1985 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 1st in the IL
Manager: Doug Ault (79-61)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 222,813, Avg. 3,183
Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1985 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 645 runs and gave up 579 runs. Kelly Gruber paced Syracuse with 21 home runs, while Willie Aikens and Rick Leach walloped 15 or more as well. Rick Leach drove in 79 runs. Mike Sharperson topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Stan Clarke led the team with 14 wins, and Don Gordon recorded a 2.07 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1985 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Willie Aikens, Gibson Alba, Gary Allenson, John Cerutti, Stan Clarke, Steve Davis, Jeff DeWillis, Mark Eichhorn, Tom Filer, Don Gordon, Kelly Gruber, Tom Henke, Alexis Infante, Rick Leach, Luis Leal, Fred McGriff, Vance McHenry, Ron Musselman, Pat Rooney, Mike Sharperson, Ron Shepherd, Dave Stegman, Mitch Webster and Matt Williams.
Doug Ault 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stan Clarke | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.37 | 43 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117.7 | 106 | 52 | 44 | 13 | 66 | 2 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
John Cerutti | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.97 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 182.0 | 165 | 84 | 60 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Don Gordon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.07 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 113.0 | 93 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Tom Filer | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.53 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 67 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Dennis Howard | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.05 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 141 | 79 | 73 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Matt Williams | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.43 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 124 | 73 | 67 | 14 | 51 | 3 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Luis Leal | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.91 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 69 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Rich Carlucci | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.35 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72.7 | 77 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
Colin McLaughlin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.35 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 101.3 | 91 | 56 | 49 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
Steve Davis | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.50 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Tom Henke | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.88 | 39 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 51.3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Gibson Alba | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.66 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.7 | 48 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Mark Eichhorn | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.82 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 38 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ron Musselman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Rodgers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Keith Gilliam | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dale Holman | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.53 | 358 | 140 | 124 | 16 | 4 | 43 | 1236.0 | 1117 | 579 | 485 | 86 | 499 | 20 | 790 | 24 | 9 | 49 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Sharperson | 134 | 616 | 536 | 86 | 155 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 59 | 14 | 15 | 71 | 75 | .289 | .372 | .356 | .728 | 191 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Rick Leach | 136 | 598 | 533 | 77 | 151 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 42 | .283 | .341 | .420 | .761 | 224 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | |
Derwin McNealy | 135 | 521 | 472 | 49 | 125 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 22 | 19 | 36 | 74 | .265 | .323 | .324 | .647 | 153 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
Kelly Gruber | 121 | 514 | 473 | 71 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 69 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 92 | .249 | .298 | .438 | .736 | 207 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
Willie Aikens | 105 | 442 | 373 | 65 | 116 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 81 | .311 | .416 | .496 | .912 | 185 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Alexis Infante | 136 | 506 | 453 | 63 | 109 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 46 | 65 | .241 | .314 | .298 | .612 | 135 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Dave Stegman | 89 | 304 | 257 | 36 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 35 | .319 | .407 | .525 | .933 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
Mark Poole | 75 | 258 | 237 | 29 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .295 | .340 | .435 | .774 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Dale Holman | 75 | 220 | 195 | 25 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 27 | .308 | .382 | .472 | .854 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mitch Webster | 47 | 215 | 189 | 32 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 24 | .275 | .346 | .381 | .727 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
Gary Allenson | 62 | 230 | 205 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23 | .249 | .326 | .385 | .711 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Jerry Keller | 69 | 249 | 221 | 18 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 49 | .208 | .290 | .326 | .616 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Ron Shepherd | 37 | 144 | 133 | 23 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 28 | .308 | .361 | .474 | .835 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred McGriff | 51 | 204 | 176 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 53 | .227 | .330 | .381 | .711 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Vance McHenry | 68 | 151 | 134 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 | .209 | .284 | .321 | .605 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Tito Nanni | 18 | 64 | 60 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .200 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jeff DeWillis | 19 | 59 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .229 | .345 | .312 | .657 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Pat Rooney | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rusty Hamric | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Kinnard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bubba Holland | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1392 | 5319 | 4718 | 645 | 1271 | 185 | 43 | 106 | 587 | 102 | 76 | 505 | 754 | .269 | .342 | .394 | .736 | 1860 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 23 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Leach | 1B | 56 | 490 | 53 | 6 | 44 | .989 | 9.696 | ||||
Fred McGriff | 1B | 51 | 433 | 37 | 5 | 43 | .989 | 9.216 | ||||
Willie Aikens | 1B | 23 | 200 | 16 | 3 | 22 | .986 | 9.391 | ||||
Tito Nanni | 1B | 17 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 12 | .993 | 8.235 | ||||
Jerry Keller | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Mike Sharperson | 2B | 132 | 286 | 365 | 15 | 82 | .977 | 4.932 | ||||
Vance McHenry | 2B | 14 | 26 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 4.286 | ||||
Kelly Gruber | 3B | 121 | 78 | 217 | 14 | 22 | .955 | 2.438 | ||||
Vance McHenry | 3B | 25 | 16 | 47 | 7 | 8 | .900 | 2.520 | ||||
Rusty Hamric | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Mark Poole | C | 73 | 370 | 24 | 6 | 5 | .985 | 5.397 | 5 | |||
Gary Allenson | C | 61 | 340 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 6.066 | 7 | |||
Jeff DeWillis | C | 19 | 106 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 6.053 | 0 | |||
Jerry Keller | C | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.833 | 0 | |||
Bubba Holland | C | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | 0 | |||
Derwin McNealy | OF | 134 | 332 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .983 | 2.530 | ||||
Rick Leach | OF | 86 | 185 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.302 | ||||
Dave Stegman | OF | 81 | 123 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.617 | ||||
Dale Holman | OF | 58 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.293 | ||||
Mitch Webster | OF | 46 | 83 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 2.022 | ||||
Ron Shepherd | OF | 37 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 1.622 | ||||
Pat Rooney | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
Ken Kinnard | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Tito Nanni | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Don Gordon | P | 51 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 7 | .980 | .941 | ||||
Stan Clarke | P | 43 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .349 | ||||
Tom Henke | P | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
Rich Carlucci | P | 39 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .513 | ||||
Colin McLaughlin | P | 34 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
John Cerutti | P | 28 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 1.393 | ||||
Dennis Howard | P | 25 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.120 | ||||
Matt Williams | P | 22 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
Gibson Alba | P | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
Tim Rodgers | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Luis Leal | P | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
Tom Filer | P | 12 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
Mark Eichhorn | P | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Keith Gilliam | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Steve Davis | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Ron Musselman | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
Dale Holman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Alexis Infante | SS | 136 | 225 | 432 | 42 | 84 | .940 | 4.831 | ||||
Vance McHenry | SS | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .667 | 1.143 | ||||
Mike Sharperson | SS | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
Totals | 1556 | 3708 | 1522 | 142 | 361 | .974 | 3.361 | 12 | 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.
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