1985 Huntsville Stars Statistics
Team Record: 78-66
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Brad Fischer (78-66)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Ballpark: Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 300,810, Avg. 4,178
Playoffs - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 1
Finals - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Charlotte O's 2
The Huntsville Stars of the Southern League ended the 1985 season with a record of 78 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Stars tallied 729 runs and conceded 667 runs. Rob Nelson walloped 32 home runs for Huntsville, while José Canseco swatted 15 or more, too. Rob Nelson drove in 98 runs. Luis Polonia led batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Tim Belcher topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.71 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1985 Huntsville Stars who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Terry Steinbach, Eric Plunk, Darrel Akerfelds, Bill Mooneyham, Luis Polonia, Todd Burns, Stan Javier, José Canseco, Rob Nelson, Rick Rodriguez, Charlie O'Brien, Greg Cadaret, Tom Dozier, Brian Dorsett and Tim Belcher.
Brad Fischer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Belcher | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.69 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 149.7 | 145 | 99 | 78 | 12 | 99 | 0 | 90 | 7 | 2 | 11 | |
| Darrel Akerfelds | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.46 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 96.3 | 75 | 42 | 37 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eric Plunk | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.3 | 61 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Joe Law | 8 | 8 | .500 | 6.11 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 106.0 | 115 | 86 | 72 | 12 | 78 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pete Kendrick | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.45 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 83 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
| Wayne Giddings | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.89 | 49 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 71.7 | 70 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tom Dozier | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 59.7 | 42 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mark Bauer | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.74 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123.3 | 156 | 79 | 65 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Larry Smith | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.36 | 48 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.3 | 79 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Todd Burns | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Whaley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.95 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 85.3 | 79 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greg Cadaret | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.12 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | 96 | 61 | 56 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bill Mooneyham | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.98 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.3 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rick Rodriguez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Harvey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.77 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.7 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bob Hallas | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.43 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 49 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Gorman | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Zmudosky | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Steinbach | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ashman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 64 | .546 | 3.91 | 391 | 144 | 113 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 1198.3 | 1161 | 637 | 520 | 106 | 598 | 15 | 716 | 30 | 14 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Polonia | 130 | 584 | 515 | 82 | 149 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 39 | 20 | 59 | 54 | .289 | .360 | .400 | .760 | 206 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| Stan Javier | 140 | 613 | 486 | 105 | 138 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 61 | 15 | 112 | 92 | .284 | .419 | .418 | .836 | 203 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| Terry Steinbach | 128 | 515 | 456 | 64 | 124 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 36 | .272 | .337 | .412 | .749 | 188 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |
| Ray Thoma | 123 | 513 | 464 | 75 | 123 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 93 | .265 | .328 | .394 | .722 | 183 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rob Nelson | 140 | 593 | 499 | 68 | 116 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 137 | .232 | .345 | .475 | .820 | 237 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| John Marquardt | 109 | 401 | 353 | 43 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 39 | .266 | .332 | .326 | .658 | 115 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Brian Graham | 95 | 327 | 298 | 37 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 44 | .289 | .344 | .369 | .713 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian Dorsett | 88 | 354 | 313 | 38 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 61 | .268 | .348 | .450 | .798 | 141 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rocky Coyle | 96 | 337 | 294 | 46 | 83 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 21 | .282 | .358 | .388 | .745 | 114 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| José Canseco | 58 | 251 | 211 | 47 | 67 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 55 | .318 | .406 | .739 | 1.146 | 156 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Chip Conklin | 95 | 320 | 279 | 45 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 42 | .237 | .307 | .394 | .701 | 110 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rick Stromer | 64 | 223 | 178 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 23 | .298 | .422 | .433 | .854 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Ashman | 40 | 146 | 129 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | .279 | .352 | .372 | .724 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie O'Brien | 33 | 135 | 115 | 20 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 20 | .209 | .313 | .435 | .748 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Guinn | 30 | 102 | 86 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .209 | .327 | .291 | .617 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Wilder | 29 | 89 | 68 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .162 | .360 | .324 | .683 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Harvey | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Gould | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Rodriguez | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1479 | 5511 | 4751 | 728 | 1275 | 214 | 41 | 139 | 652 | 148 | 55 | 631 | 761 | .268 | .356 | .418 | .774 | 1988 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 45 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Nelson | 1B | 137 | 1101 | 86 | 23 | 109 | .981 | 8.664 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | 1B | 8 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 4.875 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | 1B | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Rick Stromer | 1B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| John Marquardt | 2B | 54 | 124 | 106 | 6 | 23 | .975 | 4.259 | ||||
| Brian Graham | 2B | 51 | 111 | 113 | 13 | 27 | .945 | 4.392 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | 2B | 47 | 101 | 99 | 6 | 33 | .971 | 4.255 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | 3B | 54 | 43 | 101 | 7 | 12 | .954 | 2.667 | ||||
| Rick Stromer | 3B | 50 | 41 | 104 | 13 | 10 | .918 | 2.900 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | 3B | 36 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 2 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | 3B | 15 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | 3B | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Brian Dorsett | C | 79 | 437 | 51 | 10 | 7 | .980 | 6.177 | 6 | |||
| Terry Steinbach | C | 35 | 146 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 4.857 | 7 | |||
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 33 | 182 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 6.394 | 4 | |||
| Mike Ashman | C | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Luis Polonia | OF | 122 | 236 | 13 | 12 | 1 | .954 | 2.041 | ||||
| Stan Javier | OF | 121 | 363 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .981 | 3.066 | ||||
| Rocky Coyle | OF | 89 | 187 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 2.180 | ||||
| José Canseco | OF | 56 | 117 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | OF | 41 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.268 | ||||
| Dave Wilder | OF | 19 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .909 | 2.105 | ||||
| Brian Graham | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Gould | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Giddings | P | 49 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .224 | ||||
| Larry Smith | P | 48 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Scott Whaley | P | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .250 | ||||
| Joe Law | P | 37 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .486 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | P | 29 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .759 | ||||
| Mark Bauer | P | 22 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.318 | ||||
| Randy Harvey | P | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Bob Hallas | P | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Greg Cadaret | P | 17 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.294 | ||||
| Darrel Akerfelds | P | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Tom Zmudosky | P | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Gorman | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Plunk | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Pete Kendrick | P | 13 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 2.692 | ||||
| Tom Dozier | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bill Mooneyham | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Rick Rodriguez | P | 8 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.625 | ||||
| Todd Burns | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Ashman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Marquardt | SS | 54 | 79 | 136 | 17 | 21 | .927 | 3.981 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | SS | 30 | 46 | 85 | 7 | 7 | .949 | 4.367 | ||||
| Brian Guinn | SS | 29 | 42 | 101 | 4 | 15 | .973 | 4.931 | ||||
| Brian Graham | SS | 28 | 52 | 61 | 9 | 20 | .926 | 4.036 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | SS | 12 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 5 | .902 | 3.083 | ||||
| Mike Ashman | SS | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1631 | 3714 | 1433 | 190 | 323 | .964 | 3.156 | 17 | 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.
