1983 Tulsa Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 63-73
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Marty Scott (63-73)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Driller Stadium
Attendance: 92,347, Avg. 1,358
The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1983 season with a record of 63 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Drillers plated 687 runs and conceded 738 runs. Kevin Buckley walloped 32 home runs for Tulsa, while Chuckie Canady, George Gomez and Mike Rubel each swatted 15 or more, too. Kevin Buckley drove in 104 runs. Chuckie Canady paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Mitch Zwolensky and Bob Clark topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Mitch Zwolensky registered a 3.33 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1983 Tulsa Drillers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dar Smith, Kevin Buckley, Tony Fossas, Randy Asadoor, Dwayne Henry, Billy Taylor, Greg Tabor, Bob Brower, Steve Buechele, Glen Cook and Jeff Kunkel.
Marty Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Clark | 12 | 3 | .800 | 3.60 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 145.0 | 126 | 67 | 58 | 16 | 40 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mitch Zwolensky | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.33 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 162.3 | 158 | 81 | 60 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tony Fossas | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.20 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 123 | 77 | 62 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Billy Taylor | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.87 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 86 | 65 | 58 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Glen Cook | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 60 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Larry McLane | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.55 | 47 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 91.3 | 90 | 47 | 36 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| John Buckley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.79 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35.7 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Al Hartman | 3 | 6 | .333 | 9.40 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 68 | 70 | 62 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Brad Mengwasser | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.08 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Marty Leach | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.3 | 66 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tony Hudson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.20 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35.0 | 48 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kirk Killingsworth | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.23 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.7 | 39 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Terry Johnson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Frank Brosious | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.84 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dennis Long | 30 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Gomez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dar Smith | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Buckley | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dwayne Henry | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Teutsch | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Henry | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.07 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 60 | 69 | .465 | 4.75 | 342 | 132 | 97 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 1058.7 | 1079 | 669 | 559 | 92 | 547 | 11 | 719 | 40 | 6 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Buckley | 134 | 558 | 512 | 73 | 150 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 123 | .293 | .345 | .547 | .892 | 280 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Chuckie Canady | 132 | 570 | 486 | 100 | 144 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 80 | 27 | 15 | 65 | 90 | .296 | .385 | .510 | .895 | 248 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steve Buechele | 117 | 506 | 437 | 62 | 121 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 69 | .277 | .359 | .419 | .777 | 183 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| Dan Murphy | 120 | 500 | 430 | 72 | 119 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 54 | .277 | .362 | .421 | .783 | 181 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | |
| Greg Tabor | 112 | 429 | 370 | 57 | 99 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 39 | 58 | .268 | .343 | .357 | .700 | 132 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| George Gomez | 87 | 339 | 277 | 55 | 92 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 47 | .332 | .442 | .650 | 1.092 | 180 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jerry Neufang | 110 | 391 | 326 | 35 | 75 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 36 | .230 | .348 | .298 | .645 | 97 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Rubel | 72 | 304 | 245 | 58 | 74 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 58 | .302 | .434 | .661 | 1.095 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Brower | 69 | 292 | 252 | 41 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 68 | .234 | .339 | .294 | .633 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Randy Asadoor | 46 | 173 | 157 | 15 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 39 | .274 | .331 | .503 | .835 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Foit | 66 | 222 | 196 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 33 | .209 | .282 | .260 | .543 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Kunkel | 37 | 139 | 130 | 21 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 | .285 | .317 | .508 | .824 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ball | 50 | 199 | 179 | 24 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 34 | .156 | .230 | .218 | .447 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tracy Cowger | 37 | 117 | 106 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 24 | .245 | .304 | .396 | .701 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hicks | 46 | 153 | 136 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 40 | .191 | .275 | .324 | .598 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doug Davis | 29 | 104 | 92 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | .228 | .311 | .380 | .691 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Dillard | 14 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .241 | .353 | .241 | .594 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hance | 7 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .286 | .385 | .381 | .766 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Sutton | 6 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .188 | .381 | .188 | .568 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gergen | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .312 | .385 | .697 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1295 | 5093 | 4410 | 687 | 1173 | 212 | 33 | 155 | 641 | 151 | 74 | 557 | 820 | .266 | .352 | .434 | .787 | 1916 | 0 | 49 | 42 | 35 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Buckley | 1B | 74 | 612 | 56 | 12 | 63 | .982 | 9.027 | ||||
| Mike Rubel | 1B | 54 | 504 | 39 | 7 | 39 | .987 | 1.056 | ||||
| Dan Murphy | 1B | 11 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .978 | 8.000 | ||||
| Steve Buechele | 2B | 74 | 145 | 176 | 12 | 45 | .964 | 4.338 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | 2B | 59 | 129 | 178 | 8 | 44 | .975 | 5.203 | ||||
| Ron Dillard | 2B | 9 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.556 | ||||
| Mark Sutton | 2B | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| George Gomez | 3B | 48 | 36 | 83 | 9 | 8 | .930 | 2.479 | ||||
| Steve Buechele | 3B | 46 | 37 | 83 | 6 | 7 | .952 | 2.609 | ||||
| Randy Asadoor | 3B | 39 | 25 | 65 | 12 | 6 | .882 | 2.308 | ||||
| Tracy Cowger | 3B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | 3B | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Rubel | 3B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jerry Neufang | C | 110 | 606 | 80 | 16 | 14 | .977 | 6.236 | 4 | |||
| Doug Davis | C | 22 | 121 | 26 | 8 | 4 | .948 | 6.682 | 4 | |||
| Tracy Cowger | C | 10 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 3.800 | 2 | |||
| Bill Hance | C | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.833 | 0 | |||
| Chuckie Canady | OF | 130 | 230 | 7 | 13 | 1 | .948 | 1.823 | ||||
| Dan Murphy | OF | 102 | 187 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 1.961 | ||||
| Bob Brower | OF | 67 | 138 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 2.119 | ||||
| Bobby Ball | OF | 50 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.020 | ||||
| Bob Hicks | OF | 39 | 69 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .910 | 1.821 | ||||
| George Gomez | OF | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | OF | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Kevin Buckley | OF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry McLane | P | 47 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .362 | ||||
| Dennis Long | P | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Hudson | P | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Mitch Zwolensky | P | 26 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Tony Fossas | P | 24 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
| John Buckley | P | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .208 | ||||
| Bob Clark | P | 23 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.435 | ||||
| Kirk Killingsworth | P | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Billy Taylor | P | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .381 | ||||
| Al Hartman | P | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Marty Leach | P | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Glen Cook | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Henry | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Dwayne Henry | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Mark Teutsch | P | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Brosious | P | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.667 | ||||
| Brad Mengwasser | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Terry Johnson | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Kevin Buckley | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| George Gomez | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Hicks | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Foit | SS | 65 | 82 | 203 | 17 | 28 | .944 | 4.385 | ||||
| Greg Tabor | SS | 51 | 54 | 116 | 14 | 19 | .924 | 3.333 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | SS | 35 | 68 | 106 | 9 | 28 | .951 | 4.971 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Randy Asadoor | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1498 | 3431 | 1458 | 185 | 333 | .964 | 3.264 | 10 | 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.
