1984 Evansville Triplets Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Gordon MacKenzie (72-82)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Ballpark: Bosse Field
Attendance: 100,326, Avg. 1,303
The Evansville Triplets of the American Association ended the 1984 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.
The Triplets tallied 649 runs and yielded 715 runs. Mike Laga walloped 30 home runs for Evansville, while Nelson Simmons and Rondal Rollin swatted 15 or more, too. Mike Laga recorded 94 runs batted in. Nelson Simmons paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Don Heinkel topped the squad with 11 wins, and Randy O'Neal recorded a 3.58 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1984 Evansville Triplets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ruppert Jones, Bob Melvin, Randy O'Neal, Glenn Abbott, Scott Earl, Carl Willis, Dan Morogiello, Don Heinkel, Ángel Moreno, Rusty Kuntz, Lenny Faedo, Rod Allen, Dwight Lowry, Doug Baker, Roger Erickson, John Harris, Mike Laga, Pat Larkin, Howard Bailey, Dave Gumpert, Butch Benton, Roger Mason, Nelson Simmons, John Martin, Dallas Williams and Rich Monteleone.
Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Heinkel | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.99 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 178.3 | 205 | 101 | 79 | 15 | 58 | 7 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Roger Mason | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.80 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 151.7 | 175 | 78 | 64 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Randy O'Neal | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.57 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 166.3 | 152 | 82 | 66 | 12 | 59 | 2 | 110 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Roger Erickson | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 | 109 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dave Gumpert | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.95 | 56 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 87.3 | 105 | 51 | 48 | 10 | 40 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeff Conner | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.28 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 128.3 | 150 | 76 | 61 | 16 | 43 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Carl Willis | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.73 | 40 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 60.3 | 59 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Rich Monteleone | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.50 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 64 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Martin | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.06 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49.0 | 57 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Dacko | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.71 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 98 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dan Morogiello | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.30 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ángel Moreno | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.59 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 44 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Pat Larkin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.95 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 40 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Juan Lopez | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Abbott | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.94 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Howard Bailey | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6.47 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 75 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 72 | 82 | .468 | 4.25 | 361 | 154 | 121 | 33 | 7 | 27 | 1277.3 | 1405 | 715 | 603 | 122 | 511 | 30 | 702 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Simmons | 142 | 561 | 501 | 79 | 154 | 41 | 5 | 22 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 106 | .307 | .370 | .541 | .911 | 271 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mike Laga | 153 | 615 | 569 | 86 | 151 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 130 | .265 | .312 | .508 | .820 | 289 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Scott Earl | 153 | 630 | 534 | 82 | 134 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 41 | 20 | 77 | 120 | .251 | .350 | .382 | .733 | 204 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| John Harris | 122 | 420 | 360 | 48 | 109 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 60 | .303 | .385 | .439 | .824 | 158 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| Butch Benton | 109 | 364 | 350 | 38 | 98 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 45 | .280 | .300 | .389 | .689 | 136 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pedro Chavez | 88 | 370 | 334 | 47 | 90 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 39 | .269 | .319 | .356 | .675 | 119 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rod Allen | 74 | 260 | 234 | 24 | 66 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 51 | .282 | .346 | .389 | .735 | 91 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Doug Baker | 77 | 296 | 243 | 34 | 63 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 58 | .259 | .377 | .453 | .829 | 110 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rondal Rollin | 55 | 216 | 199 | 29 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 70 | .261 | .310 | .513 | .823 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ruppert Jones | 48 | 190 | 160 | 30 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 33 | .312 | .411 | .575 | .986 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dwight Lowry | 61 | 199 | 177 | 23 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 51 | .220 | .294 | .345 | .639 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Juan