1984 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Bob Schaefer (71-69)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 132,260, Avg. 1,889
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1984 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Tides scored 581 runs and conceded 547 runs. Clint Hurdle led Tidewater with 21 home runs, while John Christensen walloped 15 or more also. John Christensen accounted for 71 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .316. Bill Latham paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.07 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1984 Tidewater Tides who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Kevin Mitchell, Terry Blocker, Jay Tibbs, Wes Gardner, Rick Anderson, John Gibbons, Bill Latham, Brent Gaff, Rafael Santana, Ed Glynn, Jerry Martin, José Oquendo, Jim Maler, Herm Winningham, Kelvin Chapman, Clint Hurdle, La Schelle Tarver, Gil Flores, Ross Jones, Jeff Bettendorf, John Christensen, Terry Leach, Jeff Bittiger, Calvin Schiraldi, Scott Holman, Tom Gorman, Ed Olwine, John Stearns, Rusty Tillman, Brian Giles, Ronn Reynolds, Sid Fernandez, Tim Leary and Phil Huffman.
Bob Schaefer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Latham | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.06 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 132.3 | 119 | 49 | 45 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Bittiger | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.88 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 134.7 | 124 | 72 | 58 | 14 | 53 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Scott Holman | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.18 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 135.7 | 129 | 79 | 63 | 16 | 70 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Sid Fernandez | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.56 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.7 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Rick Anderson | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.38 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 130.3 | 118 | 59 | 49 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ed Olwine | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.38 | 50 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68.0 | 47 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Leary | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 47 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.70 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 48 | 45 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Calvin Schiraldi | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brent Gaff | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Tibbs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.3 | 44 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wes Gardner | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.61 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 56.0 | 40 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Gorman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Glynn | 23 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Terry Leach | 31 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rich Pickett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.23 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phil Huffman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 51 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 61 | 66 | .480 | 3.64 | 332 | 140 | 83 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 1069.7 | 946 | 514 | 433 | 91 | 467 | 19 | 682 | 20 | 4 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Christensen | 129 | 490 | 421 | 57 | 133 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 70 | .316 | .395 | .451 | .846 | 190 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| La Schelle Tarver | 108 | 418 | 368 | 63 | 120 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 18 | 46 | 57 | .326 | .400 | .367 | .766 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Herm Winningham | 115 | 458 | 406 | 50 | 114 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 5 | 48 | 81 | .281 | .357 | .367 | .724 | 149 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kevin Mitchell | 120 | 471 | 432 | 51 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 89 | .243 | .284 | .375 | .659 | 162 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |
| Clint Hurdle | 128 | 495 | 412 | 60 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 107 | .243 | .362 | .437 | .799 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Brian Giles | 118 | 452 | 384 | 59 | 93 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 56 | 74 | .242 | .346 | .357 | .703 | 137 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Terry Blocker | 115 | 418 | 386 | 45 | 85 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 60 | .220 | .273 | .275 | .548 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Ronn Reynolds | 90 | 305 | 280 | 35 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 55 | .261 | .303 | .418 | .720 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Rafael Santana | 77 | 268 | 255 | 34 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .278 | .308 | .314 | .622 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Jones | 95 | 348 | 290 | 35 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 73 | .221 | .328 | .321 | .649 | 93 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| John Gibbons | 65 | 233 | 211 | 31 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 50 | .256 | .326 | .393 | .720 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rusty Tillman | 44 | 160 | 151 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 27 | .219 | .248 | .325 | .573 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil Flores | 43 | 149 | 126 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | .246 | .349 | .310 | .659 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Maler | 32 | 116 | 106 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .208 | .267 | .292 | .560 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| José Oquendo | 38 | 120 | 113 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .159 | .202 | .195 | .396 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Chapman | 12 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .275 | .420 | .375 | .795 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stearns | 10 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .250 | .353 | .321 | .674 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Martin | 6 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .269 | .458 | .728 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bittiger | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .667 | .600 | 1.267 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Leary | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Fernandez | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Anderson | 26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Latham | 21 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wes Gardner | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Leach | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Schiraldi | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Holman | 26 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Bettendorf | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gorman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1565 | 5067 | 4483 | 581 | 1151 | 175 | 15 | 89 | 524 | 129 | 58 | 492 | 847 | .257 | .331 | .362 | .693 | 1623 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 41 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Hurdle | 1B | 98 | 895 | 47 | 8 | 88 | .992 | 9.612 | ||||
| Jim Maler | 1B | 31 | 244 | 16 | 4 | 31 | .985 | 8.387 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 1B | 7 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .964 | 7.714 | ||||
| Ross Jones | 1B | 7 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Stearns | 1B | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 1B | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Christensen | 1B | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ronn Reynolds | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brian Giles | 2B | 105 | 223 | 315 | 15 | 75 | .973 | 5.124 | ||||
| Ross Jones | 2B | 20 | 34 | 52 | 1 | 16 | .989 | 4.300 | ||||
| Kelvin Chapman | 2B | 12 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 6 | .964 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 2B | 6 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Gil Flores | 2B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 3B | 109 | 65 | 215 | 20 | 19 | .933 | 2.569 | ||||
| Ross Jones | 3B | 21 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.762 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | 3B | 10 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 4 | .935 | 2.900 | ||||
| Clint Hurdle | 3B | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | 3B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Stearns | 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Giles | 3B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ronn Reynolds | C | 83 | 453 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .988 | 5.759 | 3 | |||
| John Gibbons | C | 41 | 199 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 5.341 | 3 | |||
| Clint Hurdle | C | 21 | 139 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 7.048 | 7 | |||
| John Stearns | C | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| John Christensen | OF | 118 | 170 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 1.492 | ||||
| Herm Winningham | OF | 112 | 228 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 2.107 | ||||
| Terry Blocker | OF | 105 | 215 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.067 | ||||
| La Schelle Tarver | OF | 53 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.830 | ||||
| Rusty Tillman | OF | 37 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.568 | ||||
| Ross Jones | OF | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Gil Flores | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Jerry Martin | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Olwine | P | 50 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .480 | ||||
| Wes Gardner | P | 40 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Terry Leach | P | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rick Anderson | P | 26 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.692 | ||||
| Scott Holman | P | 25 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.480 | ||||
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 24 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.708 | ||||
| Ed Glynn | P | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Latham | P | 21 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.048 | ||||
| Phil Huffman | P | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Sid Fernandez | P | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Jeff Bettendorf | P | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Rich Pickett | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Leary | P | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jay Tibbs | P | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Calvin Schiraldi | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Brent Gaff | P | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Tom Gorman | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 62 | 76 | 195 | 12 | 44 | .958 | 4.371 | ||||
| Ross Jones | SS | 42 | 57 | 122 | 8 | 28 | .957 | 4.262 | ||||
| José Oquendo | SS | 37 | 54 | 111 | 2 | 24 | .988 | 4.459 | ||||
| Brian Giles | SS | 11 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 4.364 | ||||
| John Stearns | SS | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1539 | 3541 | 1510 | 117 | 384 | .977 | 3.282 | 14 | 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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