1982 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
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

1982 Knoxville Blue Jays Roster

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 Ron Shepherd and Vernon Ramie 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 Tom Dodd, John Cerutti, Toby Hernández, Dan Whitmer, Joe Cannon, Paul Hodgson, Stan Clarke, Brian Milner, Gary Wilson, Matt Williams and Ron Shepherd.

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
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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.