1985 El Paso Diablos Statistics
Team Record: 86-50
Finished 1st in the TL's West Division
Manager: Terry Bevington (86-50)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 245,744, Avg. 3,614
Finals - Jackson Mets 4 games, El Paso Diablos 0
The El Paso Diablos of the Texas League ended the 1985 season with a record of 86 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Diablos paced the league with 882 runs, fueled by 122 home runs. El Paso allowed 662 runs. Joey Meyer walloped 37 home runs for the squad, while Jesus Alfaro, Billy Jo Robidoux and Glenn Braggs each added 15 or more as well. Billy Jo Robidoux recorded 132 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .342. Dan Plesac led the squad with 12 wins, and Mike Birkbeck recorded a 3.43 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1985 El Paso Diablos who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Paciorek, Edgar Díaz, Dave Ford, Andy Beene, Tom Candiotti, Mark Ciardi, Juan Nieves, Dan Plesac, Billy Jo Robidoux, Dave Huppert, Joey Meyer, Mike Birkbeck, Chris Bosio, Glenn Braggs and Jay Aldrich.
Terry Bevington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Plesac | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.97 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.3 | 171 | 91 | 83 | 12 | 68 | 1 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Chris Bosio | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.82 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 181.3 | 186 | 108 | 77 | 14 | 49 | 4 | 155 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| Mike Birkbeck | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.43 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155.0 | 154 | 67 | 59 | 9 | 64 | 4 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mark Ciardi | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.66 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67.7 | 55 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Juan Nieves | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.52 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 120.0 | 106 | 53 | 47 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Roberts | 7 | 2 | .778 | 5.68 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 93 | 53 | 48 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Eric Barry | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.81 | 31 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58.0 | 76 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ed Myers | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.38 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50.7 | 52 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Douglas Norton | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.38 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110.3 | 142 | 85 | 66 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Bob Schroeck | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.31 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jay Aldrich | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.55 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 63.3 | 61 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Andy Beene | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Bryant | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.12 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Candiotti | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.3 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Burns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.38 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Ford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Fingers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.40 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 86 | 50 | .632 | 4.18 | 341 | 136 | 111 | 25 | 6 | 35 | 1194.0 | 1283 | 662 | 555 | 106 | 422 | 26 | 843 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 133 | 616 | 515 | 111 | 176 | 46 | 3 | 23 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 97 | 62 | .342 | .443 | .577 | 1.020 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Joey Meyer | 131 | 558 | 506 | 79 | 154 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 123 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 92 | .304 | .359 | .565 | .924 | 286 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Jesus Alfaro | 131 | 575 | 508 | 70 | 152 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 112 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 77 | .299 | .368 | .455 | .823 | 231 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Alan Cartwright | 125 | 532 | 475 | 82 | 149 | 35 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 12 | 15 | 48 | 58 | .314 | .377 | .474 | .850 | 225 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Glenn Braggs | 117 | 530 | 448 | 105 | 139 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 103 | 20 | 7 | 68 | 77 | .310 | .409 | .520 | .930 | 233 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Edgar Díaz | 132 | 574 | 501 | 90 | 134 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 21 | 7 | 62 | 47 | .267 | .347 | .311 | .659 | 156 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dave Klipstein | 94 | 450 | 396 | 92 | 132 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 44 | .333 | .400 | .402 | .802 | 159 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Daniel Purpura | 115 | 501 | 409 | 81 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 62 | .269 | .386 | .337 | .724 | 138 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dave Huppert | 96 | 387 | 309 | 46 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 89 | .227 | .358 | .327 | .685 | 101 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Gibbons | 63 | 217 | 169 | 31 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 17 | .302 | .439 | .391 | .829 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jim Paciorek | 36 | 163 | 138 | 37 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 20 | .290 | .383 | .420 | .803 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Beuerlein | 41 | 152 | 124 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 33 | .250 | .384 | .315 | .699 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matthew Sferrazza | 24 | 97 | 78 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 11 | .179 | .326 | .218 | .544 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Nandin | 20 | 63 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .250 | .397 | .312 | .709 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Angel Rodriguez | 10 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .208 | .240 | .375 | .615 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morales | 6 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .133 | .316 | .133 | .449 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Roberts | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carey Ross | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Douglas Norton | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Burns | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bryant | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1357 | 5470 | 4674 | 882 | 1373 | 244 | 26 | 122 | 803 | 115 | 79 | 674 | 701 | .294 | .384 | .435 | .819 | 2035 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 47 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 1B | 109 | 1025 | 68 | 13 | 102 | .988 | 1.028 | ||||
| Joey Meyer | 1B | 30 | 252 | 15 | 6 | 28 | .978 | 8.900 | ||||
| John Gibbons | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 2B | 109 | 228 | 313 | 16 | 76 | .971 | 4.963 | ||||
| Matthew Sferrazza | 2B | 16 | 37 | 43 | 4 | 9 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bob Nandin | 2B | 15 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 9 | .938 | 4.067 | ||||
| Joe Morales | 2B | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Jesus Alfaro | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesus Alfaro | 3B | 127 | 60 | 274 | 20 | 25 | .944 | 2.630 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 3B | 9 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 3.111 | ||||
| Carey Ross | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Jo Robidoux | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Huppert | C | 96 | 612 | 70 | 9 | 5 | .987 | 7.104 | 14 | |||
| John Beuerlein | C | 39 | 216 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .983 | 6.077 | 6 | |||
| Angel Rodriguez | C | 7 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 4 | |||
| Alan Cartwright | OF | 116 | 192 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .967 | 1.767 | ||||
| Glenn Braggs | OF | 116 | 239 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .958 | 2.147 | ||||
| Dave Klipstein | OF | 89 | 184 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 2.225 | ||||
| John Gibbons | OF | 44 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.909 | ||||
| Jim Paciorek | OF | 34 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.941 | ||||
| Billy Jo Robidoux | OF | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Matthew Sferrazza | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Aldrich | P | 42 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .941 | .381 | ||||
| Douglas Norton | P | 36 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.194 | ||||
| Ed Myers | P | 32 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .375 | ||||
| Eric Barry | P | 31 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .900 | .581 | ||||
| Chris Bosio | P | 28 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Schroeck | P | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .148 | ||||
| Dan Plesac | P | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .920 | ||||
| Mike Birkbeck | P | 24 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.750 | ||||
| Juan Nieves | P | 17 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.588 | ||||
| Bob Fingers | P | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Dan Burns | P | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| John Bryant | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Scott Roberts | P | 12 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mark Ciardi | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Tom Candiotti | P | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Gibbons | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Ford | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Andy Beene | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Edgar Díaz | SS | 132 | 217 | 489 | 37 | 101 | .950 | 5.348 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Morales | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1457 | 3582 | 1626 | 162 | 387 | .970 | 3.574 | 24 | 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.
