1983 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Dave Bialas (80-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 144,844, Avg. 2,084
Playoffs - Springfield Cardinals 2 games, Cedar Rapids Reds 0
Finals - Appleton Foxes 3 games, Springfield Cardinals
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1983 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Cardinals paced the league with 745 runs, spearheaded by 128 home runs. Springfield surrendered 624 runs. Bob Geren powered the team with 24 home runs, while Curt Ford, Matt Gundelfinger and Dave Clements each walloped 15 or more also. Curt Ford recorded 91 runs batted in. Eddie Tanner led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. John Young topped the squad with 15 wins, and Al Morlock recorded a 2.38 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Springfield Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tom Dozier, Pat Perry, Bob Geren and Curt Ford.
Dave Bialas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Young | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.70 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 133.3 | 87 | 56 | 40 | 4 | 104 | 4 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Al Morlock | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.37 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 140.7 | 99 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Paul Cherry | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.58 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.0 | 166 | 80 | 66 | 14 | 56 | 2 | 132 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Marty Mason | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.65 | 54 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 74.7 | 63 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Joe Silkwood | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.17 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 102 | 47 | 40 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 114 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mike Shade | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.86 | 47 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 78.7 | 69 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Michael Pittman | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.38 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 125.3 | 132 | 70 | 61 | 11 | 57 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Randy Martinez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.05 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 76.7 | 56 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Greg Dunn | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.45 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95.0 | 86 | 66 | 47 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 84 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Pat Perry | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Thurberg | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.86 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 46 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dave Droschak | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.48 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.7 | 91 | 76 | 60 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| Scott Arigoni | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.86 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 76 | 46 | 38 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| Mike Gambeski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Dozier | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Brad Blunt | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 3.67 | 343 | 139 | 118 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 1208.3 | 1098 | 624 | 493 | 103 | 525 | 30 | 1128 | 38 | 9 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Tanner | 128 | 576 | 511 | 93 | 163 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 29 | .319 | .373 | .399 | .772 | 204 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 6 | |
| Curt Ford | 126 | 551 | 465 | 80 | 135 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 91 | 28 | 12 | 71 | 62 | .290 | .391 | .508 | .898 | 236 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Dan Stryffeler | 127 | 509 | 447 | 72 | 131 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 14 | 7 | 54 | 73 | .293 | .370 | .427 | .797 | 191 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gus Malespin | 130 | 538 | 473 | 67 | 126 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 35 | .266 | .343 | .370 | .713 | 175 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dave Clements | 122 | 512 | 468 | 71 | 124 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 34 | 107 | .265 | .317 | .444 | .761 | 208 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bob Geren | 124 | 484 | 434 | 67 | 115 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 127 | .265 | .328 | .493 | .822 | 214 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Matt Gundelfinger | 111 | 435 | 364 | 71 | 103 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 62 | 99 | .283 | .399 | .522 | .921 | 190 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Brett Benza | 104 | 418 | 358 | 56 | 96 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 58 | .268 | .355 | .332 | .688 | 119 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Gambeski | 101 | 349 | 314 | 47 | 93 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 78 | .296 | .358 | .455 | .814 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Harry McCulla | 106 | 395 | 348 | 55 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 86 | .256 | .332 | .402 | .734 | 140 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Sammy Martin | 115 | 390 | 353 | 41 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .244 | .297 | .269 | .566 | 95 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dave Hoyt | 47 | 169 | 151 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 33 | .245 | .320 | .331 | .651 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Lauck | 8 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .273 | .261 | .364 | .625 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Martinez | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1377 | 5353 | 4712 | 745 | 1304 | 211 | 37 | 128 | 649 | 117 | 61 | 520 | 832 | .277 | .351 | .419 | .769 | 1973 | 0 | 40 | 39 | 42 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gambeski | 1B | 72 | 533 | 38 | 5 | 31 | .991 | 7.931 | ||||
| Matt Gundelfinger | 1B | 67 | 510 | 26 | 9 | 44 | .983 | 8.000 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | 1B | 16 | 83 | 8 | 5 | 9 | .948 | 5.688 | ||||
| Bob Geren | 1B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | 2B | 122 | 234 | 307 | 17 | 56 | .970 | 4.434 | ||||
| Sammy Martin | 2B | 29 | 52 | 55 | 2 | 12 | .982 | 3.690 | ||||
| Curt Ford | 2B | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | 3B | 82 | 60 | 122 | 13 | 7 | .933 | 2.220 | ||||
| Dave Clements | 3B | 68 | 37 | 113 | 11 | 8 | .932 | 2.206 | ||||
| Mike Gambeski | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bob Geren | C | 104 | 826 | 102 | 11 | 3 | .988 | 8.923 | 17 | |||
| Harry McCulla | C | 44 | 322 | 27 | 8 | 2 | .978 | 7.932 | 9 | |||
| Dan Stryffeler | OF | 120 | 205 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 1.775 | ||||
| Curt Ford | OF | 113 | 178 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .958 | 1.611 | ||||
| Brett Benza | OF | 100 | 198 | 14 | 9 | 2 | .959 | 2.120 | ||||
| Gus Malespin | OF | 47 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.511 | ||||
| Dave Hoyt | OF | 39 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.641 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | OF | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Jeff Lauck | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Matt Gundelfinger | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marty Mason | P | 54 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .259 | ||||
| Mike Shade | P | 47 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .383 | ||||
| Paul Cherry | P | 28 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Randy Martinez | P | 27 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .481 | ||||
| Greg Dunn | P | 27 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .926 | ||||
| Scott Arigoni | P | 27 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .789 | .556 | ||||
| Joe Silkwood | P | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .917 | ||||
| Michael Pittman | P | 24 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Dave Droschak | P | 24 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| John Young | P | 23 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 1.522 | ||||
| Al Morlock | P | 23 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.261 | ||||
| Tom Thurberg | P | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 1.667 | ||||
| Pat Perry | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Mike Gambeski | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Dozier | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brad Blunt | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sammy Martin | SS | 86 | 110 | 226 | 32 | 42 | .913 | 3.907 | ||||
| Dave Clements | SS | 65 | 46 | 126 | 18 | 18 | .905 | 2.646 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | SS | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1568 | 3625 | 1407 | 177 | 252 | .966 | 3.209 | 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.
