1982 Wichita Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 70-67
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Felipe Alou (70-67)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 106,754, Avg. 1,558
The Wichita Aeros of the American Association ended the 1982 season with a record of 70 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Aeros plated 829 runs, tops in the circuit. Wichita yielded 806 runs, most in the league. Ken Phelps walloped 46 home runs for the squad, while Pat Rooney and Mike Stenhouse added 15 or more as well. Ken Phelps drove in 141 runs. Roy Johnson led batters with significant playing time with a .367 average. Rick Ramos and Bill Sattler topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Rick Ramos recorded a 5.16 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1982 Wichita Aeros who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brad Mills, Dan Norman, Tom Dixon, Rick Grapenthin, Roy Johnson, Mike Gates, Shooty Babitt, Greg Bargar, Wallace Johnson, Bryn Smith, Kim Seaman, Mike Stenhouse, Mike Phillips, Rick Engle, Tom Wieghaus, Tom Gorman, Mike Griffin, Mike Fuentes, Rich Murray, Luis Quintana, Brad Gulden, Chris Smith, Pepe Frías, Doug Capilla, Jerry Manuel, Ken Phelps, Pat Rooney, Hal Dues, Willie Mueller and Bryan Little.
Felipe Alou 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 Sattler | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.39 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.3 | 171 | 99 | 87 | 28 | 49 | 0 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |
| Rick Ramos | 10 | 7 | .588 | 5.15 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 136.3 | 147 | 87 | 78 | 24 | 51 | 1 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis Quintana | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.18 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94.7 | 95 | 49 | 44 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tom Gorman | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.20 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 119.3 | 131 | 77 | 69 | 19 | 35 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Griffin | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.93 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 136.7 | 166 | 99 | 90 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hal Dues | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.63 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91.3 | 93 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Rick Engle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8.07 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 85 | 65 | 58 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willie Mueller | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.66 | 56 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 75.3 | 80 | 43 | 39 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bryn Smith | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce MacPherson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Tenenini | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.17 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 72 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rick Grapenthin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.73 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.3 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Doug Capilla | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joseph Abone | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.86 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.7 | 63 | 38 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Dixon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Seaman | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.32 | 43 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.0 | 62 | 41 | 40 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Eric Mustad | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Bargar | 0 | 4 | .000 | 11.20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 70 | 67 | .511 | 5.45 | 404 | 137 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 1176.7 | 1345 | 806 | 712 | 177 | 496 | 22 | 732 | 31 | 10 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phelps | 132 | 574 | 453 | 112 | 151 | 23 | 4 | 46 | 141 | 2 | 4 | 108 | 99 | .333 | .469 | .706 | 1.175 | 320 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Chris Smith | 115 | 494 | 445 | 79 | 145 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 27 | .326 | .383 | .521 | .904 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| Roy Johnson | 102 | 431 | 376 | 73 | 138 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 76 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 39 | .367 | .437 | .561 | .998 | 211 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Mike Stenhouse | 134 | 547 | 436 | 94 | 126 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 101 | 70 | .289 | .417 | .532 | .949 | 232 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| Bryan Little | 99 | 456 | 388 | 67 | 111 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 60 | 19 | .286 | .383 | .343 | .726 | 133 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wallace Johnson | 76 | 346 | 298 | 62 | 105 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 16 | .352 | .427 | .480 | .907 | 143 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pat Rooney | 99 | 383 | 358 | 60 | 97 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 80 | .271 | .313 | .466 | .780 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Gates | 64 | 283 | 248 | 52 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 14 | .331 | .409 | .476 | .885 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Murray | 80 | 303 | 285 | 48 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 43 | .288 | .323 | .495 | .818 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jerry Manuel | 71 | 284 | 263 | 31 | 67 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 34 | .255 | .295 | .373 | .668 | 98 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brad Gulden | 64 | 238 | 212 | 37 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 25 | .288 | .350 | .481 | .831 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Mike Phillips | 46 | 153 | 137 | 15 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .277 | .344 | .328 | .673 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Frank McCann | 62 | 126 | 114 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 28 | .237 | .286 | .351 | .637 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Shooty