1982 Tulsa Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Tom Burgess (70-66)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Driller Stadium
Attendance: 128,668, Avg. 1,892
Playoffs - Tulsa Drillers 2 games, Jackson Mets 1
Finals - Tulsa Drillers 3 games, El Paso Diablos 0
The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1982 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Drillers scored 633 runs and yielded 666 runs. Tom Dunbar led Tulsa with 16 home runs, and Dave Stockstill walloped 15 or more also. Tom Dunbar drove in 85 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .323. Brad Mengwasser paced the squad with 13 wins, while Al Lachowicz recorded a 3.88 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1982 Tulsa Drillers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Will McEnaney, Steve Buechele, Tom Dunbar, Curt Wilkerson, Donnie Scott, Mike Mason, Mark Mercer, Tom Henke, Bob Babcock, Jack Lazorko, Greg Tabor, Jim Gideon, Dar Smith and Al Lachowicz.
Tom Burgess 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Mengwasser | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.34 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 137.0 | 114 | 75 | 66 | 11 | 68 | 1 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| Al Lachowicz | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.88 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 137 | 69 | 63 | 10 | 53 | 1 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Mike Mason | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.89 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 153 | 84 | 67 | 11 | 46 | 1 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Dennis Long | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.73 | 43 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 94.0 | 89 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Marty Leach | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.20 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 119.3 | 138 | 91 | 69 | 10 | 50 | 1 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tim Henry | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.27 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86.3 | 72 | 44 | 41 | 10 | 66 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Kevin Richards | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.68 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 109 | 58 | 48 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Larry McLane | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.82 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Henke | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.67 | 52 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 87.7 | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jack Lazorko | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.04 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39.7 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gideon | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.35 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89.3 | 108 | 72 | 63 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
| Dar Smith | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 51 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Will McEnaney | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Mercer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.05 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Babcock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.19 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 70 | 66 | .515 | 4.33 | 343 | 136 | 123 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 1156.0 | 1136 | 666 | 556 | 96 | 503 | 13 | 845 | 49 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Dunbar | 131 | 542 | 461 | 93 | 149 | 44 | 4 | 16 | 85 | 15 | 7 | 78 | 96 | .323 | .419 | .540 | .959 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Stephen Moore | 125 | 548 | 479 | 69 | 130 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 59 | 66 | .271 | .353 | .365 | .718 | 175 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Dan Murphy | 123 | 486 | 435 | 51 | 105 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 70 | .241 | .308 | .393 | .701 | 171 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Donnie Scott | 108 | 429 | 367 | 55 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 71 | .283 | .380 | .450 | .830 | 165 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Dave Stockstill | 90 | 377 | 323 | 65 | 93 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 68 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 29 | .288 | .371 | .495 | .867 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Mike Jirschele | 95 | 396 | 340 | 52 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 66 | .226 | .323 | .329 | .652 | 112 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Curt Wilkerson | 72 | 298 | 266 | 32 | 71 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 31 | .267 | .321 | .335 | .655 | 89 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve Buechele | 62 | 241 | 213 | 21 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 42 | .296 | .367 | .441 | .808 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mike Rubel | 63 | 263 | 221 | 43 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 70 | .271 | .388 | .516 | .904 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tracy Cowger | 67 | 252 | 233 | 36 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 39 | .258 | .297 | .382 | .679 | 89 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Oscar Mejia | 57 | 226 | 203 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | .222 | .284 | .305 | .589 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brett Benza | 60 | 215 | 186 | 17 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 29 | .226 | .291 | .301 | .592 | 56 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ball | 46 | 173 | 151 | 18 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 28 | .272 | .360 | .391 | .751 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Neufang | 49 | 175 | 139 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | .237 | .355 | .324 | .679 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Carmelo Aguayo | 32 | 119 | 109 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .284 | .331 | .413 | .743 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Luis Gonzalez | 21 | 78 | 66 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .212 | .325 | .242 | .567 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Tabor | 23 | 75 | 66 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .197 | .254 | .288 | .541 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Maxwell | 18 | 75 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .161 | .307 | .194 | .500 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Gooch | 13 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .149 | .241 | .191 | .432 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Dillard | 9 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .217 | .333 | .217 | .551 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Long | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1307 | 5051 | 4391 | 633 | 1153 | 217 | 44 | 96 | 574 | 93 | 49 | 530 | 738 | .263 | .345 | .398 | .743 | 1746 | 0 | 39 | 63 | 28 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rubel | 1B | 63 | 567 | 40 | 6 | 48 | .990 | 9.635 | ||||
| Dave Stockstill | 1B | 41 | 345 | 32 | 5 | 35 | .987 | 9.195 | ||||
| Dan Murphy | 1B | 19 | 154 | 8 | 5 | 16 | .970 | 8.526 | ||||
| Luis Gonzalez | 1B | 16 | 152 | 11 | 2 | 20 | .988 | 1.188 | ||||
| Steve Buechele | 2B | 47 | 95 | 150 | 5 | 28 | .980 | 5.213 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 2B | 34 | 75 | 106 | 12 | 25 | .938 | 5.324 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | 2B | 22 | 38 | 50 | 4 | 6 | .957 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Gooch | 2B | 13 | 34 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .961 | 5.615 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 2B | 12 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 12 | .982 | 4.583 | ||||
| Ron Dillard | 2B | 8 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 4.125 | ||||
| Carmelo Aguayo | 2B | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Tracy Cowger | 3B | 50 | 36 | 98 | 13 | 16 | .912 | 2.680 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | 3B | 31 | 28 | 64 | 4 | 4 | .958 | 2.968 | ||||
| James Maxwell | 3B | 18 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 5 | .920 | 2.556 | ||||
| Steve Buechele | 3B | 16 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dave Stockstill | 3B | 13 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 1 | .800 | 2.154 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | 3B | 13 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .950 | 2.923 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | C | 90 | 537 | 74 | 21 | 5 | .967 | 6.789 | 21 | |||
| Jerry Neufang | C | 45 | 279 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .990 | 6.844 | 2 | |||
| Tracy Cowger | C | 9 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 9 | .963 | 5.778 | 3 | |||
| Tom Dunbar | OF | 124 | 201 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 1.661 | ||||
| Stephen Moore | OF | 99 | 135 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.455 | ||||
| Brett Benza | OF | 60 | 129 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.200 | ||||
| Dan Murphy | OF | 59 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 1.542 | ||||
| Bobby Ball | OF | 41 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .936 | 1.780 | ||||
| Dave Stockstill | OF | 34 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.353 | ||||
| Carmelo Aguayo | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Henke | P | 52 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .308 | ||||
| Dennis Long | P | 43 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .465 | ||||
| Brad Mengwasser | P | 37 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.297 | ||||
| Tim Henry | P | 30 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .962 | .833 | ||||
| Kevin Richards | P | 29 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .862 | ||||
| Marty Leach | P | 27 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Mason | P | 26 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.731 | ||||
| Al Lachowicz | P | 25 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Jim Gideon | P | 25 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Jack Lazorko | P | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Bob Babcock | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Larry McLane | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark Mercer | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Will McEnaney | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Curt Wilkerson | SS | 72 | 102 | 225 | 18 | 40 | .948 | 4.542 | ||||
| Mike Jirschele | SS | 54 | 88 | 162 | 17 | 38 | .936 | 4.630 | ||||
| Oscar Mejia | SS | 11 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 4.545 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | SS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1467 | 3468 | 1530 | 176 | 354 | .966 | 3.407 | 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.
