1983 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 77-68
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Gene Lamont (77-68)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 137,480, Avg. 1,896
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 3 games, Savannah Braves 1
Finals - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 77 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Suns paced the league with just 605 runs allowed. Jacksonville scored 631 runs. John Morris led the squad with 23 home runs and drove in 92 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .288 clip. Mark Gubicza topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.08 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1983 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rondin Johnson, Butch Davis, Van Snider, Tony Ferreira, Bob Hegman, Jim Scranton, Mark Gubicza, Bill Pecota, Frank Wills, Mark Huismann, Dave Leeper, Bret Saberhagen and John Morris.
Gene Lamont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gubicza | 14 | 12 | .538 | 3.08 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 196.0 | 146 | 81 | 67 | 10 | 93 | 5 | 146 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Les Strode | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.20 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 98 | 58 | 42 | 9 | 50 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tony Ferreira | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.22 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 136.3 | 122 | 77 | 64 | 7 | 68 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bret Saberhagen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.91 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 77.3 | 66 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mark Huismann | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.23 | 37 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 61.3 | 60 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Alvarez | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.07 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 87.0 | 76 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Frank Wills | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.3 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Olson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 82.3 | 80 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Wong | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.38 | 50 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77.3 | 61 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Theo Shaw | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.43 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 105.7 | 102 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 69 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Glenn Ray | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.54 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 142 | 87 | 71 | 14 | 62 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Nick Harsh | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.26 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 76 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Daniel Fischer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.83 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | 61 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Valerio Perez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Art Martinez | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 68 | .531 | 3.55 | 318 | 145 | 118 | 27 | 6 | 32 | 1254.7 | 1145 | 605 | 495 | 89 | 578 | 30 | 773 | 39 | 9 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rondin Johnson | 140 | 609 | 555 | 74 | 147 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 36 | 51 | .265 | .307 | .305 | .612 | 169 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Morris | 140 | 605 | 490 | 96 | 141 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 92 | 30 | 4 | 109 | 107 | .288 | .420 | .516 | .936 | 253 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Marty Wilkerson | 110 | 432 | 377 | 37 | 106 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 37 | .281 | .359 | .345 | .704 | 130 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Robert Ferris | 132 | 535 | 445 | 62 | 106 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 56 | 5 | 3 | 83 | 143 | .238 | .357 | .373 | .730 | 166 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Butch Davis | 90 | 375 | 331 | 51 | 105 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 63 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 78 | .317 | .378 | .532 | .910 | 176 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Jim Scranton | 141 | 516 | 450 | 43 | 98 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 73 | .218 | .293 | .258 | .551 | 116 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | |
| Billy Best | 117 | 455 | 385 | 52 | 95 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 14 | 6 | 63 | 57 | .247 | .353 | .421 | .773 | 162 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Richard Rizzo | 97 | 390 | 350 | 48 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 54 | .214 | .290 | .326 | .616 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bill Pecota | 72 | 296 | 260 | 38 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 39 | .242 | .325 | .342 | .668 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bob Hegman | 74 | 267 | 235 | 33 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 39 | .238 | .322 | .294 | .616 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Ashmore | 80 | 314 | 267 | 29 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 59 | .210 | .312 | .270 | .581 | 72 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hal Hatcher | 52 | 214 | 194 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 32 | .237 | .305 | .392 | .697 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Leeper | 36 | 161 | 147 | 22 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .293 | .325 | .429 | .754 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Duane Dewey | 58 | 204 | 176 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 38 | .153 | .257 | .222 | .479 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Van Snider | 13 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .182 | .270 | .273 | .543 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Pirruccello | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 | .333 | .222 | .556 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Roger Hansen | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Alvarez | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1388 | 5428 | 4708 | 631 | 1173 | 189 | 37 | 90 | 562 | 159 | 60 | 605 | 834 | .249 | .336 | .362 | .698 | 1706 | 0 | 26 | 52 | 37 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Ferris | 1B | 116 | 1015 | 52 | 12 | 104 | .989 | 9.198 | ||||
| Hal Hatcher | 1B | 22 | 208 | 22 | 5 | 14 | .979 | 1.455 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | 1B | 11 | 104 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Butch Davis | 1B | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Rondin Johnson | 2B | 140 | 274 | 416 | 18 | 87 | .975 | 4.929 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | 2B | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 5 | .970 | 5.333 | ||||
| Bill Pecota | 3B | 69 | 52 | 134 | 18 | 11 | .912 | 2.696 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | 3B | 52 | 48 | 96 | 6 | 10 | .960 | 2.769 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | 3B | 33 | 17 | 58 | 5 | 6 | .938 | 2.273 | ||||
| Robert Ferris | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mitch Ashmore | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mitch Ashmore | C | 70 | 401 | 26 | 5 | 4 | .988 | 6.100 | 16 | |||
| Duane Dewey | C | 56 | 304 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .982 | 5.839 | 4 | |||
| Hal Hatcher | C | 18 | 91 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 5.722 | 5 | |||
| Marty Wilkerson | C | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 1 | |||
| Roger Hansen | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| John Morris | OF | 135 | 260 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 1.985 | ||||
| Billy Best | OF | 100 | 161 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.740 | ||||
| Richard Rizzo | OF | 92 | 227 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .975 | 2.543 | ||||
| Butch Davis | OF | 51 | 101 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Leeper | OF | 32 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.969 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | OF | 20 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.550 | ||||
| Van Snider | OF | 13 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
| Marty Wilkerson | OF | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Dave Wong | P | 50 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .340 | ||||
| Mark Huismann | P | 37 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .405 | ||||
| Tony Ferreira | P | 35 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .893 | .714 | ||||
| Mike Alvarez | P | 30 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .967 | ||||
| Mark Gubicza | P | 28 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.750 | ||||
| Glenn Ray | P | 26 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| Les Strode | P | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .600 | ||||
| Nick Harsh | P | 18 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Theo Shaw | P | 16 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.562 | ||||
| Daniel Fischer | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Bret Saberhagen | P | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mike Olson | P | 11 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 2.091 | ||||
| Frank Wills | P | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Art Martinez | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Valerio Perez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Scranton | SS | 140 | 211 | 469 | 40 | 87 | .944 | 4.857 | ||||
| Bob Hegman | SS | 8 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 3.375 | ||||
| Bill Pecota | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1526 | 3764 | 1612 | 166 | 360 | .970 | 3.523 | 26 | 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.