Babitt | 31 | 81 | 71 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .282 | .338 | .324 | .662 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leonel Carrion | 29 | 104 | 88 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .205 | .294 | .284 | .578 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hilario Soriano | 24 | 61 | 58 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .241 | .250 | .379 | .629 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Mills | 4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .471 | .474 | .471 | .944 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan Norman | 8 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .348 | .429 | .696 | 1.124 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gene Glynn | 10 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepe Frías | 15 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .139 | .139 | .167 | .306 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Sattler | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Ramos | 24 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Engle | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Quintana | 56 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hal Dues | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Griffin | 28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Capilla | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Seaman | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Mustad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Mueller | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Fuentes | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Gorman | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Grapenthin | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1596 | 5022 | 4371 | 788 | 1316 | 214 | 44 | 161 | 735 | 100 | 43 | 549 | 567 | .301 | .379 | .481 | .860 | 2101 | 0 | 28 | 32 | 42 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Phelps | 1B | 123 | 1047 | 74 | 14 | 108 | .988 | 9.114 | ||||
| Rich Murray | 1B | 21 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.095 | ||||
| Chris Smith | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Gates | 2B | 57 | 121 | 149 | 6 | 38 | .978 | 4.737 | ||||
| Wallace Johnson | 2B | 40 | 81 | 76 | 7 | 14 | .957 | 3.925 | ||||
| Shooty Babitt | 2B | 25 | 37 | 50 | 5 | 18 | .946 | 3.480 | ||||
| Bryan Little | 2B | 24 | 43 | 57 | 1 | 12 | .990 | 4.167 | ||||
| Mike Phillips | 2B | 10 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .935 | 4.300 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | 2B | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Pepe Frías | 2B | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Frank McCann | 3B | 61 | 34 | 59 | 5 | 6 | .949 | 1.525 | ||||
| Rich Murray | 3B | 43 | 33 | 61 | 15 | 8 | .862 | 2.186 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | 3B | 31 | 23 | 58 | 4 | 2 | .953 | 2.613 | ||||
| Chris Smith | 3B | 21 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Gates | 3B | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.667 | ||||
| Pepe Frías | 3B | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Brad Mills | 3B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Phillips | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.333 | ||||
| Shooty Babitt | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Wieghaus | C | 85 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Gulden | C | 44 | 214 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 5.318 | 3 | |||
| Hilario Soriano | C | 16 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.438 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey Ulrich | C | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Stenhouse | OF | 130 | 243 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .976 | 1.915 | ||||
| Roy Johnson | OF | 102 | 238 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .968 | 2.373 | ||||
| Pat Rooney | OF | 99 | 185 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.939 | ||||
| Wallace Johnson | OF | 37 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .909 | 1.351 | ||||
| Leonel Carrion | OF | 28 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 1.821 | ||||
| Chris Smith | OF | 20 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.350 | ||||
| Rich Murray | OF | 19 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Dan Norman | OF | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brad Gulden | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Glynn | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Fuentes | OF | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Luis Quintana | P | 56 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .446 | ||||
| Willie Mueller | P | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .089 | ||||
| Kim Seaman | P | 43 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .233 | ||||
| Robert Tenenini | P | 30 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Mike Griffin | P | 28 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .679 | ||||
| Bill Sattler | P | 26 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Rick Ramos | P | 24 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .958 | ||||
| Rick Engle | P | 24 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .292 | ||||
| Tom Gorman | P | 23 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.043 | ||||
| Joseph Abone | P | 23 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .522 | ||||
| Rick Grapenthin | P | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Hal Dues | P | 16 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.562 | ||||
| Doug Capilla | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Greg Bargar | P | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce MacPherson | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bryn Smith | P | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Tom Dixon | P | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Eric Mustad | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bryan Little | SS | 79 | 122 | 248 | 16 | 58 | .959 | 4.684 | ||||
| Jerry Manuel | SS | 35 | 58 | 82 | 7 | 21 | .952 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Phillips | SS | 32 | 58 | 86 | 7 | 17 | .954 | 4.500 | ||||
| Pepe Frías | SS | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Gene Glynn | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1659 | 3028 | 1345 | 149 | 349 | .967 | 2.636 | 3 | 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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