Lopez | 61 | 175 | 159 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .233 | .274 | .377 | .651 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dallas Williams | 54 | 212 | 189 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 25 | .190 | .261 | .286 | .546 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Raul Tovar | 42 | 149 | 135 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | .259 | .315 | .348 | .664 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Melvin | 44 | 145 | 141 | 12 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | .248 | .264 | .340 | .604 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benny Ruiz | 55 | 170 | 150 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 30 | .180 | .245 | .207 | .452 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ruben Robles | 49 | 167 | 151 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 47 | .179 | .257 | .252 | .509 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reggie Thomas | 41 | 122 | 113 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .221 | .246 | .310 | .556 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| George Foussianes | 21 | 71 | 56 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | .214 | .371 | .321 | .693 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stan Younger | 12 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .189 | .250 | .216 | .466 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rusty Kuntz | 10 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .185 | .353 | .185 | .538 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 1471 | 5409 | 4819 | 642 | 1252 | 260 | 45 | 125 | 601 | 104 | 71 | 471 | 1010 | .260 | .327 | .410 | .737 | 1977 | 0 | 27 | 52 | 40 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Laga | 1B | 111 | 1008 | 92 | 14 | 112 | .987 | 9.910 | ||||
| John Harris | 1B | 41 | 302 | 34 | 3 | 40 | .991 | 8.195 | ||||
| Butch Benton | 1B | 7 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 7.143 | ||||
| Bob Melvin | 1B | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Raul Tovar | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Earl | 2B | 137 | 277 | 423 | 21 | 105 | .971 | 5.109 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | 2B | 12 | 18 | 51 | 3 | 9 | .958 | 5.750 | ||||
| Benny Ruiz | 2B | 6 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 5.333 | ||||
| Lenny Faedo | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Butch Benton | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Lopez | 3B | 53 | 43 | 75 | 11 | 7 | .915 | 2.226 | ||||
| Benny Ruiz | 3B | 33 | 25 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .972 | 2.121 | ||||
| George Foussianes | 3B | 21 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 4 | .846 | 1.571 | ||||
| Lenny Faedo | 3B | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pedro Chavez | 3B | 18 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 2.389 | ||||
| Scott Earl | 3B | 17 | 16 | 43 | 5 | 3 | .922 | 3.471 | ||||
| Butch Benton | 3B | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Butch Benton | C | 73 | 323 | 49 | 17 | 7 | .956 | 5.096 | 5 | |||
| Dwight Lowry | C | 57 | 240 | 45 | 6 | 7 | .979 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Bob Melvin | C | 40 | 201 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 5.550 | 1 | |||
| Nelson Simmons | OF | 139 | 232 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .976 | 1.741 | ||||
| Rod Allen | OF | 60 | 106 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 1.850 | ||||
| Dallas Williams | OF | 53 | 91 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .929 | 1.736 | ||||
| Ruben Robles | OF | 48 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.646 | ||||
| Ruppert Jones | OF | 48 | 97 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .961 | 2.042 | ||||
| Raul Tovar | OF | 42 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 1.881 | ||||
| Reggie Thomas | OF | 34 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .919 | 1.676 | ||||
| Rondal Rollin | OF | 32 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .922 | 1.469 | ||||
| Butch Benton | OF | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .923 | ||||
| Rusty Kuntz | OF | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| John Harris | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Stan Younger | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Gumpert | P | 56 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .518 | ||||
| Carl Willis | P | 40 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Conner | P | 32 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.156 | ||||
| Don Heinkel | P | 30 | 28 | 38 | 2 | 6 | .971 | 2.200 | ||||
| John Martin | P | 29 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Randy O'Neal | P | 25 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roger Mason | P | 25 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.080 | ||||
| Dan Morogiello | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Ángel Moreno | P | 20 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Roger Erickson | P | 19 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
| Pat Larkin | P | 17 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Mark Dacko | P | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Howard Bailey | P | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.538 | ||||
| Rich Monteleone | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glenn Abbott | P | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Juan Lopez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Baker | SS | 77 | 152 | 270 | 16 | 71 | .963 | 5.481 | ||||
| Pedro Chavez | SS | 58 | 104 | 173 | 12 | 44 | .958 | 4.776 | ||||
| Benny Ruiz | SS | 15 | 31 | 41 | 4 | 13 | .947 | 4.800 | ||||
| Scott Earl | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Lenny Faedo | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Lopez | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1661 | 3813 | 1713 | 172 | 466 | .970 | 3.327 | 6 | 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.
