1985 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 66-74
Finished 3rd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Lloyd Merritt (66-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 149,069, Avg. 2,130
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1985 season with a record of 66 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Cardinals scored 691 runs and yielded 686 runs. Tom Amante led Springfield with 20 home runs, while Mike Fitzgerald walloped 15 or more also. Tom Amante drove in 73 runs. Harry McCulla paced all regular hitters with a .317 average. Rich Embser topped the squad with 12 wins, and Chuck McGrath recorded a 3.44 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Craig Wilson, Mike Hartley, John Costello, Paul Wilmet, Matt Kinzer, Jeff Fassero and Mike Fitzgerald were all players from the 1985 Springfield Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Lloyd Merritt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Embser | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.97 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142.7 | 113 | 71 | 63 | 6 | 83 | 0 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jay North | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.47 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 158.0 | 148 | 79 | 61 | 12 | 58 | 0 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| John Costello | 8 | 13 | .381 | 4.16 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 188.0 | 188 | 105 | 87 | 17 | 60 | 1 | 127 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.49 | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77.3 | 70 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 79 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jim Van Houten | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.40 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.3 | 80 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.44 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 151 | 70 | 55 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 83 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.70 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 56 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.01 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 119.0 | 125 | 78 | 53 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Greg Dunn | 4 | 9 | .308 | 2.48 | 55 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 80.0 | 56 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Hartley | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.12 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114.3 | 119 | 77 | 65 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Jeff Gass | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John DiGioia | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Scott Pleis | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rob Livchak | 0 | 0 | 9.75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Harry McCulla | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Glidewell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.97 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 66 | 74 | .471 | 3.98 | 346 | 140 | 122 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 1235.0 | 1192 | 686 | 546 | 88 | 598 | 25 | 979 | 40 | 11 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Wilson | 133 | 562 | 504 | 64 | 132 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 47 | 67 | .262 | .323 | .357 | .680 | 180 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mike Robinson | 126 | 549 | 502 | 77 | 128 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 54 | 21 | 15 | 32 | 126 | .255 | .304 | .369 | .672 | 185 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Harry McCulla | 112 | 447 | 382 | 61 | 121 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 77 | .317 | .410 | .482 | .892 | 184 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Todd Demeter | 132 | 538 | 462 | 66 | 120 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 127 | .260 | .361 | .387 | .748 | 179 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 113 | 454 | 413 | 58 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 64 | .254 | .311 | .421 | .733 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tom Amante | 82 | 351 | 323 | 62 | 101 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 67 | .313 | .362 | .579 | .941 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron Leon | 100 | 360 | 322 | 43 | 94 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 37 | .292 | .361 | .398 | .759 | 128 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angelo Nunley | 97 | 402 | 344 | 66 | 91 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 46 | 11 | 48 | 73 | .265 | .362 | .308 | .670 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Luther | 112 | 417 | 374 | 45 | 86 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 61 | .230 | .298 | .286 | .584 | 107 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| John Rigos | 90 | 378 | 330 | 44 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 35 | 62 | .224 | .302 | .327 | .630 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jim Fregosi | 54 | 235 | 192 | 20 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 37 | .302 | .430 | .365 | .794 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| John DiGioia | 97 | 322 | 265 | 37 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 93 | .196 | .335 | .374 | .709 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Turgeon | 39 | 157 | 132 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 35 | .265 | .369 | .386 | .756 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jim Reboulet | 42 | 158 | 140 | 22 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 13 | .250 | .329 | .279 | .608 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rich Embser | 23 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay North | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hartley | 34 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Pleis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 25 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Costello | 28 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Dunn | 55 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Glidewell | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gass | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Van Houten | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1672 | 5440 | 4780 | 691 | 1247 | 168 | 41 | 106 | 612 | 166 | 73 | 550 | 976 | .261 | .341 | .380 | .720 | 1815 | 0 | 44 | 34 | 32 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demeter | 1B | 130 | 1131 | 89 | 20 | 102 | .984 | 9.385 | ||||
| Tom Amante | 1B | 8 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.625 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | 1B | 5 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 1.600 | ||||
| Angelo Nunley | 2B | 71 | 136 | 185 | 18 | 29 | .947 | 4.521 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 42 | 88 | 114 | 9 | 34 | .957 | 4.810 | ||||
| Jim Reboulet | 2B | 36 | 70 | 99 | 7 | 15 | .960 | 4.694 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 93 | 68 | 179 | 18 | 12 | .932 | 2.656 | ||||
| Brad Luther | 3B | 34 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 6 | .911 | 2.412 | ||||
| Tom Amante | 3B | 21 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 1 | .776 | 1.810 | ||||
| Angelo Nunley | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Steve Turgeon | 3B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | 3B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | C | 97 | 673 | 56 | 17 | 1 | .977 | 7.515 | 23 | |||
| Harry McCulla | C | 46 | 316 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .991 | 7.565 | 9 | |||
| Tom Amante | C | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 6.667 | 2 | |||
| Mike Robinson | OF | 124 | 235 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 1.968 | ||||
| John Rigos | OF | 89 | 165 | 9 | 14 | 2 | .926 | 1.955 | ||||
| Ron Leon | OF | 62 | 101 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .948 | 1.758 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | OF | 55 | 86 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .936 | 1.600 | ||||
| John DiGioia | OF | 43 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .953 | .953 | ||||
| Steve Turgeon | OF | 39 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.564 | ||||
| Tom Amante | OF | 28 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.821 | ||||
| Angelo Nunley | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Dunn | P | 55 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .236 | ||||
| Paul Wilmet | P | 41 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .537 | ||||
| Jim Van Houten | P | 40 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .450 | ||||
| Mike Hartley | P | 33 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .893 | .758 | ||||
| Jeff Fassero | P | 29 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .966 | ||||
| John Costello | P | 28 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 0 | .948 | 1.964 | ||||
| Chuck McGrath | P | 25 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 1.320 | ||||
| Jay North | P | 24 | 10 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.917 | ||||
| Rich Embser | P | 23 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .967 | 1.261 | ||||
| Matt Kinzer | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Tim Kavanaugh | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff Gass | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| John Glidewell | P | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Scott Pleis | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Rob Livchak | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| John DiGioia | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Harry McCulla | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Luther | SS | 78 | 116 | 234 | 23 | 42 | .938 | 4.487 | ||||
| Jim Fregosi | SS | 54 | 88 | 162 | 11 | 32 | .958 | 4.630 | ||||
| Angelo Nunley | SS | 19 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 4 | .841 | 2.789 | ||||
| Totals | 1531 | 3705 | 1528 | 218 | 303 | .960 | 3.418 | 34 | 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.
