1982 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 73-71
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Larry Hardy (73-71)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 84,451, Avg. 1,173
Playoffs - Nashville Sounds 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 1
The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1982 season with a record of 73 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Blue Jays scored 594 runs and conceded 618 runs. Tim Thompson led Knoxville with 18 home runs, while Vernon Ramie and Ron Shepherd walloped 15 or more as well. Tim Thompson drove in 73 runs. Carlos Rios paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. Dennis Howard topped the squad with 13 wins, and Keith Walker recorded a 2.83 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1982 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Whitmer, Tom Dodd, John Cerutti, Toby Hernández, Brian Milner, Stan Clarke, Gary Wilson, Matt Williams, Ron Shepherd, Paul Hodgson and Joe Cannon.
Larry Hardy 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Howard | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.07 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 194.7 | 181 | 96 | 88 | 15 | 85 | 2 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
Matt Williams | 11 | 13 | .458 | 4.28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 193.3 | 173 | 106 | 92 | 13 | 107 | 1 | 157 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Jim Baker | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.86 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 116.7 | 127 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
Keith Walker | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.82 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 127.7 | 113 | 49 | 40 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Colin McLaughlin | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.42 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 123.7 | 104 | 60 | 47 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |
Brian Stemberger | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.31 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73.3 | 74 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Scot Elam | 6 | 16 | .273 | 4.23 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 187.3 | 158 | 118 | 88 | 9 | 146 | 0 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 27 | |
John Cerutti | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32.3 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tom Lukish | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.71 | 54 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 66.3 | 62 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
Randy Ford | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.67 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.3 | 69 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Rick O'Keeffe | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Wilson | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mike Cuellar | 0 | 0 | 11.37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Clarke | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.69 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 73 | 71 | .507 | 3.80 | 305 | 144 | 95 | 49 | 12 | 29 | 1210.3 | 1106 | 618 | 511 | 73 | 630 | 15 | 851 | 36 | 6 | 113 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Thompson | 133 | 538 | 471 | 81 | 133 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 105 | .282 | .366 | .476 | .842 | 224 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
Carlos Rios | 125 | 525 | 463 | 67 | 132 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 23 | 9 | 39 | 39 | .285 | .343 | .348 | .690 | 161 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
Ron Shepherd | 136 | 534 | 482 | 62 | 119 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 31 | 8 | 40 | 125 | .247 | .304 | .413 | .717 | 199 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
Andre Wood | 134 | 583 | 506 | 61 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 59 | 83 | .235 | .316 | .318 | .635 | 161 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
Eddie Dennis | 123 | 450 | 423 | 42 | 106 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 51 | .251 | .271 | .303 | .573 | 128 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
Vernon Ramie | 119 | 423 | 347 | 58 | 99 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 67 | .285 | .393 | .513 | .906 | 178 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
Joe Cannon | 86 | 351 | 331 | 40 | 88 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 71 | .266 | .302 | .414 | .716 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Vassie Gardner | 96 | 349 | 319 | 40 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 70 | .248 | .292 | .361 | .652 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
Toby Hernández | 84 | 294 | 273 | 20 | 70 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 46 | .256 | .279 | .337 | .616 | 92 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
Paul Hodgson | 69 | 213 | 174 | 11 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 47 | .236 | .370 | .287 | .657 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Pete Dempsey | 26 | 109 | 93 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .366 | .459 | .505 | .964 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hilario Soriano | 18 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .283 | .290 | .367 | .657 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Brian Milner | 37 | 132 | 115 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 38 | .148 | .229 | .165 | .394 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Dan Whitmer | 13 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .256 | .362 | .436 | .798 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Rocket Wheeler | 12 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .276 | .333 | .448 | .782 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Martin Pulley | 6 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Colin McLaughlin | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1237 | 4661 | 4140 | 526 | 1074 | 183 | 40 | 76 | 469 | 175 | 62 | 386 | 786 | .259 | .324 | .378 | .702 | 1565 | 0 | 32 | 60 | 43 | 15 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Thompson | 1B | 132 | 1207 | 65 | 10 | 92 | .992 | 9.636 | ||||
Paul Hodgson | 1B | 15 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 10 | .972 | 7.000 | ||||
Vernon Ramie | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Andre Wood | 2B | 133 | 298 | 371 | 12 | 81 | .982 | 5.030 | ||||
Eddie Dennis | 2B | 13 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 4.538 | ||||
Rocket Wheeler | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Carlos Rios | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
Jeff Reynolds | 3B | 105 | .000 | |||||||||
Pete Dempsey | 3B | 26 | 14 | 57 | 6 | 5 | .922 | 2.731 | ||||
Eddie Dennis | 3B | 7 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .846 | 3.143 | ||||
Rocket Wheeler | 3B | 6 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .870 | 3.333 | ||||
Toby Hernández | C | 83 | 461 | 64 | 13 | 8 | .976 | 6.325 | 14 | |||
Brian Milner | C | 33 | 201 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 6.970 | 5 | |||
Hilario Soriano | C | 17 | 117 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 7.529 | 2 | |||
Dan Whitmer | C | 13 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 5.769 | 0 | |||
Martin Pulley | C | 6 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 4.333 | 0 | |||
Ron Shepherd | OF | 136 | 260 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .967 | 1.941 | ||||
Vassie Gardner | OF | 90 | 139 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .967 | 1.644 | ||||
Joe Cannon | OF | 85 | 142 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .987 | 1.776 | ||||
Eddie Dennis | OF | 80 | 124 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .971 | 1.675 | ||||
Tom Dodd | OF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
Paul Hodgson | OF | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.391 | ||||
Vernon Ramie | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Tom Lukish | P | 54 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
Brian Stemberger | P | 43 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .372 | ||||
Keith Walker | P | 33 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .970 | ||||
Dennis Howard | P | 30 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 1.300 | ||||
Scot Elam | P | 29 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.655 | ||||
Matt Williams | P | 28 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.714 | ||||
Randy Ford | P | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
Colin McLaughlin | P | 20 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.250 | ||||
Jim Baker | P | 17 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.412 | ||||
Stan Clarke | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
Gary Wilson | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
Mike Cuellar | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
John Cerutti | P | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Rick O'Keeffe | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Carlos Rios | SS | 120 | 166 | 363 | 42 | 60 | .926 | 4.408 | ||||
Eddie Dennis | SS | 23 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 6 | .905 | 3.304 | ||||
Rocket Wheeler | SS | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Andre Wood | SS | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Totals | 1487 | 3501 | 1344 | 150 | 293 | .970 | 3.258 | 21 | 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.
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