 | 290 | 257 | 42 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 48 | .280 | .349 | .451 | .801 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Gary Blaine | 66 | 240 | 219 | 43 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 61 | .279 | .338 | .498 | .835 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charles Kinard | 62 | 245 | 221 | 26 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 40 | .244 | .316 | .344 | .659 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| John Murphy | 60 | 216 | 185 | 32 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 26 | .281 | .377 | .400 | .777 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jon Billinger | 54 | 154 | 123 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 29 | .228 | .368 | .398 | .767 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Scott Pleis | 44 | 116 | 108 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 30 | .241 | .284 | .315 | .599 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 47 | 128 | 108 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 | .185 | .312 | .250 | .562 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jose Santana | 57 | 122 | 113 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 37 | .142 | .189 | .142 | .330 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim O'Connor | 29 | 65 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .127 | .246 | .255 | .501 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Hill | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Crossley | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Whitaker | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Mathews | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Van Houten | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Rodriguez | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McPherson | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Vergara | 8 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Dillenberger | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Moon | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Tarasovitch | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gass | 22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Mieses | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 948 | 2947 | 2588 | 412 | 688 | 111 | 20 | 55 | 364 | 88 | 35 | 309 | 458 | .266 | .347 | .388 | .735 | 1004 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johns | 1B | 66 | 583 | 22 | 10 | 54 | .984 | 9.167 | ||||
| Gary Blaine | 1B | 17 | 102 | 8 | 2 | 11 | .982 | 6.471 | ||||
| Steve Barnard | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 69 | 168 | 201 | 13 | 50 | .966 | 5.348 | ||||
| Jose Santana | 2B | 8 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 6 | .972 | 4.375 | ||||
| Steve Barnard | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charles Kinard | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Steve Barnard | 3B | 41 | 25 | 80 | 11 | 6 | .905 | 2.561 | ||||
| Jose Santana | 3B | 33 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 1.424 | ||||
| John Murphy | 3B | 15 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 2.333 | ||||
| Charles Kinard | 3B | 11 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Pleis | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jon Billinger | C | 45 | 205 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 5.022 | 3 | |||
| Steve Barnard | C | 42 | 169 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 4.452 | 4 | |||
| Jim O'Connor | C | 24 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.833 | 12 | |||
| Lance Johnson | OF | 71 | 188 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .960 | 2.718 | ||||
| Ron Leon | OF | 65 | 84 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .957 | 1.385 | ||||
| John Murphy | OF | 41 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .959 | 1.732 | ||||
| Gary Blaine | OF | 33 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .854 | 1.242 | ||||
| Tim Kavanaugh | OF | 19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.474 | ||||
| Steve Barnard | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Albert Vergara | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Pleis | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Gass | P | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Jim Van Houten | P | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Kevin Moon | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Steve Hill | P | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Kevin Whitaker | P | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Dillenberger | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Julio Mieses | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .923 | ||||
| Alex Rodriguez | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Dave Crossley | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Barry McPherson | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Scott Tarasovitch | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .143 | ||||
| Tim Kavanaugh | P | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Scott Pleis | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Greg Mathews | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jon Billinger | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Kinard | SS | 54 | 82 | 160 | 14 | 29 | .945 | 4.481 | ||||
| Tim Kavanaugh | SS | 16 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 12 | .922 | 4.438 | ||||
| Jose Santana | SS | 12 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 6 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | SS | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 887 | 1939 | 813 | 105 | 201 | .963 | 3.103 | 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.
