1983 Memphis Chicks Statistics
Team Record: 61-85
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Rick Renick (61-85)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Tim McCarver Stadium
Attendance: 213,183, Avg. 2,920
The Memphis Chicks of the Southern League ended the 1983 season with a record of 61 wins and 85 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Chicks scored 635 runs and allowed 710 runs. Razor Shines paced Memphis with 20 home runs Jim Auten recorded 66 runs batted in. Don Carter led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Tim Cates and Tommy Shimp topped the team with 7 wins each, while Robert Tenenini registered a 2.51 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1983 Memphis Chicks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Casey Candaele, Gordie Pladson, Razor Shines, Rene Gonzales, Nelson Santovenia, Mike Kinnunen, Joe Hesketh, Al Newman, Shooty Babitt and Greg Bargar.
Rick Renick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Shimp | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.56 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 103.7 | 98 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tim Cates | 7 | 12 | .368 | 5.21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 153.7 | 147 | 105 | 89 | 24 | 96 | 2 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mike Kinnunen | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.57 | 38 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 63.0 | 52 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Joe Hesketh | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.04 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 82 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robert Tenenini | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.51 | 49 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 122.0 | 113 | 43 | 34 | 8 | 50 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeff Taylor | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.84 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 103 | 68 | 62 | 5 | 106 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mickey Torres | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.08 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 123.7 | 124 | 67 | 56 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Greg Bargar | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.05 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 51 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Andy Krzanik | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.21 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.3 | 74 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Joseph Abone | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Williams | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.41 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 54 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Larry Glasscock | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.35 | 44 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72.3 | 66 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Greg Johnson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.08 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steven Yenser | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mark Schuler | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.00 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 56 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Gordie Pladson | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bud Yanus | 0 | 0 | 9.37 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 31 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alex Neely | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pete Chapin | 0 | 7 | .000 | 6.24 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 61 | 43 | 34 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 61 | 82 | .427 | 4.17 | 366 | 142 | 117 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 1217.0 | 1197 | 690 | 564 | 116 | 624 | 39 | 798 | 35 | 11 | 76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Auten | 140 | 566 | 522 | 57 | 131 | 30 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 75 | .251 | .297 | .391 | .687 | 204 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Don Carter | 112 | 484 | 423 | 61 | 128 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 20 | 42 | 41 | .303 | .368 | .329 | .697 | 139 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rene Gonzales | 144 | 537 | 476 | 67 | 128 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 53 | .269 | .328 | .315 | .643 | 150 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
| Razor Shines | 109 | 457 | 388 | 72 | 111 | 27 | 2 | 20 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 59 | .286 | .382 | .521 | .903 | 202 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Georgie Cruz | 115 | 452 | 401 | 47 | 110 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 48 | .274 | .343 | .352 | .695 | 141 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Rodney Nealeigh | 127 | 489 | 432 | 60 | 109 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 53 | .252 | .328 | .326 | .654 | 141 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Dave Hoeksema | 107 | 442 | 403 | 47 | 103 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 54 | .256 | .311 | .407 | .718 | 164 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Leonel Carrion | 98 | 404 | 341 | 47 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 57 | 52 | .276 | .385 | .405 | .789 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nelson Santovenia | 94 | 358 | 318 | 27 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .242 | .313 | .311 | .624 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Damon | 90 | 347 | 303 | 37 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 60 | .238 | .319 | .284 | .603 | 86 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Shooty Babitt | 48 | 204 | 181 | 26 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 9 | .320 | .375 | .409 | .784 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Al Newman | 52 | 226 | 194 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 12 | .253 | .327 | .299 | .626 | 58 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Carl | 57 | 216 | 179 | 41 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 47 | .257 | .375 | .469 | .844 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steven Ramler | 30 | 108 | 92 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | .315 | .407 | .391 | .799 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ken Weislak | 25 | 89 | 80 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .250 | .299 | .312 | .611 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Casey Candaele | 5 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Glynn | 7 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Shimp | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Krzanik | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1420 | 5429 | 4779 | 633 | 1272 | 217 | 22 | 72 | 554 | 116 | 73 | 505 | 625 | .266 | .339 | .366 | .705 | 1749 | 0 | 40 | 71 | 34 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Nealeigh | 1B | 101 | 804 | 55 | 7 | 100 | .992 | 8.505 | ||||
| Razor Shines | 1B | 45 | 413 | 37 | 7 | 32 | .985 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Hoeksema | 1B | 5 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 9.800 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | 1B | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| John Damon | 2B | 67 | 118 | 193 | 14 | 49 | .957 | 4.642 | ||||
| Al Newman | 2B | 45 | 111 | 123 | 14 | 34 | .944 | 5.200 | ||||
| Shooty Babitt | 2B | 28 | 56 | 77 | 10 | 16 | .930 | 4.750 | ||||
| Dave Hoeksema | 2B | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gene Glynn | 2B | 6 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.167 | ||||
| Ken Weislak | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dave Hoeksema | 3B | 96 | 62 | 151 | 15 | 23 | .934 | 2.219 | ||||
| Ken Weislak | 3B | 23 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 2 | .864 | 2.478 | ||||
| Jeff Carl | 3B | 13 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 2 | .787 | 2.846 | ||||
| John Damon | 3B | 9 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.778 | ||||
| Casey Candaele | 3B | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Shooty Babitt | 3B | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Razor Shines | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 2.000 | ||||
| Nelson Santovenia | C | 89 | 490 | 69 | 15 | 3 | .974 | 6.281 | 21 | |||
| Razor Shines | C | 34 | 195 | 41 | 10 | 4 | .959 | 6.941 | 3 | |||
| Steven Ramler | C | 30 | 143 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .966 | 5.600 | 5 | |||
| Jim Auten | OF | 135 | 231 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .957 | 1.807 | ||||
| Don Carter | OF | 111 | 269 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 2.541 | ||||
| Georgie Cruz | OF | 100 | 180 | 8 | 10 | 3 | .949 | 1.880 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 69 | 121 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 1.812 | ||||
| Jeff Carl | OF | 25 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Rodney Nealeigh | OF | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 49 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .408 | ||||
| Larry Glasscock | P | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Andy Krzanik | P | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .146 | ||||
| Mike Kinnunen | P | 38 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .947 | .474 | ||||
| Mark Schuler | P | 30 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Cates | P | 28 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 3 | .806 | 1.036 | ||||
| Jeff Taylor | P | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .652 | ||||
| Mickey Torres | P | 21 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tommy Shimp | P | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .842 | ||||
| Joe Hesketh | P | 11 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Pete Chapin | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Williams | P | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 2.111 | ||||
| Greg Johnson | P | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bud Yanus | P | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Bargar | P | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Steven Yenser | P | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Alex Neely | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Gordie Pladson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Abone | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rene Gonzales | SS | 144 | 258 | 449 | 20 | 102 | .972 | 4.910 | ||||
| Dave Hoeksema | SS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Shooty Babitt | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1582 | 3700 | 1611 | 193 | 421 | .965 | 3.357 | 29 | 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.
