1985 New Britain Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Ed Nottle (75-64)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: Beehive Field
Attendance: 90,802, Avg. 1,307
Playoffs - New Britain Red Sox 3 games, Waterbury Indians 1
Finals - Vermont Reds 3 games, New Britain Red Sox 1
The New Britain Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1985 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Red Sox paced the league with just 515 runs allowed. New Britain scored 613 runs. Jim Bennett led the squad with 14 home runs Sam Horn recorded 82 runs batted in. Dana Williams topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Jeff Sellers paced the team with 14 wins, while John Mitchell recorded a 2.7 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1985 New Britain Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Mitchell, Rey Quiñones, Ellis Burks, Rob Woodward, Jeff Sellers, Dana Williams, Mike Rochford, John Leister, John Marzano, Tom Bolton, Steve Ellsworth and Sam Horn.
Ed Nottle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Sellers | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.78 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 184.7 | 165 | 67 | 57 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| John Mitchell | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.70 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 190.3 | 143 | 71 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 4 | 108 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Mike Rochford | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.99 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 93.3 | 84 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| John Leister | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.17 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 105.0 | 91 | 48 | 37 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rob Woodward | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.54 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 86.3 | 71 | 42 | 34 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Chuck Davis | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.82 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 110.7 | 99 | 48 | 47 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Ellsworth | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.26 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120.3 | 136 | 66 | 57 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tom Bolton | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.28 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101.0 | 106 | 53 | 48 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chuck Dale | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.15 | 46 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 68.7 | 73 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 29 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Scott Gering | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.33 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.7 | 64 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pete Cappadona | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 3.36 | 273 | 139 | 91 | 48 | 13 | 19 | 1169.0 | 1063 | 515 | 436 | 52 | 452 | 30 | 664 | 29 | 9 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Williams | 115 | 496 | 450 | 56 | 139 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 16 | 34 | 24 | .309 | .361 | .382 | .743 | 172 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Sam Horn | 134 | 535 | 457 | 64 | 129 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 82 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 107 | .282 | .369 | .425 | .793 | 194 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |
| Chris Cannizzaro | 134 | 582 | 466 | 77 | 122 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 98 | 26 | .262 | .390 | .328 | .719 | 153 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ellis Burks | 133 | 527 | 476 | 66 | 121 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 17 | 14 | 42 | 85 | .254 | .316 | .399 | .715 | 190 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rey Quiñones | 134 | 533 | 439 | 67 | 113 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 50 | .257 | .371 | .385 | .756 | 169 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| DeMarlo Hale | 133 | 489 | 430 | 65 | 112 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 41 | 49 | .260 | .333 | .370 | .702 | 159 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jim Bennett | 106 | 402 | 343 | 57 | 88 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 75 | .257 | .362 | .458 | .819 | 157 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| John Marzano | 103 | 388 | 350 | 36 | 86 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 43 | .246 | .283 | .354 | .638 | 124 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tony Beal | 108 | 376 | 301 | 53 | 68 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 65 | 71 | .226 | .374 | .349 | .723 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Craig Walck | 99 | 329 | 264 | 29 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 39 | .227 | .354 | .333 | .687 | 88 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dave Oliva | 44 | 125 | 118 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .297 | .325 | .373 | .698 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Ackley | 41 | 142 | 120 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 26 | .267 | .358 | .417 | .774 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Meleski | 42 | 102 | 87 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | .230 | .320 | .253 | .573 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Tremblay | 22 | 65 | 61 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .213 | .262 | .361 | .622 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Dale | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Bolton | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1428 | 5094 | 4364 | 613 | 1138 | 198 | 50 | 71 | 545 | 113 | 83 | 579 | 648 | .261 | .350 | .378 | .728 | 1649 | 0 | 45 | 64 | 42 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Horn | 1B | 89 | 751 | 63 | 23 | 68 | .973 | 9.146 | ||||
| DeMarlo Hale | 1B | 62 | 472 | 35 | 6 | 49 | .988 | 8.177 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | 2B | 131 | 273 | 355 | 16 | 90 | .975 | 4.794 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | 2B | 12 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.417 | ||||
| Craig Walck | 3B | 93 | 70 | 197 | 9 | 15 | .967 | 2.871 | ||||
| DeMarlo Hale | 3B | 52 | 33 | 109 | 21 | 8 | .871 | 2.731 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | 3B | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| John Marzano | C | 101 | 530 | 70 | 12 | 4 | .980 | 5.941 | 8 | |||
| John Ackley | C | 23 | 102 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 5.087 | 2 | |||
| Gary Tremblay | C | 21 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 4.238 | 4 | |||
| Ellis Burks | OF | 130 | 306 | 9 | 8 | 4 | .975 | 2.423 | ||||
| Dana Williams | OF | 109 | 198 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 1.872 | ||||
| Tony Beal | OF | 96 | 200 | 11 | 9 | 2 | .959 | 2.198 | ||||
| Jim Bennett | OF | 46 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.652 | ||||
| Dave Oliva | OF | 33 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .956 | 1.970 | ||||
| John Ackley | OF | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.429 | ||||
| DeMarlo Hale | OF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Chris Cannizzaro | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chuck Dale | P | 46 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .304 | ||||
| Scott Gering | P | 34 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Tom Bolton | P | 34 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .967 | .853 | ||||
| John Leister | P | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .556 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 26 | 23 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 2.346 | ||||
| Jeff Sellers | P | 25 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 1.320 | ||||
| Chuck Davis | P | 23 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .783 | ||||
| Steve Ellsworth | P | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mike Rochford | P | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Rob Woodward | P | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| Pete Cappadona | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rey Quiñones | SS | 133 | 207 | 402 | 34 | 75 | .947 | 4.579 | ||||
| Mark Meleski | SS | 18 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 8 | .914 | 1.778 | ||||
| Totals | 1447 | 3507 | 1514 | 165 | 345 | .968 | 3.470 | 14 | 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.
